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“Since my background comes from writing I look for the narrative in a subject. It needs to tell a story. Daily life fascinates me with all the small and often hidden treasures that we tend to overlook. I then try to work it into a good composition by finding the shapes.
Simultaneously I analyze the feeling the subject evokes in me. That sets off the search for the right colors. By mixing them ferociously all my colors become family. Nothing will stop me until I found the pleasing mix of color I was looking for. My painting style is filled with strong, bold brush strokes showing my excitement. It hopefully communicates some of the positive energy to the viewer. Only towards the end of my work do I slow down to cautiously pile up the paint into smaller marks. While purposely only hinting at a certain feeling and barely referring to a story I hope that the viewer will fill in the blanks with his/her personal thoughts and feelings to engage into communication with my art.”
Anita Barbara Peghini-Räber is Swiss. She studied in Geneva and Paris and earned her Master Degree in Philosophy, lic.phil.I, from the University of Zurich. Anita was the spokes woman for a company in Zurich. She also lived in Philadelphia and Washington DC. She studied painting with †Rolf Flachsmann from Bubenberg Zurich, Switzerland and at the Eastern Shore with Roger Dellar London GB, Tim Bell Edgewater MD, and Kevin Fitzgerald Berlin, MD. To this day she paints and raises her family in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
Solo Shows:
Conversations June 6 to July 13 2008 Homestead Gallery, Rehoboth Art League,
Rehoboth Beach DE
Places and Figures April 2007 Coastal Gallery, Rehoboth Beach DE
Publication:
"Anita Peghini-Räber, painting with abandon", published by Beach Life Magazine, written by Mary Ann Benjo, June 2007 copyright
Member of:
Pastel Society of America (PSA), Juried Associate Member
http://www.pastelsocietyofamerica.org
http://www.rehobothartleague.org
Delaware by Hand
Mid Atlantic Plein Air Association
Gallery Representation:
Coastal Gallery on Service Road, Rehoboth Beach, DE, (302)227-8704
Bishop's Stock, 202 West Green Street, Snowhill MD, (410)632-3555
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