BY ANGÉLICA ACEVEDO
Clare Stokolosa, a Bayside resident and awardwinning
artist, has found inspiration from the
mundane during COVID-19 lockdown.
Stokolosa, who was awarded the Italian Heritage
and Culture Award by former Queens Borough
President Melinda Katz, has adapted her
artwork as a result of the pandemic by creating
a “#StayAtHome” painting series — which she’s
recently renamed to “#Anticipation” when New
York entered phased reopening.
“Each day I spend time deciding and planning
my next painting for my video,” she said. “This
helps to fill my days during the pandemic and
share my thoughts.”
Two of her pieces were picked up by virtual art
exhibits in Milan, Italy, and Long Island City.
Her piece, entitled “Saute Some Onions and
Garlic,” is a mesmerizing sketch painted in watercolor
depicting produce that is currently being
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Vegetables sketched and painted in watercolor by artist Clare Stokolosa in her daily #StayAtHome vlog on
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displayed in the Long Island City Artists (LIC-A)
virtual exhibit “Drawings in a Time of Social
Distancing,” curated by Jorge Posada.
The virtual exhibit by the nonprofit arts advocacy
organization will be online until Aug. 12,
featuring drawings by several artists divided into
three rooms: “traditional,” “non-traditional” and
“interior-exterior views.”
Stokolosa’s painting falls under “interior-exterior
views.”
“The vegetables provide vivid colors and fun
organic shapes while also bringing nature inside,”
Stokolosa said. “There are so many colors
other than pure white that I used to shade and
shadow the surface of the garlic, which reminds
me of painting clouds. The old-fashioned design of
the towel with bright yellow, blue, red and green
complements the colors of the vegetables.”
A portion of the proceeds from her sales of the
paintings will go to the Food Bank of NYC.
While in quarantine, Stokolosa — who’s had
some of her artwork displayed on the city’s
LinkNYC Kiosks in the past — began a YouTube
video diary showcasing her process.
In one of her #StayAtHome vlogs on her You-
Tube channel, CSART, Stokolosa gave a tour of
her Bayside home studio — a relatively small
space full of her art materials.
So far, she’s uploaded 45 #StayAtHome vlogs
and six #Anticipation videos.
Stokolosa showed viewers how simple it can be
to set up their own home studio, on one of her videos
called “Carve a Space in Your Home.”
Bayside artist’s
stay-at-home art
pieces displayed
at Long Island City
virtual exhibit
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