Future Ghost Towns — Marilyn Darrell

Future Ghost Towns

In this series, gouache paintings on paper created from stolen moments are particular in their palette; conjuring movement and spirit while evading specificity. Each form and mark is a call and response to the next. Is it possible to create expansiveness when the limits of time and space are at play?

Great Atomic Power, Gouache on synthetic paper, 8" x 10", 2021

I never think too much about the wind.,
Gouache on archival hot press,
8" x 10",
2019 — I never think too much about the wind., Gouache on archival hot press, 8" x 10", 2019

Sugar for Sugar, Salt for Salt,
Gouache on archival hot press,
5" x 7",
2019 — Sugar for Sugar, Salt for Salt, Gouache on archival hot press, 5" x 7", 2019

Future Ghost Towns,
Gouache on archival hot press,
8' x 10",
2019 — Future Ghost Towns, Gouache on archival hot press, 8' x 10", 2019

Earth is a boneyard but pretty in the sunlight. ~LM,
Gouache on archival hot press,
2019 — Earth is a boneyard but pretty in the sunlight. ~LM, Gouache on archival hot press, 2019

I always dream of airports.,
Gouache on synthetic paper,
5" x 7",
2019 — I always dream of airports., Gouache on synthetic paper, 5" x 7", 2019

When I stop dreaming. Gouache on synthetic paper, 8" x 10", 2021

Somewhere Between Dancing and Dying