Marcia Blakeman

Colorado

As an artist, I have the real ‘need’ or ‘desire’ to create. I have always felt this… but even more since surviving cancer. Like the structures in many of my paintings, I have a little more character and am still standing.

Beauty In The Everyday The West is home to Marcia. She grew up in Wyoming and spent her childhood summers in Colorado where she now resides. After living several places across the United States, she feels most at home in the West. Marcia has always been drawn to the mountains, the wide-open spaces and all that lies within. There is something about old weathered buildings, animals and the West’s vistas that speak to her. In Marcia’s words: “Painting is simply a pleasure. I don’t paint to make a statement but rather to bring the beauty of everyday scenes to light. We often overlook what we pass on a daily basis. I think my small-town childhood helped me to appreciate the ‘Beauty in the Everyday’.

This quote sums it up:

“In the right light, At the right time, Everything is extraordinary.”
— Aaron Rose

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