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Judith Tummino • Profile
To capture the essence of a moment before it changes and hold that moment is Judith Tummino's desire in her landscape oil paintings. The softness and simplicity of the images she captures reveal a bittersweet nostalgia for the moment that changes so quickly. "I like direct response from nature. I respond from nature. I respond to painting on location and the direct still-life in front of me." Tummino paints many of her works 'pleinair', or on location, while completing others, mainly larger works, in the studio. She deftly achieves a tonal quality in her work and uses light and shadows to reflect the subtle changes in the landscape.
She loves oil paint for the contrast and texture, and is influenced by the works of the Italian, Morandi, for one, because of the deceptive simplicity.
"I like the fact that what I put down stays without fading, etc."
Judith Tummino • Statement
In my work I attempt to capture the essence of the moment in terms of tonal shapes and planes while seeking to find their relationship to one another in the landscape.
In so doing my work often evolves from the observation of and elimination of detail as I attempt to find the most important elements of the observed phenomenae.
I find that the beauty of the moment becomes evasive, first with the change of light which in turn continuously alters the perceived motif and next with my application of paint which constantly changes the painting on the canvas.
As I work I enjoy the visually tactile elements of both the landscape that I am attempting to hold onto as well as the tonal color of the paint used to capture that landscape.
I find feelings both of anticipation and joy as well as bittersweet nostalgia in being so attuned to the moment that will never be quite the same again, either in the chosen landscape or the resulting painting.
This search leads me on to the next painting wherein a new experience will put me through the same desire to search for the metaphor which reflects an aspect of life so meaningful for me.
Judith Tummino • Biography
EDUCATION
1999-2003, 2006
International School of Art, Umbria, Italy
1993-1998
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1992-1994
OxBow/School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Saugatuck, Michigan
1974-1977
Master of Arts, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan
1963-1967
Bachelor of Arts, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007
Prince Street Gallery, "Phillip Pearlstein Selects National Juried Exhibition," New York, New York
Lowell Area Arts Council, "Odd Coupling ," Lowell, Michigan
LaFontsee Galleries, "2007-c," Grand Rapids, Michigan
2006
Lowell Area Arts Council, "Lowell's Passport to Europe," Lowell, Michigan
2005
LaFontsee Galleries, "TWO," Grand Rapids, Michigan
Blue Heron Gallery, "Landscapes," Elk Rapids, Michigan
2004
LaFontsee Galleries, "Outlook," Grand Rapids, Michigan
Muskegon Museum of Art, "Muskegon Museum of Art Regional," Muskegon, Michigan
2003
Galleria, Group Exhibition, Montecastello di Vibia, Umbria, Italy
Keeler Gallery, Group Exhibition, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, "Conservancy Show," Grand Rapids, Michigan
2002
Two-Person Exhibition, Montecasetello di Vibia, Italy
Muskegon Museum of Art, "Muskegon Museum of Art Regional," Muskegon, Michigan
2001
Galleria, Group Exhibition, Montecastello di Vibia, Umbria, Italy
2000
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, "Death Matters," Invitational, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Susannah Keith Gallery, "Art 2000," Dexter, Michigan
1999
Galleria, Group Exhibition, Montecastello di Vibia, Umbria, Italy
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, "New Spaces, New Faces," Grand Rapids, Michigan
Gallery Arcadia, Three-Person Exhibition, Grand Rapids, Michigan
First United Methodist Church, "Celebration," Grand Rapids, Michigan
Muskegon Museum of Art, "Muskegon Museum of Art Regional," Muskegon, Michigan
1994
First United Methodist Church, "Celebration," Grand Rapids, Michigan
1989
Hackley Museum, Juried Competition, Muskegon, Michigan
1988
Lowell Area Arts Council, Solo Exhibition, Lowell, Michigan
1982
Court Galleries, Solo Exhibition, Cincinnati, Ohio
1978
Ludeke Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Cincinnati, Ohio
1977
Western Michigan University, Solo Exhibition, Kalamazoo, Michigan
COLLECTIONS
CW Mills Paper, Grandville, Michigan
Fifth Third Bank, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Mt. Sinai Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
St. Luke Hospital, Toledo, Ohio
