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  MARSH LINES

The Marsh Lines paintings are oils on canvas inspired by aerial views of the salt marshes along the New Jersey Coast. I am fascinated by the organic patterns in this ecosystem interrupted by the Euclidean geometry of human activity.

At eye level, a thin green horizon, these marshes have intrigued me since my childhood - from the bird-inhabited wilderness of South Jersey to the Meadowlands outside New York City, with their garbage dumps and truck depots, crisscrossed by roads, bridges and railway lines.

When I first saw this lanscape from an aerial perspective I was shocked by its beauty and complexity, all but invisible from the ground.

 
     
Gwyneth Leech Marsh Lines Oil on canvas

2008
Oil on canvas
48" H x 24" W
Gwyneth Leech Marsh Lines Oil on canvas

2008
Oil on canvas
48" H x 24" W
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