Arte Studio Ginestrelle, Italy 2013
artestudioginestrelle , Umbria residency
Solo Exhibition at artestudioginestrelle Sept 2013
Galleria Le Logge, Assisi Umbria 30 Nov- 8 December 2013
The midsummer heat and seasonal transformation of particular flora and associated smells, textures, sounds, sights and tastes of Ginestrelle, located the core inquiry of my residency . The focus was on mark-making with water based media describing the light and space of the landscape juxtaposed with detail of local plants. It is part of an ongoing investigation of nature using direct observation, incorporating macro and micro dichotomy, dissolving interplay of fore, mid and back grounds and layering of inherent pattern and repetition. Ornament and subsequent flatenning of space as depicted in many of the regional Giotto, Pinturicchio and Perugino paintings was also used as a strategy to alter traditional conventions of space bridging formal geometry and organic allusion.
Sarah Mufford
Sept 2013