About the Artist - Marlena Lyn Chumo

Marlena Lyn Chumo
paints nature, primarily landscapes and flowers, where her traditional themes in landscape painting are often taken to the point of abstraction. Marlena's work offers a sense of pure joy… the uncomplicated magnificence of a life in constant bloom. With an obsession for texture, rhythm and line, each brush stroke, often applied in a heavy, impasto and alla prima manner, emphasizes the random feel of nature. By creating a unique level of dimension, depth and movement, Marlena's work takes on a tactile or sculptural result, where detail is revealed through the application of many layers of color.

In addition to painting, Marlena is a collector of art and antiques, as well as an avid photographer. She collects 19th century paintings, antique furnishings/accessories and art museum coffee table books from around the world. Born the day U.S. astronauts first walked on the moon, Marlena is a California native. Raised in Pacific Palisades and living in West Los Angeles, Marlena graduated from Marlborough School for Girls and holds a variety of degrees, including a BA in History from Tulane University (concentrations in the High Roman Empire and Victorian England), and an MBA (concentration in Marketing) from Pepperdine University.