about

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Morrissa A. La Roche is an American pastel artist, poet and photographer living in Scotland.

Mainly self-taught and considered an out-sider artist, her art is emotionally driven and dark, touched with sublte humour expressing mental states and unconventional ideas.  Her lighter side shines through with her macro florals.

She was born just after the height of the Beat Generation and says she is inspired and influenced by the spirit of the Beats to embrace originality and individuality and to express herself without aid or sanction of formal training and without fear of reproach.

She says, "My first book of poetry was born of running from, facing up to and living creatively with depression and life with all it's challenges.  Creativity helps me survive and thrive through life-altering events.  It's what saves and nourishes me, and how I learn to adapt and cope."

"Why do we create creatively?  I feel it is the stories and the connection we all share - the human experience that must be expressed."