New work by artist Monika Steiner
on view currently at Geras Tousignant Gallery
Title: Life, oil on wood, 40" x 40"
artist: Monika Steiner
Binary Forces
New Paintings by Monika Steiner
Integral to the
creation of my abstract Art are the concepts of Metaphysics - the philosophical
study of being, knowing, and fundamental
reality - and my daily practices in
Meditation, in which I explore the conscious and unconscious dimensions of the
mind.
My paintings
feature emerging and dissolving spheres, natures most efficient shape, floating
in empty space.
I envision all
forms of matter as containers of information where particles come in and out of
existence through our intention to observe them, passing from the implicate
into the physical and then back into the realm of potential.
These concepts allow me to investigate the subtle
relationship between perception and material reality. The harmonious background
colors interacting with the energetic
floating spheres create a balance that it is exquisitely delicate and at the same time, powerful, dramatic and
serene.
Born in Switzerland,
Monika Steiner currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area where she
received her BFA degree from Sonoma State
University. Her work has been shown
nationally and internationally in galleries, museums, and public exhibitions.
Title: The Fifth Element, oil on wood, 40" x 72"
artist: Monika Steiner
Title: Infinity III, Bronze, 29" x 21" x 11"
artist: Monika Steiner
Abstraction is my way to describe
what I cannot see physically, what is beyond the tangible. I take an idea
and remove all that is familiar to me, seeking the true essence, what’s left is
something that has a much deeper grasp of reality.
I want to express the truth of
this deeper reality with the timelessness of bronze sculpture. I contemplate
ideas until they become abstract shapes, resonating with their essential
duality: The contrast of inner and
outer, density and negative space, asymmetry verses balance, and polished edges
against shadow and texture.
Born in Switzerland,
Monika Steiner received her BFA degree from Sonoma
State University.
She has had several solo shows since, and is in private collections here and
abroad.
artist: Monika Steiner
