Alicia Geilenberg Drakiotes
To answer the question of whether or not it is possible to create a thing, to know the world in a different way and therefore make meaning out of it, and to capture a fugitive moment, that is why I paint.
Paint is the material that represents the world outside myself. In my efforts to capture the likeness, I am trying to find a way to reconcile the physical struggle with paint to a narrative impulse to represent the personal. Through working with observed imagery, all of my senses, and some other mysterious element, I am trying to create believable worlds on the canvas or surface. The culmination , I try to relay to the viewer the joy, wonder, color and force of nature which surrounds us in each of my art works. Utilizing color, painterly techniques and sensitivity to the subject matter allows me to portray the "sense of place" and emotions that are interpreted from my subjects.
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AFFILIATIONS:
Friend of the Dublin Art Colony/ Monadnock Art
Monadnock Area Artists
Pastel Society of NH
Pastel Painters of Maine
Pastel Society of Vermont
Connecticut Pastel Society
Oil Painters of America
Monotype Guild of New England
Southern Vermont Arts Center
Artist Leadership Network
PUBLICATIONS:
Included in:
Art Calendar Magazine July /AUg 2009 "12 Ways to Survive the Recession" p.16,17.
Monadnock Living Magazine Spring/Summer 2009 Featured Artist pg 42,43.
Monadnock Living Magazine Fall Winter 2008, Editorial
Monadnock Living Magazine Spring/Summer 2008
This Week/ Arts & Entertainment in Central Mass. "Women's art caucus shows members creative side", in Museums, Music,Theater, Visual Arts section. Aug. 16, 2008
Daily News Tribune- MA, "Womens Art Caucus Shows Members Creative Side" , Aug 15, 2008
"Inside Fitchburg" Television Interview, panel discussion, artist interview WCA-CMA. Nov 2007
Nashus Telegraph, Encore Arts Section, "Exhibit keeps 'em down on the farm" Sept. 16, 2007 re: Monadnock Barnyards Exhibition
ArtnewsUSA.com US NEWS, Artist Spotlight "Keene Artist Wins Acceptance into Prestigious National Show" NH News section. May 4, 2007
"Inside Fitchburg" Artist live interview in conjunction with the WCA-CMA juried art exhibition. Nov. 2006
Members Showcase, Nashua Telegraph article & photograph of pastel work Old Friend I. Feb. 20, 2005
EXHIBITIONS:
Northeast Prize Show, Kathryn Schultz Gallery : 25 Lowell St. Cambridge, MA
National Northeast Pastel Exhibition- Arts Center, Old Forge NY June 12 - July 11.
A Splash of Spring Color - Jitterbean's Internet Cafe, Rt 101, Marlborough, NH
Artwalk Keene, NH Hannah Grimes Mktplc, 42 Main St., Keene,NH June 4-14
Painting Demo - in conjunction with Keene Art Walk at Hannah Grimes Marketplace, 42 Main St, Keene, NH 10AM-3 PM.
Featured Artist- Ocean National Bank, West St., Keene NH June 15- July 30
Featured Artist- Jaffrey Civic Center, Main St., Jaffrey, NH Oct 1-31, 2009
STUDY:
BA Visual Communications Art/Journalism 1987, Keene State College, Keene, NH
Pastel Studies / Workshops under:
Richard McKinley PSA,
Albert Handell, PSA,
Robert Carsten, PSA
Barbara Makanowitzky,PSA,
TEACHING HISTORY:
Early Sunrise Fine Art Studios 2007-present
Techniques in Pastel
Jaffrey Civic Center 2007 to present
Techniques in Pastel
The Art School at Moco.org 2007- present
Monotype Printmaking, Pastel Basics & Pastel Techniques
Moco School of Fine Art 2007 to present
HONORS:
2008 New England Juried "It's Pastel" Exhibition, Library Arts Center, Newport, NH. Soltek Easel Award for "Autumn Resting Place"
CT Pastel Society- Members Exhibition Rembrandt Award "Kissed by Autumn"
2008 Overall Display "3rd Place" - Beacon Hill Art Walk
2007 Master Class Designation- American Juried Art Salon
2007 Pastel Society NH Members Exhibition Emerging Artist Award "Acadian Afternoon"
Honorable Mention- Stonewall Farm Juried Exhibition, 2005 Keene, NH "Tranquility" monotype
