Statement
Although I am now known as a painter, I didn’t begin that way. From the get-go I was always creating art. I sewed, crocheted, took a batik class and tried my hand at needle point. And then like many women of my generation I went back to college at 38 with a family. I first took drawing classes at Dutchess Community College. We began with still life, I suppose because those subjects won’t move away from you, or baffle you with light that is constantly changing. I was hooked.
I returned fulltime to get a degree at Vassar where I studied painting. And I have never stopped. I no longer teach, so my absorption is painting the Hudson River Valley environment where I have lived for 60 years. My experience with the rivers, marches, mountains and farmland are always imbued with an overarching respect for nature and those who work on the farms and waters.
I adore vibrant colors, the roiling storms, panoramic sunsets and everchanging seasons in this valley. They continue to provide equal parts inspiration and challenge to capture their fierce beauty. I try to push material boundaries and so I work with pastels to capture light or spare, rich monotypes to explore emotional landscape. Often in my larger works I will layer paint to create a landscape within a landscape. Mountains created with mountains. I am drawn to process and so all of the approaches I choose inform new directions and results.
Although my works often depict water and weather, I consider these elements to be the nexus for how my world, our world, is changing. I want to show respect and devotion to this quickly morphing world. Painting is still an exciting challenge for me. I want to keep pushing past mere representation and discover new ways to express an emotional reaction to my surroundings.
I am blessed to be included in a number of personal collections and I continue to show in a variety of galleries up and down the East Coast, including open studios during Labor Day weekend in my studio in Germantown New York.
Marie Cole
September 2023
About the Artist
Marie Cole is a landscape painter based in Germantown, New York. Her works in oil, pastel and printmaking are inspired by the Hudson River Valley, Catskill Mountains, Cape Cod and the Delaware Bay.
Curriculum Vitae
Selected Exhibitions
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“Fall Open Paintings, Sculpture, Graphics Exhibition”, Salmagundi Club, NYC
“Unique Impressions”, Salmagundi Club, NYC
“Fall Exhibit at the Lodge at Woodloch”, Two Person Show, Hawley, PA
“Gratitude: Annual Members’ Holiday Exhibition”, Woodstock Artists Association & Museum (WAAM), Woodstock, NY
“Artists’ Choice”, “Winter Blues”, “Small Works”, “Gardens and Flowers”, “Abstraction”, “Holiday Exhibit”, Tivoli Artists Gallery, Tivoli, NY
“Free Range”, 2025 Members’ Show, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, NY
“2025 Active Members’ Spring Exhibition”, Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, NY
Holland Foster Award
“Showcase Exhibition 3”, Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, NY
“Small Works”, Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, NY
“ASV Open Studio Tour Exhibition”, Betsy Jacaruso Gallery, Rhinebeck, NY
“ASV Open Studio Tour”, Labor Day Weekend
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“Timelessness”, Betsy Jacaruso Gallery, Two Person Exhibit, Rhinebeck, NY
“Equity Gallery Exchange Show”, Juried, Equity Gallery, New York, NY
“Active Members’ Spring Exhibition”, WAAM, Woodstock, NY
“Convergence”, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, NY
“2024 Showcase Exhibition I”, WSA, Woodstock, NY
“Now & Then”, with WSA at the Olive Free Library
“ASV Open Studio Tour”, Labor Day Weekend
“ASV Gallery Show”, Betsy Jacaruso Gallery, Rhinebeck, NY
“Small Works”, “Non-Objective Abstraction”, “Printmaking”, “Farms, Fields, Feathers”, “Holiday Show”, Tivoli Artists Gallery, Tivoli, NY
“Gratitude: Annual Members’ Holiday Exhibition”, WAAM, Woodstock, NY
“In The Still of the Night”, Olive Free Library
“25th Annual 5 x 7 Show”, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, NY
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“Weather or Not”, Solo exhibition, The Tivoli Artists Gallery, Tivoli, NY
“Summer Exhibition”, Two person show, The Lodge at Woodloch, Hawley, PA-Kiesendahl & Calhoun Fine Art
“Contemporary Printmaking: Winter 2023”, Juror - Alexandra Slattery, WAAM, Woodstock, NY
“Gratitude”, WAAM, Woodstock, NY - Mary Wilson Landscape Award
“ASV Open Studio Tour”, Labor Day Weekend
“ASV Gallery show, Betsy Jacaruso Gallery, Rhinebeck, NY
“Salon des Independants”, “Winter’s Passing”, “Small is Beautiful”, “Farms and Fields”, “Holiday Show”, Tivoli Artists Gallery, Tivoli, NY
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“ASV Open Studio Tour”, Labor Day Weekend.
