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2007 has been an exciting year for Marjorie Rose Powell!
Not
only did she complete another successful Chicago show recently,
but she was also
honored as the featured North Carolina artist
in the November (2007) issue of
Our State Magazine.
Thousands of people who don't already know about Marjorie
discovered her in November.
In addition,
The Marjorie Rose Powell Christmas
Show, at Oakley Hall Plantation in Ridgeway, NC
on December 2 was a huge success.
Sales were brisk with some people arriving ahead
of show time to be first in
line to get the pieces of their choice. Guests were from all parts of North Carolina,
with some people driving three hours one-way to attend. Others came from as far away
as Chicago, Illinois. As soon as our webmaster finishes his final exams, we will
post a number of the pieces that sold at the show in addition to a few that are available
now on the Internet.
Born in 1950, Marjorie Rose Powell grew up on a tobacco
farm in Wayne County, North Carolina. She was "raised in a friendly, generous
environment where everyone was welcome in the Rose home." She says: "I
was in my own world of flowers, rock gardens, old houses, front porches, and all
kinds of people. We never talked discrimination. Everyone was beautiful." Marjorie
attributes to her father her belief that life must be generous, loving, and positive.
Throw in a little whimsy, mischief, and lots of color and you have Marjorie Rose
Powell. Her philosophy is "Let’s get the work done fast so we can play!"
The
world of Marjorie Rose Powell’s art is the same world of her childhood, a positive,
fun, whimsical, generous, non-discriminating place. It is a world of work, but also
a world of pleasure, pleasure in the beautiful colors of the environment, in the
splendid diversity of people, and in the love and caring that all people show for
each other and for the world they live in. Through her art, Marjorie portrays the
world the way it should be, a world that all of us hoped to find someday.
"Seaside
Carnival" 24 x 36 SOLD $1000 2008
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Marjorie began her career in folk art at the age
of sixteen. She earned her spending money selling paintings on canvas at that time.
Her works have been shown widely in the United States, including galleries in Illinois,
Texas, Florida, and of course North Carolina. Her works also appear in private collections
in the United States and in Europe. Marjorie has been very busy over the last five
years. Her one-woman show in Chicago in 2002 was a total sell-out. Also in 2002,
one of her works stole the show at Duke University's Caring House Auction and sold
for $800. In the fall of 2004, Marjorie was invited to enter two paintings in the
prestigious Slotin Fall Folk Art Auction (see www.slotinfolkart.com). Both works
sold for $900 each! Marjorie was also selected from 376 entries as one of only 13
for appearance in the North Carolina State Fair 2004. A brief look at the number
of SOLD items on this website alone is testimony to the on-going success of this
wonderful artist.
Marjorie's prints and a selected number of her originals
are on display at Oakley Hall Antiques & Art, Inc. located at 102. S. Main St.
in Warrenton, NC (27589). Warrenton is one hour north of Raleigh off Interstate 85.
Call our gallery at 252-257-2411 for information, store schedule or directions.
Today
Marjorie lives on a beautiful farm in the charming town of Mount Olive, North Carolina.
She describes herself and her life as "passionate, colorful, wild, and happy!"
Welcome to the World of Marjorie Rose Powell.
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