I live on an island on the Coast of Maine. So, once I started painting in 2001, the Maine Coast became my muse. I love watching the light on the water as you move though the day. I am enchanted by gardens and mountains and the woods - each of which is only moments away.

For over 25 years, my husband and I have spent the third week of June in the iconic lobster fishing village of Stonington, Maine.

That is where I first began painting the islands, the coast and of course the legendary lupines. If you woke me up in the middle of the night and asked me what I wanted to paint, without hesitation I would mention the Mansard roofs and the classic New England structures sitting grandly looking down at the sea.

In 2020 when everyone was forced to shut down their businesses during covid, I too had to close my unique clothing store at art gallery in Falmouth, Maine called Couleur Collection. It was a trying time for everyone. I used the three months we were closed to go into my studio, pick out a 4 foot by 4 foot canvas and begin to explore what might happen if I just let go of everything I knew about art so far. It was a risk. My Maine paintings had found their way into homes and collections from Montreal to Key West; from Martha’s Vineyard to Southern California and of course around Maine, New England, New York and the East Coast.

 I had no idea what would happen. The canvas was big and it was blank. How do you begin to create an abstraction when you are used to painting something you know. I laid down some color, made some marks, put on some music, drew with my left hand and then my right. I painted over marks, added more color and soon I found a rhythm. The result became the beginning of some brand new work. Each piece was large - a minimum of 36” and up to 48 x 48. Then I began to wonder, would these paintings make interesting scarves. The next exploration began as I discovered a supplier in Denmark with gorgeous fabrics who could make my scarves. That was followed by other makers who could turn my paintings into other accessories.

And, I continued to paint. The abstractions began to enter my Maine paintings creating a looser more imaginative style. Like so much in life a new direction finds you - or you find a way to express something that takes you down a new, winding road.

What comes next? I have painted sunrises and sunsets so now is a good time to perhaps explore moonlight. Hmmmm.

Marcia’s work can be seen on her website marciafeller.com and in her Gallery at Couleur Collection in Falmouth, Me.

She has shown her work in galleries in Yarmouth, Me and in NYC at the Agora Gallery in Chelsea.