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“Layerscapes” by Michaelle Marschall

January 13-April 18, 2025 | Opening Reception: January 12, 3:30-5pm

Michaelle Marschall is a printmaker and painter who creates an escape into a natural world that is inspired by found imagery, gathered detritus, and moments spent in outdoor environments. Memory of experience fuse with the imagined in my prints and paintings. Since conceiving her first reduction cut print in 2010, she has pursued for over a decade, the possibilities held within layers. She continues to be inspired to make work in response to the world’s collective natural environment. The print and paintings common thread examine the ever-changing landscape, in reality and in one’s perception, and its potential to be a dynamic, powerful force. In creating her work, she implores the viewer to see what lurks beyond a first glance no matter their venture. The controlled methods of reduction cut woodblock printing, mapping each step to produce a landscape image, are contrasted with the loose, flowing color of her encaustic work. Spontaneous color mixing and mark making onto wood panel, combined with fusing layers of molten pigmented beeswax, depicts the natural world through its translucent vibrancy and depth. Her physical exploration of the world includes gathering detritus and combining it with pulp of plant material. After beating cotton, flax and/or abaca fiber in a Hollander beater, she creates handmade sheets of paper. Well-beaten pigmented pulp is applied onto the surface of the wet sheets. Found man-made and natural material, as well as scraps of her handmade paper, are bonded to the surface or embedded between layers of pulp. Weaving together materiality and her chosen subject matter, these textured pulp paintings explore the power and fragility of nature.

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“These constructed, fantastical landscapes, a result of collected fragments, could be seen as a response to subtle environmental changes. Within or near to a typical natural formation, partially exposed growths proliferate: infestations, squirming tendrils, floating algae. With skies wispy or dense, these habitats permeate with decay and regeneration, alluding to every life form’s inherent resilience and those fortunate enough to adapt and survive.” - Michaelle Marschall

  • Unresolved Terrain

    Unresolved Terrain

    Michaelle Marschall

  • Refuse To Surrender

    Refuse To Surrender

    Michaelle Marschall

  • Artificial Bloom

    Artificial Bloom

    Michaelle Marschall

  • Selective Memory

    Selective Memory

    Michaelle Marschall

  • Shifting Balance

    Shifting Balance

    Michaelle Marschall

  • Raveled Pathways

    Raveled Pathways

    Michaelle Marschall

  • Waking

    Waking

    Michaelle Marschall

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