Ciara Sergi

Can’t Sleep (March 2023)

This dreamlike painting depicts a crescent moon-headed figure standing among sheep, symbolizing the act of counting sheep to fall asleep. The figure’s cratered head and pajama-like attire blur the line between reality and imagination, embodying the fluidity of dreams. A glowing trail of little moon stretching into the distance evokes a subconscious journey. The piece explores themes of restlessness, imagination, and the surreal landscapes of the sleeping mind.

Oil paint

16x20"

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About the artist:

Painter, Animator, Student

Ciara Sergi is a Brooklyn based painter and stop motion animator currently obtaining her BFA in painting at Pratt Institute. Her interests include painting in a way that exudes a story, using color, subject, and different mediums to bring painting to life. Through the use of playful colors and smooth, sort of fuzzy blending, she aims to attract a viewer into a world where cute and strange are indecipherable from one another. Her subject matter includes habitants of a world plagued by some sort of toxic aquatic overgrowth and the scenes they live in, often portraying her characters with bulging eyes that stare down the viewer in a way that makes them feel as though they are intruding on a mundane scene of their lives. She has been exploring the medium of stop motion animation as a method of bringing out the world building that goes into her paintings. Stop motion serves as a way to expand past the bounds of the canvas.