DELLAMARIE
PARRILLI
Artist
Statement:
I create to share myself and my passion ... to connect with
others and invite dialogue. I express from sources within, interested
in exploring "interiors" ... emotional, spiritual,
and psychological. Events in my personal life have naturally
influenced my work, accentuating my vision, points of view,
human values, and poetic content. For me, life and art are one
and the same! I live in the moment ... I create in the moment!
I explore beyond the horizon, beyond the circumstance, beyond
the detours and roadblocks. I simply allow the creative process
the freedom it needs and must have ...
My paintings
are abstract expressionistic, a synthesis of feelings and ideas
that establish a reality that is accessible to all. I explore
that which comes from and projects itself toward infinity by
creating a depth of dimension, through layered brush strokes,
vibrant, sometimes subtle,
superimposing images upon images to give the illusion of translucence
and immateriality, emphasizing the emergence of interplaying
worlds, visual ideas and visions.
I am open
and responsive to recurring impulses, integrating poetic content,
human values and the senses as I continue to explore emotions
through my paintings. My work mirrors my own expressive and
conceptual maturity. I am inspired by the realm of the subconscious
including the spiritual, combined with a modern approach and
preoccupation with psychology and introspection. I am drawn
to that which establishes the continuity of existence and drives
on toward the truth and totality of experience, engaging the
senses while allowing the exploration of the viewer¹s own
inner reality.
I believe
art and life should be vibrant, stimulating, and have a sense
of beauty ... free to be, if you will. I know and believe that
I am pure potential ... and live fully in a world of unlimited
possibilities. Daring to dream ... daring to create ... giving
wings to my brushes that they may fly free.
Bio:
Dellamarie
Parrilli is a versatile artist with an accomplished background
in several creative medium. Heralded by the Las Vegas Press
as a "triple threat" because of her talent as a singer,
dancer and actress, she is now creating paintings that are "inspirational,
illuminating and transcendent of the ordinary." In a recent
essay about her work, Ed McCormack, Editor-in-Chief of Gallery
& Studio and a former writer for the Village Voice and Rolling
Stone, stated that Dellamarie Parrilli "possesses a natural
fluidity that enhances the immediacy of her canvases immeasurably,
imbuing her compositions with rhythmic vigor and vitality."
Nancy di
Bennedetto, lecturer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art stated,
"She brings a breath of fresh air to the contemporary art
scene... Technically, she is a born master of her medium."
She is the recipient of the Richard W. and Wanda Gardner Memorial
Award for her painting "Searching For The Divine"
and she won the Merit Award from Union Street Gallery, Chicago
Heights, IL. And the Artist Showcase Award from Manhattan Arts
International. Her work has been exhibited widely throughout
the U.S. including a one-person exhibition at the Fine Arts
Building in Chicago, IL. She has participated in many juried
and invitational group exhibitions including those that the
Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN; Limner Gallery
and Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York, NY; the Schneider-Bluhm-Loeb
Gallery and Art Independent Gallery, in IL and Central Wyoming
College Gallery in WY. She is scheduled to have a two-person
exhibition at Lobby Gallery at Equities Properties, Inc., in
New York, NY, in 2003.
Parrilli's work is included in numerous private and corporate
collections throughout the U.S. including those of Lucinda Williams,
recording artist; Lt. Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend; Penny
Singleton (voice of Wilma Flintstone); Donald Casey, Dean, DePaul
University School of Music, Busse Wellness Center Ltd.; and
Dragon¹s Life System, Inc.
Articles about her have appeared in many publications including
the Chicago Tribune, and Skyline and she has been featured on
the cover of Booster. She is also included in the Third Edition
of the book Presentation Power Tools For Fine Artists. She is
a featured artist in the Manhattan Arts International e-zine.
Dellamarie's paintings are inspired by the real of the subconscious.
The artist says, "My work mirrors my own expressive and
conceptual maturity. I am drawn to that which establishes the
continuity of existence and drives one towards the truth and
totality of experience and thought, engaging the senses while
allowing exploration of the viewer's own inner reality."
She earned a BA from DePaul University, School of Music and
continued studying voice, dance, and improvisation for several
years. Throughout her career as a performing artist Parrilli
studied painting with the renowned artist John E. Williams,
as well as metalsmithing and jewelry design. She is a member
of Chicago Artists Coalition, National Oil and Acrylic Painter's
Society and Women's Caucus for the Art.
Contact:
E-Mail Artist
Artist Website: www.parrilli.com
5733 North Sheridan, Chicago 60660
Tel: 773 944 9991 Cell: 773 430 6464
