My Story

 

Hello – my name is Marianne – many call me Mi – and welcome to Colours on Grey.

I run a small artistic business from my home studio and website, as well as teaching art from my Art Space on the main street of Glen Innes, NSW. 

I am first and foremost an abstract painter creating colourful contemporary paintings from which I also makes prints and cards. However, my enjoyment of  photography, working with paper and fabric and incorporating different textures into my works has led me into creations of versatility including collages and ceramics.

I grew up in Denmark spending most of my childhood holidays either at my grandparent’s farm or in the lovely town of Menton on the Mediterranean south coast of France. I migrated to Australia in my thirties to pursue a lifelong dream of living a creative life in relaxing and tranquil (or ‘hyggelige’ in Danish) surroundings.

Initially I wanted to write, but my English wasn’t nearly good enough. Instead I began experimenting with clay, always being fascinated by the way the clay can transform into a bowl on a fast spinning wheel. Not being a natural at the wheel, I went back to painting – something I’ve always been doing – but this time taking it more seriously.

I create colourful abstract paintings incorporating lots of texture using paper and fabrics. Through my art I unite artistic impressions from two continents and cultures, which over time has almost fused together my two identities.

I participated in my first group exhibition in the late 90’ties and had my first solo exhibition in 2007.

I started sewing in the 1980’s and have participated in countless numbers of courses and workshops. It’s a skill I set a side for years and then pick it up again. Incooperating fabric into my paintings seems like a natural progressing of my fasination with fabrics. A passion for paper initiated the creation of cards and collages in 2002. I love working with paper and fabric, especially re-cycled, which gives me a nice break away from the paintbrush. Clay is also a medium I  re-visits on and of. 

Alongside my ambition to create I have owned and managed a nice café, a small art gallery, an art supply retail store and now an online art business as well as teaching painting and collage classes at my Art Space in Glen Innes.

I can happily say that I now live life creatively, just like I always dreamt about, – even if the dream was set in France and not in the Australian Bush.

But that’s another story!

If you have any questions about me or my work, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

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