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Monica DiGiovanni

Monica's work is inspired by many years of yoga and meditation practice, different forms of dance and movement and a love of nature. She's developed a meticulous style working with a deliberate multi-layering technique that mirrors the effects of watercolors and takes full advantage of the complex transparencies of high-quality oil paints. Painting surfaces evolve and shift depending on the light from sun up to sun down. In support of pollinators as part of the butterfly series, I put together a resource list of organizations and other outlets that are doing the work of saving pollinators for anyone to use and share.

For purchase, contact Monica directly with questions.

For information regarding Monica's yoga and meditation offerings, please visit wwwmontpelieryoga.com.

Upcoming exhibition

...moment to moment...

Monica is having a solo show, ...moment to moment..., for the month of July 2022 at The Front in Montpelier Vermont.

Opening Reception: July 1, 4:00 - 8:00 pm

Show Dates: July 1 - 31
The gallery is open Fridays 4-7, and Saturdays and Sundays 11 - 5. If those times don't work email Monica to set up a time for a private showing.

Location: The Front, 6 Barre Street, Montpelier, VT

Poetry Reading and Closing Reception: July 29 - Monica will read a selection of sutra excerpts and from her favorite poets. In person and online via Zoom.

Poetry Reading Zoom Link: click here

Questions: monica (at) monicadigiovanni (dot) com

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"Perfect in the Imperfection Ensō" Ink and mica pigment on watercolor paper, 22" x 15"

…moment to moment… is on view through the month of July and features Zen circles, or ensō, paintings inspired by Monica’s Zen art practice, a year in recovery from post-concussion syndrome, meditations on consciousness, interconnection, impermanence, intimacy, resilience of the human spirit, and her many years as a yoga practitioner. Starting in 2019, painting an ensō became a way for Monica to return to equilibrium and continued through the pandemic to come to terms with isolation, great loss, and a traumatic brain injury. Ancient Buddhist text says that a moment of perception takes seventeen seconds. Each single-brushstroke painting takes about the same amount of time to paint and yet contains everything leading up to the act of creation.

With over sixty paintings hung together, the show asks the viewer for deeper intimacy in order to consider their own relationship to time, intention, and personal experience. Each piece is poetically titled with phrases from Zen teachings, scripture, and poetry. Viewers are invited to experience the show with or without awareness of titles and dates that place the images on a timeline in relationship to the pandemic. In the ten years that Monica has been a yoga teacher, she often reads poetry and sutra excerpts in her classes much of which has inspired the artwork. All are welcome.