East Pasco Fine Arts Gallery Has Gone Virtual

Each month the East Pasco Fine Arts Gallery, a partnership between Avalon Park Wesley Chapel and the Pasco Fine Arts Council, bring local artists into the community to showcase their work. For the past year we have enjoyed meeting different local artists as they introduce us to their collection in the monthly “Meet the Artist” receptions. While we are attempting to maintain social distancing we have transitioned to virtual receptions for the time being.

This month our featured artist is Cindi Sherman-Vinci! During a virtual tour of her “Something Different” exhibit at the East Pasco Fine Arts Gallery, Cindi shares the inspiration behind her artwork and walks us through each of her creations.

Cindi’s gallery reflects her passion for abstract art and every piece she creates with the purpose of capturing life and depicting emotion in a way that each individual viewer can connect to on a personal level.

Cindi’s gallery will next be on display at the Pasco Fine Arts Center in New Port Richey, where you will be able to enjoy it in person. For a more detailed walk-through of the exhibit with the artist herself, do not forget to

check out Cindi Vinci’s Virtual Tour video.

Our next art workshop is “Textures and Mixed Media” with Patricia Garrow and will be held at the Avalon Park Amenity Center on September 21st (9:30 – 3:30pm). To sign up, visit pascoarts. org. and register by September 14th to reserve your spot.

Meet Cindi Sherman-Vinci:

Do artists create reality as they see it, or does reality show the artist what to create?

I have been fascinated with abstract art since I was six years old. I was born in 1953 and I come from a stereotypical Italian family, all on my mother’s side. My dad was an artist and while he taught me quite a bit, he never understood the artist in me. Skipping through life, I have been waiting for the day I could express myself. Within all this, I studied Interior/Architectural Design at Parson’s, NYC, NY, and Studio Art and Art History at SUNY, Purchase, NY.

As far back as I can remember, I have always interpreted the world in an abstract manner: I knew nothing I saw and heard was all there was to the story. For me, the world is a jumble of thoughts and ideas that run amok. My art reflects the idea of life and all its jumbled aspects.

The titles I choose for my works are as important to me as the work itself. I want the combination to provoke the viewers to think about their own lives and opinions; I want them to interpret what they see in their own way. And I want them to see that the best way to live life is with an open mind.

My work reflects what I feel about life and all the changes that have occurred in my life. As a young girl I have sketched many pieces, not really knowing what I was trying to express. As I learned more about life, I realized I had a lot to say. All my pieces tell my story; I started that story when I was six years old.

The abstract images I present, all have names inspiring you to look at the art and figure out why it has that name. You might realize that quite a bit of it is political; all interconnected to each other; each telling a story. Telling your story...

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