Muriel Bell
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ICE ON BRONZE FALLEN FOLIAGE ENGRAVES THE EARTH ICE CRYSTALS BEJEWEL AN EMERALD PUDDLE. |
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IN THRALL OF AUTUMN “IN THRALL OF AUTUMN” SUFFUSED IN BLUE, THE AUTUMN SKY REFLECTS ON A POOL EMBRACED IN THE ARMS OF THE STILL WARM EARTH WITHIN IT'S OPULENT FOLDS AND TEXTURES, AND BUSY PROFUSION OF LIFE, THE SPLENDOUR OF THE DAY REMAINS ICE CRYSTALS BEJEWEL AN EMERALD PUDDLE. |
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BOOK OF HEMISPHERES “BOOK OF HEMISPHERES” ETHEREAL, THE SEABIRDS' FREEWHEELING FLIGHT GLIDE IN THE AIRSTREAM HIGH ABOVE THE SHIMMERING, GLINTING, ROLLING, WAVES OF EARTH'S GLOBAL OCEANS
BOOK OF HEMISPHERES (detail) |
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RUBY DAMSEL
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GLIDER IN PARADISE please click on images to view larger versions...
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GARNET NYMPH |
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BLUE EARTH “BLUE EARTH” PUDDLES ON WOODLAND TRAIL BRILLIANT REFLECTIONS WINDOWS TO THE SKY EARTH AND FOREST TEXTURE LAND FORMS WATERWAYS CLOUDS MATRIARCHAL SYMBOLS EARTH FROM SKY ABSTRACTED DIMENSION
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LABS AT PLAY |
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EVERY SUMMER
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TOES IN THE WATER |
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CLASSICAL INTERLUDE “CLASSICAL INTERLUDE” DREAMING OVER DINNER MUSIC AND CANDLELIGHT MELT TRANSFORM TABLEWARE INTO CLASSICAL FORMS RICH EARTHY RECESSIONS AND LIGHT PARCELS HOVER OVER SILVERWARE
A MORNING IN MAY
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THE VERGE |
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CAROUSEL II |
CAROUSEL I
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In 1978, Muriel began making art in her private studio and has exhibited both alone and in groups. Her first solo exhibition was at the New Brunswick Museum in Saint John in 1980. Muriel's work is both representational and abstract. In painting, drawing, collage and assemblage she employs a spacious range of media from traditional to mixed, and chooses a diversity of subjects selected from all kinds of visual and sensory experience. Over the years, Muriel has explored and experimented with various effects of applying media to a support surface. Some of this work has gradually become integrated into larger pieces, and the techniques have become part of a working language. ARTIST STATEMENT My work is often complex, using layering and texture in various media, including collage. Often, allegory, symbols and metaphors are used to portray the nature of the subject. The truth known by our unconscious mind seeks form in symbols. When my rational mind is quiet, the meaning or interpretation of a work emerges, seemingly all on its own. My enjoyment of colour, form, texture, pattern, structure can transcend the identity of an object and transform it into a different context. In the same way, selection of unrelated objects may be brought together synergistically, united by some common factor. Understanding the process of speaking through mixed media has allowed more depth of expression, more dimension in my work, sought after the immeasureable loss of my eighteen year old son, David, to cancer in 1993. The use of non-traditional art materials can enable the creation of spiritual metaphors. The process of creating is of immense value, one of well-being. My work faces the viewer just as we stand before each other - enigmatic layers of emotion and experience, a magic synthesis of a moment or millions of moments of stored energy. The images are symbols of some part of ourselves and the collective perceptions we all share. As well as private and corporate collections, Muriel's work is included in the following public collections: UNB Fredericton |
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