About Mars
Baltimore City
Mars Tokyo, born in Baltimore, raised in the mid-west, exhibits periodically at the American Visionary Art , she has exhibited widely in nationally juried shows, was listed in Who's Who In America and attended the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing China in 1995 presenting to the NGO portion, on the topic of Art as Information vs. Commodity. Chosen media included Miniature assemblage, Gouache, Pastel, Linocut. Her new work, the Ink Flow Series was begun late in 2022 and… more
Coastline of Elba
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elba1Full painting view My series of coastline paintings are done in gouache and India ink, from a birdeseye perspective, are map like and document the current state of worldwide coastal areas. I choose particularly fragile areas (like islands and river deltas) because these will be the first to change with Global Warming. Using a world atlas as a reference I free hand the areas and take liberties with color and texture. In many, the land seems almost biomorphic and alive with blood vessels and sinew. The series totals 38 large size (30" x 22")gouache paintings and 26 half sized. I like the strong figure ground relationship between the land and water and continue to find areas that fascinate the eye. Gouache and India ink on black Arches paper, 30" x 22", coastline of Italy with Elba -
elba3Detail of the Isle of Elba My series of coastline paintings are done in gouache and India ink, from a birdeseye perspective, are map like and document the current state of worldwide coastal areas. I choose particularly fragile areas (like islands and river deltas) because these will be the first to change with Global Warming. Using a world atlas as a reference I free hand the areas and take liberties with color and texture. In many, the land seems almost biomorphic and alive with blood vessels and sinew. The series totals 38 large size (30" x 22")gouache paintings and 26 half sized. I like the strong figure ground relationship between the land and water and continue to find areas that fascinate the eye. Gouache and India ink on black Arches paper, 30" x 22", coastline of Italy with Elba -
elba4My series of coastline paintings are done in gouache and India ink, from a birdeseye perspective, are map like and document the current state of worldwide coastal areas. I choose particularly fragile areas (like islands and river deltas) because these will be the first to change with Global Warming. Using a world atlas as a reference I free hand the areas and take liberties with color and texture. In many, the land seems almost biomorphic and alive with blood vessels and sinew. The series totals 38 large size (30" x 22")gouache paintings and 26 half sized. I like the strong figure ground relationship between the land and water and continue to find areas that fascinate the eye. Gouache and India ink on black Arches paper, 30" x 22", coastline of Italy with Elba -
elba6My series of coastline paintings are done in gouache and India ink, from a birdeseye perspective, are map like and document the current state of worldwide coastal areas. I choose particularly fragile areas (like islands and river deltas) because these will be the first to change with Global Warming. Using a world atlas as a reference I free hand the areas and take liberties with color and texture. In many, the land seems almost biomorphic and alive with blood vessels and sinew. The series totals 38 large size (30" x 22")gouache paintings and 26 half sized. I like the strong figure ground relationship between the land and water and continue to find areas that fascinate the eye. Gouache and India ink on black Arches paper, 30" x 22", coastline of Italy with Elba -
elba7My series of coastline paintings are done in gouache and India ink, from a birdeseye perspective, are map like and document the current state of worldwide coastal areas. I choose particularly fragile areas (like islands and river deltas) because these will be the first to change with Global Warming. Using a world atlas as a reference I free hand the areas and take liberties with color and texture. In many, the land seems almost biomorphic and alive with blood vessels and sinew. The series totals 38 large size (30" x 22")gouache paintings and 26 half sized. I like the strong figure ground relationship between the land and water and continue to find areas that fascinate the eye. Gouache and India ink on black Arches paper, 30" x 22", coastline of Italy with Elba -
elba8My series of coastline paintings are done in gouache and India ink, from a birdeseye perspective, are map like and document the current state of worldwide coastal areas. I choose particularly fragile areas (like islands and river deltas) because these will be the first to change with Global Warming. Using a world atlas as a reference I free hand the areas and take liberties with color and texture. In many, the land seems almost biomorphic and alive with blood vessels and sinew. The series totals 38 large size (30" x 22")gouache paintings and 26 half sized. I like the strong figure ground relationship between the land and water and continue to find areas that fascinate the eye. Gouache and India ink on black Arches paper, 30" x 22", coastline of Italy with Elba -
elba9My series of coastline paintings are done in gouache and India ink, from a birdeseye perspective, are map like and document the current state of worldwide coastal areas. I choose particularly fragile areas (like islands and river deltas) because these will be the first to change with Global Warming. Using a world atlas as a reference I free hand the areas and take liberties with color and texture. In many, the land seems almost biomorphic and alive with blood vessels and sinew. The series totals 38 large size (30" x 22")gouache paintings and 26 half sized. I like the strong figure ground relationship between the land and water and continue to find areas that fascinate the eye. Gouache and India ink on black Arches paper, 30" x 22", coastline of Italy with Elba -
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