The Artists Showcase Spring 2012

Spring 2012
Showcasing The World’s Finest Emerging & Mid-Career Artists In the Hottest Art Centric Cities on the Map
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Contents
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Special Features
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Armory Arts Week & Beyond
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Artexpo
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Starting with Armory Arts Week the first week of March and
lasting through the first week of May, there are over 20
major international art fairs celebrating Spring in New York.
We’ve listed the most important ones here.
Now entering its 33rd year in New York City, Artexpo returns
to Pier 92 from March 22-25th for an extraordinary weekend
featuring fine art from both established and emerging talent, art industry seminars and entertainment. See why this
year’s show is expected to top previous years in attendance
and sales.
Artisan Direct, Ltd.
Artisan Direct, Ltd was founded on the belief that there has
to be a smarter and more effective way of introducing an
artist’s work to an art buying public that would potentially
purchase the artist’s work or effectuate the purchase of the
work as an art gallery might do.
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Talents of Our Youth
The Youth Art Exhibition in Dearborn, Michigan hosted its
second successful annual event showcasing the talents of
its young artists and standing as a model for other communities to follow in encouraging the creative pursuits of
their youth.
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The Art Marketer
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Cheryl L. Hrudka
Much the same way an artist creates stories by painting
images on canvas, The Art Marketer paints pictures through
the words she puts on paper. Through the images she creates
with her words, she tells the stories promoting each of her
creative clients and brings those stories to the world where
they take on a life of their own, as do her clients careers.
Photographer Cheryl L. Hrudka pursues her own vision
of the world, with the focus being the exploration of the
road less travelled. Employing cutting edge technology,
Hrudka creates images that are at once personal, poetic
and lyrical.
On the cover
Cheryl Hrudka, Faster Than the Speed of Light, 24x20
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Letter from the Publisher
Welcome
to our second issue of The Artist Showcase Magazine!
Published by Art Market Publications, The Artist Showcase brings undiscovered,
emerging and mid-career artists together with galleries and active art collectors
to the most progressive art buying cities of the world! Our Premier Issue debuted
in December during Miami Arts Week to rave reviews from artists, galleries and
collectors worldwide. Many of our participating artists have reported finding new
interest for their work in the homes and galleries of our growing list of readers and
subscribers.
Our Spring issue is double in size and brings with it twice as many artists in a
growing number of categories. From abstract art, pop and realist painters, to photographers skillfully displaying the range of their talents in the new digital medium
on up through sculptors, assemblage artists, ceramicists and glass, The Artist Showcase Spring Edition offers something for everyone in every category, price range,
genre, medium and subject matter. A feast for the eyes, our pages offer just a taste
of what you’ll find on each of the artists websites, exhibitions or shows. We encourage you to use the book as a resource for finding new talent, products and services.
We are excited to bring The Artist Showcase to the NY Art Market this Spring where
it will be distributed at many of the major shows throughout the season. Artists who
may not have known or had the means to reach this prime audience are doing so
now through their pages and profiles in The Artist Showcase.
If you are an artist seeking greater exposure for your work, please feel free to
contact us about participating in upcoming issues.
If you are a gallery, art fair producer, non-profit organization, or the like,
seeking new artists, we welcome you on our pages as well, or as distributors for the
publication.
If you are a service or hospitality organization in a host city to the major art
fairs where we distribute, what better way to gain exposure to your own business in a
luxury market than through our pages?
We invite you to enjoy our Spring Edition. If you like what you see, we encourage you to contact our artists to learn more about them. And if you’d like to be
considered for future editions, we welcome your calls.
Thank-you!
Jayson Samuel
Publisher, The Artist Showcase
Pittsford, New York 14534
www.artmarketpublications.com
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Jayson Samuel
Editor
Lisa Freedman
Art Director
Adam D. Smith
The Artist Showcase provides a venue for artists
and art professionals. Articles express the
opinion, experience and knowledge of the
authors and not necessarily that of the
magazine’s management. Artist profiles are
provided by the artists and edited by staff or the
artists, unless otherwise noted. Copyright 2012. All material appearing in The
Artist Showcase is copyrighted. Copyrights are
reserved by the authors. The copyrights of all
published artworks are retained by the artists.
Reproduction in whole or part of any published
material is prohibited without written permission from the magazine’s publisher.
