This work is on display at the "Sons of Sedona" exhibition at the Sedona Arts Center. I worked on this in the studio, enjoying, as a painter, the architectonic treatment of space that the Grand Canyon can inspire. Please Email me for purchase information.
This was a quick plein air painting at one of those spots you see as you are driving around and then have to find the closest place you can paint from that is not in the middle of the road. Sedona is one of those places that really wants to be portrayed a bit panoramic.
This vertical diptych developed as a way of joining two unlikely scenarios, but then finding a gestalt experience through the integration. It was then included in an exhibition on Greek Myths as "Persephone Rising". I was thinking of it as "A Fathers Anxiety as a Daughter turns 16" (she, the daughter was originally depicted on a tight rope). It was the shows curator that identified the Persephone theme. Persephone rises in the spring from Hades where she is held captive all winter. This initiates the cycle of the seasons. She has to return to Hades each year as part of complex bargain struck between quarreling gods.
Welcome to my blog, I will be exploring themes of landscapes, travels, figurative work and still life, updating as the work develops. Paintings are priced as marked. Email me to purchase a painting at italianwine@email.com
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"PAINTING WITHOUT FEAR" April 26 -30 2010 Sedona Arts Center (5 days 9am-4pm) TUITION: $ 600 (all materials included)
This beginning or refresher painting course will give you a ‘virtual toolbox’ of basic techniques and familiarity with the materials for painting with oils and acrylics. We will explore still-life and landscape (also using photography as a tool). A mid-week venture will have students taking photos and creating sketches on-site in the beautiful Sedona environment for later use in our studio. Each student will work with their own personal studio space within the larger classroom. Step-by-step projects will lead to surprising results in an atmosphere of fun and discovery. Lots of individual attention provided. All materials are included for student use during the workshop. Call the Sedona Arts Center to sign-up at 888.954.4442 or 928.282.3809
This workshop will be offered again Dec 13 - 17 2010
Vince Fazio, (MFA, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS) is currently the Director of the School of the Arts at the Sedona Arts Center in Sedona, Arizona where he also shows his work and teaches. He has lived in and studied painting in Bergamo, Italy, New York City, Colorado and Kansas in numerous universities and workshops. He has taught college level painting, drawing, design, and art history courses in Kansas, Colorado and Arizona as well as intensive workshops in drawing and painting at the Sedona Arts Center.
