Renata Fernandez.com, info@renatafernandez.com. News, velvet soldier 2010/title> <META NAME="Author" CONTENT="copyright Renata Fernandez & Artbust"> <META NAME="Classification" CONTENT="Fine Art Website"> <META NAME="Description" CONTENT="Venezuelan born fine artist, living and working in London, United Kingdom. Artista Plastico venezolana, vive y trabaja en Londres, Reino Unido. Offizielle Webseite der Latein-Amerikanischen Künstlerin, Renata Fernandez, geboren in Venezuela, mit Studio und Wohnsitz in London, England. "> <META NAME="KeyWords" CONTENT="! Renata Fernandez, corporate art, big formats, fine art, young emerging artist, Latin American art, Venezuela, Venezuelan art, Caracas, London, London art, painting, sculpture, drawing, sport and art, sport art, mixed media, affordable art, ROFZ, Artbust, public art, world cup, Arte corporativo, grandes formatos, arte plastico, bellas artes, artista joven emergente, arte emergente, arte latinoamericano, arte venezolano, Londres, arte de Londres, pintura, escultura, dibujo, deporte y arte, arte deportivo, arte del deporte, tecnica mixta, arte asequible, arte barato, arte publico, copa mundial de futbol, Kunst im Büro, grosse Formate, Malerin, Kunst im Raum, neue Kunst, junge Künstler, Latein Amerikanische Kunst, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, Sport Gemälde, Öl auf Leinwand, preiswerte Kunst, Auftragswerke, WM."> <style type="text/css"> body { background-color:#FFFFFF; } </style> <script src="../Scripts/AC_RunActiveContent.js" type="text/javascript"></script> </head> <body> <div id="header"> <span class="style48">renatafernandez.com </span></div> </div>  <div id="wrapper"> <div id="content"> <div id="menu"> <p> </p> <p class="style1"> <a href="../index.html" target="_self">return to index</a> | <a href="flash/silas.html" target="_blank">html version</a></p> <hr /> </div>  <table width="834"> <tr> <td height="21"><script type="text/javascript"> AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0','width','585','height','550','src','flash/silas','quality','high','pluginspage','http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash','movie','flash/silas' ); //end AC code </script><noscript><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0" width="585" height="550"> <param name="movie" value="flash/silas.swf" /> <param name="quality" value="high" /> <embed src="flash/silas.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="585" height="550"></embed> </object></noscript></td> <td class="style15">As a result of the prominence of drawing in recent years, I have taken to exercise colour restriction in mypainting.<br /> <br /> The paintings from the Sports series (see <a href="workbio.html" target="_blank">Work Biography</a>) are all jewel-like colourful, and I had always had an apparent ease with colours, sometimes tending to use too many in one work. <br /> <br /> I first limited my colour range for one series, <strong>‘Silas and Wife’.</strong> The series started with an image from Time magazine, of a trimmed, conservative and somehow oppressive black catholic couple, an image perfectly balanced and with a dominating pale yellow palette. I deconstructed it and proceeded to practice restriction: working with the bare minimum of elements, like a drawing. <br /> <br /> The concept of family portraits emerged. Using the traditional composition of photo family portraits, I extracted from the original image the most important or striking elements: the couple, their blackness, their conservative dress sense, the sense of tradition, the limited colour palette.</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="585" height="21"> </td> <td width="237"> </td> </tr> </table>  </div>  </div>  </body> </html>