'turbulentSilence'

greetings friends -

i’m wrapping up a major milestone here @studionunzi & putting some final touches on selfPublishing myBook - ‘turbulentSilence’ - produced in brilliant color with some beautiful contrasting black&white imagery along with many of my heARTfelt reflections during this_my life’s journey of growth & transformation withIN & withOUT my art -
the book is self produced & published with some stunning irregularities - it’s printed full color only one side on beautiful heavyweight paper stock - hand bound w/ jute (not stapled or glued) - then finely wrapped in raw heavyweight canvas & signed - the book is printed to order & quite suitable for framing & some of the spreads are pictured below -

it is 12”sq with the maximum width folding out to 48” [in 3 of the spreads], it contains a total of 28 pages with 14 original works - please allow 2-3 weeks for printing & delivery - $250 plus shipping & tax

more events @studionunzi -
• ‘oneSELFoneEYEoneKNOWing’ 3 canvases each 5’sq pictured below for artPrize2021 in grand rapids MI - showing in the windows of old world olive company at 108 monroeCtr across the street from theGRAM downtown - https://www.artprize.org/70220

• ‘silenceINsojourn’ 6’ x 5’ [2 views] pictured below for the 92ndAnnual michiganContemporary at the muskegonMuseum of art in muskegon MI - https://muskegonartmuseum.org/exhibitions/ - please join me for the reception sept23 530-7p

• 'awareness' 49"x35.5" & 'ponderThis' - 42”x56” both pictured below for the ForestHills fineArtsCtr in east grandRapids MI https://www.fhfineartscenter.com/about/ - oct8-nov19 - please join me for the reception oct27 6-8p

'iWASnotYet'

'iWASnotYet'

dear friends - again i ask your consideration to walk with me only a few moments as i share this abstracted piece ‘iWASnotYet’ with reflection for my june2021blog - or you can view this post on my website at www.studionunzi.net

‘iWASnotYet’ - 46”x64” - $8,500.00 - acrylicPolymer/goldMetallicPolymer/glossGel&varnish & conteStick on raw heavyWt cottonDuck -

' . . . are we truly obsessed with size - does it really matter or is it the mere content of our spiritual endeavor, the labor our BEing, which confines us? ONE has to ask, not why - but for whom!?! . . . in my finiteness IAM - ALL in ALL - universal, ‘infinitum’ withIN theMuse, myCreator that i breathe - i see & i smell deeply_the beauty of theSilence withOUT - i taste the cool fresh air of dawn - the breath of abundance - aNEW, 
withIN the greatPause . . .’

a beautiful reflection from frThomasKeating -
Prayer and activity are not enemies. We ascend the ladder of consciousness beyond
rational consciousness to intuitive and unitive levels, and then, when they become stabilized, action
and contemplation become the same thing because God is present in everything. You see God in
everything, and you see God intentionally working with circumstances outside of you and inside of you
to teach you something new.

please check me out @ www.robertkiddgallery.com -
shown below left to right - ‘withIn&withOUT’ [3pc] - ‘stepsAway’ & ‘tempest@littleSable’

"Annunziata’s paintings give the viewer the freedom to explore the artwork and assign his own meaning to the piece. This intensely personal process enriches the viewer's experience. Ralph chooses to express his creativity by creating a visual experience that is more free and unencumbered by the weight of objects” - gerardMarti, robertKidd gallery director

studionunzi notes & events - 
entering into artPrize2021 with 2 canvases titled ‘oneSELFoneEYEoneKNOWing’ - 5’x 5’ each either back to back in a window environment visible to the exterior or wall hung interiorly  @ 10’x 5’ - have to ask for your patience as i progress through my journey - here are a few details of sideA & sideB or left right  who knows but the KNOWing — 

also in the works,
a book of frame-able prints my artWork, titled ‘turbulentSilence’ to be hand assembled, signed, dated & numbered [quite an ambitious effort i have to say] - a very generous 12”sq @ 32 pages with several spreads opening up to 48” on beautiful heavy weight matte paper with many of my reflections & some very noble quotes from my teachers & prophets all  purposed through me by theMuse to you - the pages are not bound as they’re meant to be framable as you see fit - i am currently accepting preOrders for ‘artistProof’ editions @175.00 - production & assembly take about 2 weeks time - some layouts pictured here

