E Marshall lives and works in New Orleans, Louisiana. E’s work skips across many mediums and materials. Currently they are producing large drawings and paintings on paper. The joy of making marks is the driving force behind E’s work and it surfs on the boundary between memory and identity as it relates to the physical, drawn surface.

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I am vibing with themes of orbs, atmospheres, horses, childhood and archways lately. My work is meticulous and loose simultaneously. Anxiety and tranquility and the space that those things create when they press in together are interesting to me. Making a stupid mark or image on purpose and trying to solve the problem of it being there. Working with what you got. Slapping a sticker onto something and then having to resolve its bright, shiny presence.

I carry a book to draw in with me constantly. The five years after I finished my BFA I was traveling a lot and didn't have a studio to settle into. The books became essential. It was often the only connection I had to my art practice. A personal, new drawing style grew out of those early books. I am very responsive to my environment and it shows up in my work. For the last two and a half years my drawings have been steadily growing in size thanks to the stability of my studio and wall space.

My newest drawing is the biggest I have attempted yet. measuring at a whopping 60 by 44 inches. Everything in between has been a journey of experimental mark making and layering. I think of my work as a long standing experiment. How does this marker look next to this one? Can I overlap these colors? Intuitive color arrangements and playful exploration.

I am working on a drawing of the sky. It will never be done. It is made out of ball point pens and scrap paper that fits neatly into an envelope and can be taken anywhere. The last time I installed it it was 8’ x 6’. I am looking to double it in size for my show in February. This piece is important to me because I can take it anywhere and work on it even when I have no other inspired thought in my head. It is always there to be worked on so I never have nothing to do.

Everything you see in these pictures is unfinished or unsure of its finished state. I think I need to get really sick of a piece and get it out of my studio before it is considered “done”.

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