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Martie Negri
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Art has always been a central part of my life. From the time I could pick up a paint brush I studied with Alton S. Toby. From him I learned all of the formal aspects of creating art including color, composition and form. Above all, I learned how to use art to express my inner being, and my reactions to the world around me.
Although I had tinkered with glass along the way, I became a devoted glass artist ten years ago. Looking back, I think I have always been drawn to glass: it exits in one form or another in all of my earlier work. I have benefited from the proximity of Urban Glass, where I have been fortunate to study with Erica Rosenfeld, Klaus Moje, Jeremy Lepisto, Mel George. Kirstie Rae and Scott Chaseling. I am a mature artist who as experienced many life transitions. Along the way I attended The New York School of Interior Design for many years, attained a Bachelors degree in Museum Studies from Salem College and a Masters degree in Art Therapy from the College of New Rochelle. My relationship to art is intensified and enriched from these experiences.
My work is about the mandala form. In this wholeness, I seek the serene presence, the paradox of complexity and simplicity that communicate the importance of being abundantly alive. I was selected as a finalist in the Emerge 2006, and a finalist in The Art of the NorthEast 2007. Although the forms and color in my work will change, the spiritual connection I attempt to capture is the cornerstone of my life.
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