The views expressed are not necessarily those
of the editor or the publisher. The publisher
bears no liability for the claims made, nor for
information provided by advertisers.
Suggestions and submissions for future articles
are welcome, however, management reserves the
right to determine what may be published. Submissions may be made in writing and sent to
the Editor, Lisa Freedman,
POB 921, East Hampton, New York 11937.
email: [email protected]. The Artist Showcase is published 4 times a year by
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SPRING
Letter from the Editor
Welcome to the Spring Issue of The Artist Showcase, and the
second issue we are proud to bring to Market. Our Premiere Edition
of The Artist Showcase made its debut during Miami Arts Week to
great fanfare. Many of the 40 artists we showcased reported back not
only on how delighted they were with their profiles, but how effective
they’ve been in attracting the right audience for their work.
Our Spring Issue debuts on the New York Market for the
most important Season of Art Fairs in this City and quite possibly
the World. Check out our article entitled Armory Arts Week &
Beyond (page 11) for a Calendar of New York Art Fairs from
March through May.
Heralded as the World’s Largest Fine Art Trade Show, Artexpo
New York celebrates its’ 33rd year in Manhattan on Pier 92 from
March 22-25th. Our article on page 12 provides an overview of that
Event.
This issue also highlights the cutting edge work of
photographer Cheryl L. Hrudka (page 72). Cheryl employs a
variety of software programs to create her unique images that are at
once personal, poetic and lyrical. Other photographers successfully
and creatively utilizing similar cutting edge digital technologies
and techniques include Malena Assing (page 30); Christopher
Kennedy (page 82); Mae Jeon (page 76) and Hannah Ueno (page
118). Indeed, this is a new media to watch what develops.
But, the Spring Edition is not just about photography. With
58 artists comprising this issue, we have 40% more talent as was
showcased in our first, representing the broad range of media, styles,
genres and subjects as diverse as each of our artists and their stories.
It is indeed a melting pot of talent from all parts of the world, all
walks of life and all means of expression not unlike the City we make
our debut in this season.
Two other feature stories detailing the products and services
provided by two companies that have both built successful businesses
marketing and promoting their clients include our stories on Artisan
Direct, Ltd (page 14) and The Art Marketer (page 18). For artists,
galleries, non-profit organizations and creative businesses of all
types, both Artisan Direct, Ltd and The Art Marketer offer the wide
range of marketing and promotional vehicles to bring your business
to the next level, even in difficult times.
The Artist Showcase is yet another example of how artists
can market their work. Our Summer Issue debuts this July in the
Hamptons, the birthplace of the Abstract Expressionist Movement
and host to two major International Art Fairs as well as countless
galleries and cultural institutions. Please contact us for more details.
We encourage you to enter our Art Competition (page 135),
the first of many we plan to host. Winners will be featured in an
upcoming issue and exhibited in an upcoming show, along with
many other prizes being offered.
Visit our website at www.artmarketpublications.com for up-tothe-minute news on other upcoming products, events and services
whose plans are all in the making as we speak.
We thank-you for reading and hope you enjoy.
Lisa Freedman
Editor, The Artist Showcase
East Hampton, New York 11937
www.artmarketpublications.com
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Gisela Pferdekaemper
Rhapsody in Red, Oil on Canvas, 30 x 40 inches
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Index
Artists/Advertisers
ASSEMBLAGE
Larry Simons
PHOTOGRAPHY
112
Malena Assing
30
Thomas Francesco
62
CERAMICS & GLASS
Cheryl L. Hrudka
72
Melody Lane Studio
Mae Jeon
76
Christopher Kennedy
82
84
Hannah Ueno
CONTEMPORARY PAINTERS
118
Adil Akhtar
22
Lisa Allison
24
POP ART
M. Allison
26
Michael Dreeland
Steve Alpert
28
Miles Baker
32
REALISM
Amy Cohen Banker
34
Lewis Bryden
38
Jonathan Brender
36
Frederico Domondon
48
EJCAIRNS
40
Lauren McCracken
90
Peter Chaing
44
Katherine McNeil
94
Ione Citrin
46
Adam D. Smith
114
Beatriz Osorio Dondici
50
Heather Whiteside
130
Nicholas Down
54
Jeff Ferst
60
SCULPTURE
Layla Fanucci
16
Giancarlo Calicchia
42
Scott Goodwillie
64
Wyatt Gragg
66
Michael Herres
68
Gregory Johnson
78
Lynda Howitt
70
Bob Jones
80
Thomas Lund-Lack
86
Jim Martin
88
Renea Menzies
96
Patricia Peters
104
Roland Morin
98
Gary Traczyk
116
Richard Warrington
120
56
Sally Painter
102
Youssef Rami
106
Richard Riverin
108
ADVERTISERS
Jane Robinson
110
Artisan Direct, Ltd
2
Watsart
122
Jayson Samuel Gallery
3
Craig Watts
124
Artisan Works
4
Devin Westland
126
Gisela Pferdeaemper
8
Davyd Whaley
128
Fine Art News
10
Yisehak Fine Art
20
MIXED MEDIA
Christopher Paul Scardino
20
Harry Doolittle
52
Seven Thirteen Creative
21
Gil Ferrer
58
Giancarlo Calicchia
Tommy B. McDonnell
92
Stacey Clarfield Newman
136
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“A Coffee Table Book,
Only It’s A Magazine.”
