Owens, Maren

Maren Owens, from Mimi's ole Nickel, grew up in the farmlands of Indiana. From the spinning wheel in her grandparents Victorian home to the dusty barns and sheds full of broken caned chaires, cracked leather saddles and rusty feed buckets. From the wide open fields to the dusky wooded fairylands, it was a place where a child could embrace nature and all her curiosities.

After graduating from the School of the Chicago Art Institute, Maren showed with The Packer Schopf Gallery. Chicago, embedded in a nest of architectural wonder, provided a rich living tapestry of diverse characters. Minute observation ( which some may call a staring problem) found refuge in the casual subway ride and long summer strolls. The city being an open portfolio of characters and stories. 

After moving to Pennsylvania and starting a family Maren was commissioned by a local shop to create one of a kind holiday sculptures. This seemingly simple transaction proved to be the most important of her artistic journey. Unlike conventional art, Holiday/ Halloween art seemed to celebrate a childlike curiosity of the human experience, bringing forth unencumbered characters full of life and possibility. A lifetime of observation seemed to pour into this new art form and quickly became her primary artistic focus. Each piece of art seems to have its own unique life and story ready to be introduced.

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