Nací y crecí en el norte de Italia. Mi padre, un maestro de escuela, continuamente alentó mi amor por el arte, la ciencia y la naturaleza. Me llevó a frecuentes caminatas en los Alpes y a viajes a museos y sitios históricos. No fue hasta la escuela secundaria que desarrollé un profundo interés en el arte. Tuve un increíble maestro de arte que se convirtió en mi mentor. Me apoyó mucho y realmente alentó mi inclinación artística.
2. ¿Cuándo decidiste convertirte en artista?
No recuerdo un momento en que no soñaba con ser artista. Sin embargo, no fue hasta que vine a los Estados Unidos que comencé a imaginar la posibilidad de convertirme en uno. Tomé muchas clases universitarias en arte y eventualmente comencé a trabajar como diseñador gráfico. Sin embargo, fue solo después de criar a mis hijos que me convertí en un artista profesional.
3. ¿Crees que el arte es curativo?
El arte es una fuerza curativa que conecta la mente y el cuerpo y puede ser una gran herramienta para restaurar la salud de las personas involucradas en la creación y de las personas que ven el arte en sí. Por ejemplo, el arte que se exhibe en los hospitales crea un ambiente de seguridad y paz. Uno de mis logros más orgullosos es tener una gran reproducción de mi obra de arte "Ayer, hoy y mañana" instalada en el Pabellón Regional de Salud de Lakeland para Mujeres y Niños en Florida.
4. ¿Con qué propósito realizas tu arte?
Para mí, el arte es una verdadera pasión y una vocación. Es a través del lenguaje de líneas, formas y colores que me expreso al mundo. Algunas personas se comunican mejor a través de palabras escritas, notas musicales o ecuaciones matemáticas. Me comunico a través del lenguaje del arte.
5. ¿Qué deseas comunicar a través de tu obra de arte?
Aunque mi arte puede ser visto como una representación eminente de la naturaleza, también puede ser percibido como una ilustración metafórica de la vida. Los guijarros son los personajes principales de mi obra. Las que están por encima del nivel del agua son las partes de mí que le muestro al mundo exterior; a veces son rígidas y duras y necesitan ser suavizadas por la suavidad y el frescor que se encuentran debajo. Mi desafío interminable, como artista y como ser humano, es encontrar un equilibrio entre los dos mundos.
De un artículo en ARCH2O.com de AiyshaAlsane: “Sus piezas son estudios de fenómenos que ha observado en la naturaleza, una interacción de dos objetos, uno sólido y fluido, pero sus pinturas transportan al espectador a un mundo diferente. Yo, personalmente, nunca volveré a ver la unión de rocas y agua de la misma forma ".
6. ¿Qué representa la pintura, o tu técnica, en tu vida? Además, ¿qué es lo más loco o inusual que hiciste por esto?
He desarrollado una técnica para los medios de dibujo basados en cera utilizando un tablero calentado, una invención llamada Icarus Drawing Board. El calor ayuda a suavizar o derretir los pigmentos cerosos para que puedan ser fácilmente manipulados y mezclados de manera pictórica. Es el método perfecto para lograr las gradaciones suaves y los tonos de disolución que impregnan mi arte. Mi proceso consiste en una combinación de dibujo y pintura, alternando entre técnicas frías y cálidas.
Hace quince años, cuando comencé a experimentar con el calor, utilicé un calentador de pie de goma calentado que encontré en Internet. Toda mi casa olía a goma y mi esposo quedó tan exasperado por el olor que decidió ayudarme a diseñar y construir lo que eventualmente se convertiría en el Tablero de Dibujo Icarus.
7. ¿Te consideras "el elegido" por tener este regalo?
¡Absolutamente no! Todos nacemos con ciertas inclinaciones, pero solo el trabajo duro puede llevarlos a buen término.
8. ¿Qué otras áreas artísticas complementan tu arte o tus creaciones?
