At the center of every human body is the trace of a life force – the powerful belly button. The idea that all growth and life stems from a central location is activated in my hard-edge abstract paintings. Visual motifs include the framing device, calligraphic curves, mirrored compositions, thick paint materiality, and textile logic, —all lend to an atmosphere of maximalist rapture, while the tension between organic and geometric forms creates a sometimes disrupted harmony. By using abstraction and compositional devices related to symmetry, doubling, inversion, and reflection—all revolving around the central spine of the painting—I am forming a connection between joy and devotion, real and imagined space, and most of all, the physical and the spiritual nature of painting. There is an overall sense of devotion in the work, leading to ideas of the wondrous and the ominous, the playful and the dangerous, in service of mystical abstraction

Bonnie Morano is a native New Yorker, living and working in Brooklyn. While maintaining a studio in an artist community in Gowanus, Bonnie also teaches continuing education classes in her community in Midwood. Her Hunter MFA thesis show was held in Tribeca in November 2023. Her work has been selected for the XL Catlin Art Prize and the CUNY Labor Arts Exhibition. She has written numerous articles about studio life for art blog, “Two Coats of Paint.” Bonnie made her LA gallery debut this past summer in a three-person exhibition with Rhett Baruch Gallery  entitled “Luxury Repeat.” Bonnie's guidance and inspiration are from her strong religious faith and her rich ethnic culture.