Coni Marshall - cmarshall10@ca.rr.com - www.marshall.myexpose.com

I started painting for something to occupy my time when my son went to Japan to do voiceover work. I had never painted before so I bought some watercolors and placed them on my desk. I looked at them every day trying to figure out what I was going to do with them. After reading some art books and learning about paper choices, brushes, and so forth I just jumped in one day by painting objects around my home. Since then I have worked in acrylics, ink, oil, pastels, colored pencils and everything else I can put my imagine to. I love doing collages and adding paint to make a picture come to life. Later I started purchasing pieces of antique jade from China and other parts of Asia to make necklaces with the jade being the center point of each piece. In my jewelry, as in my paintings, I love to use things that would not necessarily go together and work them into a piece of art that is both pleasing to the eye and unique. Being that the point of the journey is not to arrive, I continue to experiment with new ideas and exploring new concepts. Who knows, someday I may find myself someday working in clay or metal. That's the fun of it all. To see more of my artwork please visit www.marshall.myexpose.com