BLACK AND WHITE

A stack of 25x25mm wood panels ready to be primed. 

 My new project is in preparation for a show in September with the theme of BLACK and WHITE and so my basement studio is working out fine. It hasn't any windows. A dark studio is not my first choice of spaces to work in because I love light, I NEED light.  But I don't have much choice until the heat dies down.

Starting to play with forms and textures on panels.

All the panels have been primed and are ready.

 As I play with  Black and/White, I'm using all kinds of materials, paints, Inks, charcol, chalk, and an idea is forming in my mind.  Since this show will be then used as a collective work for another art show in the Spring, "Il Libro d'Artista",  my panels are taking on the role of pages that present the characters in a story. I'm just toying with this idea now but  it will probably continue.....

Moving underground

I don't know where to begin . . . it's been  a while since my last post and a lot has happened. Let's start from NOW and see where things go.....

Here in Florence (Italy) the summer temps have been torrid to say the least. The weather forcasters have baptized the heat wave with the name "Lucifer"!  That should give you an idea of what we wake up to every morning. High 80's...90's and humid, very very humid.

So,  I've found it  hard to concentrate and to work.  

The other day, annoyed  with myself, I finally decided to pull out of this by moving underground.  That is, to the cool depths of our basement. 

Until I come back to publish a new post, find me on Instagram.. . .Sylvia.Teri.😎

CHECKING IN

After a little more than a year I'm back with  a new post.  This has been a busy and satisfying year for me, ... and... my painting. Many shows, often using older paintings but, now,  a new show ending tomorrow after a three week run. 

 The interesting theme of this show was "The Artist Incountering Himself "

I began with work that demonstrated my beginnings: work with the human body, drawing from a live model, use of various materials, etc...

  The geranium, the watercolor below, not my usual human body, here because it marked my first real show away from home and far from the usual scholastic atmosphere of "end of year" shows. It was held in the Botanical Gardens of the University of Pavia in northern Italy and changed my entire outlook and aims in painting. 

This painting is part of a series which used the 7 chakra or energy points as theme. I was searching for a cure for severe back and spinal pain in alternative medicine, massage, homeopathic cures when I came upon  the chakra which each have their own color and position in the body.

 This next painting is on a wooden panel using oil and cold wax as technique. This requires a hard surface in order to apply many layers and scrape and scratch over it all. 

This final painting, actually two together (dyptich), is the newest work after months of negative studio time. Still my figures but stretching out to the four corners of the canvas as if wanting to escape, to fly.