“ASV Gallery show, Betsy Jacaruso Gallery, Rhinebeck, NY
“Small Works Winter 2022 Members’ Exhibition”, Juror - Laura Vookles, WAAM, Woodstock, NY
“Active Members Spring Exhibit”, “Gratitude 2022”, WAAM, Woodstock, NY
“Exploring Paperworks” - Co-Curator, Tivoli Artists Gallery, Tivoli, NY
”Winter Works”, wholeHEARTedly”, Soliloquies”, “Historic Tivoli”, “Earth and Sky”, “Small Works”, TAG, Tivoli
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“Themes and Variations”, One Person Show, Tivoli Artists Gallery, Tivoli, NY
“Winter Exhibition”, Two person show, The Lodge at Woodloch, Hawley, PA – Kiesendahl & Calhoun fine Art
“Landscapes/Mindscapes”, Tivoli Artists Gallery, Tivoli, NY
“Summertime”, Tivoli Artists Gallery, Tivoli, NY, Curated by Marie Cole
“Splash”, Collaboration with the Woodstock School of Art, Tivoli Artists Gallery, Tivoli, NY
“ASV Open Studio Tour”, Labor Day Weekend “ASV Gallery Show, Betsy Jacaruso Gallery, Rhinebeck, NY
“Small and Extra Small Works, “Solo Spotlights”, “New Year/New Work”, Tivoli Artists Gallery, Tivoli, NY
“Small Works”, Curated by Karen Quinn, WAAM, Woodstock, NY
“Widest Sense”, “Spring Returns”, ASK, Kingston, NY
“Eye to Eye” – 4th Annual Juried Summer Group Show, Juror: Tom Sarrantonio, Olive Free Library, West Shokan, NY
"Between Wind and Water”, Olive Free Library, West Shokan, NY
“Across the River: Artists from Hudson Valley East”, Juror: Marie Cole, Olive Free Library, West Shokan, NY
“Themes and Variations”, One Person Show, Tivoli Artists Gallery, Tivoli, NY
“Winter Exhibition”, Two person show, The Lodge at Woodloch, Hawley, PA – Kiesendahl & Calhoun fine Art
“Landscapes/Mindscapes”, Tivoli Artists Gallery, Tivoli, NY
“Summertime”, Tivoli Artists Gallery, Tivoli, NY, Curated by Marie Cole
“Splash”, Collaboration with the Woodstock School of Art, Tivoli Artists Gallery, Tivoli, NY
“ASV Open Studio Tour”, Labor Day Weekend “ASV Gallery Show, Betsy Jacaruso Gallery, Rhinebeck, NY
“Small and Extra Small Works, “Solo Spotlights”, “New Year/New Work”, Tivoli Artists Gallery, Tivoli, NY
“Small Works”, Curated by Karen Quinn, WAAM, Woodstock, NY
“Widest Sense”, “Spring Returns”, ASK, Kingston, NY
“Eye to Eye” – 4th Annual Juried Summer Group Show, Juror: Tom Sarrantonio, Olive Free Library, West Shokan, NY
"Between Wind and Water”, Olive Free Library, West Shokan, NY
“Across the River: Artists from Hudson Valley East”, Juror: Marie Cole, Olive Free Library, West Shokan, NY
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“Divided by Four, Four Women, Four Inspirations”, ASK, Kingston, NY
“Winter Exhibition”, Two person show, The Lodge at Woodloch, Hawley, PA – Kiesendahl & Calhoun fine Art
“Fresh Snow: Recent Work, WAAM, Woodstock, NY, Juror: SooJin Buzelli,
“ASV Open Studio Tour”, Labor Day Weekend “ASV Gallery Show, Betsy Jacaruso Gallery, Rhinebeck, NY
“In Black & White”, “Petit”, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY “Member’s Best”, Tivoli Artists Gallery, Tivoli, NY
“Warm Wishes”, WAAM, Woodstock, NY
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“ASV Open Studio Tour”, Labor Day Weekend “ASV Gallery Show”, Betsy Jacaruso Gallery, Rhinebeck, NY
“Reverie”, Third Annual Juried Show”, Olive Free Library, West Shokan, NY
“Terrain”, “Something Blue”, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
“Artists Choose Artists 2019: Invitational”, Longyear Gallery, Margaretville, NY
”Voyagers: Artists in Italy”, “A Sense of Place”, “Where the Wild Things Are”, ASK, Kingston, NY
“ASK Juried Exhibition-2019”, Art Society of Kingston, NY, Juror, Nancy Campbell “New Year/New Work”, Through the Alley: Urban & Recycled”,