INquireWithIN 5/21

my dear friends - again i ask your consideration to walk with me only a few moments as i share this figurative piece ‘INquireWithIN’ with reflection for my may 2021 blog - or you can view this post on my website at www.studionunzi.net

‘INquireWithIN’6.75’x6.5’- ebonyPencil on heavyWT unstretched cottonDuck with gesso/acrylicPolymer/glossVarnish&gel - $7500.00

‘the deepness we seek when awakened to thePRESENCE withIN
is theGIFT realized with our union in GOD -
w/o judgment, w/o condition & w/ unconditional love -
do not believe everything your eyes tell you - trust your heARTspace withIN’,  
‘do you see?’ - really SEE what is withOUT you 
& consider the direct relation between the position & correlation of your heART & hand’, 
for me figurative & anatomical understanding,
mirrors compassion & authenticity for clarity in existence, 
understanding the beauty in every human & their purpose in time & space,
all in all, ‘ONEing’, intently relational to the cosmos - 
the divine withIN each of us, 
emerging from the infinite & into the NOW - 

& it is withIN a contemplative heART & compassion toward universal truths _ i reflect -
breathe peace -
& who is entitled to such peace? 
i suppose we all are - - - i don’t really know,
but it would be foolish for me to abandon my journey 
to the deepness in that peace we seek as it is GIFT awakened 
to thePRESENCE of our union with GOD -
& IAM pretty sure i have come to see more clearly 
in the meaning or lack there of in MY life - 
that i have not changed or have i changed radically somewhere deep - 
yet i still have so many selfCentered habitats - schisms -
& that the situation given to me has been given to me to change me 
if only i could surrender & embrace this new reality

studionunzi notes & events - 
it is with great humility & joy that i can announce my collaboration with robert kidd gallery in birmingham [detroit] michigan with several pieces exhibiting right now & soon to be announced artist opening @ www.robertkiddgallery.com - shown here left to right - ‘withIn&withOUT’ [3pc] - ‘stepsAway’ & ‘tempest@littleSable’

"Annunziata’s paintings give the viewer the freedom to explore the artwork and assign his own meaning to the piece. This intensely personal process enriches the viewer's experience - Ralph chooses to express his creativity by creating a visual experience that is more free and unencumbered by the weight of objects”
- gerardMarti, robertKidd’s owner & director

opening may5 2021 [thru june2021] - ‘divineElegy’ -  pictured here ‘divineElegy12#2’ @ ferrisCafe located in GVSU innovation design ctr on winter street downtown grandRapids MI https://ferriscoffee.com/pages/ferris-westside  -

‘divineElegy12#2’

i’m in the process of publishing a book of my artWork, pictured here & titled ‘turbulentSilence’ . . .

. . . to be hand assembled, signed, dated & numbered [quite an ambitious effort i have to say] - a very generous 12”sq @ 32 pages with several spreads opening up to 48” on beautiful heavy weight matte paper with many of my reflections & some very noble quotes from my teachers & prophets all  purposed through me by theMuse to you - the pages are not bound as they’re meant to be framable as you see fit & currently accepting preOrders for ‘artistProof’ editions @175.00 - 

heARTspace [studionunzi]

WHO am i?

it is april 1 2021, the day of the ‘fool’ & i choose to be that FOOL, an ARTist in all his humility & purpose if you will give me only a few gracious moments of your time & journey with me in my heARTspace & indulge me in my ART & soul, with this, the first of my monthly reflections in authenticity & affirmation of that purpose -

my name is ralph michael annunziata, ‘nunzi’ as friends call me, but that is not WHO i am - an artist on a journey_yes, but that is not who IAM -older & some say wiser but that is not WHO i am in the eyes of the greatSPIRIT - that is for HIM to say & it is in my heART that i believe, 

what is on my canvas - the passion of the brush & dramatic line of the pencil channeled through me by theCreator is Indeed what was intended & if you are true to your authentic SELF & your heARTspace - you are making your art for YOU & are fully present to all GIFTed you by your Creator - that Being said, it is with great humility & profound JOY that i offer you a view of my heARTspace -
breathe peace -
nunzi

my artistic disciplines are varied with most being larger scale works of simple abstractedMovements pictured here, preferred mediums are acrylicPloymer, acrylicMetallic, glossGel, glossVarnish & ebonyPencil - & many studies & finished pieces stretched & framed on raw, prepped canvas & watercolor paper with genres in abstractedPleinAire, abstracted & somewhat representational figurative & black&white ‘wetSketch’ figurative works. 

