Internazional Prize Stefano Uzzi - Florence.

Connections - Red - Shapes -1, oil and cold wax a panel 50x60 cm

I applied for acceptance in this competition last Dicember not really thinking I would ever be selected in the final group but here I am!! the show opens this Saturday and I am really thrilled.
 If you go back to my past posts RED.02/04/15  and Who's afraid... 31/05/14 you'll see that I did a series of paintings using the forms of the spinal column and the color red.  These are the paintings that I used in my application that asked for 5 fotos of my work.

The notice arrived a week ago and the the above foto was selected for the collective show along with the painting below which should be in the catalogue.

Connections-Red- Shapes 2 -50x50cm , oil and cold wax on panel

I say SHOULD because you never are really sure of these things! When I was notified and read the list of artists selected, my name was spelled sIlvia with an I the way Sylvia is spelled in Italy and I wasn't sure they were talking about ME.  Because, when I searched Silvia Teri on the web  I actually found 3 other silvia's. Not until I clarified things with the committee of judges could I believe they had chosen my work. There were 4 catagories : painting, photography,sculpture , and graphics. In each group 10 artists were selected and one of these 10 was winner.  I was "selected" and will partcipate in this group show.  The winner is awarded a personal show.
I brought the painting to the gallery this morning and am preparing for Saturday.
The show, by the way, will be held in "The Casa di Dante-Society of Fine Art" in Florence.

RED #4

final painting

Red #4   Oil, wax on panel    50x50cm

 

one of the first stages of the painting

This painting was a challenge for me both mentally and physically. 

Begun at the end of 2014 it has taken  months to arrive at a conclusion. I started with the paint that was left on my palette, no ideas, I didn't want to waste the paint but just wanted to cover the panel as a start.

Continuing, I had difficulty putting my head and heart into what I was doing.  Then with the new year, my flu session and other challenges caused a major block.  I was stuck, working but without a vision of what I was doing. This happens at times. Until, suddenly, reason sets in unexplainably, and the road straightens.

The path is clear.

See Blog Post:  Presenting a New Year Resolution.

PRESENTING A NEW YEAR resolution

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 I didn't intend to start the new year by showing  an unfinished painting but I don't  have much time left to do anything about that now. My time has been used up with holiday trimmings and anticipation of the new year leaving my painting by the wayside as often is the case.

But this is where my NEW YEAR RESOLUTIOIN comes into  play. As of tomorrow, January1st, 2015,  that long awaited painting schedule has to be formulated AND respected. More than time, it is the waste of time that I have to combat.. . A revolution  within the resolution. My wishes for happiness and resolutions of all problems to all in the new year that is upon us.

A PAINTING DAY. . . .

"Connections  Red"        50cmx50cm      oil,wax on  wood panel

I've been away from the studio for weeks now.  Working for the annual Bazaar sponsored by the American International League of Florence which aids local charities in need.  It happens every year at this time and I enjoy it I  admit.  We fashioned some fun hat/headbands with a lot of fru-fru ribbons, tulle and sequins. Hope they sell. I also made lavender sachets using old embroidered linens and tulle (check my facebook page). Soo, because of this time away from painting and household duties, today was programed to be ironing day.  . . . but, I never made it to my ironing board.  Started out early making the changes, additions to the last, almost finished panel I have been contemplating in the studio and there it is. A time to absorb and (as Janice Mason Steeves, my mentor, says) a pause to listen to your painting is  important  for moving on. I know that this pause has given me a stronger urge to get back to the studio, to continue.  I have several other paintings waiting to be finished. Nothing will stop me this time.