Trees: Totems of Life At Saint Peter's Church in the Living Room Gallery

Reception for Maria Rizzo’s traveling painting exhibit Trees: Totems of Life


At Saint Peter's Church in the Living Room Gallery

 619 Lexington Ave. at 54th Street, New York, NY, 10022


July 13th, 2013 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.


Tree-Totem 20 by Maria Rizzo

 New York, NY (June 20, 2013)—Syracuse-based Italian artist Maria Rizzo will be speaking about her art and artistic process at the reception for her traveling exhibition, Trees: Totems of  Life, on display from July 1st to August 15th in the Living Room Gallery at Saint Peter's Church, New York. Fine art prints of her paintings will be for sale at the opening; the event is free and open to the public and refreshments will be served.

 

Tree-Totem 15

Exhibitions at Saint Peter’s Church explore spirituality in its broadest sense, provoking discussion on the role of the arts in our culture, in our spiritual thought, and in our daily life. Maria Rizzo’s paintings reflect this theme by celebrating the reverence and enthusiasm she feels for trees and nature. This series, Trees, Totem of Life, was inspired by the memory of a solitary, solemn, “almost sacred” tree she saw growing in the ancient ruins in Sardinia, Italy. In Rizzo’s paintings, the tree becomes a spiritual being ready to emotionally connect with the viewer to elicit a visceral reaction. 



   Maria Rizzo’s paintings have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout New York State and abroad, including the Red House Gallery in Syracuse, the Frederic Remington Museum in Ogdensburg, and the Museo d' Arte Contemporanea di Lissone in Italy. She is a NYFA MARK 12 alumni and the 2013 Artist-in-Residence and Curator at The Tech Garden in Syracuse, New York. Maria Rizzo was born in Bologna, Italy in 1987.