Artist Statement –
R. Anthony Marchelletta

I do not make art; I create emotional presence.

My work is an intersection between beauty and myth, where petals become portals and pigment bears the weight and stories of forgotten queens and rising empires of the spirit.

I have always walked between worlds—masculine and feminine, sacred and sensual, wild and refined. My work is inspired by queens and rebels, myths and muses—bringing their energy into focus for a new era.

Throughout my life, I’ve been drawn to figures, historical and contemporary, who embodied contradiction and fire—leaders, performers, rebels, and dreamers who carried both elegance and wound, authority and fragility. Their thrones, stages, and platforms were never simply about power; they were crucibles where heartbreak and resilience fused into something unforgettable. I am not inspired by crowns or celebrity, but by the raw humanity revealed when poise collides with pain and presence is born out of struggle.

In the modern era, I find that same current in artists and icons who turn vulnerability into defiance and discipline into soul. Some ignite laughter as rebellion, some shatter cultural expectations with quiet resolve, and others reinvent themselves endlessly as living symbols of change. To witness their presence is to feel elemental energy embodied—rigor fused with rawness, perfection tangled with imperfection, talent elevated by intention. Their work declares, 'I am here. I matter.' That same declaration pulses through my own creations.

These muses were beauty wrapped around fire. And that is the frequency I express through my work.

Still, not every piece is born from an icon or archetype. Some emerge simply from beauty itself—the drama of petals, the weight of color, the way light bends through form. These works are not portraits of queens or rebels, but of beauty in its raw elemental presence. Because sometimes beauty is enough.

We are living in a moment where elemental energy is rising. Not to conquer, but to co-create. Not to ask permission, but to embrace change by being louder, softer, wilder, grander. My art invites feelings that prompt moments of pure presence.

My studio is an altar, and my collections are a procession. Each piece is a performance—a sacred costume designed to be unapologetically bold and emotionally charged.

Not to ask permission, but to embrace change by being louder, softer, wilder, grander. My art invites feelings that prompt moments of pure presence.

This is art for those who seek resurrection, not nostalgia. You won’t find passivity here.

Instead—power, poise, pain—bloom like flowers.

These are frequencies I return to again and again—and if they stir something in you, we are already in conversation.

— R. Anthony Marchelletta

R. Anthony Marchelletta Studios