Symona Colina:
My life began in Ridderkerk, the Netherlands, the 23rd of September 1954. Right now I am living and working in Italy, Roma. With every new painting I create I am trying to realize a 'certain' quality from which I dare say that I sometimes almost seem to touch this.
To me a 'certain' quality is important, as well as the will and strength to continue, to go 'steady' on.
"Balancing" on the surface of the canvas, on the edge of Time ...
Visual-Spatial "thinking", Visual-Spatial "seeing" to me these concepts or rather this concept is the basis used by me to create my paintings. To me Visual-Spatial "thinking" and/or Visual-Spatial "seeing" are inverse proportional.
Time ... The fourth dimension ...
Without "Time" space maybe doesn't move ... and space moving inside out and outside in is weaving Time.
Time is a key to many answers, not the answer...
My world is defined by: Height - Width - Depth ... the three axes of prospective defining Space.
Space is three-dimensional.
At least the physical space is, in mathematical-space one seems to speak about hyper space.
Space - Time ... as four-dimensional, the string theory ...ten, twelve, twenty six dimensions ...
Finding a balance, keeping a balance is a challenge.
I am just trying to do the best I can, using the best to be durable in time.
Before creating my paintings, oil on canvas, I make several studies with pencil on paper to get the best idea of perspective for the object represented.
Most of my work is oil painted because it is one of the most sensual materials. This preparing work is an indispensable process to reach, with the use of various colored shades, for the desired final result. The 'error's' of perspective used in many of my paintings are used to highlight to confirm the sense of space in a 'flat'-view. The constructions find their origin in the sensuality of daily articles, ordinary things.
It takes about four to five month to create one painting
Looking into this: Art Catalog "Within the Blue": paintings - oil on canvas of Symona Colina, will give you hopefully some thoughts and dreams ...
All the paintings shown are made with oil on canvas.
I think that a "good" painting can be "heard" while it is seen.
My life began in Ridderkerk, the Netherlands, the 23rd of September 1954. Right now I am living and working in Italy, Roma. With every new painting I create I am trying to realize a 'certain' quality from which I dare say that I sometimes almost seem to touch this.
To me a 'certain' quality is important, as well as the will and strength to continue, to go 'steady' on.
"Balancing" on the surface of the canvas, on the edge of Time ...
Visual-Spatial "thinking", Visual-Spatial "seeing" to me these concepts or rather this concept is the basis used by me to create my paintings. To me Visual-Spatial "thinking" and/or Visual-Spatial "seeing" are inverse proportional.
Time ... The fourth dimension ...
Without "Time" space maybe doesn't move ... and space moving inside out and outside in is weaving Time.
Time is a key to many answers, not the answer...
My world is defined by: Height - Width - Depth ... the three axes of prospective defining Space.
Space is three-dimensional.
At least the physical space is, in mathematical-space one seems to speak about hyper space.
Space - Time ... as four-dimensional, the string theory ...ten, twelve, twenty six dimensions ...
Finding a balance, keeping a balance is a challenge.
I am just trying to do the best I can, using the best to be durable in time.
Before creating my paintings, oil on canvas, I make several studies with pencil on paper to get the best idea of perspective for the object represented.
Most of my work is oil painted because it is one of the most sensual materials. This preparing work is an indispensable process to reach, with the use of various colored shades, for the desired final result. The 'error's' of perspective used in many of my paintings are used to highlight to confirm the sense of space in a 'flat'-view. The constructions find their origin in the sensuality of daily articles, ordinary things.
It takes about four to five month to create one painting
Looking into this: Art Catalog "Within the Blue": paintings - oil on canvas of Symona Colina, will give you hopefully some thoughts and dreams ...
All the paintings shown are made with oil on canvas.
I think that a "good" painting can be "heard" while it is seen.
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The Art Catalog: "Within the Blue" of Symona Colina (paintings, oil on canvas) contains some of
the paintings made by Symona Colina with oil on canvas
In German there is this wonderful expression - "Mann kàn davon reden ... Ins Blaüe Hinein" which means as much as:
"One can speak about it ... "Within the Blue"... as long as ... maybe forever lasts."
Most of the art-works of Symona Colina are paintings made on canvas with oil-paint.
There are also some drawings ( open "paintings": pencil on paper) in this art-catalog "Within the Blue".
I hope that one enjoys looking into this Art Catalog :"Within the Blue" of Symona Colina's; oil on canvas - paintings".
WITHIN THE BLUE:
Within the blue, blue sky, within the depth of the ever so blue sea ...
Behind that I can not see, my space is defined by height, width and 'depth'.
My Art begins there.
Seeing, looking, trying to keep a balance, trying to find a balance, working at a painting , a space to be.
To experience a painting, a space, to me is a challenge to take.
