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What gives Pristas's work it's edge is the way that she searches for her images directly within the paint itself. Pristas does not do any preliminary sketches, but prefers to trust in the magic of the intuitive process. What she does plan is her color palette, which is limited. Keeping the colors in the same family results in a harmonious painting. She mixes all of her colors by hand to create unique, subtle tones and values. Using many layers of paint, she has developed her own surface manipulation techniques to create this remarkable style. This exceptional combination of multiple layers of colors, and surface-manipulation techniques used to build textures, creates a sense of space that whisper landscape.
It was the texture on one of her large scale paintings, Majestic Whisper, that caught the eye of Hollywood set designer, Dan Clancy. After visiting her studio, he chose several paintings for the Universal Studios blockbuster, "The Break-Up", starring Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn. Pristas was later interviewed by Mai Martinez and appeared on CBS Channel 2 Chicago News. She was also featured in Chicago Magazine and The Pittsburgh Tribune. |
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