Velvet Marshall
@velvetmarshall.bsky.social
Contemporary Visual Artist & Fine Art Instructor | Founder of The Brushed Canvas 🎨 Inspiring art, creativity, & community
velvetmarshall.com | thebrushedcanvas.org
velvetmarshall.com | thebrushedcanvas.org
Labor Day, but make it art. ✨
A little studio sale starts today and runs through Tuesday.
Original Velvet Marshall paintings, quietly waiting for the right wall.
www.velvetmarshall.com/%E2%81%A0
#OriginalArt #StudioSale #TopangaArtist
A little studio sale starts today and runs through Tuesday.
Original Velvet Marshall paintings, quietly waiting for the right wall.
www.velvetmarshall.com/%E2%81%A0
#OriginalArt #StudioSale #TopangaArtist
September 6, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Labor Day, but make it art. ✨
A little studio sale starts today and runs through Tuesday.
Original Velvet Marshall paintings, quietly waiting for the right wall.
www.velvetmarshall.com/%E2%81%A0
#OriginalArt #StudioSale #TopangaArtist
A little studio sale starts today and runs through Tuesday.
Original Velvet Marshall paintings, quietly waiting for the right wall.
www.velvetmarshall.com/%E2%81%A0
#OriginalArt #StudioSale #TopangaArtist
Salt and Ash — Panel I
8 × 4 ft.
Oil, Venetian plaster, sand, natural pigments, shells, and tar, with hand-built papier-mâché and clay relief on freestanding canvas.
Months of building, sanding, painting, and listening.
Finished. 🤍
© Velvet Marshall, 2026
8 × 4 ft.
Oil, Venetian plaster, sand, natural pigments, shells, and tar, with hand-built papier-mâché and clay relief on freestanding canvas.
Months of building, sanding, painting, and listening.
Finished. 🤍
© Velvet Marshall, 2026
July 28, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Salt and Ash — Panel I
8 × 4 ft.
Oil, Venetian plaster, sand, natural pigments, shells, and tar, with hand-built papier-mâché and clay relief on freestanding canvas.
Months of building, sanding, painting, and listening.
Finished. 🤍
© Velvet Marshall, 2026
8 × 4 ft.
Oil, Venetian plaster, sand, natural pigments, shells, and tar, with hand-built papier-mâché and clay relief on freestanding canvas.
Months of building, sanding, painting, and listening.
Finished. 🤍
© Velvet Marshall, 2026
My latest Substack story, “Tightrope,” is about boundaries, love, and the delicate balance between caring for someone and caring for yourself.
The painting holds thin veils of oil and tar, teardrop stains, and hidden copper wish pennies.
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
The painting holds thin veils of oil and tar, teardrop stains, and hidden copper wish pennies.
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
Tightrope
How do we keep loving someone without losing ourselves?
open.substack.com
July 27, 2026 at 2:02 AM
My latest Substack story, “Tightrope,” is about boundaries, love, and the delicate balance between caring for someone and caring for yourself.
The painting holds thin veils of oil and tar, teardrop stains, and hidden copper wish pennies.
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
The painting holds thin veils of oil and tar, teardrop stains, and hidden copper wish pennies.
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
Last night I wrote about my mother.
Not because she was perfect.
Because she was my mother.
A small reflection on memory, art, and the way time changes our perspective.
🤍
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
Not because she was perfect.
Because she was my mother.
A small reflection on memory, art, and the way time changes our perspective.
🤍
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
My Mother
the sharp edges have softened
open.substack.com
June 12, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Last night I wrote about my mother.
Not because she was perfect.
Because she was my mother.
A small reflection on memory, art, and the way time changes our perspective.
🤍
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
Not because she was perfect.
Because she was my mother.
A small reflection on memory, art, and the way time changes our perspective.
🤍
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
I’ve been thinking a lot about truth lately…
what it is, and what still holds when everything feels uncertain.
In the middle of it all—
my daughter is becoming a mother,
and I’m about to meet my grandson.
Some things still remain true 🤍
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
what it is, and what still holds when everything feels uncertain.
In the middle of it all—
my daughter is becoming a mother,
and I’m about to meet my grandson.
Some things still remain true 🤍
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
What Still Remains True
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about truth.
open.substack.com
April 30, 2026 at 9:22 PM
I’ve been thinking a lot about truth lately…
what it is, and what still holds when everything feels uncertain.
In the middle of it all—
my daughter is becoming a mother,
and I’m about to meet my grandson.
Some things still remain true 🤍
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
what it is, and what still holds when everything feels uncertain.
In the middle of it all—
my daughter is becoming a mother,
and I’m about to meet my grandson.
Some things still remain true 🤍
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
My dad taught me honor…
not in words, but in how he lived.
