About the Artist

 

 

Judith D'Agostino

"I began oil painting in Italy when I was fourteen. I had always drawn and painted with pastels as my preferred pastime as a child but Italy's art penetrated my soul and the beginnings of a yearning to be an artist began to form. I received a BFA degree with Honors in painting and drawing from the University of Hawaii and then went on to receive my MFA in painting at the University of Arizona. I have taught at the University level for many years but my true desire was to just make art. I now paint full time and enjoy the support of several galleries in the United States and Canada. I have shown in Europe as well.

My work is in many private and corporate collections, including the Tucson Museum of Art, the Tucson Airport Authority, American Telephone and Telegraph, Boston, Massachusetts, Amoco Productions, Denver, Colorado, Robbins Company, New York, NY, Gates Lear Jet, Corporate Offices, Wichita, Kansas, Hilton Hotels, Arizona Hilton East, Tucson, Arizona, Unicore, Springfield, Missouri, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona and Seven-Up Corporation, and St. Louis, Missouri.

My method of painting landscapes is to work from a field sketch that I do plein air mostly for the composition and for the great enjoyment I get from being in the outdoors. From my small studies in the field, I expand the size of the painting in my studio and work with a color palatte that I often imagine or dramatize to create a mysterious and dream-like quality.

My figurative paintings are done in a grisaille method. I paint the entire painting in one color and values of that color and then I apply various glazes to achieve skin tone, color, and light. I am fascinated by every day subjects and enjoy giving tthem more meaning by adding a twist of mystery to the composition."

 

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