Welcome to Marilyn Comparetto's gallery. Here you will find a small representation of Marilyn's paintings for sale.
Enjoy your visit!

Artist's statement

I have been painting for almost 32 years now and as a self taught artist my journey has been both an exciting and fraught one!

I have centred my studies round various subjects, techniques and styles from figurative to abstract. Experimenting and learning through trial and error I have created good works and disasters. The disasters encouraged me to work harder to make the ideas work and the good works enabled me to leave them on one side knowing that I could go back at any time to continue with confidence.

I have recently been concentrating on expressive works using "Mixism", a new "ism" that I have created. "Mixism" is ideal for my expressive work as it simply means that I have the freedom to not only use mixed media but to use any techniques and styles within one work. Children work this way naturally as they have not been bound by any rules of teaching.
Art lovers seem to be increasingly interested in "Mixism" as I have been booked several demo's between November 2006 and September 2007.

To be totally expressive I need to be free of any harnesses and have all my mediums set out for spontaneity. My artistic memory bank is able to produce visual pieces at will but I need to be stirred into action by the world around me from the time past or present!

Although this expressive style is the centre of my concentration at this time, I am still producing wild life, abstract, still life, collage and figurative works. I have various pieces at different stages of completion set up around my studio this enables me to work on them at any time.

My artwork will continue to take it's own unpredictable journey leading on to further experimentation and perhaps some new "isms"!

Website
Designed and ran "Access to Active Art" website, for my own business, to promote artists through competitions-ran an international art competition via the web. Winners Jolander Ritcher, Austria - cash prize £500 and Allision Sherburne, St Albans -£200 of artist materials

Studio
Joined Courtyard Studios in February 2004. Courtyard Art Studio, Ampthill. Open to visitors Monday to Saturday when one or more artists are (or) will be present at the studio.

Work Experience with children

• Devonshire School - helped the class to develop a school frieze
• Fund raising for Oxfam - involvement in pilot scheme to educate 11-16 years on the role of Oxfam in the Third World.
• St Bernadette's School, London Colney - taught artistic activities to children in the nursery environment
• February 2004 County Youth Services, Stevenage employed as an Art Project Worker to run workshops around the County.
• Workshop 5th March 2004 at Bancroft Youth Centre-transfers for t-shirts
• 3 x Workshops July 2004 Harpenden Centre clay modelling and collage
• Workshop November 2004 clay modeling
• February 2004/05County Youth Services, Stevenage employed as an Art Project Worker to run workshops around the County.

Original Artworks Sold between 1973-2005
A variety of 160 paintings in various styles and mediums have been produced and sold over this period of time to private buyers.
The most greatly sold subject has been wild life painted, usually in large scale and in oils.

Portraits
Between 1986-2003 commissioned to paint 34 portraits in a variety of mediums from oils to pencil to individuals around the UK, some of these were commissioned through an agent whilst living in Manchester.

Gallery
6 x Gallery of various sizes painted in oils commissioned between 1987-1989.

You can contact Marilyn directly by email at the following address: info@marilyncomparetto.com