Philomena Marano

Philomena Marano is a new York City based artist who grew up in Brooklyn, spending endless summers at Coney Island. After graduating from art school , she got a job as studio assistant to noted Pop artist Robert Indiana, for whom she created cut paper maquettes for a special Bicentennial project.

She describes her journey back to her geographic and aesthetic roots: "Around this time, something beckoned me to return to Coney Island. Blown away by the neglected appearance of the amusement park, coupled with being deeply under the influence of Indiana's American landscape sensibility, I was compelled to begin a cut paper series, American-Dream-Land starting with the symmetry and punch of the highly graphic Shooting Gallery."

This Way Out, papier colle, 41" x 54", by Philomena Marano

Equine Aquatic, papier colle, 12" x 16", by Philomena Marano

The subject matter of Marano's work is lively and fun. The level of painstaking detail and mature consideration of foreground and background layers required to convey depth and scale is mind-boggling. So many delicate slivers of paper interwoven in a symphony of observed detail and dramatic context.

For more information about the work of Philomena Marano, go to http://www.philomenamarano.com.