BIOWhen I create a piece of art it is experiment and exposure followed by awareness and revision. Rarely will I start a canvas or sketch with preconceived ideas of what my artistic direction will be. It is only after a subject presents it self to me that the work of art can begin. Very often my works are started out of an automatism between the medium and myself, and it is through this exchange with my art that I find pleasure and sometimes fascination within what I reveal. This often leaves me with the question about whether I am creating a piece of art for myself or for the viewer. Am I satisfying my own curiosities or presenting a piece to the world.
I am an instinctive artist adapting to the piece rather than having the piece adapt to me. The art itself is I believe, challenging to the eye, the mind, and the morals. And I attempt to satisfy, or defy all three through the varied works of my history.
I borrow from Expressionism, Abstract Expressionism, Surrealism, Graphic Arts, Cubism both Analytical and Synthetic, Impressionism as well as experimenting with Junk Art or Combine Painting where I fix textiles and various other things to the canvas itself. I do claim Picasso as one of my greatest influences and I also respect and adore the works of Van Gogh, Pollock, Dali, J.E.H. MacDonald and a wide variety of others.
My preferred subject has been the female form, simply for its beauty and versatility, and a lot of the people represented in my works are taken from my own history. Moments or even feelings in time I have logged as inspiration and revisit through my art. These are people that are important to me as a person and as an artist.
My art has been described in a variety of ways from very original to freaky nightmare. Regardless of individual opinions and personal tastes my work always evokes a response in its viewer. It has been said that I reveal an expressive quality in the skillful use of color, composition, and perspective. The fusion of color and intense level of contrast and movement emerge to give credence to a powerful source of expressive energy. Angela Di Bello, Director, Agora Gallery, Soho
