Amandine

10" x 10"

huile sur toile/ Oil on canvas.

"Portrait de J.L"

10" x 12"

Fusain/charcoal.

Autoportrait au foulard/ Self-portrait with scarf

Huile sur toile/ Oil on canvas

16" X 20"

Finaliste de la Société du Portrait du Canada 2006 /

Finalist 2006 Portrait Society Of Canada.

Étude/Study

Etude d'après modèle vivant, pose d'une heure/ Study from life, one hour pose.
Fusain,sanguine, et rehauts de blanc/ Charcoal, red and white chalk.

" Chaussettes"

TROMPE L'OEIL.

Huile sur panneaux de bois chantournés + vraie corde à linge / Oil on wood pannels + real clothes line.

Approx. pointure 12 / Approx size 12.


I.m happy to announce that this painting was finalist in the Still Life category, The Artist’s Magazine 25th Annual competition. Juror: Daniel E. Greene.

List of Awards - Liste des prix et reconnaissances

Marina Dieul was born in France. She showed great interest in painting and drawing from an early age, and her family encouraged her vocation. In early 2000, she moved to Montreal, Canada, where she now lives. Her work has received numerous awards and honors, including the Kingston Prize, the Portrait Society of Canada, the Artist Magazine, and International Artist Magazine, among others.

  She won the William Bouguereau Best of Show Award, and first place in the drawing category at the Art Renewal Center Salon, the Best of Show in the "Inspiring Figures" exhibition (Butler Institute of American Art) and two Awards of Exceptional merit at the Portrait Society of America’s international competitions. She has been selected as a Living Master by the Art Renewal Center.

Marina Dieul is known for her animals and figures paintings in trompe-l'oeil style, full of humor and poetry.  She lives surrounded by the many cats she fosters for a no-kill shelter in Montreal.

Past and current memberships include the Portrait Society of Canada, the Portrait Society of America, Cecilia Beaux Forum ( PSoA), the International Guild of Realism and Mondial Art Academia.

AWARDS

      -2018: Finalist « Favorite subject » International Artist Magazine.

      -2017: Silver Medal, Figurative category, International Gallery Award, Mondial Art Academia.

      -2017: People’s choice Award, Richeson 75 Small Works Show.

      -2016: Honorable Mention, Richeson 75 Animal competition.

      -2016: International Artist Magazine: 2nd place, Favorite subjects.

      -2016: Finalist Art Renewal Center 2016 ARC Salon.

      -2016: Richeson 75: 2nd place, small works competition.

      -2015: Collection Beaux-Arts Réalistes, painting competition: First place + Honorable mention.

      -2015: 6th place, Outside the Box category, Members Only Competition, Portrait Society of America.

      -2015: 3 works finalists, Art Renewal Center 2015 ARC Salon.

      -2015: Collection Beaux-Arts Réalistes, painting competition , 2nd prize ( Judge: Max Ginsburg)

      -2015: 3rd place RankArt competition.

      -2014: Selected as a Grumbacher Featured Artist.

      -2014: Collection Beaux-Arts Réalistes, drawing competition 2nd prize ( Judge: Michael John Angel)

      -2014: 2nd place Portrait category, The Artist Magazine

      -2014: Raymar Art Competition annual winner

      -2014: Art Renewal Center Salon: Purchase Award, Honorable mention + 6 works finalists.

      -2014: Collection Beaux-Arts Réalistes, 2nd prize

      -2014: Boldbrush competition, Invited judge

      -2014: Children's Hospital Colorado Purchase Award, American Art Invitational, Saks Gallery

      -2014: Certificate of Excellence, Portrait Society of America's International competition.

      -2014: Public’s choice Award, Kingston Prize, Calgary.

      -2014: 6th place, Members only competition, Portrait Society of America.

      -2013: Best of Show  BoldBrush  Painting Competition ( April)

      -2013: 3rd Place in the Imaginative Realism category, and Purchase Award, Best trompe-l’oeil Award, Honorable mention in the                                      Animal category, + 3 works finalists, Art Renewal Center 2012/2013 ARC Salon.

      -2013: Award of Exceptional Merit, and Best Portfolio Award, Portrait Society of America's International competition.

      -2013: Finalist The Artist’s Magazine 29th Annual competition.

      -2013: 3rd  place in the Wildlife competition, International Artist Magazine.

      -2013: First Place (Oil) All Media Competition, the Artist Magazine.

      -2013: 3rd place BoldBrush  Painting Competition ( February)

      -2013: 2nd place in the People & Figure competition, International Artist Magazine.

      -2013: 2nd place, Members only competition, Portrait Society of America.

