Romeo di Girolamo P.R.B.A.

"Looking through the photographs of my father's work I am moved to ask him 'What do you feel are the recurring themes in your painting?" Like most truly creative people he does not set out to express a specific thought or idea. His work is a response to the world around him. To speak about the work is to speak about the man. As his daughter, I am in a better position than most to speak with some authority.

From very early childhood Romeo's paintings were a powerful presence in our home. I remember large soft suns, blue cliffs separated by just a breath from strips of the sky and a vast expanse of sea. These works seemed to exude openness and gentle light. They hung in contrast alongside the paintings of the 1950s and 60s. Alienating in mood, the viewer catches a glimpse of viscious green rain-swollen clouds through indigo barbed wire.

There are always barriers in these paintings, a railing too high to climb, creating geometric patterns of shadow that frame the smoke-belching chimneys beyond. Often vermilion signs scream "Keep out", "Danger", "No Entry". Though foreboding, the technical skill is astounding. In these works Romeo manipulates colour and tone so that purple behaves like black or white, pulling and pushing the picture plane into a semblance of illusionary space with an economy of palette and mark making."

Selina di Girolamo RBA    website

Romeo di Girolamo's talent and commitment to art has seen him knighted in his native Italy.

He is currently serving as President of The Royal Society of British Artists ...... www.the-rba.org.uk ......... www.mallgalleries.org.uk

 

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