Alicia Drakiotes
To answer the question of whether or not it is possible to create a thing, to know the world in a different way and therefore make
meaning out of it, and to capture a fugitive moment, that is why I paint. Paint is the material that represents the world outside
myself. In my efforts to capture the likeness, I am trying to find a way to reconcile the physical struggle with paint to a narrative
impulse to represent the personal. Through working with observed imagery, all of my senses, and some other mysterious
element, I am trying to create believable worlds on the canvas or surface. The culmination , I try to relay to the viewer the joy,
wonder, color and force of nature which surrounds us in each of my art works. Utilizing color, painterly techniques and
sensitivity to the subject matter allows me to portray the "sense of place" and emotions that are interpreted from my subjects.
To answer the question of whether or not it is possible to create a thing, to know the world in a different way and therefore make
meaning out of it, and to capture a fugitive moment, that is why I paint. Paint is the material that represents the world outside
myself. In my efforts to capture the likeness, I am trying to find a way to reconcile the physical struggle with paint to a narrative
impulse to represent the personal. Through working with observed imagery, all of my senses, and some other mysterious
element, I am trying to create believable worlds on the canvas or surface. The culmination , I try to relay to the viewer the joy,
wonder, color and force of nature which surrounds us in each of my art works. Utilizing color, painterly techniques and
sensitivity to the subject matter allows me to portray the "sense of place" and emotions that are interpreted from my subjects.
| The American Juried Art Salon - Emerging Artists Series |
Cape Elizabeth Wavebreak, 12 x 18, pastel
Last Harvest of the Wandering Crabapple,
12 x 16, oil
12 x 16, oil
Light of A New Day, 14 x 11 oil
Running Upstream, 14 x 11, pastel
Night Falls 12 x 18,
pastel
pastel
Kissed By Autumn, 11 x 14, pastel
Standing Tall, 12 x 16, oil