A story about memory, magic, and the values we carry forward.
✨ The Man Who Taught Me Honor
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
Love, Velvet 🤍
not in words, but in how he lived.
A story about memory, magic, and the values we carry forward.
✨ The Man Who Taught Me Honor
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
Love, Velvet 🤍
The Man Who Taught Me Honor
My dad…
https://open.substack.com/pub/velvetmarshall/p/the-man-who-taught-me-honor?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=ok40f�
April 23, 2026 at 5:00 AM
My dad taught me honor…
not in words, but in how he lived.
A story about memory, magic, and the values we carry forward.
✨ The Man Who Taught Me Honor
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
Love, Velvet 🤍
not in words, but in how he lived.
A story about memory, magic, and the values we carry forward.
✨ The Man Who Taught Me Honor
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
Love, Velvet 🤍
Women don’t expire.
Bodies change. That’s not failure.
What’s exhausting is being told to shrink while you’re still here.
New piece👉
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
Bodies change. That’s not failure.
What’s exhausting is being told to shrink while you’re still here.
New piece👉
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
The Audacity of a Woman Aging
There’s something almost offensive about a woman who continues to exist…
open.substack.com
April 3, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Women don’t expire.
Bodies change. That’s not failure.
What’s exhausting is being told to shrink while you’re still here.
New piece👉
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
Bodies change. That’s not failure.
What’s exhausting is being told to shrink while you’re still here.
New piece👉
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
Semper Virescit Virtus
— virtue always flourishes
Truth doesn’t rush.
It rises.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
🤍
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
— virtue always flourishes
Truth doesn’t rush.
It rises.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
🤍
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
Semper Virescit Virtus
There’s something I’ve come to understand lately—
open.substack.com
March 19, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Semper Virescit Virtus
— virtue always flourishes
Truth doesn’t rush.
It rises.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
🤍
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
— virtue always flourishes
Truth doesn’t rush.
It rises.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
🤍
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
There’s a stage in every painting that looks like a mistake.
It isn’t.
It’s becoming.
Unfinished doesn’t mean undone.
New on Substack — The Unfinished Canvas 🤍
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
It isn’t.
It’s becoming.
Unfinished doesn’t mean undone.
New on Substack — The Unfinished Canvas 🤍
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
The Unfinished Canvas
There’s a stage in every painting that looks like a mistake.
open.substack.com
February 24, 2026 at 8:21 PM
There’s a stage in every painting that looks like a mistake.
It isn’t.
It’s becoming.
Unfinished doesn’t mean undone.
New on Substack — The Unfinished Canvas 🤍
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
It isn’t.
It’s becoming.
Unfinished doesn’t mean undone.
New on Substack — The Unfinished Canvas 🤍
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
Finding my voice after years of silence.
This is about reclaiming conscience and choosing to speak.
🖋️ Finding My Voice After Silence
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
This is about reclaiming conscience and choosing to speak.
🖋️ Finding My Voice After Silence
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
January 27, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Finding my voice after years of silence.
This is about reclaiming conscience and choosing to speak.
🖋️ Finding My Voice After Silence
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
This is about reclaiming conscience and choosing to speak.
🖋️ Finding My Voice After Silence
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
The past two years have taught me how to listen.
Injury. Pain. Healing that isn’t linear.
Some days there’s no lesson to name —
only the quiet work of getting through.
The paint knows when to wait.
So today, I let it.
Where the Paint Speaks — new on Substack substack.com/@velvetmarsh...
Injury. Pain. Healing that isn’t linear.
Some days there’s no lesson to name —
only the quiet work of getting through.
The paint knows when to wait.
So today, I let it.
Where the Paint Speaks — new on Substack substack.com/@velvetmarsh...
The Body Remembers
The past two years have been a slow lesson in listening.
substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:47 AM
The past two years have taught me how to listen.
Injury. Pain. Healing that isn’t linear.
Some days there’s no lesson to name —
only the quiet work of getting through.
The paint knows when to wait.
So today, I let it.
Where the Paint Speaks — new on Substack substack.com/@velvetmarsh...
Injury. Pain. Healing that isn’t linear.
Some days there’s no lesson to name —
only the quiet work of getting through.
The paint knows when to wait.
So today, I let it.
Where the Paint Speaks — new on Substack substack.com/@velvetmarsh...
Today in the studio 🤍
Acrylics, values, and quiet experimentation.
Wet on dry.
Scrumbling with dry brushes.
Letting texture and intuition guide the underpainting.
I love her natural, instinctive way of painting —
she listens before she speaks.
Love,
Velvet 🤍
Acrylics, values, and quiet experimentation.
Wet on dry.
Scrumbling with dry brushes.
Letting texture and intuition guide the underpainting.
