Artist: Deanna Chilian | Location: Weaverville, NC
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Artist: Deanna Chilian | Location: Weaverville, NC
Weaverville, NC
Deanna Chilian was born in New Jersey, eventually migrating West for many years, then settling in the mountains of southern Appalachia, where she maintains a studio in Asheville's River Arts District. Her artistic talents were discovered and nurtured from an early age. Although her path has led her through the practice of law and a career teaching pilates and GYROTONIC®, her passion for painting has remained steady and evolving. She has been painting full time since 2013. Deanna draws inspiration from early O’Keeffe, Helen Frankenthaler, Joan Mitchell, Richard Diebenkorn, and Matisse. She loves the work of Brian Rutenberg and Wolf Kahn. Her art education has been through mentorship. She studies and workshops with Catherine Chang-Liu, Gwen Fox, and Skip Lawrence.
Chilian is not here to play it safe. In response to these dynamic times in which we are living, her abstract expressions provide a vocabulary large enough for what we are feeling collectively. Her work digs towards the essence, the point, the emotional underbelly of our world. It is seductive and abrupt. It is daring and innocent. It is an invitation—to stand before it, and be with it; to weep, to smile. Ultimately, to be moved.