Originally from Long Island, N.Y. Marlene enrolled in her first art class at the adult Education center in Syosset, L.I. She later joined the Suburban Art League in Huntington and studied with  various teachers including Edgar Whitney, Fumio Kino, Zoltan Szabo and Eloise Gardiner Giles, who was her greatest influence.  In Vermont she had studied with Jeanne Carbonetti, Robert Calrow, Lian Quan Zhen and currently with Gerard Doucette.  Marlene became fascinated with and studied Oriental Brush painting which continues to have a very large influence in her more recent works.  Marlene’s desire is to convey through color, motion and energy, a sense of joy and  beauty and peace and perhaps even some excitement.  Her fascination with the simple yet profound stokes created by the Chinese brush draws her to them continually.  In 2004, Marlene attained Signature Membership in the Vermont Watercolor Society, and serves as the 2006 Treasurer.

Member Of
Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT
Vermont Watercolor Society,  A signature Member
Saxton’s River Art Guild
Keene Art Association
Chester Art Guild
Chaffee Center for the Visual Arts

Exhibitions
Health Center of Bellows Falls  (solo)   Bellows Falls, Vt 2004
Vermont Art Week                                Johnson, Vt, 2003
National Fall Open                                  Southern Vt. Arts Center, Manchester,Vt. 2003
Victorian Front Porch Art Walk             Bellows Fall, Vt. 2002 won 2nd prize
Baber Art Gallery                                    Jamaica, Vt. 2002
Sojourns Comm. Clinic                           Westminster, Vt. 2002
Victorian Front Porch Art Walk              Bellows Falls, Vt 2001
Front Windows                                        Bennington, Vt. 2001
Jolly Butcher Restaurant                         Brattleboro, Vt. 2001
Brattleboro Public Library                      Brattleboro, Vt. 1990
River Valley Performing Arts Center      Putney, Vt. 1989
Art on the Mountain                                Wilmington, Vt. 1985
Suburban Art League                               Huntington, L.I. N.Y.

Galleries
Hunter Lea Gallery                                   Ludlow, VT 2001-present
Quaigh Design Shop                                 Wilmington, Vt. 1985-86
Chaffee Center for the Visual Arts            Rutland, VT. 2004

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