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Dawn of a New Day (SOLD)
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29 ½ X 23
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CONTACT VIA WEB
LINK BELOW
Subject
“studio”
Sylva spends seven months in
the Sarasota, FL area and
five
months in the Hudson Valley, NY area
My
two homes have instilled in me a love of both mountains and seashore.
I am
currently immersed in landscape painting in pastel and I work
‘en
plein aire’ which allows me to become a part of nature which has always
inspired me. Often I will do quick sketches out of doors, take
reference photos and then let my imagination influence the outcome as I
complete the work in my studio.
My
art has been a reflection of my dance throughout life. Early in life I
worked in oils and for years sculpture in clay and bronze satisfied my
sense of “the dance.” Now I find that color and light beckon me to work
in pastel. Always my work has been a form of meditation and a source of
peace.
EDUCATION: BS NYU early Educ. Primarily self taught in the field of
art.
OCCASIONAL WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES have been a stimulation.
APPRENTICESHIP for 10 years in the studio of FRANK COLSON. This is
where I learned techniques of handling clay and bronze including
casting.
ONE PERSON SHOWS in galleries in Woodstock, Kingston and
Saugerties, NY. and Sarasota, FL. (refer to Sylva’s Web Bio for further
details).
Paintings are in private collections in Mexico, France and the USA
RECENT AWARDS: include First Prize pastel and Best of Show at
Twilight Park annual shows and First Prize Sculpture and ceramics in
prior years. Juried into an Arts Calendar and Purchase Prize in Albany
Museum of History and Art. Second Prize pastel Longboat Key Art Center
(Pui L’Eveque II shown here).
RECENT GROUP SHOWS: Weedon Island Invitational and Juried shows at
Woodstock Artists Assoc., Art Center Sarasota and Pastel Society of Cape
Cod.
I
have always sold sculpture through galleries but have chosen to sell my
recent paintings primarily from my studio.
Autumn Pinks (SOLD)
21 1/2" x 28 1/4"
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