Marion Bolton

Born 1961, Fort Worth, Texas
Has practiced at Creative Growth since 1999

Marion Bolton works from reference, often choosing books of nature photography as a point of departure. He reduces his subject matter to fields of bright color with expressive linear details, beginning in pencil and filling in with thick layers of pastel. While his depictions of animals and flowers are detailed and precise, his renderings of people exaggerate limbs or facial features. Sometimes bordering on the abstract, he captures the figure’s essence while simplifying the form and turning up the gesture.

Marion Bolton trabaja a partir de referencias, a menudo eligiendo libros de fotografía de naturaleza como punto de partida. Reduce su tema a campos de color brillante con detalles lineales expresivos, comenzando con lápiz y completando con gruesas capas de pastel. Si bien sus representaciones de animales y flores son detalladas y precisas, sus representaciones de personas exageran las extremidades o los rasgos faciales. En ocasiones rozando lo abstracto, capta la esencia de la figura simplificando la forma y realzando el gesto.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2020
Inter-Avant-Garde, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln

2019
Outsider Art Fair, New York

2018
Visual Oasis: Works from Creative Growth, Carson City

2015
The Apartment, Vancouver, Canada

2013
Margins to Mainstream, Sonoma County Museum, Santa Rosa
Outsider Artists, Oakland Airport, Oakland