About
Arline Mann's watercolors contemplate light and shadow in personal spaces and on cherished objects. In Mann's watercolors, the exterior light stresses the comfort and shelter of the interior elements. These are occupied rooms and everyday objects such as glass, books, soap, etc. The basis of Mann's work explores the nature of reality through a metaphysical lens.
About
Arline Mann’s watercolor paintings contemplate light and shadow in personal spaces and on cherished objects. Building on the traditions of Nineteenth-Century Scandinavian painters such as Christen Kobke, Constantin Hansen, and Anders Zorn, her work seeks clarity and calm, and assumes a benevolent world. In Mann's watercolors, exterior light stresses the comfort and shelter of the interior elements -- a distinctive room, familiar objects such as glass, books, soap -- always with a sense of human occupation.
“ “I paint to recreate for myself a very specific lifelong sense of exaltation, and to offer a viewer that same experience.””
Mann lives and works in New York City and Chattanooga, Tennessee. Mann recently had a solo exhibition at The Association for Visual Arts (Chattanooga, TN) and will have work in a group exhibition at River Gallery in Chattanooga in February 2025. Her work has been included in notable group exhibitions at the National Arts Club (New York, NY) and The Salmagundi Club (New York, NY). Mann’s watercolor paintings have also been featured in Arts to Hearts Magazine, Create! Magazine, Studio Visit Magazine, and Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine.
In August 2025, Mann will have a solo show at the Customs House Museum in Clarksville, TN.
Arline Mann’s work is exhibited at
River Gallery in Chattanooga.
Email: rivergallery@bluffview.com
Phone: 423-682-1287.
Recent Awards:
Distinguished Achievement Award for “Little Artemis,” in the Pushing Forward Reaching Back exhibition of American Women Artists at Brookgreend Gardens, SC
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Award, Salmagundi Club Annual Non-Member Exhibition
New Jersey Watercolor Society Award, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Open Juried Exhibition
The Board of Directors Award in the Grand National Exhibition of the American Artists Professional League
Anna Hyatt Huntington Bronze Medal for Watercolor in the Catharine Lorillard Art Club Open Juried Exhibition
1st Place Watermedia Award, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Annual Exhibition
Semi-Finalist, Art Renewal Center, Annual International Salon
Claude Parsons Memorial Award, American Artists Professional League Annual Exhibition
Ridgewood Art Institute Award, The Salmagundi Club Annual Exhibition