Theodosia Marchant has found a safe place, a sanctuary, at ShockBoxx in Hermosa Beach
Stepping into her world by Bondo Wyszpolski Home. It’s a simple word, but its implications are vast. Home is not just where we return after a long day at the office or a week in Maui. It’s a refuge, an oasis, a place where we can lean back, prop up our feet, and feel secure. Theodosia Marchant knows all about this, about finding someplace where she belongs, even if it’s temporary, until the quest for “home” begins anew. Theodosia had been spending her days in Hermosa Beach, painting the interior walls of ShockBoxx Gallery from floor to ceiling. She creates large, sensuous forms with swaths of color that seem to swoop up and down and side to side, reminiscent in some ways of Matisse and in others of Henri Rousseau. The result is an immersive, wraparound canvas, one we can step into, and we’ll have that opportunity come Saturday, Sept. 28 when “Oikos,” which means home or house in Greek, opens to the public. Pulling up roots Theodosia Marchant was born in Athens, where she lived until she was 17, before moving to England. “I studied law in London and took the Greek (Athenian) bar exams while still in London, right after I finished my Master’s. I then became a UK solicitor. “I still…
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