Marsha Hammel Hand Numbered Limited Edition Print on Canvas: "That Old Black Magic"
Artist: Marsha Hammel
Title: That Black Magic (Louis Prima And Keeley Smith)
Paper Size: 50"w x 30"h
Image Size: 30"w x 40"h
Medium / Edition : Canvas / 25 copies.
About this Piece: This Limited Edition Gouttelette Canvas has been printed with lightfast inks onto fine archival-quality cotton canvas, coated with acid-free priming for permanent artwork reproduction.Song, and its companion piece, Dance, were conceived as a diptych and painted to recreate the sultry and evocative atmosphere of Cuba in a bygone age. Marsha Hammel describes herself as an atavist, or one who returns to primitive form. In keeping with other early art forms, she strives to present her figures in simple, powerful terms with reductive backgrounds. Her first works were also completed exclusively in pastel or oil on paper and she filled hundreds of sketch books with great spontaneity. This early training enhanced her skill as a draftsman and the sense of urgency and spontaneity and the use of vibrant colour which she cultivated are still the dominant characteristics of the work she creates today. Born in Florida in 1949, Marsha Hammel has lived in Panama, Italy, Germany and Canada. She has travelled the United States extensively, spending time in the west and north-east as well as in the sunbelt cities of Richmond and New Orleans. Since 1980 she has enjoyed artistic success and inspiration living and working in the southern part of the United States. Specialising in atmospheric paintings with a musical theme, her work has been selected by many musicians and performing art centres to appear on programmes and as cover art for music. She has received several prestigious awards and commissions and has held successful solo exhibitions in New York, Florida, North Carolina and London. Marsha Hammel pours all her energy into her art and she sells every piece she can produce.
About the Artist: Born in Florida in 1949, Marsha Hammel has lived in Panama, Italy, Germany and Canada. She has travelled the United States extensively, spending time in the west and north-east as well as in the sunbelt cities of Richmond and New Orleans. Since 1980 she has enjoyed artistic success and inspiration living and working in the southern part of the United States
Marsha Hammel was awarded a scholarship for art in 1967 to the North Carolina Governor's School and between 1968 and 1971 attended the Virginia Commonwealth University, studying in the Fine Arts Department. Her paintings have been selected by musicians and performing art centres to appear on programme covers and as cover art for music. She has been awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award for Visual Artists of 1992 by the Temple Emanuel and has been commissioned by a Florida ballet company to create art for inclusion in their collection. She has had countless prestigious solo exhibitions, and her work appears in many corporate and private collections.
Marsha Hammel's women have been described as "romantic but not idealised, beautiful but not pampered, private but accessible, strong, confident and independent"by an enthusiastic reviewer.
With a strong market for her original paintings, pen and ink drawings and fine art prints, Marsha Hammel is one of the best-known and most successful artists of atmospheric music scenes and general Hispanic life in the world.
About her work, the artist says:
"The work of my career since the late seventies has been a monument to musicians; inspired by those I knew in New Orleans and whom I meet all the time in little clubs in every city I visit. These are artists who seldom reach fame and fortune but who devote themselves to their art form, Jazz. It is an ongoing project.
Original art is always about much more than image or color, which can be reproduced in a print...there is something "living"about an original piece ... something of the artist's energy stays with it...even work hundreds of years old...When I go to museums and stand before the work of my masters (Modigliani, Matisse, Picasso) I can see them working and listen to their teaching...its always inspiring.
If my work can bring a smile, a warmth, a bit of joy; if it can radiate just a little of the energy of my subject, then I am gratified."
Title: That Black Magic (Louis Prima And Keeley Smith)
Paper Size: 50"w x 30"h
Image Size: 30"w x 40"h
Medium / Edition : Canvas / 25 copies.
About this Piece: This Limited Edition Gouttelette Canvas has been printed with lightfast inks onto fine archival-quality cotton canvas, coated with acid-free priming for permanent artwork reproduction.Song, and its companion piece, Dance, were conceived as a diptych and painted to recreate the sultry and evocative atmosphere of Cuba in a bygone age. Marsha Hammel describes herself as an atavist, or one who returns to primitive form. In keeping with other early art forms, she strives to present her figures in simple, powerful terms with reductive backgrounds. Her first works were also completed exclusively in pastel or oil on paper and she filled hundreds of sketch books with great spontaneity. This early training enhanced her skill as a draftsman and the sense of urgency and spontaneity and the use of vibrant colour which she cultivated are still the dominant characteristics of the work she creates today. Born in Florida in 1949, Marsha Hammel has lived in Panama, Italy, Germany and Canada. She has travelled the United States extensively, spending time in the west and north-east as well as in the sunbelt cities of Richmond and New Orleans. Since 1980 she has enjoyed artistic success and inspiration living and working in the southern part of the United States. Specialising in atmospheric paintings with a musical theme, her work has been selected by many musicians and performing art centres to appear on programmes and as cover art for music. She has received several prestigious awards and commissions and has held successful solo exhibitions in New York, Florida, North Carolina and London. Marsha Hammel pours all her energy into her art and she sells every piece she can produce.
About the Artist: Born in Florida in 1949, Marsha Hammel has lived in Panama, Italy, Germany and Canada. She has travelled the United States extensively, spending time in the west and north-east as well as in the sunbelt cities of Richmond and New Orleans. Since 1980 she has enjoyed artistic success and inspiration living and working in the southern part of the United States
Marsha Hammel was awarded a scholarship for art in 1967 to the North Carolina Governor's School and between 1968 and 1971 attended the Virginia Commonwealth University, studying in the Fine Arts Department. Her paintings have been selected by musicians and performing art centres to appear on programme covers and as cover art for music. She has been awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award for Visual Artists of 1992 by the Temple Emanuel and has been commissioned by a Florida ballet company to create art for inclusion in their collection. She has had countless prestigious solo exhibitions, and her work appears in many corporate and private collections.
Marsha Hammel's women have been described as "romantic but not idealised, beautiful but not pampered, private but accessible, strong, confident and independent"by an enthusiastic reviewer.
With a strong market for her original paintings, pen and ink drawings and fine art prints, Marsha Hammel is one of the best-known and most successful artists of atmospheric music scenes and general Hispanic life in the world.
About her work, the artist says:
"The work of my career since the late seventies has been a monument to musicians; inspired by those I knew in New Orleans and whom I meet all the time in little clubs in every city I visit. These are artists who seldom reach fame and fortune but who devote themselves to their art form, Jazz. It is an ongoing project.
Original art is always about much more than image or color, which can be reproduced in a print...there is something "living"about an original piece ... something of the artist's energy stays with it...even work hundreds of years old...When I go to museums and stand before the work of my masters (Modigliani, Matisse, Picasso) I can see them working and listen to their teaching...its always inspiring.
If my work can bring a smile, a warmth, a bit of joy; if it can radiate just a little of the energy of my subject, then I am gratified."
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