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ARMORY ARTS WEEK & Beyond…
A Calendar of 2012 Art Events Celebrating Spring in NYC
March comes in like a lion in New York City with artists, galleries, collectors, critics and curators from
around the world taking the city by storm for Armory Arts Week. Taking place from March 6th through
March 11th, Armory Arts Week is a weeklong filled with international art fairs, museum shows, gallery
exhibitions and special events celebrating the City’s artistic communities and bringing new talent in
from around the world to be shown and discovered in the Art Capital of the World.
ARMORY ARTS WEEK
March 6th – 11th 2012
At the center of Armory Arts Week is the
Armory Show, a leading international
contemporary and modern art fair and one
of the most important annual art events in
New York. The Armory Show takes place
on Piers 92 & 94 at 55th Street in Manhattan
from March 8th through March 11th. Now
entering its fourteenth year, the Armory
Show is re-establishing itself as the most
adventurous and dynamic contemporary art
fair in New York City. But, it is not the only
game in town.
Other important shows visitors will be
flocking to during this week include:
ADAA Art Show at the Park Avenue Armory
at Park Avenue and 67th Street
Scope New York on 57th & 12th (West Side
Highway)
VOLTA NY on 7 West 34th Street,
between 5th and 6th Avenues
Art Now Fair at the Mave Hotel,
62 Madison Avenue at 27th Street
Fountain at the 69th Regiment Armory,
25th Street between Lexington & Park
Avenues
Independent at 548 W 22nd Street
Moving Image Waterfront New York Tunnel,
11th Avenue between 27th & 28th Street
New City Art Fair at 529 West 20th Street
#2W
PooL Art Fair New York Gershwin Hotel,
07 East 27th Street
SPRING/BREAK Art Show,
The Old School, 233 Mott Street,
New York City 10012
Verge Art Brooklyn Venue: TBD
For more information on Armory Arts Week
including dates, hours and websites for each
of the shows, visit:
www.armoryartsweek.com
And this only marks the start
of the Season!
Events Scheduled
later in March include:
ARTEXPO, Pier 92 at 55th Street,
March 22-25th http://artexponewyork.com/
show-information/about
Architectural Digest Home Show, Pier 94
at 55th Street, March 22-25th
www.archdigesthomeshow.com
AIPAD Photography Show at the Park Ave
Armory, March 29th through April 1st
www.aipad.com/photoshow/new-york
April 2012
Affordable Art Fair, 7 W 34th Street,
off 5th Avenue, April 18th – 22nd
www.affordableartfair.us/newyorkcity
May 2012
The first weekend of May is starting to
attract a number of shows that previously
participated in Armory Arts Week. A good
reason to come back to the city that never
sleeps, these International Art Fairs will
stage their own special events and openings
surrounding their shows:
Pulse New York, May 3 - 6, 2012, The
Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 W 18th Street
www.pulse-art.com/newyork
Red Dot New York, May 3 - 6, 2012,
82 Mercer Street www.reddotfair.com/
NewYork/visitorinfo.htm
Frieze New York, May 4 - 6, 2012,
Randall’s Island. http://friezenewyork.com
NADA NYC, May 4 - 6, 2012, 548 W 22nd
Street. http://nadaartfair.org
For more information on these
and other shows visit:
http://art-collecting.com/artfairs.htm
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The World’s Largest
Fine Art Trade Show
Returns to Pier 92
Culminating NYC’s Month-Long Celebration of Art and Design
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rtexpo New York, the world’s
largest fine art trade show
for over 33 years, returns to
New York City, March 22-25, 2012 for an
extraordinary weekend featuring fine art
from both established and emerging talent,
art industry seminars and entertainment
at Pier 92 on the Hudson River, New York
City’s renowned “Art & Design Pier.” This
year, the show runs concurrently with the
Architectural Digest Home Design Show,
hosted at Pier 94--so attendees have even
more reasons to visit the Piers!
