Marianne Goldin.com | illustrator, artist, teacher

Things have been whirlwind in Seattle since I’ve been back from vacation. I have a lovely work space on Capitol Hill and have furnished it with blonde wood, a comfy chair and my new most-favorite throw pillow in the world (raw silk and plant silhouettes). This means studio visits!
Estate sale season is back which means […]

Dudes!! Great things happen while you go on vacation.I was recently featured in the March 30th edition of the Lost at E Minor blog on design and music.Thanks Zolton! Check out Lost at E Minor, y’all, it does righteous work.  

I’m featured in a new french graphic design blog, QueVoisJe.fr. Thanks Don Tonio! Really amazing illustration with a focus on fashion to be found here…

Check out my friend Claire Fox’s “Bread and Ink” blog at Existential Media.
The image in the masthead is a snip of one of my Jeunes Gens aux Defiles pieces.
Check out Claire’s Bio on the blog.

Check out a little article about me and my fashion illustration in the UW Daily’s Thursday Arts Intermission feature. Thanks Louise!

I am working on a series of lolcat paintings for a show in Vancouver BC at Clack Clack Empire that opens on July 14, 2008 sometime mid-July, TBA (see here for details).
What is a lolcat? Wikipedia and Icanhascheezburger can answer that.
Currently, I have several prototypes of LOLcat paintings hanging @ Cafe Racer in Seattle […]

A last-minute show of some new work from the “Jeunes Gens aux Defiles” series I have been working on - doing character sketches of hot kids @ fashion shows in Paris.
One Night Only
ARCADE 26:3 f:IT
Thurs March 6, 2008
5:30pm - 7:30pm official Opening (should go later - I arrive around 7:30pm)
Vermillion Gallery
1508 11th Ave (@ […]

If you’re in Seattle, check out some work I have up at the fresh new gallery Vermillion, brainchild of local visionnaire Diana Adams (formerly of Aftermath Gallery).
I did a rather large mural version of a popular work and some newer works on paper. The gallery has open hours Weds-Sun 1-6pm and its on Capitol […]

There are some amazing illustrators in the world…thanks to QueVoisJe I’ve just found another favorite: Daniel Egneus. OMG did you know he got an award for a French Hot Dog book he illustrated? He also has a blog. He reminds me a little of Stina Persson but definitely has his own touch.
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And I’ve always got […]

If you’re in Seattle and want to check out who the cool kids are on the Motion Graph block, I suggest you come to this. I will be there!

FREE FOR NWFF AND AIGA MEMBERS
at Northwest Film Forum, Seattle
SEATTLE MOVES:
Screening and Discussion
Sponsored by AIGA-Seattle, Cornish College of the Arts and Digital Kitchen
Join us for […]

Here is what I am loving right now:
Marcos Girado’s reel featuring animated watercolor and cartoon characters
Work from the Irene75 studio namely, Jonas/Francois (recognize them from all the Ed Banger videos including D.A.N.C.E.)
Puffy Ami Yumi ad for Walkman:

“The good life” by Kanye West:

DIY Schmaltz. This is not as sophisticated but I love the ingenuity and simplicity:
Homemade […]

I had the distinct pleasure of designing and printing the poster for the upcoming Northwest Film Forum Bike-in, which you should attend if you’ll be in Seattle on July 20. This is a lovely 2-color piece (purple, fire red-orange) with lots of trapping tricks (inspiration: Jordan Crane, Jason Miles) on tan paper. Printed @ Vera […]

This weekend Seattle celebrated the longest day of the year by hosting the annual eclect-a-thon called “Sostice Parade”.
I painted my friend and studiomate Eric Smiley with a weather map - though it could be interpreted as a human diorama on global warming. There was a rain shower, snow gusts, lows in the 30s and highs […]

Seattle weather turns for the better in May and I’ve taken my Trek 420 early 80s aluminum frame super-bike out for some jaunts. The KOMO news team caught me on the way to teaching at the Vera project and did a little adjustment work on my bike helmet, which I’m rather sloppy in wearing. Check […]

today was the drawing marathon @ vera….i drew about 6 portraits! once i got over my initial stagefright and shynyess i definintely got into the zone and i must say i now am much better under pressure.
here’s the first piece of the night -

the talented and multifaceted rachel r.
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later on i had the distinct […]

I am participating in a research project @ UW that seeks to map Facebook friend networks using an application similar to Nexus. The project is called “FBLEND” (Facebook Longitudinal E-Network Dataset) and is currently awaiting human subjects approval. The Principal Investigator of the research and developer of the application is Nate Cermak; my role is […]

I am currently writing a proposal for a research project to be carried out in Cuba (la Habana, Trinidad, Santiago, etc) the winter of 2008-9, under the auspices of the University of Washington, where I am a Sociology student. It will study architecture outside of the framework of UNESCO preservation/landmarks, marrying this component with the […]