Diane Savino: Fine Art: September 2016

Enjoy the quest

I think I enjoy the quest, to keep searching for the visual language which is like poetry for me. I love the colors, the interconnection of lines, and most of all, the investigation of nature, whether it is from the natural world or the human one. I get excited some days when I begin stumbling upon a new revelation, another way of expressing myself through the medium of paint. I love when I can just fall into the moments of being, just lost in the process. I want to keep exploring and is that not what creation is all about?

Another Icon

"Drought," egg tempera, gold leaf. I am forever connecting nature to my life. Having grown up in a rural area, I still want to preserve the land.

Icons

From the Icon Series: "Housefly," egg tempera, 12" x 20"

"Nest," 9" x 14", egg tempera, private collection

Work in Progress

This is how it begins: "Hannah with the Blue Hair," 5" x7", egg tempera.

Building up thin layers with lines and glazing.

Silverpoint: Art Imitating Life

"Sticks & Stones," silverpoint on panel, 8" x 8" (Hands of my daughter and son)

Diptych: "Through the Grapevine," silverpoint, each panel 8" x 8". Connecting nature with human nature.

A painting of my wonderful model, Meg.

"How Sweet the Air," egg tempera, mixed leaf, 8" x 8". I wanted to convey the sense of air and breath mingling together.

"In the Beginning," image for the 2016 Attleboro Art Museum Art Auction Announcement

This image was selected for the Attleboro Art Museum's Silver Anniversary Auction & Exhibit.
Egg tempera, palladium gold leaf, copper leaf.

Another silverpoint

"Moonstruck," silverpoint with watercolor washes on prepared gesso paper.

I have been creating some silverpoint work, as it really it akin to egg tempera--very linear in approach.

"Intertwined," silverpoint on panel, 6" x 6". I enjoy creating these intimate panels as a way of drawing the viewer in. Private Collection.

"Caress," silverpoint on panel, 5" x 5". Private Collection.

Again, the intimacy of human nature connecting with the earth.

"Messenger"

I also love shaped panels, this one being three-dimensional, 7" x 8" x 2", egg tempera, gold leaf, oil. I remember doing this one as a means to hopefully connect with my mom after she passed from Alzheimer's Disease.

"Incandescent Siren"

Egg tempera, gold leaf, pastiglia (raised gesso letters: "Over ancient rites of worship, newer ones prevail--Latin), 19" x 15 3/4". This piece traveled overseas to an international exhibit and almost was lost, except for a Fed Ex official who located it.