Marina Marinopoulos
Vauville, Normandy
Contemporary figurative artist inspired by nature, animals, birds and daily life.
MessageMarina Marinopoulos is a self-taught Greek artist based in Normandy, France. She is a member of the Association Des Couleurs et des Formes, which holds regular workshops. Marina paints in oils and acrylics, but also creates works on paper, using mixed media: pencil, charcoal, watercolour, collage, gold leaf. She is inspired by nature, birds and animals, but at the moment is concentrating on portraits. Her work is showcased on Instagram and, along with other subjects, on her blog ‘Letters from Athens’ (https://athensletters.com)
Statement
I draw inspiration from the life around me: children and adults, faces and hands, interiors, animals, nature. But I can veer off into imaginary scenarios, and I like my paintings to have a story behind them, or at least provoke some thought in the viewer. My palette includes a lot of yellows and blues, as well as greys and touches of pink and red.
In my oil paintings—mostly portraits and interiors—although my style is figurative, I do not aspire to an extremely realistic depiction of the model, but try to create an expressive interpretation using bright, improbable colours. My aim is to capture a mood, the essence of the subject.
I also love working with paper—thick watercolor paper with deckled edges, and collages made with kraft paper, rice paper, tissue paper, old book pages, pages from magazines—even silver foil. I work in layers, cutting, tearing and slashing holes to expose what lies beneath. But often I just paint and draw—using watercolor, ink, graphite, charcoal, gesso, oil pastels, and sometimes, gold or silver leaf.
Powered by Artwork Archive