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September Issue 2005

Coleman Fine Art in Charleston, SC, Features Works by Patricia Miranda

Coleman Fine Art in Charleston, SC, is proud to continue its series of visiting artist's exhibits. The series, NO BOUNDARIES, introduces emerging artists to the community and allows collectors to get to know them through small intimate exhibits. The third NO BOUNDARIES will introduce New York artist Patricia Miranda and her series of abstract paintings of symbols found in medieval manuscripts. The exhibit will open on Sept. 23 and continue through Oct. 8, 2005.
 
Miranda's series of paintings focuses on the striking geometric patterns often found in medieval manuscripts. These patterns were frequently used to create unearthly space, backdrops for heavenly events, pointing out the holiness of a particular image. The artist uses these patterns and paints them out of their normal context, changing the dynamic of the image while retaining the structure. Miranda is able to reinterpret an ancient vision with a modern abstract sensibility still allowing the patterns to maintain and exude their own holy quality.

Miranda uses all natural pigments and grinds stones, insects, earth, and flowers to create her own paint. She then introduces gold leaf to her paintings as a source of light and color. The marriage of materials and content brings a sense of unity - linking image, content, and materials - past, present, and future.

Miranda recently received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a Multidisciplinary Story Arts program with homeless youth with 9 other artists. She exhibits her work all over the world including the Sakai City Municipal Museum, Sakai City, Japan and the Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC. Miranda is the Founder of Miranda Fine Arts in Port Chester, NY, Co-Founder of Loftarts, and adjunct professor at the Lyme Academy of Arts, Old Lyme, Connecticut.

Miranda will speak about her painting process on Sept. 24, 2005, from 1-2pm.

For more information check our SC Commercial Gallery listings, contact Rebecca Ansert, gallery director, at 843/853-7000 or at (www.colemanfineart.com).

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