Denise Stewart-Sanabria, Matching Dye Jobs

Denise Stewart-Sanabria

Matching Dye Jobs

Archival pigment print on Canson Infinity Edition Etching Rag

Price range: $500 through $1,000

Denise Stewart-Sanabria’s Matching Dye Jobs was originally created by the artist using oil on canvas. Each Archival Pigment Print in this limited edition features a reproduction of the lifelike painting, possessing every detail from the smoothness of the oil paint to the glossiness of the icing.

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Year
2020
Edition of
35
Dimensions
28 x 28 inches
Authentication

Signed, numbered, and titled by the artist. All Haystack editions come with a Certificate of Authenticity.

“They felt utterly too gorgeous to even be eaten.”

– Denise Stewart-Sanabria

About the Artwork

Denise Stewart-Sanabria’s Matching Dye Jobs was originally created by the artist using oil on canvas. Each Archival Pigment Print in this limited edition features a reproduction of the lifelike painting, possessing every detail from the smoothness of the oil paint to the glossiness of the icing.

Matching Dye Jobs was printed by G.Moulin Limited Editions. Each Archival Pigment Print was digitally printed with a lab-calibrated inkjet printer using pigment-based inks (this process is also known as Giclée printing). The 100% cotton paper has a smooth texture and the purest natural white tone available, allowing for every visual subtlety and tonal transition in the artwork to be reproduced at the highest quality.

Curator's Note

In Matching Dye Jobs, the subject is decidedly pink and saccharine. Stewart-Sanabria creates a vivid realm filled with sweets in florid hues, toile wallpaper with quaint Colonial scenes, and yesterday’s flowers.

This Floridian opulence is on full display here, featuring decorated donuts on a cake stand, white and pink-dyed carnations scattered across the composition. The scene at first looks decadent, but the half-eaten donut, discarded petals and blurred shadows tell a different story. Stewart-Sanabria has a knack for implying subversive ideas while keeping the painting appealing and looking delicious.  

About the Artist

Denise Stewart-Sanabria (b.1956, Worcester, MA) paints both hyperrealistic still lifes of everything from candy to produce to glassware, usually in front of an ornately patterned backdrop. The anthropomorphic stories created within her images often serve as humorous commentary on human behavior.

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