Marc Zimmerman "Lost and Found Chickens" Oil Painting, Tropical Chickens in Botanical Setting, Deep Green and Red, Contemporary Art West Coast

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Two chickens stand among dense tropical foliage with the calm self-possession of creatures who know exactly where they belong. Zimmerman … Read more Two chickens stand among dense tropical foliage with the calm self-possession of creatures who know exactly where they belong. Zimmerman brings to these birds the same quality of observation and the same commitment to color invention that he brings to every subject: the feathers are painted with genuine detail, the botanical setting is as lush and layered as anything in the jungle series, and the deep greens and reds create an atmosphere that is both warm and visually rich. The subject matter is whimsical but the painting is not. It demonstrates something important about Zimmerman as an artist: his exotic fantasy worlds are large enough to include everything, from leopards in deep jungle to chickens in a tropical backyard, and his color sense is strong enough to make every subject feel significant. A charming and distinctive piece for a kitchen, a breakfast room, or a casual living space that welcomes personality.

Marc Zimmerman is an American painter and ceramic sculptor based in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. For more than four decades, his work has opened doors into imagined worlds: lush jungles filled with fantastical botanical forms, sun-drenched Mediterranean villages, vibrant florals, and ceramic totems that blend ancient influences with a distinctly contemporary vision. Zimmerman's artistic language was shaped by an unusually varied career. His background as a woodcut printmaker brought compositional clarity and strong graphic structure to his paintings, while the influence of Henri Rousseau and Paul Gauguin inspired his richly imagined landscapes. Time spent living and painting in Kauai, along with extensive travel throughout Mexico and Europe, infused his work with the saturated light, color, and atmosphere that define his celebrated Jungle, Village, and Tropical Floral series.

In recent years, Zimmerman returned to his earliest passion, clay, creating his Garden Totem series from hand-sculpted and individually glazed ceramic elements stacked into spontaneous vertical compositions. Rooted in his pottery experience in Venice Beach during the 1960s and 70s, these works bring the same exuberance, movement, and inventive use of color found throughout his paintings into three-dimensional form. His work is represented by galleries in California, Florida, and New York, and is held in private collections throughout the United States and internationally. See less