’porchSpring’ - 2 canvases transform to ONE - 92”x64”[46”x64’ea] - conteStick, acrylicPolymer & acrylicGlossGel on raw stretched heavyWT cottonDuck

my ‘porchSpring’ enlivens & a chorus of birds reJOYce once again & as i lay bare my nakedIntention - it is my time, so my intentions go out from me but do not return empty & it shall accomplish what i purpose in my expression & not come back to me void of fulfillment & succeed in that which i sent it - it falls upon this palette more quietly than the morning sun & then i know that all things, w/o HIS love are inadequate & in HIS love - nothing i can posses but ALL things & my container with nothing left - nothing to give but GIFT itself into my own heARTs awakeness - conscious & aware of presence in theMuse closer to me than my own brush - then what else is there but tranquility in solace -  

my hope is you will join me each month following this for a feature of more art & reflection - INjoy!

also, keep an eye for a large format book of my artWork, titled ‘turbulentSilence’ to be hand assembled, signed, dated & numbered [quite an ambitious effort i have to say] - a very generous 12”sq @ 32 pages with several spreads opening up to 48” on beautiful heavy weight matte paper with many of my reflections & some very noble quotes from my teachers & prophets all purposed through me by theMuse to you - the pages are not bound as they’re meant to be framable as you see fit - i am currently accepting preOrders for ‘artistProof’ editions @175.00 - after which signed/dated & numbered @ $225.00 [costs my vary a bit but not by much as the prints will be of a very nice heavy weight quality]

‘turbulentSilence’ bookCover image - ‘divineElegy9’

for updates on my art, events, workshops & commissions please follow me on IG ‘@studionunzi’ or FB ‘studionunzi’ & any inquiries or questions regarding the art or comissions, please email me at rmachgo@gmail.com or call 616.250.3169

'made in michigan' @lansingArtGallery

'made in michigan'holidayExhibit @lansingArtGallery - lansingMI

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11 / 5

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12/23/20

https://lansingartgallery.org/current-and-upcoming/

November 5 - December 23, 2020

https://www.lowellartsmi.org/new-and-you [aug29-oct17]

‘blindEmbrace’

awesome 
is the solitary life -
confronted in the NOW - 
wonderful & yet,
i have no strength in it alone - 

it is with the creatorGOD that i rest in my nakedINtent & poverty
& i am delighted in it -

how real this is to awaken - 
shocked by GRACE - 
& indeed elegant in the seriousness of it ALL
simply astounding in ‘blindEmbrace’ -
which doesn’t tolerate lies

62”x50”X4”
acrylic/gel/varnish&ebonyPencil
stretched cottonDuck - 5200.00

’abstractedPleinAire’ @flatRiverGallery in lowell michigan

‘the lessons you are meant to learn are already withIN your BEing -
in your heART & in your work - 
everything you have designed & produced -
. . . to see them, you need only to look ‘clearly’ -
w/o judgement & fear - 
w/o wishes & hopes or emotional ‘heady’ expectations -

quiet yourself & be ‘present’ to your heARTspace - your ‘ground’ in theCreator
& your hand, the brush, the pencil will flow freely’*

 join me in an exploration into your very own heARTspace - 
’abstractedPleinAire’ @flatRiverGallery in lowell michigan

10am to 4pm
15 february 2020
219 W Main St, Lowell, MI 49331 (616) 987-6737
https://www.flatrivergalleryandframing.com/upcoming-classes

& also join in a fun afternoon reception for
‘chocolate&champagne’ 1-3pm saturday february8 2020

lansingArt & educationCtr - 'michiganMade' nov&dec 2019

‘stepsAway’ 5’x3’x4” acrylic/gel/varnish&pencil on stretchedCanvas