Blue View by Marilyn Comparetto

Marilyn Comparetto now aged 73 years old  is the mother to her own eight children who consist of triplets, three singletons and twins  and also a mother to her husbands three sons. Although now the grandmother to 22 grandchildren  and 10 great grandchildren - Marilyn still continues to be an active artist and the owner of Mardleybury Gallery based in Datchworth 

Commissions

Mr Alan Hay, Bedford, Uk - Portrait Of Himself In Battle Re-Enactment Uniform

Mr Dan Canty Bedford Uk - Portrait Of Three Dogs

Cath & Eric, Hitchin Uk - Portrait Of Cath's Late Husband

Mr Harvey Levenshulme, Uk - Portrait - Of Wife And Daughter

Mrs Wimbrush, Middleton,Uk - Portrait - Of Grandson

Mr Ford Warrington,Uk - Portrait - Of Daughter

Mrs Britton - Heaton Chapel, Stockport Uk - Portrait - Double Portrait Of Her Wedding

Mr Hardiman Uk Portrait Of Sheepdog

Mrs Bartle - Wythenshawe, Uk - Portrait - Of Mother; Father

Mr Hughes Wigan Uk - Portrait - Of 2 X Portraits Of Wife

Mrs Williams, Swinton Uk - Portrait - Of Husband

Mr Butler, Middleton Uk - Portrait - Of Himself & Wife

Mr Cluskey, Longsight Uk - Portrait - Of Wedding Couple, Painted In Black & White

Mrs Witherford, Langley Middleton , Uk - Portrait - Of Daughter And Son

Mr B Bates, Stretford Manchester Uk - Portrait - Of Dog

Mr Sharp, Stretford Manchester Uk - Portrait - Of Three Children

Mr Sharp, Stretford Manchester Uk - 6 X Landscape Paintings

Keith Wilson- Agent - Manchester Uk - 6 X Portraits

Mr & Mrs Gates London Colney, St Albans Uk - Portrait - Of Three Sons

Portrait of Husband & wife - Stevenage Herts UK

Portrait of Cat -2018

Large abstract - Turquoise, white and orange based colours - 2018

View of the Thames with sunset and wedding venue on the hill 2018

Diptych - sunset on the Thames with iconic buildings 2018

Dreaming of Sunsets III 2019

Bluebells Hitchin Woods - 2020

Pink Woodlands in Early Spring - mixed media -2021

Concealed - blue abstract 2021

Serine Beautiful Blue -part of the 'Obsession with Sky-lines'  series 2021

Spiritual Journey to Ankar Wat, Cambodia-2022

Two lovers - abstracted - January 2023

Pretty Flamingo special edition for customer - August 2023

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Art Demonstrations

• Chigwell Art Society Oct 2006 (Mixism)
• Winslow & District Art Soc Oct 2006 (Mixism)
• Finchley Art Society Nov 2006 (Mixism)
• Wealdstone Art Society March 2007 (Mixism)
• Crowborough Art Society March 2007 (Mixism)
• Rickmansworth Art Society April 2007 (Mixism)
• Maulden Art Society May 2007 (Mixism)
• Dunstable Art Society May 2007 (Mixism)
• Arts Council Of Bexley May 2007 (Mixism)
• Watford & Bushey Art Society June 2007 (Mixism)
• Beechwood Art Society July 2007 (Mixism)
• Great Notley Art Society Sept 2007 (Mixism)
• Harpenden Art Society Nov 2007 (Mixism)
• Bedford Art Society May 2008 (Mixism)
• Stevenage Art Society Sept 2008 (Mixism)
• Frimley And Camberly Soc Of Artists Oct 2008 (Mixism)
• Berkhampstead Art Society March 2009 (Mixism)
• Adventurers Art Club Oct 2009 (Mixism)
• Watford And Bushey Art Soc Feb 2010 (Mixism)
• Royston Art Society March (Mixism) 
• Harpenden Art Club September 2015
• Orpington Art Club November 2015
• HESA Art Society
• Barnet Arts Guild
• Adventurers Art club
• Crowthorne and Sandhurst Art Society
• Arundel Art Society
• Berkhampstead Art Society
• The Ted Bernell Art Group
• Maidstone Art Society
• Ashtead Art Society
• Woking Art Society
• Bricketwood Art Society
• The Sevenoaks Art Society (Kent)
• Wallingford Art Society
• Huntingdonshire Art Society

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Past Workshops

Cookham Arts Club, Berkshire

Bancroft Youth Centre-Transfers For T-Shirts

Harpenden Youth Centre-Frieze For World Cup

Hitchin Young Carers-Clay Modelling

Bowe Lyons Stevenage-T-Shirt Design

Still Life For Beginners-Lavendula, Brookmans Park

Harpenden Art Club September 2015

Between 2016 and 2019 provided various art workshops delivered at Mardleybury Gallery in Datchworth, Hertfordshire.

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Critique

Hertford Art Society November 2018

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Exhibitions

South Norwood Gallery 1976

Partington Library 1985

Salford Art Gallery Exhibition 1986

Ideal Home & Beauty Exhibition (Solo Exhibition) 1987

Broad Colney Art Group Annual Exhibition 1987

St Albans Festival 1990

Jeckyll’s Gallery, St Albans 1994

Potters Bar Exhibition 1997

Bedford Marston Vale 1998

Hvaf Open Studios 2004

Maynard Gallery, Welwyn Garden City 2004

The Place, Letchworth 2004

Walkern Gallery 2004

Radlet Art Centre 2004/05

Faithworks 2005

Great Ashby Community Centre 2006

Red Gate Gallery, Group Exhibition 2008

Gallerie Samora Barros, Albuferia, Portugal 2008

Hitchin Museum Uk 2009

Open Studios Sept/Oct 2010

Exhibited Alongside Artists From The Peace & Art Society Albuferia, Portugal 2014

Exhibited Alongside Artists From The Peace & Art Society, Olhoa Portugal 2015

With The Gogyoshi International Art Project Exhibiting Alongside Artists From The Peace & Art Society & Art Nations - Haegeumgang Theme Museum August 17 2015 - 18 September 2015

Exhibited With Art Platform Collective Alongside The Hvaf Open Studios At Mardleybury Gallery Datchworth September 2015

2015 Joined East Streets Arts And Art Platform Collective

September 2015 Represented By Mardleybury Gallery (Ps Arts), Datchworth Nr Knebworth Uk

2015 - 2024 Resident Artist at Mardleybury Gallery

2024 - Exhibited alongside artists in exhibition to promote International Children's Day at the University of Algarve is located in Gambelas, Faro Portugal

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2016 - Present - Owner/Director of ART @ MG - Mardleybury Gallery - curating exhibiting and directing the gallery. There are over 20 other artists exhibiting in the gallery alongside my own art - see www.mardleyburygallery.co.uk

2020 Director of Community Interest Company - Junction 7 Creatives ( temporary position until 2021)

2020 Director of Community Interest Company -ACT ( temporary position until 2021)

2016 - 2025  (present)  exhibiting in Mardleybury Gallery, Datchworth Nr Knebworth Uk

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