Jackie Roliardi
Email: jroliardi@cox.net
www.jackieroliardiart.artspan.com
Jackie lived in the
Northeast for the first half of her life, and often still visit
those places she loves most in New England. She is as inspired
by the landscapes, colors and beaches back east, as she is by
the beautiful light and energy of the desert Southwest, which is
where she currently makes her home with her husband and muse,
Bob. It is evident in her work, that both of these spaces and
places resonate deeply, and find their way into her
work.
She identifies with the artistic motivations of the Abstract
Expressionist movement of the 1940s, viewing art as an
expression of what wants and needs to come forth. While mindful
of the play of color, value, line, shape, and composition, she
works freely and spontaneously, allowing the content to
literally find itself in the work through the use of a variety
of tools, techniques and acrylic mediums.
In her words “I experience the creative process in the same way
I experience everything in life. Life cannot be coaxed into
being. What wants to come forth, will, and what needs to
fall away, will. Life always wants to renew itself in this way,
and asks us to provide the space to let it happen. The struggle
ensues when we resist the change that is trying to find it's way
to us, and we are too fixed. It limits us in life, and in art.”
Jackie studied drawing and painting in Chicago, and continued
her studies primarily at the Scottsdale Artists School, and Brio
Fine Arts when she moved to Arizona. She became a full time
professional artist 11 years ago, and started showing her work
in galleries in Scottsdale, Arizona.
She believes that her work has a language and a voice. As she
shares it with others, the viewer will always find the piece
that speaks directly to them, meets them where they are, and
speaks to their shared consciousness.
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