About the Artist

My name is Marabeth Quin and I’m an artist from Nashville, Tennessee.  I have been painting for many years, but it was only a little over three years ago that I began to take myself seriously as a painter and put my work out into the world.  Being 42 years old at the time, maybe it was some mid-life resolve that helped me take the plunge, or possibly the fact that my kids were growing into beautiful, independent young adults that led me to suddenly see myself in a different light; my days of hands-on motherhood are numbered and that phase of my life without children to raise was suddenly yawning before me and I saw that it was time to create my future.

When I moved to Nashville as a young girl of twenty-one, I was fortunate and met the right people which allowed me to quickly be able to eek out a living singing in the studio.  Being a session singer is an incredibly interesting and rewarding job and I have been so grateful for it.  The musicians I have worked with over the last 20+ years have enlarged my life and given me lifelong friendships and memories.

But some years ago, the challenge was gone and I began to crave an activity that I had not done in decades–since childhood.  I laugh now thinking about how hard and terrifying it was to make myself go to an art store and buy some paper and pastels!  But I did and I use the memory of that now whenever I am scared to do something–look what happened simply because I overcame my fear and put pastel to paper.

Someone once described my work as ‘Happiness on Canvas’ and I could not be more flattered with that assessment.  My life, in a word, is all about happiness.  Happiness is my work, not painting.  And out of that place, I find this broad, beautiful planet to be so full of inspiration that I cannot help myself–I must co-create with it and paint.  Please be my guest and visit my world of art at www.marabethquin.com.  I would be honored with your visit.