My career is evolving full circle. I began as an architectural illustrator. The skill as a draftsman enables me to use architectural design elements as I translate the perspective lines into a composition. Changing the formal structure of photorealism alters the mood of a scene. The subject matter is compressed within lines and prismatic colors.

My primary focus is on expressing myself with abstract design, color, line, texture, pattern, and mark-making. My paintings are shaped by life experiences, memories, and what is imagined. They evolve through a trial and error process of deliberation, experimentation, and improvisation. Every change leads to a new discovery, and the process continues layer by layer until I see something that seems to work. I am searching for an image that feels alive with movement.

The calculated structure of my geometric transformations is a breakaway from Photorealism and the recent trend of Plein Aire Painting. The many moods are created by the relationship between glowing light and dark patterns. Design and vibrant colors dominate the perception of her compositions. My compositions evolve by reconstructing overlapping planes created by straight lines and tangents. The straight edge depicts precise, sharply defined spatial environments within the context of architectural and natural elements. Changing the formal structure of organic shapes into a controlled approach of rigid linear constructions alters the mood of a scene, not to mention the contrast it provides to shadows and movement. The composition is compressed within lines of force leading the eye to one point of interest. Patterns of shapes evolve into a controlled atmosphere. The intensity of colors within the geometrical spaces create a depth of field. The gradations of values and shades of colors and build up of overlays of pigment pull the viewer into the composition.The paintings shimmer with a mystic energy and the viewer is transformed into my reconstructed world. Marilynne Bradley is listed in “Who’s Who in American Education”, “Who’s Who in the World”, “Who’s Who in American Women Artists”, “World’s Who’s Who of Women” and “Best American Watercolors vol. III”, Webster Groves Lifetime Achievement in the Arts and recognized by the Marquis Who’s Who Albert Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award. WATERCOLOR USA Life TIME achievement Award. Articles about her paintings have been included in “Northlight” magazine, “”Arts Alive”, Arts and Activities”, “American Artist” .“Next Avenue.com” and PBS Living St. Louis. She has written and illustrated several books, the latest being “Once Upon a Time in St Louis” and “St. Louis in Watercolor.” She has produced educational videos for the classroom. “Watercolor techniques”, “Line, Shape, Value”, “Aboriginal Art, Past, Present and Future”. and “the Molas of Panama”. She is a signature artist member in multiple International Watercolor organizations. Her work is recognized, exhibited, accepted in major International juried competitions.