La música siempre ha inspirado mi arte, especialmente al comienzo de mi carrera. Mi único autorretrato fue creado mientras escuchaba la sonata para piano de Beethoven "Appassionata in F Minor" y recibió el nombre de su título. Como la sonata, mi autorretrato está lleno de fuertes contrastes y representa la complejidad de la vida. Otras obras de arte que se inspiraron en la música clásica son "Preludio", "Obertura" y "Fuga de las prímulas". La música pop, en particular la canción "True Colors" de Cyndi Lauper, describe a la perfección los sentimientos que tuve al crear su homónimo.
Los escritores han utilizado mi arte para tocar el corazón de su audiencia porque es emocionalmente atractivo. En su artículo "Rainbow Reflections", la autora publicada Emilia Fonseca escribe: "Las alucinantes y coloridas creaciones artísticas de Ester Roi pueden llevarnos a nuestros días más felices de infancia y, como escribió Maya Angelou en Letter to My Daughter, pueden ser un arcoíris en la nube de otra persona”.
En el campo de la educación, mi arte se ha utilizado en todo el mundo para inspirar a estudiantes de todas las edades, desde preescolar hasta doctorado. Se incluye en libros de texto como la tercera edición de "Discovering Drawing" de Sallye Mahan-Cox, Davis Publications, para estudiantes de secundaria en los Estados Unidos. Incluso adorna la portada de la tesis doctoral de Shauvik, sobre el tema de cómo fluyen los fluidos a través de las estructuras rocosas.
9. ¿Eres un instrumento de tu arte y lo realizas en cualquier momento o solo cuando tienes tiempo disponible?
Trato el arte como mi prioridad, como un trabajo al que voy cinco o seis días a la semana. Por la mañana, cuando estoy descansado y de mente clara, dibujo, pinto, bosquejo, desarrollo nuevos conceptos e ideas, o tomo fotografías de referencia. Por la tarde hago tareas comerciales como correos electrónicos, redes sociales, marketing y planificación, y mucho más.
10. ¿Cómo definirías tu arte?
Aunque exploré muchos estilos diferentes de arte, siempre me ha cautivado el realismo. En los últimos diez años he desarrollado una afinidad por el hiperrealismo; mi objetivo es crear una ilusión muy meticulosa de la realidad enfatizando demasiado los detalles y llevando los colores a los extremos.
7. ¿Te consideras "el elegido" por tener este regalo?
¡Absolutamente no! Todos nacemos con ciertas inclinaciones, pero solo el trabajo duro puede llevarlos a buen término.
8. ¿Qué otras áreas artísticas complementan tu arte o tus creaciones?
La música siempre ha inspirado mi arte, especialmente al comienzo de mi carrera. Mi único autorretrato fue creado mientras escuchaba la sonata para piano de Beethoven "Appassionata in F Minor" y recibió el nombre de su título. Como la sonata, mi autorretrato está lleno de fuertes contrastes y representa la complejidad de la vida. Otras obras de arte que se inspiraron en la música clásica son "Preludio", "Obertura" y "Fuga de las prímulas". La música pop, en particular la canción "True Colors" de Cyndi Lauper, describe a la perfección los sentimientos que tuve al crear su homónimo.
Los escritores han utilizado mi arte para tocar el corazón de su audiencia porque es emocionalmente atractivo. En su artículo "Rainbow Reflections", la autora publicada Emilia Fonseca escribe: "Las alucinantes y coloridas creaciones artísticas de Ester Roi pueden llevarnos a nuestros días más felices de infancia y, como escribió Maya Angelou en Letter to My Daughter, pueden ser un arcoíris en la nube de otra persona”.
En el campo de la educación, mi arte se ha utilizado en todo el mundo para inspirar a estudiantes de todas las edades, desde preescolar hasta doctorado. Se incluye en libros de texto como la tercera edición de "Discovering Drawing" de Sallye Mahan-Cox, Davis Publications, para estudiantes de secundaria en los Estados Unidos. Incluso adorna la portada de la tesis doctoral de Shauvik, sobre el tema de cómo fluyen los fluidos a través de las estructuras rocosas.
