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Signs of the Times 30" x 23"
Monotype, Collage, Paint & Mixed Media
Peaking Through the Labyrinth/Sanibel
Monotype 26" x 26"
Electric Calligraphy... from Sanibel
Enhanced Monotype 28"x34"
"Electric Calligraphy... from Sanibel" was inspired by the vines growing out of water along the road in Sanibel, Florida. I was intrigued by the overgrowth and labyrinthine quality. What was beyond? Haunted by the impression of this when I got back to my studio on Cape, I had to explore the gestural equivalent of this feeling. A number of paintings, drawings and prints were generated. This is one of them. When I worked on the gestural equivalent with color I was happy with the colors that bounced off one another that to me were electric.
All of us have marveled at the flight of a bird,
The exacting formations of tides on a beach.
Imaginative forms lurking behind trees or in rocks...
Or the positive perfection of the human form and all its parts.
These are universal experiences which are yet enigmatic
Since they cannot be fully contained in time and space.
There is a kind of preciousness
In the smallest and most insignificant thought or material.
They become images of the mind and experiences of the soul
Which are forever to be created and re-created.
The COMPLETED picture is just beyond our grasp.
THE REAL TRUTH REMAINS ILLUSIVE.
It mirrors both our inner & outer world.
That is why, for me at least,
My work must be created in an additive manner....
Inclusive...Fluid.
I move towards a kind of visual language,
Consisting of lines, shapes, tones and colors
That convey a personal calligraphy of sorts.
The tactile & spontaneous handwriting
Loaded with an emotion all its own and very personal.
I try to encompass both Energy and Release.
My own version of the Yin-Yang universality of life itself.
Working in many media as well as combining media,
Has been a very necessary part of the creative experience for me.
Constantly & restlessly seeking relationships
between all things no matter how diverse.
I discover the ABSTRACT in the REAL.
There is the unexpected juxtaposition
Of materials & ideas....
The final and inevitable twist.
I am willing to take chances as I move
Toward the final fold or the empty space.
There is the most fragile line between destruction or creation.
IT IS THE MOST EXCITING & LIBERATING PART OF ART FOR ME.
For me, there is an exciting diversity and design in the common or mundane aspects of daily life. I am inspired by architectural structures, (billboards, or road signs juxtaposed against surprising sunsets) or pristine forms found in Nature. In my frequent travels on roads through Cape Cod, New York and Florida, I am constantly inspired and amazed by this diversity and the "stuff of life itself"... The light, color and texture. The source for my imagery can be found in these unique spaces experienced and then internalized or re-structured.
Design is everywhere, the joy is in sharing the vision and synthesizing thoughts and feelings.
The magic is in the re-organization of space, and the interplay of materials and process.
All is in a state of growth or transformation... like nature itself. The poetry is in the truth of the image because it speaks in a universal language.
As a painter as well as a printmaker, I am caught up in the idea of "chance" and of "process" and of the nature of materials that is so exciting that I have never looked back. My latest work seeks to achieve a kind of synthesis of interior and exterior spaces: Images of life en-meshed with painting and a multitude of materials and techniques. This approach has spawned a kind of inward response that is an abstraction... largely intuitive, gestural and expressive.
Education
- 1998 - MFA in Visual Design and Printmaking: University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
- 1964 - MA in Art Education and Painting: New York University
- 1959 - BA in Art Education: Montclair State University
- EXTENDED STUDY AT:
Provincetown Arts Center with Michael Mazur
Mass. College of Art, Boston
Museum School of Fine Arts, Boston
New York Students Art League, New York City
Pratt Institute, New York City
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
Juried Shows and Awards
- 2004 - "Prints National" Lancaster Museum of Art
Juror: Marc Pascal, Asst. Curator of Prints at Art Institute of Chicago
- 2004 - "Best of Show" in Painting. Creative Art Center, Chatham, MA
- 2004 - Award for "Nocturnal Journey" Group Show, Cape Museum of Fine Arts
- 2004 - Canal Gallery, Holyoke, MA. Honorable Mention
- 2003 - Southeastern Graphics Council Show and Catalog
Juror: Andrew Raftery, Department Head of Printmaking, RISD. Catalog Essay by Maura Coughlin
- 2003 - "Best of Show" in Graphics at Creative Art Center, Chatham, MA
- 1999 - Selected Prints for Newport Art Museum
Juror: Lora Urbanelli, Museum of RISD
- 1998 - Federal Reserve Bank Boston Show hosted by Monotype Guild of New England
Juror: Susan Stoops, Curator of the Rose Art Museum
- 1998 - Award of Merit at Ellison Center, Duxbury, MA
Juror: Jennifer Atkinson, Curator Fuller Museum
- 1998 - "Best of Show in Painting" and "First in Graphics" at Creative Art Center
Juror: Abby Zonnies
- 1995 - "Printmakers, Past & Present" Selected group show at Cape Museum of Fine Arts
- 1995 - Selected Prints, Fuller Museum, Brockton, MA. Monotype Guild of New England
- 1995 - National Small Works Exhibit. Montclair University, Montclair, NJ
- 1995 - "Trees" selected show at Provincetown Art Association.
Juror: Hayden Herrera
- 1993 - National Juried Show in Printmaking. 44th Boston Printmakers Exhibition
- 1981 - "Best of Show" Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center NYC. Salute to Women in the Arts
Solo and Group Exhibitions and Galleries
- 2005 - Progress Energy Gallery, New Port Richey, FL (two-woman show)
- 2005 - Ruth Echerd Hall, Tampa, FL, The Exhibiting Society of Artists (TESA)
- 2004 - Cahoon Museum, Silent Auction "Great Brush-Off"
- 2004 - Leepa Rattner Museum, Largo, FL (TESA)
- 2004 - Hall of Frame Gallery, Dunedin, FL
- 2002-03 - Star Gallery, Orleans, MA
- 2001 - "Artist in Residence" Solo Exhibition at Cape Cod Community College
- 1998 - Provincetown Art Association Museum, Selected Prints, Printmakers of Cape Cod
- 1997-98 - Northwest Print Council, Travelling Exhibits throughout the Northwest
- 1993-95 "Zhouff & His American Friends" (Prague) at Zhouff Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
- 1992 - University of New Hampshire, Monotype Guild of New England (MGNE)
- 1989 - Higgins Gallery Faculty Exhibit, Cape Cod Community College, Barnstable, MA
- 1988 - Solo Exhibit at Cape Cod Conservatory, Barnstable, MA
Corporate Collections
- Cape Museum of Fine Arts, Dennis, MA
- Higgins Galley, Cape Cod Community College
- University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA
- Putnam Corporation
- Cambridge Bank of Boston
Private Collectionsin United States, Canada, Japan, Prague and parts of Europe
- Dr. Hale Woodruff (Art Faculty at New York University)
- Dr. Lillian Calcia (First Chairwoman: Art Department Montclair University)
1/2007
E-mail: anned@capecod.net
Website: www.annguilianiartist.com
Residence (May-October)
Phone: 508-385-2960
Address: PO Box 480
Dennis, MA 02638
Residence (October-May)
Phone: 508-385-2960
Address: 6763 Pearlleaf Court
Springhill, FL 34606
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