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9 mixed-media pieces by Mardi de Veuve Alexis

Mardi de Veuve Alexis

Mardi’s current body of work is inspired by an evolving local urban environment, urbanization as a condition, and contemporary culture. Working for several years from her Venice, CA studio, she was viscerally impacted by the changing neighborhood and demographics, including the noise and energy of new construction- space-saving new buildings, now vertically constructed to unexpected new heights — marginalizing once amply sunlit creative spaces — and graffiti of all shapes and sizes most often depicted on the grey backdrop of concrete which has now become rampant as an exciting urban art form communicating an evolving cultural diversity. As an abstract artist, Mardi typically communicates a theme and tonal palette with pattern, mark making, layering and textural effects through mixed media and collage. She strives to communicate beauty and elements of design readily visible in virtually all aspects of everyday life, allowing herself the freedom to express without judgment or boundaries.

Beach Wall - Mardi de Veuve Alexis
Beach Wall
U - Mardi de Veuve Alexisrban Beat
Urban Beat
Embrace - Mardi de Veuve Alexis
Embrace
Street Madonna Painting - Mardi de Veuve Alexis
Street Madonna Painting
Somewhere in Time - Mardi de Veuve Alexis
Somewhere in Time
Earthquake
Earthquake
Ghost City - Mardi de Veuve Alexis
Ghost City
Expressions of Change - Mardi de Veuve Alexis
Expressions of Change
Home  Again
Home Again
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Mardi de Veuve Alexis

Mardi de Veuve Alexis is a California abstract artist born and raised in the San Francisco Bay area. She took classes at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, Virginia and in Washington D.C. at the Corcoran School of Art. Upon returning to California, she studied at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) at the School of Architecture and Interior Design. Mardi has been painting professionally for a more than a decade, experimenting with combinations of various media and textural effects, mixing charcoal, ink, pastel, acrylics and collage. Her current body of work is inspired by urbanism and street art.

Author: Mardi de Veuve Alexis Tags: mixed-media, painting Category: Visual Art and Visual Poetry March 2, 2018

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