Sylvia Angeli

Sylvia Angeli’s luscious oversized still life paintings of fruits exude a mystery and sensuality that are truly captivating. She’s explored the subject matter for over ten years and is still intrigued with its visual possibilities. The palette she works with weaves its way from one canvas to the next as she creates paintings that are provocative and earthy.

Love of travel permeates Sylvia’s work and her inspiration draws on her extensive exploration of Africa, Belize and Canada, Europe, Mexico and much of the United States. During her frequent travels to Europe, she haunts the contemporary art galleries and the museums to soak up the influences of other artists, both new and old. Travel for Sylvia, is good for the soul with its romance, its cuisine and its moods.

All of these inspirations find their way onto the canvases in a shimmering dance of thin oil glazes that seem to be lit from within giving substance and depth through a strata of intentionally manipulated plaster-like texture. Rich and luminous, bold and imaginative, subtle and mysterious – Sylvia creates works that are all of this and more.

Sylvia has studied at Sam Houston State, Rice University and the prestigious Glassell School of Art in Houston. Her love for Europe – France and Italy in particular – drew her to Les Illusiones School, in Les Cerquex, France. This portion of her education deepened her passion for the traditions of the Old Masters.

Sylvia was chosen as the ‘Artist to Watch’ in 2006 by Southwest Magazine.