Dominic Piperata

Indio, CA - United States

I have been making art in one form or another since I was very young. My working career has been spent in the art world, but not primarily as a professional artist. For the past 25 years I have been a consultant specializing in career development and marketing strategies for artists, arts organizations, fine art photographers, and boutique film companies.

For me, making art is a personal form of meditation. It allows me to step outside of the world for a short while, to stop the passge of time and become completely immersed in the creative process. I have an art studio at my home, and a 44� 12-color printer. I produce giclee canvas prints of my own work and that of the artists with whom I consult under contract. Besides painting and drawing, I also like to take photographs and make assemblage pieces from various found objects.

The work I�m showing here consists of paintings on canvas or board, mixed media works on board or canvas, and artworks that I refer to as �enhanced screenprints� - for lack of a better descriptive. These enhanced artworks begin as a photograph or composite image that I have developed on the computer. Once the image has been color corrected, it is printed on heavy paper. The next step in the process is the addition of enhancements using various artist media, such as colored pencil, graphite, ink, pastel, oil stick, and acrylic wash. Once the image is finalized, it is sealed with fixative or spray varnish. It then goes onto a large flatbed scanner, which yields a high resolution master image that I use as the basis for a series of limited edition prints.

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