Monday, February 17, 2025

Richardson Civic Art Society

Meetings & Demo's in DFW Area

MARCH 18, 2025

Marie Renfro

March Demo Artist Marie Renfro

Marie Renfro says “I use color, intuitive marks, rhythm, movement, and texture to manipulate space as a source for my personal search for order in a conflicting world.  With my artwork, I attempt to voice fears, celebrate awakenings and illuminate those contradictions that fill my field of vision.

The different textures, smooth and rough, of paper and canvas represent a contrast of misgivings and hopes, failures and victories, as well as roadblocks and deep abysses encountered in my life.  There is always a source of light or transparency shining into each work, which represents hope for a better day. The struggle for the organization of the painting speaks about survival and a reason for living.

My work is very personal and largely autobiographical. I feel that all my paintings have a relationship to an experience in my life as I rely to a large extent on intuition.  Art is a definite way of knowledge or approach to truth.  I do not get an idea for an image and then paint it; rather, the painting reveals to me, in the same manner as dreams, imagery that usually remains buried in the subconscious.”

Marie’s formal training includes a Master of Fine Arts Degree from Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas, with additional study in Switzerland, France, Holland, Italy, England and Russia. Her work has been accepted into many area and international shows where it has won outstanding awards. She has appeared in Southwest Art Magazine and in the books, Translating the Prairie and Journeys to Abstraction, by Sue St. John.

​The Marie Renfro Art Studio in Allen, Texas, can be visited by appointment. Contact mrenfroart@aol.com or (214) 232-0622

For more information about Marie’s work, see her website: www.marierenfro.com