Fleur Di Lis

Sometime in December/January I got a call from my Aunt Dianne who told me that the city of New Rochelle was going to commission a public art project and that they were looking for painters.  I applied and thankfully got the gig. The assignment was to paint a fiberglass Fluer Di Lis that was provided. The subject matter is that it had to  be connected to the arts and culture. 

I recruited by brother, Nicolas Sienty, who is an amazing artist and designer, to help me with the color and the design.  My idea was to represent what I consider the three muses of culture-Visual Art, Literature and Music. It's a night scene because that is when  feel most creative and it's over the city which my brother painted in an incredible silhouette.  This was a physcially really difficult surface to paint.  I primed it but if I used too much paint the paint would literally just wipe off.  It had to be built in stages.  I think if I were to do it again after priming and sanding I would do a coat of acrylic paint in white to just make sure everything sticks.  I worked on this every weekend for about five months and I'm proud of the results. I'm excited to see the work displayed and see other artists' interpretations. 

SCULPTURE 2014

It's has been a ridiculously long time since I've posted anything.  A lot has happened in my life since my last post years ago.  I've realized that while I love creating art and telling stories I'm pretty bad at informing people as to what I'm up to.  Here's to hopefully the first step to remedy that.  Anyways the first post is my sculpture from this year's class show.  I was way too slow sculpting this but even though it's rough I'm still pretty proud of it.  I actually got an honorable mention at the class show which was really great and something I wasn't expecting.  One thing I have to say is that if you ever get the chance to take a class or workshop with Rhoda Sherbell, or if you ever  get to see her work...GO! I've been taking Rhoda's class at the Art Student's League in NY for four years and she is one of the most amazing teachers and one of the the kindest ladies I know! I am so lucky to have her as a teacher and I'm so lucky to be able to go to class with some of the nicest, most talented people anyone could ask for.