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“Siltala creates golden-toned visual poems that speak to her viewers through honest simplicity and formal beauty.” ~Wesley Pulkka, Albuquerque Journal
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I practice a classical glazing technique in which transparent oil colors are thinly built upon each other like layers of stained glass. This produces a myriad of rich, gem-like tones and a depth unattainable with the more direct technique of mixing wet pigments, or "alla prima" style of painting. With the addition of each layer the play of shadow and light slowly evolve, then the finishing highlights are added and the painting is complete. To paint in this manner requires the utmost patience as each layer must dry completely before the next can be applied. The result is an artwork with vibrant, luminous color and subtle texture. The paintings have an Old World elegance, yet the colors and compositions are quite contemporary.
Seeing beauty everywhere, whether a bird, flower, fruit or tree, inspires me with a passion to paint. Because having this vision of the world is truly a blessing, being an artist is not just a profession for me but a way of life. Painting is my meditation and I hope to share a moment of peace and beauty with the viewer, and to create a quiet respite in an often chaotic world.
”Beauty is truth, truth beauty”—-that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. ~John Keats |
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Selected Exhibitions, Events and Publications: |
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2011 -Feb. 11-March 20, “18 Days”, celebrating New Mexico woman artists, Munoz Waxman Gallery, CCA, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Sponsored by CCA and NM Committee of the Nat’l Museum of Women in the Arts. -August 27-”A Russian Night in Taos”, Taos Museum 7th annual Gala Auction -October 22-December 4, “Miniatures and More”, invitational, Albuquerque Museum of Art -December 3nd, “Hearts and Stars” Fundraiser and Miniature Show, Wilder Nightingale Fine Art, Taos, NM
2010 Miniatures and More, Invitational Show, Albuquerque Museum of Art and History “A Family Affair III”, show with Kenyon Thomas and Mary Alayne Thomas, Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM 2009 Miniature and More, Invitational Show, Albuquerque Museum of Art and History Encantada!, juried show, Arts Alliance Gallery, Albuquerque, NM Masterworks NM, juried show, NM Expo, Albuquerque, NM “A Family Affair II”, show with Kenyon Thomas and Mary Alayne Thomas, Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM Artist Talk, Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM 2008 Love and Passion, Invitational Show, Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, NY Masterworks NM, juried show, NM Expo, Albuquerque, NM “Chirp”, Invitational Show, Mariposa Gallery “Art Squared”, Invitational Show, Corrales Bosque Gallery, Corrales, NM “A Family Affair I”, show with Kenyon Thomas and Mary Alayne Thomas, Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM “Hearts and Stars”, Wilder Nightingale Gallery, Taos, NM 2007 Masterworks NM, juried show, NM Expo, Albuquerque, NM Encantada!, juried show, Arts Alliance Gallery, Albuquerque, NM “Hearts and Stars”, Wilder Nightingale Gallery, Taos, NM 2006 “Art for Life”, Invitational Show, Albuquerque, NM Two-person show with Kenyon Thomas-Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM Group show, Scarlett’s Antique Shop and Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2005 “Little Jewels”, juried miniature show, Los Alamos, NM “Spring”, group show, Patrician Design, Albuquerque, NM “Intimate View”, group show, Elenor Oldam’s Gallery, Albuquerque, NM Group show, Scarlett’s Antique Shop and Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Awards 2009- Starlight Ranch Award, Encantada! Juried show (still life “Nest on a Pedestal”) 2008- Outstanding Achievement award, Masterworks NM (landscape “Evening Solitude”) 2007- Fourth place award, Encantada! (landscape “Dawn’s Light”) Honorable Mention Award, Masterworks NM (still life “Homage to the Artichoke”)
Publications: 2011- Su Casa Magazine, Autumn 2011, “Extreme Green”
2009- “Family’s Art Soothing”, Wesley Pulkka, The Albuquerque Journal, April 19, 2009, F3 “Siltala’s oil paintings of still life and landscape make the greatest stylistic departure from her sister’s and father’s aesthetic. Though Siltala chooses somewhat similar subject matter, she comes from a realist tradition that was born in works by European masters. Her Paintings have a softly polished look comparable to Giorgio Morandi’s austere vision that reduced still life or landscape to a harmonically balanced composition. Siltala creates golden-toned visual poems that speak to her viewers through honest simplicity and formal beauty.”
2009- American Artist Magazine “Capturing Utter Stillness” by Naomi Ekperigin, September Artist of the Month
Featured in: 2011 “Desert Evening”, “Along the Turquoise Trail”, American movie classics for television series BREAKING BAD, season 4, episode 3 2011 “Desert Evening”, “Along the Turquoise Trail”, Fusion Films, ODD THOMAS 2009 “At Day’s End, La Cienega”, purchased by McGruber, the movie
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Gallery Affiliation Wilder Nightingale Fine Art 119-A Kit Carson Road Taos, NM 575-758-3255 |
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