ART FORUM
Marisha Matthews - Artist in Residence.
Image credit: Ian Routledge
On Wednesday 10th June 2020, I was fortunate to visit Marisha Matthews, Artist in Residence at Pembroke Middle School, in Adelaide South Australia. This follows an introduction by Josephine Marshall when we visited her store at “ One Rundle” at Dulwich. Marisha has been given a spacious area in a wonderful arts hub of the middle school where she can work, enjoy the studio space and mix with students and teachers of Pembroke. At the Friends SASA annual members exhibition, held at the Hahndorf Gallery, Marisha won the major prize. Marisha is an accomplished artist who works hard to achieve her goals. She has commissions of many of her works here in Australia as well as overseas. She mainly works in oils on canvas and linen.
I enjoyed my visit to sit and chat with the artist; to see her vibrant still life paintings where she explores the distortion of objects; where she expresses herself strongly exploring light, reflection and refraction. Her creative mind and experimentation present a different outlook of her objects is a playful and enjoyable fashion.
Her explorations are exciting, innovative and tastefully presented for the viewer to enjoy the experience of seeing such exciting works. She brings to her work a knowledge of extensive travel, qualification and experience. Having travelled extensively overseas and completed her Honours Batchelor of Visual Art, stand her in good stead for a very successful future.
Marisha is a talented creative person who has worked in film / art departments for over 25 years, creating a volume of artwork for hotels, resorts, creating feature art works for residential or commercial interiors.
Her large works are bold, decorative in shape, form texture and thus appeal strongly to our senses.
Marisha has been painting since early childhood and continues to enjoy her experiences. She is a talented hard working artist with a great CV that will stand her in good stead as a professional artist. She is making a valuable contribution to our cultural and artistic life for the community of the City of Adelaide.
How lucky we are to have her exhibiting with Friends SASA of the UniSA and to be able to see her art work in many places in Adelaide. Congratulations to Pembroke School in appointing as Artist in Residence, truly of the caliber of Marisha Matthews. Jack Condous OAM
Jack Condous OAM
Honorary Life Member Friends SASA
Board Member Friends
Input and assistance Gary Schulz OAM and Abbey Turner, MA Visual Art s& Creative Practice. BA Education.