Marguerite Lawler
Oil paintings
Marguerite Lawler’s education includes a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design, and a MFA from the City University of New York. In 2017 she received a Project Grant from the Maine Arts Commission to create a new body of work, which is ongoing. Her focus has been the interior landscape and seascape of the coast and islands of Maine. On location, Marguerite likes to observe, to gather information, to organize, and to develop the foundations of her paintings through small studies in oil and gouache. Her subjects are the wooded and watery environments of Maine; her focus is the effect of light on the landscape. What most interests Lawler as a painter is the studying of the contrast of shadows and the forms they create. She is not trying to paint the panoramic or infuse romantic sensibilities; rather, she seeks to capture the austerity of the moment. In the studio, Lawler’s studies are translated into large oil paintings on panel. She relies on these studies, her visual memory, and her intuition to create representational pieces. Her visual experiences become the springboard for exploration and discovery, which evolves over time.
