About the Artist

“When every detail is given the mind rests satisfied and the imagination loses the desire to use its own wings.” Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Rosalie Sidoti (Iacono), a visual artist of Contemporary Impressionism paints figures and landscapes from personal chronicles and observations. The unpretentious attitude of the figure and the transition of lights for both figure and landscape paintings provides the initial inspiration for the artist.

“I synthesize memories and observations with my photographs thereby permitting my paintings to become more than an enlarged version of the original snapshots.  By this I mean that as the references I derive my interest from evolve, the paintings begin to exist as their own entities and are severed from their beginning origins. My paintings are personal statements and series of thoughts and moods through which I seek to connect with the spectator. My paintings are an invitation for the viewer to share in my life.”

Rosalie Sidoti earned BFA and MA degrees. After graduate school, she continued her education at Oxford University’s Ruskin School of Fine Arts, summer exchange program, where she credits her teachers for their confidence and encouragement.  Presently, she maintains a studio in her home and is a supervisor of graduate students for Tufts University in affiliation with the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Rosalie is a frequent lecturer and demonstrator at various organizations and associations. Rosalie Sidoti’s work is in private and public collections.

Rosalie Sidoti Iacono is a Juried Member of the following organizations:

National Association of Women Artists, NY
Oil Painters of America
North Shore Art Association, Board of Trustees
Rockport Art Association
Newburyport Art Association
New Hampshire Art Association
Concord Art Association
Andover Artists Guild
The Guild of Boston Artists Associate Member

Awards:

National Association of Women Artists, NY — 2011 Sloveig Stromsoe Palmer Award in Painting

2009 Georgianna Waterhouse Memorial Award for Excellence in Painting

Newburyport Art Association Peoples Choice Award 2011