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Marc Ellen Hamel

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Neighborhood: Hunters Point Shipyard
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There is a search going on when I paint. I push colors around to see what reaction occurs in me.  It is a thrill and a challenge to create a world using brushstrokes, areas of color, lines. I get into a place where deep intuition can surface and lead me onward. My recent series focuses on recollections of time spent in nature. These are not "plein-aire" works nor following from
photographs, but from the views and sensations that imprinted on me during nature-soaked days. I let the paint lead me to a location that serves as a personal landscape revisited.

In my printmaking work I have been working on a series inspired by the oboe sculptures ofSeattle artist George Tsutakawa. These sculptures motivated me to work on a series of monotypes where I explore combinations of ovals, vase shapes, and linear elements to find a pleasing or exciting balance in the final composition.