Third prize won - La Nobil'Ebbrezza Montepulciano

While out of the country this past August (I was in Chna)  I learned of my winning third prize in the art competition at Montepulciano

during the contest/art exhibition

"La Nobil'Ebbrezza"

Here is a photo taken by Pippo Biribim of me in front of my painting "Red Wine Woman"

THE OTHER SIDE of Stephanie Seymour in the program of AMACI

With just a little over a week from my exhibition THE OTHER SIDE 

that will be held at Art Farm Gaia in Marsciano (Papiano), Perugia, Italy,

 below is the link to  the latest post on Facebook by Pino Bonanno,

 curator of the show regarding the show and how it is related to AMACI this year. 

This year as in other years, GAIA GALLERY partecipates, in the

  "Day of Contemporary Art" which is on October 15 and part 

of the program of AMACI  (Association of Italian Contemporary Art Museums).

 My exhibition begins on that day and is listed as a part of the events planned for this special day.

Newest fb post by Art Farm Gaia

Click on the following link to view my event

AMACI website and list of events of October 15, 2016

 listed on the AMACI website

Painting exhibition THE OTHER SIDE of Stephanie Seymour

I have the pleasure to announce my painting exhibition opening OCTOBER 15, 2016 at 7pm

at the Gaia Gallery in Papiano (Marsciano), Perugia.

Below, a map together with the Press Release of the event.

 COMUNICATO STAMPA

Sabato 15 Ottobre 2016, nell’ambito di AMACI (Giornata del Contemporaneo), s’inaugura, alle ore 19, 00 , presso Gaia Gallery, Strada per Caprareccia, 220, Marsciano –Papiano (Pg) la mostra “ The Other Side” dell’artista Stephanie Seymour, con la presentazione di Fiorenza Mosci

La mostra è un evento organizzato da E20 Gaia.

Fra ironia, impegno sociale, esigenze di rappresentare i limiti che l’esistenza impone, il piacere di lasciarsi andare all’estetica del fare, al dialogo incessante con il colore e i suoi misteri, Stephanie Seymour ci affascina con le sue opere nella mostra “The Other Side”.

La mostra vuol essere un progetto in cui si esalta la ricerca del sé attraverso un'azione continua di approfondimento interiore. Seymour è una artista che insegue ostinatamente risposte tra approdi e partenze, nel bisogno di cristallizzare la propensione poetica della vita, invisibile e imprendibile del presente illusorio. Ella è una rabdomante che ha l’urgente necessità interiore di dare forma e struttura di linguaggio alle sue emozioni.

Il suo è un universo espressivo e umano denso e complesso: la sua arte vive di poesia e, al tempo stesso, è straordinariamente visionaria. Si esprime sul confine tra la dimensione onirica e quella surreale e assume forme imprevedibili, mai scontate.

Usa molta attenzione al rapporto psicologico tra sé e la realtà che la circonda, nel tentativo di immaginare altre identità da vivere e che le facciano superare la quotidianità sempre asfissiante e presupponente.

La natura dell'umanità e del suo profondo sentimento poetico è il fulcro della riflessione artistica che trova espressione massima nelle elaborazioni cromatiche intense e piene di suggerimenti per la sua insaziabile ricerca interiore.

La mostra è anche una riflessione sulla donna e il suo ruolo nel rapporto con la realtà che la circonda. Come corpo e come carattere, preziosa presenza e incompresa figura umana, forte e debole.

Artista: Stephanie Seymour

Inaugurazione:  Sabato 15 Ottobre 2016 ore 19, 00

Sede Espositiva: Gaia Gallery, Strada per Caprareccia, 220 – Marsciano-Papiano (Pg)

Durata della manifestazione:  15 Ottobre   –  20 Novembre 2016

Curatori dell’evento:  Pino Bonanno

Presentazione della mostra: Fiorenza Mosci

Orario:  da Lunedi a Domenica: 10/13 – 16/19, 30

Segreteria Organizzativa:  E20 Gaia - e-mal: info@artfarmgaia.it -  tel.+39.347.3652984                

Perugia Today.it and i Vinarelli

Articolo con foto dell'evento i Vinarelli nel Perugia Today.it

Today online was a photo of me together with several others in this article regarding i Vinarelli, by Sandro Allegrini.

Painting with wine at i Vinarelli 2016

FUN evening at Torgiano at i Vinarelli.

Lots of artists, wine, painting.

Here are photos taken by my husband of the event, along with me and two paintings done with watercolors, mixed media, and wine!

First painting finished!

Old time friend, Moreno Chiacchera, well-known illustrator and cartoonist

My second painting of the evening, grapes escaping from the crowd! 

Lots of painting going on and lots of public.

Mayor of Culture at Torgiano, Silvie Bèal and I

Always nice to have people genuinely follow what you are creating 

My first finished piece created with watercolors and wine 

The Olympics, China, and my father

I am particular fond of China, have several personal reasons for this, as well as having had extraordinary experiences when there.
My first trip in 2007.....I had bought a little Olympus camera and took many photographs of the people there. When I arrived back to Italy where I live, I had my first photography show with the photos of this trip entitled "Incontri ravviCINAti", close (Chinese) encounters.

When we stayed in Dalian China for six weeks, I stopped people and took close-up photos of them. It was quite an experience, a very moving one.

But also, I was lucky to be able to photograph all the Olympic sports in magnificent sculptures in a huge plaza in the city of Dalian. Here are just a few on this post.

The Olympics are also in my heart....my father was an silver medalist winner as a javelin thrower in the 1948 Olympics in London.
A curious note, when I discovered that Missoni, famous Italian designer has also been in the Olympics that year (I had read it in the newspaper) I wrote to him personally asking if he had met my father (my dad died years ago). He never wrote to me but I got the surprise of a PHONECALL from him where he burst out with "Sono MISSONI!!" It was a delightful conversation, and on his part, a very nice gesture. Perhaps that is the Olympic way.....

So, here my photos also contain the javelin sculpture.

I have a full collection of all of the sports, and they are magnificent larger than life sculptures.

Photoshoot with my favorite model

Here's how I spent a few hours

 this afternoon,

 doing one of

 my favorite things, 

photographing my

 favorite model.