Marcia Roberts
Installation view. 2014
Blind Canyon, Coachella Valley Series. 2010
Acrylic on canvas
22 x 30”
(MaR14 01)
Los Banos, Diablo Mts Series. 2001
Acrylic on canvas
22 x 30”
(MaR14 02)
Estero, Santa Lucia Series. 2003
Acrylic on canvas
22 x 30”
(MaR14 03)
Indian Wells, Coachella Valley Series. 2010
Acrylic on canvas
35 x 48”
(MaR14 04)
Chocolate Mountain, Imperial Series. 2013-14
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 65 ¼”
(MaR14 05)
Installation view. 2014
Flowing Wells, Imperial Series. 2014
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 82 ½”
(MaR14 06)
Point Happy, Coachella Vallery Series. 2010
Acrylic on canvas
22 x 30”
(MaR14 07)
San Felipe, Imperial Series. 2013-14
Acrylic on canvas
27 x 37”
(MaR14 08)
Installation view. 2014
#60-12 Soft White, Dome Series. 1969
Acrylic on canvas over kapok, wood backing
48 ½ x 48 ½ x 4”
(MaR14 09)
#47-6 Light Gray, Dome Series. 1969
Acrylic on canvas over kapok, wood backing
48 x 48 ½ x 3 ¾”
(MaR14 10)
#48-7, Soft Medium Gray, Dome Series. 1969
Acrylic on canvas, kapok, wood backing
48 ½ x 28 ½ x 4”
(MaR14 11)
#2 Hard Black, Dome Series. 1969
Vinyl over fiberglass/resin, wood backing
48 x 48 x 3”
(MaR14 12)
Installation view. 2014
Point Happy, Coachella Valley Series. 2010
Acrylic on canvas
22 x 30”
(MaR14 13)
Isthmus, Catalina Series. 2011
Acrylic on canvas
22 x 30”
(MaR12 01)
A.F. Nov 14, 1980. 1980
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 52”
(MaR14 14)
A.F. Sept 23, 1980. 1980
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 68”
(MaR14 15)
A.F. Mar 28, 1980. 1980
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 52”
(MaR14 16)
Mesmerized by light and how it is perceived, Marcia Roberts presents at Rosamund Felsen Gallery her most recent paintings along with a selection of her past works. Roberts, who comes out of the California Light & Space movement, seeks to discover the perfect method that evokes the same effect and true nature of light. Her technique remains devout to the painter’s brush and contrasts with the techniques used by the Light & Space artists.
Through a painstaking methodical process, iterations upon iterations are created until the delicate balance between the palette, shading, gradation, and surface conditions render the same effect as natural light. Depending on the context and perspective - such as time of day, distance from the paintings, and angle from which each are viewed - different aspects and elements present themselves. Of the new works, one series of paintings continues the same line of investigation. While in her other series, a diverging painterly facet yields texture, another variable in Roberts’ careful algorithm. All the new paintings make use of intense color.
Older works dating through the 60s are also presented. These older works demonstrate the myriad of elements - such as dimensionality, geometric shapes, and color palette - employed in her ever-unfolding journey for an ideal representation of light and of space.