From: "Saved by Windows Internet Explorer 7" Subject: Brazilian artist chooses Banchory to exhibit - Press & Journal Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 11:10:30 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; type="text/html"; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0000_01C90DB5.AD0E0A70" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.0.6001.18049 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C90DB5.AD0E0A70 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Location: http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/799503?UserKey= =EF=BB=BF
AN ARTIST with international influences has chosen = Deeside for her=20 first solo exhibition.
Born and raised in Brazil, Stephanie Vandem has lived in = the=20 Cayman Islands, France and London, before settling at Aboyne nearly two = years=20 ago.
The 36-year-old full-time artist has exhibited her work = in group=20 shows, including Art Aboyne, but is excited to be branching out into her = first=20 solo show. A selection of 25 pieces was last night unveiled at the = Woodend Barn,=20 near Banchory, in a show that will run until September 26.
It includes a number of drawings as well as paint- ings = and mixed=20 medium pieces.
Mrs Vandem was formerly a costume designer and many of = her=20 pictures are figure or portrait paintings.
=E2=80=9CEvery piece has its own little story,=E2=80=9D = she said.
=E2=80=9CI like people because I like the psychology of = it.
=E2=80=9CA person has something they can communicate = through. If I=E2=80=99ve got=20 something to say it=E2=80=99s going to be said through my = work.=E2=80=9D
Mrs Vandem, of Edgewood Place, draws on her colourful = background=20 to create an international repertoire, including vibrant South American=20 scenes.
Despite growing up in a land of street parties and = carnivals, art=20 was not an option on the Brazilian curriculum and she was only fully = able to=20 explore her creative side later in life.
Her time in the north-east has also been influential and = the show=20 includes a lively depiction of the local Aboyne Games.
Visitors can see the artwork daily between 9.30am and = 12.30pm.
For information go to www.woodendbarn.co.uk=20
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