      -2012: Best Portrait Award, Portrait Society of Canada competition.

      -2012: 2nd Place Richeson 75, Animal competition.

      -2012: Honorable mention, The Artist’s Magazine 28th Annual competition+ 4 paintings finalists.

      -2012: 2nd place BoldBrush  Painting Competition ( October)

      -2012: Selected as an ARC Living Masters, Art Renewal Center.

      -2012: Award of Exceptional Merit, and Best Portfolio Award, Portrait Society of America's International competition.

      -2012: Public’s choice Award, Kingston Prize, Drummondville

      -2011: People’s choice Award, Portrait Society of Canada, Toronto, ON.

      -2011: Finalist in the People & Figure competition, International Artist Magazine.

      -2011: Honorable mention, Members only competition, Portrait Society of America.

      -2011: 2 paintings finalists The Artist’s Magazine 27th Annual competition.

      -2011: Second Place in the figurative category, Honorable mention in the still life category, + 5 works finalists, Art Renewal Center                                 20010/2011 ARC Salon.

      -2011: Certificate of Excellence, Portrait Society of America's International competition.

      -2010: First Place, "Outside the Box" category, Portrait Society of America's members only competition.
      -2010: Best of Show: Raymar Art December competition finalist.
      -2010: Best of Show, "Inspiring Figures" Butler Institute of American Art.

      -2010: William Bouguereau Best of Show Award, and Purchase Award,  Art Renewal Center 2009/2010 ARC Salon

      -2010: 3rd place BoldBrush  Painting Competition.

      -2010: First place Drawing category, and Purchase Award, Art Renewal Center 2009/2010 ARC Salon

      -2010: Top 100 finalist Art Renewal Center 2009/2010 ARC Salon
      -2010: Honorable mention, and Jury’s top 50, Greenhouse Gallery’s 2010                       Salon International

      -2010: People's choice, Kingston Prize, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

      -2010: People's choice, Kingston Prize, Waddington Auction House, Toronto, ON.

      -2009: First prize, Future vision category, Masterpiece Elite Salon Contest.

      -2009: December Finalist Raymar Fine Art Competition.

      -2009: November Finalist Raymar Fine Art Competition.
      -2009: Invited as Judge , Pastel Society of Eastern Canada.

      -2009: People's choice, Kingston Prize, Wolfville, Acadia University Gallery.
      -2009: People's choice, Kingston Prize, Kingston, Grand Theatre.

      -2009: First place, Pratique des Arts Magazine.

      -2009 : Finalist Portrait and Figure category, The Artist’s Magazine 26th Annual competition.

      -2009: Jury’s top 50, Greenhouse Gallery’s 2009 Salon International.

      -2009: Honorable Mention + 4 works Top 100 Finalists Art Renewal Center 2008/2009 ARC Salon

      -2009: Fine Art Connoisseur Best of Show Publisher Award, in the IGOR juried exhibition.

      -2009: Grand Prize in the Portrait and Figures competition, Canadian Brushstroke Magazine

      -2008: Second place, International Competition, Portrait Society of Canada, Toronto.

      -2008: Finalist in the People & Figure competition, International Artist Magazine.

      -2008: « Somme » is chosen to be published in the North Light Books publication : Strokes Of Genius 2 .

      -2008: Finalist in the Canadian Brushstroke Magazine « All about light » competition.

      -2008: Finalist in the Still Life category, The Artist’s Magazine 25th Annual competition.

      -2008: Selected in the Cecilia Beaux Forum ( PSA) mentoring program .

      -2008: Conference scholarship award, Portrait Society of America.

      -2008: First prize, People and Life category, Masterpiece Elite Salon Contest.

      -2008: Invited into the International Guild Of Realism.

      -2008: Finalist in the Art Renewal Center’s International 2007 ARC Salon.

      -2007: Invited as honorary member in the Gallery of Drawing Masters, Drawing Society of Canada.

      -2007: Finalist in the People & Figure competition, International Artist Magazine.

      -2007: Grand Prize, Junction Art Festival, Toronto.

      -2007: Finalist Portrait and Figure category, The Artist’s Magazine 24th Annual competition .

      -2007: Two trompe-l’oeil finalists, still life category, The Artist’s Magazine 24th Annual competition.

      -2007: Finalist Kingston Prize, Canadian Portrait Competition.

      -2007: First Prize, dry media category, Richeson Portrait and Figure Competition. Juror: Everett Raymond Kinstler.

      -2006: Honorable mention, International Competition, Portrait Society of Canada, Toronto.

EXHIBITIONS

     -2018: Holiday Small Works Show, The Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale AZ, USA.

