Blade of Grass
Steel, 9' x 2' x 4'Stephanie Alicea, Garnersville, NY
Location: Theatre Bristol
Stephanie Alicea was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina in 1985. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke with a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts, concentrating on painting, with sculpture as her second concentration. Before working with steel, Alicea painted animals in oils and acrylics. She tries to show expression and emotion through natural life forms when it comes to her work. She continues to learn new techniques by studying different artists' work and experimenting in her spare time.
"Nature is my inspiration, my joy, and my muse. Since I was a young child, I have always felt an attraction to the Earth and all of her natural glories. I would spend hours admiring the simplest of flowers, the dew upon a blade of grass, the glory of a bird in flight. Even back then, I would try to recreate the perfection of nature's canvas with pencils, crayons, or whatever other medium I could find.
As an artist, I believe I demonstrate my appreciation for color and nature in every piece that I create. I attempt to capture the colors and subtle shades of real life flowers and animals, yet at the same time, I also enjoy working in the abstract, which allows my imagination to flow freely within the designs that nature inspires in me.
'Blade of Grass' is one such piece. It is a beautifully colored asymmetrical piece that is open to interpretation but also leads one's mind into the direction I want it to go. By using nature's palette, one can see by the colors, if not the shapes, the true beauty of nature."