Sorrento Grimaldi

Painting

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HCC Permanent Art Collection

Sorrento Grimaldi

Sorrento Grimaldi

Name/Title

Sorrento Grimaldi

Entry/Object ID

2012.5.1

Description

Water color horizontal painting with shipment boat delivering crates in the lower middle foreground. Another shipment boat in higher left background. A white light post with a red pole in the bottom right, surrounded by what appears to be a colorful roadway leading from a parking lot into the water. Another large cargo ship is featured in the top left corner, with a green base, yellow coats in the from, and a red cabin. colorful trucks park on the lot in the center bottom of the painting. The sky and water both blend together uses shades of green, dark blue, and teal.

Collection

HCC Permanent Art Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Josette Urso

Role

Artist

Date made

2010

Location

Category

Storage

Category

Exhibit

Exhibitions

HCC Permanent Art Collection, Coll. Manager.
HCC Permanent Art Collection

Interpretative Labels

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Object Label

Label

Josette Urso (b. 1959) Sorrento Grimaldi, 2010 watercolor 11 x 15 in. Gift of the artist in honor of Rosario and Connie Urso, 2012.5.1 Painted on location, Sorrento Grimaldi depicts a vista Urso encountered in the town of Sorrento, Italy. Reflecting her internal response to external surroundings, Urso intuitively shifts the scale, color, and perspective of the natural and urban elements in view. The result is not only a painted representation of that which is seen, but of that which is felt and experienced by the artist. Working in the direct presence of her subject, in this case a Sorrento port, Urso translates the excitement and energy she receives from exploring new spaces into free-form marks and saturated color. Making work while traveling, even at the hurried pace painting live subjects requires, affords the artist a measure of private time to reflect on the physical world and create a contemporaneous record of her exploration. This work of art is a part of the HCC Permanent Art Collection. The HCC Art Galleries, through their Campus Loan Outreach Program, seek to share original art by collecting a diversity of works for the education and enjoyment of the HCC Community.