Tony Chimento
Tony Chimento


"Still-life with Self Portrait"
Oil on Canvas

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К оглавлению "Искусство и культура США"

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Work in Progress




"The Flight to Heaven" Oil on Canvas / 41" X 72" / 1998

"Painted in 1998, "The Flight to Heaven" is a painting about loneliness and contemplation of the eternal. The scene is a pretty ordinary bedroom. This painting was done at a time when I was having some health related problems, (I'm HIV Positive) hence the pill bottles next to the bed. Remembering the friends I have lost over the years to AIDS (especially Rollie, my late partner) inspired the general feeling of the painting. White is a symbol of purity and grace and is here used also as a symbol of hope. The laughing Buddah was a gift to Rollie during his last months of life in 1992. I included it as a remembrance of this very special man. Again , in the foreground, Bart is keeping watch over the scene. The brilliant white light coming in the window and falling on the all white bed are symbolic for me of the loss of this courageous and loving man and the continued presence of his spirit in me. ""




"Ryan, Woody and the Sorcerer" Oil on Canvas / 48" X 72" / 2001

"This painting is called "Ryan,Woody and the Sorcerer" as a nod to my 3 year old son Ryan who is represented in the photo in the heart shaped gold frame resting on the foreground table next to the medicine bottles. "Woody" (who is located in the upper left hand corner of the painting with the cowboy hat on) is a character from the movie "Toy Story" and is Ryan's favorite toy that he has with him constantly. The "Sorcerer" (the small Mickey Mouse figurine on the center table casting a shadow against the wall) is symbolic for me of the magic and mystery of life that brought my wonderful son to me. I chose red as the predominant color scheme for the painting because red is symbolic of energy, excitement and most of all love, all of which I have in much greater supply since knowing my son."




Babette's Chair




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