Glacial Rain, by Julia Fernandez-Pol
Though fashionably late, I have decided it is time to announce my choice for my current favorite artwork on display! This is Julia Fernandez-Pol's Glacial Rain . It is an oil on canvas creation that was made in 2008. What first attracted me to this work was the fantastical combination of vivid and subdued colors. They pulled me in. It is the complex and varied textual work, however, that creates a unique visual experience that makes you want to sit in front of the piece for hours. This textual work is Julia Fernandez-Pol's specialty. She describes her focus as the "emerging relationships between rococo aesthetic, fetishized surface qualities and a core curiosity in nature, science, and light to result in a visceral experience." The Rococo, for our unfamiliar readers, was a period and style of art that took place in the late 18th century. It began in France and eventually spread around Europe. It was characterized by wildly ornate and lavi...