Harmonized Paintings by Marie Massey

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Sometimes the idea for a painting spontaneously presents itself as in plein air painting. Marie Massey is

inspired by the quiet meandering of a river, the vastness of a desert gorge, or the way afternoon

sun lights the curve of an arch. Sometimes her paintings are inspired by many impressions and

feelings of a place. Marie uses technique to express relationships and create a sense of atmosphere,

time and space.

She uses a Painting in Layers method which combines the value, shadow and shape ideas of

chiaroscuro with color ideas from the impressionist painters. This method creates color

interest and harmony as well as a structural foundation for the final layers in oil. Marie continues to

sketch and resketch, using a sensitive line so that the image achieves an organic quality with

the impression of movement, depth and dimension as well as subtle light effects such as

transparency of water and sky.