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Art by Agostina
Beauty in the Slow Journey
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rom the north facing slope of Vail Mountain to the rolling hills of Piney Lake, all the way to the towering Torres Del Paine in Chile, Agostina Zampieri’s art tells a story — a multitude of miniscule dots, each contributing to a beautiful whole, capturing the ethereal and harmonious nature of life. Zampieri is a self-taught artist and architecture graduate from the National University of Cordoba, Argentina. She has an eye for the little things that make a scene alluring. “I create highly detailed drawings using the stippling technique, also known as pointillism. With a fineliner pen, I draw dot by dot landscapes, wildlife portraits and other nature related subjects, inspired by my breathtaking surroundings. I started drawing with these pens when I was studying architecture in my hometown of Cordoba, Argentina. I would use them to draw
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blueprints, sketch ideas in our notebooks and immortalize a place or a moment,” Zampieri says. During breaks from school, Zampieri would travel from Argentina to Vail to work for the town’s busy winter season. “After I graduated, with all the money I saved up from my four winters in the states, I began the journey of my life,” Zampieri shares. In a converted 1979 van, Zampieri embarked on a 16-monthlong road trip from Colorado to Argentina’s southernmost city, Usuahia. Covering 30,000 miles, Zampieri reveled in the wonder of what each untraveled mile had to offer. “The complete freedom, the constant change of scenery and the endless amount of time for myself with a pen and notebook in my hands documenting the trip made me into the artist I am today,” she says. On this journey through 14 different countries, Zampieri tried different drawing techniques, but she always came back to stippling. Ultimately, Zampieri fell in love with Vail, and she decided to make the Valley her home base as she pursued art full time. In 2020 when Zampieri, along with the rest of humanity, was forced to learn to cope with isolation and unprecedented times,
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PHOTOS COURTESY OF AGOSTINA ZAMPIERI
By Kristen Grace
