East Hampton Antiques Show - Marianne Stikas

I've known Marianne for nearly a decade. We have a mutual love of dogs and eclecticism. I found out some fascinating things about Marianne when I interviewed her for this blog. My conversations with her prior to this were usually about objects, people, and of course dogs, never about herself.
It was Marianne who said "what are you waiting for, just get a dog already, you'll laugh so much and you'll wonder why you waited", during the time I was hesitating to make the comittment to get one. She was right, we laugh so much more now that we have Kona. I loved meeting Izzy at the show, Marianne's pug.
Marianne Stikas is an artist with a career that spans three decades. She has shown in galleries in NYC including Holly Solomon, Leo Castelli, John Davis, and most recently with Baskervile Watson. Her medium is oil.
Marianne's eye for composition is evident in the often quirky objects she sells. Her antiques business was started out of her Walker St. loft selling to people she knew. A love of collecting became a business once she started selling out of her home and later at shows like the "Modern" , and "Bronx Botanical Garden Show", "The Pier Show", and the "East Hamptons Antiques Show".




Today you can see Marianne's collection at various shows like ones mentioned here, and in Stamford Ct. at the Hamptons Antiques Center, and at www.mariannestikas.1stdibs.com Marianne can be reached at 860-927-0028

Marianne and I love the wall decorations in teal blue, made of cut steel, they once hung in an amusement park.