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Anthony
Santella
I
have a broad interest in the arts that spans traditional media
as well as research and development in digital imagery. At
New York University I studied computer science as well as
painting, drawing and sculpture. I also took courses in painting
and sculpture at the Art Students League. My PhD work at Rutgers
University applied cognitive principles and artistic practice
to imbue computer generated imagery with the carefully controlled
abstraction and communicative clarity of fine art.
In my fine art, it is important to me that every
work suggests an ongoing narrative, a story well told, but
only half told, that the viewer must complete. These
stories speak of the spiritual in a modern context and explore
the central question of how to finding meaning in dreams and
visions while staying involved and in love with the reality
and people that so often seem to betray those dreams. In exploring
these themes I've worked with a number of media, including
sculpture in bronze, stone and wood, but am primarily a painter
in oils and watercolor. Working in several media, I am interested
in how choice of media and style can enhance the narrative
possibilities of an image.
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