fine art, textile, clothing and jewelry design
By Denise Marts
multimedia artist working in modern painting, textile, clothing and jewelry design
STATEMENT NECKLACES IN TURQUOISE, 2021 MARTS MODERN designer collection…
I am happy to begin sharing some never before shown pieces from my 2021 artisanal statement jewelry collection. Enjoy and let me know if I can answer any questions… three strand statement slab necklace in imperial jasper and magnesite with handcrafted polymer clay and leather toggle clasp closure
HARLEQUIN DESERT LANDSCAPE SERIES, #3
The “Desert Landscape Series” is an ongoing theme in my work that reflects years of living and traveling in the intermountain west and desert southwest of the US. Environments affect us so profoundly. I have always found high mountain desert environments to be particularly rarified and powerful in their effect upon me. In them, I…
NUNO FELT NON-WOVEN SILK AND WOOL ARTISANAL TEXTILE COLLECTION…
This is a recent self portrait created using an artisanal piece from my 2017 nuno felted scarf collection. In fact this piece has a special place in my heart as it was actually the very first piece of nuno felt I ever created. I love it still, seven years later, even with all of its…
“PICASSO MADE ME DO IT…”
Need I say more???…😎😎😎…three samples from the Marts Modern designer tie collection…
HOLD ON TO YOUR ELEGANCE…
‘Hold on to your elegance. And if you’ve lost it, now is the time to start to reclaim it”…
HARLEQUIN DESERT LANDSCAPE SERIES #2, 2023
The “Desert Landscape Series” is an ongoing theme in my work that reflects years of living and traveling in the intermountain west and desert southwest of the US. Environments affect us so profoundly. I have always found high mountain desert environments to be particularly rarified and powerful in their effect upon me. In them, I…
“ABOUT METASYMBOLISM”…
“Over the course of my thirty-five year journey as an artist, I have become intimately acquainted with a sub domain of the collective unconscious that I refer to as the indigenous soul.”
“SHAMAN’S DREAM, 2023”
“The images in the Shaman’s Dream series are never painted intentionally. They always emerge spontaneously while I am consciously intending to paint abstractly.”
THE HARLEQUIN DESERT LANDSCAPE SERIES, #1
“The universal symbol of the harlequin portends a new level of freedom, fun, growth and creative expression.”…
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