“We expect the 2012 Artexpo New
York to double our successes in 2011,” said
Artexpo CEO Eric Smith. “Last year, we
hosted 250 exhibitors in 450 booths and had
15,000 attendees. With the Architectural
Digest Home Design Show positioned next
door, we expect that 2012 will attract 20,000
collectors—or more.”
Artexpo New York 2012 features art
for every taste and budget from over 20
countries, including: Argentina, Australia,
Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Cyprus,
Denmark, France, Ghana, Italy, Israel,
Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, Spain,
Senegal, United Arab Emirates, and the
United States. Showcasing innovative new
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paintings, prints, drawings,
sculpture, photography,
ceramics, glassworks and
more—all under one
roof—Artexpo New York
follows the Armory Show,
culminating the city’s
widely acclaimed, monthlong celebration of art and
design.
“More than any other
show, Artexpo New York is inclusive and
dynamic and enables all areas of the art world
to flourish,” says Smith. “It’s a place where
emerging artists are discovered and where
artists from all disciplines find a market for
their work—even in the current economy.” “Whether you’re a buyer or an
exhibitor, participants can attend innovative,
free educational seminars for information
on a myriad of topics, including The Art
Business Plan, Effective and Creative Gallery
Marketing, Powering Your Marketing with
New Media, Checklist for Art Licensing,
2012 Color Trends, and the Relationship
Between Artist and Collector. Because of
the increase in exhibitors and anticipated
attendees, we’re also introducing new
amenities for guests, including an elegant
VIP lounge sponsored by
GE Capital and a luxurious
bistro,” said Smith.
Exhibitors and
attendees can look forward
to exciting preview events,
entertainment and Artexpo’s
popular [SOLO] pavilion,
showcasing contemporary
artwork by hundreds of
the world’s top emerging,
independent artists. Artexpo will also
showcase it’s innovative Artexpo Studio, a
complete set of tools Artexpo has designed
to help independent artists market their
work, create higher quality reproductions,
spend more time in the studio and increase
revenues.
For 33 years, Artexpo New York has
been the world’s largest fine art trade
show, providing trade buyers and weekend
shoppers with access to thousands of works
from artists and publishers in a single
venue. Over the decades, Artexpo has
hosted many of the world’s most renowned
artists, including Andy Warhol, Peter Max,
Robert Rauschenberg, Keith Haring, Robert
Indiana and Leroy Neiman.
This year’s show is sponsored by The
New York Observer, GE Capital, Citibank,
Prohibition Distillery, Art Business News,
Free Arts New York, Fredrix Artist Canvas,
La Rosa Del Monte Worldwide Movers,
Popchips, Palo Mamajuana, Heavenly
Organics, Interior Design Society, Deljou Art
Group, New Wave Art, LLC, and more. For more information and show
updates, visit: http://artexponewyork.com n
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Artisan Direct, Ltd.
Marketing Strategies for Creative People & Organizations
Artisan Direct, Ltd. – www.artisandirectltd.net, an upstate New York Company
was founded on the belief that there has
to be a smarter and more effective way of
introducing an artist’s work to an art buying
public that would potentially purchase the
artist’s work or effectuate the purchase
of the work as an art gallery might do.
Three years in development, Artisan Direct
has built a proprietary database of over
350,000 legitimate art resources who are
interested in purchasing art. That database
contains twenty one categories of purchasers
including galleries, private collectors of art,
corporate buyers of art, designers, attendees
of national art shows, art publishers, etc.
