Marlene Rye
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Drawing/Pastel
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Holyoke, MA
ABOUT THE ARTIST
When I am making art, all of my senses come alive. I am filled to the tips of my fingers and toes with adrenaline and the urge is so powerful, that if I don't do it, I feel like I will explode. When I was in graduate school, the first week I made seven paintings. My instructors told me to SLOW DOWN! I learned to extend that energy so that I could stay in a painting longer, and the fire is sustained the whole time. When I am making a body of work, they are with me all the time in my head. If I am away from studio, I think about the paintings I have in process and work on them mentally. As soon as get there, I release that energy back into the work. I can't imagine a life without making art. It is if all the beauty around me channels through me and I have to release it on the paper! All of my work is made out of soft pastel on Sennelier la Carte sanded pastel paper.
ABOUT THE ART
My work is inspired by the natural world that I observe everyday in the North East. It is all made with soft pastels on Sennelier la Carte sanded pastel paper.
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