Photography by by Roxanne Marshal 

Roxanne Marshal grew up in Southern California. She had studied Art and Graphic Design in school. However, she ended up working in the mortgage industry, while pursuing her art as a hobby.

[0]In 1993, Roxanne and her husband were transferred east.  It was September and she had never before experienced a New England fall.  “It was like being a kid in a candy store for me! I had my camera with me all the time,” she said.

In 1997, Roxanne broke her arm and was unable to work for a short period of time.  During that time off, she had an opportunity to think about what she really wanted to do with her life.  She began thinking about a career change that would allow her to do something that she truly enjoyed; art and photography.  Roxanne is a “self-taught” photographer, able to use her artistic eye to capture the beauty of what surrounds us everyday.  It wasn’t long before Roxanne began turning her photographic images into beautiful handmade greeting cards, which she sold through local stores. 

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In 1998 Roxanne was juried into the Dunstable Artisans and began exhibiting her work in the Artisans annual show.  Several of Roxanne’s clients commented to her that instead of mailing off her beautiful cards, they were framing the images and hanging them as artwork in their homes.  So, she decided it was time to try and exhibit her photography in a larger format for use as wall art.  Her career as a fine art photographer was launched.  During that time, Roxanne also became very good friends with an established wedding photographer, who noticed the quality of her work and thought she could do just as well photographing people.  Her friend suggested that she join him as a second photographer on two weddings he had been hired to photograph. After Roxanne had been given that opportunity to break into the field of wedding photography, she was off doing it on her own and, just as her friend had predicted, is doing very well.

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In the past two years Roxanne has not only been photographing weddings, but she has added “environmental” portrait photography to her repertoire as well, capturing images of children, families, and even pets, in natural surroundings.  In responding to a comment on the special quality of the children's portraits in her gallery, she said, "I like to just follow the child around and capture images of the child being a child."  The results speak for themselves.

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In the past two years, Roxanne has also become a member of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, the Chelmsford Art Society, WPPI (Wedding & Portrait Photographers International), PPAM (Professional Photographers Association of Massachusetts), and PPANE (Professional Photographers Association of New England).  Her photography has been published in the Hudson Telegraph Newspaper. She has  participated in the “Art in the Park” event at the DeCordova Museum, the Fitchburg Regional Art Exhibits three years in a row, and a number of other shows and exhibits around New England. Her work has also been featured in a one-woman exhibit at Borders Books and Music Café in Nashua, New Hampshire.

In November of 2003, Roxanne happened into NOA Gallery, Groton.  It had been a place she enjoyed visiting and taking in the wonderful artwork that was on display and for sale.  On that particular visit, Roxanne heard that NOA was going to be relocating to Main Street and that their current space would be vacated and available to rent.  She had been looking for a place where she could keep her fine art photographs on display and meet with prospective wedding and portrait clients, and here it was!  In May of this year, Roxanne opened A Picture’s Worth... [1]Gallery and Studio, which is located on Main and Broadmeadow Streets in Groton. 

Groton readily welcomed Roxanne as an artist in their community. Since opening her gallery, she has participated in both the Groton Artwalk and Grotonfest.  Her work has been so well received that she is now working with Groton’s 350th Anniversary  Committee to photograph Groton’s historical landmarks so the images can potentially be used for postcards, invitations and calendars.

Roxanne fell in love with New England and has clearly spent quite a bit of time seeing it through the lens of her cameras.  As soon as you walk into her gallery, it feels like home – a warm and friendly place, with so many beautiful images gracing the walls.

You'll have to go see for yourself!