Milanda De Mont

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2010 ArtisSpectrum, Volume 23 and 24, Publications, Chelsea New York, USA.  

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Milanda De Mont’s enamel paintings exemplify her ideas of artistic expression as a means of liberation.  De Mont’s fluid brushstrokes exhibit a vibrancy and life of their own.  Inspired by the energies and movement of nature, De Mont is able to personify these energies through colors, lines, and forms that transform the canvas into a unified living image.  De Mont describes her process as energetic and spontaneous. “I let myself be carried away without resistance while my entire being is dedicated to the free-flowing expression of line, color and form as it coalesces into living imagery.”  Influenced by the physical urges of Abstract Expressionism, her paintings unleash the fury of Franz Kline with the colorful lyricism of Helen Frankenthaler. Each painting sustains its own unity while at the same time encompassing a vivid, distinct, abstract expression that is universally appealing.  

De Mont’s appeal lies in her ability to express relationships that exist between nature and mankind. The abstract forms De Mont creates express a unification of these natural and humanistic elements.  Her artwork creates a visual dialogue and artistry, synthesizing her observations in her lifelong artistic career as painter and world traveler, truly embracing a global consciousness. Milanda de Mont is also working in performance art and she lives in Sydney and Mainz, Germany.  

Having that zest! Inspiration is not so hard to receive if one is open to everyday life. Why not observe the sky ? or see people in the streets or even talk to someone? these are connections that ignite my spirituality when I arrive to my studio. In this context, I am interested only to work without any goal of creating a 'master piece' so to speak! it is through my creative process, that I can solve my compositional problems, or review my works from the day before. Colour can be an aid for inspiration for me - or just working in Black & White.