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My paintbrush is dipped into the colors, textures, contrasts and moods of my native Appalachian foothills. I experiment in a mixed-media format interjecting, at times, paints and washes made from local flora -- pokeberry, sourwood, sassafras, osage and so on. I have been known to use whatever is around me at the time, and my paintings seem to take on a life of their own somewhat apart from me. I found my niche with the Experimental Artists of America, a group which encourages and celebrates that creative force which explodes from us and results in endless possibilities and art forms. Born with a visual impairment, I don't view my eyesight so much as a challenge in this world of visual art, but as a unique view that creates its own concepts. I paint it as I see it, or more truthfully, as I feel it. I just feel it out. You will find me painting daily in my at-home studio, the Root Cellar Studio, atop Sand Mountain in Northeast Alabama. The Root Cellar Studio originally grew out my interest in songwriting. Recording artist Rosemary Clooney chose a light, whimsical ballad I wrote and entitled "Look My Way" as the title track for an album. She took great care to keep it authentic and true to the way I wrote it and sang it myself. I enjoyed working with her immensely. The Look My Way album was re-released in 2002 by EMI-Capitol. Another tongue-and-cheek hit of mine was "Ode To a Georgia Farmer" which is recognized as a comical campaign song for former President Jimmy Carter. There are many more "serious" ballads in my repertoire. So much of my life has been spent wrapped up in a series of creative endeavors in the Root Cellar Studio. I don't know if I gave birth to it, or if it gave life to me!
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09.17.2008 Copyright © 2007 J.K.E. Marsh Root Cellar Studio |
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