badfishstudios art blog: 04/01/2011

These paintings are inspired by the cargo ships anchored off China basin, as well as old rotting docks & fishing boats bleaching in the sun. This location, at the end of Mariposa and Third has been a favorite haunt of mine since the Auto Auction was still across the street from The Ramp. Originally chosen by a plein air painting group out of the Art Explosion which I was a part of--though unfortunately-- was never able to join my friends due to the birth of my daughter. I am naturally drawn to painting boats on the water as I grew up on the Connecticut shore with my father’s sailboat out front.

view growing up

mission rock 30x30 oil 09 SOLD

reference

BIOGRAPHY

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Georgianne Fastaia was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1964. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from S.F.S.U. in 1988. . She is an advocate for the arts,a Visual Aid Grant recipient, contributing writer for The Painters Keys and a guest reviewer at Art business.

An accomplished Painter, she has had many successful exhibitions and her art is in private collections here and abroad. Her work has been featured in Artweek Magazine, The SF Chronicle, and the July 2009 issue of ELLE Décor magazine. She was invited to exhibit her work at the 2010 International Art Fair with Sandra Lee Gallery and in 2011 with Nieto Fine Art. She is represented by The Riverfront Gallery in downtown Petaluma, and Studio 333 in Sausalito.

STATEMENT

"To make art with all the questions answered deprives the viewer of the joy of participating in the act of creation. The choices I make between figuration and abstraction, between what is implied and what is revealed, serve to pull the viewer into the paintings surface and leave them with questions. My work is about transforming the mistake . In my process I re-use old paintings, actively damaging the surface to give each a history, with my goal to reflect more authentic concept of what is considered beautiful."

badfishstudios art blog

Nieto Fine Art Solo Show

CHINA BASIN SERIES with reference photos