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Marlis Jermutus, also known simply as Ma (short for the German word for painter - Malerin), was born in the West German town of Wesel in 1942. She began her professional career as an artist in 1970. She is currently living in America, painting in studios in California and Massachusetts, as well as playing Ambient Temple Music with Starseed. Distinguished among abstract artists for her ability to connect art and science, Marlis paints a caligraphy of the heart and mind united, drawn in a language of color and form that easily expresses both chaos and geometry. The personal style she has developed includes a period of deep meditation before painting, which brings a release of intuitive impressions during the process of creation. From meditation to chaos, Marlis moves from a quiet organized preparation to a whirl of flying colors and materials drawn from an alchemist's collection of pigments and natural and crafted elements. Visitors are astonished at the speed of her dance as she selects and applies these elements with direction from a mind in energetic freedom. While following the "traces" of images in her work, like following tracks in the snow, transcendence of the mundane allows for the observer's entrance into a vast space where free association plays in one's consciousness. Marlis uses a language of form that takes the mind's sensual impression of the painting, and enables a cognitive transformation into the realm of the metaphysical. A perceptive observer can enter into a dialog with this world of abstract metaphor.
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Untitled 1
(Remembering Jackson Pollock)
acrylics on canvas ~ 24" x 20"
from the series
Remembering (2005-2006) |
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Untitled 2
(Remembering Jackson Pollock)
acrylics on canvas ~ 24" x 18"
from the series
Remembering (2005-2006)
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Grace
acrylics on canvas ~ 72” x 44.5”
from the series
Gratitude (2004)
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Breathing Is Easy
acrylics on silk ~ 29” x 17” ~ 2/99
from the series
Nature Spirits (1996-2000)
in the private collection of St. William Catholic Church, Los Altos, California
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| The Blueprint Of Knowing
acrylics on fiberglass ~ 8” x 35” ~ 1/31/97
from the series
Nature Spirits (1996-2000)
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| Self Portrait ~ Digital Series
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| See more of Marlis' work at www.starseedgallery.net
Marlis plays Tamboura for the music group Starseed.
Starseed Music: http://www.starseedmusic.net/
Her yard full of friendly deer have been seen by more than a million web visitors.
Deer in the Yard, and other Pelorian Videos: http://www.youtube.com/pelorianpages
Deer in the Yard Web Pages: http://www.pelorian.com/deer.html
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Gallery Hours ~ Thursday thru Saturday ~ Crack O'Noon til 5:00 pm
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