Marsha Schuld
sculpture, stitchery (embroidery), and printmaking
Edgar & The Golden Branch now in Banff’s Art In Nature Trail.
Flying Finian the Fox, 2024, ed. 1/9, patinated bronze, 4.75 x 2 x 9 inches (12 x 5 x 23 cm), $1300 Cdn.
Fast Asleep Fabian The Fox, 2024, ed. 1/9, patinated bronze, 3 x 5.5 x 5.5 inches (7.5 x 14 x 14 cm), $1300 Cdn.
Beckett The Rolling Bear, 2024, ed. 1/9, patinated bronze, 3.5 x 3.5 x 6 inches (9 x 9 x 15 cm), $1000 Cdn.
Horace The Hare, 2024, ed. 2/20, patinated bronze, 2 x 2 x 4.25 inches (5 x 5 x 11 cm), $450 Cdn.
Herd of Cows Bookends...
Red Cow Bookends (ochre), bronze, edition 2/5, 6 x 4 x 8 inches (15 x 10 x 20 cm), two pieces, $2480 Cdn.
Copper Cow Bookends (aged copper), bronze, edition 3/5, 6 x 4 x 8 inches (15 x 10 x 20 cm), two pieces, $2480 Cdn.
How Now Brown Cow Bookends (dark brown), bronze, edition 5/5, 6 x 4 x 8 inches (15 x 10 x 20 cm), two pieces, $2480 Cdn.
A NEW FLOCK HAS ARRIVED - Stained Glass Chicks, average height 4 inches (10 cm), $33 Cdn each
Barnaby, 2024, edition 2/9, patinated bronze, 2.75 x 3 x 3 inches (7 x 7.5 x 7.5 cm), $600 Cdn.
Bobby The Bear, 2024, unique bronze, patinated, 2.75 x 3.75 x 3 inches (7 x 9.5 x 7.5 cm), $400 Cdn.
Raphael, 2023, unique patinated bronze, 5.5 x 3 x 3.5 inches (14 x 7.5 x 9 cm), $400 Cdn.
Revery The Raven, 2024, ed. 1/9, patinated bronze, 7.25 x 2.75 x 6.5 inches (18.5 x 7 x 16.5 cm), sold.
Parliament of Owls #3, Sebastien the Western Screech Owl (unique), 2022, unique patinated bronze, 3.5" (9 cm), 24 oz (680 gm), sold.
Gold Finch, 2024, hand embroidery (silk-shading), silk threads on silk ground, 6 x 4 inches (15 x 10 cm), archivally mounted, hoop frame, $475 Cdn.
Specimen: Modest Sphinx Moth, 2023, hand embroidery 3D stump work, glass petri dish, 4 inches (10 cm) diameter, $475 Cdn.
Specimen: Bumble Bee, 2023, hand embroidery 3D stump work, glass petri dish, 4 inches (10 cm) diameter, $475 Cdn.
Pilated Woodpecker, 2023, hand embroidery (silk-shading), silk threads on silk ground, 10 x 8 inches (26 x 20 cm), archivally mounted, framed, sold.
Nevermore, hand embroidery (Or Nue, Silk-shading), metal and silk threads on silk ground, synthetic jewel, 10 x 10 inches (25.5 x 25.5 cm), archivally mounted, sold.
Rufous Hummingbird, 2024, hand embroidery (silk-shading), silk threads on silk ground, 6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm), archivally mounted, hoop frame, sold.
Solar System (10 pieces), 2023, hand embroidery, the sun is 4.5 inches (10 cm) diameter, sold.
Queen The Cougar, 2024, unique bronze, patinated, 2.25 x 5.75 x 3 inches (6 x 14.5 x 7.5 cm), sold.
Holly The Hare, 2024, unique bronze, patinated, 4.25 x 2.75 x 1.5 inches (11 x 7 x 4 cm), sold.
Greta The Grizzly With Gabriel, 2023, patinated bronze, 2x4x2 inches (5x10x5 cm) and 2 x 1 x 4 inches (5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm), sold.
Reuban, 2023, patinated bronze, 3 x 3.5 x 2.5 inches (7.5 x 9 x 6.5 cm), sold.
Ruby, 2023, patinated bronze, 3 x 4 x 4 inches (7.5 x 10 x 10 cm), sold.
Parliament of Owls #2, Edward the Burrowing Owl (unique), 2022, patinated bronze, 4" (10cm), 16.1 oz (454 gm), sold.
Cow Bookend (blue), bronze, edition 1/5, 6 x 4 x 8 inches (15 x 10 x 20 cm), two pieces, sold.
Edgar & The Golden Branch, bronze + gold patina bronze branch, edition 1/3, 17 x 21 x 9 inches (43 x 54 x 23 cm), sold...now part of Banff's Art In Nature Trail June to September.
Edgar (Raven), bronze + pyrite, edition 2/3, 17 x 21 x 9 inches (43 x 54 x 23 cm), part of Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies June to October 2023 exhibition: FOR THE BIRDS.... sold.
How Now Light Brown Cow Bookends (brown), bronze, edition 4/5, 6 x 4 x 8 inches (15 x 10 x 20 cm), two pieces, sold.
Parliament of Owls #5, Barry the Boreal Owl (unique), 2022, unique patinated bronze, 3.25" (8.5 cm), 15.4 oz (432 gm), sold.
Baxter (Black Bear), 2023, unique bronze, patinated, 1.5 x 3 x 2 inches (4 x 7.5 x 5 cm), sold.
Each day I go out to my studio and do what I do...
Sculpting, embroidery, and printmaking allows the artist to examine the essence of these animals. The texture of fur or feathers, the way light shines on antlers and horn, the artist presents them in unconventional portraiture and with minimal colour or with a brilliant application of vivid colour to bring across the character and diversity of what she sees.
Marsha Schuld is a multi-media artist working out of her studio in southern Saskatchewan. A lifelong artist, Marsha came to art as a career through all her other jobs and interests.
Largely self-taught, she has studied art formally through the University of Saskatchewan and arts programs at Red Deer College as well as attending numerous courses and workshops over the years in a variety of media. That diverse background is shown in her art practice which ranges across painting to drawing, sculpting, stained glass and needlework.
She received a second to none education from the skilled tutors at the Royal School of Needlework (RSN). The result is a proudly earned Certification with Merit from the people who embroider the Queen's coronation robes. To be included in this elite group of stitchers is a high honour indeed.
Her artwork has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions and won numerous awards. Her work is in corporate and public collections in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
“I believe strongly that we are a part of an integrated planet. No one thing exists without affecting all that is Earth. It is not “environmentalism” or “conservation” that drives me, though these things, to me, are the inevitable result of living fully. The environment around me has always evoked within me strong emotion and equally strong devotion. The basis for my work over the past 3 decades has been this which is near, that dictates my daily life and personal vision.
The Alberta and Saskatchewan are a region of habitats that requires patience, time, and attention to detail for their treasures to be revealed. So, I look. Closely. Through my work I wish to make a convincing argument for the importance of wildness. It is not enough to simply tell people that it is important – they must be brought to a new level of understanding. I want my work to prompt questions, to surprise, to charm and to convince the viewer that what they are seeing is worthy of notice, of protection, of honour.”