Monday, March 28, 2016

Balance And Escape At Sirona Fine Art With Shimmering Poolscapes Paired With Abstract/Realist Nature Paintings

Dual art show introducing artists SAMANTHA FRENCH and JESSICA PISANO at Sirona Fine Art gallery at Gulfstream Park. Showcasing two distinct painters, one capturing nostalgic, youthful memories, the other fusing energy with serenity.



Miami Art Scene™ announces an exhilarating dual Opening at Sirona Fine Art on Friday, April 1st 2016 featuring artist Jessica Pisano’s solo exhibition “Balance”  and Samantha French’s solo exhibition“Escape”. Pisano and French present two different dynamics in painting style, color and emotions. What they both accomplish is a celebration of the world around us, the simple and achievable beauties in nature and experience, whether it be Pisano’s personal, subjective view of the living presence contained in a simple isolated tree or French’s joyous plunges into simple but glorious bodies of water.



“As a still new gallery, Sirona Fine Art is working to define itself and find a collectors base for our artists. The initial focus of the gallery remains the same: to promote artists who encompass a broad spectrum of representational art, from academic realism to loose and painterly works. The main purpose is skillful art that connects,” explained Timothy Smith, Gallery Director of Sirona Fine Art. “In choosing Samantha French and Jessica Pisano, we found two artists that beautifully succeed in this broad focus for different reasons,” said Smith.



Jessica Pisano’s poetic, meditative paintings were inspired by her childhood in the rolling hills, pristine shorelines and the co-existent wildlife of Martha’s Vineyard. Pisano’s oils feature isolated, majestic presentations of trees and the ocean as well as delicate, fragile depictions of birds in flight. Loose, expressionistic backgrounds are anchored by carefully rendered images of nature, creating a beautiful balance of classical and modernistic styles.



Pisano incorporates backgrounds that are expressionistic, about the surface and movement of the paint medium, intermixed with gold leaf. She incorporates another reality on top of this, with skillful, traditional methods of color and form. It is a harmonic marriage of classic and contemporary modes of painting. The backgrounds have immediacy and energy of the artist’s hand while the middle of the paintings have focus, quiet and strength. She pursued her interest in art at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon; graduating in 1999 with a BFA in painting and photography. Pisano participated in a year abroad program to study fine art at the Lorenzo de Medici School in Florence, Italy. In 2002, she earned an MA in Arts Administration from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.



Samantha French’s poolscapes shimmer and vibrate with patterned segments of intense color and barely paused, floating movement. It achieves this through a neat combination of appearing absolutely real to the eye while being a very obvious quilt of pigmented canvas. French manages to convey playfulness and the eternal buoyant freedom of summer, the cool loosening from the heavy world around of us of heat and gravity into a suspended dream. The work is accomplished and joyful.


French’s current body of work explores the idea of escape, the tranquility and nostalgia for the lazy summer days of her childhood. The series is inspired by Samantha’s own reflections and memories of her childhood summers spent in the lakes of Northern Minnesota. French graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2005; she is a full-time painter and keeps a studio in Brooklyn, New York.


Both solo exhibitions will be on view from April 1, 2016 through June 2, 2016 at Sirona Fine Art – a grand showcase for artists who embrace classic academic structure and technique, yet have an understanding and facility within the modernist landscape in which their work is viewed. Located in Gulfstream Park at 600 Silks Run #1240 in Hallandale Beach, Florida 33009RSVP for the Opening Reception: info@sironafineart.com. See and learn more at www.sironafineart.com or call (954)454-9494.

Saturday, March 19, 2016

Global Artist Patrick Willard aka W4 Makes Art With Rare Concert Tickets

Miami-based visual artist Patrick Willard, aka W4, creates unique art with his personal collection of thousands of rock concert ticket stubs, backstage passes and VIP laminates, which capture a million magical moments from a lifetime spent traveling the world as a music journalist and television personality.




