The Vineyard - Oil on Canvas 36'' x 24''

Josephine Guida's oil paintings run the spectrum from transcendent to tangible. At times, she creates complete abstraction, with dynamic strokes and bright colors mingling side by side to create spontaneous, grid-like forms. In more recent work, which interprets the beauty of the Australian landscape, Guida captures simple countryside scenes using complex brushstrokes—each line a dynamic, textural representative of a delicate blade of grass, a reflection, or a shadowed hillside; each line creating a sense of fluidity in composition.

Attracted to experimenting with new techniques and media, her new series is the result of a natural progression. "Art to me is more about intuition; the expression of a present feeling or an emotion rather than an intellectual process," Guida says. "Finding a way to convey this is what continues to intrigue me in the process of art making. The unknown is where I prefer to be."

Josephine Guida, a South Australia native, frequently exhibits with the South Australia Living Artists (SALA); she currently resides and works in the West Croydon suburb of Adelaide.

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