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Artist Statement:
My current work is heavily
layered and textured and
invites the viewer to engage
with it for its tactile as
well as its visual qualities.
Each piece is built up and
torn down by the application
of many layers of paint, gels,
and textural and collage
elements, then scraped,
sanded, and scrubbed, then
built up again, until a
surface is arrived at that
pleases me. It is at that
precise point that I may
decide to destroy the pleasing
surface and begin again. I
don’t want it to be too
beautiful. I want to take it
dangerously beyond repair,
work again toward perfection,
and then stop just in time....
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Artist Exhibitions:
2005 Solo Show, Gold Dragon
Gallery, Tampa, FL
2005 "Brava's Back" Group
Show, Arts on the Park,
Lakeland, FL
2005 "New Abstract
Paintings", Solo Show, Gold
Dragon Gallery, Tampa, FL
2004 "Color Rhythms", Solo
Show, Ozmosis Gallery,
Bethesda, MD
2004 "New Works", Solo
Show, Progress Energy Gallery,
New Port ...
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Artist Galleries:
I welcome your comments and
questions about my paintings.
Inquiries regarding artwork
that is not part of my studio
inventory will be referred to
the appropriate gallery.
I am seeking additional
gallery representation.
Michael Murphy Gallery
2701 S. MacDill Avenue
Tampa, Florida 33629
Phone 813.902.1414
http://www.michaelmurphygallery
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Collections:
Selected Corporate Collections
and Showcases:
Design Center of the Americas
Perry Homes, Houston, TX
DoubleTree Hotel, Minneapolis,
MN
Monte Carlo Hotel and Resort,
Las Vegas, NV
Thompson Cigar Corporation,
Tampa, FL
Kearney Development
Corporation, Tampa, FL
Permanent Collection,
Hillsborough County, Florida
Salem, Saxon, PA, Tampa,
Florida
Private Collections throughout
the ...
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Reviews for Martha Brooks Marshall:
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As seen in:
Art Business News
Home and Design Magazine
World Wide Arts Resources
American Art Collector
Design Center of the Americas
Art Expo Atlanta
“The Punisher” Motion Picture
"Color Rhythms" at Ozmosis Gallery
First impressions are crucial, and Bethesda, Maryland's, new Ozmosis Gallery aims to impress with its grand opening show, "Color Rhythms,” on Friday, May 14th. Shimmers of vibrant color energize the gallery space and viewer with an exhibition of large abstract paintings by Martha Brooks Marshall of Valrico, Florida. Marshall's canvases are best experienced rather than analyzed, with an openness to whatever emotion may be evoked by the interplay of colors and dancing strokes across their surfaces. With a professed loyalty to the tradition of color field painting, Marshall takes it to the instinctual level by building layer upon layer and balancing the painterly with the gestured. This gives her canvases the look of ancient cave paintings that glow with color. Her mystic and ethereal canvases have delighted collectors throughout the United States and abroad.
Donna Robusto, May, 2004
"Marshall’s lyrical canvases, composed of multiple layers of gestural brushmarks, shimmer with energy, color, and depth. Complements are frequently found strategically juxtaposed so as to activate fields of color that from a distance are calm and meditative. A closer look draws the viewer into a light-filled and atmospheric world, alive with misty veils of light.
Marshall’s strongest influences are Mark Rothko, Hans Hofmann, and Helen Frankenthaler. She prefers to work in acrylics on stretched canvas, building layer upon layer of color, using a variety of brushes and other paint application and mark-making tools, allowing underlying colors to show through, deepening and enriching the overall surface.
Her work can be found in public, corporate and private collections throughout the United States. One of her paintings was chosen for a scene in the motion picture “The Punisher” with John Travolta."
Ren Wicks, VisionArt, 2005
“You are an ‘artist's artist’. Since I am a painter at heart, I look at your work and see that you say everything with color. When I was looking at all your paintings, I was in awe at the seeming simplicity of the composition, but the richness of your color statements is powerful!!”
Sheree Rensel, Artist
“A kindred spirit and one of Florida's premiere abstract artists. Martha's paintings capture that place in our imagination where anything is possible. She is the first abstract artist whose work so captivated me, I licensed the use of one for a business brochure. She's an awesome painter!“
Dusti Scovel – Art Consultant and Author
“While Martha’s ‘Hot Flash’ bounces off your eyeballs, she also gives you ‘Cooling Down’ time in luscious limes and aquas.”
Cheryl Kuck, The Tampa Tribune, April 10, 2002
“Marshall paints secrets and mysteries that are accessible from her dreams and pieces this unseen world onto paper and canvas. Her work has been exhibited throughout the Tampa Bay area and this is her first Sarasota exhibit.”
The Pelican Press, Bradenton, Florida, May 11, 2000
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