Released by Marla Thirsk
30″x36″ Acrylic on Canvas
$1500
Many Artists deal with dark inner subjects in their art, somehow they get released in the very act of creating art. Marla has freed herself from the inner ‘demons’ that a very tortured relationship with her mother had created. Released is an exciting addition to this series of paintings, despite the dark source of inspiration in the artists experience.
Access Denied by Marla Thirsk
30″x36″ Acrylic on Canvas
$1500
“Access Denied – She never let me in, and I didn’t let her in either.” says Marla about this painting.
I feel as though we’ve been invited to get to know a side of Marla through these paintings, as side she’d never be able to explain in words.
The Artist’s Magazine Annual Art Competition has recognized Marla Thirsks’ portrait Disconnect. The portrait and figure entries were judged on expressiveness, personality and draftsmanship. The portrait category juror; Sharon Sprung teaches at the Art Students League and the National Academy’s School of Fine Arts in New York City; she has hosted two films on painting the figure for ArtistsNetworkTV videos.
Congratulations!. Disconnect, has been selected as a finalist in the Portrait/Figure category of The Artist’s Magazine 27th Annual Art Competition. …, as a finalist your name will be featured in the December 2010 issue of the magazine.Your accomplishment is one to be proud of.
~Maureen Bloomfield, Editor ‘The Artist’s Magazine’
Marla’s original works can be viewed here at Mark Penney Gallery in Ucluelet and also at Cedar Corner Gallery in Tofino.
Sooke Fine Arts Society has an annual art show consisting of works by hundreds of area artists and is attended by more than 7000 visitors each year. This year the event runs from July 24th ’til August 2nd. Regionally, it’s a fairly high profile event.
It’s jurored by Jeffrey Spalding the President of Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, John Luna a Painter, Writer, Curator, and instructor at Vancouver Island School of Art and UVic as well as Diane Farris a noted curator and owner of Diane Farris Gallery in Vancouver.
I’m pleased to report that Ucluelet’s own Marla Thirsk has been selected for the Juror’s Choice Award (sponsored by the Sooke Community Arts Council) for her recent portrait ‘Disconnect‘.
Marla’s works can be viewed here at Mark Penney Gallery in Ucluelet and also at Cedar Corner Gallery in Tofino.
Marla Thirsk Art, Cover of WineTrails Magazine
Wine Trails Magazine, Summer 2010 Issue features Marla Thirsk’s Art on it’s cover. Just inside the cover is explained the following:
Marla Thirsk was born in Vancouver, BC and showed an early aptitude for art by drawing in the cover pages of her father’s university books at the age of 2. Her Art career really started when she decided to change her life around by believing in herself and following her life-long dream of being a professional artist. Since then she has created award winning posters for the Whale Festival, Edge to Edge Marathon, Ukee Days and just finished one for the Tofino Food and Wine Festival. She has designed logos and costumes and done set design. She was president of the the Pacific Rim Arts Society for six years running. She has painted every mural in her town of Ucluelet but one and continues to be a major figure in the planning of local Art Events. She has worked in all mediums but oil. Her works have sold and gone worldwide. She proudly wears the title of “Towns’s Artist”.
The original acrylic paintings in the theme of the Tofino Food and Wine Poster on this issue’s cover are the newest venture for her. They are inspired by old photos ofher mother from the 30′s to early 60′s and old french postcards of the 1800′s and early 1900′s. with these new works she feels she has finally found her own unique style. for a more comprehensive look at her work, please visit her website (www.marlathirsk.com) or see her work at Cedar Corner Gallery in Tofino and Mark Penney Gallery in Ucluelet.
The magazine is widely circulated in BC and can be found at most BC Liquor and Beer & Wine Stores, the painting was created specifically for Tofino’s 8th annual Food and Wine Festival which ran June 4th-6th.
Catch of the Day by Marla Thirsk
30″x36″ acrylic on canvas
$1500
There’s something very playful about this portrait of Rita, She’s out of the deck chair and heading out fishing. Here on the west coast it doesn’t take much to convince someone it’s a good time to go fishing.
