Lecture: Marianne Dages

     Marianne Dages is a young artist who is definitely exploring her career and uses of media. She seemed like a very indecisive and unsure person that has finally found her knack-- which for her is book and print making. Marianne is definitely inspired by nature and landscape, as seen in her work. She has a unique style combining subject matter and textures in her books that is very interesting to me. I also liked to hear about her artist friends that are on their own journeys and leading their own lives. It's neat to see how different artists do their work and live throughout the world. Her one friend rode his bike across the country, while her other friends got married and share their studio and artistic projects with each other. All together, Marianne Dages proved to me that having a community of other artists and friends and just people in general can really pay off from inspiration to critiquing, and everyone should be able to be around other people-- especially when they're creating art.