I like Sandra Marchewa's work and her personality, too. We met for the first time at last year's studio open house: in the portrait I made her face and art are full of whimsy. She has some new work this year, notably this piece with little portraits of friends affixed to lighters. Some of the people have died. On those lighters, Marchewa has changed the logo BIC to RIP. The objects are encased in resin. I couldn't photograph her next to it - the glare was too severe. So we decided to use the situation to our advantage and place her in the reflection. It worked, or we think so.
Showing posts with label Sandra Marchewa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sandra Marchewa. Show all posts
Monday, July 26, 2010
Portraits of St. Louis Artists: Sandra Marchewa
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I like Sandra Marchewa's work and her personality, too. We met for the first time at last year's studio open house: in the portrait I made her face and art are full of whimsy. She has some new work this year, notably this piece with little portraits of friends affixed to lighters. Some of the people have died. On those lighters, Marchewa has changed the logo BIC to RIP. The objects are encased in resin. I couldn't photograph her next to it - the glare was too severe. So we decided to use the situation to our advantage and place her in the reflection. It worked, or we think so.
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I like Sandra Marchewa's work and her personality, too. We met for the first time at last year's studio open house: in the portrait I made her face and art are full of whimsy. She has some new work this year, notably this piece with little portraits of friends affixed to lighters. Some of the people have died. On those lighters, Marchewa has changed the logo BIC to RIP. The objects are encased in resin. I couldn't photograph her next to it - the glare was too severe. So we decided to use the situation to our advantage and place her in the reflection. It worked, or we think so.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Portraits Of St. Louis Artists: Sandra Marchewa
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Whimsy. Sandra Marchewa stands in a little cloud of her own making, buzzing with bug-like elves, mini-monsters and flying pigs. I can imagine a huge array of these critters hanging from a ceiling for a viewer's disorientation, drifting from peripheral vision to central focus and out again. You might need some Dramamine.
SPECIAL NOTE TO THATONEGIRL: thank you for your notes and comments in Flickr yesterday. I wrote you back at the address you gave me but the message bounced - Yahoo said there wasn't a user by that name. Can you email me directly? There is a link to do that on my blog profile.
Whimsy. Sandra Marchewa stands in a little cloud of her own making, buzzing with bug-like elves, mini-monsters and flying pigs. I can imagine a huge array of these critters hanging from a ceiling for a viewer's disorientation, drifting from peripheral vision to central focus and out again. You might need some Dramamine. SPECIAL NOTE TO THATONEGIRL: thank you for your notes and comments in Flickr yesterday. I wrote you back at the address you gave me but the message bounced - Yahoo said there wasn't a user by that name. Can you email me directly? There is a link to do that on my blog profile.
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