Aurelio Grisanty (Born 1949) Dominican/American, Large Abstract Oil on Canvas. Colorful leap and swirl patterns throughout. Signed and dated 1996 bottom middle. 

Condition: Great. 

Overall Size: 44 x 36 x 25 in. 

Sight Size: 35 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. 

Aurelio “Rail” Grisanty was born in 1949 in the Dominican Republic, and spent hours as a child in his grandparents’ garden observing colors, textures, and lighting that led him to an early interest in art. Grisanty studied drawing with Dominican artist Yoryi Morel from 1963 to 1964, studied graphic arts and painting in Mexico City from 1969 to 1974, and studied interior design at the Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña in Santo Domingo. From 1974 to 1976 Grisanty designed and directed the Graphic Arts Department at the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo. He became involved in designing theatrical sets and costumes, most notably for a production of Salome directed by cinematographer Jean-Louis Jorge. Grisanty then served as the director for the graphic-design department of the advertising agency Retho Publicidad in Santo Domingo. Due to political turmoil, he left the country and arrived in Washington, D.C. in 1984, where he gained international attention as a painter and graphic artist. After being granted citizenship and being declared an ‘Exceptional Individual of International Renown” in 1997, he began to focus more and more on an Art Deco aesthetic, moving to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware in 2004. One year later he co-founded Beach Town Posters, a series of fine-art posters celebrating American beach towns, rendered in a vintage Art Deco style. In addition to this ongoing work, he continues to make costume pieces for theatrical venues and commissioned art, as comfortable with abstraction as he is with classical styles, and his large murals can be found throughout the New England region. 

Great.