SOLD WORKS (Everything)
Find my work at Riverfront Art Gallery on Petaluma Blvd
and Studio 333 at 333 Caledonia street in Sausalito.
Collectors will be pleased to find paintings at extraordinary prices reflecting my debut in the Sonoma art scene after a three year hiatus.
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| California Highway One 36 x 36. SOLD. Riverfront Gallery in Petaluma |
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| Woman Tying Paper Lantern 48x48. SOLD |
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| Pony and Crow 36x60 Studio 333 Sausalito SOLD |
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interview in milkshakes and margaritas
A Admiring San Fran Artist Georgianne Fastia
Read on to read what inspires her and how she got her start.
Name: Georgianne Fastia
Age: 45
Town: San Francisco
Number of Children and ages: Sophie Lee, 2
Age: 45
Town: San Francisco
Number of Children and ages: Sophie Lee, 2
How long have you been an artist? When did you get your start?
I started painting in 2001. The Art Explosion rented studios for $150 a month. out in, observing the artistic process of others. I was unemployed and disheartened, however that turned out to be a blessing as I had 18 hours a day to muck about, there were art supplies in the free pile, and good artists that I learned from by observing what worked for them and what did not, and my own interior world, which provided the emotional reservoir from which I drew. Given an equal amount of talent as the next person; there is nothing like an eviction notice from your landlord to help you make smarter painting choices.
Do you have any formal training?
I am completely self taught, however my mom is a high school art teacher and much of what I take as common knowledge, I picked up from her. She taught me to figure things out for myself, mix red and green to get richer blacks, leave parts unfinished for the eye to fill in and when in doubt, throw it out.
How do you find your subjects?
I remain open and receptive to serendipty, a sudden inexplicable congruence in imagery from the collective unconscious. In between shows,here is a fallow period where I allow myself time to idly look through images on flicker, old national geographics, wander the studio, letting songs, images, bits of a poem, sift into my mind.
What is your favorite painting(s) you've created?
For spring Open studios 2009 I was inspired by photographs about Candomble, the AfroCarribean religion celebrating the Orixas.
What inspires your paintings?
Usually an image torn from a magazine will become the inspiration, although I rarely paint as directly from a photograph as I did with '' Girls studying.''
Usually it is more about creating an emotion in the studio and projecting outwards from there. I try to inhabit a state of mind until it has a soundtrack, favors a certain time of day, quality of light. I compile these snippets, in what used to be overflowing notebooks. Now, thanks to blogging, I can upload just about anything, and that becomes my inspiration board, including music in the form of youtube clips.
How do you find time and energy to be creative and paint while having a young child?
The short answer is I don't require much sleep, which is good, because I don't get much. I usually paint at night after my baby goes to bed, 8pm-2, 3 or 4am. The long answer is I am really only able to have this all consuming career because I have an amazing supportive and wonderful partner, Asher Abrams, who has taken off fulltime work to share in raising Sophie.
What do you do for childcare?
We are part of a day care co-op: Puddle Jumpers Workshop, founded in 1975 by local parents who sought an alternative to traditional daycare. My partner and I work there 4 hours for every 16 hours she has care. It works out really well for us and we have made an extended support system of other parents through this amazing experience.
Do you have any advice for others on how they can make a living as an artist?
Make good work and sell it for a good price. Make it impossible for the patron to not buy it. I notice good artists not making a living — the investment in higher education has a detrimental effect on their ability to sell their work. I believe an emerging artist has not earned the right to charge more than a fair wage for their labors, no matter what they owe for student loans When first starting out, I priced my art for just what it took me to make it: A 30 x 30" painting cost me $100 in materials and averaged 20 hours x's $20 an hour = $500. I consciously call my artwork,“product”. I do not get attached, I work quickly doing prep work in assembly line manner, hen I try to get deeply into a state of inspiration to make something beautiful and affordable that I would like to buy myself. Most of my clients are first time art buyers: To inspire a person who has never bought art before is a significant thing: You are helping them reframe themselves, now they are “ collectors”. You never know how this goodwill will reveal itself.
Establish a presence in the art world. I practice a principle of abundance and have found ways to become known in the art scene told that feel right for me as an older (unhip) artist and mother (really unhip): giving back to the community by reviewing art shows, offering workshops for beginning artists, and sharing exhibition opportunities through FRESHART SF's Calls For Art.
