:: Marlene Wiedenbaum

:: work

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:: contact

www.wiedenbaum.com
wiedenbaum@aol.com

:: artist's statement

An impassioned realist, primarily using a palette of soft pastels, sanded paper, and a kneaded eraser, I initially get excitement discovering each composition as an integrated part of the painting process. Describing what I see in a visual language I understand, is a challenging aspect of the process. I am compelled as an artist to reflect the world I live in, to look keenly at my environment, the subjects and objects within it, and present it to the viewer in an engaging way. Yet, I am equally excited by the resolve of each challenge of shape, color and form, faced within a painting. Each resolve leads to the next, and just like the treasures of the Hudson Valley, some are discernible, some are hidden.

:: artist's bio

Marlene Wiedenbaum, a native New Yorker and graduate of Queens College and SUNY New Paltz, also attended the Arts Students League in New York City. Primarily a pastelist, her award winning landscape, figurative and still life paintings have been exhibited in New York, California, North Carolina, Connecticut, Colorado, Pennsylvania and New Orleans. Marlene often teaches pastel workshops at Casa del Arte in Highland, and in the future - Argentina! An Active Member of the Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, Marlene is also a Member of such prestigious arts organizations as the The New York Society of Women Artists, the Pastel Society of America, the Degas Pastel Society, NAPPAP, HCC-Arts, the Organization of Independent Artists, and Long Reach Arts. Her work is in private collections throughout the country and is represented by the Carrie Haddad Gallery in Hudson, NY; the Elisa Pritzker Gallery in Highland, NY; the Mark Gruber Gallery in New Paltz, NY; and the Mohonk Mountain House.