Marsha Hamby Savage Art
Exhibitions & Collections

Marsha's Links

Home Page
Biography
Classes
Events
Information

New Paintings
Plein Air Paintings
Archive Paintings

Southeastern Pastel Society
Atlanta Artist Center
Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association
Artist Statement

My paintings are the expression of a chosen moment in time.  The paintings elicit feelings of warmth, cheerfulness and comfort, also reflecting the beauty and complexity of what I observed and felt about those moments.  Painting with pure pigment is an important aspect of those chosen moments.

Capturing an effect is capturing the emotion of a place, recognition, and a feeling that one can identify with what the artist was trying to record. To make you see what I have seen is part of my objective; but to have you feel what I have felt is the ultimate goal.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006 - Cobb County Chamber of Commerce, Marietta, GA (April 26 - June 28)
2004 - Delta Technology Exhibit, Corprate Headquarters, Atlanta, GA (April 7 - 30)
2002, 2000, 1999 - Concord Gallery, Smyrna, GA – 52 Paintings (April 27 - May 5); 55 Paintings (October 2000);
            52 Paintings (May 1999)
2000 - Show of 16 Paintings, Central Congregational Church, Decatur, GA – March
1996 - Equitable Building, Atlanta, GA – October - December
1996 - Equitable Building, Atlanta, GA – March
1995 - Smyrna Library, Smyrna, GA – August

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008 - Southern Appalachian Artist Guild, Gilmer Arts And Heritage, Ellijay, GA
2007 &2006 - Plein Air Work from Creighton Island, GA, Carisma Gallery, Buford, GA
2004 - Fall For Art Fest, Feature Art Demonstration, Carriage House Gallery, Blairsville, GA
2004 - Plein Air Work, Southern Ladies Art Conference, High Springs, FL
2002 - Featured Artist/Demonstration, Tour of Galleries, High Country Art, Blue Ridge, GA – April 6
2000 - Emory Psychiatric Clinic, Emory University, Decatur, GA – April - June
1999 - Featured Artist/Demonstrating, Tour of Galleries, High Country Art, Blue Ridge, GA – September
1998 - Featured Artist/Demonstrating, Tour of Galleries, High Country Art, Blue Ridge, GA – August

INVITATIONAL SHOWS

2007 - "Cobb County Celebrates 175 Years," Cobb Energy Center, December, Atlanta, GA
2007 - "BIG" Show, Tannery Row, Buford, GA
2006 - 2004 - "Spotlight on Southern Artists", Trinity School's Annual Artists Market, Atlanta, GA
2004 - "VIP Art & Wine", High Country Art Gallery, Blue Ridge, GA
2002 - "Fall Festival" Barnsley Gardens, Adairsville, GA, October 5 (benefit for Firemans Rescue Fund)
2002 - "American Scenes" Cherokee County Arts Council Invitational Show, May 17 - July 7
2001 - "Painting the Light" Cultural Arts Center of Douglasville/Douglas County - October 

