Piece description from the artist
The original work is 24 in width x 18 in height on 1.5 inch deep cradled birch panel. Sealed with an archival clear acrylic based primer.
Rose Dusk Beach is a semi-abstract seascape with a focus on light. In the sky, traditional painting, palette knife and dry brush techniques capture the depth and subtleties of the light around dusk. This is the so called “Magic Hour”.
In the water and shoreline, light manipulating elements are used to create movement and presence. Reflective mica, light distorting and magnifying lenses and retroreflective beads combine to make the seascape responsive to ambient light.
The effect of water was enriched using specialized acrylic pouring techniques. these techniques yield marbled, swirled and agate like patterns of color inside a deep crystal clear acrylic paint film. Raked textures and extruded ribbons in three dimensions lend body and substance to the water, contrasting with the depth and subtlety of the sky.
Dr. Regina Valluzzi has an extensive scientific background in nanotechnology and biophysics. She has been a scientist in the chemical industry, a green chemistry researcher, a research professor at the engineering school at Tufts, a start-up founder engaged in technology commercialization, and a start-up and commercialization consultant.
Even during periods of intense activity as a scientist, Dr. Valluzzi has always held a strong interest in the visual arts and in visual information. While she majored in Materials Science at MIT, she also obtained a second degree in music and a minor in visual studies. Visual arts have managed to permeate her technical work; during her Ph.D in Polymer Science and Engineering at UMass Amherst, she completed a thesis that required advanced electron microscopy, image analysis, and theoretical data modeling. These experiences provided the visual insight and information that now influences much of her artwork.
Dr. Valluzzi’s work has been included in private collections across the US, UK, Germany, Canada, Japan, Netherlands, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Dubai and Malta, and in the corporate collection of "Seyfarth Shaw" Boston law offices around Boston. She has a selection of pieces on loan to the MIT Materials Science and Engineering Department as indoor public art. Her accomplishments include having published thirty articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals, having made several scientific patents, having been a subject matter expert for an encyclopedia chapter, and having been invited to speak at science talks across the US, Europe, and Japan.
Her newsletter is a good source of ongoing information: http://eepurl.com/daiLQ
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