I believe that everyone is creative.  EVERYONE.  I believe that any time we think, act, problem solve creatively we are connecting to the creative energy of the universe.  I don’t believe that creativity stopped on day six.
  
        For me, this creative energy was especially useful after being diagnosed with cancer in 1999. When I didn’t feel like cleaning my dust but painted it instead, “Dust Mites” gained me signature status into the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society.  My Tamoxifen induced “Hot Flash” series numbers 31 works. ( #1 and #16 available in prints )  When I blew out my MCL and ACL ligaments at Sugarloaf, that inspired  “First and Last Run of the Season”, “Falling for the View”, and “Slide Show.”  Two of them included insets with the view from the first aid toboggan.  I’ve been selling my quirky work at galleries on the mountain since 1986.  I often do commission work for people but do not do large installation work.  Although I often do inset boxes, my work does not fit into a box.
        
The nature of my work is that I work backwards.  I enjoy the process of putting paint on paper, then deciding what to make it into.  Sometimes I have a plan but my paper has a different plan.  I’ve learned to be flexible. Sometimes I create works of social commentary or spiritual significance including “G.O.D. is Everywhere”, “Toward Extinction”, and Ozone Warning.”
       
        Other times works are pure figments of my imagination.  For me, doing watercolors is like raising children.  The more you try to control them, the less successful you are. But if you go with the flow you get interesting results – never what you had in mind.
        
       "Sharing with others is the key to creativity."
        
        To this end, I teach my creative thinking approach to watercolors at my studio in Temple in March and October and at K.C.'s Kreativity Center in Carrabassett in the winter.  I am available to do workshops for groups and to that end I was one of two presenters  at a creativity and healing workshop at Dartmouth Hitchcock in Manchester, N.H.  Said one student recently, “The workshop made me see life with a different perspective – I also like that I can explore painting without being able to draw.”
        
       My work can be viewed at Gold/Smith Gallery at Sugarloaf, Gulf Island Gallery in N. Turner, my studio ( by appointment ) and at sidewalk art shows and alternative spaces. I have sold over 1,200 original works of art since starting to keep track in 1983.
        
       Having recently emerged form computer illiteracy, I can be reached at marnilawsonwatercolors@hotmail.com or at 156 Temple Road, Temple, ME. 04984    (207) 778 -2475

       A boring bio of awards, corporate collectors, and solo and group shows is available upon request.

"Fir Hat" 21" x 17" not for sale	"Hooked on Fishing" 17" x 21" print $95.00
"Lacy Winter" 17" x 21" $240.00	"Hot Flash # 31" 21" x 17" $1000.00 last in a series
"A Shredding of Snowboarders" 30" x 38" $2500.00 same size prints for $395.00	"Approaching Whiteout" 17" x 21" $240.00
"G.O.D." 39" x 42" framed $25,000.00	"Energized" 38" x 30" $695.00