“Painting is my passion. The act of painting--the movement, the
gesture, the process of selecting brushes, palette knives,
paints and colors, textured mediums, the music underlying and
reinforcing the process— is an exuberant ritual. All five senses
are part of this painting / ritual process that has been the
essence of my adult artistic life. Due to having lived in many
different areas north, northeast, south and southeast, I am not
identified by being from a specific region of the country or
identified with a specified style of painting. This has at times
been isolating, but it is essential to my creative process, and
to my quest for recognition, validation and acceptance.
My place as a
woman artist, raised and educated in a male-dominated society is
also at the heart of my process. My paintings are a mirror of my
life – heartache, grief, loss, pain, joy, love, bliss, lust, and
excitement. This is who I am, a colorist in a digital age.”
MARCELLE
HARWELL PACHNOWSKI
