Marianne Urth

Marianne Urth, Sydney, New South Wales
@marianne.urth.art
http://www.marianneurthart.com

I have always had a passion for sailing. I love the ocean, the waves and the wind. The first thing I do every morning when I wake up is to check the weather app on my phone. What is the wind going to be like today? Are the waves going to be monstrous?

I grew up surrounded by the Baltic Sea and started sailing from a young age. I had a dream of one day conquering the South Pacific and with my husband we are getting closer. We sailed in the deep and isolated fjords of the South of Chile and after moving to Sydney, a paradise for sailors, we have cruised up and down the East Coast of Australia several times.
The weather in this part of the world can be brutal and unforgiving and you need to plan ahead and study the forecasts. Sometimes you get caught out in a storm; loud thunder, blinding lightning and 50 knot wind gusts. In those moments I wish to be anywhere else than out at sea and I promise myself never to set foot on a boat again. But then the storm passes, the wind eases, the waves dissipate and the sun comes out and sailing is wonderful again.

So why do I love painting the effervescent ocean, the wild sea and the rough weather when I’m so scared of it? Maybe because in the moment when my passion for sailing meets my fear for survival, I feel exhilarated, alive and that’s what I want to convey in my paintings. Give the viewer a little rush of adrenaline and a sense of movement.

My first SOLO exhibition will be at
The Art Gallery on Darling, 307 Darling st, Balmain,
12-17 of April 2022.
Opening night Tuesday12 of April from 4-6pm.