Marsha Hammel

As the daughter of U.S.A.F personnel, Marsha’s early years took her through much of the United States, Panama, Germany and Italy. The experience gleaned from these early days of travel would soon be recognized as at the age of sixteen Marsha was selected to attend the Governor’s School for Gifted Students in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It was at this point that Marsha came under the influence of the Classical and European approaches to art, an influence that continues to the present day.

Although considered by many to be a descendant of the European Modernists, Marsha prefers to think of herself as an atavist, one who returns to primitive form. In keeping with early Egyptian, Minoan and Mycenaen art, Marsha strives to present her figures in simple, powerful terms with reductive backgrounds.

Feeling strongly that art is a mirror in which the human psyche can view itself, Marsha’s paintings convey simple human truths and desires. As she states, "The image of the human figure is the signature of our species. Since prehistoric times it has been a conveyance of the spectrum of emotions, events, desires and our sense of beauty. My work carries on in this tradition".

Medium:  Oil

Subjects:  Figurative