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Poem Published

Marietta Leis | February 15, 2012 - 7:00 am

blog.Quietness — Quietness/oil/canvas/48” sq.

Such gratifying news to share! An anthology of poetry, Fixed and Free (available at Amazon), has included my poem Blue written for my paintings the Blue Series. The color blue has been a large part of my work since 2001 after an Artist-in-Residence at Crater Lake, OR. Being in such close proximity to the deep blueness of that Lake every day set in motion a dialogue with the color blue for a long time and is still part of my studio and life experience. My work very much focus’ on color contemplating how it impacts our culture. It is a ‘blue and green’ planet that we inhabit.

Poems flow from my artwork. Text plates of poetry accompanied my Marietta Robusti Tintoretto series, Blue has appeared with my exhibits of blue work and presently 5 text plates are showing with my GREEN exhibit. Which comes first I don’t know. But come they do! I hope you have a chance to experience my poems.

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November Exhibit

Marietta Leis | November 2, 2011 - 2:23 pm

It’s Raining, It’s Pouring: A group exhibit at the Wiseman Gallery, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, Oregon, will be showing 2 of my oil on canvas paintings, Lucent I and II, both 24” square. Karl Blake, Gallery Director is showcasing contemporary art that reflect issues relating to water—melting glaciers, radioactive water, oil contamination etc…The exhibition is scheduled November 2-December 9. More information can be found at www.roguecc.edu/galleries or at 541-956-7339.

: Lucent II

My statement for Lucent I and IItells of my concerns for our Polar ice regions that are experiencing melt downs at an alarming rate. This will impact our planet in many ways. The beauty of these environments distract from the drama that is the underbelly of climate change. My oil paintings are reductive color fields depicting my impressions of the delicate beauty of ice and water. I want to draw people into the work where they can then contemplate the deeper levels of meaning. It is necessary.

Kathleen Alaks writes about the exhibit in the Daily Courier, OR article stating, “Marietta Leis of New Mexico paints color as a subject. Her oil paintings, Lucent I and Lucent II, influenced by a seven-week trip she took to Alaska, are canvases of translucent, luminescent intense blue, capturing the delicate beauty of ice and water and representing the problems of climate change and the shrinking of polar ice caps”.

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Conclusion of the 2011 Park International Exhibition

Marietta Leis | October 3, 2011 - 7:50 pm

A water color work of mine was included in the touring group exhibit organized by Park Fine Art, Albuquerque; 2011 Park Fine Art International Tour Show, The exhibit toured: Yu-Shin Museum of Art, Harbin, China (September13-September 20), Korea International Art Fair (September 22-26, and the Mujuanseong Gallery, Seoul, Korea (September 26-October 3). There is an accompanying catalog. Wesley Pulkka writes in the catalog introduction, “Pure minimalism is the life breath of Marietta Patricia Leis of the USA, in her ‘Turquoise Chime’ a contemplative modulated monochrome painting.” The photo below shows the enthusiastic crowd that greeted the exhibition. Congratulations to Young-Sook the organizer. I look forward to participating again in 2012!