Description
‘The Gilded Kiss’ by Sonya Palencia
Artist: Sonya Palencia
Title: ‘The Gilded Kiss’
Medium: Oil on wood panel
Dimensions: 10″ x 8″
Framing: Framed in an oval wooden antique frame in dark gold (frame size: 15″ x 13″)
Year of Creation: 2020
About the Artwork:
“THE GILDED KISS, is inspired by the American Industrial Revolution of the 1870’s -1900. Also coined the ‘The Gilded Age’ by author Mark Twain, he interpreted this period as a beautiful gilded surface in which masked the cold black iron underneath. Could a thin veneer of gold continue to obscure a horrific imbalance in society?” – Sonya Palencia
About the Artist:
(Artist Bio)
Sonya Palencia is a painter, illustrator, and sculptor, who utilizes old world aesthetics to illuminate the peculiar. A native of California, Sonya embraced art as a child using the intrigue of nature and local history to fuel her passion. She graduated from the Art Center College of Design (Pasadena, CA) with distinction in Film & Fine Art, and served 10 years in the film industry as a designer and sculptor. With an adoration for German Romanticism, Czech and Mexican surrealism, she has traveled abroad to research the classical arts and traditional folklore. She and her husband (fellow artist Jeff Nentrup) currently pursue their fine art on a ranch nestled within the inspiring Californian Los Padres National Wilderness.