| fulvia
musti-ciarla
painter
Fulvia Musti Ciarla, a native of Rome, Italy,
has made her home in the US twenty-six years ago. She started
painting and doing collages at the age of sixteen. In 1980,
upon her return from a trip to Hawaii, she made her first
large painting on roof paper using acrylic. It was nature-inspired
and abstract at the same time. That experience marked her
everlasting dedication to painting. Since then, she has been
studying life drawing and painting both in San Francisco (Academy
of Art College) and locally. She has continued to study drawing
and painting (watercolor, oil, acrylic, and mixed media) with
such fine teachers and artists as Barbara Johnson and Dave
Moreland (Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland). Throughout
the years, she has experienced using collages and mixed media
(sand, found objects, powders, glass) to create paintings.
Lately, she has shifted her emphasis on structure, space,
and architectural lines. She lets her emotions float on the
canvas in the tradition of such great abstract expressionists
like Richard Diebenkorn and Mark Rothko, among others, whose
work has inspired her deeply. Color, form, and composition
are the subjects of her paintings, at first glance; at a deeper,
subconscious level, the true subjects of her work are her
wide range of emotions, her social and political commentaries
on our society, our environment, and our daily struggles.
Please contact Spectrum Gallery for
details and pricing
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