- Brigid Marlin
Brigid Marlin (born
January 16 ,1936 ) is a fantasy and portrait artist living in England. She paints in the [http://www.brigidmarlin.com/Pages/Mische.html Mische Technique] , a medieval method revived by Austrian artist Ernst Fuchs, with whom she studied in Vienna.Her fantasy work can be classified as Fantastic Realism, i.e. using figurative elements to represent visionary and psychic subjects, often with scriptural themes.
She has painted portraits, "inter alia", of the Dalai Lama,
J G Ballard andQueen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother . Her portrait ofJ G Ballard hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in London.She founded the "
Inscape " group in 1961, which later became theSociety for Art of Imagination .Personal life
Brigid is the daughter of children's book author and artist
Hilda van Stockum . She married in 1957. She had three sons, the eldest of whom died in 1979. She was divorced in 1980. Some of her experiences in this regard are documented in her book "From East to West: Awakening to a Spiritual Search" (ISBN 0-00-622762-7).Publications
* 1989 - "From East to West: Awakening to a Spiritual Search" (Brigid Marlin) (Fount) ISBN 0-00-622762-7
* 1999 - "Visions of Venice" (Christine Marlin, Brigid Marlin) (Byronic Books) ISBN 095145711X
* 2007 - "Metamorphosis" (beinArt) ISBN 978-0-9803231-0-8
* 2007 - "Clara and the Computer Mouse" (Brigid Marlin) ISBN 978-0-9557580-1-0ee also
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Inscape (poetic or metaphysical term associated with the poetGerard Manley Hopkins )
*Inscape (visual art)
*The Society for the Art of Imagination External links
* [http://www.brigidmarlin.com/ Web site]
* [http://www.artofimagination.org/ Society for Art of Imagination]
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