If you remember the past work of Annamaria Potamiti, and her work displayed in Art Walls's Bedroom you will notice a sharp change in her voice between the former and the new. As Annamaria puts it in her blog: "I had this really strong urge to pick up my brushes and just paint everything in my home. I felt my work was becoming very graphic and I missed the sensous way in which an oil painter engaged in their subject matter."
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Annamaria goes on to say that immersing herself in oil painting again was "awkward" from the beginning... "strange and totally gratifying, like eating big chocolate bars all day!" I say, if the voice in your head starts to change it's tune, it's time to listen to it. Congratulations on all your great new pieces, Annamaria. They're beautiful!
2 comments:
i like her new pieces as well. there's just something beautiful and old-fashioned about oil painting that i love. it's amazing the things people can do with photoshop and corel paint and funky new media, but...i don't think anything can truly replace traditional watercolor, oil painting, etc.
I like the way the light hits the apple in the 3rd painting, and also the bowl of eggs with the chicken figure (egg timer). Their shapes have a nice full look of volume of them.
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