I love her natural, instinctive way of painting —
she listens before she speaks.
Love,
Velvet 🤍
January 17, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Today in the studio 🤍
Acrylics, values, and quiet experimentation.
Wet on dry.
Scrumbling with dry brushes.
Letting texture and intuition guide the underpainting.
I love her natural, instinctive way of painting —
she listens before she speaks.
Love,
Velvet 🤍
Acrylics, values, and quiet experimentation.
Wet on dry.
Scrumbling with dry brushes.
Letting texture and intuition guide the underpainting.
I love her natural, instinctive way of painting —
she listens before she speaks.
Love,
Velvet 🤍
NO REGRETS.
Purposely smudged.
Sold immediately.
Imperfect paint.
Honest memory.
Full reflection on Substack
Love, Velvet 🤍
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
Purposely smudged.
Sold immediately.
Imperfect paint.
Honest memory.
Full reflection on Substack
Love, Velvet 🤍
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
NO REGRETS
This piece sold immediately.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:19 PM
NO REGRETS.
Purposely smudged.
Sold immediately.
Imperfect paint.
Honest memory.
Full reflection on Substack
Love, Velvet 🤍
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
Purposely smudged.
Sold immediately.
Imperfect paint.
Honest memory.
Full reflection on Substack
Love, Velvet 🤍
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
Happy New Year
Barefoot. Grateful. Still dreaming. 🤍
Barefoot. Grateful. Still dreaming. 🤍
December 31, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Happy New Year
Barefoot. Grateful. Still dreaming. 🤍
Barefoot. Grateful. Still dreaming. 🤍
Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas 🤍
Grateful for art, community, and quiet moments of beauty.
www.velvetmarshall.com
www.thebrushedcanvas.org
Grateful for art, community, and quiet moments of beauty.
www.velvetmarshall.com
www.thebrushedcanvas.org
December 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas 🤍
Grateful for art, community, and quiet moments of beauty.
www.velvetmarshall.com
www.thebrushedcanvas.org
Grateful for art, community, and quiet moments of beauty.
www.velvetmarshall.com
www.thebrushedcanvas.org
Slight Chance of Rain
A title that understates what the painting refuses to hide.
Winter, weather, and truth — new Substack:
velvetmarshall.substack.com 🤍
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
A title that understates what the painting refuses to hide.
Winter, weather, and truth — new Substack:
velvetmarshall.substack.com 🤍
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
Slight Chance of Rain
The painting looks nothing like its title suggests.
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Slight Chance of Rain
A title that understates what the painting refuses to hide.
Winter, weather, and truth — new Substack:
velvetmarshall.substack.com 🤍
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
A title that understates what the painting refuses to hide.
Winter, weather, and truth — new Substack:
velvetmarshall.substack.com 🤍
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
Grateful 🤍
Thank you, Sidney and Lindsay, for the beautiful feature and the warm welcome into your creative community. Honored to be included.
greenbushtwins.com/velvet-marsh...
greenbushtwins.com/velvet-marsh...
Thank you, Sidney and Lindsay, for the beautiful feature and the warm welcome into your creative community. Honored to be included.
greenbushtwins.com/velvet-marsh...
greenbushtwins.com/velvet-marsh...
Velvet Marshall - Greenbushtwins
At Greenbush Twins & Co., we believe every creator deserves a platform that celebrates authenticity, craftsmanship, and heart. Whether you paint, sculpt,
greenbushtwins.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Grateful 🤍
Thank you, Sidney and Lindsay, for the beautiful feature and the warm welcome into your creative community. Honored to be included.
greenbushtwins.com/velvet-marsh...
greenbushtwins.com/velvet-marsh...
Thank you, Sidney and Lindsay, for the beautiful feature and the warm welcome into your creative community. Honored to be included.
greenbushtwins.com/velvet-marsh...
greenbushtwins.com/velvet-marsh...
Some of the most meaningful moments in my studio don’t involve my own work at all.
They happen in shared space, curiosity, and community. Grateful for these moments 🤍
substack.com/@velvetmarsh...
They happen in shared space, curiosity, and community. Grateful for these moments 🤍
substack.com/@velvetmarsh...
Where the Paint Speaks (@velvetmarshall)
The Unexpected Joy of Teaching
Some of the most meaningful moments in my studio don’t involve my own work at all.
They happen when someone steps back from their canvas and smiles.
When doubt ...
substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Some of the most meaningful moments in my studio don’t involve my own work at all.
They happen in shared space, curiosity, and community. Grateful for these moments 🤍
substack.com/@velvetmarsh...
They happen in shared space, curiosity, and community. Grateful for these moments 🤍
substack.com/@velvetmarsh...
