Marli Thibodeau

I work in non-objective composition, creating a bridge between my inner world and the material world. At any given time, I am working on many paintings simultaneously. I create an orchestra of paintings around me, a back and forth of listening and response, not just to one painting but to the whole room of paintings.

I create layered textures in acrylic and drawing mediums, applying opaque and transparent marks on paper or canvas. I perceive my painting practice as a visual dance, with my mark-making as gestures and my color choices as emotion. This approach requires me to remain open to possibility rather than having a set outcome in mind.

Marli Thibodeau is a contemporary artist born in the Hudson Valley of NY, and currently maintains a year-round studio in Rockland, Maine. She is immersed in the study of the landscape around her and the inner landscape of self-discovery through movement and visual art.

2022 Year-long study with Lauren Mantecon

2021 Online Study with Mark Eanes

2020 Master Series Residency, Montreat, NC

2020 Woodstock School of Art, with Meredith Rosier, Online

2020 Language of Color Course with Marke Eanes, Online

2020 Abstract Workshop with Jenny Nelson, Online

2020 Online Study with Nicholas Wilton

2019 Directed Individual Study with Steven Aimone, Thomaston, ME

2019 Language of Non-Objective Composition with Steven Aimone, Thomaston, ME

2018 Online Study with Nancy Hillis, Phd

2018 Azul Teacher Certification with Amara Pagano

1993-2003 Study of Nature-based martial arts

2023 Guest Artist -Local Color Gallery Belfast Maine

2023 Juried Show ‘Passages’ River Arts Gallery Damariscotta Maine

2022-23 “Lush” Juried Exhibition on Artsy with Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe New Mexico

2022 ‘The Gift’ Performance piece with Susan Osberg and company

2022 Juried Shows ‘Land and Sea’ , ‘Abstract’ and ‘Artist’s Choice’ River Arts, Damariscotta Maine

2022 Group Show, 3 Women in the Abstract, Cushing Maine
2022 Guest Artist, Local Color Gallery, Belfast Maine
2022 ArtVan Benefit Exhibition, Frontier Gallery, Brunswick, ME 2022 Juried Show ‘Wild Things’ River Arts Maine June 2022

2022 Friend of The Artist Featured Studio Image Project, Americas ll

2021 Benefit Exhibition, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA- forthcoming

2021 Student Show, Woodstock School of Art, March 1st - May 31st

2020 Solo Exhibition River Arts, Damariscotta Maine

2020 ‘Abstract’ Juried Exhibition, River Arts, Damariscotta Maine

2020 Camden Public Library, Camden Maine

2020 Artist’s Choice, Juried Exhibition, River Arts Maine