ELEGANCE AS A NATURAL INCLINATION

Elegance and grace are intertwined. In the eighties when I was open to being fully guided by my painting teachers, I was dabbling in abstraction and I painted a mostly abstract painting with one of them. When it was close to finished he said to a classmate who was admiring it, "elegant." I was more than flattered by his choice of words. I had never associated myself with elegance. Little did I know that elegance is my natural inclination in visual orchestration. As I have evolved in my abstract work beauty and elegance underscored by grace is what guides my hand and discernment. It is primarily an intuitive process whereby I sense the abandon that grace allows and the transcendence that beauty lifts us to. This awakens my inner passion to create. Accepting my respect for beauty and elegance has opened up a vast space of possibilities in my work. Surrendering to what is natural to me allows grace to vivify the process and the result. After all beauty/elegance does not exist to be ignored, rather it is a reflection of the soul that invites our participation.

Linda Saccocci