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To me, painting is a way of recording meditation; like writing in a journal but with a more sophisticated language that enables me to reach others beyond the barriers of linguistics, culture and beliefs. I mainly work with watercolors on paper and oil or acrylics on canvas. At times I supplement my acrylic work with pastels, charcoal and pencils. My watercolor paintings could be defined as atmospheric and minimalist. My aim is to capture the feeling of the moment and the space, with sparse detail and frugal brush work, the end result being a meditation in water and color. My oil and acrylic paintings are larger in format and mostly minimalist and abstracted. I work on different series at the same time, exploring various subjects and techniques threaded together by spirituality, thoughts and emotions. Painting is a way of extracting my truth, putting it out there, and hopefully developing a dialogue with the viewer.
"Fiabane’s show this year at Fleming Street Gallery, is especially exciting because in addition to the emotionally powerful seascapes for which she is so well known, the viewer is introduced to her moody, provocative paintings of interiors.
The best way to describe many of Gabriella’s landscapes and seascapes is in musical terms, which are also the titles of some of her new works. The diptych “Gioioso” portrays Ballast Key on a sunny day; “Scherzo” has subtle colors describing the back country bathed in soft translucent light.
Fiabane’s interiors are suspended in time. The titles of these elegantly subtle paintings relate to different times of day and days of the week. There is also a strong sense in these paintings of what is not there; the feeling that something has just occurred or is about to happen in the room. “The Thursday You Left” and “Saturday Is Gone” suggest a loss, the source of which is never really revealed, in the microcosm of the house by the sea, which is the subject of these mysterious interiors. Don’t miss this intriguing show and the opportunity to meet the artist at the opening reception."
February 24, 2011
"Fiabane's artistic vision opens us to sweeping spaces. Landscapes are filled with light, particularly the light of that special time between day and night. Her universe is spacious, with images that evoke memories of northern coasts shrouded in fog and cool misty mornings." May 2009
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