     -2018: « The Best of the Best » Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Lexington, MA, USA.

     -2018: « Fool me once » trompe-l'oeil exhibition, Robert Lange Studio, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.

     -2018: « Cat Art Show » Think Tank Gallery Los Angeles, USA.

     -2018: "Small works" BeinArt Gallery, Brunswick, Australia.     

     -2018: "Animal Kingdom", Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT, USA.

     -2018: “The Cat Show.”  Beinart Gallery, Melbourne Australia.

     -2018: « FAUNA », Abend Gallery, Denver, USA.

     -2017: Spring Show, The Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale AZ, USA.

     -2017: "Swinging into Spring" show, Saks Galleries, Denver, CO, USA

     -2017: Richeson 75 Small Works Show, Kimberly, WY, USA.

     -2017: Holiday Small Works Show, The Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale AZ, USA.

     -2016: "Small works" BeinArt Gallery, Brunswick, Australia.

     -2016: "Mini Tale", Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena, CA

     -2016: "Holiday Small works", Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ.

     -2016: Inaugural group show, BeinArt Gallery, Brunswick, Australia.

     -2016: ARC Salon, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY.

     -2015: ARC Salon, Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain.

     -2015: "Small works", Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ.

     -2015: "The Magic of Realism", Saks Galleries, Denver, CO.

     -2015: "Summer show", Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ.

     -2014: "Winter Wonders", Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville, UK.

     -2014: "Small works", Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Lexington, MA.

     -2014: "Spring Show", Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA.

     -2014: American Art Invitational, Saks Galleries, Denver, CO.

     -2014: “Traditional Impressions” (6 artists show) Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ.

     -2013: “New paintings by Marina Dieul”, Marine Art Gallery, Salem, MA.

     -2013: Annual Open House, 25th anniversary, Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ.

     -2013-2014: Kingston Prize, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

     -2013: Kingston Prize, Firehall Theatre, Gananoque, ON

     -2013: 30th Anniversary Show, Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Lexington, MA.

     -2013: “L’art d’aimer” Hotel Nelligan, Montreal, Qc.

     -2013 : SOLO SHOW, The S R Brennen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM.

     -2013 : 25th Anniversary Show, Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ.

     -2013: LA Art Show – ( S R Brennen Galleries) Los Angeles, CA.

     -2012 : « 2 Artists Show : Marina Dieul and Hsin Yao Tseng » Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ.

     -2012 : Premier Grand Salon du Réalisme à Roquettes, France.

     -2012 : Scottsdsale Salon of Fine Arts, Scottsdale, AZ

     -2012: Cube Contemporary Art Projects, Bowden, Australia.

     -2012: “More than real” curated by Jim Thalassoudis, Peter Walker Fine Arts, Adelaide, Australia.

     -2012 : Kingston Prize, Galerie d’Art Desjardins, Drummondville, Qc.

     -2011: « Holiday small work show », Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

     -2011: « Drawing show » Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

     -2011: « Traditional Impressions », Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

     -2011 : Kingston Prize, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON

     -2011 : Kingston Prize, Firehall Theatre, Gananoque, ON

     -2010: « Holiday small work show », Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

     -2010: "Algo más que realismo... IV" Galeria Artelibre, Zaragoza, Spain.

     -2010: « Drawing show » Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

     -2010: “Inspiring Figures”, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio.

     -2010: Salon International, Greenhouse gallery, San Antonio, TX.

     -2010: Kingston Prize, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

     -2010: Kingston Prize, Waddington Auction House, Toronto, ON.

     -2010; « Canadian Olympic Athletes: a dialogue in Art » Portrait Society of Canada,      John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto,  ON

     -2010 : Kingston Prize, Art Gallery of Calgary, AB

     -2010 :  International Guild of Realism: Fourth Annual Juried Exhibition hosted by J.    Willott Gallery, Palm Desert CA.

     -2009: Kingston Prize, Wolfville, Acadia University Gallery, NS

     -2009 : Kingston Prize, Kingston, Grand Theatre, ON

     -2009: « Les Pastellistes » ( Invited judge) Maison Ogilvy, Tudor Hall, Montréal Qc

     -2009: « Algo mas que realismo…III »  Zaragoza, Spain.

     -2009:  Salon International, Greenhouse gallery, San Antonio, TX.

     -2009: Inaugural Salon, Classical Realism Canada, Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, Toronto.

     -2009: BohemiArte gallery, Montreal, Qc.

     -2009: « The Canadian Portrait, today and tomorrow » John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto,   ON.

     -2009: International Guild of Realism: Fourth Annual Juried Exhibition hosted by the Weatherburn Gallery. (Naples, Florida)

     -2008: « The Miracle of the Portrait » Toronto Centre for the Arts, Toronto, ON.

