New Village Arts Theatre

STUDIO 11: MARSHA ERCEGOVIC

"I thank the art gods for allowing me to be me and paint myself into and out of every corner."

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ARTIST SAMPLES

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ARTIST BIO

Marsha Ercegovic paints with energy that is palpable. The painting surface seems to vibrate as if her heavily laden brush had been connected to her nerve endings. The result is often shocking, sometimes disturbing, always emotional. "A slap in the eye or a visual wake up call" as she describes it.

Her earlier work plumbed the mystery of life and death, played out by starkly white skeletons and dreamy ghouloids rendered in distinctly not ghoul-like colors. Her next series depicted God and Satan competing for mortals souls. The competition was often friendly and humorous.

After moving to New Orleans her turned her talent and attention to the ancient buildings that are an integral part of her life in that city's historical French Quarter. To her eye and psyche, the solid stuff of brick and wood are mere ethereal moments, changeable as the clouds. The energies of centuries finds form in a brush stroke.

Currently Marsha paints in a studio at the Foundry at New Village Arts in Carlsbad, California. After starting an uncharacteristically calm group of plein air canvases she returned to her earlier themes. The paintings are brash and narrative. The characters are show stoppers. The reaction to the paintings is often"what energy and life this work has!"

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For information about the art or about studio rentals contact Foundry Manager Laura Kurner at 760.434.4501 or laura@newvillagearts.org.