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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Markers. From the juiciest to the almost-dead-squeakiest they have consistently been my favorite way of slanging around color. I can carry them around in my back pack and when I’m bummed out or need a boost of inspiration I just get a few new ones. I have slowly, slowly built up a pretty impressive collection. In the last couple of years I have been trying to be more careful about getting inks and paints that won’t fade or eat away at my paper. I also love ball point pens - they are boring to talk about… but fun to draw with and unassuming. My favorite shades of blue come from crappy pens.

If I’m feeling stale and musty I watch interviews with artists on youtube or go see a show. Even if it is work I am not particularly into, just looking at art greases the wheels. Also, showing up to my studio is crucial. If I am stuck or having a bad day, simply being in there is important. I may not be getting any work done, I may just be scrolling the gram or watching Art21 vids, but if I’m there the possibility that something will happen increases. Even one mark feels like progress. Showing up is essential. Being on a schedule helps.

This new work is a little off track from what I have been doing lately. I don’t often draw figures and these are all outlines of my head. I wanted to see what happened when I smashed all the imagery I have been expelling back into my mind. I guess it was a joke on closing the loop, being obtuse. Or maybe it’s just an obvious line about brain vomit and drawing what I think and thinking what I draw. Either way, it was a quick way to fill up a lot of space and create new inhabitants for the arches and rainbows.

It has been hard for me to FINISH my work. I keep getting antsy and starting new things. I am excited about this Head series and hope to work them all the way through for a show in February.