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I focus on color, texture, and form using palette knives and brushes, often mixing colors with cold wax on canvas or board. Then, layer by layer, I add marks and scratch away top layers to reveal under-paintings.

I'm a psychotherapist living in Petaluma, California. I studied etching in Italy years ago, which continues to influence my work. Painting is a form of therapy for me. I relax, release as I move into a flow.
 
I recently started working with crayons, oil stick, acrylic and hot wax on tar paper, and watched the vibrant colors explode.

Exhibitions
  • Museum of Encaustic Art, Cerillos, NM, Permanent Collection
  • Petaluma Coffee and Tea, Solo Show, 2023
  • Graton Gallery, Graton CA, 2022
  • Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol CA, Members Show, 2020
  • Petaluma Art Center, Members Exhibit, 2019

© 2025 | Tonia Sassi | All rights reserved

Photography by Mario Bosanac

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