Title: Lateral Space III
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 30 x 34

Title: Movement Male
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 30 x 34

Title: Standing Male Back
Medium: Charcoal Highlighted w/ White
Size:

Title: Cincinnati, Ohio
Medium: Watercolor
Size: 18 x 24

Title: The Strader Mausoleum
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 20 x 26

Detail of The Strader Mausoleum
Medium: Oil on Canvas

Title: Reclining Female
Medium: Watercolor

Upcoming Events

2009	Demo/Lecture:Queen City Artists Club April 15th 9:30-12:30 Forest Chapel United Methodist Church 680 W. Sharon Road, Forest Park, OH www.artacademy.edu

Recent Workshops & Lectures

CINCINNATI ART CLUB LECTURE DEMO
Friday January 19, 2007
1021 Parkside Place, Cincinnati, Ohio

“…Marlene Steele stepped forward with a vibrant and fascinating demonstration of figure drawing.
Marlene states, “the beauty of the human form is a time-honored challenge and presents an especially unique opportunity in working with the live model. I practice the timed croqui technique to facilitate the natural gesture in my figure drawings. I often work through the roster of poses fully realizing that there is no loss in the repetition of the exercise. As each sheet repeats the motif there is a new search for the dominate mass or a directional line more informed. …I aspire toward combining skills of observation with personal terms of expression. There are no shortcuts to the plateau of achievement and there is much insight to be gained in the process of seeing for oneself.” Quoted from the club newsletter. “Dragonfly” March 2007

COLLEGE OF MOUNT ST. JOSEPH, CINCINNATI OHIO
ART DEPARTMENT LECTURE/DEMO SERIES
CALLIGRAPHY CLASS.

Marlene Steele demonstrating pressure/release technique for the lettering class of Dr. Sharon Kesterson Bollen. Discussions included practical approaches to professional commercial work. Multiple examples of card industry work and commercial design were exhibited.

Exhibitions

2009	“The Nude Show” Lexington Art league, Lexington Kentucky, January 9-March 1, 2009
2008	Awarded ‘ best in category” “THE GOOD EARTH COMPETITION” www.paintbetterpaintings.com Awarded: Atlanta Fine Arts league, portrait drawing competition “Portrait of Jimmie’ Third prize
2007	Spring Grove Heritage Foundation 1st BiAnnual Art exhibit May 1 through September 30, 2007 4521 Spring Grove Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio 45232 WOMAN’S ART CLUB LECTURE DEMO Saturday MAY 12 2007 12:30 PM Pendleton Art Center, Studio 501 1310 Pendleton Street, Cincinnati, Ohio WACC phone contact: 513-651-9220 Contact the Art center website for directions and maps.@www.pendletonartcenter.com Desc: Marlene Steele presented her insights on drawing the figure from life. She discussed principles of anatomy, her approach to the timed gesture drawing and the extended drawing experience. She also discussed her mediums of choice: charcoal, pastel and watercolor. Marlene is the chair for the club’s LIFE DRAWING SESSIONS, held currently twice a month. She enjoys this volunteer work with the Woman’s art club and has held this position for the past 3 years. Several finished examples of Marlene’s work were displayed for viewing during the meeting.
2006	Art Academy of Cincinnati: Community Education Faculty Exhibit June 2006 Ruthe G. Pearlman Gallery Cincinnati Ohio California Watercolor Association: 38 th National Exhibition October 2006
2005	“SPORTS IN ART” November 2005 Jasper Arts Center, Krempp Gallery Jasper, Indiana BEST OF SHOW AWARD “The Strategist” “FORM & FIGURE” November 2005-January 2006 YWCA Women’s Art Gallery , Figurative Invitational Cincinnati Ohio “INTERNATIONAL NUDE” Regional Exhibit Lexington Art League, January 2005 Lexington, Kentucky 112th Annual Women's Art Club Exhibit through June 5th AWARD: Florence Drugan Award: "Black Rose" Watercolor “SHADES OF PASTEL” April 2005 Maryland Pastel Society, National Juried Exhibition at BlackRock Center for the Arts.

2004	111th Annual Women's Art Club Exhibit April 25th - June 1st AWARD: Georgiabelle & Larry Clark Gold Medal Award
2003	110th Annual Women's Art Club Exhibit April 6 - 13, 2003 AWARD: Jeanette Baldwin Memorial Award "The Other Nude Show" Miller Fine Art Gallery, Lexington, KY Feb. 19 - March 31, 2003 "Face to Face: A Look at Contemporary Portraits" Invitational curated by Steven Vincent Clark, Sponsored by the Greater Cincinnati Foundation Gallery, 200 W. Fourth St. Cincinnati, OH July 17 - September 2003
2002	"HOUSES" Invitational KZF Gallery Baldwin Bldg., Cincinnati, OH November 2002 - March 2003 109th Annual Women's Art Club Exhibit April, 2002 AWARD: The Judson Wilson Award of Distinction $2,000
2000	"Drawn to Art" Fitton Center, Hamilton, Ohio, Invitational Group Drawing Show. Also featuring Alex McKibbin, Perin Mahler, Edie Harper, Gary Gaffney January 23 - February 20 "Drawing From Perception III" Wright State University Galleries. Curator: Rosemarie Beck, New York Studio School. January 4 - 30th
1999	UC DAAP Faculty Exhibit, Tangeman Fine Arts Gallery Tangeman University, October 1999 "WOMEN IN MID-CAREER" University Club, Cincinnati, Ohio April 23 - May 23. Curator Daniel Brown and Andrew Emery Also included: Connie McClure, Kay Muir, Carin Hebenstreit
1998	One Woman Show, BASE ART, Cincinnati, Ohio May - June featuring oil landscapes and figure drawings Marlene Steele's work is collected in numerous corporate and private collections.