Marvin Perry Mann
Song of The Wild
oil, cold wax, mixed media on cradled wood panel
Panel: 24 x 20 inches
Triptych: 24 x 60 inches
$ 8,000
C-lective Curator’s Cut:
In Song of the Wild, Marvin transforms the landscape into something almost musical, with the wind moving through the tall, colorful reeds across all three panels. The triptych format gives the scene room to breathe, creating the feeling of a wide, immersive expanse beneath a brilliant blue sky. Vibrant greens, refreshing blues, and dashes of red and yellow make the surface feel alive with movement, while the oil, cold wax, and mixed media create a luminous texture reminiscent of dew catching the light. There is a palpable coolness to the work, as if a breeze has just passed through, leaving behind a renewed energy in the landscape.
Marvin Perry Mann
We Love Marvin. He is a Richmond-based artist who is challenging what we know of as the American landscape painting. He creates immersive abstract experiences, tracing a poetic evolution from realism through impressionism, tonalism, and ultimately into abstraction. He’s doing things in his own, innovative way while giving a nod to classical techniques.
“My hope is that the audience will get lost in my paintings and, on reflection, discover something they hadn’t before.”
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Honorable Mention at the Northern California Arts, Inc. Members Show, Sacramento Fine Arts Center (2025)
Solo show at ar·ti·fact gallery, Point Richmond, CA titled Sketches of Nod: Imagined Landscapes (2024)
Numerous features in publications for his work in comic illustration prior to exploring painting.
Marvin’s abstract landscapes draw us in through rich layers of color and texture, revealing subtle terrain and shifting emotional moods. As a self-described colorist, his use of light, shadow, and tone replaces recognizable landmarks with a sense of atmosphere and feeling. His work strikes a balance between detail and openness, creating calm, meditative spaces that invite personal reflection and discovery. These landscapes aren’t depictions of real places, but rather imagined environments formed on canvas or board while Marvin reminisces on his favorite moments in nature. They encourage us to pause and reflect on our own connections to the natural world.
Click here to see Marvin’s most recent C-lective interview.