An open space, to shape ,to enter ,to explore ,to love ,to hold ,to give ,to take ,to caress , to capture ,to see
to define, to touch, to wonder ...
A painting to create with the tools and means I have ... ,
oil ,canvas, pencil, brush, paper, ... geometrical, mathematical structures ...
parallels visually crossing in infinity defining the limits ... a rainbow of light is going its way about ...
crushing, caressing, capturing space.
The parallels, the geometrical-mathematical structures and the rainbow of light, being equivalent, define the limits.
Define the space which I am trying to create, to visualize to focus with oil and brush, pencil and paper, defined by the borders of the canvas, ... behind that is the wall ... and another wall ...
Another painting to create, a space ... height, width and 'depth'.
the paintings made by Symona Colina with oil on canvas
In German there is this wonderful expression - "Mann kàn davon reden ... Ins Blaüe Hinein" which means as much as:
"One can speak about it ... "Within the Blue"... as long as ... maybe forever lasts."
Most of the art-works of Symona Colina are paintings made on canvas with oil-paint.
There are also some drawings ( open "paintings": pencil on paper) in this art-catalog "Within the Blue".
I hope that one enjoys looking into this Art Catalog :"Within the Blue" of Symona Colina's; oil on canvas - paintings".
WITHIN THE BLUE:
Within the blue, blue sky, within the depth of the ever so blue sea ...
Behind that I can not see, my space is defined by height, width and 'depth'.
My Art begins there.
Seeing, looking, trying to keep a balance, trying to find a balance, working at a painting , a space to be.
To experience a painting, a space, to me is a challenge to take.
An open space, to shape ,to enter ,to explore ,to love ,to hold ,to give ,to take ,to caress , to capture ,to see
to define, to touch, to wonder ...
A painting to create with the tools and means I have ... ,
oil ,canvas, pencil, brush, paper, ... geometrical, mathematical structures ...
parallels visually crossing in infinity defining the limits ... a rainbow of light is going its way about ...
crushing, caressing, capturing space.
The parallels, the geometrical-mathematical structures and the rainbow of light, being equivalent, define the limits.
Define the space which I am trying to create, to visualize to focus with oil and brush, pencil and paper, defined by the borders of the canvas, ... behind that is the wall ... and another wall ...
Another painting to create, a space ... height, width and 'depth'.
Symona Colina:
The paintings I make hopefully leave a sense of wonder behind.
My work is not symbolical and I would almost underline that "not symbolical". Interpretations in how we see and what we see are ever so personal, like the smell of roses or the blue moon ... Or ...
I do not whish to leave a message, arguments or a philosophy behind with my paintings .... or anything like that.
One can do so ... if one pleases ...
One can talk about these ... if one pleases... one can speak about these ... "Ins Blaüe Hinein - Within The Blue"
...I think so I believe ...
A painting, a space ... to love, to caress, to explore, to give, to see, to wonder ...
A painting, a space ... geometrical, mathematical structures ... parallels visually crossing in infinity defining the limits ... a rainbow of light is going its way about ... crushing, caressing, capturing space ...
A window in a blind wall ...
My space is defined by height, width and 'depth'.
Lately I was asked if I used a computer ...
Well I don't, I create my paintings just using pencil and paper , and brushes and paint.
In a certain way there is not much to it ... on the other hand it takes a lot.
I suppose I paint because there are birds flying in the sky, singing there songs ...
Because there's many fish in the sea, swimming and swirling around ... so I sit down and paint ...
a world to see ...
"William Blake" ;
To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.
A robin redbreast ...
The paintings I make hopefully leave a sense of wonder behind.
My work is not symbolical and I would almost underline that "not symbolical". Interpretations in how we see and what we see are ever so personal, like the smell of roses or the blue moon ... Or ...
I do not whish to leave a message, arguments or a philosophy behind with my paintings .... or anything like that.
One can do so ... if one pleases ...
One can talk about these ... if one pleases... one can speak about these ... "Ins Blaüe Hinein - Within The Blue"
...I think so I believe ...
A painting, a space ... to love, to caress, to explore, to give, to see, to wonder ...
A painting, a space ... geometrical, mathematical structures ... parallels visually crossing in infinity defining the limits ... a rainbow of light is going its way about ... crushing, caressing, capturing space ...
A window in a blind wall ...
My space is defined by height, width and 'depth'.
Lately I was asked if I used a computer ...
Well I don't, I create my paintings just using pencil and paper , and brushes and paint.
In a certain way there is not much to it ... on the other hand it takes a lot.
I suppose I paint because there are birds flying in the sky, singing there songs ...
Because there's many fish in the sea, swimming and swirling around ... so I sit down and paint ...
a world to see ...
"William Blake" ;
To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.
A robin redbreast ...
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