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GWEN dE SILVA

Lives and works in Alpharetta, georgia USA

SEARCH THE ARTIST ONLINE www.gwenartstudio.com

There is no single definition of art. To me art is the product of an emotional ever changing light the view is always changing. when we take this view
expression translated through a person by their media and actions. They a level deeper we find that the process of change is continuous. Never
feel and internalize an emotion of a scene or a mood and translate that ending.Things are always changing. The atmosphere changes the mood,
using their medium into an expression of that mood. How they express the mood changes the atmosphere; The storms change the coast line;
it is most important. Does their expression communicate into something the coast line changes the people. Our science theories are constantly
understandable? Can the viewer feel the emotional meaning intended by changing. quantum physics, string theory, etc. etc. Our communication
the artist? That has been my aim when I paint. My goal is very straight systems are changing even faster.
forward and very much like many expressionist and impressionist artists The point is that in many of my paintings I am trying to express the
before me. transcendent quality of a solid object. The transient nature of everything
It is my hope to capture the essence, mood and atmosphere of what I see on earth and the recycling of energy in the universe is awe inspiring. I
translating with my actions, gestures, color, and brush stroke. Using the am ever fascinated with the paint and the brush stoke in relation to the
excitement of the paint to create the mood I am feeling. In the bright sun energy of light. The visual possibilities of light and color, and the energy
the light bounces and vibrates off one object and on to another changing it creates, can define an object in the painting and then change it. How
the color and shape. Things many times are not what they seem. Objects this translates into the painting is endless. To me this is the essence of
change in the vibrant light or are lost in the deep shadows. Because of the painting.

 NOsOtrOs, 1994 OIL ON CANvAS 35x45 IN. /89x115 CM.  CeremONY, 1998 OIL ON CANvAS 36x28 IN. /91,5x71CM.

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