About
About
Marianne “Mari” Coats is a contemporary mixed-media artist based in Austin, Texas. Her work explores the tension between life’s harsher truths and the persistent presence of beauty, play, and hope. Through vibrant color, layered texture, and dimensional surfaces, she creates paintings that feel emotionally resonant, visually alive, and often a little mischievous.
Working in acrylic, ink, oil, resin, and mixed media, Mari builds luminous underpaintings into expressive, tactile worlds. Influenced by the places she has lived and the contrasts she has experienced, her work balances softness with grit, realism with imagination, and gravity with delight. Whether through wildlife portraiture or abstracted landscapes, her paintings invite viewers to recognize the beauty that persists—even during difficult seasons.