Those categories assist the Company in
appropriately matching an artist with its best
resource. Employing the philosophy that a
marketer of art has to aggressively introduce
an artist’s work to potential purchasers
as opposed to sitting back and letting a
purchaser find an artist’s work on an artist’s
online gallery has proven very successful
for the Company and its artists. More
than a third of the Company’s artists, now
numbering more than 600 have connected
with a resource worldwide.
From that original premise, the
Company has developed and is employing
additional services and products that can
help an artist market their work, including
– e-commerce representation programs, the
ability to exhibit and participate in national
art shows and fairs, as well as advertise in
a number of art publications including
the highly acclaimed Artist Showcase
Magazine. The
Company also
promotes its artists
through national coop
advertising campaigns,
a national, juried Art
Competition, and the printing
of artist catalogues, posters and postcards.
The Company plans on introducing
this year a free Artist Directory, print on
demand services, a specific mechanism to
sell historically significant art, development
of artist videos and presentations as a
marketing tool as well as other cutting edge
programs.
It is the Company’s mission to help
place an artist in their best position to be
successful and the Company believes that
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Having spoken with
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Patricia Peters
Patricia Peters is a self taught artist who has mastered the disciplines
of sculpture and painting through experimentation and innovation. She
worked as a fine art instructor in New Jersey for many years. She enjoyed
encouraging her students to explore, grow and develop their art. She
moved to South Florida in 2001 where she immediately became an important member of the arts community in the Palm Beaches
Patricia is the recipient of many awards and prizes and her work is in
several important collections. Currently she devotes her time exclusively in
three dimensional design using clay and bronze as her favorite mediums.
Throughout her work, there is a recurring concern for the power inherent
in all women. She believes that all women are beautiful and should be
celebrated! Consequently, her sculptures honor the female form for all of
its irregularities and perfections.
In her latest bronze collection entitled Joyous Women, Patricia
expresses energy and movement flawlessly. Transformation and fluidity
engage the viewer from all angles. Another important theme in Ms. Peters
work is the quest for family and friendship. In Family Circle, curvilinear lines
embrace and entwine the figures and give rise to the feeling of warmth,
intimacy and love of family.
Patricia Peter’s clay and bronze sculptures are currently on view in
several galleries across South Florida. She is the founding member of the
Clay, Glass, Metal & Stone Gallery in historic downtown Lake Worth. She
actively works with organizations that showcase area artists.
She now introduces her work back to her northern roots in New York City.
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Just as music creates a physical response – so does color. My work
is about the use of color and light as well as the translation of music.
Sometimes there is a direct connection between the music I’m listening
to and the painting. It can be an integration of the highs and lows of the
music into various colors, it can be the speed of the marks, or just an
overall image. I listen to a variety of musical styles from Native American
flute music, to classical, to classic rock.
I am relentless in using various media to create the finished piece. My
process of layering color, clear medium and glazes, creates a feeling of
depth. I enjoy vibrant color and believe it usually has a positive impact on
viewers. Red is the longest wavelength that our eyes can translate and it
seems to be a passionate color, very attractive to viewers. Blues are more
calming, lavender – meditative, green has a feeling of nature, and so on.
In addition to color and light, my work is influenced by nature and the
beauty of the Southwest and in particular Santa Fe.
PatriciaPetersStudio.com • [email protected]
Studio 561-499-0967
Joyous Women Collection, Limited Edition Bronze
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MAY 3-6, 2012
Encouraging and
Showcasing the
Artistic Talents
of Our Youth
Our Kids, Our Future - An Artistic Display at
the 2nd Annual Youth Art Exhibition
A
Landscape, Artist age 16 years, Green Hills, Ann Arbor, MI
The event took place on a sunny
Saturday afternoon in February attracting
several hundred attendees, including the
young artists, their parents and educators,
members of the local and artistic community
and the event organizers. Art filled three
ball rooms at the Hyatt and the event
organizer, Almas Akhtar, seemed pleased
with the success and growth of the event
since last year. “I arrange such exhibitions to
encourage our youth, there is so much talent
in the community. This has been a gratifying
way to showcase it.”
Attendees were in agreement that
the show was well executed and the talent
displayed was enormous. Visitors could
not believe their eyes at seeing such high
caliber works of art portraying the diversity
of talent among these children. The
children themselves couldn’t contain their
pride and joy at the response their talent
elicited. It was a day of pride for those who
participated to see their work displayed
in a gallery like setting, bringing their
community of family, friends and neighbors
together for a joyful event through their art.
