Winter is coming and this means I will have time to paint! I am reaching out to you all to spread the word that I am doing commission work, that is, folks send me a well loved picture and I paint it for a set fee. Below you can see some of my paintings, as well as my artist statement. Please contact me if you are interested (if you want a gift for the holidays contact me soon). Thanks! Artist statement: I began to paint with watercolors as a child, alongside my inspiring and encouraging grandmother Doris Tiani. Throughout grade school my fondness of art continued to grow with the mentorship and friendship of my dear art teacher Mrs. Art Clark. With high school came the opportunity to travel to Italy, tracing my families roots and finding myself on a fruit and nut farm nestled in the foothills of the Italian alps. Attending, by happenstance, a school of art. It was here that I began to find my voice as an artist, welding patience and focus with instinctual ability. In college I studied agriculture and rural heritage, building a bridge between agrarian traditions of the past and models of agriculture that exist today. In searching for a balance between book research and a deep curiosity for the stories of farmers and farmland, I started to paint. My paintings share stories of farming and agrarian traditions. Some are crafted from black and white photographs found in dusty closets, others from memories told to me. They bring to life stories that have been tucked away and forgotten, inspiring in us gratitude, pride and responsibility to carry on the traditions of our fore mothers and fathers, both in character and sweat. (p.s. its okay to have me paint a picture that is not related to farming! I will still paint it ; >) Some examples of my work:
Posted on: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 13:24:01 +0000
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