     -2008: « A Portrait: The Face we present to the world » John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto,   ON.
     -2007: BohemiArte gallery, Montreal, Qc.
     -2007: "Capturing the Human Spirit" , Varley Art Gallery, Markham, ON.
     -2007: 111th Annual Open Juried Show, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY.
     -2007: Academy of Realist Art, Junction Art Festival, Toronto, ON.
     -2007: 40th National Open Juried Show, Society of Canadian Artists, Ogilvy, Montreal, Qc.
     -2007: Richeson Gallery, Kimberly, WI
     -2006: « The Miracle of the Portrait » Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON.

  BIBLIOGRAPHY     

       -2018: « 16 contemporary women artists », American Art Collector magazine  (Veronica Winters)

       -2018: interview,  Klassik Magazine.

       -2018:  « Fool me once » a trompe-l’oeil exhibition, American Art Collector.

       -2016: Grumbacher featured artist in Juxtapoz magazine

      -2016: American Art Collector #135, 2 pages editorial feature. « Pushing limits »

      -2016: International Artist Magazine, issue # 112

      -2016: Fine Art Connoisseur ( August) Cover.

      -2016: "Creative rituals", Where Women Create Magazine ( Summer issue)

      -2016: Juxtapoz Magazine: Grumbacher Featured Artist

      -2015: "Masterpieces for our time" by Bonnie Gangelhoff, Southwest Art Magazine ( October)

      -2015: "Marina Dieul, Trompe l'oeil vivants", Pratique des Arts Magazine. (March)

      -2014: "Painter Spotlight" by Wim Van Aalst, Epoch Time, NY edition.

      -2014: Art Renewal Center Salon catalogue.

      -2014: "The fine Art Painting by Marina Dieul" by Davide di Prossimo, Writeca.

      -2014:  International Artist Magazine, issue # 96

      -2013:  The Artist Magazine,  July/August issue

      -2013: American Art Collector #91

      -2013:  International Artist Magazine, issue # 91

      -2013: Art Renewal Center Salon catalogue.

      -2013:  International Artist Magazine, issue # 90

      -2012: American Art Collector #86

      -2012: American Art Collector #85

      -2012: Southwest Art Magazine, November issue

      -2012: “The Art of the Portrait” (Portrait Society of America) Volume XIV

      -2012:  The Artist Magazine,  December issue

      -2012: “The Art of the Portrait” (Portrait Society of America) No 55.

      -2012:  International Artist Magazine, issue # 87

      -2012: Art Renewal Center Salon catalogue

      -2012: “More than real” exhibition catalogue

      -2012: International Artist Magazine, issue # 82

      -2011: « Traditional Impressions », Exhibition catalogue,   Legacy Gallery

      -2011: « Strokes of Genius 3 – The best of drawings» North light books publication.

      -2011: « Artelibre : Arte y libertad VI »

      -2011: Art Renewal Center Salon catalogue.

      -2011: International Artist Magazine, issue # 76: 2 pages interview.

      -2011: Kingston Prize, exhibition catalogue.

      -2010: « Drawing show » Exhibition catalogue, Legacy Gallery.

      -2010: “Inspiring Figures” Exhibition catalogue, Butler Institute of American Art

      -2010: “The Art of the Portrait” (Portrait Society of America) : cover.

      -2010: Art Renewal Center Salon catalogue.( 2 works on the cover)

      -2010: « Artelibre : Arte y libertad V »

      -2010: National Post (Canada)

      -2010: The Art of the Portrait (PSA)

      -2009: « Artelibre : Arte y libertad IV »

      -2009: Kingston Prize, exhibition catalogue.

      -2009: Pratique des Arts Magazine (France)

      -2009: Art Renewal Center Salon catalogue.

      -2009: Fine Art Connoisseur, May/June issue: Featured Best of Show.

      -2009: Fine Art Connoisseur, March/April issue

      -2009: Herald of Aragon (Spain)

      -2009: International Artist Magazine, issue # 66: Author of an 8 pages article about portraits in charcoal and sanguine.

      -2009: « Strokes of Genius 2 – The best of drawings» North light books publication.

      -2009: Canadian Brushstroke Magazine

      -2008: The Art of the Portrait (PSA)

      -2008: International Artist Magazine issue #41

      -2008: Canadian Brushstroke Magazine

      -2008: International Artist Magazine #64

      -2008: Art Renewal Center Salon catalogue.

      -2007: Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, exhibition catalogue.

      -2007: International Artist Magazine # 58

      -2007: Richeson75, portrait and Figure International, exhibition catalogue.