JURIED SHOWS

2008 - Southeastern Pastel Society 13th International Open Exhibition, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, GA
2007 - Southeastern Pastel Society Member Show, Stone Mountain, GA
2007 - International Pastel Exhibition, Yvetot, France / Giverny, France
2006 - Pastel Society of America Open Exhibition, New York, New York
2006 - Southeastern Pastel Society 12th International Open Exhibition, Quinlan, Gainesville, GA
2005 - Southeastern Pastel Society Member Show, Mable House, Mableton, GA
2004 - Southeastern Pastel Society 11th International Open Exhibition, Marietta, GA
2004 - Georgia Marble Festival Arts Exhibition, Jasper, GA
2003 - Traveling Show, Atlanta Artist Center, Atlanta, GA - February - October
2003 - Southeastern Pastel Society Members Show, Stone Mountain, GA - June - August
2002 - Atlanta Artist Center, Atlanta, GA - September
2002 - Southeastern Pastel Society 10th International Show, Gainesville, GA – May 2 - June 15
2002 - Morris Brown College / Atlanta Artist Center Exhibition , Atlanta, GA
2002 - Traveling Show, Atlanta Artist Center, Atlanta, GA – February - October
2002 - Winner’s Circle Show, Atlanta Artist Center, Atlanta, GA – January
2001 - "New Horizons" Cherokee County Arts Council Show – November
2001 - Morris Brown College / Atlanta Artist Center Exhibition, Atlanta, GA – September - October
2001 - Atlanta Artist Center, Atlanta, GA – September, December
2001 - Southeastern Pastel Society, Members Show, Mable House, Mableton, GA - August - September
2001 - Dogwood Show, Atlanta Artist Center, Atlanta, GA - April
2001 - Fine Art Society of Kennesaw Spring 2001 Show, Kennesaw, GA - April
2000 - Atlanta Artist Center, Atlanta, GA – May, September, November, December
2000 - Dogwood Show, Atlanta Artist Center, Atlanta, GA – April
2000 - Traveling Show, Atlanta Artist Center, Atlanta, GA – February - October
2000 - Winner’s Circle Show, Atlanta Artist Center, Atlanta, GA – January
1999 - "Rock, Paper, Scissors" Morris Brown College, Atlanta, GA – October
1999 - Dogwood Show, Atlanta Artist Center, Atlanta, GA – April

AWARDS

2008 - Merit Award - Southeastern Pastel Society 13th International Show, Oglethorpe Univ., Atlanta, GA - June - August
2007 - Best of Show - "BIG" Show, Tannery Row, Buford, GA
2007 - Best of Show  & Honorable Mention - Southeastern Pastel Society Member Show, Stone Mountain, GA
2006 - Exceptional Merit - Southeastern Pastel Society 12th International Show, Gainesville, GA
2006 - People's Choice Award - Southeastern Pastel Society 12th International Show, Gainesville, GA
2005 - Honorable Mention - Southeastern Pastel Society Member Show, Mableton, GA
2004 - Second Place - Georgia Marble Festival Arts Exhibit, Jasper, GA
2004 - Merit - Southeastern Pastel Society 11th International Open Juried Exhibit, Marietta, GA
2003 - Merit Award - Southeastern Pastel Society Member Show, Stone Mountain, GA - June - August
2003 - Honorable Mention - 2003 Traveling Show, Atlanta Artist Center, Atlanta, GA
2002 - Exceptional Merit - Southeastern Pastel Society 10th International Show, Gainesville, GA – May 2 - June 15
2001 - Honorable Mention - December Show, Atlanta Artist Center, Atlanta, GA
2001 - Honorable Mention - Spring 2001 Show, Fine Art Society of Kennesaw, Kennesaw, GA
2000 - Two Honorable Mentions - November Show, Atlanta Artist Center, Atlanta, GA
2000 - Honorable Mention - May & September Shows, Atlanta Artist Center, Atlanta, GA
2000 - Merit Award - 2000 Traveling Show, Atlanta Artist Center, Atlanta, GA
1999 - Merit Award - Dogwood Show, Atlanta Artist Center, Atlanta, GA

Feature articles appearing: Pastel Journal (Dec. 2004), Marietta Journal (2002 & 1999) and the Cherokee Tribune (2002 & 1995).

COLLECTIONS

Bo and Deena Chance, Blue Ridge, GA
Wendell & Sue Dean, Smyrna, GA
Jeanne and Ed Andre, Indialantic, FL
Joe and Cathy Dunlap, New Orleans, LA
Bill and Cindy Elliott, Blairsville, GA
Marcellus and Betty Hamby, Smyrna, GA
Michael and Dana Hasson, Roswell, GA
Steve and Elizabeth Lodwick, Atlanta, GA
Carl and Barbara Black, Smyrna, GA
 Emory and Sherry McHugh, Fayetteville, GA
Glenn and Cathy McClure, Marietta, GA
Ashley Mize, Smyrna, GA
Ty and Heather Bacon, Smyrna, GA
James E. Rollins, Jr., Decatur, GA
Ben & Fran Spearman, Atlanta, GA
B. A. and Dale Stoner, Smyrna, GA
John and Kim Thompson, Atlanta, GA
Emily Dunn, Blue Ridge, GA