Marion ARNOLD (b. 1947)
Disused Road Veering North-East
1989
watercolour on paper
size Unknown
BIOGRAPHY
Artist, author and art historian Dr Marion Arnold was born in the United Kingdom and raised in Zimbabwe before completing her studies in South Africa – including her PhD.
Within her practice, Arnold works in a variety of media, including oil paint, watercolour, pastel and print. Her work features simplified forms, an expressive use of bright, playful colours and distinct patterning. Her landscapes reflect her interest in and concern for the natural environment, a major source of inspiration being the Matopo Hills, which lie within the Motobo National Park, Zimbabwe. The Park’s famous balancing rock formations are a recurring motif throughout Arnold’s oeuvre.
Her works are held in collections throughout South Africa, including at the Rupert Museum, Stellenbosch and the UCT Works of Art Collection (WOAC), Cape Town.
Alongside her artistic practice and writing career, Arnold taught in South Africa for 20 years, before moving to the United Kingdom in 2000, where she taught at Loughborough University’s School of the Arts.
Her publications include Irma Stern: A Feast for the Eyes (1995), Women and Art in South Africa (1996), Between Union and Liberation. Women Artists in South Africa 1910-1994 (2005, co-edited with Brenda Schmahmann), and ‘Here, there and in-between: South African women and the diasporic condition’ in Women, the Arts and Globalisation: Eccentric experience (Meskimmon and Rowe, 2013).