Marna Bell Digital Art
Artist Statement Artist Interview
I am in a warm tunnel traveling towards a radiant beam of light, beyond a veil of mystery. Beads of water appear before my eyes. I see my physical world fading; it is being obscured by the sudden rush of water. A blue curtain and a wall of mist are descending over me, and there are red lights guiding my way to the other side. My vision is now completely obscured. I hold my breath. I feel I am being transported towards this light and a sense of absolute peace comes over me, knowing I can’t stray from the path. I am not alone on this journey; there are others before and after me.
“Transported” is a series of archival pigment prints derived from my early roots as a painter. Having contemplated this series for years, it finally came to fruition in the summer of 2012. My work has been greatly affected by the Abstract Expressionists, and, in particular, the color field painters of the late ‘50s and ‘60s. Artists such as Morris Louis, in his “Unfurls” and “Veils”, have had a particular influence on this series, as well as the luminous misty colors of Helen Frankenthaler and Mark Rothko.
I am in a warm tunnel traveling towards a radiant beam of light, beyond a veil of mystery. Beads of water appear before my eyes. I see my physical world fading; it is being obscured by the sudden rush of water. A blue curtain and a wall of mist are descending over me, and there are red lights guiding my way to the other side. My vision is now completely obscured. I hold my breath. I feel I am being transported towards this light and a sense of absolute peace comes over me, knowing I can’t stray from the path. I am not alone on this journey; there are others before and after me.
“Transported” is a series of archival pigment prints derived from my early roots as a painter. Having contemplated this series for years, it finally came to fruition in the summer of 2012. My work has been greatly affected by the Abstract Expressionists, and, in particular, the color field painters of the late ‘50s and ‘60s. Artists such as Morris Louis, in his “Unfurls” and “Veils”, have had a particular influence on this series, as well as the luminous misty colors of Helen Frankenthaler and Mark Rothko.