Marc Leavitt
is featured with his partner and gallery artist Daniel Anselmi in the October
edition of The Maine Magazine!
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I enjoy developing and returning to multiple series to expand my material approach to abstract painting. My multilayered works reflect a visual investigation regarding flowers, figuration, literal text, collected images, signs, symbols, and music.
As each artwork is developed, color represents an overriding concern—with particular excitement occurring when color relationships offer problems that require continual exploration, layering, and refinement. Building up surfaces, including using predetermined “random” colors that seem “wrong” in relation to other colors and forms in a painting, I then spend weeks in the studio to pursue making artworks “right” as objects of aesthetic beauty. ~Marc Leavitt
As each artwork is developed, color represents an overriding concern—with particular excitement occurring when color relationships offer problems that require continual exploration, layering, and refinement. Building up surfaces, including using predetermined “random” colors that seem “wrong” in relation to other colors and forms in a painting, I then spend weeks in the studio to pursue making artworks “right” as objects of aesthetic beauty. ~Marc Leavitt
Carnevale Series
The Carnevale Series came about after an 11,000-mile driving excursion I made traveling from Maine to California and back. A particular spark of creative interest was my admiration of gorgeous ceiling decorations at authentic Mexican restaurants in San Antonio and San Diego, as well as the spectacular
International Folk Art Museum in Santa Fe.
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"Carnevale 08" Acrylic and Gouache on paper mounted on panel 12"x9" image
$1,400
Inquiry Series 2021
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"Cast Away Memory" Mixed Media on Canvas 30”x30” (plus float frame) $5,400
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Garden Series oil on canvas
Garden Meditation Series acrylic and enamel on paper
Eight of Marc's paintings were featured in Architectural Digest November 2006 issue in a German venture capitalist's Boston home. Three works shown here from left, Shasta Daisy 72''x 72'' Reflected Water 48''x 48'' and Pop Objects (flag) 48''x 60."
