"Shadowlands"
Nicole Monforti & Keila Sone

Reception Saturday, April 12, 2008 6-10 pm

Nicole Monforti
I believe in transformation, the process of one thing evolving from another to create something new. Artists return to ideas and themes over time. A professor of mine once said," when you look back at your work years from now, you will realize that you have been taking the same picture for your entire artistic career."
There has always been and element of memory in my work. The work presented here combines memory and transformation. After a 5 year hiatus, I have revisited the ideas that informed the work at the beginning of my artistic journey, and transformed them.
The pieces in Shadowlands, like shadows, allude the objects that cast them. Structures of ideas conceived by a mind since evolved, interpreted by current perceptions, are reborn as new entities.

Keila Sone
Born in Bonao, Dominican Republic, April 16th 1976. Inspired primarily by her dreams.Keila began experimenting with the use of geometric shapes in presenting portraiture. By the studying the work of graffiti artists in New York City. Primarily focusing on creating a sense of space and perspective, Keila began to incorporate both the knowledge she has learned from her early studies and the newer experimental techniques of the graffiti artists, by employing both acrylic and mix-media to create a more rich and expressive piece. Keila began working with acrylics as well for their flexibility and textures. Using fragments of dreams and music, Keila's paintings are intended primarily to express mood and emotion through the art of space creation and perspective. She work toward developing her style of adstractscape of finding new and intriguing ways to use perspective and texture to create an Architecture of Emotion.
Artist Statement
My work are a fusion of my American experiences and Dominican heritage.What is consistent in my paintings is that in each one I try to capture motion and explore different possibilities. My abstract paintings are a direct reflection of my life. They depict the loves, lost loves, triumphs and disappointments. They are the poignant moments of my life's journey..." "My art is a bit of Abstract Expression and Pop Art..."