Marsha Chandler

Marsha Chandler is a watercolorist, who, as a child, dreamed of being an artist. She is now realizing that childhood dream. After rearing her children and pursuing a successful career in real estate appraisal, she moved into the world of professional painting. In her home studio in Douglasville, GA, she creates landscapes and still lifes which reflect her love of history and old objects and architecture like a battered tin bowl, a weathered iron gate, a 12th-century hilltown in Italy or an old barn in the Georgia mountains. "Old things with age and history speak to me, and I try to capture their essence in my paintings. Rather than careful realism, I prefer a looser style that leaves something to the viewers' imagination and draws them into the picture. They can respond with their own interpretations of the scene or subject and imagine its history."

For years Marsha carried a camera around to photograph scenes and objects as potential painting subjects, knowing without a doubt that one day she would use them. She captures her subjects in luminous watercolor, her medium of choice. "It is the translucency that appeals to me. I love the way watercolor glows, and I enjoy its surprises" she says.

Since becoming a full-time artist, she has studied extensively with Kathy Rennell Forbes and has taken workshops with regionally and nationally known watercolor artists, Jack Shields and Mel Stabin. Marsha paints in her home studio, on location and travels abroad and around the United States both to paint and find subjects for her art.

GWS Exhibition History Since 2006

• Wildflower Cafe, 2009 Members' Exhibition, Honorable Mention
• Resting Place, 2008 Members' Exhibition

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Website: www.marshachandler.com

Phone: 404-213-9538