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Four Wins So Far This Year

March 3rd, 2015

Four Wins So Far This Year

Artist from Spain, Margaret Merry, has won first prize in 4 Fine Art America on line art contests so far this year.
Three of her wins have been pastel figure studies.
First her painting of the ballet dancer Irina won the "Beautiful Woman Paintings" competition
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/irina-margaret-merry.html
Secondly her nude study of Amanda won the "Human Body and Form" contest
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/amanda-margaret-merry.html
Finally her pastel of Carmen won the "Nudes Only" competition.
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/carmen-margaret-merry.html
The original of this painting is for sale direct from the artist - info@margaretmerry.com.
To see more of her work view her on line portfolio at Fine Art America - http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/margaret-merry.html?tab=artwork
or http://margaretmerrypainting.wordpress.com

Exhibition Of Paintings In Spain

November 25th, 2014

Exhibition Of Paintings In Spain

British artist Margaret Merry will be exhibiting her latest paintings at the Hotel Cala Grande in her home village, Las Negras in Algeria, Southern Spain. The exhibition will be open all days and evenings from the 5th December until the 11th January. On exhibition will be paintings in watercolor, acrylics and pastel of local scenes, portraits, nudes, figure studies, nature and animals.
All are welcome. The exhibition opens at 1900 on the evening of 5th December.

The Nude In Pastel

September 6th, 2014

The Nude In Pastel

British artist, Margaret Merry, who lives in Spain is gaining an international reputation for her beautiful and sensual pastel studies of female nudes. Her original paintings of nudes have been recently bought by collectors in the USA, Canada, Australia and Germany. Prints are also available of her work. As well as her own blog http://paintingsofnudes.wordpress.com she can also see her work on http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/margaret-merry.html.

Paintings Of Granada

February 16th, 2013

Paintings Of Granada

The historic city of Granada in Andalucia, Southern Spain has inspired many artists and writers over the centuries. This beautiful city, the last stronghold of the Moors in Al Andalus, is full of beautiful architecture and scenery. Everybody has heard of the impressive and lovely Alhambra Palace with its backdrop of the Sierra Nevada mountains but here there is also the old Moorish quarter, the Albaicin, where every corner provides another composition to paint and the fascinating gypsy quarter, Sacromonte, with its cave houses. Artist Margaret Merry, who has lived in Southern Spain for ten years, is one of the latest to capture the essence of this city with her beautiful watercolors. You can see her work on http://paintingsofgranada.wordpress.com

Paintings Of Dancers

February 9th, 2013

Paintings Of Dancers

British artist Margaret Merry, who lives in Spain has a passion for dance particularly Flamenco and Ballet. She captures the passion of Flamenco and the artistry of ballet using the medium of pastel. Her paintings can be seen on line at http://flamenco paintings.wordpress.com and she also exhibits her work on http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/margaret-merry.html

Fine Art Nudes

February 9th, 2013

Fine Art Nudes

British artist, Margaret Merry, who lives in Spain is gaining an international reputation for her beautiful and sensual pastel studies of female nudes. Her original paintings of nudes have been recently bought by collectors in the USA, Canada, Australia and Germany. Prints are also available of her work. As well as her own blog http://paintingsofnudes.wordpress.com she can also see her work on http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/margaret-merry.html.

Going Global

January 22nd, 2013

Going Global

The economic recession in Europe has hit artists hard. I live in Southern Spain in a beautiful coastal area, the Parque Natural de Cabo de Gata, a natural park in Almeria. It is a wonderful place to live but a hopeless place to earn a living particularly if you are an artist. Here in Andalucia the unemployment rate is over 30% and the economic situation desperate. Even if you can sell paintings getting paid by the galleries is difficult. I am owed what for me is lot of money from galleries which have sold my work but will not pay me because they have used the proceeds to pay their rent, electricity bill or somebody else. What would the collectors think if they knew that the artist who painted the work on their wall that they paid good money for had not received a cent for it?
The answer is to go global and the best way to do this is to promote your work on line. This takes a long time. I started seriously trying to sell my paintings on the internet two years ago but only in the...