Marie Kazalia

It is amazing how one painting on paper, set aside for many months, suddenly returns to my thoughts and becomes important to my developing process. My painting on paper (below) is 22 x 30 inches which I signed and dated on the back: October 2010. I put it away after painting it (for a year [...]

ArtRegards, based in Switzerland, curated me onto their site. I posted several images of my art for anyone using the site to send out on e-cards. Each time someone uses my art on an e-card, I receive a royalty payment.  Several of my art images are now available to send on an e-card on ArtRegards.

Introducing Abstract Art by Marie Kazalia Americanflat is proud to introduce artwork by our newest artist Marie Kazalia.  Marie’s work engages with written aspects of world cultures such as combined, fragmented, enlarged and abstracted character forms. The techniques she uses … Continue reading →

In the summer of 2009, I became interested in producing a series of paintings that mimicked a splash– and so the name Splash series. I threw a lot of paint that summer and I remember my concern for edges and … Continue reading →

I remember working on this one outdoors one summer (2009 or 10), using spray paint over acrylic painting on textured (thick) Thai paper that has irregular edge, something like deckled. The Thai paper is 30 x 21 inches. Now looking … Continue reading →

Layering can include drawing on your painted surfaces using drawing materials including oil pastels and oil sticks. The drawn elements may contract with the painted ground of complete and compliment it. The drawn lines may be transparent, light and delicate … Continue reading →

Remember when *deconstructed* was the buzz word of the day? I don’t see that word out there so often these days, but it does describe what I have done with the commercial product boxes I used as supports to paint … Continue reading →

I am signing an art licensing contract with a company that will produce small, medium and large format reproductions of 3 of my paintings as home decor for buyers who cannot normally afford large artwork, creating options for them to … Continue reading →

The conventional wisdom is to only post your best work online. But, I painted this last week and want to *look* at it. One way for me to look is post the image here. This is a mixed media painting … Continue reading →

While going through some of my mixed media experiments on paper, from 2008 and 2009, I found a few worth looking at again. This first image is a painting of layered forms and consists of primarily watercolor,pencil, acrylic paints. The … Continue reading →