Wendy
Romero
About My Work
In the last 20 years, my work has continued to explore the relationship between pattern and shape, different ways to discover space, the associated meanings of found materials and how all of this can inspire a conversation between my work and the viewer.
This particular body of work is influenced by geology and seeing space in different ways. In a visual image, one only needs a hint of a horizontal line to indicate a landscape. I play with the motif of a horizontal line to indicate a landscape, allowing some viewers to see a more traditional landscape. But I'm also using the composition to play on a slice through a material much like revealing it’s “tree ring”, it’s history or story. Similarly, I see these compositions also like a section mount where an extremely thin cross-section of a specimen is displayed for examination. It’s a play on perception. It is my hope to make my work more accessible to people that may not normally be drawn to this type of work.
I also play with different surface sheens - glossy verses matte, metallic paints against non-metallic paints - as a way to engage my viewers to investigate and study my work. I challenge them to move around, see my work from different angles to see something new or different. I like the subtle contrast; it adds variety without taking away the discovery of other parts of my work. I am trying to further engage my viewers to participate and experience my work in a way that expands the mere nature or ‘limitations’ of two-dimensional work.
As you can see, I’m curious about many things. Studying geology and photography have served as a new avenue to evolve my visual idea. In particular, I believe my study of photography has influenced this work and has challenged me to discover different spaces by allowing me to work with different layering of planes and to explore ways to create dynamic compositions.
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Biography
Wendy Romero is an award-winning mixed media painter and photographer. Her mixed media paintings combine traditional painting practices with drawing, hand-dyed textiles, handmade paper, cheesecloth, a variety of metal leafing and other materials to explore different compositions and dimensional perceptions. Her paintings have been exhibited across the country, and her work has been purchased and commissioned by many clients and national corporations.
Romero’s photography has also won many awards and was published in the Best of Photography 2016, which was a result of being a finalist in an international juried photo competition through Photography’s Forum Magazine. Her photography was selected in an international juried competition and is currently being exhibited by Art Square Gallery NY.
Wendy Romero earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Savannah College of Art and Design and her Master of Fine Arts at Georgia Southern University. She has been teaching in higher education for nearly 20 years, and she has been a practicing artist for more than 30 years. She is currently an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator at Dakota State University.