9. ¿Eres un instrumento de tu arte y lo realizas en cualquier momento o solo cuando tienes tiempo disponible?
Trato el arte como mi prioridad, como un trabajo al que voy cinco o seis días a la semana. Por la mañana, cuando estoy descansado y de mente clara, dibujo, pinto, bosquejo, desarrollo nuevos conceptos e ideas, o tomo fotografías de referencia. Por la tarde hago tareas comerciales como correos electrónicos, redes sociales, marketing y planificación, y mucho más.
10. ¿Cómo definirías tu arte?
Aunque exploré muchos estilos diferentes de arte, siempre me ha cautivado el realismo. En los últimos diez años he desarrollado una afinidad por el hiperrealismo; mi objetivo es crear una ilusión muy meticulosa de la realidad enfatizando demasiado los detalles y llevando los colores a los extremos.
Biografía:
El arte de Ester Roi se caracteriza por colores brillantes y detalles nítidos y una fascinación constante por los objetos naturales rodeados o inmersos en el agua. Las rocas y flores en sus pinturas se observan por encima y por debajo de la superficie, y los cambios visuales que el agua imparte a sus formas y colores se registran meticulosamente. Ester se esfuerza por capturar la interacción entre imágenes realistas y sus equivalentes abstraídos e integrarlos armoniosamente.
Ester Roi
El arte de Ester Roi se caracteriza por colores brillantes y detalles nítidos y una fascinación constante por los objetos naturales rodeados o inmersos en el agua. Las rocas y flores en sus pinturas se observan por encima y por debajo de la superficie, y los cambios visuales que el agua imparte a sus formas y colores se registran meticulosamente. Ester se esfuerza por capturar la interacción entre imágenes realistas y sus equivalentes abstraídos e integrarlos armoniosamente.
Ester Roi
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English interview
1. How Art became part of your life?
I was born and raised in Northern Italy. My father, a school teacher, continuously encouraged my love for art, science and nature. He took me to frequent hikes in the Alps and to trips to museums and historical sites.It wasn't until middle school that I developed a deep interest in art. I had an amazing art teacher who became my mentor. He was very supportive and really encouraged my artistic inclination.
2. When did you decide to become an artist?
I don’t remember a time when I wasn’t dreaming of being an artist. Yet, it wasn’t until I came to the United States that I began envisioning the possibility of becoming one. I took many college classes in art and eventually I started working as a graphic designer. However, it was only after raising my children that I became a professional fine artist.
3. Do you think that Art is healing?
Art is ahealing forcethat connects mind and body and can be a great tool in restoring the health of the people engaged in making it as well as the people viewing the art itself. For example, art that is displayed in hospitalscreates an environment ofsafety and peace. One of my proudest accomplishments is to have a large reproductions of my artwork “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” installed at the Lakeland Regional Health Pavilion for Women and Children in Florida.
4. With what purpose do you perform your Art?
For me art is a true passion and a calling. It’s through the language of lines, shapes and colors that I express myself to the world.Some people communicate best through written words, or musical notes, or mathematical equations. I communicate through the language of art.
5. What do you wish to communicate through your artwork?
Although my art can be viewed as ameticulous representation of nature, it can also be perceived as a metaphorical illustration of life.The pebbles are the main characters in my play. The ones above the water level arethe parts of me that I show to the outside world;sometimes they are rigid and harsh and need to be tempered by the softness and coolness below. My endless challenge, as an artist and as a human being, is to find a balance between the two worlds.
From an article on ARCH2O.com by AiyshaAlsane: “Her pieces are studies of phenomena she has observed in nature, an interaction of two objects, a solid and fluid, yet her paintings transport the viewer to a different world. I, personally, won’t ever see the union of rocks and water the same again.”
6. What represents painting, or your technique, in your life? Also, what is the craziest orunusual thing you did because of this?
