Artist Biography

Marsha's extended education was at UCLA, Santa Monica College, Otis Parsons School of Design, Orange Coast College, Rhode Island School of Design, and Palomar College. She also studied with noted sculptor’s Lathrop Bullini Gay in 1973, Martine Vaugel in 1980, and Richard Mac Donald’s Master’s Workshop,2003

Marsha has always been interested in the creative field. She started out as a painter and exhibited her work and the Laguna Beach Festival of Arts in 1965 along with her noted painting sister, Lynn. She began her career in illustration and design, creating greeting cards, wallpaper designs, kitchen and beach towel and fabric designs. She also spent 16 years painting backgrounds for animation and worked for Hanna Barbera, Filmation and several smaller studios. She also made pottery and eventually moved into sculpting figurative works which she has always loved. When she began sculpting she felt she had really found her life’s passion. Her first job sculpting was for Silvestri Studio’s in Los Angeles where she sculpted life size mannequins for retail store display. Later she worked for two of the largest toy companies, Mattel and Hasbro, designing and sculpting dolls and other toys. She’s also done sculpting for the Danbury Mint and The Ashton Drake Galleries and continues to work as a freelance sculptor on special projects for several toy companies including Dreamworks.

She is currently represented by; The Ruthless Gallery, Palm Desert, CA, and Stephanie Gallery, La Canada, CA.

She is a member of; The California Art Club, Pasadena, CA, The Artist Guild, Fallbrook, CA, The Fallbrook Art Association, Fallbrook, CA, and The National Sculpture Society, NY, NY.

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