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Name:
Adrian Giuliani
Bio: Adrian
Giuliani always knew she was an artist. Growing up, Adrian was constantly creating
artwork. When she was in high school, she was fortunate to have the opportunity
to study pastel with Flora Giffuni, founder of the Pastel Society of
America. This was Adrian’s true
introduction to soft pastels. She loved the immediacy, flexibility, and rich,
vibrant colors pastels provided. In 1983, Adrian began her
studies at the Rhode Island School of Design, where she experimented with
many different media. She particularly liked figure drawing and discovered her
passion for children's pastel portraiture. Ultimately, she chose pastels and
charcoal as her favorite media. Upon graduation from RISD in 1987, Adrian
entered children’s book publishing at EP Dutton. She also became a freelance illustrator for children’s
readers and workbooks. Eventually, in 1992, Adrian became a children’s book
illustrator for Houghton-Mifflin.
She has been painting for 20 years and exhibiting her
work for the past decade.
Adrian
has had her children’s portraits featured in numerous art exhibitions,
including shows at the Children’s Specialized Hospital in
Mountainside, NJ and the Diversity Art Gallery. She received acclaim for her artwork in the Westfield
Art Association 2005 exhibition.
Adrian’s portrait, The Bliss of Childhood, was selected
for exhibition in the 34th Annual Open Juried Exhibition for the Pastel
Society of America. She also was
awarded the PSA Award of Excellence for her
pastel, Jami Swimming ll, in the 2007 Pastel Society of New Jersey
juried exhibition. Adrian's portrait The Ring Bearer was juried
into the October 2011 Pastel Society of New Jersey Exhibition. In
January 2012, Adrian’s artwork was awarded Special Recognition in the Light,
Space & Time Online Gallery in the Painting Category. Adrian's portrait Brothers was
awarded Best in Show in the 2012 Scotch Plains-Fanwood Art
Association Members' Exhibition.
Medium:
Pastel
Subjects:
Portraits of children
Style:
Representational, but loose, painterly approach. These portraits are as far
from the twee, saccharine figures one sees too often with children’s portraits
as it is possible to go. They are lively, expressive, full of joie de vivre.
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Genial.
ReplyDeleteSencillamente genial, me gusta todo.
El enfoque, el trazo, el color y la luz que le has dado, todo bañado por algo tan impresionante como el impresionismo.
Me encanta.
Mi enhorabuena por el trabajo, saludos.
Gracias Eusebio - una respuesta muy rápido!
DeleteMuchos gracias! Agradezco las amables comentarios! Le ruego me disculpe si mi español no es del todo correcto ... Gracias por mirar mi trabajo! :-)
ReplyDeleteAdrian is a facebook friend. Her pastels paintings are realy beautiful ;-)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Veronique! Your work is beautiful! :-)
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