SPHINX - Anna and Nicoletta invite Stephanie

Friday at the spacious and beautiful jewelry store SPHINX in Ellera (Perugia) I will be showing small paintings in the many windows of the store along with their jewelry.

Here is a detail of one of the paintings along with the invitation.

All invited, hope to see you there.

THE OTHER SIDE - online on Eventi e sagre in Italia

Eventi e sagre in Italia

Announcement of my upcoming personal exhibition in Italy. Click on above link for information. 

Opening painting exhibition THE OTHER SIDE Oct 15, 2016, Marsciano

Happy to announce my painting exhibition, THE OTHER SIDE coming up October 15, 2016.
Below, press release and map of the event.

COMUNICATO STAMPA

Sabato 15 Ottobre 2016, nell’ambito di AMACI (Giornata del Contemporaneo), s’inaugura, alle ore 19, 00 , presso Gaia Gallery, Strada per Caprareccia, 220, Marsciano –Papiano (Pg) la mostra “ The Other Side” dell’artista Stephanie Seymour, con la presentazione di Fiorenza Mosci

La mostra è un evento organizzato da E20 Gaia.

Fra ironia, impegno sociale, esigenze di rappresentare i limiti che l’esistenza impone, il piacere di lasciarsi andare all’estetica del fare, al dialogo incessante con il colore e i suoi misteri, Stephanie Seymour ci affascina con le sue opere nella mostra “The Other Side”.

La mostra vuol essere un progetto in cui si esalta la ricerca del sé attraverso un'azione continua di approfondimento interiore. Seymour è una artista che insegue ostinatamente risposte tra approdi e partenze, nel bisogno di cristallizzare la propensione poetica della vita, invisibile e imprendibile del presente illusorio. Ella è una rabdomante che ha l’urgente necessità interiore di dare forma e struttura di linguaggio alle sue emozioni.

Il suo è un universo espressivo e umano denso e complesso: la sua arte vive di poesia e, al tempo stesso, è straordinariamente visionaria. Si esprime sul confine tra la dimensione onirica e quella surreale e assume forme imprevedibili, mai scontate.

Usa molta attenzione al rapporto psicologico tra sé e la realtà che la circonda, nel tentativo di immaginare altre identità da vivere e che le facciano superare la quotidianità sempre asfissiante e presupponente.

La natura dell'umanità e del suo profondo sentimento poetico è il fulcro della riflessione artistica che trova espressione massima nelle elaborazioni cromatiche intense e piene di suggerimenti per la sua insaziabile ricerca interiore.

La mostra è anche una riflessione sulla donna e il suo ruolo nel rapporto con la realtà che la circonda. Come corpo e come carattere, preziosa presenza e incompresa figura umana, forte e debole.

Artista: Stephanie Seymour

Inaugurazione:  Sabato 15 Ottobre 2016 ore 19, 00

Sede Espositiva: Gaia Gallery, Strada per Caprareccia, 220 – Marsciano-Papiano (Pg)

Durata della manifestazione:  15 Ottobre   –  20 Novembre 2016

Curatori dell’evento:  Pino Bonanno

Presentazione della mostra: Fiorenza Mosci

Orario:  da Lunedi a Domenica: 10/13 – 16/19, 30

Segreteria Organizzativa:  E20 Gaia - e-mal: info@artfarmgaia.it -  tel.+39.347.3652984                

i Vinarelli at Torgiano, Italy where artists paint with watercolours and WINE

Each year in the beautiful town of Torgiano, not far from Perugia, Italy, there is a great event where painters paint with WINE!
It's called i Vinarelli, because in Italian watercolours is called acquarelli (done with acqua, water) but here they paint with vino so....Vinarelli!

It is great fun, lots of artists sit at a long table, actually several tables, have dinner and then paint. Any subject matter is fine. The public has fun walking around and watching, taking pictures and lots of wine is drunk that night. But mostly a lot of it is used to paint with.
Here are some photos from the evening:

My first watercolor painting with wine 

and watercolours

My second piece, where grapes are escaping the group

 Friend Moreno Chiacchera, well-known illustrator and cartoonist 

 Silvie Bèal, May of Culture of Torgiano 

Watercolors at home

Now that I have a studio to paint in, that is where my paints are: in the studio.
Now that I have been home sick for a week, and wanting to paint, I pull out what I have here.
Watercolors.
Easy to clean up, easy to put out on the table and use.
Here is a little woman, a very tiny painting on 10.5cmx14,8cm (4 1/8"x 5 7/8") paper, that I call Redhead girl.

