‘Out of visual commotion’

“Shiny and Bright” (painting), by Marian Dioguardi, at Galatea Fine Art, Boston

She says:

“I continue my observational investigation into color and light. It’s a fascination that I explore through the still life genre. My ‘still life’ paintings arise out from visual disarrangement, commotion and confusion. I impose order and compose a state. 

“My subject matter can be quirky. My color choices are unrelenting. My depiction borders on believable realism and pop art. I arrange my compositions for movement, in that, often there is not any one focal point. Your eye will travel through its own wandering path as different aspects call to you.

“I position each element of the painting, including the background, the surface textures and the negative spaces, as a claim on your attention. Nothing is meant to recede into neutrality. Objects are legible but not privileged. (They are, after all, humble objects that serve.)

“Most importantly while I attend to the objects’ composition and rendering, I leave space in the painting for your own narrative and personal reflections during your moment with the painting.’’