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Artist Statement:
Martha Greenwald is a mixed
media artist working in
acrylic, textiles, and bas
relief. Her work reflects the
visual sensibilities of the
Upper Mississippi River
valley, and her subject matter
ranges from landscapes to
animal mythology, to abstract
and figurative works
addressing human
consciousness.
"Does art really make the
world a better place? I know
it makes the world more
bearable for the artist. The
world right now is threatening
to become unbearable for a lot
of people. At times the world
seems unbearably violent,
unbearably fast, unbearably
dry. Art, in contrast,
liquifies life, liquifies the
world."
Artist Martha Greenwald has
always been interested in
color, the imagination, and
the secret lives of creatures,
from the private dreams of the
dragonfly to the nighttime
journeys of the red fox. She
is deeply interested in human
connections to creatures as
revealed through tribal
stories, myth and fantasy.
Thus the cave paintings of
southern France and northern
Spain, the aboriginal
dreamtime images of Australia,
the hybrid creature images of
Hieronymous Bosch, ancient
Egyptian reliefs and the
visual poetry of Paul Klee all
inform her colorful, unique
approach to imagery. The
vibrant transparent colors of
silk initially lured Greenwald
into art. As her ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
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Artist Galleries:
My work is in Abode Gallery in
Stockholm, Wisconsin. Visit
their website at
www.abodeinteriorsltd.com...
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