Melissa - portraits on commission

This painting of "Melissa" has been sold and is now in the home of my friend in Oxford, England.

Regarding portraits, I work on commission from photographs, or if you chose, I can take the photograph and work directly from it.

 

For information write:

seemoreart_4u@yahoo.com

 

 

 

Melissa

Acrylic

 12"x12" (30x30cm)

 

I Vinarelli - a close up look

August 20, 2012 -- busy putting my drawing on watercolour paper, ready to paint with....

                                                                   wine and watercolours.

                          To my left, friend, artist and photographer, well-known Pietro Crocchioni.

Here I am with Sylvie Béal, Mayor of Culture of Torgiano, and Pietro Crocchioni.

Getting to work with a spray gun...filled with WINE and a bit of color from my watercolours.

My first painting of the evening, swimmers with caps and glasses, each one holding a wineglass, while swimming. I was inspired by the Olympics, and the rest came with the event i Vinarelli, where everyone paints with wine and watercolours, each year during this event.

Pietro painted three pieces, I did two of them. Here I am  cutting out curls that is the hair of the woman I painted, and then coloured with wine. 

A very very hot evening, but passed in a fun and original way, with old friends and new ones made that evening.

Getting ready to "shoot" my painting with wine!

Here is Pietro at work, being filmed, while another painter, Stefania, looks on, and also Emanuele Ferlicca of Perla Arredamenti, Assisi. 

And then, my turn....

Here I am working on my second painting, the first one is drying.

Here is the long table where 80 artists painted, and altogether I believe that we were 150 people to have dinner.
Quite an event, fun, and although warm, a very good turnout.
The Vinarelli continue this week and the last day is the 25th of August. Still time to come around and see the artshows, and enjoy the lovely town of Torgiano. See you here tonight, I will be there!

tonight...i Vinarelli!!

Why is tonight so special?
Well, when is it that you see about 100 people seated at long tables in the middle of a small town, painting with watercolours and W I N E!!!???
TONIGHT!

I'll be there together with many many artists, painting all sorts of different subject matter, BUT using wine instead of water.

First we will all share a delicious Umbrian meal, THEN we start painting.

Have to rest up now, as well as get my materials ready for this evening. Should be fun, have done it other years, and always amusing as well as interesting.

See you later, with photos of course.  This photo was taken in 2003 during i Vinarelli.

Creative Workshop

http://www.onnivora.org/

When I discovered this wonderful little theater that opened up recently in Perugia, I was quite surprised and very pleasantly so.
I had a show there months ago (Stephanie, Barefoot on Stage -- A Piedi Nudi sul Palco), and then began giving workshops.
The next one on April 15th at 10-12.30 will be about painting with a piece of cardboard, or other firm heavy cards.
If you are in town, in the neighborhood, why not stop by?

This painting, which is quite large, was painted in this fashion. I used tempera and lots of cut up cardboard to get a very free effect.

Back to NORMAL

...but WHAT is NORMAL to an artist?
I took the show down today, and that meant loading up the car (actually, two cars) and unpacking everything at home. Not only THAT, but since we painting our place this summer, the paintings I have never actually were put up yet. So........that meant, take the show down, and put my paintings up at home!
Lots of nails these days, lots of deciding, and lots of paintings and wrapping of paintings everywhere!
For some that is un-normal, for me, I guess you could say it is back to normal.

Che cos'è NORMALE per un'artista?
Ho tolto la mostra, e quello significava caricare la macchina (veramente, 2 macchine) ed a casa, togliere tutto di nuovo. Non solo quello ma siccome quest'estate abbiamo imbiancato casa, non avevo mai messo su i miei dipinti ed allora, ho tolto dalla mostra e sto mettendo su i quadri a casa!
Tanti chiodi in questi giorni, e molte decisioni da fare, e molti quadri in giro e molta carta e plastica che li avvolge. Per qualcuno questo non è molto normale, ma per me, posso dire tutto è tornato alla normalità.

In today's paper in Italy

In todayìs GIORNALE DELL'UMBRIA the following article written by Francesco Castellini.

It talks about the show that ends today, so if you are in Europe, in Italy and in Perugia, come see me!
L'articolo parla della mostra che finisce oggi, allora, se siete in Europa, in Italia, a Perugia, venite a trovarmi!

