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SUMMARY:“FAIRY TALES AND MONSTERS” Featuring New Works by Patrick 
 Maisano  Additional Works by Shannon Richardson
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 n\n \nJoAnne Artman Gallery, Presents in the Main Gallery: “FAIRY T
 ALES AND MONSTERS” Featuring New Works by Patrick Maisano\nAdditiona
 l Works by Shannon Richardson\nJune 7, 2012 – June 30, 2012 Opening 
 Reception: June 7th, 2012 from 6-9pm to coincide with Laguna Beach Art
 Walk   Please RSVP: 949.510.5481 by June 1st, 2012\n JoAnne Artman Ga
 llery 326 N. Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, 92651\nContact:  JoAnne Art
 man Telephone:  949-510-5481 E-mail: joanneartman@aol.com  Web site: 
 www.joanneartmangallery.com Open Wed-Sunday, 11-5 & by appointment; Fi
 rst Thursday of every month 6-9pm\n \nFairy Tales & Monsters\nA fairy
  tale is a type of short story featuring fantastic forces and beings,
  such as goblins, elves, giants and mermaids that carry magical enchan
 tments. However, only a small number of the stories refer to fairies.\
 nA monster is a fictional creature, often of a threatening force, prod
 ucing fear or physical harm by its appearance or its actions. The word
  \"monster\" derives from Latin monstrum, an aberrant occurrence, usua
 lly biological, that was taken as a sign that something was wrong with
 in the natural order.\nWith the current trends in television and film 
 that explore our childhood fables, we thought who better to capture 
 these storybook characters through Contemporary Art than Patrick Maisa
 no!\nOnce Upon a Time…\nPATRICK MAISANO\nBorn April 1964 in New Have
 n, Connecticut, Maisano graduated from the University of Connecticut i
 n 1986. He was about to enter graduate studies in pursuit of a fine ar
 t teaching credential when a compelling force drew him in a different 
 direction. Maisano spent a year contemplating a religious vocation at 
 a Franciscan Community in New York City. During this period of deliber
 ation over a religious life, a reading of Otto Rank's Art and Artist r
 esonated with personal truth and Maisano decided that his intended pat
 h was that of an artist rather than a priest. In 1992, Maisano left Ne
 w York for California where he constructed a reclusive lifestyle devot
 ed solely to his art. Since 1992 Patrick Maisano has shown his work an
 nually, and his paintings have been placed in distinguished American c
 ollections. The enchanting imagery found in Patrick Maisano's painting
 s tells a universal story in the timeless language of myth. This is ar
 t that elicits a response from our most basic level; pure, instinctual
 , spiritually primal. Mythical beings, mystical beasts and religious i
 conography combine to create magical compositions that are joyful, hau
 nting, metaphysical, and very beautiful. His work is transcendental an
 d immediate, masculine and feminine, testimonial and celebratory.\n“
 In my new body of work \"Fairy Tales and Monsters,\" classic children'
 s stories and dark more menacing characters of the imagination (\"mons
 ters\") serve as inspiration. My intention is to go beyond the duality
  that exists at the surface of these enduring allegories and portray t
 heir deeper transcendent nature,” Patrick Maisano.\n \n\n\n\nFor m
 ore information visit http://www.yourart.com/events/fairy-tales-and-mo
 nsters-featuring-new-works-by-patrick-maisano
DTSTART;TZID=America/Anguilla:20120607T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Anguilla:20120607T210000
CATEGORIES:opening, exhibition
LOCATION:JoAnne Artman Gallery
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