Marsha Chandler, GWS

Art is a thread that has run through my life since I was very young. Now, since becoming a full-time artist, I recognize that creating art is essential to me and is a vital part of who I am. Using vivd colors, textures and light, I paint vibrant, close-up views of everyday objects and things that suggest stories of the past -- a copper teakettle, and elegant silver vase, a weathered wagon, a rusted tractor.

I paint in a representational style, but I like to complicate my paintings with the distorrtions of reflections, refraction in glass and silver, and shadows that move in and out. I try to evoke a feeling of intimacy in the viewer and draw him or her into the intricacies of the painting to see and experience an new perspective or thought about the subject.

My medium of choice is watercolor. I love the way it flows, it's luminocity, translucence, and surprises, and the way it allows me to capture the special qualities of light.

 

About the Artist

Marsha Chandler is a watercolorist who is realizing her childhood dream of becoming a professional artist. She creates expressive still lifes and vivid landscapes which express her love of details and objects or scenes that evoke a sense of history. She finds subjects for her still life paintings in common objects that surround her daily -- even a trip to the farmer's marker for fruits and vegetables inspires her to paint. Traveling thoughout the United States, Mexico and Italy, she has found endless inspiration for her colorful landscapes, which she creates en plein air and in her Atlanta studio.

Since becoming a full-time artist, Marsha has studied extensively and taken workshops with regionally and nationally known artists such as Mel Stabin, Christopher Schink, and Judy Morris, among others. Her paintings have been accepted into regional and national juried exhibits and have garnered a mnumber of awards. In addition, she has had several solo shows.

Marsha is a member of the Atlanta Artists Center, Douglas County Art Guild, Watercolor Society of Alabama, Georgia Watercolor Society, and Southern Watercolor Society. Currently she serves on the boards of the Georgia Watercolor Society and Atlanta Artists Center.

 

GWS Exhibition History Since 2006

• Green Apple Kaleidoscope, 2011 Member's Exhibition, GWS Membership Award
• Cherries Jubilee 3, 2011 National Exhibition, Honorable Mention
• Grandma's Bowl, 2010 Members' Exhibition
• Wildflower Cafe, 2009 Members' Exhibition, Honorable Mention
• Resting Place, 2008 Members' Exhibition

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Website: www.marshachandler.com

Phone: 404-213-9538