Piece description from the artist
Mara Safransky uses color, shape, and movement in her work to liberate viewers’ sensibilities, engaging them in a subjective, freely associative experience. “Each piece is an invitation into the realm of an inner landscape,” says Safransky. “Rather than imposing rigid meaning on each piece, my interest lies in extending the creation of that meaning to the viewer. I want the viewer to be moved in whatever way they are moved, carried in whatever direction they are carried. For me there’s no correct answer to the question, ‘What is this piece about?’ Therein lies the beauty of art—abstract art in particular.”
Mara is a Portland, OR-based artist working in paint and pastel. Her practice is fueled by a desire to offer viewers engagement with the evocative qualities of color, shape, and texture.
After growing up in the rural mountains of North Carolina and earning a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design, Mara moved to Los Angeles and began her professional art practice on a large easel in a small studio apartment. Since that time, her work has been shown in New York and Los Angeles, acquired by private collectors, and sold by interior design-focused retailers.
Mara describes her heavily-layered oil paintings as occupying the space between abstract expressionism and color-field painting. She sees each as an invitation into a freely-associative experience, one she intends open the door to interpretation and reflection, in an ever-evolving conversation between artwork and viewer.
More of Mara's work can be found on her main website, marasafransky.com.
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