Marion Wood is a British abstract artist currently living and working in the Camarillo area of Southern California. She is a Resident Artist at Studio Channel Islands.

 

“The invitation of the blank canvas and the purity of the act of painting is what inspires me. Growing up in the English countryside, where endless rainy days often kept me indoors, I turned to drawing—and eventually, painting—as a primary pursuit. Over decades of filling blank canvases, I found my own voice through constant experimentation.

 

There is something raw and beautiful about working on large-scale canvases—using my whole body to inhabit the space, with no premeditated outcome. Each painting becomes a dialogue between myself and the materials, unfolding in the immediacy of the moment. I explore the tension between order and chaos, the joy and the struggle of creation. I leave my gestures visible—the drip, the flow, the strike—whether emotional, playful, or aggressive, laying it bare for the viewer to witness.”

 

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