a new year
always brings countless possibilities
a chance to look back
at the old year...
to take stock..
and perform a personal inventory..
so that we can
remember where we came from..
what we learned ...
and what we accomplished...
and move forward fearlessly into new territory
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| Taos Countryside, detail, Caterina Giglio |
movement and change
is chaotic and at times painful..
but going through old files
and finding past treasures
is well worth the effort...
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| Taos Countryside, 9 x 12 Caterina Giglio, colored pencil on pastel paper |
all this work was created several years ago...
most are simple colored pencil drawings...
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| By the Fence, Caterina Giglio, 22" x 30" mixed media on watercolor paper |
I have always had a love affair with drawing...
and taught drawing classes for a while..
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| Holly Jungle, Caterina Giglio, mixed media (colored pencil, charcoal and pencil) on paper 22" x 30" |
The florals are large, 22" x 30"
as I have said before I like working on a larger scale
and find small work far more challenging...
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| Detail of Holly Jungle, Caterina Giglio |
it feels great to see these
again and to remember what I was dreaming about at the time...
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| Holly Hocks at Doc's colored pencil on watercolor paper 22" x 30" |
I once used color quite liberally ...
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| Tropicals, Caterina Giglio, 22 x 30 colored pencil |
and then I began to mix media and moved on
to portraits..
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| Aureole, Caterina Giglio, mixed media on pastel paper |
and my angel drawings were accepted in a collaborative art show
in Taos..
and my career moved in a totally different direction...
mixed media,
allowed me to speak a different language...
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| Heavenward and Earthward, Caterina Giglio, Mixed media on paper 2003 |
and to create more texture in my work
which talks to me in it's own tongue...
and represents all the layers in our lives
in our relationships...
looking at these...
I know exactly where I want to go..
wishing you all a creative new year..
xo
