| No, there ain't no cure for the "Summertime Hues." So, from June 3 - July 1, 2006, The Folk Tree Collection presents RENNIE RAU MARQUEZ: Summertime Hues, an exhibition of acrylic paintings on illustration board, and kites constructed of watercolor paper decorated with cut paper collage and acrylic paints. This new collection of artwork by Rennie Rau Marquez is her first large body of work to appear at The Folk Tree Collection in five years. A reception for the artist is scheduled for Saturday, June 3, from 2 - 6 P.M. Summer is the artist's favorite season. It's filled with intense sunshine and even more intense color, beaches and barbeques, tropical prints on Hawaiian shirts and sundresses, luscious fruits and vegetables, riotous flower gardens, skies filled with sails and kites, outdoor fun and lazy days spent with friends and family. The images on view capture these summer visions. There are some elements in the new work that are hallmarks of Marquez's style: the saturated colors, the richness of pattern and flair for storytelling. The difference is that the style is applied to a new variety of subjects. Says the artist, "Two years ago my husband, Mike and I left the Pasadena area after 20 plus years and, after some extensive travel and exploration, returned to the land of our childhood, Orange County. This was something we never expected to do but an opportunity presented itself and we took it. Now we're living just minutes from the ocean in the charming little village of Seal Beach. Suddenly, I found my world was filled with a wonderful array of new objects that could inhabit my paintings. And I was surprised how these objects worked right into the style I had been developing over the last 10 years. Over the past year I've been wandering our town, neighborhoods, beach and marina, camera in hand, in search of stories to tell. Inspiration is everywhere: in the rich life of the tide pools, the seabirds of the wetlands, the fun and funky beach houses, the fishermen on the pier, the flotsam washed up on the beach, the eccentric dwellings of the trailer park, the racks of Hawaiian shirts and the local ukulele shop. Our town also hosts some events rich with imagery, like a classic car show and the Japanese Kite Festival. The latter gave me the idea to create my own kites, with style and subjects more in common with Mexico than Japan. Here I got to use one of my favorite mediums, cut paper." Marquez and her husband have traveled extensively throughout Mexico, and her work often pays homage to the folk art of that country. Marquez received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from California State University, Long Beach. She spent twenty years of her professional career at Walt Disney Imagineering. During that time, Rennie contributed designs to EPCOT Center, Disney/MGM Studios, Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure Theme park. In 1997, she began exhibiting her painting, most often at The Folk Tree and The Folk Tree Collection. She has also exhibited at Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena, Casa de Artistas in Scottsdale, Tatiana Maria Gallery in Los Olivos, and Lozano in Sierra Madre. The Folk Tree Collection is located at 199 S. Fair Oaks Avenue, minutes walking distance from the Gold Line's Del Mar Station, near the heart of Old Pasadena, and just off the end of the Pasadena Freeway (110). Gallery hours are: M-W, 1-6; Th-Sat, 10-6; Sun, 12-5. For additional information, contact Gail Mishkin at 626/793. |
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