Frances Marino Fine Art

Frances Marino

Longmont, CO - United States

Equine, Western and Eclectic Art

Hi.. Thanks for visiting my site.. First, I'd like to say,, 15% of any purchase of my art, will go to a non profit at the end of the year.
Art has always been a passion with me,, visiting galleriies, going to openings and just dabbling here and there for years.. It was 4 years ago,2005, I decided to take my art alittle more seriously and started classes at the community collage,, here in Longmont,, from there,, The Colorado art academy, were I learned pastel, horses, and more advanced drawing..
I consider myself a horse artist, with them being my most favorite subject to paint or draw although I tend to find beauty in all things and create when ever the subject moves me.
I'm loving the abstracts I'm starting to create, but also like it when I get a commission of a dog or horse, where I tend to do realism with pastel.. Also, other commissions are fun,, cause I end up doing subjects I woudn't have even thought of doing.

Check out my award winning paintings:
'The Competitve Edge' Juried into the International Art Horse Magazine 2012 under drawings
'Horses West of Boulder' 2nd Place 2009 Chataugua Park Boulder Colorado, 'The West, 150years of Boulder'
'The Pearl Horse' 2009 Louisville National Fine Art Show, The Advertisement for the show and one of 4 images for the poster
'Mares and Foals' 2010 International Horse Art Magazine under drawings
'The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter' 2010 Louisville Fine Art Show, merit award or 4th place
'I've Got Your Back' 2011 International Art Horse magazine under Paintings
'Vinnie, Mustang Love' juried into the International online art site Infinity Art Gallery, Animal contest, 2011
I've been interviewed by the online magazines,, The Equinest, and Equestrian Network Magazine.

Private Collectors of my original arts:
Arizona- 'Three More Bottles of Wine, Melissas Meadow'
Australia- 'Lets Go Coastal'
England- 'The Blue Roan'
California, Santa Rosa - 'Browns At Play'
California, LA- 'BBKing'
Montana- 'Blowing in the Wind, Painted Ponies, The Landscape, Cowgirls Kickin the Blues, A Herd of Five'
Wisconsin- 'Then Came Clairity, Grazing in the Moonlight, Its All About the Horses
Texas- 'Mustangs in Southern Colorado'
Apalacians- 'The Palomino, There's Bugs Out There'
Ohio- 'Healing Waters'
Denver, Colorado 'The Menergie
Denver,Colorado 'Caught Up In The Moment'
Boulder Colorado:
'The Indian Bowl'
'Fall Is in The Air', Things Are About to Change, Morning Has Broken'
'The Competitive Edge'
'With Age Comes Beauty'
'The Water Falls, Sage Brush, Somewhere Southwest, There's Two Sides to Everything'
'The Beaver Ponds'
'Rainbow Beach, It's This Way'
'Lets Take this Path'
'Sometimes You Need to Get Out of the Heat' 'Charolette' , The Colorado Horse Rescue'
'The Morning Stroll'
'Picking on the New Guy'
'Running Through Sage'
'A Touch of Teal'
'Vinnie' 'The Red Boot'
'And Life Goes On, The Stampede'
'Three Generations of Moo, Snow Horses'
'Three Bottles of Wine'
'John Coltraine abstract, Jimmy, Abstract Ocean'
'BB King, Stevie Ray'
'John Coltraine'
'How The West Was Really Won'
'Why Real Men Want to Be Cowboys'
'The Lake in Fall'
'The Beginning Of Life'

My contributions for the non-profits for 2011 went to:
The Elephant Santuary in Tenesee
Best Friends in Utah
Boulder County Humane Society
Colorado Horse Rescue
Buffalo New York City Mission
Green Peace
Defenders of Wildlife
and many more local organizations
Also, If you purchase one of my pieces, I would love to see a picture of where you have hung it in your home. Thanks

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