Artist’s Statement- A Language of Nature
I use materials in what Van Gogh called a “language of nature,” My aim is to translate altered perceptions within images and constructions that articulate physical, spiritual and scientific phenomena. Using unconventional hardware - a blow torch, iron and other heated tools - along with paper, encaustics, photography, 3D prints, mirrors, resin and reclaimed materials, I aim to translate the wonders of nature and humanity. I intentionally use materials to prompt varied viewpoints and experiences utilizing transparency, weightlessness, depth or reflection. As told through art, my work is a voyage or passage through spaces that reflect innate, random or earthly process. My subjects and abstractions deliberate unity, commonality or refuge while the mysterious power of nature remains prominent.
Select Collections, Commissions
Vlade and Ana Divac, Serbia
Tiffany's & Co., London (3 storefronts)
Manchester and Bank Street and Royal Exchange, London
Lupe and Jose Antonio Rivero, Compania Minera Autlan, Mexico
Jason and Jayne Hyrdlicka, Jetstar, Australia
Christine and Micheal Kruyt, The Netherlands
Maria de Lourdes Borges, Brazil
Forster and Thomas, Portugal
Antoinette and Jerry Silvey, Starwood Capital, CT, NM, FL
Four Seasons Rancho Encantando, NM
Darien Country Club, CT
Delamar Hotel, CT
Hilton Head Health Resort and Spa, SC
Jessica Flemming, Jessie James, NYC
Meyers Jabara Hotels, USA
Museum of Encaustic Art, Permanent Collection, SF, NM
Miller & Long, Development Co, DC
Jim Caufield, Fields Development Corporation, USA
Jan Kniffen, Chairman Bruce Museum and Kathleen Metinko, CT
Comet Productions, NYC
Selectman Jayme and John Stevenson, CT
Hahn Architects, NYC
Huelster Design Studio, CT
Jetavicon Partners,CT, NYC
Third Coast Capital, TX
Vertrue Corporation, CT
Andrew and Sydney Davis, NYC, NM
Stamford Hospital, CT
Push Fitness, NY
Merx Aviation, NYC
Plaza Condominiums, NYC
The Blake Hotel, Taos Ski Valley, NM
Eliane Cordia Van Reesema, Curator Triton Foundation
Select Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
Botanical Refraction, Isabella Garrucho Fine Art, Greenwich, CT 2018
Plunge Bruce Lurie Gallery, LA, CA, 2017
Muse Gallery, Hilton Head SC, 2017
Natures Way - InArt Santa Fe Gallery, NM, 2014
Beyond Deep - Anelle Gandelman Fine Art, NY, 2012
Waxing Poetic - Anelle Gandelman Fine Art, NY, 2010
The Stone House, RI, 2009
New Encaustics - Anelle Gandelman Fine Art, NY, 2008
Water Views - Mead Gallery, CT, 1999
Group Exhibitions
Museum of Encaustic Art. 50 States Permanent collection, 2019
Photo Summer, Isabella Garrucho Fine Art, Greenwich, CT 2019
IN REPOSE, Evoke Contemporary Gallery, SF, NM, 2018
Watercourse Way, Evoke Contemporary Gallery, SF, NM, 2017
Show House, Santa Fe Benefit, New Mexico, 2015, 2016
Gateway to Imagination - Farmington Museum, NM, 2012
Greenwich Art to the Avenue, featured in Serendipity Magazine, CT, 2012
Featured Artist - 49th & 50th Anniversary CCNS Art Show, CT, 2011, 2012
Best in Show, Memory Maps, Newport Art Museum, 2011
Summer Selects - Susan Eley Fine Art, NYC, 2010
CCBF Auction, Sotheby's, NYC, 2009, 2010
Uncommon Ground, Anelle Gandelman Fine Art, 2009
Artspace CWOS CONNcentric, Juror, Liza Statton, CT, 2008
CCBF Auction, Phillips de Pury and Company, NYC, 2008
Art Fairs (Domestic and International)
AAF NYC, Insight Artspace, Spring and Fall, 2019
Art Market, Bridgehampton Museum, 2017
LA Art Show, CA Bruce Lurie Gallery, 2017
Red Dot Miami, FL, Bruce Lurie Gallery, 2016, 2017
Art, Antique & Jewelry Show, NYC, 2016
AAF NYC with Villa Del Arte Galleries, Barcelona, Amsterdam, 2016
AAF Houston, TX with Bruce Lurie Gallery,, LA, CA, 2016
Art Aspen, CO, with Bruce Lurie Gallery, LA, CA, 2016
Art Market, Bridgehampton Museum with Bruce Lurie Gallery, LA, CA, 2016
Art Hamptons, NY with Bruce Lurie Gallery, LA, CA, 2016
Contemporary Art Fair, The Tunnel in Chelsea, NYC, 2014
AAF, NYC, Anelle Gandelman Fine Art, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012
AAF, Los Angeles, CA, Anelle Gandelman Fine Art, 2011
Art Toronto International Art Fair, Canada, Anelle Gandelman Fine Art, 2010, 2011
Red Dot, NYC, Anelle Gandelman Fine Art, 2007
Awards
CODA Worx Magazine feature Award, Transformative Walls, Submerged Garden Series, 2018
Winner American Art Awards, Manipulated Photography, juried by America's 25 Best Galleries & Museums, 2017
2014 DAC Honorable Mention, Juror Larissa Baliff, Museum of Modern Art
2013 Award of excellence, Art that Lifts our Spirits, Jill Conner, Art Critic/Curator
2012 Winner Greenwich Serendipity Magazine Award, 6 Jurors including Lee Milazzo, Samuel Owen Gallery
2011 Best in Show, Memory Maps, Juror Frank Poor, Newport Art Museum
2010 Best in Painting, Healing Power of Art, Juror - Joanie San Chirico, Founder of Professional Fine Art Network
2009 Best in Painting, Her Story, Juror - Janice Sands, Executive Director of Pen and Brush, NYC
2008 Award of Merit, Healing Power of Art, Juror - Edward Rubin, writer for Artnews and Contemporary Art
2007 Award for Outstanding Artistic Merit, Juror - Renee Phillips, Director, Manhattan Arts International
Media Coverage
Debbi Nigro Show, 2015
Santa Fean Magazine, 2014
New England Home, 2014, 2015
Professional Artist Magazine, feature, 2012
Serendipity, 2012
New Canaan, Darien, Rowayton Magazine,"Local Color," 2011
Greenwich Times, 2011
At Home 2016, 2017
UNITY Magazine (Sustainability) 2017
BetterTV National Syndication, 2011
Connecticut Cottages and Gardens, 2006, 2011, 2015, 2016
Providence Business News, Home, Stone House, 2009
The Providence Journal, Stone House, 2009
American Art Collector, 2009
Yale Daily News, 2008
Westchester Cottages and Gardens, 2008
Coastal Living Magazine, 2006
BlueWave Magazine, Cover Feature, 2016
LOCALE LA 2017
CODA WORX Magazine Feature Award 2018 and 2019
NY Times Arts Section, April 2019
Online
Artsy 2018, 2019
Artnet 2008, 2018, 2019
1st Dibs, 2018, 2019
News.Yahoo and News Guide.US, CCBF Sotheby's, 2009
Visit Rhode Island, Stone House, 2009
ARTINFO, 2008Â
ArtDaily, 2008Â
Access World News, 2006
Education
The Aldrich Museum Professional Development Program, CT
Boston University, MSW,
University of Hartford, BS, BSW
Representation
Isabella Garrucho Fine Art, CT
Insight Artspace, NY