Mariel Green
315 Stone Creek Circle
Santa Rosa, Ca 95409
707 539-6934
magart_55@msn.com
EDUCATION: Sacramento State University, BA
Chicago Art Institute
Workshops: Albert Handell, Master Pastelist; Maxine Masterfield, mixed media; Jan Kunz, watercolor; Brook Allison, oils and pastels; Elizabeth Holland McDaniel, oils, Lian Quan Zhen, watercolor; Sylvia Miller, watercolor; Judy Greenberg, watercolor; Nessa Granger, collage; Cory Celaya; mixed media; Jane Hofstetter, NWS, AWS, watercolor; Robert Burridge, acrylic; and many others.
ART HISTORY: After college and during modeling and business careers attended art schools and workshops. Painted in oils exclusively. While living in Chicago became interested in pastels through taking classes from Brook Allison, master pastelist, at the Chicago Art Institute. Returned to California and moved to San Rafael in Marin County where I was introduced to watercolors and acrylics by various teachers at the Marin Art and Garden Center and private teachers.
After moving to Santa Rosa in Sonoma County, I have shown my work extensively and have been awarded honors at juried shows i.e., Santa Rosa Guild, Small Works Show, Watercolor Artists of Sonoma County, National League of American Pen Women’s National Art Show in Virginia and Nor Cal Biennial Shows, Lake Powell Art Show, American Canyon, Kendall-Jackson Winery, Seasons of Sonoma Bouverie Audubon Preserve, as well as non-juried shows, i.e., Sonoma County Fairs, Harvest Fairs, St. Supery Winery, Gallery One, Marin Society of Artists, Joe’s in San Rafael, Cline Cellars Winery, and Golden Gate University.
Active member in National League of American Pen Women, Round Table Artists of Sonoma County, Art Workshop of Wester Sonoma County, AWS, Oakmont Arts Association, Creative Connection of California, American Canyon and The California Connection.
Afterword: In the last 21 years I have lived in the heart of the Sonoma Valley Wine Country where visual art flourishes beyond all of my expectations, and I have been free to devote much of my time to painting. I paint in my studio and in plein air using watercolors, acrylics and pastels. I have experimented extensively with encaustics, silk dyes and photo image and emulsion transfers.