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SPLASH, 2018 WATERCOLOR ON CANVAS 60X72 IN. | 152,4 X182.8 CM.
INVITED ARTIST
CALIFORNIA HAPPY, 2018 WATERCOLOR ON CANVAS 72X60 IN. | 182.8X152.4 CM.

DELLAMARIE PARRILLI

Lives and works in Hollywood CA, United States
http://www.parrilli.com/

“The flow of Parrilli’s massive abstract forms, executed in
the unusual medium of watercolor on canvas possess a
unique luminosity, abetted by a combination of majestic
scale, chromatic subtlety and tonal delicacy that eludes even
“poured paint” Color Field painters like Helen Frankenthaler,
Paul Jenkins, and Morris Louis. A dynamic “wet into wet”
technique send liquidic areas of blue and purple hues
rippling out from large circular and semicircular shapes in
a manner that creates the illusion that the pools of diluted
aquarelle are still in active motion. Indeed the entire series
is characterized by a sense of flux, the graceful movement
of filmy veils of color dancing on the picture plane, its two-
dimensional flatness opened up and imbued with a sense of
depth by Parrilli’s multilayered approach to washes of vibrant
color”.
“A more familiar facet of this versatile artist’s ever expanding
oeuvre – at least to her long-term critical champions and
collectors – can be seen in Parrilli’s recent acrylic paintings
on canvas. These untitled large-scale compositions, ranging
from 72 by 60 inches upwards to 72 by 108 inches, absorb
and update the entire coloristic and tactile vocabulary of

Abstract Expressionism for the postmodern era on the scale
to which it has the most impact. One such work employs
muscular juicy pink red, blue, and white strokes broad
enough to have been painted with a broom rather than
with an ordinary brush. They swerve, swirl and interlock
dynamically in thick coloristically variegated areas of heavy
impasto with an energy akin to de Kooning”. “Parrilli, a
singer - dancer, before a life threatening illness aborted her
entertainment career … biographical information relevant
only because of the bearing it has on the energy and grace
that she brings to her visual art. Indeed, Dellamarie Parrilli is
still very much of the singer – dancer”.
Ed McCormack, Editor-in-Chief of Gallery & Studio, New York,
NY 2014, Former writer for Village Voice and Rolling Stone

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