DVAA Member since 2018
Marilyn Stubblebine
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About:
Primarily an abstract painter, Stubblebine has exhibited in solo and group shows in Philadelphia and throughout the United States. She received degrees in art history, fine art and art education. A Masters in Art degree was obtained under the tutelage of artists that included the photorealist painter Robert Bechtle. Her art investigates geometrical and non-geometrical abstraction with focus on color and geometry as expressions of wonder and projections of imagination with respect to life’s mysteries. Stubblebine enjoys both painting sharply defined edges on the smooth surface of board and forming softer, more textural edges on used/old book pages in creating altered books, artists’ books, and paintings on book pages. In the last few years, she has been engaged with music composition on MuseScore.org.
Artist Statement:
The unknown and unseen. Time in an instant being past, present, and future. That ignites my curiosity and leads me to create.
Geometric abstractions give form to my wonder. Abstractions deliver an ambiguity, an openness to and acceptance of the inexplicable, as well as invite viewers to hold discrete responses.
The generosity of color gives emotional voice and movement to the geometric structure. Color awakens the geometry to impart the story of the flow of time, walking through time, moving through the universe, marking the thoughts of my amazement. I am excited by color. Color’s versatility and fragility are receptive to variations of language, emotion, and imagination.
I enjoy the fundamental concepts of geometry, and how basic geometric thought was to early human beings in defining their place. And the definitions!
Lines and planes that can be prolonged indefinitely! Infinitely! I imagine the visibility of these concepts in space and time. A place where the unknown and unseen are acknowledged, symbolized in fictive abstractscapes (my word) in my art. Sometimes illustrated as architectural forms structuring color dialogues or as compositions of color soundscapes.
I primarily create abstractions using acrylic paint on board and also create altered books, artists’ books, and paintings on book pages. Music composition is a more recent creative pursuit. Perhaps my art acts as a placeholder for the mysterious. An acknowledgement of the unknown. An acceptance of the unseen. A reminder of the beauty of life in the universe. Imaginary planarities to take in as daily life goes by.
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