Collection: Carol Napoli

"My current works are developed using acrylic paint on 300 lb. archival paper or cradled hardwood supports. The paintings are conceived from a prayerful approach. Using the elements of the world around me I paint with a desire to portray a spiritual reality.
These narrative themes weave images, marks, and color through the compositions with the intention to point beyond what our eyes can see but our soul may seek. Significant within the imagery of
these works is the representation of a lamb; God's Son, Christ Jesus as the Lamb of God.

I enjoy both the formal aspects of art and its' less easily defined intuitive and emotional side. During the process of painting a dialogue transpires between the work and myself; which may take the painting in unexpected directions. Sometimes this process flows with little effort and at other times there is a wrestling that must be endured before the conclusion of the work. Marks hold a fascination with me as I relate them to the history that is expressed in each life as the "marks" that build together to form the whole.
Much as the Creator Lord God speaks Hope and Love and Faith into our hearts.

When a painting is completed it is my desire that the work will
bring interest and beauty to the viewer. The Lord God, our
Heavenly Father is always near; calling for our personal response to His expressed Love."