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Anne Cherubim http://www.cherubim-arts.com Mediums - acrylic, oil, digital Artist's Statement -In the ‘Luminosity’ series, I try to portray the luminosity of the skies, and everything they touch, painting in layers of colour. A ‘wet on wet’ technique effectively blends colour, adds depth to the canvas, and evokes time and space. Many of my paintings start with a moment in time, or a colour --sometimes one little cross-section of colour on a larger plane. I have been especially interested in capturing the essence of the night sky. Some nights the skies just glow, illuminating everything beneath. Up until now, man could look skywards and tell what type of weather was imminent. In this age of global warming, where many people are still unaware of just how quickly the earth is changing, the skies are more beautiful, more volatile, than ever—but at what cost? I am interested in the ways in which the luminosity of the skies changes the appearance of things. The night skies have so many colours. Gallery Affiliations - Exhibitions - -My Space on 7th, Touchstone Gallery, Washington DC, August 12th-September 4th, 2009 -Activity Center at Bohrer Park, Gaithersburg, MD, July 17th-September 13th 2009 -Artomatic, Capital Riverfront, Washington DC, May 29-July 5th, 2009 -National Juried Exhibition, The Taos Gallery, Taos, NM, March 6th-May 8th 2009 -Equality Virginia Art Show, GCCR Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, March 13th-April 2nd 2009 -Worldly Influences: "Unity, Life, & Strength", Online Exhibition, Caladan Gallery, Cambridge, MA, December 15th 2008 -January 19th 2009 -Traces of Memory, Juried Group Exhibition, Estense Castle, Ferrara, Italy, November 29th -December 7th, 2008 -Artliaison Juried Group Exhibition, New York, NY, November 11th-22nd, 2008 -Projekt 30 September Juried Exhibition -10th Annual Landscape Juried Int'l Online Exhibition, Upstream People Gallery, July 2008-June 2009 -Visarts Fine Arts Festival, (Juried Show) Rockville, MD, May 2008 |  |
Biography - self-taught artist, born 1974-- We do not have to speak the same language, nor share the same culture in order for art to speak to us: I grew up in Montreal, a metropolis of cultural diversity. Each part of the city was alive with its own unique energy. One of the universals amidst all of this diversity was, and is, art (music, being another). The dichotomy of growing up in a North American suburb, while being raised in the culture of a distant land, has perhaps influenced the ways in which I perceive the world. The same holds true for the way I see art, and create it. It is influenced by the world around me: by my time spent living in Santa Fe, New Mexico, as much as suburban Maryland, where I currently reside. It is influenced by the energy and essence of having been a Montrealer for most of my life, as much as the desire to once again visit the ever-elusive island, where my parents' lives began. |