Marielle has been an arts educator for more than 10 years teaching painting and arts management to kids, teenagers and adults. She practiced as a full time artist from 2004 -2009 before pursuing her PhD where she followed advanced painting courses alongside her PhD courses for 3 years. Marielle is the founder and Editor-in- Chief for an Arts Journal, Caribbean InTransit Arts Journal with 6 published issues. The journal is a multi-lingual publication featuring noted scholars and Caribbean artists
Educator. Artist. Black Women. Na'taja (Nah-tay-juh) uses art as a way to reimagine the world around her, centering the beauty of black folks in portraiture.
Angie Coulson (b. Columbus, OH) works in the mediums of painting and drawing. She graduated from The Ohio State University, with a dual major in Art and World Economy and Business in 2014.
Inspiring her creative work are the connections she finds between her background, personal life, inner mind, and the observable world. She sees the painting and drawing surface as an area to demonstrate, solve, and surrender.
I am passionate about nature, cities, travel, and landscape.
Colors, line and shape inspire me.
Vibrant or subtle, the textures, layers and movement of the city and the natural environment provide sources for my artwork.
I started making art as a child, constantly getting into paint and experimenting with any new materials I could get my hands on.
In a sense my current art is a continuation of my early exploratory spontaneous process.
My work begins with an underlayment of color and evolves through many layers of paint, pastel, chalk, and other media.