NYAB Event - Stephanie DeManuelle "Paintings"

Stephanie DeManuelle "Paintings"

M55 Art

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Stephanie DeManuelle’s abstract paintings have their origins in nature - shapes found in roots, driftwood or shells. The paintings are a result of a continuous drawing process that accretes layers of paint as the artist follows a visual trail through the motif. The resulting paintings are experienced through the voice of the material – the use of thickly textured and viscous earth toned mixtures that suggest anthropomorphic or geographic imagery. Dominant in these paintings is movement and turbulence – the relationships in the paintings a ‘stand in’ for the invisible forces, sensations and tensions that govern our consciouness.

Stephanie DeManuelle grew up in south Louisiana and summers in the Adirondack mountains of New York State. She feels the influence of both locales in her work. She has been a faculty member of the Fine Arts Department at Fashion Institute of Technology since 1983 and currently serves as its Chairperson.