Increasingly, I do not feel I need to literally represent what I see in nature in my work, but it is in the essences of what I do. It is the formal elements, the forms and colors that inspire my work. Repetition of patterns, color combinations, surfaces and linear elements that I see in nature all combine with the various processes of using materials in a direct and simple way that appeal to me.

I am increasingly interested in "honesty" of materials - that they be just what they are and yet have the power to evoke other things at the same time. I am interested in paring down not only my materials, but having a kind of economy of image. I want to be able to find the heart of the thing and describe it in simple, yet evocative ways.

Marilyn Jolly

email: marilyn "at" marilynjolly "dot" com