Onelio Marrero

Sketching in the Garden, Oil Painting

2023

Artist Comments
Inspired after a trip to The New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx, artist Onelio Marrero shares a view of a person taking a break on a park bench. The idea of an artist including another artist appeals to Onelio—one that he returns to often. He paints the piece with a rich sense of texture and various vivid colors. His approach features a sensitive interpretation of the effects of light on the multicolored flora and foliage of the gardens.

About the Artist
Artist Onelio Marrero paints impressionist city scenes of everyday life. He captures the romanticism of New York City, from the picturesque fountains in Central Park to a glistening city street on a rainy afternoon. He creates a sense of nostalgia and intimacy with his work, offering the feeling that you have visited this particular scene before. “Each play of light, each texture, and each movement of a figure can have a captivating effect on me,” says Onelio. He studied at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art where he mastered discerning color and values, giving his work a more spontaneous appearance. Onelio’s work is an appreciation for beauty in all of its greatest forms; nature, art, and people.

Words that describe this painting: spring, foliage, garden, perennial, morning, daylight, flower, season, Monet, sunlight, path, bench, tree, bush, New York Botanical Gardens, Bronx, New York, NYC, impressionism, landscape, oilpaint, impressionism, landscape, oil painting, green

Sketching in the Garden
Onelio Marrero
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Finished white edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2023
18 in. h x 24 in. w x 1.25 in. d
1 lbs. 0 oz.