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Patricia Cole-Ferullo’s ‘Sacred Geometry’
Runs September 5 to October 15
“Sacred Geometry,” a show of new work by Patricia Cole-
Ferullo, opens Friday, September 5 at the Silver Fox Gallery. The
exhibition continues through October 15.
Patricia Cole-Ferullo, a highly intuitive artist, began to paint in
June following a long abstinence, wondering what would evolve.
“As I was moving past the initial stages of clumsiness, I was
deeply moved to express the constant dance between the two
opposites,” she says.
Cole-Ferullo’s first paintings in her new studio in Tryon, North
Carolina (the Ferullos returned from Italy in December 2007)
are a series of six 20-inch round canvases titled “Ying/Yang,
The Eternal Dance.”
Ying/Yang is, in the artist’s words, “the visible icon created by
the ancient sages to represent the positive/negative, or
dark/light relationships in nature and the universe.
“The balance of Ying/Yang brings about the greatest good.
Imbalance creates havoc in nature and in relationships.”
The six works in the Ying/Yang series are set in the greater
context of the exhibit, titled ‘Sacred Geometry.’ Cole-Ferullo has
long been interested in this subject as it applies to architecture.
“Sacred geometry,” she says, “occurs when geometric shapes
are brought together in patterns and proportions that generate
positive energy.” For example, a beautifully designed building.
In this new body of work, the artist continues to create paintings
that are spontaneous abstractions based on her emotional
response to and interconnection with nature. She continues to
probe the mystery of the universe and man’s relationship to it.
After receiving her BA in Art from Florida State University in 1952,
Cole-Ferullo began her career in art education. She headed the
Art Department and taught classes at Margate Junior High
School in Margate, Florida while also teaching children’s art
classes at the Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art. She later worked
for various architectural design firms doing design, drafting and
renderings.
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