Marny Lawton

Artist Medium

Paintings – Egg Tempera and Oil

Special Promotion

Donating back a portion to the Cultural Alliance of Western CT
Marny Lawton looks for the meditative beauty in the ordinary and the extraordinary in the often overlooked. Her representational artwork takes viewers on a journey into nature less often experienced in our heavily urbanized cultures while looking at the subtle abstractions found in nature and objects around us daily.

Check back on November 29th to learn more – straight from the artist herself!

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