OPEN STUDIOS: The Artisan Lounge
February 18,Saturday 7-10PM Free and Open to
the public!Come join me and other artists for the grand opening!
26 Artists.
3 Galleries.
1 Debut Night.
Live Performance by TOWN, starting at 8:00pm.
Free & Secure Parking on 5th Street in Christ Fellowship lot.
Entrance in same lot.
Feb- May: Synthesis Solo Exhibit, SESYNC,Annapolis,MD
Contact:Amanda
Grimes:410.919.4819
Archived:
Dec. 1-5th 2011-Miami Independent Thinkers
Art Basel Show,@ The Awarehouse
Dec 1st,to Dec 5th. 2011-Seventeen:
Endangered Species: @Xavier Cortada Art Space
FRESH: New works at Sol
Gallery, Miami Beach,FL
May 6th to June 5th. Open Thursday-Monday 1-6pm/
Friday & Saturday 1-10pm
Tuesday and Wednesday
by Appointment.
May 10,2011 Entry:
Artist Interview:
Expounding
further
from
Robert
Nevel's
Interview
in
the Lead.
Full interview here:
http://theleadmiamibeach.com/2011/042911/art.html
Discussion leading up to the work: Primordial Adaptation
Robert Nevel's question :How do you specifically apply the more
scientific, analytical aspects of your creation process to your art?-(I
asked for further, clarification and the question was followed by this)
What I meant by question four was that you
described a more cerebral, meditative aspect to your creation process,
and then a more scientific, psychologically focused approach. What do
you do to apply that to a work of art - do you research an emotional
occurrence that you noticed while making the piece, do you analyze the
image on a scholarly level, etc.?
Sri:
In a nutshell, for the scientific/psychological part of it, I am very
cognizant of the emotive and visual elements that go into a piece. We
now have scientific discoveries that underpin our understanding of the
cosmos, and the natural world around us. There are now giant telescopes
that can see into the furthest reaches of space and the distant past,
and this has illuminated our understanding of how the universe came
into being and how our solar system formed. We have submersibles that
delve deep beneath our seas and have discovered geo thermal vents
teeming with chemo synthetic life. And scientists have figured out how
to assemble RNA, from the basic elements of the primordial world. All
these discoveries are the essentially what I see, absorb, translate
into what I paint. I synthesize these discoveries into a visual essay
of sorts.
For example,
lets take the piece “Primordial Adapation” for instance. The main
images are that of a red field, with a green middle field, a botanic
element, and geological states of the earth over billions of years. The
botanical element is the key thing in this painting. I chose this plant
as it was the first type to evolve from an algae like plant to one that
can actually live on land. I think you know the how the rest fit into
the equation. The colors suggest vitality and the passage of time is
indicated by the changing tectonic plates of earth. The meditative end
of this piece was that somehow I came up with the concept of an early
adaptive state of being. It turned out to be about this early plant,
and of course, plants produce oxygen and that made the rest of life
here possible. The cerebral, emotional, psychological, and analytic parts of the work become entwined and propelthe viewer on an evolving journey. People tell me
they keep discovering new things in the paintings on repeated viewings.
They see the colors, the feelings they encounter initially, then the
more analytical stuff gets process by the brain, and you have ever more
areas of discovery.
WLRN
Interview
South
Florida
Arts
Beat
with
Ed Bell:
April 29, 2011
June
2010.
Juror's
Award
at
Green,
Art
With
the
Earth
in
Mind. June 12 to August 28th at
Annmarie Garden.
I
won the Juror's Award At the Green Show at Annmarie
Garden.Here I am in front of the winning painting, Geothermal Vents
and one of the show's Jurors, Dr. Margaret Palmer.
May
2009
Awards
News!
Ocean Reflection #5 Mixed media, acrylic, resin,
gold leaf, and sand on canvas.2008, 20"x30".
I'm excited and honored to announce Ocean Reflection #5
has received an Honorable Mention
by the Rockville Art League.
Rockville Art League Juried
members show, May 2009. May 3rd
to
June 2nd,
2009.
No
Really, its not that messy anymore, I have cleaned up! Come
by to check out the new body of work, based on the cosmos. 
