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Featured Art: Evergreen

My painting Evergreen was accepted into the Rockland Virtual Arts Festival from April 1 - 30, 2021. As part of my participation, I created a video that lasted less than two minutes describing my painting. Here I talked more about the process than the feelings involved. You can watch the video below. It is on the Rockland Arts Festival Youtube channel.

What got cut out of the video is the meaning behind the painting. I use a lot of my representational work as metaphors for my feelings, experiences, and opinions. Evergreen is about our inner strength. It’s about our ability to go through the harshest of times, all the while discovering the inner strength that helps us to make it through.

©February 2020, Francesca Bandino, Evergreen. Acrylic on Canvas, 24x20x1.5 inches.In situ image by Francesca Bandino

©February 2020, Francesca Bandino, Evergreen. Acrylic on Canvas, 24x20x1.5 inches.

In situ image by Francesca Bandino

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