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open studios at art explosion last weekend in march

SF Open Studios is the oldest and largest open studios program in the country, featuring an annual, month-long art event in October that showcases over 900 emerging and established San Francisco artists in their studios. Each weekend, art patrons, admirers, and collectors venture out on self-guided tours to see as many SF Open Studios artists and their artworks as possible, in the hopes of finding their next true art love. The event connects collectors with artists for engaging dialogue and a glimpse into the life of the working artist; SF Open Studios simultaneously helps artists build their mailing lists, gain new admirers, and ultimately sustain a living making art.

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PAINTER SEEKS VIDEO-GRAPHER

I am pleased to announce a SOLO EXHIBITION of my Paintings at Nieto Fine Art in May 2012

PAINTER SEEKS VIDEO-GRAPHER
I am a fine artist seeking a collaborator on a video/documentary about the artistic process. I am seeking a person to work with me over the course of a few weeks, as a painting evolves .

AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE of what I am looking for is the Video, "Anatomy of Portia" by Anthony May Art. See link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WfBrl5SXhY&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

I am represented exclusively by Nieto Fine Art . This video project needs to be completed before April 2012.I am offering a painting in exchange for your time and effort. My recent available work can be foundat the Gallery and below. http://badfishstudiosartblog.blogspot.com

Please contact me directly to discuss this project. Georgianne Fastaia care of: badfishstudios@yahoo.com

Thank you!

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new finished work at nieto

poemegranate 7x7 oil 2011

winter couple 12x12 oil 2011

sitting geisha,small works,12x12 oil 2011

beast of burden 2011 framed 12x20

mother and child,framed 9x12 2011

dulcet reverie 36x36 oil 2011 framed

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new paintings

"Two Cows" 9x12 oil 2011

"Winter Raven" 12x12 oil 2011

"rain cows" 36x36 oil 2011

"puddlejumping" 30x30 oil 2011 SOLD

me with you 30x40 oil 2011

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Waldemar Mitrowski Gallery is inspiring

click this image to view his entire picasa web gallery. i believe he lives in the bay area and reminds me of nathan oliveras work. i love his work.

i saw his work at donna seager gallery and was blown away by the emotional energy each painting holds.

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HOLIDAY ARTY PARTY TONIGHT DECEMBER 9TH 7-11PM

join me in STUDIO 27 Friday December 9th at The Art Explosion .
I have some older works as well as more affordable smaller paintings to show you. I have also been working on many of the painting requests I’ve had over the years and look forward to seeing you!
warmly, Georgianne

Holiday Art Show!

Over 90 Artists!

Opening Reception

Friday Dec 9th 7pm – 11pm

Art Explosion Studios

2 Locations in SF CA:

2425 17th Street @ Potrero Ave

744 Alabama St @ 19th St

Free Admission

Free Refreshments

Buy Art at the Source www.ArtExplosionStudios.com

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PRESS REVIEWS

In July 2009 my painting
"Ballerina” was featured in
ELLE DECOR

Robert Genn: The World of Icons (featured response)
The Painter's keys

"Personal icons as everyday saints"by Georgianne Fastaia, SF, CA, USA

Trinidad<br>original painting<br>20 x 20 inches by Georgianne Fastaia

Trinidad original painting 20 x 20 inches

Santeras means "Saint maker" or one who paints saints, as in the Russian
tradition of self-taught artists painting naive religious icons after devout
prayer. There is a difference between making an icon, and having it
become the object of worship, and making a representation that expresses
a truth about God. We cannot depict the Father, the Holy Spirit, or the Trinity.
Herein lies the contradiction of faith, both invisible and boundless, yet evidenced
through our very real humanity.

I set out to describe my faith through a Child's eye. In creating this series I became
a santera: a saint maker interpreting the holy moments of each day. Inspired by the
joy of my infant daughter Sophie, I relied on the spirit to move through me to create
raw childlike images infused with feeling. Many figures float in a timeless space in
which their bodies are painted as shimmering vessels for their hearts. If we reveal
our spiritual nature when we release our fear of difference and our sense of
separateness from one another, then it is inevitable that in the figures grew increasing
similar and androgynous in each new work. I'm particularly fascinated by images
of triplets - as a metaphor for aspects of us - the trinity depicted as three male figures
dancing or floating together as one body. Or as three women, often with one or more
painted over but still faintly visible. These are everyday saints, personal icons
depicting mysteries of joy.

From the PAINTERS KEYS

Unraveling the poetry of the soul
by Georgianne Fastaia, San Francisco, CA, USA

Barns midday<br>oil painting by Georgianne Fastaia

Barns midday oil 48 x 48 2008
My joys are equal only to my capacity for sorrow. In this deep well are the
waters in which I swim to meet a shining and vibrating light, my constant
companion through long nights. The job of the artist is to translate with
conviction and clarity the inchoate longings we all feel for that which i
s authentic and true: to unravel the poetry of the soul.

"Like a saint's vision of beatitude. Like the veil of things as they seem drawn
back by an unseen hand. For a second you see—and seeing the secret, are
the secret. For a second there is meaning! Then the hand lets the veil fall
and you are alone, lost in the fog again, and you stumble on toward
nowhere, for no good reason!" (Eugene O'Neill, Long Day's Journey into Night )

comments for Unraveling the poetry of the soul by Georgianne FastaiaFrom: Darrell Baschak -- Aug 25, 2009

Georgianne, your painting is extraordinary, it is apparant that you have the wherewithal to paint your inner most visions.

Unraveling the poetry of the soul
by Georgianne Fastaia, San Francisco, CA, USA

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Orisha of freshwater and pearls 36 X 36 OIL 2009

It’s called the Spring Studio Stroll, but I’m exhausted and frustrated. It was no stroll, but a marathon....
Revived, we went to the final venue—Art Explosion at 2425 17th St. near Potrero Avenure. Immediately I noticed Georgianne Fastaia’s large, evocative oils, part of a series celebrating the Orishas. Ah, an immigrant’s point of view, I thought. Yes, from Brooklyn, she said. What an eye.

"My Process "VIDEO INTERVIEW IN MISSION LOCAL

PROCESSI believe that what you discard or cover up in a painting is as important as what remains visible. The impetus behind every mark I make on the canvas is to “transform the mistake". I re-use old canvases, actively damaging and rebuilding the surface to affirm a concept of beauty in which our scars make us complex and whole. I have been refining an experimental technique for removing layers of paint which I call a lift. This unorthodox process reveals ghosts of underlying imagery and has become my own form of storytelling: visually communicating abstract concepts of impermanence and fragility. The process is completely unpredictable. By giving up control, I am forced to stay lighthearted and adaptable to the paintings evolution. There is liberation in non-attachment, and it is this irreverence which has, at its core, a fearless leap of faith.

STAGE ONE

sketched in figures,added tone, added soap for first reveal,washed with water

STAGE TWO

STAGE TWO
(detail) added light blue scumbling,tightening and defining overall design keeping to a limited palatte of warm pinksbrowns

FINAL STAGE in the LIFT PROCESS

gallery

I am exclusively represented by NIETO FINE ART GALLERY. Please direct inquiries about my work to Anaya and John Nieto or Curator, John Haas.

Nieto Fine Art
565 Sutter St
San Francisco, CA 94102
Hours:Tues–Sat 10am–6pm
415.393.4511

INQUIRIES: jhaas@nietofineart
Price List available