
Untitled Oil stick on paper 970 x 645 mm	Untitled Drawing Charcoal 650 x 455 mm	Portrait of an Artist (Emil Nolde) Pencil 297 x 210 mm

Study for the Figure of Christ on the Cross (after Rubens) Pencil 297 x 210 mm	Head of an Old Man (after Giovanni Bellini) Charcoal & pencil 297 x 210 mm	Face Drypoint 245 x 150 mm SOLD

Back View Drypoint 283 x 205 mm SOLD	Untitled 1 Monoprint 350 x 245 mm SOLD	Untitled 2 Monoprint 350 x 245 mm SOLD

Untitled Girl Oil stick on paper 860 x 610 mm	Face on Green Monoprint 350 x 245 mm	Portrait of an Artist (Dali 2) Charcoal & pastel 700 x 500 mm

Portrait of an Artist(Dali) Oil stick 700 x 500 mm	Face in Window Charcoal & Pencil 580 x 400 mm	Lotti Charcoal 650 x 455 mm SOLD

Untitled Drawing 1 Charcoal 590 x 425 mm	Untitled Drawing 2 Charcoal 590 x 425 mm	Untitled Drawing 3 Charcoal 590 x 425 mm

Untitled Drawing 4 Charcoal 590 x 425 mm	Untitled Drawing 5 Charcoal 590 x 425 mm	Untitled Drawing 6 Charcoal 590 x 425 mm

Untitled Figure 4 Oil stick on paper 970 x 645 mm	Untitled Figure 3 Oil stick on paper 970 x 645 mm SOLD	Untitled Figure 5 Oil stick on paper 970 x 645 mm

Untitled Figure Oil stick on paper 970 x 645 mm	Untitled Figure 1 Oil stick on paper 970 x 645 mm	Untitled Figure 2 Oil stick on paper 970 x 645 mm

Untitled Portrait 1 Charcoal & pencil 297 x 210 mm SOLD	Untitled Figure 14 Oil stick on paper 970 x 645 mm SOLD	Portrait of an Artist (Alfred Henry Maurer) Oil stick on paper 805 x500mm

Untitled Portrait 3 Oil stick on paper 700 x 500 mm	Untitled Portrait 2 Oil on paper 860 x 610 mm	Untitled Man 1 Oil stick on paper 700 x 500 mm

Untitled Man 2 Oil stick on paper 700 x 500 mm	Untitled Figure 6 Oil stick on paper 940 x 670 mm SOLD	Untitled Figure 12 Charcoal & pastel 810 x 550 mm

Untitled Figure 11 Charcoal 840 x 600 mm	Untitled Figure 9 Charcoal 840 x 600 mm	Untitled Figure 15 Oil stick on paper 970 x 645 mm SOLD

Untitled Figure 10 Charcoal 840 x 600 mm	Untitled Figure 8 Charcoal 840 x 600 mm SOLD	Untitled Figure 13 Oil stick on paper 865 x 560 mm

Figure Landsape Oil stick on paper 700 x 1000 mm	Opening Night

Rosanna Avitabile

From Life

Drawings, Monoprints and Drypoints
February 26 - March 14

From Life is a gutsy solo exhibition of drawings, monoprints and drypoints by emerging Geelong artist Rosanna Avitabile.

This show is a marker in time for this determined young artist and it represents her commitment to her art and the many years of self-motivated development. The 43 works in this exhibition have been selected from a large body of work created mainly during the last year: a period of intense creative focus.
Much of an artist's work is created by observations 'from life' but equally what sets each artist apart is their own life experience and how they choose to express and interpret their experience.

It has been a complex and rapid journey of personal and artistic discovery leading Rosanna simultaneously in many directions, not just to specific art related studies but also to studies related to anatomy and physiology and most recently to formal studies in remedial massage. This may explain why many of the drawings in From Life are almost electric with body energy.

Rosanna's ongoing art education has included research into the work of artists that help her to make sense of her own raw, expressive and passionate drawings. In this search for a context and meaning in her own work she discovered German expressionist artists like Egon Schiele, Emil Nolde and Otto Dix. She also acknowledges the energy of the work of contemporary artists like Jan Senbergs, Mike Parr, Brett Whiteley and, more recently, Marco and Debra Luccio who have been more than generous with their time in mentoring Rosanna.

Most importantly these artists communicated to her through the honest expression of their line: the simple mark on paper that becomes the signature of the artist. This is Rosanna Avitabile's first exhibition but these images of faces and figures, drawn mainly in charcoal or oil stick, already make it clear that she has much to say through her work. There is maturity in her powerful but sensitive line drawings, resulting in unique images with an immediacy of expression of the human condition.

From Life is testimony that Rosanna has now found her own line and her own voice.

Please contact Robert at Metropolis Gallery for pricing information:
T 03 5221 6505
Email: robert@metropolisgallery.com.au