Works displayed were as individual
as the young artists who created them
and exhibited the wide range of subject
matter as their creators. From self-portraits
and favorite family members or pets,
to paintings speaking out against racial
discrimination, the stories portrayed were
as telling as their creators. These are
indeed, the next generation of artists we
expect to see filling the pages of The Artist
Showcase, and taking their works to the
next level as they continue to develop their
unique talents. Kudos to the community
of organizers in Dearborn, Michigan and
elsewhere similar shows are executed for
encouraging the arts and the talents of their
own young artists to bloom. n
For more information, please contact:
[email protected]
Photographer: Shan Haq
ll too often, children’s creative
talents are discouraged
and suppressed by parents
and educators who do not appreciate or
recognize the quality of a child’s early
talents and who may not see art as an
appropriate vocation to pursue. That was
not the situation in Dearborn, Michigan
where the local community recently hosted
the ‘2nd Annual Youth Art Exhibition’ at the
Hyatt Dearborn.
Now entering its second successful
year, The Youth Art Exhibition 2012
attracted 133 art entries, up from 76 last
year. Children from ages 5 to 20 years old
participated in the event showcasing the
wide range of their combined talents in
painting, sculpture, drawings and jewelry.
The group was divided into three age
categories: 5-10 years, 11 to 15 years and
16-20 years and prizes were given within
each category.
It’s Black /It’s White (fight against Racial
Discrimination), Artist age 10 years,
Bloomfield Middle School, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Pastels/oil on canvas, 2 x 4 feet, Inspired by
the famous Micheal Jackson song
“It’s Black It’s White”
In my Mother’s Arms (true story of an
Iraqi Orphan), Artist age 12 years,
Crescent Academy School, Canton, MI
3 x 5 feet, Artist read about this story
on the internet
Me and My Dad, Pastels on canvas
My dad is the best, he was born in Pakistan!
14 x 20 inches, Artist age 7 years,
Brookfield Academy, West Bloomfield, MI
Sketch of a basketball player, charcoal/pencil
on paper, 3 x 4 feet, Artist age 19 years,
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Spring 2012
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LFFA
Lisa Freedman Fine Arts
W
ith an eye for quality, a penchant for
storytelling and a passion for connecting
her clients with appropriate homes and
opportunities for their work, LFFA rep-
resents a select group of talented, mid-career artists whose
works convey their own unique stories, passions and interests.
This Season, LFFA is proud to present
the story and works of Layla Fanucci, an
internationally acclaimed painter based in St.
Helena, California. Fanucci has developed
her own signature style of art inspired by the
beautiful cities she’s traveled to throughout
the world. Indeed this artist’s life story
embodies her own passionate and successful
approach to her work. Layla hopes her story
and art inspires others to find their own
unique path in life.
LAYLA FANUCCI
Layla Fanucci started her creative life
out as a musician, playing piano and guitar.
A young Layla put herself through school
at San Francisco State University teaching
music while pursuing a degree in sociology.
When she married Robert Fanucci and
settled into a new home in the Napa Valley in
the late 1990’s, Layla found herself searching
for a ‘big, live work of art’ to grace their
new home. Finding nothing to her liking,
she purchased some art supplies instead
and created a magnificent, colorful abstract
painting she could not otherwise find on the
market.
A Star is Born
Layla’s first painting opened the
floodgates to an exciting new career
and to the hundreds of paintings that
followed in the ensuing years, as well as
to the development of her own unique
painting technique that has since become
her ‘signature.’ By 2001, Layla was able to
stop teaching music and devote herself to
making art full-time. She followed her first
painting with a version of Matisse’s The Red
Studio, as well as two other works inspired
by Matisse. Then she began creating portraits
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of her family, still lifes, city scenes and figural
abstractions.
Layla’s early paintings signaled a
style of paintings that were diverse in
character, maintaining vibrant color, bold
forms, energetic brush strokes and a sense
that whatever the style or subject matter,
the painting was charged with underlying
emotion. She carries this style through to her
work today on canvases that equally evoke a
real pleasure in the act of creating, and she
has said that “every time I paint I get the
same feeling of electricity, satisfaction, and
completion” that she had first experienced
in creating music. Besides Matisse, Fanucci
cites the work of Picasso and Cezanne, her
architect father and her extensive travels as
being early influences in her work.
