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NOVEMBER 2009 - Marlana Stoddard-HayesFull Fathom five thy father lies, Of his bones are coral made, Those are pearls that were his eyes; Nothing of him that doth fade, But suffer a sea-change, Into something rich and strange, The Tempest. The exhibition "Jeweled Kingdom-System Naturae" is Marlana Stoddard Hayes' second with beppu wiarda and has as its overriding theme the differing taxonomies that are found in nature and how she has come to understand them in visual form. The paintings are concerned with transformative patterns of the known and unknown interlaced together. The imagery is coaxed from the use of oil paint, a material with the weighted history of its past, but ripe for new investigation by using the expanding chemical formulations of the present. Transparent glazes of oil with differing systems of information in each layer are stacked upon each other until a sense of balance within these strata is achieved. As each painting unfolds and a family group is achieved, a conversation ensues between them all. Recent recognition for the integration of these language forms has found the work curated into exhibitions with the Musee Granet in Aix-en-Provence, France, The Art in Embassies Program, Mali, Africa and A.I.R. Gallery in NYC. Marlana has had a 30 year exhibition history with over 300 differing venues so far, and has been a visiting artist at the University of Michigan, Minnesota State University, Pacific University and Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, among many. Recently she was appointed to the Colorado State University Advisory board in conjunction with their Contemporary Museum of the Arts.
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