Ginger Graziano: FULL CIRCLE opening reception

FULL CIRCLE, Conversations in Art and Poetry, Exhibition by Ginger Graziano

About the Artist: New York City native Ginger Graziano reached a point where she knew she had graduated from her chaotic life as a single mother raising two children while working as a design director for children’s educational publishing in Manhattan. She kept asking herself “where are all the trees?” She had a vision of where she would move to and searched America until she came to Asheville, North Carolina twenty-three years ago and took a hike. As she turned around on the top of Lookout Mountain, she said “here they are.” Her life as a painter, published author, and graphic designer blossomed. Her show focuses on paintings both evocative of our human journey and weirdly playful. A selection of her published poems will accompany her paintings.

Artist Statement: My art invites mystery to emerge. I work with image and symbols in mixed media, primarily acrylic, pastel, gesso, ink and crayon on high-quality paper. Color is an important element. My work is a combination of figurative and abstract. My subjects are frequently women or groups of people, the focus being emotional and spiritual. Nature speaks to me—the seasons of birth, growth, and death. New life returns, bringing continuity, forming a circle—a recurring image in my paintings.