"Ridge Road Lake" 20x24 Oil on Canvas
Chuck Marshall
(Charles W. Marshall Jr.) was
born in
Wilmington, Ohio in 1957. He is one of seven children raised in
a small, three bedroom house. Their father purchased the home, which was
once a place where furs were bought and sold. Growing up around farms and
learning to appreciate rural life helped mold Chuck's love for nature
and life
which still exists and is evident in his work even today.
Chuck lives and works in
Warren County, Ohio. He is known mostly for his landscapes. Most of the time Chuck can be found outside painting
"en pleine air" in the surrounding countryside.
En pleine air translates from French to English as in the open
air, and describes painting outdoors from life, rather than studio painting.
Lately his artistic goals have changed some. He is now exploring
and experimenting more with abstract shapes, line, form, texture and so
on. He feels the artistic statement is more important that the subject.
Chuck attended one year at the
Cincinnati Art Academy before moving to southern California, where he
studied at the California Art Institute. While living out west, he
studied with various artist that worked in the Southwest style
and the Plein Air style. Chuck considers himself a Plein Air
Impressionist. He is now one of Ohio's leading plein air painters.
Chuck is influenced by various artists including Edgar
Payne, Guy Rose, Maynard Dixon, John Singer Sargent, Kevin MacPherson,
and many more
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