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112 S. 20th Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 tél: 215.751.0344 fax: 215.751.0840
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ARTIST STATEMENT Energy, emotion and organic cosmic elements are subjects I really deliberate over. My work has always been about tapping into the free spirit within. The Earth & Sky elements are the main focus of my paintings. The Balance of both! All is one, one is All... My improvisational painting techniques, which blend ambient movements with cosmic freeforms , has set me on my own path. My paintings are a composition of mixed media : Oils, acrylics, watercolors, charcoals, clays & pastels, organic botanicals & quartz crystals are just to name a few. My freehand brushstrokes are applied on canvas like icing. Layers and layers of smooth, cosmic hues, with lots of blues, greens, earth tones and drips of white are meshed together in organic shapes and textures. .
Recently, I have been gathering color palettes and energy from my recent journeys . My art helps me to express the energy and emotions that I feel inside. “I see beauty in the most simplest things in life”. The energy of the locals, the spices, the colors, the history, and of course the wonderful magic of nature & cosmos that surrounds them. When I mesh all theses elements, I come up with a organic energy sphere, kind of like an aura of the place I have been. “The eyes are the windows to the soul” I want others to see the energy I feel thru my paintings. But as my journeys expand so does my work, always finding new ways create my pieces of ambient abstract art.
Om Shanti \ ~ Estelle Carraz –Bernabei |
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EDUCATION Bachelor BFA American College of Applied Arts Photography
SELECTED GALLERY EXHIBITIONS Balance Gallery-Philadelphia Art in City Hall Philadelphia Lankenau Institute for Medical Research MORRIS ARBORETUM of the UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA “TAKE A SEAT” ADIRONDACK CHAIRS RE-INTERPRETED exhibit Woodmere Art Museum InLiquid 10th Anniversary Benefit Pyramid Club ECA Racquet Club of Philadelphia The Enclaves Community Building Philadelphia Bonte—Philadelphia Urban Outfitters In Liquid 10 year Anniversary 10 X 10 Painted Bride Art Center Skylight Gallery-Old City Philadelphia Ten Stone-Philadelphia Freeman’s Auction House-Philadelphia Zonk Gallery-Philadelphia Art+Furniture Exp. Dane Décor Design Philadelphia La Colombe-Philadelphia, Manayunk PA St. Asaph Church, Bala Cynwyd PA Gallery 90-Marietta, GA Studio 7-Annecy France Cariboo Gallery-British Columbia DaVinci Art Alliance-Philadelphia Theater on the Square– Marietta, GA Alder Gallery-Calder, OR The Reiki School-Philadelphia Le Café Crepe-Marietta, GA Defoor Gallery, Atlanta GA New World Coffee ,Philadelphia PA Mills of East Falls Gallery -Philadelphia, PA Show of Hands -Manna Red Wall Gallery- Atlanta GA Nomenclature Museum-Atlanta GA Kennesaw Bank, Kennesaw GA Marietta Civic Center Kaleidoscope , Marietta GA
AWARDS Bartrams Garden-DaVinci Art Alliance 2nd Place Horable Mention Green Scene Photography Award PHS Women’s Club Art Student Award Emilio Pucci Scholarship Award Kennesaw Bank Art Fund Student Award SCAD (Savannah College of Art & Design) Art Scholarship 1991
MEMBERSHIPS InLiquid.com-Philadelphia The Photographic Society of Philadelphia Saatchi Gallery-London Art Forum Caladan Online Artist Gallery Women’s Caucus for Art-National DaVinci Art Alliance Artist Rising Artist Registry Hidden Oak Poetry Journal, Resident Artist/writer Balance Gallery Hinge
MEDIA EXPOSURE Style Maniac The Redecorators-HGTV The Discovery Channel Subterra Magazine Hidden Oak Poetry Journal Ritz Theater Screens Philadelphia 80th DaVinci Art Alliance Publication
BENEFITS/AUCTIONS Forbes Foundation Community Coalition Support Center for Child Advocates ECA Energy Coordinating Agency AACCEPT Autism Awareness & Creating Community Environmental Programs Together University of Pennsylvania Annual Fine Art Equal Justice Clean Water Act Fund Koresh Dance Studio Painted Bride/ Ash Contemporary Ivy Tech Culinary Arts Alliance Francaise de Philadelphie Show of Hands MANNA Art Reach
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