“In Plein Site”, “Small Works”, “Paper, Possibilities, Process”, Tivoli Artists Gallery, Tivoli, NY
“Active Member Small Works”, Woodstock Artist Assn and Museum, Woodstock, NY
“The Grand Floral Show”, Farm Salon, Greig Farm, Red Hook, NY
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“Regional Juried Exhibition”, Art Society of Kingston, Kingston, NY, Juror, Katharine McKenna
“New Year/New Work”, Changing Spaces”, “Small Works”, “Landscapes Near and Far”, Tivoli Artists Gallery, Tivoli, NY
“Active Members Show”, “Small Works”, Woodstock Artists Assn and Museum, Woodstock, NY
“New Beginnings”, Lev Shalem Gallery, Woodstock, NY, Juror, Christie Scheele
“ASV Open Studio Tour, Labor Day Weekend “ASV Gallery show, Betsy Jacaruso Gallery, Rhinebeck, NY
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“The Luminous Landscape”, Albert Shahinian Fine Art, Rhinebeck, NY
“Rock Paper Scissors Metal Wood”, Tivoli Artists Gallery, Tivoli, NY
“The Big Picture…and small details”, Tivoli Artists Gallery, Tivoli, NY
“Small Works”, Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock, NY
“Regional 2D Juried Exhibition”, Arts Society of Kingston, Kingston, NY
Juror, Carrie Haddad, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
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“Landscape: Real and Imagined”, One Person show, Tivoli Artists Gallery, Tivoli, NY
“ASV Open Studio Tour, Labor Day Weekend “ASV Gallery show, Betsy Jacaruso Gallery, Rhinebeck, NY
"Cowgirls No. 5”, Brik Gallery, Catskill, NY “Regional 2D Juried Exhibition, ASK, Kingston, NY
Juror, Daniel Belasco, Curator of Exhibitions, Dorsky Museum, SUNY, New Paltz
“Landscapes”, “Skies”, Tivoli Artists Gallery, Tivoli, NY “Paper Centric”, ASK, Kingston, NY
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“Hudson Valley Landscapes Now”, RHCAN, Red Hook, NY
Juror: Sevan Melikyan, Special Recognition Award
“National Juried Exhibition”, Lancaster County Art Assn, Juror: Alice Adams, Strasburg, PA
“ASK Regional Juried Exhibition”, Juror: James Cox, Kingston, NY
“Paperwork”, Juror: Kate McGloughlin, Third Place Award, RHCAN, Red Hook, NY
“Promise of Spring”, Arts Mid-Hudson, Poughkeepsie, NY
“New Year/NewWork”, “Works on Paper”, “Small Works Show”, Tivoli Artists Gallery, Tivoli, NY
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“TRIO”-3 Person Exhibition, Tivoli Artists Gallery, Tivoli, NY
“Landscape Interpretations: Past, Present & Possible, Juror: Albert Shahinian, Special Recognition Award, RHCAN, Red Hook, NY
“ASK Regional Juried Show”, Juror: Jenny Nelson, Kingston, NY
“New Work”, “Collaborations”, “Reimagined”, “Small Works”, Tivoli Artists Gallery, Tivoli, NY
“Water Works”, “Farm to Table”, RHCAN, Red Hook, NY
“Celebrating Summer”, ARTspace Juried Show, Germantown, NY
“Artswalk 2014”, Pocketbook Factory, CCCA, Hudson, NY
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“Invitational Exhibit”, 5 Person Show, Lancaster County Art Association, Strasburg, PA
“Landscapes”, “We’re Still Here”, “Anniversary Show”, “Just Desserts”, “Pulp”, “Air”, "Holiday Show”, Tivoli Artists Gallery, Tivoli, NY
“Colors of Columbia County”, Juror: Joan Damiani, CCCA, Hudson, NY
“Our Better Nature, RHCAN, Red Hook, NY
“Hello Neighbor”, “Feast for the Eyes”,
“Holiday Show”, ASK, Kingston, NY
“66th Annual Exhibition”, Twilight Park, Haines Falls, NY Artswalk 2013”, Pocketbook Factory, “Holiday Show”, CCCA, Hudson, NY
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“Lancaster County Art Association National Juried Exhibition”, Strasburg, PA
