It’s a great day when a painting sells and travels to a new home. This 60 x 60 painting sold through Saatchi Art and will travel to someone else’s wall in California.
Over the last 48 hours, the sale was complete, lumber was collected, a custom crate was built (thanks to my wonderful husband), and the painting was expertly packed, labeled and is ready to go!
To see available works, see https://www.saatchiart.com/Marea.Haslett.
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I’ve been thinking a lot about all of the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement for weeks now. I’ve been asking myself, “Where do we go from here?”
Of course, the answer lies in our small actions made on a daily basis.
Also, I feel this quote sums up the basis of at least my path and hopefully the path of my children. It’s all about how we look at ourselves and our place in this world and how we treat people those whom which we share our path. It seems such a basic thing but taken for granted way too often.
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.” – Ernest Hemingway
For the length of my career as an art educator, I’ve stood firm on the belief in art therapy as a tool to manage life. I’ve watched it help students and loved ones for years. Now, I need to improve my own practices.
I’m preparing for my upcoming show at the same time of dealing with the loss of my father. My work, my emotions, my frustrations, my to- do list have all become intertwined into a messy, grey hodge- podge. It is what it is. This too shall pass and transform into new life. The process of letting go and opening up to creative flow is not a “one and done” kind of thing. I’m finding I need to develop an ongoing process of letting go/ then holding on/ then letting go/ then holding on.
During this process of transformation, I’m really trying to stick to a routine. No. I’m not really in the “mood” to paint or do the laundry. All I really want to do is sleep and put my head in the sand. But that doesn’t help anyone! I need to keep moving, and as my Dad would say, just put one foot in front of the other.
Here are a few of the upcoming paintings for the show. There are four additional ones not pictured. There will be four from my previous work and eight new ones.
It’s a pleasure to share the importance of art journalling with my son, Gavin. I hope this is the beginning of a strong practice.
Today was a productive day in the studio. I have 4 new paintings at various stages of completion.
My work is shifting a little to focus on our spiritual connections to the people we love and to ourselves.
This one is a direct response to family separations occurring at the border. It’s a diptych of two 60 x 60 canvases which is a little over half complete.
My current series of work furthers the investigation of how emotional responses filter into identity and concepts of self. These are some works in progress.
My process involves working out compositions and colors in handmade sketchbooks and practicing forms of meditation such as Visio Divina.
Marea Haslett 