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The first glimpse of Paola Gracey Studios artwork sparks an intriguing curiosity that demands an immediate answer to the question ""what is that?' Her early exposure to the Miami art scene and her background in science academia has culminated in a very unique and distinctive style.
She adopts and incorporates science concepts, chemical equations, and symbolic representations into her paintings. “After all isn’t everything chemistry?” Paola says. Her passion is working with the physical aspects of acrylics, resins, gels, and additives, exploring their every combination as well as their limitations on canvas.
In the laboratory she is a precise chemist. In the studio she can experiment by trial and error and the possibilities are endless. Incorporating different techniques such as pouring, dripping, tipping and mixing helps her manipulate the paint; both physically and chemically.
She treats each painting as an experiment. During the creative process she takes time to record the variables that were manipulated in route to the finished product. She uses these details to replicate the physical and chemical conditions that are necessary to accomplish her artistic goals.
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Beatrix Ost is an internationally acclaimed artist, writer, and fashion designer. She has also written screenplays, produced movies and theater, and acted in films and on the stage. When she arrived to New York from Germany as a young adult, she quickly became an art and fashion icon - and has remained an influential and acclaimed luminary in both worlds. She currently splits her time between Charlottesville, Virginia and New York City. Beatrix Ost arrived in New York in 1976, already an accomplished artist and actress. Since studying art with Oskar Kokoschka in Salzburg and psychology and homopathy in Munich, she has exhibited internationally: In Search of the Goddess, Ten Years of Solitude, Beauty is Harsh, Love and Other Obstacles, and Animal Attraction, to name a few. Beatrix has appeared in leading roles on both stage and screen, beginning with Protokol einer Heirat; among her credits as producer and screenwriter are Hearts' Lonely Hunters, Killer Venus and White Chocolate. She is the author of short stories and books including My Father's House, More Than Everything, and her most recent, The Philosopher's Style.
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Marcella Novotny is an artist and fashion designer from Genoa, Italy where she lives and works. A graduate in Architecture from the University of Geona, Novotny's artistic journey began as an illustrator with an emphasis on Black and White contrasts. All of her works begin with a "BIC" black pen. The use of the "BIC" pen for Marcella is an signature aspect of her works and expresses her love for this iconic object.
After a deep search and full dedication to Black and White contrasts, in the last few years Novotny has switched to using bright colors - exploring and investigating different pigments and using canvas, wood, plastic and resin in her mixed media works. Novotny constantly explores contrasts and paradoxes in her works. Her latest works feature 3D resin sculptures as part of her canvas landscape. Novotny has exhibited her works all over the world - from her native Italy to Dubai to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Marcella has achieved "International Art Rockstar" status from the statement pieces and the personality she brings to Art Fort Lauderdale year after year, including an installation mural in that city she created in 2019.
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