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Growing up on a farm in Indiana has given me a love of nature and the beauty of the land.  This has been the inspiration for many of my oil and pastel landscapes.  The balance, rhythm, color and light of the seasons find their way into my paintings. 
 I also enjoy figurative, urban, and garden scenes and subjects inspired by my travels to the southwest, the east coast, and Europe.  
I hope to give the viewer a heightened awareness of the beauty of the world around us.  
The greatest compliment is when someone sees my painting and says, “I feel this place”.  
Marilyn Witt

Bio:
Marilyn has lived most of her life in Indiana, but has traveled extensively.  She attended Indiana University and studied art under the instruction of Professor Tom Thomas.  She continued her studies with Internationally known artist, Maggie Price, Kim Lordier, Richard McKinley,Ron Mack, Robert Eberle, Nancy Foureman, David Slonim and others.   
She has been painting professionally since 1999 and her paintings have been accepted in local, regional, and national juried shows and have won many awards in both oil and pastel.  
Her style is impressionistic with an emphasis on color and light. Marilyn’s paintings are included in collections in Indiana, Florida, Texas, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, and India.  
Marilyn’s work has been featured in her magazine.  
Three of her paintings have been used on the covers of two novels and one children’s book: “Sweet Land of Liberty” by Donna Cronk, “That Sweet Place” by Donna Cronk and “Pictures From Gabriel” by Susan Hoskins Miller. 
Work may be seen at Brown County Art Gallery, Nashville, IN, Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis and locally at ERA Integrity Real Estate, and The Artistry Annex in New Caslte, IN.  

Memberships:

She is a Signature Member and Regional Ambassador for International Plein Air Painters 
 Indiana Plein Air Painters,
 American Impressionist Society, 
Great Lakes Pastel Society, 
Hoosier Salon, 
Indiana Artists Club,
 Indiana Heritage Arts, 
Richmond Art Museum, 
and other local Art Associations.  

Website -www.marilynwittart.com  
email -  mjw4arts@nltc.net  Phone - 765-524-1339



Selected Juried Exhibitions and Awards

ViewPoint National Art Show “Pastel Journal Award”   2007, 2008
First Annual International Autumn Art Challenge – show at Bucks County Fine Art Gallery, New Hope, PA – Feb.Mar. 2010– Second Place in Pastels.  (over a thousand entries, global) 
Hoosier Salon, 2007 – Merit Award – 2009 Purchase Award.  2011 (Merit Award and 2 Purchase)
Indiana Heritage Arts – Juried Art Exhibition, 2007, 2009, 2010
Richmond Art Museum – Juried – 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 (merit award) 2010, 2011 (purchase)
Minnetrista Art Museum – Juried – 2005
Red Tail Conservancy, Open Space, Art About the Land – 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, (award) 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 (awards)
Madison County Art Association – Juried – First Place – Watercolor 2005, 2006, second place.  
Whitewater Valley Annual , IU, Richmond – 4th place 
Art Association of Henry County – BEST OF SHOW – 2010; First Place – 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. Awards most years.   
Exhibited and won awards in many other local Art Shows.  
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Artist Statement
WITT, MARILYN
Indiana
"Nature's Christmas Tree"
oil painting
  The late evening sun shining on this little spruce tree in my yard drew me to it.  The shadows on the snow made it irresistible.
WITT, MARILYN
Indiana
"New Harmony Spring"
11x14_pastel
 New Harmony, Indiana is beautiful in the spring.  This entrance to the Roofless Church was especially pretty with all the crabapple trees in bloom.
WITT, MARILYN
Indiana
"Prairie Flowers Waving in the Breeze"
16x20 oil painting
  In Indiana the uncultivated fields are often full of prairie flowers in late summer.  This one was especially beautiful waving in the breeze of a windy day.
WITT, MARILYN
Indiana
"Snow on the Whitewater
11x14_pastel
 I have painted the Whitewater River near my home in Indiana in all seasons.  The winter is my favorite.
WITT, MARILYN
Indiana
"Sunflower Bouquet"
11x14 pastel
 These sunflowers were in a hotel in Albuquerque.  The back lighting drew me in and I had to ask permission to set up and paint them.
WITT, MARILYN
Indiana
"Through the Dunes"
11x14 pastel
 The Sand Dunes on South Padre Island make a great subject to paint.
WITT, MARILYN
Indiana
"Whitewater River in the Fall"
14x11 oil
The Whitewater River near Brookeville, Indiana is beautiful in the fall with the reflections in the clear water.
WITT, MARILYN
Indiana
"Windmill and Sunflowers"
My neighbors sunflowers waving in the summer breeze caught my attention.  The windmill in the background made the perfect composition for this painting.
WITT, MARILYN
Indiana
"Winter in the Corn Belt"
9x12 pastel
The harvested cornfields around my home, especially when covered by a new layer of snow, are one of my favorite subjects.
WITT, MARILYN
Indiana
"Zinnia"
14x11 oil
These zinnias were blooming in my garden.  A perfect place to sit and paint and listen to nature.
WITT, MARILYN
Indiana
"Prairie Land"
16x20_pastel
The beautiful prairie land and farm land in central Indiana in late summer.  So happy to have this beauty close to me.
WITT, MARILYN
Indiana
11x14_oil
The neighbors just finished harvesting this cornfield.  I just hoped they didn’t move the wagon and truck before I finished the painting.
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