"I paint my own reality.
The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to,
and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration."
~ Frida Kahlo, artist
This Friday’s Feature artist is Patti Agapi!
Patti Agapi is a self-taught Canadian mixed-media and collage artist. She has been exhibiting and selling her art since 2007. She works in an ever-adapting abstract style on canvas, paper, masonite and wood. Her mediums of choice include acrylic and enamel paints, various found and vintage papers, pencil, metal leaf, plaster, metal and fabric.
The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to,
and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration."
~ Frida Kahlo, artist
This Friday’s Feature artist is Patti Agapi!
Patti Agapi is a self-taught Canadian mixed-media and collage artist. She has been exhibiting and selling her art since 2007. She works in an ever-adapting abstract style on canvas, paper, masonite and wood. Her mediums of choice include acrylic and enamel paints, various found and vintage papers, pencil, metal leaf, plaster, metal and fabric.
Masonite Tile #015, 5 x 5 inches, mixed media on board
In her artist statement she writes:
Currently, I am engulfed in several series of artworks – each different, but similar in soul.
I practice a daily drawing ritual and series. These mostly reflect portraits, gestures from my everyday life and my family. I occasionally reach off into an abstract strand.
I have a continuing series of miniature tile paintings in mixed media & collage.
These are a standard measure of 5" x 5" on masonite board.
There vary in medium from textured painted plaster to collage.
My thoughts on them are purely aesthetic – working towards various interesting appearances and feelings.
I am also pursuing a numbered collage series of 12"x12" paintings entitled Memory, and I am wrapped up in larger mixed-media pieces that will form a yet untitled body of work.
The themes of my recent works all resolve to some extent around the concept of perception.
I like to consider each of my works as an echo of my personal perceptions – recordings of the often obsessive internal paradoxes that haunt me – the little and big questions, each wave of thought accumulating in subtle layers of ideas and epiphanies
My memory collages stem from my fascination with each individuals perception of past events – its often amnesiac quality, and the liberties in which a personal narrative may be rewritten.
Currently, I am engulfed in several series of artworks – each different, but similar in soul.
I practice a daily drawing ritual and series. These mostly reflect portraits, gestures from my everyday life and my family. I occasionally reach off into an abstract strand.
I have a continuing series of miniature tile paintings in mixed media & collage.
These are a standard measure of 5" x 5" on masonite board.
There vary in medium from textured painted plaster to collage.
My thoughts on them are purely aesthetic – working towards various interesting appearances and feelings.
I am also pursuing a numbered collage series of 12"x12" paintings entitled Memory, and I am wrapped up in larger mixed-media pieces that will form a yet untitled body of work.
The themes of my recent works all resolve to some extent around the concept of perception.
I like to consider each of my works as an echo of my personal perceptions – recordings of the often obsessive internal paradoxes that haunt me – the little and big questions, each wave of thought accumulating in subtle layers of ideas and epiphanies
My memory collages stem from my fascination with each individuals perception of past events – its often amnesiac quality, and the liberties in which a personal narrative may be rewritten.
Memory #26, 10 x 10 inches, mixed media/collage on board
Memory #16, 12 x12 inches, mixed media/collage on board
Check out Patti's blog to discover her creative endeavors – abstract paintings, drawings, collage art, photography and other inspirations, as well her occasional musings about Life.
You may find her on a daily basis on twitter, too, sharing her work and others' art that inspires!
TGIF!
Mary
You may find her on a daily basis on twitter, too, sharing her work and others' art that inspires!
TGIF!
Mary
Memory #40, 12 x12 inches, mixed media/collage on board
