Artist Statement
“I have always been enticed by faces and certain subjects and try not to stare, but as an artist I am sometimes caught in the beauty of the moment. I delight to capture a likeness but more to create a piece of art that is emotive and will stand through time. Through my art I celebrate the joys of simple pleasures like the wind in the trees, atmospheric reflections, people and places around the world. I respond to what catches my eyes and heart, personifying nature through color and movement, evoking moods of transition, strength, and serenity. I use my fingers of both hands to blend pastels and sculpt form through layering pigment; pastel being one of the purest pigments. As I work the images can be unexpected, some terrains flow on to the paper gathered from memories, symbolically formed to portray ubiquitous scenes while some works are tangible locations. When I see smaller images like faces, animals, and cities within works in progress, sometimes I enhance them to share my perceptions. Simply smudges of color. What do you see?”
Biography
Pedrero began fine art studies at the age of thirteen. She rode her bike
where Foxwoods casino now sits near her hometown of Norwich, CT. Her early
exhibitions began at The Mystic Art Association, the seaport town where
she met Julia Roberts and cast during the filming of “Mystic Pizza”.
Acknowledged for her luminous landscapes and captivating portraits Pedrero
has since become an established award winning artist; published in magazines,
newspapers, documentaries, and news broadcasts. Jeffrey Spalding now CEO
and President for Glenbow Museum, Canada, judged her work best of show
with a "magical use of color" as Director of the Appleton Museum
in Ocala Florida. The PSA after Pedrero’s signature is a privilege
of elected signature members of the Pastel Society of America. Travel
and family play a large role in her compositions; her art is a visual
journal. Collected worldwide her works are in private and corporate collections
nationally and in countries such as Japan, Spain and Scotland. Recently
she has had fun experimenting with slideshows of her work for You Tube.
Pedrero works from her home studio in Longwood Florida, enjoying the company
of her dog Max.
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