Marsha Lieberman

Thinking about walking as a practice – Walkers can cross predetermined boundaries and more accurately depict the lived spatial experience of an individual or a community. This activity, if made visible, would not be unlike the mark-making a visual artist makes on paper or a canvas, and reminds us that the boundaries described in official […]

The subject of this drawing is overlapping pathways made by two bumblebees visiting a purple salvia plant in my herb garden. The plant is quite large, with flowering stalks that can accommodate many bees at a time. Each bee visited and revisited most of the dozen or so stalks; the distances between each landing (indicated […]

This is a mixed media drawing of an imaginary journey through the environment in which I live. Elements include water features and shoreline, “neighborhoods”, sharp-edged structures of varying sizes, bridges, and the path taken. The perspective is birds-eye, and the palette is loosely inspired by nautical charts. This is one of many small Wayfinding studies… Read more: Walking

A friend who was on a walking journey mentioned that one of her routes brought her to a very large meadow with no visible trace of the next portion of the trail. Without tools – map, compass, or GPS –  she would have had no idea which way to go. The fact that this occurred […]

This is a baby corn that was attached to the fully grown ear I selected from a local farmer. She detached the baby, opened its husk, and showed me that an individual silk was attached to each kernel. I did not know that is how it worked. Below is what echinacea looks like in August… Read more: Early Day, Before the Heat