Biography
Marcia Roberts grew up in South Dakota and has lived in many other places, including Spain, Maryland, California and Texas. She is the author of five books of poetry. Marcia has a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and a master’s in English, and she studied poetics at New College of California in San Francisco. She began following her interest in visual art after moving to San Antonio and has taken art classes at Southwest School of Art and with the artist Lyn Belisle, Marcia lives in San Antonio with her husband Len.
Artist’s Statement
My poetry is collage – my collage is poetry. Narrative drives both, reflecting dreams, memories, love of nature and landscape. The joy of writing poetry and making collage comes from the discovery of what is found in the fragments/shards.
Marcia Roberts grew up in South Dakota and has lived in many other places, including Spain, Maryland, California and Texas. She is the author of five books of poetry. Marcia has a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and a master’s in English, and she studied poetics at New College of California in San Francisco. She began following her interest in visual art after moving to San Antonio and has taken art classes at Southwest School of Art and with the artist Lyn Belisle, Marcia lives in San Antonio with her husband Len.
Artist’s Statement
My poetry is collage – my collage is poetry. Narrative drives both, reflecting dreams, memories, love of nature and landscape. The joy of writing poetry and making collage comes from the discovery of what is found in the fragments/shards.