Marcia Y. Guetschow

Nature is an important source of inspiration to me and I attribute my appreciation of landscapes to two things. Firstly, living in and exploring the beautiful state of Michigan. Secondly, the traveling I did growing up. Every year we journeyed across North America visiting National Parks in the United States and Canada. It’s the memories and experiences from those years that first shaped me as an artist.

Art was meaningful to me even as an elementary school student. In high school, I was fortunate to be able to immerse myself in art classes. Afterward, I went to Eastern Michigan University for a BFA, studying drawing and watercolor painting. I became an art teacher earning a Masters in Art Education. I taught in Dearborn, Brighton and lastly in Howell Public Schools for 18 years in Elementary Art Education. Now, I am “Yia-Yia” to four amazing grandsons. Time with my family, traveling and focusing my creative energies on Japanese woodblock printmaking is what I enjoy most.

I continue to take classes and be inspired by the shapes, colors and textures of landscapes. Moku hanga is my way of recording the beauty and strength of nature and communicating my understanding of what surrounds us. It has led me on another wonderful journey and I look forward to seeing what's next.