Think of your career in the long view: I consider every opportunity to get my work before the public eye a good thing, and have vigorously pursued alternative spaces. I sold my first painting at StarBucks for a few hundred dollars to a woman who has since become an avid collector. This July her home was highlighted in Elle Décor and that first painting featured prominently. I have been getting commissions from all over the country as a direct result of that "little sale almost nine years ago, in a coffee shop."
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in the press
Please go to Art Business.com (scroll down the page until you get to the Drugstore Gallery review) to read the complete review of my show After the Flood: Review by Alan Bamberger
Comment: The paintings are inspired by Hurricane Katrina, Good show, thoughtfully presented and persuasive.  Review: Art, More to LikePosted on 27 April 2009By VIOLAIt’s called the Spring Studio Stroll, but I’m exhausted and frustrated. It was no stroll, but a marathon....
Go to Art Business.com for the complete review and all the gorgeous photos. review by Alan Bamberger for artbusiness.com Group exhibition @ I SPY Gallery March 16, 2007
Art.
Robert Genn: The World of Icons (featured response) The Painter's keys
"Personal icons as everyday saints"
by Georgianne Fastaia, San Francisco, CA, USA 
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.
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oil paintings. I am a proffessional Artist work from photgraphs I am
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priced between $300-$600
GEORGIANNE FASTAIA
BIOGRAPHY
Georgianne Fastaia was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1964. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from San Francisco State University in 1988 with a degree in Creative Writing. Her mother; an art teacher, encouraged Georgianne to follow her passion and to take art seriously. Self-taught, she began painting in 2001 and has sold her work since 2002.
BIOGRAPHY
Georgianne Fastaia was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1964. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from San Francisco State University in 1988 with a degree in Creative Writing. Her mother; an art teacher, encouraged Georgianne to follow her passion and to take art seriously. Self-taught, she began painting in 2001 and has sold her work since 2002.
An accomplished Painter, she has had many successful Solo Exhibitions and her Art is in private collections across the country. Her work has been featured in Artweek Magazine, The SF Chronicle, and prominently featured in the July 2009 issue of ELLE Décor magazine.
A writer and public speaker, she is an eloquent
advocate for the arts. She is a member of Art Span, a Visual Aid Grant
recipient, and a contributing writer for Mission Arts Monthly, The
Painters Keys and a guest reviewer at Art business.
excerpt from art business.com
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Last day of Evocations of Mystery June 7th 2012
Thank you to the Friends and Patrons who have supported me through the years.
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From Gale Mckee
Greetings Friends and Patrons,
I appreciate the support and enthusiasm of all who have bought my paintings over the years, and would love to hear from you.! If you would like to contribute to a book project about my art.. published to coincide with my solo show, any expression will be gratefully received. What inspired you to purchase your painting? What has it added to your life? Please include anything that wish to say, including the name of your (favorite) painting.
I appreciate the support and enthusiasm of all who have bought my paintings over the years, and would love to hear from you.! If you would like to contribute to a book project about my art.. published to coincide with my solo show, any expression will be gratefully received. What inspired you to purchase your painting? What has it added to your life? Please include anything that wish to say, including the name of your (favorite) painting.
Hi Georgianne,
I first saw your work in the early 2000s at Starbuck's on Bryant
St. in SF. I was IMMEDIATELY pulled intothe paintings; I could FEEL the
texture, turmoil,
and solitude, loneliness of each piece. I was moved.So I HAD to meet you and watch you paint.
I followed your career for years (especially the "After the Flood"
series) and finally bought two paintings in2010, but wished I had done
so earlier! They are hanging in my living room and inspire me every
day
!I see/feel something new every time I look at them.
!I see/feel something new every time I look at them.
I believe it is because I am able to relate to the pieces, and yet
not have everything "spelled out". There is space and a place to "dream"
and add your own story. Abstraction and the figure merge in an
effortless melange of texture, imperfections, and simplicity at the same
time.
Gale S. McKee
detail
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| "Winter Raven" 12x12 oil 2011 SOLD |
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| "rain cows" 36x36 oil 2011. SOLD |
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| "puddlejumping" 30x30 oil 2011 SOLD |
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| me with you 30x40 oil 2011 SOLD |
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