Bio/Statement, Marcie Vallette

Here's an old pic of me from Studio Center days.
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After years of oil painting Vermont landscapes and interior still life, things in my life took an unexpected turn, as things tend to do during middle age. My husband was facing a devastating diagnosis, prompting a profound shift in my perspective. My art was an enjoyable and meditative practice, and exploration of my own visual experience. I favored impasto paintings, usually done in one sitting, using color, light, brushstroke, gesture, form. However, as my husband’s disease progressed I felt a pressing need to engage more fully with my new existence, channeling my experiences and emotions into a new artistic direction. It has been a direction that often includes narrative.  I  began creating comics, sequential drawings, memoir-drawing, educational materials and books.

To bring my visions to life, I employ archival materials such as sumi ink, micron pens, sturdy papers, gouache, and watercolors.    

-- Marcie Vallette
BFA, M.Ed, LPN

Education:
Montserrat College of Art, BFA
Johnson State College (now Northern VT University) M.Ed
Vermont Technical College: LPN, License is current.
Vermont Studio Center, on staff for 3 years, studied with nationally known artists

 Galleries current member/exhibiting
Bryan Gallery, Jeffersonville, VT
Current, Stowe, VT
Studio Place Arts, Barre, VT
S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Burlington,VT
NVAA (Northern Vermont Artists Association)

Recent Illustrations and comics in publications:
Parkinson’s Disease, Comix for Caregivers: a graphic memoir of caregiving with educational pages, by Marcie Vallette, released on Amazon, October 31, 2024

Exit Interview -  A guide to conversations and preparations for death and dying, written and illustrated by Marcie Vallette, available on LULU.

Rama Trauma Trump, illustrations by Marcie Vallette. Story by Mark Laxer, available on LULU.


Books In progress:

What do I say? A guide and suggestions for reading aloud at end of life, Written materials assembled by Marcie Vallette, written by various spiritual practitioners and end of life workers and illustrated by Marcie Vallette.




Here's another one I found, young, and carefree me! From early '90s, I think 1991.
Here's one about 32 years later, of me a month after my husband died. I met up with my fellow artist, Montserrat grad and Dharma friend Iris on Cannon Mountain for a much needed afternoon of friendship and connection.