Marsha Connell

Marsha Connell is a Northern California artist known for her evocative collages and her colorist paintings in oil, watercolor, and pastel. Her work has been exhibited widely in solo and group shows and in art and literary publications.
Artist Statement:
My artwork has two major directions: narrative collage and expressive landscape painting.
The collages, an on-going series called Dream Vessels, are exemplified here. My paintings, prints, and more of the Dream Vessels can be seen on my website,

The Dream Vessels collages bring together elements from dreams, of the night and the day. They are story and metaphor, merging images of destruction and healing, of vanitas, the poignant awareness of death in the midst of the beauty and sweetness of life. Begun in 1991 as letters without words to my daughter during the Persian Gulf War, they continue in a series of over one hundred fifteen titles. Color laser xerography transforms them into limited edition collage/prints, enhancing the visual unity.

My paintings are about the spirit of place. Though my subjects are inspired by my travels both here and abroad, I find some of my most resonant themes in Northern California, where I have lived for over thirty years. Painting on loca...