As a painter I consider
myself a product of the 20th century New York school of Abstract
Expressionism. (I studied with George McNeil, who was a
student of Hans Hofmann.)
Thus, although my work is representational, it explores the
plasticity of paint; the push pull of space; the defining
of form, space and light by color; and the movement and
rhythm of color throughout. I am unabashedly in love with
paint and the painterly.
All of my paintings are really portraits: gardens,
vegetables, fruits, seashells, and rocks. These are
subjects that want to be painted, not simply represented in
oils on a canvas, but made again in such a way that shows,
along with their outward appearance, the life that is in
them. Therefore my painting process is about the
transformation of life and energy into paint.
Adele Travisano