OUT & ABOUT KALEIDOSCOPE “I paint about emotions and memory, and I write about emotion and memory as a playwright. One reflects the other.” —Anthony Garcia-Copian
ANTHONY GARCIA-COPIAN S AC R A M E N TA L S O R R O W, 2 0 2 1 ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 24 X 30
FROM THE COLLECTION OF DAN WOODWARD
A CONNECTION BY COLOR
BY CHARLOTTE RUSSELL
Raleigh-based playwright, artist and photographer Anthony Garcia-Copian originally turned to painting to get over writer’s block. After buying a canvas and acrylic paint, Garcia-Copian put on some music, let his hand go and started to release. This release sparked not only his work as a playwright, but as an abstract artist as well. Originally from Cuba, Garcia-Copian moved to Miami as a child. Since Cuba and Miami are both colorful places—from the people to the music to the architecture—color plays an important role in Garcia-Copian’s memory and art practice. His connection of color to place is evident in “Sacramental Sorrow,” a commissioned painting reflecting the collector and his home. By layering moss green and oxide red with yellow and blue, Garcia-Copian draws from the color and memory of the collector’s backyard, which is filled with banana trees, creating a painting that feels like the collector himself. View more of Garcia-Copian’s work at artspacenc.org/garcia-copian-anthony.
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