“Relief”

An Artist’s Statement

21st April 2007 - 28th May 2007

People are my main source of inspiration. Their faces, the movement of their bodies; the way that the slightest most subtle shift conveys a depth of feeling of which they are mostly unaware. I am compelled by the erratic, unpredictable moments in life; what it means to be human. It is the moments in between action, the point of transition; the moment of ambiguity of purpose where someone weeping can erupt into laughter or vice versa, that I aim to capture.

An element in art, chiaroscuro (Italian for clear-dark) is defined as a bold contrast between light and dark. It originated in the Renaissance and originally described a technique where an artist worked from a base tone toward the light and dark with a variety of materials including watercolour. I experimented with the concept by limiting myself to single colour against the dark. The colours I selected to enhance and amplify the potential emotions of the subjects to allow the audience to claim their own experience from the pieces.

My work is a permutation of organic human emotion, colour and chiaroscuro. I utilise this amalgamation [in my work] as a vehicle for emotive expression, an amplification of the transition of emotion to body language.

Stephnie Wilton

website: http://stephism.blogspot.com/

Contact, Comments and Commissions email: Stephnie.Wilton@gmail.com

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Chad Relief #1

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This is one of the pieces of Steph's up and coming exhibition RELIEF opening this Saturday Night (21st April 2007)
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2 comments:

Gothqueen said...

This captures Chad and his mood beautifully. Excellent choice for your advertising piece. Love it in B & W too.

April 23, 2007 at 1:49 AM
Anonymous said...

Very cool painting. Chad looks very evil and as if he is about to look up and cut ya. :)

August 18, 2007 at 4:25 AM

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