I have developed a technique forwax-based drawing mediausing a heated board, an invention called the Icarus Drawing Board. The heat helps soften or melt the waxy pigments so they can be easily manipulated and blended in a painterly fashion. It’s the perfect method to achieve the smooth gradations and dissolving hues that permeate my art.My process consists of a combination of drawing and painting, alternating between cool and warm techniques.
Fifteen years ago, when I started experimenting with heat, I used a heated rubber foot warmer that I found on the internet. My whole house smelled like rubber and my husband became so exasperated by the smell that he decided to help me design and build what eventually would become the Icarus Drawing Board.
7. Do you consider yourself as ‘the chosen one’ for having this gift?
Absolutely not! We are all born with certain inclinations butonly hard work can bring them to fruition.
8. What other artistic areas complement your art, or your creations? Example music, dance, theater, cinema, photography, etc.
Music has always inspired my art especially at the beginning of my career. My one and only self-portrait was created while listening to Beethoven’s piano sonata “Appassionata in F Minor” and named after its title. Like the sonata, my self-portrait is full of sharp contrasts and represents life’s complexity. Other artworks that were inspired by classical music are “Preludio”, “Overture” and “Fugue of the Primroses”. Pop music, in particular the song "True Colors" by Cyndi Lauper, describes to perfection the feelings I had while creating its namesake.
My art has been used by writers to touch the heart of their audience because it is emotionally engaging. In her article "Rainbow Reflections", published author Emilia Fonseca writes: “Ester Roi’s mind-blowing colourful art creations can take us back to our happiest childhood days and, as Maya Angelou wrote in Letter to My Daughter, they can be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud.”
In the field of education my art has been used all over the world to inspire students of all ages, from preschool to PhD. It’s included in textbooks like the third edition of "Discovering Drawing" by Sallye Mahan-Cox, Davis Publications, for high school students in the United States. It even graces the cover of Shauvik De’s PhD thesis on the subject of how fluids flow through rock structures.
9. Are you an instrument of your Art and you perform it anytime, or just when you have time available?
I treat art as my priority, like a job that I go to five or six days a week. In the morning, when I’m rested and clear-minded, I draw, paint, sketch, develop new concepts and ideas, or take reference photographs. In the afternoon I do business tasks like emails, social media, marketing and planning, and much more.
10. How would you define your Art?
Although I explored many different styles of art, I’ve always been captivated by realism. In the last ten years I have developed an affinity for hyperrealism; my aim is to create a very meticulous illusion of reality by overemphasizing details and pushing colors to extremes.
Biography:
Ester Roi’s art is characterized by brilliant colors and sharp details and an ongoing fascination with natural objects surrounded or immersed in water. The rocks and flowers in her paintings are observed above and below the surface, and the visual changes that water imparts to their shapes and colors are meticulously recorded. Ester strives to capture the interplay between realistic images and their abstracted counterparts and to integrate them harmoniously.
I was born and raised in Northern Italy. My father, a school teacher, continuously encouraged my love for art, science and nature. He took me to frequent hikes in the Alps and to trips to museums and historical sites.It wasn't until middle school that I developed a deep interest in art. I had an amazing art teacher who became my mentor. He was very supportive and really encouraged my artistic inclination.
2. When did you decide to become an artist?
I don’t remember a time when I wasn’t dreaming of being an artist. Yet, it wasn’t until I came to the United States that I began envisioning the possibility of becoming one. I took many college classes in art and eventually I started working as a graphic designer. However, it was only after raising my children that I became a professional fine artist.
3. Do you think that Art is healing?
Art is ahealing forcethat connects mind and body and can be a great tool in restoring the health of the people engaged in making it as well as the people viewing the art itself. For example, art that is displayed in hospitalscreates an environment ofsafety and peace. One of my proudest accomplishments is to have a large reproductions of my artwork “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” installed at the Lakeland Regional Health Pavilion for Women and Children in Florida.
