Description
Monique Sakellarios was born in Egypt and was educated at the Leonardo Da Vinci<br>School of Art and the American University in Cairo. She moved to the United<br>States while in her twenties.<br><br>She has painted professionally for almost twenty years and has accumulated an<br>impressive number of national awards and has participated in dozens of juried<br>exhibitions. Ms Sakellarios is a member of the New Hampshire Art Association, a<br>signature member of the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society and an<br>associate member of the Oil Painters of America, the Hudson Valley Art<br>Association and the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club. She has been profiled in<br>The Artist's Magazine (March 1997 and September 1997) as well as in The<br>International Artist Magazine (August/September 1999).<br><br><br><br>Her paintings are characterized by their impressionist style and by their rich<br>warm palette - an effect achieved in part through Ms Sakellarios' practice of<br>priming her canvases with cadmium red. She paints wet on wet and the resulting<br>works reflect a fluidity of style and an immediacy which capture her subjects<br>with compelling integrity. Her landscapes are gentle, reflective worlds which<br>are imbued with a quiet dignity and elegance. As silent observer, Ms Sakellarios<br>immortalizes the private world to which she often bears witness. Figures may<br>serve as distant focal points: a young child standing in a sea of wildflowers,<br>lost in some moment of child reverie ...a woman reading quietly amidst the<br>shadows of a summer garden. Ms Sakellarios' compositions resonate with light and<br>sentiment and speak to a universally appealing theme of serenity and grace."<br><br>16.5" x 18.5" frame, 8" x 10" masonite panel. Original work. No issues with<br>painting, some wear to frame and soiling to matting.
