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Artist Statement:
I have been painting for 36 years now and as a self taught artist my journey has been a both exciting and fraught one!
I have centred my studies round various subjects, techniques and styles from figurative to abstract. Experimenting and learning through trial and error I have created good works and disasters. The disasters encouraged me to work harder to make the ideas work and the good works enabled me to leave them on one side knowing that I could go back at any time to continue with confidence.
I have recently been concentrating on expressive works using ‘Mixism’, a new ‘ism’ that I have created. ‘Mixism’ is ideal for my expressive work as it simply means that I have the freedom to not only use mixed media but to use any techniques and styles within one work.
To be totally expressive I need to be free of any harnesses and have all my mediums set out for spontaneity. My artistic memory bank is able to produce visual pieces at will but I need to be stirred into action by the world around me from the time past or present!
Although this expressive style is the centre of my ...
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
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Collections:
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Commissions:
Mr Alan Hay, Bedford, UK - Portrait of himself in battle re-enactment uniform
Mr Dan Canty Bedford UK - Portrait of three dogs
Cath & Eric, Hitchin UK - portrait of Cath's late husband
Mr Harvey Levenshulme, UK - Portrait - of wife and daughter
Mrs Wimbrush, Middleton,UK - Portrait - of grandson
Mr Ford ...
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Exhibitions for Marilyn Comparetto:
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Past Exhibitions
South Norwood Gallery 1976
Partington Library 1985
Salford Art Gallery Exhibition 1986
Ideal Home and Beauty Exhibition (Solo Exhibition)1987
Broad Colney Art Group Annual Exhibition 1990
St Albans Festival 1994
Jeckyll’s Gallery, St Albans 1997
Potters Bar Exhibition 1998
Bedford Marston Vale 2004
HVAF Open Studios 2004
Maynard Gallery,Welwyn Garden City 2004
The Place, Letchworth 2004
Walkern Gallery 2004/05
Radlet Art Centre 2005
Faithworks 2005
Great Ashby Community Centre 2006
Red Gate Gallery, Group Exhibition 2008
Gallerie Samora Barros, Albuferia, Portugal 2008
Future Exhibitions
Pedro Ruivo Foundation Exhibition Portugal- 1 - 31 May 2008
Group exhibition "‘Catch by the eye save in the heart ‘’
Artspace Gallery, Mayfair, London 4-11 May 2008
Solo Exhibition - Gallery Fore, Edmonton , London - 2nd June - 13th June 2008
(Dates TBC ) Toe in the Water Gallery, Cornwall - Summer Exhibition
Red Gate Gallery, Winter 2008 Group Exhibition 21 - 27 November 2008
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