Marian Osher – Fearless Flying in 2016!

Airescape 3 by Marian Osher ©2010

mixed-media paintings and wall hangings by Marian Osher
On Exhibit September 12, 2016 thru January 4, 2017
Enterprise Hall, 44983 Knoll Square, Ashburn, VA 20147

Reception/Artist’s Talk Thurs., Sept. 15, 2016 6 – 8:30 pm

Free and open to the public. RSVP requested:
https://virginia.gwu.edu/opening-fall-art-exhibits
or call 571-553-5002

Fearless Flying in 2016! coincides with the commemoration of the 15th year since the tragedy of 9/11. On 9/11, Marian Osher’s flight from Amsterdam to the US was detoured to Halifax, Canada. She was afraid to fly for three years.

Don’t Miss “Celebration!” in the Big Apple

Momentum (detail) ©2012 Marian Osher acrylic painting on canvas, 18″ x 18″

You are Invited

Marian Osher’s mixed-media painting and printmaking on canvas celebrates a broad spectrum of colors, textures and dimensions that stimulate her personal vision. Floral gifts from friends and family are reinterpreted in paintings and monotype printmaking on sculpted canvas. An avid beachcomber, Osher combines paintings of shells, real shells and sand, extending the composition onto the sides of small deep canvases. Additionally, she explores compositions with shells in monotype printmaking, building multiple levels on canvas. She hopes that viewers will feel tactile and sensory connections to their own experiences.

Reception: Thursday, April 4, 2013, 6 to 8 pm

Exhibition dates: April 2 – April 27, 2013

Location: Ceres Gallery
547 West 27th Street, Suite 201, New York, NY 1001
(between 10th and 11th Avenue in Chelsea)

Telephone: 212-947-6100 www.ceresgallery.org
Gallery Hours: Tues – Sat 12 to 6 pm, Thurs 12 to 8 pm
Gallery Director and press contact: Stefany Benson
To preview the exhibition online click here.

Beach Life Paintings Featured at the Philip Morton Gallery, Rehoboth, Delaware

The activities of people on the beach repeat themselves over and over again with variations of human activity — playing, reading, digging, swimming, fishing, talking, eating, watching, sleeping, schlepping, walking, and putting sun tan lotion on their bodies. They do the things that people do as a species. But

Rehoboth Beach Second Saturday Art Walk

If you are in Rehoboth Beach, DE this weekend,
after a great day on the beach, you’ll enjoy the

“A Great Beach Day” by Marian Osher size: 6″ x 6″

Rehoboth Beach Second Saturday Art Walk
Saturday June 9, 2012 from 6 to 9 pm

And be sure to come to the reception at the
Philip Morton Gallery
47 Baltimore Avenue in the heart of downtown Rehoboth
302-727-0905
Map of all participating galleries:
http://www.mosaicrehoboth.com/find/index.html

New Art at the Philip Morton Gallery

“Man with the Red Hat” Marian Osher ©2012 size: 12″ x 12″ x 1.5″

I am very pleased to be one of the artists now represented by the Philip Morton Gallery in Rehoboth, Delaware. This gallery exhibits an interesting selection of original paintings, sculptures, mixed media and glass.

If you are visiting Rehoboth Beach, Delaware,

FLOWER POWER or Creating Relief Monotypes on Sculpted Canvas for the ART*SPARKS Exhibition

"Blue Tango" ©2011 Marian Osher, relief monotype on sculpted canvas, 14" x 13"

Making relief monotypes on sculpted canvas was an experiment that turned out to be fun. Lighting the artwork on the walls and playing with the cast shadows was the icing on the cake.

Don’t Miss the Closing Reception for ART*SPARKS

"All Decked Out" © Marian Osher 2011, mixed-media monotype on painted canvas, 11" x 15.5"

Enjoy the artwork and talk informally with the artist to learn insights that helped her to break through artist’s block to create over 50 new mixed-media, multi-dimensional monotype prints on painted canvas.

When:  Sunday March 25, 2012 from 2 to 4 pm
Where:  Washington Printmakers Gallery
8230 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD
301-273-3660  www.washingtonprintmakers.com

Making Mixed-Media Monotypes on Canvas for the ART*SPARKS Solo Show

"Spring Recital" ©2011 Marian Osher completed mixed-media monotype on painted canvas, 11" x 14"

Marian Osher printing a monotype on her etching press. photo by Julie Hipkins

In the beginning there is only a piece of frosted mylar that I coat with gum arabic. This becomes the printing plate. Sometimes I lay a pencil sketch under the translucent mylar. Next I turn on the music and draw and paint on the mylar until I am happy with the image. The image is transferred to dampened paper with my etching press. It is always exciting to pull up the paper from the plate
and see how the print has turned out! Next, I “put the print to bed” between layers of blotters under heavy books until the next day.

Now I have to decide which parts of the print will be raised and which lowered. Then I tape the monotype to a piece of acid free foam board and CUT THROUGH THE PRINT and the foam board with a mat knife for the raised layers. This is the scary part, because once I cut, I can’t turn back.