Cristina Marcu is a Northern California contemporary artist blending impressionist and expressionist styles. Her brightly colored works are inspired by the Russian and Romanian folk art that surrounded her as a child in her native country of Romania.
Fluent in various mediums, Cristina Marcu utilizes oil, watercolor and acrylic to paint diverse subject matter, with her focus primarily on landscapes, seascapes and still lifes.
Cristina Marcu has been a member of the Sebastapol Center for the Arts, Sebastapol California Petaluma Center for the
Arts, Petaluma, California, as well as Laguna Plein Air Artists, Laguna, CA and California Art Club in Pasadena, CA.
LPAPA links the strong plein air movement of the early California painters to the present ones and creates a bond amongst the contemporary plein air painters throughout the nation.
The Museum of Contemporary Art promotes the fine arts in the fields of painting, drawing and sculpture. The organization supports the artistic expression in connection to its community and heritage by providing history and environment-related events.
The Petaluma Art Center is dedicated to create space where artists can express meaningful and diverse experiences for the community.
