Marcy Stone
Meet Marcy Stone, a uniquely gifted artist based in Lancaster, PA. Marcy creates vibrant art in hopes that whatever piece you may fall in love with will bring happiness to wherever you chose it to be displayed.
Marcy prides herself on her style always evolving, currently utilizing a unique blend of abstract expressionism with a hint of minimalism, where she uses acrylics and acrylic inks to create dynamic images that capture the eye and the imagination. Marcy draws upon her inspiration to create a sense of mystery within each piece, unveiling themselves like an added gift for the unsuspecting to savor.
I have always felt…bigger than myself. Perhaps some would even say bold and audacious. That’s not ego, I literally feel as if my soul has always been bursting my vessels seams. Through my fashion, the colors in my homes, my gardens, my car and even my dog! I lived “go big or go home” but unconsciously. I just was. Then when my youngest daughter was killed in December 2016, I just was, but differently. For a period of time anyway. Then that “go big” came back but I was mission based. I needed to tell her story and make sure she was remembered. I was hell bent!! I wrote a book on grief, then co-authored 3 cookbooks with my husband. We started a culinary foundation, hosted huge parties in her honor, but I didn’t know how to go bigger or feel fulfilled. So, I sat in it, for quite a long time. I learned over that time, to find that middle path again in life for me, and moving forward with her. In the beginning I was afraid I would leave her behind, forget all we had together. Now I know, that isn’t possible, I have a steadier footing and am in my 7th year of her watching over me vs. walking beside me. I am relearning who I am, what makes me tick and have a better understanding of myself. I now am aware of my “BIG”, the need to express my voice and the need to do so in very creative ways. I am also now comfortable owning that about myself.
Gratefully, I found painting. I literally jumped in the pool, with both feet without looking. I just knew, deep within that it was for me. Art has always been a part of me, of my life, but in different forms. It only seemed natural to take this next leap. I researched, mistaked and mistaked again and again but it never deterred me. I was hooked. However, I have a different perspective now, “what’s the worst thing that can happen”? I have experienced that in my life, so when the question comes from my ego, “what if it doesn’t sell or someone doesn’t like it”, I immediately go to that phrase, and it makes me go beyond any limits I would have had before. It allows me to be vulnerable in new ways. It makes me brave! I can be bold & audacious with intention.
“Through this dizzily dreamy wild frontier of painting, I am able to be bigger than my physical being, allowing my soul to sing through the textures and color.”
I can get lost in painting and sometimes…I even catch myself giggling at the result…vibrant, stirring soulfull art! To learn more or see more art, please visit www.soulfullartbymarcy.com
