Cecile is
a Italian painter born in 1991, originally from Rome who is
known for her watercolour work and her speed paintings which are easily found
when searching either her name or simply speed paintings on
YouTube. Although she is known through the art community as Agnes Cecile
her real name is Silvia Pelissero. As a self-taught artist who perused her dreams straight out of school
she has gone far in her industry having had many exhibitions in her short time
as a professional artist. With four exhibitions in the past few years on April
21st, March 23rd, November 28th and May 4th she reached many people as each of
the events was attended by hundreds.
In an interview with Cecile on deviant art (an art
forum allowing many artists to show and sell their work to the public) she said
that the inspiration for her thought provoking images was said to come from
human emotions. She said that her interest on how simple lines can develop a
shape and then a human form interested her. Cecile's work is eye-catching the
subjects of her images showing such emotion teamed with the perfectly selected
colour themes make us as an audience long to know what is happening within the
images.
I am particularly drawn to her work using
varnish as the way a person is devolved from dripping dark varnish onto a page
fascinates me. I was told about her work at School when my teacher discovered
my love for abstract portraiture. I then found Cecile's speed drawing of frail
lull (image above) on YouTube. The image is made with varnish as many of
her paintings and the lines of the dripping medium create a figure looking away
from the audience.
In this particular image the formal element that has been explored mainly is the formal element of line as the majority of the image is created by dripping varnish onto to a page to create a silhouette of a man. The lack of colour in the image also reflects the distance in her piece, as the figure is looking away and the whole image is black. The figure is placed in the centre of the page with his line of sight being to the left of the scene, drawing the viewers eye to left. This also creates an air of curiosity as we want to know what the figure is looking at external to the scene.
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