“Artswalk, Windows on Warren, CCCA, Hudson, NY
“2012 Artswalk Open Studio Tour”
“Creating Landscapes Within the Landscape”, Olana Piein Air Painting Festival, Hudson, NY
“Second Nature”, “Into the Night”, “Holiday Show-Small Works”, Tivoli Artists Co-op, Tivoli, NY
“Small Works, Big Ideas”, “Gardens & Landscapes of the Hudson Valley”, “RHCAN, Red Hook, NY “Light”, “PaperWorks”, RHCAN, Red Hook, NY
“In the Drawing Room”, “Holiday Show”, Arts Society of Kingston, Kingston, NY
“Holiday Salon”, Greene County Council on the Arts, Catskill, NY
“The Bridge, an Invitational”, “Elements”, Tivoli Artists Co-op, Tivoli, NY
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“Never The Same”, One Person Show, Tivoli Artists Co-op, Tivoli, NY
“Platt Clove Artists-in-Residence Exhibition”, ERPF Gallery, Arkville, NY
“Salon 2011”, GCCA, Catskill, NY
“AgriCULTURE” juried show, RHCAN, Red Hook, NY
“Food for Thought”, CCCA, Hudson, NY “Group Show”, “Paper Works”, RHCAN, Red Hook, NY “
“The Bridge, an Invitational”, “Elements”, Tivoli Artists Co-op, Tivoli, NY
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“Hudson Artswalk”, Chatham, NY 75th Annual National Juried Exhibition of the Cooperstown Art Association”, Cooperstown, NY
“Whatever Works on Paper”, “Landscapes”, “Small & Recent Works”, Tivoli Artists Co-op, Tivoli, NY
“63rd Annual Art Exhibition, Twilight Park, Haines Falls, NY ”12526”, Germantown Artists at Artspace, Germantown, NY
“East Meets West”, Mountain Top Gallery, Windham, NY
“Land & Water”, The Artist’s Palate, Poughkeepsie, NY
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“More Common Ground”, Two person show, Locust Grove, Morse Historic Site, Poughkeepsie, NY
“On Common Ground”, Two person show, Tivoli Artists Co-op, Tivoli, NY
“Hudson Artswalk”, Cannonball Factory, Hudson, NY
“Tivoli Artists Co-op at the J. Damiani Gallery”, Hudson, NY
“Coming Together”, Two person show, Park Row Gallery, Chatham, NY
“Aquatic New York”, Greene County Council on the Arts, Catskill, NY “Artists and the Elemental: Landscape”,
“Colors of Summer”, CCCouncil on the Arts, Hudson, NY
“Works on Paper”, “Stormy Weather”, “Hudson River”, Tivoli Artists Co-op, Tivoli, NY
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“2008 Hudson Artswalk”, Cannonball Factory, Hudson, NY
“73rd Annual National Juried Exhibition of the Cooperstown Art Association”, Cooperstown, NY
“Holiday Show”, Tivoli Artists Co-op, Tivoli, NY
“Local Color”, “Holiday Show”, Artspace, Germantown, NY
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“Hudson Artswalk”, Pocketbook Factory, Hudson, NY
“Dusk to Dawn”, Tivoli Artists Co-op, Tivoli, NY
“72nd Annual National Juried Exhibition of the Cooperstown Art Association”, Cooperstown, NY
“10th Annual Platte Clove Artists In Residence Exhibition”, The Catskill Center’s Erpf Gallery, Arkville, NY
“25th Annual National Small Works Exhibition”, Tri County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY
“Art in a Landscape” 2007 Studio Tour, Columbia County NY
“Small Works”, 13th Annual Juried Show, Upstream Gallery, Dobbs Ferry, NY
“Germantown Artists”, Columbia County Council on the Arts 3rd Annual Township Show, Hudson, NY
“Recent Works”, “Home Sweet Home”, “Landscapes en Plein Air”, Tivoli Artists Co-op, Tivoli, NY
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“More Than One: Work in a Series”, 4-Person Exhibition - Tivoli Artists Co-op, Tivoli, NY
“Hudson Artswalk”, Pocketbook Factory, Hudson, NY
“Big Country”, Greene County Council on the Arts, Catskill, NY
