Coni Minneci is a western N.Y. regional artist and landscape workshop
teacher at Partners In Art/Studio & Gallery, in North Tonawanda. She
received a B.A. in graphic design from State University College, Buffalo,
N.Y., and a B.A. in studio arts from SUNY Empire College. Coni has had numerous
group and solo exhibits regionally, including at Castellani Museum at Niagara
University, Virginia Weiss Gallery at Empire College, and Carnegie Art Center.
Her work is available at Eminent Design Inc., Buffalo, N.Y.
Coni's landscape work reflects her experience of place, time and atmosphere
and are rooted in the Hudson River School Style. Her landscape work is often
fused with futurism, surrealism, feminist expressionism.
Artist's Statement
Using landscape as a way to express my experience of menopause, I painted
in oil. Years of peri-menopause led to abrupt changes, wet and fertile
to dry. Extreme anxiety attacks, hypoglycemia, thyroid dysfunction, vaginal
changes, constant racing heart pattern and hot flashes, osteopenia. No
hormone replacement therapy for personal reasons.
Yes: beta-blockers, synthroid, fosomax.
Four years later: yes, synthroid, fosomax; no, beta-blockers.
Yes, natural vitamins, homeopathy.
Post-menopause: no monthly periods, no mood swings, no pain from cramps,
no bloating, anxiety, no chance of conceiving.
Left is sensitivity to hot and cold, a clearer mind to contemplate
a chance to achieve new goals, explore the world and to appreciate being
alive!!!
All art copyright 2003 Coni Minneci
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