Marlena Faxon is a Maine landscape painter who explores the reconnection of humanity with nature and self with one's local place. Her work reminds us of our commonality, interdependence, and beauty. She explores an expanded field of landscape painting in forms that bind our bodies with nature from the microscopic to the grand. She does this with a multi-material and -process approach, gathering objects from the local landscape to use as tools for image and mark making while using earth friendly materials. In reconnecting humanity to nature with expanded landscape painting that reflect our shared biology and existence, Faxon’s work affirms the vital connection between our health and the health of our environment.

Marlena is a recent MFA graduate from Maine College of Art & Design, Portland, ME. She is the current board president of Yarmouth Arts Alliance, Yarmouth, ME, a non-profit organization “cultivating community and culture”. She graduated from Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, in 1992 and earned a certificate in Graphic Design from the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, in 1998. After working as a graphic designer for several years, she stepped away from the computer and started to paint. Marlena lives in Yarmouth, Maine with her husband where they raised two children. She is an avid open-water swimmer, supporter of local environmental groups and lead singer of the band, Fight at the Family Picnic.

Visit Marlena’s website: marlenafaxon.com