4. With what purpose do you perform your Art?
For me art is a true passion and a calling. It’s through the language of lines, shapes and colors that I express myself to the world.Some people communicate best through written words, or musical notes, or mathematical equations. I communicate through the language of art.
5. What do you wish to communicate through your artwork?
Although my art can be viewed as ameticulous representation of nature, it can also be perceived as a metaphorical illustration of life.The pebbles are the main characters in my play. The ones above the water level arethe parts of me that I show to the outside world;sometimes they are rigid and harsh and need to be tempered by the softness and coolness below. My endless challenge, as an artist and as a human being, is to find a balance between the two worlds.
From an article on ARCH2O.com by AiyshaAlsane: “Her pieces are studies of phenomena she has observed in nature, an interaction of two objects, a solid and fluid, yet her paintings transport the viewer to a different world. I, personally, won’t ever see the union of rocks and water the same again.”
6. What represents painting, or your technique, in your life? Also, what is the craziest orunusual thing you did because of this?
I have developed a technique forwax-based drawing mediausing a heated board, an invention called the Icarus Drawing Board. The heat helps soften or melt the waxy pigments so they can be easily manipulated and blended in a painterly fashion. It’s the perfect method to achieve the smooth gradations and dissolving hues that permeate my art.My process consists of a combination of drawing and painting, alternating between cool and warm techniques.
Fifteen years ago, when I started experimenting with heat, I used a heated rubber foot warmer that I found on the internet. My whole house smelled like rubber and my husband became so exasperated by the smell that he decided to help me design and build what eventually would become the Icarus Drawing Board.
7. Do you consider yourself as ‘the chosen one’ for having this gift?
Absolutely not! We are all born with certain inclinations butonly hard work can bring them to fruition.
8. What other artistic areas complement your art, or your creations? Example music, dance, theater, cinema, photography, etc.
Music has always inspired my art especially at the beginning of my career. My one and only self-portrait was created while listening to Beethoven’s piano sonata “Appassionata in F Minor” and named after its title. Like the sonata, my self-portrait is full of sharp contrasts and represents life’s complexity. Other artworks that were inspired by classical music are “Preludio”, “Overture” and “Fugue of the Primroses”. Pop music, in particular the song "True Colors" by Cyndi Lauper, describes to perfection the feelings I had while creating its namesake.
My art has been used by writers to touch the heart of their audience because it is emotionally engaging. In her article "Rainbow Reflections", published author Emilia Fonseca writes: “Ester Roi’s mind-blowing colourful art creations can take us back to our happiest childhood days and, as Maya Angelou wrote in Letter to My Daughter, they can be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud.”
In the field of education my art has been used all over the world to inspire students of all ages, from preschool to PhD. It’s included in textbooks like the third edition of "Discovering Drawing" by Sallye Mahan-Cox, Davis Publications, for high school students in the United States. It even graces the cover of Shauvik De’s PhD thesis on the subject of how fluids flow through rock structures.
9. Are you an instrument of your Art and you perform it anytime, or just when you have time available?
I treat art as my priority, like a job that I go to five or six days a week. In the morning, when I’m rested and clear-minded, I draw, paint, sketch, develop new concepts and ideas, or take reference photographs. In the afternoon I do business tasks like emails, social media, marketing and planning, and much more.
10. How would you define your Art?
Although I explored many different styles of art, I’ve always been captivated by realism. In the last ten years I have developed an affinity for hyperrealism; my aim is to create a very meticulous illusion of reality by overemphasizing details and pushing colors to extremes.
Biography:
Ester Roi’s art is characterized by brilliant colors and sharp details and an ongoing fascination with natural objects surrounded or immersed in water. The rocks and flowers in her paintings are observed above and below the surface, and the visual changes that water imparts to their shapes and colors are meticulously recorded. Ester strives to capture the interplay between realistic images and their abstracted counterparts and to integrate them harmoniously.
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