Cenko Info 08

I have been painting in oils acrylics and pastels for many years.
About ten years ago I began depicting the human figure as a "Being of Light," reflecting my love of the human form, color and passionate expression. These paintings were birthed through periods of intense challenges in my personal life and became a vehicle for me to express learning, growth and spiritual evolution.
I call this body of work Figurative Illuminations. Before I paint I will meditate and feel into the people who the painting will reside with. I work intuitively, moving with music to help me feel. An initial color will come through and then a feeling in my body which I capture as a gesture on the canvas. Sometimes this process takes place over a period of days or even weeks. When the painting comes through me, I work in thin layers of the same color, placing in the patterns of light and dark, which help create movement. As layers of color build I will glaze over with other analogous colors. What I like to do here is similar to the effect you would see when looking at a gemstone held to the light. I want the color to glow.
This special feeling, being held to the Light, reflects my deepest aspirations ~ to depict an evolving human race, that in its spiritual evolution is filled with happiness, joy, yielding, peace ~ and most of all Love. It is through the creation of these "Beings of Light" that I myself feel fulfilled as an artist and spiritual being. In this way I create these paintings as a celebration of the joy and happiness of being alive!
My influences are Monet, Cezanne, Matisse, Rembrandt in the uses of color and light. My work is available in sizes from 4 x 4 inches to mural size. Custom commissions and Giclée prints are available.

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BA Commercial Art, MA Fine Arts
Recent Galleries and Exhibitions

Stoneheart Gallery, Evergreen, Colorado
Suspended Gems, Willowcreek Wellness Center, Hummingbird Horizons
Artists Worth Watching, Dearborn Rieder Gallery, Boulder
Colorado Art Expo, Denver
The Creative Force Collaborative Group Exhibitions, Boulder, Denver
Jonathan Taylor Gallery, Longmont
Expressions in Fine Art, Canyon Rd., Santa Fe
D & K Printing, Boulder, Featured Artist
Guadelupe Fine Art, Canyon Rd., Santa Fe
The Boulder Gallery, Colorado
Mullein Gallery, Boulder
Roberts Restaurant, NYC
Group shows, New Jersey, Pennsylvania

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Private Collections
New York, New Jersey, Vermont, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Florida,
Oregon, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Australia, England, France

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"These paintings were birthed through periods of intense challenges in my personal life and became a vehicle for me to express learning, growth and spiritual evolution."

Marianne Cenko

Marianne's Work

"Phoenix, the Fifth Note" (sold)