I spent my weekend in Allentown, a small town in New Jersey, about 25 miles from Princeton. Although one can easily miss Allentown in the blink of an eye, inside nests a young aspiring artist by the name of Marisa Keris (picture above). This young talent is a recent graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and earned her BFA in Painting. She is one of my dearest friends and I decided to make her the subject of my first “official” blog discussion. I made a studio visit over to the Keris Tree Farm where Marisa has her studio.
If you open wide the sliding doors of the old barn house set on the Keris property, you see tractors and tools stored like any typical barn house but off to the side is a small room that encompasses the creative world of Marisa Keris. Walking into her studio one sees taxidermy on the wall, the remnants of a deer skull on a work table, a hanging American flag, left over Christmas tree branches and salvaged personals that have been left behind by others. Marisa’s inspiration wall also includes an array of images from fashion magazines to old family photos. There’s a definite influence of Marisa’s upbringing and the different places she has traveled to in her subject matter of the pieces she creates. It is evident that patriotism and family value/tradition are prominent in her work as well. Although a painter, Marisa likes to explore with other mediums. Below are examples of her work.
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