Art Exhibit by Diane Fenster | Community Issue

the drowned Phoenician Sailor

Phlebas

Madame Sosostris

Mr. Eugenides

Belladonna

Tiresias

3penny

vhb

hotel

Sunset Over the City Beckons Me.

Be Gentle with the Earth

The Mall

Pilgrimmage

Hoppi Indian Charms

Calalily

African Motif

The Artist

Personna

Are You Sure this is Kansas?

Bird in a Gilded Cage

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ART EXHIBIT
BY Diane Fenster

ENCAUSTICS - COLLAGE - OIL - WATERCOLOR - MIXED MEDIA - ACRYLICS

(with occasional comments from the artist)

series of illustrations portraying
characters
from T.S. Eliot's
"The Waste Land"
created for the
Digitally Propelled Ideas exhibit (DPI),
curated by Diane Fenster at
the California Polytechnic University, Pomona.

"Here, said she,
Is your card, the drowned Phoenician Sailor,
(Those are pearls that were his eyes. Look!)"

"Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead
Forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep sea swell
And the profit and loss
A currant under sea
Picked his bones in whispers."

"Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante,
Has a bad cold, nevertheless
Is known to be the wisest woman in Europe
With a wicked pack of cards"

"Unreal City
Under the brown fog of a winter noon
Mr. Eugenides, the Smyrna merchant
Unshaven, with a pocket full of currants
C.i.f. London: documents at sight,"

"Here is Belladonna, the Lady of the Rocks,
the lady of situations."

"I Tiresias, though blind, throbbing between two lives,
Old man with wrinkled female breasts, can see
At the violet hour, the evening hour that strives
Homeward, and brings the sailor home from the sea"

self promo pieces appearing in the alternative pick 2000

I won three awards in two shows with this one.

A very good example of my original idea and original painting. Excellent choice of encaustic work with a brush and heat gun.

Excellent choice of collage with encaustic. I love the message on it too.

It won first place at the Triton Museum.

Original oil — one of my series of self-expression pieces done during my internship at college.

Original idea, original oil — everybody loves this puppy.

I belong to a group called “Women on the Edge”. We each brought an item to the table, and then we each put those pieces together into a painting. When it was my turn to take the pieces home, I made two sketches and chose this one to create the work. I loved doing it; it just flowed out of me. When it was finished, I stepped back to view it and realized I’d just created a metaphor for my life.

I live in a wonderful home with a view of Monterey Bay. Sometimes this high-maintenance home annoys me because instead of going to theatre or art shows, we stay home and fix or clean the garden. I feel like the bird in the gilded cage. I rant and rave at the lion (my ever calm husband who just watches me rant, ha.) We have a lovely lifestyle and I still want more. It’s just ridiculous. This work brought me a realization: “I am a spoiled woman.”

Painting is 18x24 mixed media. The price is $600. It is presented in a Nielsen-black metal frame.

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