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Marilyn
Swift ~ Watercolor
20 Rear Highland St.
Gloucester
978-283-6319
www.marilynswiftstudio.com
For over thirty years, MARILYN SWIFT has painted
on Cape Ann with watercolor. Marilyn was introduced to Cape Ann
by a painting instructor, and was immediately captured by the area's
scenic beauty. Working outdoors on location continues to be Marilyn's
primary inspiration. Since 1974 she has resided in East Gloucester.
Yet only eight years ago her current studio was completed, a total
transformation of the building behind her house that had originally
been a horse barn. She has been a participant in the Cape Ann Artisans
Open Studio Tours since 2001. Affordable works depicting the local
landscape will be featured during tour weekends, as well as paintings
from Monhegan Island, Maine. In addition, having just returned
from two painting trips to France, she will be showing her plein
air work of the countryside near Lyon as well as the French Riviera,
the Cote d'Azur east of Nice. Some work from her previous years'
trips to Italy (Rome, Umbria, and Cinque Terra) will also be on
exhibition. At the first summer 2007 members show of the North
Shore Arts Association, she was awarded a prize of excellence for
her painting "Rower". Another watercolor, a Monhegan
Island landscape, was selected for exhibition at the Hudson Valley
Arts Association annual juried show in New York City, which continues
until June 28th at the National Arts Club. She is also an exhibiting
artist member of several other art organizations, including the
Rockport Art Association, the New England Watercolor Society, and
The Copley Society of Boston, and is also listed in the Marquis
Who's Who in America. Locally her work is represented by the Summer
House Gallery in Rockport and The Walsingham Gallery in Newburyport.
Visitors are welcome all year.
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