Marjorie Guyon (Kentucky/New York, 20th-21st Century) large mixed media oil pigment and marble dust on board "fresco" painting depicting a central photomechanical collage of a concrete form surrounded by large abstract geometric sections of color rendered in thick layers of red, yellow, and green paint. Unsigned. Float mounted in a contemporary giltwood frame with fluting. Sight: 48" H x 36" W. Framed: 53" H x 41 1/2" W. Biography: Marjorie Guyon, originally from New York, studied poetry at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA. She moved to Lexington, KY, where she had a sudden realization during a particularly frustrating writing session that her life's passion was for painting, not poetry, and began to build a body of work. In 1980, dealer Merton Simpson of Madison Avenue helped rocket her to success after being taken with the poetic paintings. Guyon describes her collages at the center of each piece as "pages from an ancient book" containing "the most important things that one would want to pass on…the things that they will need to remember." Her success in New York has not influenced her to move from Lexington, however, stating "Here, I don't feel any pressure…That sense of space and distance has enabled me to investigate my own vision." (adapted from the artist's website)

CONDITION: Some areas of flaking and abrasion where pigment is three-dimensional. Otherwise in overall very good condition.