Marsha Zavez cannot remember a time when she wasn’t drawing or painting. Art is woven into her sense of self, and it is in the act of creating that she finds herself most at peace. There’s something about taking a blank canvas and transforming it into an image that brings her joy. Early on, inspired by the works of Richard Diebenkorn, Zavez painted still life’s with food, eventually adding landscapes, animals and florals. Most recently, Marsha rekindled her love of collage and has been adding bits of wallpaper, sheet music, pages from old art and poetry books, and found objects to her work. Working in oils for years, Zavez transitioned to mainly acrylic work, embracing the fast-drying quality of the medium. Marsha finds that acrylic complements her temperament as she is able to continuously add, change, take away, glue and layer, layer, layer!
Zavez earned her BFA and M. Ed at UNH and has taught visual art and drama at North Hampton School on the NH seacoast since 1999. Her work is shown at Valerie’s Gallery in Newburyport, MA, Inner Space Fine Arts in North Reading, MA, and at juried shows, businesses, venues and in private collections throughout New England. Marsha is a member of the Newburyport Art Association and the National Art Educators Association.
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