Biography
Award winning artist, Marie Massey, studied Fine Art at the California College of Arts and Crafts, UC Santa Barbara, UC Berkeley and at the Loveland Academy of Art as well as with many well known contemporary artists. In the year 2000, after an international career in marketing and business development, Marie devoted herself to painting and teaching full-time. Marie is currently represented by select galleries across the US including The San Francisco Women Artists Gallery in San Francisco, CA, 620 on the Avenue Fine Art Gallery in Pacific Grove, CA. and the Independence Gallery in Loveland, CO. She also teaches painting for adults working in oil and acrylic for the City of Monterey, CA. Marie is founder of the Central Coast Plein Air Painters an organization of more that 200 California-based plein air painters.
Marie paints both in her Dolphin Dunes Studio and outdoors, en plein aire. Marie has had the joy to paint in France and Italy as well as in beautiful places in the US and South America. She captures the splendid uniqueness of a place with spontaneous brush strokes, sensitive line, and vivid color. With her sure hand in composition and her drawing skills, she takes the viewer on a painted journey. Marie’s paintings, have been juried into numerous national exhibitions where they have won many awards including Best of Show, 2nd and 3rd place as well as many Honorable Mentions, Purchase and Merchant Awards. Marie is also co-founder of Paint the Poudre Plein Air, a plein air painting event benefiting the Cache La Poudre River in Colorado and Founder of the Central Coast Plein Air Painters.
Gallery Representation:
San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, 647 Irving,San Francisco, CA
Independence Gallery, 233 E. 4th St. Loveland, CO
620 on the Avenue Fine Art Gallery, 629 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove, CA
Petite Provence, 506 Bay Ave, Capitola, CA
HomeSpace Gallery, 41st Ave, Capitola, CA
Professional Memberships:
Exhibiting Member of the San Francisco Women Artists Gallery
Exhibiting Member of the California Art League
Central Coast Plein Air Painters, Founder
Pacific Art League
American Impressionist Society
Carmel Art Association
Central Coast Art Association
Monterey Bay Plein Air Painters Association
PAAC, Plein Air Artists of Colorado
