She
was born September 8, 1968 before sunrise near the quiet California
hamlet of Yorba Linda. The eldest of two very noisy daughters, she
spent her early developmental years trimming her youngest sister’s
hair with sharp scissors, and her eyelashes faired no better.
Hence her talent with scissors, with which she pursued with vigor
in her high school years in Yorba Linda.
Her talents were not limited to just paper and scissors (“old
man”), her talents for sketching with pencil
and pen are equally dramatic.
Her
goals are wide and varied. Ideally she would enjoy pursuing her
fine art-- first and foremost.
However, graphic art and web design and photography occupy a portion
of creative moments.
And, then there are her four wonderful children whom she deeply
inspires and moves with her artwork, and talents. The eldest son
who is driven in both music, and with pad and pen spends quiet moments
in admiration of his mother’s talents.
Her
accomplishments are:
- 1985 enter first art competition. Enter four works of art, one
each in a different category and won 1, 2, 3 and an honorable mention,
in all three categories!!
- 1985 Designed new logo for Esperanza High School Theater Arts
program.
- 1986 High School graduation from Esperanza High School
- 1987 Designed first logo for a start up business (MUSE),
which did $3 million sales volume in year 2.
- 1988 Moved to Iowa.
- 1989 Began freelance work in Graphic Design & Photography,
purchased first Mac… and learned Adobe Freehand. (Which
later was replaced by her husband with a PC..as he stated to her
"This will put you in the forefront of technology". She
didnt believe him. But the fact that she is PC based has opened
many a door for her.)
- 1990 Designed first cover of a local magazine “Bliss Café”.
- 1990 Contracted to do two consecutive years for the cover illustrations
of the “The Business Book”, the city’s business
source book.
- 1991 First Art Showing at the- Huntley Estate.
- 1991 Sold first fine art piece to art collector In Des Moines,
Iowa.
- 1992 Married and did art for art sake. Moved back to California.
Had her first child...a son!!
- 1993 Had her second child… a girl!!
- 1994 Purchased a PC... and learned Corel Draw.
- 1995 Had her third child… a girl!!
- 1996 Moved family to Texas.
- 1997 Had her fourth (and final) child… a boy!!
- 1997 Learned new Eastern art forms i.e. Mehndi, Rangoli, &
Calligraphy.
- 1998 Specialized in Marketing & Graphics for a growing business
and began to foster a freelance career. Learned new programs Illustrator,
Quark, and DreamWeaver, while staying in the forefront in Photoshop
and Freehand.
- 2001 Contracted to train several ladies in the art of Henna (mehndi)
to work for “Dessert Passage “ in the Aladdin Hotel
in Las Vegas
- 2004 She began creating artwork for art sake again.
- Winter 2004 began selling her fine art pieces again…. Yes!!
- Serious Focus on start up Internet Graphic
Design Businessand Mehndi
Art business
- 2006
ModCat Design
officially begins operation online.
- 2006 Marcy begins to gain ground on her Rangoli
art by creating beautiful Mandalas
all over Austin. She begins to let her painting expression blossom
and creates this service with online access.
Marcy is a Self Taught Artist, currently residing in the hottest
spot in the US, Austin Texas. Not only is it hotter than hell there.
But it is the-- LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL of the world, a culturally diverse
environment and a very creative town.
She
is without formal training or education in Fine Art.
Her
work is mostly of the feminine form. She sees beauty in the light
and dark spaces of the figure. See
her Gallery here!
Inspired
by the works of the Da Vinci, Salvador Dali and the 70-80's Patrick
Nagel she derived at her own style through her love to cut paper.
This
particular form of Art is an expression of her need to control her
environment.
Unlike
artist who can paint (which she can do quite effortlessly), she
finds satisfaction in cutting cut paper with a plain old Exacto
knife.
Nothing
new or fancy, not the new cutting technique, or cutting gadget,
no curved blades, just precise, precision, dexterity, she controls
the cut with her eyes.
She
discovered the love for this form as a teenager. She has been trying
to perfect it ever since. She is nearsighted and hated to wear her
glasses. She would relate to her friends by there sounds and their
shapes. Her art is all about shapes and forms. SHe loves textures
in nature and tries to incorporate both in her art which is now
becoming 3 dimensional.
As
a young child she loved puzzles. She was very quick at arrangement
and finding the missing links.
This
is also expressed in her arrangement of color and texture and her
enjoyment of light and dark sapces.
In
her admiration of Real Women, mothers, athletes,
home makers, dancers, ... famous or not, women with uplifting attitudes,
strong minded, caring, nurturing with good will she creates masterful
pieces to express the inner beauty, goddess and spirit within.
Radiant
Beauty Captivates!
Mandala
Ground Covering 2006
