About Me
I’m Jarret Marshall—an artist and author whose work lives in the space between ruin and rebirth. I paint burning homes, twisted staircases, and architecture on the edge of collapse—not as symbols of loss, but as testaments to survival. My art explores impermanence, memory, and the strange, luminous beauty found in destruction.
My life has been touched by illness and the delicate line between this world and the next. That closeness to fragility has shaped every canvas, every story. I believe we are all, one day, ghost stories—what we leave behind is what will speak for us.
My debut novel, Grinning in the Dark, is a Southern Gothic ghost story about inherited silence, buried women, and a house that remembers everything. I’m currently seeking literary representation.
In addition to fine art, I accept select commissions for painted ceilings and custom work in historic homes. My studio practice is deeply site-specific and collaborative—designed to bring emotional storytelling into architectural spaces. I work under a sky I painted myself, and I’d be honored to paint yours.
Whether through brush or pen, I create to honor what we’ve survived—and what still burns within us.