I was born in Jasper, TX, in December of 1946. I started painting when I was 13 - abstract paintings - even back then. Although I sometimes experiment with more figurative styles, my first love is non-objective painting. I work in oils, mixed media, watercolors, and sometimes pastels and inks. I like busy, active paintings - paintings with energy and inner tension. I leave placidity to those who feel content. I prefer the messy, slightly chaotic image over the neat, well-ordered one because life is messy and slightly chaotic - at least for me. Doing these types of paintings is a labor of passion. I greatly enjoy my work. And I'm constantly challenged by trying to create something from nothing, rather than simply duplicating in paint what I see before me in the natural world.

Drowning Mars Holiday 22x28" oil/canvas Baldwin Gallery	Lost River Sequence 12x16" oil/canvas	Fourth Story 10x14" mixed mediums/paper Baldwin Gallery
Pascagoula Today 14x10" mixed mediums/paper	April in Trinidad 16x20" oil/canvas Baldwin Gallery	Time Tumblage 9x12" oil/canvas

My paintings are in many private collections in the USA, Canada, and England. I'm currently represented by the Baldwin Gallery in Salado, TX, and the Main Street Gallery in Jasper, TX.

Awards: * Jul 2000 -- Artist of the Month at Art-Agent.com * Aug 1998 -- 1st Place, Group Show -- Gold Coast Fine Arts -- Beaumont, TX * Mar 1998 -- Hon Mention, Group Show -- Beaumont Art League -- Beaumont, TX * Dec 1997 -- Best of Show -- Gold Coast Fine Arts -- Beaumont, TX:

--Ron Marshall

Ron's web site is located at:
www.bsg-arts.com/RMCAP/