Fairhope, Ala.—On Friday, November 4, an exhibit featuring a collection of works by the prolific artist Fred Marchman will open at wmCM Studio in downtown Fairhope, 323 de la Mare Ave, Suite 1. The exhibit will run until December 1 and will be open to the public daily 10am to 5pm, except Sundays.

 This new exhibit celebrates work that has never been seen before and that span 50+ years in the distinct vibrant style that has always been at the center of Marchman’s work. Altogether, the works on display in this exhibit showcase the many techniques, mediums and subjects present in Marchman’s oeuvre, ensuring something for everyone to enjoy.

 A resident of Fairhope since 2002, Marchman is a Mobile native who has left an indelible mark on the area with his versatile works in acrylics, printmaking and sculpture. This show will consist of a myriad pieces reflecting the artist’s diverse body of work throughout his 50+ years.

 Among the must-see items are Marchman’s carved limestone and wood sculptures; and cast-bronze abstracts, figures and terracottas, many of which have never been exhibited before. His subjects are as diverse as his media choices. He has carved more than 700 birds—mostly decorative duck decoys, as well as songbirds and pelicans. Another common motif is the landscapes that are abstract interpretations of the local seascape. Many of these landscape pieces juxtapose sky and sea that Marchman calls “topsy-turvys” — readable upside-down and right-side up.

 Other prominent works in the show will be Marchman’s cosmically-themed paintings, featuring characters from his fiction-writing that include various interpretations of the female figures transmuted from prosaic academic pieces into something more ethereal, often morphing ordinary females into goddesses, queens, mermaids, nymphs and angels. Pieces in this one-time exhibit will be for sale.

 With degrees from the University of Alabama and Tulane, Marchman is an instructor of visual arts at Faulkner State College in Fairhope. His art has been exhibited in numerous galleries both regionally and nationally. He has had one-man shows at the Mobile Museum of Art and the Eastern Shore Art Center. His lithograph of Miss Liberty from the Alabama Print Portfolio is in the Alabama museum collections at the Birmingham Museum of Art, the Huntsville Museum of Art, the Montgomery Museum of Art and the Mobile Museum of Art. His works are in numerous private and public collections.