ARTIST STATEMENT
"The catalyst behind and the motif connecting all my work is compassion and the motives surrounding it. Before starting a piece, I find something that gives me not only true visceral emotion, but does so in a way that is not explainable in simple language. Such work,...
ARTIST STATEMENT
"The catalyst behind and the motif connecting all my work is compassion and the motives surrounding it. Before starting a piece, I find something that gives me not only true visceral emotion, but does so in a way that is not explainable in simple language. Such work, I find, has the potential to cause a true reaction with an audience by way of the emotions and experiences they themselves bring.
Film as art, the central influence behind my work, describes a series of profound or intimate human experiences utilizing fleeting moments and summations that must interlock in a genuine way. The still image, on the otherhand, has the capacity to render an eternity of sympathetic human experience into a single moment, and a single moment of clarity into an eternity. The potential of both excite me, but it's the work of narrative filmmakers such as Orson Welles, Paul Thomas Anderson, Darren Aronofsky, Terrence Mallick, and countless others that inspires me to use every tool at my disposal, from animation to acrylics to scratchboard to pastels to written word, to attempt to continually create a flowing experience and narrative of empathy.
I hope you enjoy browsing my work nearly as much as I did creating it."
Sincerely,
Marc W Leitzel
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Marc W Leitzel is a 2006 Honors graduate of the University of Rhode Island Fine Arts Program. Capable in a wide array of growing media, Marc's works centers on a sympathetic depiction of the human form. His work has been screened and exhibited throughout festivals and art shows in the northeastern United States.
In 2008, Alexandria Tyber, Marc Leitzel, David Kooharian, and Jae Shaughnessy cofounded Three Fish and a Ram Community Art Center, an arts organization determined to foster creativity, a passion for all artforms, and service to the community.
My Groups: MFA, COLORS-of-LIFE, artculturepeace365, pureblackandwhite, reflectivity, BLUE, Pastels, Dimensions, POPULAR, blackpencil, BLACKandWHITE, portraits, surrealism
Thank you friend, I'm glad that you like my work!
I like your particular use of cool colors and the sculpted look of your figures. Portraits of Mick Jagger are an added bonus.
thanks for the stars. I REally like your work here. Love your technique. :)
Thanks for the stars! Love what you do!
I really like yor piece- "Pearl" great job!