Sidney Sinclair
"Chapters"
J.R. Mooney Galleries, Boerne
Sidney Sinclair was featured by the Greater Boerne Chamber of Commerce with an article written by Gabriel Diego Delgado, for her artwork at J.R. Mooney Galleries, Boerne.
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Sidney Sinclair
“Chapters”
J.R. Mooney Galleries, Boerne
By: Gabriel Diego Delgado
Gallery Director
A cancer survivor, Sinclair works
through her personal experiences with disease, sickness, acceptance of an
ephemeral life, medical recovery, and an onward attitude in a new body of
artwork that pays homage to her attitude about life and the precious moments we
share collectively, personally, and universally. From crosses to abstraction to scenic
renditions of the world around her, Sinclair captures each with new eyes – ones
of a survivor who looks at things a little different.
Collectable scenes that were
reminiscent of Venetian paradises complete with adorned doorways, paths,
balconies, and architecture, landed Sidney onto the collections of prominent
Texas Art aficionados. However, life courses outside of her control would alter
her outlook and transform her artwork into a new self-reflective epiphany of
sorts – abandoning quasi-obsessive detailing, she intuitively captures vast
plains with feathered swatches of color; landscapes that are part dream, part
referential, but wholly Sinclair.
Staying true to tradition
Sinclair makes sure light, romance, and mystery are integral feelings depicted
throughout her dreamy, hazy, airy, and ephemeral landscapes.
Sidney Sinclair also draws on
extensive art historical connotations of Catholic Iconology, mixing a personal
story with contemporary geometric images. The holy symbol of atonement and
contemporary Christian icon is now being used by contemporary artists who have
taken its form and used it in a fine art, home décor and visual aesthetic.
Sinclair has been drawn to the image of the cross as her illness weighed heavy
on her mortality. She was conscious of the coded, loaded and perceptive
qualities of the cross, knowing its full repertoire of language, personal
afflictions, and individual connectedness for her audience. These shapes are at
times a recognizable mark filled with religious overtones, while on the other
hand some are deliberately missing the overt iconology and relishing in the
pure abstraction of symmetrical shapes
Sidney earned her Bachelors of
Arts Degree at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, with a short stint at
the Warren Hunter School of Art in Texas.
This fourth generation Texan has studied with international, national,
and regional artists. Sidney studied watercolor under Darrell Trott of
Australia, and oil painting with artists David Leffel and Gregg Kruetz of the
Art Student League in New York City; rounding out a stellar academic course of
still life and portraiture with artist nationally recognized galleriest and
Western Painter, Jay Hester of Highland House Gallery, Boerne, Texas.
Sidney`s work has appeared in American Art Review, Country Lifestyle, and Food
& Leisure magazines. She has shown at the Alamo Kiwanis Annual Invitational
Art Show, the Western Art Invitational, and the Texas Hill Country Invitational
at Tapatio Springs Resort, the Boerne Parade of Artists, and the annual Art
Walk in San Antonio. Sidney was featured at the Bright Shawl, participated in
the American Heart Association fundraiser, and One Woman Shows in San Antonio,
Texas and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Sidney`s work is collected by art collectors
throughout the United States and Europe.
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