The Alamo-Danville Artists’ Society awarded Stephen Sanfilippo “Best of Show” in its 29th annual Gala Spring Art Show, for his oil painting titled, “Golden Marsh.” The exhibit is open throughout April at the Danville Fine Arts Gallery, 233 Front St. in Danville.
“I had an emotional response to the composition and color in this scene,” said judge Charles White, an internationally acclaimed painter. “This is a place I would want to go visit.”
“There were so many outstanding pieces in this year’s show that I awarded an unprecedented number of honorable mention ribbons,” White said.
Sanfilippo has been painting for more than 25 years and moved to Alamo from San Francisco in October. Two of his pieces were among the 78 chosen from several hundred to be in the show.
“I really appreciate having my paintings so well-received among all the other very talented work on display here,” said Sanfilippo.
Sanfilippo moved to Alamo from San Francisco in October. He left the graphic design field in 2004 and has made fine art his full-time career. He especially enjoys painting “en plein air.”
“Painting outdoors is the only way I can emotionally connect with the light, shadows and color of a scene,” he said. “If I don’t have that direct connection, then it is very difficult to translate a scene honestly on the canvas.”
