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Maren Bell

Statement
     Graduating with a Masters in Fine Art from Tufts University and The School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA, Maren studied with accomplised painters and working artists including Anne Craven, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons and Gerald Bergstein.  After living and exhibiting on the East Coast for several years, Maren returned to Indianapolis, Indiana where she now lives and works.  In 2008, Maren received an artist grant to attend the Vermont Studio Center where she started her most recent botanical series.
     These paintings are close studies of botanical life created through many layers of acrylic and oil paint.  Interest lies in constructing natural environments that are harmonized in form and space, much like a gardener builds a garden or a florist arranges flowers.  Negative spaces, texture, transparency and most importantly a play between foreground and background are important.  Unlive Western landscapes, the paintings reference Asian flower painting; they reflect the artist's deep appreciation for nature and the balance that must exist for all things to live together. 
Bio
Education:

2004    Masters of Fine Arts     Tufts University, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
             Studied with artists Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Ann Craven and Gerald Bergstein

2002    Post Baccalaureate,  School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

2000    Miami Universtiy, Oxford, OH  Cum Laude
              Concentration: Painting and Printmaking

Residencies:

2008    Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

Awards:

2007    Artist Grant, Vermont Studio Center

1999    Fred and Molly Pye Memorial Scholarship for Painting, Miami University

1999    Thomas Wolfe Printmaking Scholarship, Miami Univ.

1998     American Greetings Award, Miami University

Selected Exhibitions:

2008     New Works, Editions Limited Gallery of Fine Art,  Indianapolis, IN

2007     White Christmas, Harrison Center, Indianapolis, IN

2006
2007
2008     Stutz Artist Tour, Stutz Business Center, Indianapolis, IN

2005     The Romantic View, Arlington Art Center, Arlington, MA  Curated by Kathy Halamka

2004     MFA Thesis Exhibition, Slater Concourse Gallery, Tufts University