Marnie Ross

Marnie Ross is a contemporary painter based in Sydney. She has been a finalist in numerous art prizes including the Paddington Art Prize, Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize, and was recently awarded Highly Commended in the Waverley 9 X 5 Landscape prize. 

Marnie’s abstract works are a response to organic forms, in particular the evolving shadow patterns seen in the natural environment. Her work represents the moments captured as nature is continually reorganised. 

In recent years she has been inspired by her immersion in the Australian landscape; bush paths, rural vistas, and undulating valleys experienced with the full spectrum of light patterns throughout a day. 

In these abstract landscapes, the contrast between soft dusky tones and saturated bold colours are further enhanced by the variation in paint application with thin frosty glazes revealing the textured surface below.