32 - Martha Pfanschmidt

Martha Pfanschmidt

Baker Block Building
211 Taylor Street, Studio No. 34
Port Townsend, Washington 98368
Telephone: 360.774.6824
Martha@pfanschmidt.com
www.pfanschmidt.com

Encaustic/kilnformed glass

Proximity

Demonstration:
“I will be demonstrating encaustic painting techniques, and talking about the art of kilnforming glass. I will also be happy to discuss any other aspects of my experience as an artist, including my work with Bullseye Glass Company on a large scale architectural project, artist residencies I have had, my teaching experience, involvement in two group print workshops or anything else about my art life.”

Directions to studio:
The Mount Baker Block building is downtown on Taylor Street between Water and Washington. I am in unit #34 on the third floor. Access to the third floor is by elevator or stairs.

Artist statement:
“Making art is speaking in a visual language. Prints and paintings are merely dialects of the same language. Color, tone, surface, line and shape are some of the words that make up that language. When an artist works in more than one medium they are still saying the same thing but can discover alternate ways to say it using new materials and techniques.
In my work I try to speak to the emotional mind. The language of art is perfectly suited to do so. All the visual elements play their part in the conversation. In my work these elements are the expression of the sensual life made visible.
These are the things which motivate me: the feel of the cool morning air, the light of the moon illuminating a field, the smell of the earth as it warms in spring, the sound of the rain as it drips from the eaves. I don’t know if it is possible to make the sensual world palpable through art, but I do know that the world as I physically experience it is what gives me joy and solace. I aspire to articulate those emotions through my prints and paintings.”