About Marie
I am an internationally recognised artist whose work is grounded in what I refer to as an ‘interior landscape’.
I use images and ideas from my dreams to help me represent visually the mountain ranges and coastal plains inside a person.
It takes time and reflection to collect this information and then to develop it as an image.
I build the image up slowly on paper, board, canvas, using materials dictated by the image and its complexity.
I apply the paint with a palette knife, followed by layers of transparent glazes. This process is repeated until the desired textural effect is achieved. This sometimes means that a work will remain ‘in progress’ for several years.
I like to refer to this process as an ‘archaeological dig’ on a psychic level.
My travels were a period of time where I was able to increase my knowledge in both dream material, exterior landscape and culture.
My travels:
Florence, Italy: home of the Renaissance Period;
Quimper, Brittany, France: working with the dream symbol active in the exterior landscape
Middle East: the horizon line in the desert has similar characteristics with the dream – continuously changing in shape and movement
The Himalayas: dreams are very different at this height. This gave me the idea that there is a space where dream and life meet.
Great Britain: exploring the space where dream and life meet and translating that information into an image.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
In my painting I work from what I call the ‘interior landscape’: I use images and ideas from my dreams to help me represent visually the mountain ranges and coastal plains inside a person.