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I am...
An explorer on the artful journey
 
Hi - I'm Marji
 
Art has been a part of my world since the day I was born.  I grew up with it and it is deeply woven into the fabric of me.  I have been drawing, and painting and creating all of my life.  I just have to.  There aren't words to explain the nature of the deep need for me to create with my hands.  Its much like taking a breath, there is no question.

I haven't always been a painter.  I have dabbled with other creative interests along the way.  And, even the times when life has landed me in a spot with no creative outlet, creativity has waited patiently inside. 

My art, at this point in my life,  has taken the form of painting and photography.  Currently, I have landed in the arms of encaustic painting, an old and ancient way of placing pigments on surfaces using a melange of beeswax and demar resin.  Heated to 200F, the wax warms my creative soul as I put brush to surface.
  
When I sit down and create - its like opening a book.. one without any writing, yet the story is there waiting to be told.  I never really know what will be my subject until I get started.  It begins with layers of wax, plain and colored, textured and smooth.  I let each layer build upon each other until the painting begins to tell its story and an image comes to the surface.  Faces, people, animals, birds -  I don't question what comes - I just paint. 

I created this blog to share my art and tales of life along the artful journey.



3 comments:

  1. Marji...send me your snail mail address and I'll send you another postcard to replace the torn LYA card.
    jo.murray.art@gmail.com

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  2. Like your blog. Looked at your art work. I have never heard of this type of painting. Fascinating. I especially liked Yellow Warbler. The background is very interesting.

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  3. Hi: I'm trying to replicate your encaustic palette. Do you set it directly on the hotplates? Have you tried a pancake griddle underneath? Thanks!

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