Exhibition Dates: September 3 – September 29, 2024
Reception with the Artist:
Sunday September 8, 2024 from 2 to 5 pm
Artist Talk at 3 pm
You might call Marian Osher a thalassophile, an ocean lover, because she finds endless inspiration from
sand, surf, waves, sea creatures and the diversity of people on the beaches. The artist’s grandmother, Cecilia
Siskind closed all her personal correspondences to family and friends with the salutation “Oceans of Love,”
although she rarely, if ever had been to the beach. So perhaps there is a genetic connection.
“What speaks to me about the ocean is the unity of the endless waves, the variety of interesting shells and
creatures on the beach, and the diversity of people enjoying their chosen activities in the water and on the
sand. I invite viewers to reflect on their own connections to the refreshing, creative and healing power of
the beach and the ocean.” Marian Osher
Osher uses a variety of textures and art media, bringing together rhythms, colors and people. Her acrylic
paintings combine sand, shells, photo collage, and sculpted painted canvas shells in multi-dimensional art
that breaks the surface of the canvas. Her monotype printmaking pushes past the flat plane of the paper into
mixed-media, multi-dimensional monotypes on painted canvas.
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Osher enjoys working in her studios in Rockville, Maryland and in Ocean View, Delaware.
Oceans of Love is her 30th solo show. She has had 6 solo shows in New York. Her artwork has been shown
in numerous group exhibitions in the U.S., and in international shows in Argentina, Australia, Belgium,
Brazil, China, Germany, India, Italy and Russia. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the
Library of Congress, National Museum of Women in the Arts, and the Museum of Modern Art (Buenos
Aires, Argentina), among others. She was featured as a Spotlight Artist for the NY Examiner in 2016. She
received her BA (University of Maryland) and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Printmaking (George
Washington University). In addition to her work as an artist, she is a private art instructor and consultant
