ROCCO PALUMBO Painting

ROCCO PALUMBO. In this rondo form painting I cross the line between a painting surface and a deeply invested sculptural construction with manipulation of crochet fabric to further enhance line and color elements for a dramatic visual statement inside a circular shape that presses the interior images as it moves toward ills outer edge. This follows my core practice and belief that a painting present itself as dynamic object involved in its own space and indeed become a sculptured painting. In Rocco Palumbo I was reminded of a line of family , Sicilian nonna’s ( grandmothers ), spending their lives in the dusty heat in their obscure village and also in this country plying these endless cords into complex personal patterns and surfaces that showed evidence of their skills and endurance. I wanted to give these twine constructions a renewed life in my work..