Visual Art League of Lewisville

Marie Renfro: May 2005

May 4th, 2004

Color and creativity best describe Marie Renfro’s paintings in oil or acrylic. A very versatile artist, Marie enjoys using various media to express her emotional response to an idea or subject. An intuitive approach to painting helps her find compositions and subjects she might otherwise never consider. She has painted for 40 years and through the years has tried many new surfaces and ideas. Mixing collage with paint is the favorite mode of her current work. Marie’s work is based on strong color, texture, and design. She begins a painting with wet paper and lets the paint and the reaction of the water give her stimulus for beginning the composition and design. It is very exciting to see a painting start to emerge under her skillful hands. She will be using Golden Liquid Acrylics for her demonstration. She will be giving you ideas for collage materials as well as methods to manipulate the paint.

Marie has just retired from teaching for 8 years at Collin County Community College where she taught Watercolor and Mixed Media. Through the years she also taught Painting and Design.

Marie and 7 other women artists founded and ran Gallery VIII in West Plano for 21 years and they closed the Gallery in June of 2003. She is now represented by the Fairmount Gallery at 2517 Fairmount Street in Uptown Dallas. She is also showing her work across the state having just had a one-woman show in the Laredo Arts Center in Laredo, Texas. She was also included in an Alumni Show at Texas Woman’s University this fall, as well as a one- woman show in the 1550 Gallery in Kerrville, Texas in January of 2003.

Formal training includes a Master of Fine Arts Degree from Texas Woman’s University, with additional study in Switzerland, France, Holland, Italy, England, Greece, Spain, Russia and Mexico. Her work has been accepted in many area and international shows where it has won outstanding awards.

Her work is included in many collections: (partial listing): Richardson Public Library Richardson, TX, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX, Presbyterian Hospital of Plano, Plano, TX, Community Credit Corporation, Plano, TX, Northern Telecom, Richardson, TX, Allen Public Library, Allen, TX.

Marie is a lifelong member of the Plano Art Association, a Signature member of the Southwestern Watercolor Society, The Associated Creative Artist’s of Dallas, TX., the Texas Visual Arts Association and a member of the Dallas Museum of Art.

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