“2006 National Juried Exhibition”, Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY
“Small Works”, “Landscapes en Plein Air”, “Food-A Feast for the Eyes!”, Tivoli Artists Co-op, Tivoli, NY
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“Hudson River Art at Wilderstein”, Wilderstein Historic Site, Rhinebeck, NY
“Fine Art and Fine Wine”, Millbrook Winery, Millbrook, NY
“Small Works Show”, Upstream Gallery, Dobbs Ferry, “Art of the Garden”, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
“The Ice Show”, “Reawakenings-Homage to Spring”, “Fire Works”, “Landscapes In The Plein Air” Tivoli Artists Co-op, Tivoli, NY
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“22nd Annual National Juried Small Works Exhibition”, Schoharie County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY
“3rd Annual Women Artists of the Hudson Valley”, Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall, NY
“Gastronomic”, Columbia County Council of the Arts, Hudson, NY
“Annual Holiday Show and Sale”, Tivoli Artists Co-op, Tivoli, NY
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“Natural Selections” – Three Person Exhibition, Tivoli Artists Co-op, Tivoli, NY
“Environmental Visions”, Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall, NY
“Works on Paper”, “Art + Word”, Tivoli Artists Co-op, Tivoli, NY
“2nd Annual Women Artists of the Hudson Valley”, Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall, NY
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“Hudson Valley Artists”, 2002 Juried Group Exhibit, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY, New Paltz, NY
“It’s All About the Food”- Solo Exhibition, Sunset Meadows Gallery, Hudson, NY
“2002 National Juried Exhibition”, Cooperstown Art Association, NY, Cooperstown, NY
“Asparagus to Zucchini”, “Hudson Valley Winter”, Tivoli Artists Co-op, Tivoli, NY
“Essential Art”, 2002 Juried Exhibition, Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY
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“Hudson ArtsWalk 2001”, Hudson, NY
“There’s Still Life in Tivoli…and Landscapes Too”-Two Person Exhibition, Tivoli Artists Co-op, Tivoli, NY
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“Recent Paintings” - Three Person Exhibition, Tenshi Gallery, Kingston, NY
“Faculty Show”, Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, NY
“Group Show”, Ridgehouse Gallery, Lubec, Maine “Garden Variety” Group Show, Merritt Gallery, Millbrook, NY
“Recent Work” Group Show, Tivoli Artists’ Co-op, Tivoli, NY
“Juried Show 2000”, Spencertown Academy, NY
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“Hudson Artswalk”, Hudson, NY
“Recent Work” - Two Person Exhibition, Tivoli Artists’ Co-op, Tivoli, NY
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“Hudson Artswalk”, Hudson, NY “We’re All in This Together”, “Landscape-Real & Imagined”, Tivoli Artists’ Co-op, Tivoli, NY
Barrett House, Poughkeepsie, NY
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“Hudson Artswalk”, Hudson, NY
Tivoli Artists’ Co-op, Tivoli, NY
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Woodstock Artists Assn., Woodstock, NY
RELATED EXPERIENCE
1990 to 2002 - Adjunct at Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, NY
EDUCATION
1997 - Studied at School of Visual Arts, NYC
1995 & 1996 - Studied at National Academy, NYC
1988 - B.A., Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
RESIDENCIES
2006 - Platte Clove A.I.R., Catskill, New York
COLLECTIONS
Abbott Capital Management
Bessemer Trust, New York
Agility Asset Management
Danette Koke Fine Art
Bessemer Trust, Delaware
Numerous Private Collections