Oil Painting
Marina Chamberlain
Marina is a visual artist from New Zealand, currently living in Melbourne. In New Zealand she completed studies in design at WelTec and completed a Bachelor of Arts with art history credits at Victoria University of Wellington.rnMarina has developed a distinctive art practice informed by her deep engagement with the natural world. She has exhibited widely in art shows and group exhibitions, been selected as a finalist in numerous juried and gallery awards, and received several best category art prizes. Her work is held in private collections across Australia and internationally as well as corporate collections in Melbourne.
Artist Profile
Marina is a visual artist from New Zealand, currently living in Melbourne. In New Zealand she completed studies in design at WelTec and completed a Bachelor of Arts with art history credits at Victoria University of Wellington. Marina has developed a distinctive art practice informed by her deep engagement with the natural world. She has exhibited widely in art shows and group exhibitions, been selected as a finalist in numerous juried and gallery awards, and received several best category art prizes. Her work is held in private collections across Australia and internationally as well as corporate collections in Melbourne.
Artist Interview
What medium do you work with, and why have you chosen them?
I work in both acrylic and oil paints. For me quick drying acrylics offer greater freedom when working fully in an abstract genre, while oil painting is a slower medium, more suited to my semi abstract landscape works which required a more measure and structured approach.
How does your artwork get from initial concept to exhibition stage?
My work regardless of the degree of abstraction is always anchored in a real image, in a real place and time. I work in my studio from a portfolio of my photographs and impressions sketched on location.
Can you tell us a little more about your creative working environment/studio?
I work from home upstairs, in two converted rooms which double as my studio and office, where there is plenty of space to display my resources from which I paint, and for the storing of my materials and canvases. From here I have beautiful views overlooking a park, which serves to further my inspiration.
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