To make art with all the questions answered deprives the viewer of the
joy of participating in the act of creation. The choices I
make in creating each painting; exploring the border between figuration
and abstraction, serve an emotive, intuitive function: to saturate the
painting with feeling. I want the viewer to feel unsure, pulled into
the paintings surface and left with questions.
My work is informed by the desire to "transform the mistake." I re-use
old canvases, actively damaging the surface to give each a history. I
seek to express a more authentic concept of beauty while striving to
make paintings which retain an evocation of mystery.
BIO
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. Self-taught, she began painting in 2001. Her mother ,an art teacher, is her inspiration. She
encouraged her children to follow their passion and to take art
seriously. Her work has met with immeadiate success, resonating with patrons due to an immeadiacy of gesture, an intuitive use of color and emotional honesty. Georgianne is able to support her latest creation, her
daughter, Sophie, through her work.