MARILYN BORGLUM

Marilyn Borglum was born into a family whose art legacy was established by her grandmothers’ uncles, Gutzon and Solon Borglum, renowned artists whose subject matter was consistently horses and figures. Gutzon was best known for his monumental work, the astonishing Mount Rushmore. Marilyn’s grandmother, Marian Borglum, recognized her granddaughter’s talent when she began drawing horses at a very young age and nurtured the artist throughout her developing years. 

“Throughout my life, the horse has been a major direction in my work, from the very earliest memories I have of drawing at three or four years old, through four years of graduate school (Colorado State University), and for two decades since, I have drawn and painted horses”, recalls Marilyn. “For some time I’ve been aware that the form of the horse holds deep psychological symbolism for me. The vast majorities of my equine paintings are pragmatic, and controlled in the execution, as I systematically plan all or most of the formal elements.

“It is the choice of the subject of the horse that remains the only element of a subconscious source that I, most likely, will never completely identify. I consider my work to be portraiture, although not in the traditional use of the term, with subjects that range from horses and dogs to city scenes and people and in mediums from black crayon, to acrylics.”

Marilyn’s work is found in private and commercial collections throughout the continental US. Currently the artist is focusing on spiritually based work and monumental images of the horse, both realistic and abstracted, gestural drawings of horses, and people in urban settings.

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