Redhead Waking, woman red hair, figurative portrait painting, woman art, female figuration, contemporary figure artist

Redhead Waking, Contemporary Figurative painting of woman with long red hair
20" x 16" Oil on stretched canvas SOLD
$750 plus $20 shipping in US. CA residents, please add 7.5% sales tax
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Considering, portrait of woman musing, face, chin on hand, colorful, contemporary figurative painting, female figuration,

Considering Something, Contemporary Figurative painting of woman musing, thinking,
10" x 8" Oil on stretched canvas, Edges about 1.25 deep.
$250 plus $20 shipping in US. CA residents, please add 7.5% sales tax  SOLD
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This one was an experiment with color so it was difficult to photograph. The background is more of a lavender color. There are a lot of colors in the face and I'm going to keep making these small portraits as practice.

Woman by Beach, portrait, figurative oil painting, face, female figuration, contemporary figure painter

Woman by Beach Contemporary Figurative painting of woman, 14" x 11"
Oil on canvas board $400 plus $10 shipping in US   SOLD
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Orange Lantern, figurative oil painting of woman with head scarf, contemporary figure painter, female figuration

Orange Lantern, Contemporary Figurative painting of woman in headscarf, 1940's look
11" x 14" Oil on gesso board    SOLD
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Woman wearing flowers, figurative oil painting, female figuration, contemporary figure painter, face, portrait

Summer Blossom, Contemporary Figurative oil painting of woman with flowers

20" x 16" Oil on stretched canvas, Edges .75 deep, painted black for hanging without frame 

$500 plus $20 shipping in US. CA residents, please add 7.5% sales tax  SOLD

International shipping available. Email: marie@mariefox.com 

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I started out making a color wheel with oil paints - blobs of color in the order of a prism or rainbow. They seemed like flowers so I added an imagined woman's face behind them, as if she were wearing the floral colors. I love working in oil again. 

Figurative oil painting, sleeping woman figuration, contemporary figure painter

The Dream, oil on canvas, 24" x 30"

Edges 1.5" deep and painted black for hanging without frame SOLD

$1200 plus $25 shipping in US. International shipping available

Email: marie@mariefox.com

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I like the effect of painting on a black surface and outlining the figure with orange. She's wonderfully too big for the sofa yet comfortable enough to get into a good sleep. I'm eager to explore these painting techniques further.

Woman figurative oil painting in oil, contemporary figure paiinter, beach ocean

Beach Girl, 11 x 14, oil on canvas
$300 plus $10 insurance/shipping in US
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A fun experiment drawing with orange on a black background.
Here's my recent interview for Contemporary Fine Arts International.

Figurative oil painting woman seated red dress, figure painter

Red Slip, oil on canvas, 8" x 10" 
SOLD to a collector in Germany
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This tiny painting has big color. I like the figure in that she's not too realistic.

Moon Flower, figurative oil painting, figuration, women in art, figure painters, contemporary figurative painter

 
























Moon Flower, 14" x 11", oil on canvas
 SOLD to a collector in Massachusetts
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In this painting I drew with oil pastels to build up the forms. I love the rhythm of the lines.

Autumn, figurative oil painting, figuration, figure painter, woman in art

Autumn, 20" x 16", oil on canvas
$495 plus $20 insurance/shipping  SOLD to a collector in Virginia
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I love the process of drawing so here I drew over the brushed oil paint with oil pastels. It's a very messy process but exciting. When I first posted this painting the woman was sitting beside what appeared to be a large fireplace. The window makes a bit more 'sense' - whatever that might be within an imagined world.

HairDo, figurative painting, figuration, figure painter

HairDo, oil on canvas, 6" x 6" Not For Sale
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I drew this while looking in the mirror and imagining myself as a blond.

The Shell, figurative oil painting, figuration, contemporary figure painter, woman, beach

The Shell, 8" x 10", oil on canvas, $190 plus $10 insurance/shipping
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SOLD to a collector in Germany

The dark background over which I created the figure suggested night, so here she is at the beach as the sun sets - or the moon rises.

Sailboat, figurative oil painting, figure art, woman, beach, contemporary figurative painter, ocean

Sailboat, oil paint and oil pastel on canvas, 12" x 12"
$150 plus $15 in US.
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Here's a little study in oil for a larger version.

Boardwalk, figurative painting, figure of woman, contemporary figure painter, modern figurative art

The Boardwalk, 14" x 11", acrylic on canvas
SOLD to a collector in Washington, DC
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I reworked this painting to get a design and color combination I like better than the earlier version.

Seated Woman, figurative oil painting, nude woman, figure study

Seated Woman, oil on canvas, 12" x 12"

SOLD to a collector in Vermont 
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I was intrigued by the pyramidal shape of the model's pose and invented a background to support the triangle.

The Mirror, figurative oil painting, woman, female figure, beach, Marie Fox

The Mirror,  20" x 24", oil on canvas SOLD
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This painting pleases me because it's simpler than most I do. I'm trying to reduce detail without eliminating the visual interest that detail provides. I do like the subject of a woman and her reflection - an ancient theme. The figure's profile view also reminds me of Egyptian art which I love.

Setting Sail, figurative painting, woman, female figure, sailboats, ocean, Marie Fox

Setting Sail, oil on canvas, 24" x 30"
SOLD to a collector in North Carolina

Email: marie@mariefox.com

This was a fun one to paint in that I was trying to restrict my colors and details, and to emphasize form. (But I do love color so some are bright.) On the figure I used many small strokes following the shape of the body. It's a true luxury to sit making small brush strokes around an arm or torso, searching for and evoking form. The process reminds me of working with egg tempera. In this painting, there seems to be a story too. -->  

"Waiting", Figurative Painting, Marie Fox, Woman at Beach, female figure

Waiting, oil on canvas, 20" x 20"
SOLD to a collector in North Carolina
Email: marie@mariefox.com

For this painting I imagined a woman at the shore leaning on a Corinthian capital, waiting for.....

The Postcard, Marie Fox, figurative art, woman, water, contemporary art

"The Postcard", Oil on Canvas, 30" x 40"
Email: marie@mariefox.com  SOLD to a collector in North Carolina


I'm daring to paint larger than I have before and I enjoy it. The colors of this painting please me as does the design and subject. Women and water seem to be a theme for me.

Reading, figurative female oil painting, beach, ocean, figure, woman, figuration, contemporary art, female model

"Reading" Oil on canvas, 16"x 20" $500 plus shipping of $12  SOLD

I'm happy to be settled in California after two exhausting moves and a car drive from New England. Although the water in this painting is abstract, I'm quite certain it is the Pacific Ocean rather than the Atlantic.

Email: marie@mariefox.com