solo exhibition _ JENI CARUANA

Coppini is a Maltese painter who creates fantastic seascapes and ethereal skies. They represent the natural environment in the most tranquil manner. Alexia lives by the sea and is therefore easily absorbed by it’s beauty and the natural environment. Alexia's paintings evoke a sense of the spiritual as well as the fluid nature of the sea, and the light in the air creates a play with memory in timelessness. Her interest in art started when she was at school and continued later in life. Alexia studied art under the guidance of Ms Margaret Chircop, her art teacher at the Convent of the Sacred Heart. During these years she developed her talent and later discovered that life could be better fulfilled through artistic expression that gives satisfaction not only to herself but also enjoyment to whoever shares in her work. Later in life Alexia attended art courses by Mr Anton Calleja and Ms Debbie Caruana Dingli. The artist is versatile in various subjects, which include portraits, still life and animals. She also has a great passion to draw and paint images from marine and landscape. For her the natural environment is a great source of inspiration. 

Calleja’s work, which is all painted in situ and features land and seascapes from around the islands, is a tribute to changing seasons, the temperament of nature’s elements, and the transcendent experience of exploring the physical world through paint. Seen for the first time in a collective setting, these quasi-abstracted scenes transmit the familiar sights and sounds of the Maltese islands without being shackled to the realms of the literal. Gallery 23 is excited to present a body of work that will act as a sense-driven trigger, eliciting unmistakable memories of particular places and moments whilst allowing viewers their own space for contemplative interpretation.