SCALZA Stephanie a piedi nudi sul palco

Yes, an art show coming up on Saturday, December 10 at the new theatre in Ponte Felicino Perugia.
The translation above is BAREFOOT Stephanie barefoot on stage.
I will be showing various artworks, paintings, my shoe-sculptures, new small paintings (mostly portraits) as well as photography. Also I have prepared small items that can be bought at modest prices for one-of-a kind friends, what is better than a one-of-a-kind object.

http://www.onnivora.org/
To see the theatre open the link above.

Dishes to be washed.....paintings to be painted

If I get to the DISHES....I can't get to the painting. If I get to the painting....I can't get to the dishes!!
Se penso ai piatti, non posso dipingere. Se dipingo, non posso lavare i piatti!

Portrait painting

ACTUALLY.....this new portrait (this is just a detail)  of a girl sitting on a sofa, is from a photo I took of a girl I met, only she was dark-haired, and the outfit she was wearing was nothing like this (except for the stripes). BUT the composition was the same, and the look on her face was very similar.
SHE motivated me to do this painting....what do you think?

VERAMENTE....questo nuovo ritratto (questo è soltanto un dettaglio) di una ragazza seduta su una sofa, viene da una foto che ho scattato di una ragazza che ho conosciuto, soltanto che lei aveva capelli scuri, ed i vestiti che indosava non erano come questi (le strisce sì). MA la composizione era come questa, e lo sguardo sul suo visto era molto simile. E' stata LEI a motivarmi a fare questo quadro...che ne pensate?

Cactus Ladies

A little invitation for friends...printed by Grafox, a super digital printing place in Ellera. Great young group to work with, responsable and very nice people.

Un piccolo invito stampato per amici...stampato da Grafox, un posto che stampa digitale ad Ellera. Un gruppo giovane, responsabile, e persone molto gentili.

Cactus Ladies - invitation

This is the black and white invitation I made to give to friends - another inviation is being made in color.
The show will be on the 6th of November at the beautiful furniture store of Mandarini, right outside of Ponte S. Giovanni (which is part of Perugia, just about 15 minutes drive from here).
The paintings are all on the theme of the cactus ladies, if you are in town, please do come to the opening at 5:30pm Saturday November 6th.

Show coming up - Mostra di pittura

New show coming up....will tell details soon!

Nuova mostra a presto...vi darò i dettagli fra poco.

STUDIO 10 group - Los Angeles

So proud of my mom and her fun, lively and talented artist friends in Los Angeles. They meet every Wednesday to paint, and then go out to lunch. I've been with them several times, painted there too when in L.A. Great group, and lovely photo (there's my mom in the front in black and white blouse).

Tanto orgogliosa di mia madre e le sue amiche pittrici, divertente, simpatiche e con talento, questo gruppo di amiche a Los Angeles che si incontrano ogni mercoledì per dipingere insieme, poì vanno fuori a pranzo. Anch'io ho dipinto con loro quando sono andata a L.A. Ecco mia madre davanti nella camicia bianca e nera.

Isola Polvese - Cortese e Polvese

Detail of me painting (modified)
Dettaglio di me mentre dipingo (modificato)



Good friends Editor, Fabrizio Fabbri, Artist Marco Vergoni, Artist Moreno Chiacchera



Artista Biagiotti
Artist Biagiotti



Maria Stella Giovannelli



Roberto Banfi Rossi painting
Roberto Banfi Rossi mentre dipinge




Moreno Chiacchera while he is drawing
Moreno Chiaccher while drawing



View of the painted canvas
Vista del telo dipinto





Friends painting
Amici che dipingono



My painting
Il mio dipinto



Ceccobelli while painting
Ceccobelli mentre dipinge




Trasimeno Lake
Lago Trasimeno
September 3rd, a wonderful first-time event at Isola Polvese at Lake Trasimeno. Artists, musicians, poets, all creating together during the event Cortese e Polvese.
Here are some photos of the artwork being created on a 25meter long canvas...

Il 3 settembre, una bellissima giornata all'Isola Polvese, lago trasimeno. Artisti, musicisti, poeti, tutti insieme a creare durante l'evento Cortese e Polvese. Ecco qualche fotografia del rotolone d'artista che è stato creato su un telo di 25 metri.