Beside Me, Not Behind Me Painting

Visual artist, Marcie Coltman, uses the canvas as a platform to her own healing and exploration of a woman with a voice. Her art is aligned with social issues and personal convictions. Marcie advocates for mental health, as well as, gender equality. She shares her own experience with these topics in a transparent and forthcoming way. Her art style is contemporary abstract expressionism and uses various mediums on canvas. Acrylics, gouache, and graphite are most readily used. She incorporates various means of adding texture: scraping, pallet knife, and thick layers of acrylic. Many of Marcie’s paintings appear soft and feminine from afar, but at closer look, a twist of chaos and mystery are eluded using thought-provoking gestural mark making. She pushes the envelope, constantly challenging herself to try new methods to instill an emotional response from the viewer.