Blue Gallery August Exhibition:
Robert Striffolino
New Works
Opening reception, First Friday, August 6th, 2010 6-9 pm
Exhibition runs through August 31st, 2010
Robert Striffolino "Waterscape VIII", oil on canvas, 60" x 44"
I was born in New York City in 1950, and raised on Long Island. In 1974 I received a degree in architecture from Ohio University. For many years I practiced architecture as well as painted before I was able to devote all of my energy towards painting.
Years ago I chose to focus on landscapes because I have always felt a tremendous affinity toward them. As a child, growing up in New York I was always trying to escape to a park. There among the trees and grass I could be alone and feel myself relax and breathe more fully. As I grew older, I came to understand this affinity as a spiritual one.
To me color is the highest and most subjective element of painting, but the real subject matter of my work is its emotional content. I try and locate an intense feeling about something, whether it is the physical dynamics of a particular location or the juxtaposition of colors or the light. Then I explore it further on canvas and journey with it, trying to understand more fully what the feeling is about, in a formal context. That is when the painting really starts.
- Robert Striffolino
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