“I want people to respond to the emotional value that I put into my subjects and paintings. When I paint, I feel joy. I hope that others can feel that too when they see my paintings”

"Marianna Heule invites viewers to share her connection to the rural landscape. She gently captures fleeting moments of farm life, complete with livestock, harvesting, and daily labor. Her work speaks to the familiar - weathered paint on a century-old barn, a sheep’s nubby wool coat, or tall field grasses swaying in the breeze under a summer sun. Heule’s radiant depictions are warmly nostalgic. Her pastel strokes evoke the very texture of her chosen subjects that the viewer can visually touch."