AIR
Marietta Patricia Leis
Air begins at our feet and lifts upwards as it swirls around the planet touching each of us with life. AIR, an exhibition of paintings and photos, is intended make the beauty of air, whether dark or light, visible to our eyes. As we all breathe Earth’s air communally we are both the recipients and the guardians of the air that we share.
Marietta Patricia Leis is a multimedia artist living and working in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Her work is widely exhibited nationally and internationally, and she has been awarded numerous grants and honors. Leis’ reductive art extends to photography, painting, drawing, prints, video and sculpture. She has an MA in psychology and received her MA/MFA in studio art from the University of New Mexico. Leis’ art is held in many public collections.
Traveling deeply informs Leis’ work, and she has received awards to 13 artist residencies globally. Leis wants her work to evoke a sensory, visceral response: “I think about our planet a lot, so my art is inspired by water, sky, forests, food, air—the intangibles, the vulnerable, the beautiful”.
AIR
by Marietta Patricia Leis
everywhere, everyplace
moving – quivering
indoors, outdoors
here, there
common denominator
necessary, essential
equalizes, unites
destiny
sharing, sharing
polluted, dirtied, grey
smoke blackened
murky, brown
disrespecting
trees cleanse
purifying our air
Attention!
your exhale, my inhale
connected mutuality
affecting all
baby’s first, elder’s last
time marked
by breath
molecules interweaving
mine, yours
dependence dance
embraced
long poignant song note
deep dive, swimming
rhythm in
and out
newly mowed grass
fragrant spring morn
after a rain
smelling you
southern humidity
northern light
blown by a wind
feeling you
respect, gratitude
guardians take care
take care
caring of
AIR
