NaomiSilverArt: the artist

Naomi Silver Art

the artist

About Naomi

Naomi Silver

A relative newcomer to the art scene, Naomi has dabbled in art through one medium or another for most of her life. She began creating abstract works after having interviewed numerous artists for her website, www.CultureSurfer.com.

Naomi’s unique style is attained through the spontaneous application of acrylic and tempera paint with brushes as well as her fingers. This unorthodox technique enables her to create a variety of textures and energetic, fluid designs. The paints blend into unique colors that are never repeated in any of her other works.

Naomi’s art has been displayed in numerous St. Louis galleries since she began painting at the end of August, 2009. Her paintings have been sold to collectors in the Midwest and southern United States. She recently signed with Grand 4140 Gallery in St. Louis, Missouri. Naomi is a native of St. Louis where she lives with her husband.

Feel free to contact Naomi with comments or questions.

The painting process
My paintings are all spontaneously, intuitively created. When I sit down to a blank canvas, I have no idea what the color scheme or the design will be. It’s always a surprise. In fact, I work very hard not to consciously interfere with the intuitive process. It typically takes me a day or two to figure out what I’ve painted and to be able to title a painting.

The technique
I love painting with my fingers. This is predominantly how I create the texture as well as the sense of movement and energy in these works. I prefer this technique to painting with a brush because it allows me to transfer spontaneous inspirations directly to the canvas, without the intermediary of a brush.

The materials
People often ask why I use tempera. In all honestly, I bought tempera (basically finger paints) when I started playing with painting because they were cheap. I then realized that I couldn’t find certain colors in acrylic that exist in tempera. I decided to stick with the tempera for that reason and the fact that it moves differently on the canvas, giving me a bit more flexibility in creating textures.

The colors
I almost always mix the colors on the canvas as I begin to move the paint around. I rarely mix colors and then apply them to the canvas. For this reason, the unique colors you see on these canvases will most likely never be reproduced in my other paintings.

Below are some photos I shot while creating the painting "Waning Sun."