Stephanie Rado Taormina

Can You See Me Now


Can You See Me Now
is a concentrated body of work created between August 2025 and April 2026, exploring visibility—of being seen, mis-seen, and, at times, overlooked entirely.


Developed over a relatively short but deeply focused period, these paintings reflect a heightened level of emotional and creative intensity. Moving between figuration and abstraction, the work captures moments where identity feels both present and unstable—where form emerges, shifts, and at times resists clarity altogether.


Layers are built, obscured, and revealed again, mirroring the complexity of perception—both from within and from others. What is visible is not always fully understood, and what is felt does not always resolve into a fixed image.


There is a persistence throughout the collection—a quiet insistence on presence, even in moments of fragmentation or ambiguity. Can You See Me Now becomes less of a question and more of an unfolding—an ongoing negotiation between self, image, and recognition.

Color Field


The Color Field collection is an exploration of color as both subject and experience.


In these works, composition is reduced to its essential elements—allowing color to take precedence over form, narrative, or gesture. Built through layered applications of paint, each piece develops slowly, with subtle shifts in tone, transparency, and saturation creating depth within a seemingly minimal surface.


Rather than directing the viewer toward a specific interpretation, these paintings are meant to be felt. Color expands, softens, and holds—creating an atmosphere that is at once quiet and present. Edges remain open, and transitions are often fluid, reinforcing a sense of continuity rather than separation.


This body of work reflects a continued interest in restraint and clarity—where less information allows for a more direct and personal connection. Each painting operates as its own field of energy, inviting stillness, focus, and sustained looking.

New Landscapes


New Landscapes
marks a shift toward a more distilled and intuitive way of working—where color, space, and process take the lead.


These paintings are not literal landscapes, but emotional and atmospheric ones. Built through poured and guided washes of paint, each work allows movement, gravity, and absorption to shape the composition as much as intention. Edges form and dissolve, color settles and expands, and the surface becomes a record of both control and release.


In this body of work, I’ve been exploring what happens when I let go of over-resolution—allowing the painting to hold ambiguity while still feeling complete. The result is a series of works that feel open, grounded, and quietly active.


Each piece exists as its own environment—inviting the viewer to enter, move through, and interpret freely. Together, they form a collection rooted in transition, where structure softens and something more essential begins to emerge.


Field Study- Late Spring by Stephanie Rado Taormina, Image 1.
Exchange by Stephanie Rado Taormina, Image 1.