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Obstructed View III Oil and mixed media on board
10 x 10
Obstructed View II Oil and mixed media on board 8 x 10
Obstructed View VI Oil and mixed media on board 11 x 14
Obstructed View IV Oil and mixed media on board 9 X 12
Obstructed View IX Oil and mixed media on board 10 x 8
Obstructed View V Oil and mixed media on board 12 x 12
Obstructed View VII Oil and mixed media on board 12 x 9
Obstructed View I Oil and mixed media on board 14 x 11
Fisher Oil and mixed media on board, 20 x 30
Ginger Oil and mixed media on board, 20 x 30
Loeb Lake Channel Cats Acrylic on wood panel 4’ x 6’ (More information about this project can be found here)
Margi Grill’s work documents how landscape exists in an urban environment. Inspired by ecological concerns of land-use and access to green spaces, each painting aims to start a conversation about our modern relationship to the natural world. Margi was granted an Artist Participation Scholarship to Split Rock Arts Program in 2005. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a focus in painting and a Bachelor of Liberal Arts in Art History from the University of Minnesota. She is currently experimenting with interactive installations that mimic her own sense of discovery and understanding.
Artist Statement: As an artist I have focused my practice on reinterpreting traditional landscape painting to include the environments we experience everyday. I am drawn to areas where human-made spaces overlap with areas permitted to grow wild. I am also interested in how those boundaries have shifted through generations and continue to change. My process involves diluting water-soluble oils to create a translucent wash and letting it spill over the surface. The landscapes I depict are built up through layers of color and texture with layers of observational drawing, wavering several times between precise realism and gestural abstraction.