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| login id: | VERON |
| Birth Place: | Fairfax, VA |
| Birthdate: | 11.30.1981 |
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| STATEMENT |
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[ - Artist Statement for Large Format Oil Paintings - ]
Objective OR Non-objective. The Great Debate. By combining a truly representational media, that of photography, with an analytical dissection and a non-objective approach in technique of mixed media oil painting, the unification of objective art and non-objective art can be achieved.
I seek to create a unique visual dialogue by observing nature at its most intimate level. The process begins with an objective (realist) approach by shooting a macro photograph of objects to reveal a microcosm of aesthetically powerful "parts".
The photograph at this level has already distorted the object beyond recognition.
I amplify this distortion; building a non-objective painting using only the most basic elements of general composition; shape, surface and color. Within each painting there are complimentary combinations and "movements" (borrowing a musical vernacular) of chaos and order.
Harmony.
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| BIOGRAPHY |
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Veron Ennis is a Fort Myers-based painter, curator and art critic. At the crux of her artistic foundation is painting. Stemming from this core and in the broadest sense, all things art engage her interest. Immersing herself into the vast contemporary art world provides an energetic drive, inspiration, and a constant flow of challenges beyond the private, contemplative life of painting in her studio.
As a painter, Veron’s works take on unique manifestations weaved together by an underlying stream of consciousness. Each painting presents a new mission, a new discovery, a new vision for expression, all connected by the golden thread of her distinct style.
She has exhibited her works at some of Southwest Florida’s top galleries, including shows in Fort Myers, Sanibel, Naples and Cape Coral. Her work has also been featured in New York’s Lyrical Luminosci-T, Amsterdam Whitney International Fine Art Gallery – a show curated by Ruthie Tucker.
Veron applies an assortment of media in her paintings. She loves to experiment with water-based paints, oils, polymer-based grounds, cotton rag paper and raw canvas. Her toolboxes consist of brushes, archival pens, charcoal, rags, trowels, knives, saws, drills, rulers, squares, buckets full of jar lids, scrap canisters, odd metal shapes, various widths of tape, razors, a hand sander…and a hair dryer.
Veron’s pursuits, beyond her painting, enable her to examine a diverse range of theories and constructs in the art world. Veron served as the curator for the Ferrari Gallery in Cape Coral, where she designed shows by noted artists including David Hatchett, Uri Berger and Jeffrey Scott Lewis. Her writings in art theory and criticism have appeared in Art Districts, Times of the Islands, RSW Living, Bonita Living, and Gulf and Main.
A native of Northern Virginia, Veron graduated from Virginia Tech where she majored in graphic design. However, even at an early age Veron found herself drawn to class after class in art history, art theory and painting. After a brief career in graphic and interior design, she dedicated herself to a fine-art career in painting.
Veron is married to Duncan Ennis, a proponent of green energy technology, who inspires her scientifically, mechanically, literally, mathematically, historically and philosophically. A vast source of knowledge, Duncan represents a central pillar of inspiration in Veron’s work.
Veron finds a major source of strength in her faith. She is actively involved in St. Katharine Drexel Catholic Church in Cape Coral, where she is a Sacramental Catechist for 2nd grade students. She volunteers there working with children and painting temporary murals for the parish’s annual festivals and events.
A student of art history and theory, blessed to grow up visiting the museums of Washington, DC, Veron established her foundation as a painter by emulating those works and artists who moved her the most. She gradually ascended, from emulation, to developing her own vision and voice, her own themes and motifs, and her own techniques as a modern and contemporary artist of today. |
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| EDUCATION |
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1999-2003 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA. (Virginia Tech)
Bachelor of Arts degree in Graphic Design |
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| REPRESENTATION |
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| SOLO EXHIBITS |
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| 2005 Ripe, Solo Exhibition, EnVie Lounge, Downtown Fort Myers, FL |
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| GROUP EXHIBITS |
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2010 Broadway Windows, Window Installation, Downtown Fort Myers, FL, Curated by Daniel Calvert
2009 Southwest Florida Lives!, Group Show, HOWL Gallery, Downtown Fort Myers, FL, Curated by Andy Howl
2009 23rd Annual 2D/3D All-Florida Juried Exhibition, Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers FL, Judged by Morgan Lewis- Arts Consultant w/ Florida Division of Cultural Affairs
2009 Abstract Impact, Three-Person Show, Six Degrees Exhibitions, Naples, FL, Curated by Heidi Grassley
2009 Propagated Spaces and Elemental Scapes, Two-Person Show, Ferrari Gallery, Cape Coral, FL,
Curated by Kyle Jackson and Veron Ennis
2009 State of Abstraction, Alliance of the Arts, Fort Myers, FL, Curated by David Hatchett
2009 Global Warming Party, Sydney and Berne Davis Art Center, Fort Myers, FL, Curated by Lily Hatchett
2008 East Meets West, Ferrari Gallery, Cape Coral, FL, Curated by Veron Ennis and David Acevedo
2008 Young Artists, Ferrari Gallery, Cape Coral, FL, Curated by Veron Ennis
2006 Lyrical Luminosci-T, Amsterdam Whitney International Fine Art Gallery, Chelsea, New York City,
NY, Curated by Ruthie Tucker
2004 Island Celebration of the Arts, Sanibel Cares, Sanibel Community Center, Sanibel Island, Florida, Juried Auction |
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| ARTICLES |
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Stromlund, Brian. "On the Cover". RSW Living. The Arts Issue. May/June 2009-Vol.2 No.3 Cover, Pg.4
McMillan, Libby Boren. "A Modern Outlook". RSW Living. The Arts Issue. May/June 2009-Vol.2 No.3 Cover, Pg.18-22 |
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| OTHER INFO |
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Published Writings:
2010 Ennis, Veron, and Raymond Hernandez. “Rauschenberg’s Jewel Under the Sun: Focus Fort Myers - The City of Palms.” Art Districts. Feb/Mar. 2010: 4+.
2009 David Acevedo: Two Sides to Beauty, Prologue, Acevedo:Revisited, Exhibition Catalogue, 2009
Curated Exhibitions
2009 David Hatchett: Masters of the Universe and Other Abstractions, Solo Exhibition, Ferrari Gallery,
Cape Coral, FL, March 26th Opening
2009 Propagated Spaces and Elemental Scapes, Featuring Kyle Jackson and Veron Ennis, Ferrari
Gallery, Cape Coral, FL, February 26th Opening
2009 Uri Berger, Solo Exhibition, Ferrari Gallery, Cape Coral, FL, January 29th Opening
2008 A Man’s Place, Featuring Jeffrey Scott Lewis, Ferrari Gallery, Cape Coral, FL, November 20th
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2008 East Meets West, In Conjuction with Daas Gallery of Fort Myers, Group Exhibition, Ferrari Gallery, Cape Coral and Daas Gallery, Fort Myers, FL, October 23rd Opening
2008 Young Artists, Group Exhibition, Ferrari Gallery, Cape Coral, FL, September 25th Opening |
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