Art by Espy, Charlotte, NC
Marvin Espy was born in Cincinnati Ohio and earned a degree in Visual Communication from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh in 1985. Marvin excelled at oil painting at the Art Institute under the tutelage of the late Henry Koerner.
While Espy showed great promise as a fine artist, life choices lead him to a career in sales and business development where he experienced many successes, and the lessons you learn through hard knocks, competition, and deadlines. In 2013, a massive downsizing afforded him the time to paint again after more than 25 years. In that first couple years Espy has emerged as a rising star, winning multiple art competitions, featured in multiple galleries, including the Hart Witzen Gallery in NODA, Spirit Square in Uptown Charlotte, three times published in the Charlotte Business Journal Book of Lists. Most recently Marvin’s “Blue Line” was chosen for the 2018 Charlotte Business Journal Book of Lists Cover Art.
Marvin, his wife Tracy, and daughter Sydney have lived in Charlotte for since 1999, and consider the Carolinas home.