How the dimly-lit world of nightlife inspires my oil paintings @CBCArts
How the dimly-lit world of nightlife inspires my oil paintings  @CBCArts
Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Take a peek inside the dimly-lit world of visual artist Marni Marriott, who fuses nightlife, queer symbolism, oil painting and photography into captivating works of art.

Local Colour is a series by Brandon Kaufman profiles boundary-pushing Canadian artists, revealing how they work and what drives them.

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How the dimly-lit world of nightlife inspires my oil paintings

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