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Fine Art Alchemy
My current body of work examines alchemy, both literally and metaphorically. According to Lewis Hyde in Trickster Makes This World, the elements of chance lie at the crossroads between two seemingly unrelated worlds, and through that intersection, all new life is born. He links it to the biochemist, Jacques Monod’s theories on evolutionary biology. Hyde writes, “Accident is the single source of true innovation.... When a mutation meets its context we have pure coincidence, a crossroads event... Nothing new under the sun can exist without absolute chance; it alone is at the source of every innovation, of all creation in the biosphere” (120).
The majority of my work uses non-traditional paint materials such as chemical patinas, polyurethane, sheet metal and fire combined with more traditional methods reappropriated from the old masters. My hope is that the outcome brings a fresh and bold vernacular to the contemporary art world. Imagery consists of a wide range of historical and literary forms such as star charts and Victorian scientific illustration to more modern visual imagery such as binary code, cellular structures and geometric patterns. My love for mosaic, tapestry, printmaking (intaglio), and jewelry design is most likely apparent.
Please check out the slideshow below and feel free to contact me for further questions or commission requests.
Stella Lilia
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