Marcia Roberts
Marcia Roberts grew up in South Dakota and has lived in many other places, including Spain, Maryland, California, and Texas. She is the author of six books of poetry. Marcia has a bachelor's degree in Spanish and a master's in English, and she studied Poetics at New College of Califronia in San Francisco.
She began following her interest in visual art after moving to San Antonio in 2006 and has taken art classes at Southwest School of Art and with the artist Lyn Belisle. Marcia lives in San Antonio with her husband Len.
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"How is a poet like a collage artist? Both work with fragments, moments, memory, and emotion. I began making landscape collages, imagining the vast prairie where I grew up. Over time the collages became more abstract, depicting political issues and heart-breaking news. They are constructed on 5"x7" mat board with altered paper from The National Geographic Magazine.
"I write poems on them, sew on them, add buttons, beads, and sliced geodes. My poetry and collages reflect daily life, but they show an interruption of what is happening in the world. You see joy, but you also see sorrow because an artist's duty is to tell the truth". |
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A R T W O R K S
A Pot of Gold
Marcia Roberts
5 x 7 Collage with assorted papers and acrylic |
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Texas Landscape, Series I
Marcia Roberts
5 x 7 Altered paper collage |
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Ogallala Aquifer: How Long Will It Last
Marcia Roberts
7 x 5 Collage with assorted papers and acrylic |
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Rhapsody in Green
Marcia Roberts
11 x 11 Collage with Jane Davies'
papers, hand-made paper, & cloth |
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Calanches de Piana, Corsica
Marcia Roberts
7 x 5 Altered paper collage |
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Keep Memories Alive, II
Marcia Roberts
10.5 x 8.5 Altered paper collage |
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Maple Sky
Marcia Roberts
7 x 5 Altered paper collage |
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Ceremonial Dance
Marcia Roberts
7 x 5 Altered paper collage |
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Like a Butterfly
Marcia Roberts
10.75 x 7.75 Altered paper collage |
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New Mexico Road Trip
Marcia Roberts
7 x 5 Altered paper collage |
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S O L D W O R K S
In The Cellar, After the Bomb
Marcia Roberts
5 x 7 Altered paper collage |
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Istanbul 2023
Marcia Roberts
6 x 8 Paper collage with acrylic |
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Beads of Change
Marcia Roberts
7 x 5 Altered paper collage |
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Canyon Fog
Marcia Roberts
7 x 5 Altered paper collage |
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For Ukraine
Marcia Roberts
9.5 x 7.5 Altered paper collage |
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Geode Blooming
Marcia Roberts
7 x 5 Altered paper collage |
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Keep Memories Alive, I
Marcia Roberts
11 x 8.5 Altered paper collage |
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San Antonio Fiesta I
Marcia Roberts
7 x 5 Altered paper collage |
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San Antonio Fiesta II
Marcia Roberts
7 x 5 Altered paper collage |
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What's In Your Galaxy
Marcia Roberts
5 x 7 Altered paper collage |
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