MarianneB van der Haar was born in northern Germany and lived most of her younger years in The Netherlands. In the early 1980s she spent four years in Tanzania in east Africa, before returning to The Netherlands once again for a career in interior design. In 1993 she moved to Atlanta in the United States, where she started painting in 1995 while taking a sabbatical from interior design.
Over the years, her supply cabinet has expanded to include other materials such as ink, sand, copper powder, marble powder, firewood ashes and textiles. By bringing layers on layers of acrylic paint and these variable materials together, each piece of art becomes its own unique amalgamation. To satisfy her creative needs, she throws out formal rules and discovers new ways of bringing the soft creamy paint on the canvas.
Her styles range from pure abstract to human and nature inspired art pieces. The abstract works are evocations of emotions, energy and visions. The flower and figure paintings are a more concrete vision of what she sees, senses, and feels in the world, in the environment and in the seasons of the year.
Please join us for the opening reception on Saturday.Gallery 4463, is located on Cherokee Ave, just less than a mile from I-75 (Glade Road Exit) in the heart of Historic Downtown Acworth. The Gallery was launched and continues to be operated by a group of professional artists who are committed to the idea of creating a quality fine arts gallery that is unique – a resource for professional artists, a center for fine arts in our town and community and ultimately a magnet for art patrons from all over north Georgia.
The Gallery provides an ongoing program of monthly featured artist exhibits, classes by prominent area artists and other cultural activities. Gallery 4463 also offers a stately setting for corporate and civic luncheons, meetings and receptions, catered by our fine local restaurants. For event planning please call 678-361-5571