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Paintings are framed
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Kelly Medford Askey - Artist
ARTIST STATEMENT
Ciao! Ciao bella! Ciao bella Italia!
These are some of the universally known and
stereotypical Italian phrases, just like the the
sunny disposition of the Italian people and the
Tuscan landscape with its rolling hills, villas
and cypress trees. Florence, the capital
of Tuscany and the rebirth of beauty and art
during the Renaissance has been inspiring
artists of every kind since, me included.
This body of work, done over the last year in
and around Florence is a collection of secret
and beautiful places that I have found and that
have captured my attention. Walking the packed,
narrow streets of the city, I have often times
chosen to go elsewhere in search of a beautiful
scene, to escape the crowds and the scenes we
all have already etched in our minds of
Florence. I've sought my own niches and
found some beautiful moments of solitude within
the whirlwind bustle of the city. While
it's never possible to be completely alone in
the city landscape, these paintings are my
moments of peace. |
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Of all the generations of Italian artists, the
one I always return to for guidance and
understanding of painting, and whose model I
aspire to most, are the Impressionists or i
Macchiaioli. They aim to capture in the
simplest terms the essence of a place by
explaining its light and shadow and the color
harmonies of the moment. For me this is at the
heart of what makes the Italian landscape
beautiful; its simple and direct boldness caused
by the strong Mediterranean sun, providing the
landscape painter with a dynamic color scheme.
These paintings are nothing but moments in my
life in Florence and in Italy seen through the
eyes of an American. While admiring and
acknowledging what has come before, I am
painting now, in my time, the simultaneously
timeless and ever changing Tuscan landscape. |
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