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I embrace the concept of art as gift - a gift that has the power to extend our minds and enrich our spirits. It counters the image of art as self-centered, "obsessed with its own reflection." Each day in my studio begins with a prayer for the strength to avoid cowardly solutions, falsity, and insincerity in my work. |
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In her
current work, Sister Adele uses the ancient materials of fresco but
does so in an untraditional way, leaving large areas of the cement
exposed. "Cement is a very tactile material that lends
itself to forceful and expressive use," she claims. In some
pieces, she uses a true fresco technique, painting on wet lime. In
other works, color is applied to dry lime by using acrylic glazes or
pigment mixed with egg yolk. Her work is non-objective, with ideas coming from many places. Nature, particularly its dramatic rock formations, is a limitless source. She also derives inspiration from other artists, religious symbols and stories, ancient ruins, and often enough, from scraps of material lying on the studio floor. Sister Adele spent a year of study in Florence, Italy, at Villa Schifanoia, a graduate school for music and art. It was there that she painted her first fresco, although at that time she says she was more interested in looking at frescoes than in painting them. She embraces the concept of art as gift and firmly believes that it has the power to extend our minds and enrich our spirits. |
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Adele Myers is a Dominican Sister who lives and |