Artist Share: Deborah Oropallo

Deborah Oropallo received her BFA at Alfred University, Alfred, NY in 1979 and went on the receive her MFA at the University of California, Berkeley, CA in 1983.

Deborah Oropallo makes what she calls “hybrid prints”.  She uses the computer and contemporary digital printmaking methods all in combination with painting techniques.  The photographs are digitally manipulated and then printed on German printmaking paper using a pigment-based process.  Once they’re printed Oropallo works over them with encaustic and oil paint.

Oropallo’s current work is a deconstructing and enhancing of images to explore the idea behind seduction and power that are evoked by gesture and pose.  She uses images she finds for sexy costume on the internet and combines it with images of men from the 17th and 18th century portrait paintings.

I enjoy looking at her work because every time I look at it I find something new in the image that I didn’t see before.  Her process seems very interesting and intriguing.  The outcome of her images are interesting to look at and it certainly makes me wonder how she creates her artwork.  I do plan on using her work as inspiration in my future works.

Resources:
http://www.gallery16.com/index.php?page=artists&artist=do&thumbpage=1