Introducing: Alla Prima Lady

It's not a fifth grade vocabulary assignment, it's what I feel about the advent of my mom's art website- finally.

My mom's been an artist longer than she's been a mother, more than two-thirds of her life. Her work is varied, but skilled, and has not gotten a lot of exposure because she's buried herself so much in the family business and the art of child rearing.



Well, now she is a single grandmother, still busy with the store, but she is in a time in her life when it is good to dial back that career and just wrap herself in what she does best. So we built her a website- mostly Michael, of course :)


Isn't her work just lovely? Of course, I'm biased- but who wouldn't be?

So, if you have a chance, check out her website. It's called Alla Prima Lady. For those of you not familiar with the art terminology, alla prima is a painting technique in which the layers of paint are applied all at once, in one sitting, while the paint is still wet. This is not the procedure she uses all of the time, but the name has another layer of meaning that I won't go into here.

You'll find a lot of Native American art, as that part of her heritage has long interested and inspired her. You'll also find florals, Americana, astronomy and surrealism. You'll find acrylic, oil, watercolor, and charcoal. Some of her pieces have structure- a shell sticking out of an oceanscape, jewels on a peacock's tail...

It's a big step for her, so stop on by and welcome her to the internet.

All images © 1987-2008 Karen Roncari

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