Reese Kim Carrozzini has spent much of her adult life travelling and living abroad where
she worked for HarperCollins Publishers in the UK, and was an English Instructor in Italy. She has a Political Science degree from UBC and is a graduate of the Writer’s Studio (2017) from SFU. Reese is a co-host of the TWS Reading Series, and was a member of the production team for emerge 17, and is excited to be a part of emerge 18 as production editor. Her experiences and great curiosity about people, family and society,
and above all her imagination, are the inspiration for her stories.
She is currently working on multiple short stories and a crime novel.
writing & art
STUDIO
orange breasted sunbird
pencil, ink, acrylic
Hello!
Welcome to the online art and writing studio of Reese Carrozzini
I'm a writer and self-taught artist inspired by nature and the movements around me. I would describe my style as fun, playful, sweet and little whimsical. I am drawn to vibrant and saturated colours, and being creative uplifts me in a way that's indescribable, and my hope is that my writing and art do too. Due to time commitments I no longer make jewelry for sale, but I do still make them for friends and family.
When it comes to my paintings, I start with a vision of an image and colours, which progressively morphs and changes as my hand begins to lead and "thinking" is left behind. I believe that I am a facilitator allowing the shades and forms to transform organically. I am no longer the director, but the actor of the play.
I am interested in how light falls on the palette and canvas, and how shadows and tones change with every layer added and subtly transforms the subject. Experimenting with the paint - vibrant and saturated pigments - pushing and pulling; layering till the body of my work comes alive.
Fascinated by the shapes, lines and drips, and marks that brush strokes leave behind.
It is my belief that every painting should speak and move its viewer and evoke curiosity, happiness, confusion, or even sorrow.
Frequently nature is a principle theme that emerges from my abstract work.
We do not just coexist with nature. We are interlinked.
What one does causes the other to respond and change.
No matter how minute or inconsequential those actions or movements seem.
***
© 2013 All Rights Reserved Reese K. Carrozzini