The Malta Independent 25 August 2026, Tuesday
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Exhibition At Phoenicia

Malta Independent Sunday, 9 December 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago

En Plein Air is a collection of drawings and paintings of landscapes and seascapes by Denise Borg Millo, painted onsite mostly produced during last summer. Walking in the footsteps of the 19th century French Impressionists who decided to leave their studio to paint outside, the artist manifests her aptitude for nature, and allows her surroundings and state of mind to condition her final result. Some paintings show a sense of serenity while others reveal an expressive spontaneity. This can be perceived in the way she applies her paint on canvas and her choice of colours. The complementaries blue, orange, purple and yellow dominate her canvases, which, even though are at times allowed to run loose, are most of the time, rapidly and heavily applied to create texture and contrast. Moreover, Denise engages the viewer in her world of inner thoughts while painting, by displaying them in conjunction with her work to further appreciate her frame of mind. The exhibition closes on 28 December.

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