31 - Martha Pfanschmidt
Baker Block Building
211 Taylor Street, Studio No. 34
Port Townsend, WA 98368
Telephone: 360.774.6824
Martha@pfanschmidt.com
www.pfanschmidt.com
Encaustic/kilnformed glass
Breathing
12” x 12” Encaustic
Demonstration:
I will be demonstrating encaustic painting techniques, and talking about the art of kilnforming glass. I will also be happy to discuss any other aspects of my experience as an artist, including my work with Bullseye Glass Company on a large scale architectural project, artist residencies I have had, my teaching experience, involvement in two group print workshops or anything else about my art life.
Directions to studio:
The Mount Baker Block building is downtown on Taylor Street between Water and Washington. I am in unit #34 on the third floor. Access to the third floor is by elevator or stairs.
Artist statement:
It is difficult to talk about abstract art in any meaningful way. So much of the experience of it is implied, insinuated and felt. But that said like all art it is a product of the artist’s life, both daily and cumulative. And so it is with my work.
My artwork draws a lot from images and ideas I have about Nature. I draw my inspiration from the experiences I have when I pursue the pleasures of my life. I love being outside. I love walking in the woods and working in the garden. I love trees and birds and sunshine and rain. I love rivers and lakes and bays. I love Nature in all its many permutations. My paintings and prints are about this love of all things beautiful and ephemeral and wild.
But sometimes a painting will make me think of something else, like the kind of day I was having when I was working on it, or something someone said when I showed it to them. The parts of my pieces that look like writing bring to mind various interpretations for me: background noise (either human made or nature made), communication in all its forms, culture (as in the culture/nature interface), or perhaps even some collectively unconscious voice that talks to all of us about our place in this world, and especially we artists who have the delightful burden of expressing it.