Client: Private
Location: Lexington, KY, United States
Completion date: 2022
Project Team
Artist
Helene Steene
Steene Studio
Interior Designer
Jill Annarino Farfan
JAF Architect
The Clients
Overview
“TERRA”, 8 X 3 feet, numerous layers of oil glazes using dry mineral pigments over marble dust with metal on 4 wood panels.
These glazes have no filler, so deep translucencies are achieved, and the piece glows.
Goals
The clients have remodeled a modern, beautiful home to even cleaner lines and lots of light, with large windows and movable glass walls. They aim for a Scandinavian/Japanese feeling, and wanted to have only a few art works around to stand out.
Process
The clients and their designer came to my studio and we looked at several pieces together.The designer asked if we could combine some panels, and as each piece can stand on its own or in combinations, it was fun to come up with the final version of "TERRA". As the pieces already existed it is great to have the clients there, so they take an early ownership, and it feels like a commission to create a new piece with different combinations.
Additional Information
It is always enjoyable to see a piece being installed, especially since the clients had waited a long time for construction and painting to be done to the building, and to realize that the painting is in a perfect spot, and that the clients are thrilled!