Marie Salinger

As a multidisciplinary visual artist based in North East Victoria Marie Salinger’s creative practice incorporates painting, printmaking, collage and photography. Working intuitively she responds to the ebb and flow of life deeply influenced by the Beechworth Gorge and the historic gardens at Mayday Hills where her studio is situated. Salinger’s work echoes the organic qualities of nature and explores the notion of transience and the interconnectedness of all life forms. 

Many of her paintings incorporate monoprints created using found objects from the local environment.This incorporation of prints made in situ and with natural objects forms a link in the works to actual times and places. Expressive organic lines are overlaid with heavily textured areas of paint and the surface of the painting is then worked back into, scraping, sanding and etching to reveal what lies beneath. The surface of the work is of primary importance and aims to convey a sense of time passing and fleeting memories. The works invite the viewer to be still and to contemplate what might be just below the surface.

Salinger’s interest is not in a visual representation of the landscape but in deep contemplation and distillation of the emotions and feelings of a place. Her landscapes are reflections of an inner world rather than references to a specific place and are deeply personal delving into the places where art, nature and healing intersect.