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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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