“These artifacts reflect thousands of unique musical events that collectively trace the arc of my personal and professional life”, explained W4.









With the idea of preserving and sharing these moments with his friends, W4 decided to integrate them into a series of art collages reflecting his own unique and personal style. The works quickly developed a collector and fan base igniting global exhibitions in cities including New York, Paris, Miami and more. 










Each of the artist’s creations is printed as a series of 8, every piece is signed and incorporates W4’s treasured concert tickets, backstage passes, hidden hippos, various symbols and a trail of Hindu writing. “I like the Hindi calligraphy, one of the strands of writing means ‘World of Lyrics’.”




For more information regarding this artist; direct all sales info. / inquiries to: w4@artw4.com

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Samantha French's Escape & Jessica Pisano's Balance Exhibitions Open on April 1st at Sirona Fine Art

Dual Exhibition at Sirona Fine Art 

Opens Friday, April 1st 
featuring artist Jessica Pisano's solo exhibition 'Balance' and artist Samantha French's solo exhibition 'Escape'. 



As a still new gallery, Sirona Fine Art is working to define itself and find a collectors base for their artists. The initial focus of the gallery remains the same: to promote artists who encompass a broad spectrum of representational art, from academic realism to loose and painterly works. The main purpose is skillful art that connects. In choosing Samantha French and Jessica Pisano, Sirona Fine Art found two artists that beautifully succeed in this broad focus for different reasons.




Pisano incorporates backgrounds that are expressionistic, about the surface and movement of the paint medium, intermixed with gold leaf. She incorporates another reality on top of this, the painted reality of traditional methods of color and form. It is a harmonic marriage of classic and contemporary modes of painting. The backgrounds have immediacy and energy of the artist’s hand while the middle of the paintings have focus, quiet and strength.




Samantha French’s poolscapes shimmer and vibrate with patterned segments of intense color and barely paused floating movement. It achieves this through a neat combination of being absolutely real to the eye while being a very obvious quilt of pigmented canvas. French manages to convey playfulness and the eternal buoyant freedom of summer, the cool loosening from the heavy world around of us of heat and gravity into a floating dream. The work is accomplished and joyful.




Pisano and French present two different dynamics in painting style, color and emotions. What they both accomplish is a celebration of the world around us, the simple and achievable beauties in nature and experience, whether it be a personal, subjective view of the energy contained in a simple isolated tree or the memory of diving into an average but glorious body of water.




Samantha French and Jessica Pisano will open on April 1st at 7pm and will be an ongoing exhibit. Printed catalogs are available through the gallery.

Exhibition opens April 1, 2016
Sirona Fine Art
600 Silks Run #1240
Hallandale Beach, FL 33009
RSVP: info@sironafineart.com
ph.(954)454-9494

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

In partnership with Art Boca Raton, DocMiami International Film Festival presents the Encore screening of Hidden Books - The Art of Kumi Korf

Art Boca Raton March 18-21, 2016 - Show Highlights & Special Features: In partnership with Art Boca Raton, DocMiami International Film Festival presents the Encore screening of Hidden Books - The Art of Kumi Korf on Saturday, March 19th at 3:30pm; 3450 NW 8th Avenue in Boca Raton, FL 33431. 




Sam Hampton’s documentary Hidden Books, presents the work and creative process of book artist and printmaker, Kumi Korf. The film is both a portrait of an artist at work and the world she inhabits, as the camera follows Korf from her studio in Ithaca, New York where she kept her printing press, to Japan where she studied architecture and where she called home. 




Director Sam Hampton received the 2011 CINE Golden Eagle Award, Independent Documentary Short for the film. “What I want the documentary to do, more than anything, is to capture and illustrate the concept of Kithe – the Japanese meaning for the life force, inner power or spiritual energy that is a part of everything that exists. I always feel it when I look at or think about Kumi’s work.” 




Art Boca Raton Art Forum
Saturday, March 19th at 3:30pm.
3450 NW 8th Avenue, Boca Raton, FL 33431.