PATRICIA “TRISH” VERNAZZA
One of the key aspects of art, in enjoying and creating it, is interpretation. People come from many different backgrounds and the experiences that they have in life inform the thoughts and decisions that they make in the present. Often times, two people can look at the same piece of artwork and come up with different interpretations based on the lives that they have lived. In psychotherapy, the work we do is often in guiding our patients to examine and interpret their feelings and the experiences that they have been through. Art is merely the unguided journey.
Magical Thinking
(Cradled Canvas, Mixed Media: Oil, Acrylic, Gold/Copper Leaf, Graphite and Stenciling. 24” x 24”)
Part of the purpose in my life is that I am human enough to serve as a prism for a universal story. Our experience is limited by the boundaries of our own consciousness and art making is a place that I can get around those limitations.