Author Archives: DaNice D Marshall

Anxiety. Excitement. Joy. My story is coming out this week in ArtScope magazine, in actual print. For me, there’s a little bit of apprehension, because I’ve only known the lived version of my life that is, I’ve become comfortable pressing onward and thru, damn the details. When asked about my artwork, I’m hard pressed toContinue reading “Seeing Art as Ability”

So this happened… I’m a 2025 National Rare Artist Awardee!!! Yes, it feels good 🥰. If you voted, thank you 💯 What does being a National Rare Artist mean? It means that I’ll be able to advocate for people, who like me, are living with a rare disease.   I’ll get to tell my storyContinue reading “2025 Rare Artist Award”

People milling about, smiling. Looking at the exhibits and secretly waiting for the awards. I could sense the anticipation in the audience, but not me. I wasn’t there to get an award, I was there to look at amazing art and to watch these amazingly talented artists who had been selected from 720 submissions, lookContinue reading “Award Night Art”

UPDATE… Lately my art journey has included fraud. That’s right, my unique one of a kind, copyright protected painting is being used in a scam. Whew! LinkedIn, Instagram Fam, it’s a lot. By the way, this doesn’t personally impact me. In fact, like the Mona Lisa being stolen from the Lourve, all this attention mayContinue reading “Digital Art Fraud & Mona Lisa”

Whew! For a lot of reasons, this one is special y’all. The fact that I’m sharing an incomplete piece of artwork, is itself a little out of character for me. But what’s more exciting, is that this is my third public art piece. And what’s even more exciting than that, it’s all been 3D! Wait…Continue reading “Transitioning Art”

Real Talk… I’ve been quick to share the good parts of my art journey, because it’s inspiring & in a digital world that’s spinning incredibly fast, we need #goodnews But rejections do happen.  And yesterday, like so many other days, I received another email stating that I was “not one of the artist selected”.  AndContinue reading “Art… Just Like That”

Amazingly, my painting “Pink Rollers and Lottery Dreams” was selected by the  Massachusetts Governor to be installed in her reception area at the Statehouse. Wait… what?? Tomorrow, Weds. Feb. 5th, Governor Healey will unveil my artwork, along with three other artists at a Black History Month Celebration in the Great Hall of Flags. How coolContinue reading “Spinning An Art Story”

Hello 2025! I don’t do New Year’s Resolutions, but it’s nice to meet you. I can’t remember the last time I put myself through the vigors of a promise that was so hard to keep, or why I wanted to do that to myself in the first place. Perhaps, I’ve grown wiser or perhaps, I’mContinue reading “Well Hello Art”

Making connections that we hadn’t even thought to imagine and it’s working! Imagine that… Staying agile and being creative, sometimes means venturing into new spaces, and seeing the world in a new way. That in order to move forward, we might be required to let go, leaving old thoughts, outmoded behaviors and cracked people behind.Continue reading “Connect Today #BlueSky”

Lately I’ve been listening to folk music 🎶 It started when I was invited to a dear friend’s home for a party and they had hired Anne Hills to perform. And I was blown away! There’s something about the human voice, when accompanied to guitar strings that resonates with me. Literally. I’m able to think,Continue reading “Art is Love”