Stephanie Marzella

Stephanie Marzella '84 has been a painter of landscapes and still life since receiving her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from The Cleveland Institute of Art in 1984. Born and raised outside of Cleveland Ohio she moved to Rhode Island with her family in 1988. Since moving to southern RI she has been focusing solely on landscape. The driving forces behind Stephanies' work are her love of nature and interpretive use of color.

"I am inspired everyday by my immediate surroundings. I live on a tidal cove off Narragansett Bay called Mill Creek Cove. I watch the tidal changes every day and the sunset at night. My spiritually is nature based. Through my work I am expressing my emotional response to natures mystery and her powerful ability to make me feel. By creating mood and atmosphere in my paintings I hope to awaken these emotions in the hearts and minds of the viewer."

Stephanie works predominantly in oils but enjoys many different media including pastels and acrylics. She enjoys reading and collecting antique art books and building her reference library. She has most recently been influenced by George Inness the American Tonalists artists of the late 19th and early 20th century and their strong connection with New England.

The artist in her studio

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