ev marinucci

Born: California; Live/work in the D.C. area since 1984;   Education: Fine Art study accomplished at The Delaware State University; BS/Computer Science   Statement: I usually paint using mixed-media on wood panels, because I like the sturdiness of the support. It has to withstand rather vigorous applications of paint alternating with scraping back the layers.   I start with an overall feeling of the color I want to achieve. I prefer earth tones and simple color statements so as not to overwhelm the texture. I prefer a complex and deeply-layered surface. I focus on the nuances of light and transition at the boundary or horizon where elements meet.   Painting aids remembering and vice versa. I keep in my mind, for example, the feeling of a rock. I don't mean just the experience of rubbing a fingertip against a stone, but also the warmth of a large boulder or patch of earth that has soaked up the heat of the sun. That heat is transferred to the body in a way that I don't want to take for granted.   Why this connection is important has to do with healing and making up for loss. It seems that I can strive to recreate the experience of having been energized at a time when there were no limits to my ability to accept.   For a while, I gave my paintings names. The names were places of significance in my memory. I liked the mystery in the sound of the names, like areas along the Atlantic Coast with Native American names. These were locations to which I returned again and again in my life.   I've since realized, however, that I am not painting the location, but rather, my experience of connection to them. So I gave up the names that didn't belong to me in favor of a method of documenting the paintings strictly for reference. This personalizes them for me and helps with keeping the meaning and the memory authentic. In this way I can emphasize what really matters: texture, depth of layers, solidity.     return to paintings page