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The
earliest creative influences in Zingaro's life were the
mysterious and colorful gypsies traveling through his home
town, an old whaling port on the southern coast of Massachusetts.
As a child his hungry imagination was filled by the impressions
of the strands of fate that guided the fluid and ethereal
lives of these gypsies. They had a fondness for the young
Zingaro, and laid upon him a calling to experience the richness
of the world.
Zingaro began his creative life as an apprentice for an
aging wagon painter. The old craftsman, Mandy-short for
George Mandevellis, had earned his legendary reputation
painting Gypsy and circus wagons.
The old master sought a vessel in which to pour his legacy.
Zingaro, he felt, was worthy of the gift. With a firm hand
and a critical eye the old master guided the young Zingaro
through the kaleidoscopic balance of color and motion of
his art, a gift that was not foresaken. When Mandy's time
was done Zingaro was left to inherit the old man's vivid
philosophy of form, color and life. With his portable livelihood
the young artist traveled the country allowing his creative
spirit to soar.
Along the path, his artistic pulses were clutched by the
magnetism of simplistic abstraction. He pursued and obtained
a degree in Fine Art and followed with the mastery of color,
inspired by the works of artists: Mondrian, Picasso, and
Andy Warhol.
New Mexico is where the mesmerizing light and opalescent
sunsets bid him to remain. It is here that he met and befriended
the late Craig Ruwe, master enamel artist. Craig Ruwe's
enamel career dated back more than twenty years to the great
period of Fred Uhl Ball. Ruwe had worked and apprenticed
with Fred Ball until his untimely death in 1985, just after
the release of his book, Experimental Techniques in Enamelling.
Ruwe introduced Zingaro to the ancient art of vitreous enamel
on metal. The depty and light of this medium sparked Zingaro's
interest. Zingaro aided Ruwe in his passionate works for
two years until Craig's dignified battle with cancer ended
in the spring of 2004, leaving a legacy of enamel technique.
Tuwe asked Zingaro to carry on the tradition of this unique
medium.
Today, following the path
of Fred Ball and Craig Ruwe, Zingaro is exercising his creative
expressions in vitreous enamel on metal. His new work is
an imitable collaboration of images embodied in layer upon
layer of luminescent glass. Zingaro continues to press forward
with new and exciting discoveries in this timeless medium. |
