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The way I paint and how my paintings ultimately look are based on observations of how nature creates, and the forms it uses. I can start with a big gesture, perhaps a calligraphic sweep of black paint, large fields of color, or swirling pencil marks and then I layer on and scrape or wipe off paint as I go along. I sometimes incorporate the actual forms and colors of nature, such as the curl of a wave, the hot hues of summer, and piles of leaves on a forest floor, but man-made creations can show up in rectilinear forms suggesting houses and roads. My work reflects my surroundings and celebrates the joy of creation and its infinite possibilities.
Review of "On My Way" by Victoria Donohoe, Philadelphia Inquirer, Montgomery County Neighbors, 9/30/07:
Pagus Gallery. Pia De Girolamo, a physician who gave up a private practice of medicine after 12 years to devote her energies to painting, shows abstract paintings at Pagus in Norristown.
These are unpremeditated acts of creation in which feeling is paramount. Using acrylic paint on paper, this Ambler artist, often working large, mingles a bold, thorough traditionalist's concern for drawing with an unusual, highly effective way of conveying the power of light and color directly.
Distinguished by broad, brushy, autographic gestures often in bright hues, her works in this strong show allow chance associations to suggest theme and image.
Pagus Gallery, 619 W Washington, Norristown. To Oct. 13. Tue-Fri 10-4. Free. 610-574-1350.
Contact art critic Victoria Donohoe at The Inquirer, 800 River Rd., Conshohocken, Pa. 19428.
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