Painters Marsha Hammel and Laura Ralls Duprey have known each other since their art college days. For the month of March, Marsha will be welcoming Laura as a Guest Artist in Residence at her Hendersonville studio. On Friday, March 1 from 5 to 7 pm, Marsha will host a public reception for Laura at her studio.
Read MoreAmerican music has always reflected the sorrows as well as the joys of life. The musical traditions of our (relatively recent) ancestors have come to us bearing personal stories that illuminate history and foster an understanding of who we are, where we come from, and what we have experienced.
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by Marsha Hammel
November 10, 2022 - January 6, 2023
Tryon Fine Arts Center
34 Melrose Avenue, Tryon, NC 28782
828-859-8322
"The Riff " continues as an exhibition of new paintings inspired by popular jazz performers. Marsha Hammel joins in collaboration and innovation with the Tryon Arts Center for a series of events, concerts, and celebrations of All Things Jazz from 10 November 2022 to 06 January 2023.
Innovation, improvisation and the repeated rhythm of a musical riff are the inspiration for Marsha Hammel’s Modernist, Figurative oil paintings. Focusing on the people who create the music with stylized features, rhythmic color and form with textured atmospheric composition the artist brings the character of the music to visual form.
Part of TFAC's Jazz '22 Community Outreach Series
The Gallery at Flat Rock is excited to announce the release of the book “Thriving on a Riff: A Life in Art and Music” which details the creative life of gallery artist Marsha Hammel, an internationally collected painter who lives in Hendersonville.
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In partnership with The Gallery at Flat Rock, join international artist Marsha Hammel for a 3-day workshop hosted by The Horse Shoe Farm.
Fri, Aug 6, 2021 10:00 AM
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Sun, Aug 8, 202 4:00 PM
Imagine a mashup of Modigliani, Matisse and Picasso- that might describe my style of figurative painting. Old School, perhaps, but with an awareness of contemporary techniques this approach has served my studio practice for almost fifty years.
My workshop will focus on the fundamentals; composition, line and gesture, color. We will explore these elements in depth over 3 days of morning and afternoon sessions.
My prejudice is that Big is Better- we will work on canvases no smaller than 24×30 inches. My own canvas will be a 30×40 inches.
Our subject will be a seated or reclining model arranged in a “tableau” with potted plants and/or flowers in a vase or with bowl of fruit. Participants may choose to focus only on the figure or the still life or both.
The result of these three days will produce a finished painting and provide participants with an invigorated perspective of their own approach to canvas painting.
– Marsha Hammel
Daily gourmet lunches and afternoon wine & cheese spread are included. *See note below on participant materials.
Traveling from out of town or interested in adding on to your workshop experience? Call us at (828) 393-3034 to learn more about accommodations and available spa treatments!
Utilize positive/negative space
Locate forms
Find balance with format
Intention with line
Underpainting
Brush techniques
Rhythm, contrast, and tone
Analogous and complementary effects
Emotion and atmosphere
MATERIALS TO BRING
Participants should be prepared to bring the following items:
Blank Canvas (Minimum size 24″ x 30″)
Paint (Acrylics or Oils)
Primaries: Red, yellow, blue (in tones of your choice)
Secondaries: Orange, green, violet (in tones of your choice)
Earth Tones: Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Raw Umber, Burnt Umber, Yellow Ochre
Black (your choice)
Titanium White
Brushes (#4, #6, #8, #2 Liner, Flats and Longs)
Easel, palette, and other working tools of your choice
Mediums and Thinners (Your choice)
Charcoal (Bring Plenty of Sticks)
*Disposables will be provided (paper towels, solvents, etc.)
Note: Please contact us in advance with any concerns about the required materials list. We may be able to help accommodate any special requests.
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Like so many businesses, the art world has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. And Hendersonville artist Marsha Hammel has had to adapt.
In Friday's Carolina Moment, photojournalist Steve Wilder shows us how Hammel is balancing hardship with hope. Despite the changes caused by coronavirus, Hammel is confident things will improve for all artists in the coming year.
Marsha Hammel in her studio
Opening Reception
26 April 2018
5-7 pm
Artist Talk May 5th @ 3pm
For information contact:
The Gallery at Flat Rock
2702 A Greenville Hwy
Flat Rock NC 28731
Phone: 828.698.7000 Email: info@galleryflatrock.com
The Gallery at Flat Rock hosted an Artist Table February 13, 2018 featuring one of my new paintings, "Jazz Nola Style", with a dinner of New Orleans cuisine created by Chef Todd Malin. The evening included a talk and demonstration while listening to the music of the Richard Shulman jazz trio.
Those sketches have evolved into a finished painting which will be unveiled at The Gallery at Flat Rock on April 26, 2018.
"Mountain Souls" Oil on Canvas 72x72” diptych by Marsha Hammel. Private Collection, Asheville, NC.
When Tom Godleski, leader of the bluegrass band, Buncombe Turnpike, asked if I would be interested in creating art for the bands' newest CD, I was delighted to say YES!
As the band rehearsed in Tom's handmade barn near West Asheville, I made drawings of the musicians with their guitars, mandolin, fiddle and stand-up bass. The original music that Buncombe Turnpike is known for is true to the traditions of bluegrass yet the lyrics are timely and contemporary; a perfect example of the RetroForward concept (see the above entry on Jazz: Music and Painting).
The resulting painting, a two-panel (diptych) whose title, "Mountain Souls" was named by ten year old Grayson Hackett, has been one of my most enjoyable collaborations to date.
"Rehearsing the Gershwin Songbook" Oil on Canvas 54x72” by Marsha Hammel. Private Collection, UK
Jazz singers and musicians gathered in my studio to present a program of George and Ira Gerswin's songbook to an audience of about fifty people.
While the musicians were rehearsing I was making sketches. The resulting composition represented a collaboration of artists working in the present and the past. "Rehearsing the Gershwin Songbook" is a large oil painting that expresses the idea of the RetroForward Project perfectly. That is, the artistry of the past inspiring the new artistry of the present and the future.
Many thanks to Elise Irby Pratt, Terry Neal, Steve Cohen and Lenore Thom. Great fun; lets do it again!
