Artospective: Figurative Paintings by Rabecca Signoriello.

Adrift

An Interview with Rabecca Signoriello.

Who and where are you from?

I am an artist and laborer residing in New Castle, Pennsylvania. I paint in the winters and pave roads in the summers. Having two very different jobs does make me feel like I lead two different lives, but doing this also gives me a chance to step back and contemplate my choices as well as what I want in the future.

How did you get into this?

I have always drawn as a child but was immersed in the fine arts when I was an undergraduate at Edinboro University. The support and knowledge of the professors in the art department at Edinboro was one of the reasons I was inspired and continued on to the New York Academy of Art for my MFA in painting.

What is your driving force?

I paint in hopes of creating something that connects me and my life to the viewer. I am forever a student, and always wanting know more and be better is a huge driving force for my paintings. i learn something from everything I create.

What kind of work you do and why?

My primary focus is the figure. I love painting flesh. Figurative arts makes me feel connected with my subjects, my process, and my viewers.

I mainly paint people who are in my life. My paintings are most often allegorical or surreal versions of my life and those around me. I also like painting straight-forward portraits, and scenes of everyday life as I see it.