Sunday in Topanga. A couple celebrating 35 years of marriage with watercolor, winter light, and quiet time painting together in the garden.
🎨🌿
www.thebrushedcanvas.org
www.facebook.com/reel/8163320...
🎨🌿
www.thebrushedcanvas.org
www.facebook.com/reel/8163320...
35 years married, celebrating with watercolor, winter light, and nibbles in the Topanga garden 🤍🎨
Slow painting, shared brushes, quiet laughter—simple and beautiful.
More at www.thebrushedcanvas.org ...
35 years married, celebrating with watercolor, winter light, and nibbles in the Topanga garden 🤍🎨
Slow painting, shared brushes, quiet laughter—simple and beautiful.
More at www.thebrushedcanvas.org ...
www.facebook.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Sunday in Topanga. A couple celebrating 35 years of marriage with watercolor, winter light, and quiet time painting together in the garden.
🎨🌿
www.thebrushedcanvas.org
www.facebook.com/reel/8163320...
🎨🌿
www.thebrushedcanvas.org
www.facebook.com/reel/8163320...
Closing out the year with reflection, truth, and a quieter kind of strength.
My book is coming soon, and I’m finally telling the story the way it’s always lived inside me.
Velvet 🤍
Read the new post:
velvetmarshall.substack.com
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
My book is coming soon, and I’m finally telling the story the way it’s always lived inside me.
Velvet 🤍
Read the new post:
velvetmarshall.substack.com
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
Closing Out the Year (and Opening a New Chapter)
There’s something about the end of the year that makes everything feel a little quieter.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Closing out the year with reflection, truth, and a quieter kind of strength.
My book is coming soon, and I’m finally telling the story the way it’s always lived inside me.
Velvet 🤍
Read the new post:
velvetmarshall.substack.com
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
My book is coming soon, and I’m finally telling the story the way it’s always lived inside me.
Velvet 🤍
Read the new post:
velvetmarshall.substack.com
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
New Substack ✨
A holiday we weren’t supposed to have turned into one of my favorite memories — Sears, Santa Monica lights, Paris at Christmas, French lessons, and Led Zeppelin.
Read “Midnight in Paris” here:
velvetmarshall.substack.com
Love, Velvet 🤍
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
A holiday we weren’t supposed to have turned into one of my favorite memories — Sears, Santa Monica lights, Paris at Christmas, French lessons, and Led Zeppelin.
Read “Midnight in Paris” here:
velvetmarshall.substack.com
Love, Velvet 🤍
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
Midnight in Paris: A Christmas We Weren’t Supposed to Have
We weren’t supposed to celebrate Christmas.
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
New Substack ✨
A holiday we weren’t supposed to have turned into one of my favorite memories — Sears, Santa Monica lights, Paris at Christmas, French lessons, and Led Zeppelin.
Read “Midnight in Paris” here:
velvetmarshall.substack.com
Love, Velvet 🤍
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
A holiday we weren’t supposed to have turned into one of my favorite memories — Sears, Santa Monica lights, Paris at Christmas, French lessons, and Led Zeppelin.
Read “Midnight in Paris” here:
velvetmarshall.substack.com
Love, Velvet 🤍
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
My new Substack story is live — Deep Six.
A look into the creation of a 6’ x 8’ underwater oil + tar painting built from blue + coral swatches, hidden nautical textures, and small things you might lose in the water.
Read here:
velvetmarshall.substack.com/p/deep-six
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
A look into the creation of a 6’ x 8’ underwater oil + tar painting built from blue + coral swatches, hidden nautical textures, and small things you might lose in the water.
Read here:
velvetmarshall.substack.com/p/deep-six
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
Substack Story #12 — Deep Six
Some paintings begin with a feeling.
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
My new Substack story is live — Deep Six.
A look into the creation of a 6’ x 8’ underwater oil + tar painting built from blue + coral swatches, hidden nautical textures, and small things you might lose in the water.
Read here:
velvetmarshall.substack.com/p/deep-six
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
A look into the creation of a 6’ x 8’ underwater oil + tar painting built from blue + coral swatches, hidden nautical textures, and small things you might lose in the water.
Read here:
velvetmarshall.substack.com/p/deep-six
open.substack.com/pub/velvetma...
New cozy drops: artist mugs, soft pillows, and gift-ready tees from my Topanga Treasures holiday line.
Small-batch. Warm. Handmade.
velvetmarshall.com/shop
Small-batch. Warm. Handmade.
velvetmarshall.com/shop
November 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
New cozy drops: artist mugs, soft pillows, and gift-ready tees from my Topanga Treasures holiday line.
Small-batch. Warm. Handmade.
velvetmarshall.com/shop
Small-batch. Warm. Handmade.
velvetmarshall.com/shop