MARCIA PENSA Bio
As a high school educator in the visual arts, Marcia Pensa has been actively involved with the processes and the philosophies of art on a daily basis for over 30 years. The joy has always been the delight with which young people discover their creative ideas in a visual way. Using a wide variety of mediums, Marcia’s students developed not only drawing, sculpture, printmaking and painting skills, but learned about important artists of past history. Field trips to Europe and to art galleries all over provided experiential and inspirational opportunities for students and teacher alike.
Now, happily in retirement,
Marcia is pursuing the same delight on a personal level as the time has come to
practice what she has preached! Although
acrylics were the medium of choice in Marcia’s 20’s and 30’s, she turned to
watercolour in her forties, and now is working in oil. Perhaps there will be a return to acrylics in
the future.
Marcia’s primary interests in
her subject matter are composition, point-of-view perspective, and the
subtleties of texture and colour to create focus. She believes paintings
are meant to be appreciated again and again. One can appreciate new
elements each time a favourite painting is noticed. A painting is a
playground for the eye and the mind and should bring a sense of eagerness and
pleasure.
Through her travel
experiences and responses to landscape, genre, and still life, Marcia Pensa’s
goal is to create works that bring the viewer into the painting through her own
visual door.
Examples of Marcia Pensa's artwork;
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| Lunch is Served |
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| Magic Town |
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| Springwater in Autumn |
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| Station Stop |
