Stretched Canvas

Modern Lines

Contemporary White

Natural Clear Maple

Unframed print




Daria Grippo, Toms River, NJ
Member Since July 2009
Artist Statement Ever since I was a little kid I've always been fascinated by abandoned houses. We used to drive past a little red abandoned ranch sitting in the woods every time we would go out somewhere like the mall or to the doctor's. I always wondered why it was abandoned. Who lived there... and what was inside. When I was 8 I finally had the guts to ask my mom to pull over and look at this huge burnt down house on the side of the road. Of course we didn't go in but I just stared at it, absolutely enamored with this charcoal burnt house . I think that is what sparked my interest. My father would sometimes take me into the foreclosed homes he was selling through his agency. I always tell him its his fault I love the excitement and danger of entering an abandoned building because he gave me a free pass to explore these buildings when I was a little kid!

When I was about 13 I would randomly and for no reason start dreaming about being in old, abandoned and dilapidated hospitals, houses and factories. They were reoccurring dreams and they plagued me because I wanted to go to these beautiful places I would dream about. It was almost as if something was calling me to them. Every now and then I get deja-vu from these buildings because they remind me of those dreams I had when I was 13.

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Tags Daria, Grippo, abandoned, asylum, condemned, decay, dilapidated, haunted, historic, hospital, vacant