Michele Corazzo
Starting with autobiographical fragments of her life, Michele Corazzo carefully transforms these details into universal statements that resonate with everyone. Her trail series, for example, uses the lines of the paths she hikes with her family. She draws around the paths, which are removed from their normal context to become ambiguous and suggestive. Her ticket punch series began with the hole left by a conductor’s punch in her commuter train ticket. The shapes are curious in themselves but also offer a portal into an inner world. As she used this device, she became more and more confident in revealing her unconscious, which is what her latest work is about. Corazzo also does sculptures in many materials including clay. The recent pieces have qualities that reflect her drawings.
Finding a headless action figure on the street recently triggered a series that addresses her concerns about world violence and how children are influenced.
Portfolio
- Ticket Punch Series: Self-portrait photo, mixed media 10” x 10” 2010
- Ticket Punch Series: Water mixed media on paper 35” x 80” 2009
- Ticket Punch Series: Sanctuary photo, litho crayon 8” x 24” 2009
- Ticket Punch Series: Wing? colored pencil on mattboard 32” x 32” 2009
- Ticket Punch Series: Dream ink, pastel on paper 18” x 18” 2010
- Ticket Punch Series: Anvil paint on canvas 15” x 15” 2011
- Ticket Punch Series: Bird paint on canvas 15” x 15” 2010
- Ticket Punch Series: Segovia ink, pastel on paper 40” x 40” 2011
- Trail Series: Roadrunner graphite on paper 22” x 30” 2004
- Trail Series: Cape Falcon graphite on paper 22” x 30” 2010
- Trail Series: Beast conte on paper 22” X 30” 2009
- Trail Series: Dungeness Spit colored pencil on paper 22” x 30” 2009
- Trail Series: Small beast ink, paint stick on paper 17” x 21½” 2012
- Trail Series: Storm mixed media on paper 22” x 30” 2011
- Dialogue ink on paper 43” x 52” 2012
- Ring Series paint on wood 5’ x 5’ 2011
- Menhir: Old man clay and glaze 29” x 8” x 6” 2009
- Menhir clay and glaze 19” x 6” x 5” 2009
- Teach the Children I oil pastel on paper 11” x 8 ½” 2012
- Teach the Children II oil pastel on paper 11” x 8 ½” 2012