Artworks by Frank Sunseri
Oil Painting: Artist's Statement
THE HUMAN FEMALE FORM...with its graceful curves and re-curves, soft and subtle contours that create exquisite designs that flow outward and then resolve beautifully back into themselves... This is form at its ultimate. Coming from a sculptural background, I see these same shapes repeat themselves throughout nature, in the shape of a river, in a lily, in a swan, in a raindrop. But, the truest beauty of a human female is her representation of emotion and mystery. This is what I believe has inspired artists to interpret the image of woman since the beginning of mankind.
THESE OIL PAINTINGS were painted using the traditional process called “glazing,” which is applying very thin transparent layers of oil paint that have been highly diluted with linseed oil and resins. Each layer is thoroughly dried before the next one is applied. A single painting may have as many as 30-40 layers of paint making some paintings take as long as a year to complete. This is the time-honored process developed by the Dutch Masters in the early 1400’s and was used extensively by the French and Italian Renaissance Masters. It is the only way to create very subtle gradations of light into dark shadow also known as “chiaro-scuro.” This method also ensures a highly archival quality to the art piece. Some of the earliest oil paintings created using glazing techniques have remained intact for over 570 years.
THESE OIL PAINTINGS were painted using the traditional process called “glazing,” which is applying very thin transparent layers of oil paint that have been highly diluted with linseed oil and resins. Each layer is thoroughly dried before the next one is applied. A single painting may have as many as 30-40 layers of paint making some paintings take as long as a year to complete. This is the time-honored process developed by the Dutch Masters in the early 1400’s and was used extensively by the French and Italian Renaissance Masters. It is the only way to create very subtle gradations of light into dark shadow also known as “chiaro-scuro.” This method also ensures a highly archival quality to the art piece. Some of the earliest oil paintings created using glazing techniques have remained intact for over 570 years.