A Style is Created
In 2005, Layla’s travels emerged as an
on-going series of paintings, each inspired by
a specific city. These dense images realized
in black brush strokes on colored grounds,
capture both a sense of place and the wonder
and intensity of urban life in cities across the
world: San Francisco, New York, Paris, Rome,
Florence, Venice, Barcelona and beyond.
Each painting, whether it be San Francisco
today, NYC in the 1920’s or a small town in
Italy, are icons of urban wonder seen through
the lens of the ‘wish-I-was-there’ desire of
the painter in her studio. All of Fanucci’s
cityscapes are edited in a manner which
captures the iconic element that identifies
the site’s energy and ‘magic.’
Layla works out of a charming, 120-year
old farmhouse in the Napa Valley that not
only serves as both her studio and gallery,
but as home to her family’s winemaking
business. In the basement of her studio,
Layla’s husband, Rob Fanucci, lovingly and
painstaking incorporates many of the same
old-world wine-making techniques and tools
that his grandfather taught him on this
same property when Rob was a child, setting
Charter Oak Winery apart from the other
500 Napa Valley Wineries as one of the ‘most
original and old-world wineries in Napa Valley.’
The Fanucci’s son, David, is fast becoming
the third generation of skilled winemakers in
this family. A visit to their website
www.charteroakwine.com tells this story.
Those fortunate enough to plan a trip
to St. Helena may well enjoy meeting the
Fanucci’s, touring the winery, tasting samples
and touring Layla’s art studio. Their life and
their work is a celebration of art, wine, music,
family and food.
The Fanucci Family Story has been told
throughout media outlets on a global level as
well. It is the story of a family that has found
success and happiness by supporting each
others individual passions and talents to their
own great delight, success and happiness and
those fortunate enough to be a part of their
ever-expanding world.
Layla recently completed a major book
project entitled Layla Fanucci, City of Dreams
Unabridge, 1999-2011, detailing the story of
her life and art through words and pictures. n
For more information, please contact:
[email protected].
L AYL A FANUCCI
New York Stock Exchange Opus 4
Marrakesh
NYSE Opus 2011
Paris Opus 14
“Fanucci’s paintings are paradoxes in the best sense, strong visual presences, yet somehow immaterial, even dream-like.
These paintings exist as evocations of places we inhabit.” – John Mendelsohn
Lisa Freedman Fine Arts Advisory & Atelier
PO Box 246, Sag Harbor, New York 11963
www.lisafreedmanfinearts.com
631.899.3261
Spring 2012
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The Art Marketer
M
The Write Road to Success
uch the way an artist creates stories by painting
images on canvas, Lisa
Freedman, dba The Art Marketer paints pictures through the words
she puts on paper. Eternally inspired by the individuals and businesses who find their way into her world as clients, Lisa processes
the information, art and images they provide for her to create a
storyboard of ideas, marketing materials, strategies and images that
will ultimately help her to craft the vision and story they tell presenting their work in the best possible light to help her clients pave
the road to their success.
The Art Marketer starts the journey with each client by offering
a complimentary consultation session through which a bond is
created. Where she is able to make a visit to a client’s studio or
gallery, the bond is strengthened by entering the client’s world,
seeing the artist at work, understanding the process and history that
brought the artist or client to where they are today, and setting goals
to aspire to.
With her pen or her keyboard as her brush, words as her paint
and paper or computer as her canvas, The Art Marketer creates the
descriptions defining her client’s images, inspiration and process,
thereby crafting the stories & profiles uniquely suited to promote
each of her clients’ products and services. By working closely with
her clients, analyzing their past successes and future goals, as well
as tapping into their background education, professional and life
experiences along with the message they hope their works convey,
The Art Marketer creates a visual story through words completing
the picture of what her client’s images hope to express.
This is done through: website copy, artist bios and statements,
press releases, media kits, magazine articles, marketing materials
and ad copy. The Art Marketer then works with a select and talented
team of website and graphic designers who create the designs
perfectly suited to match The Art Marketer’s words
with the client’s images.
Julio Susana, Musicians in the Night, Oil on canvas, 81 x 66 inches
Once the stories are created and designed, they are shared with
the world through a strategic and targeted marketing campaign
that encompasses: e-marketing, e-blasting, direct mail, advertising,
social networking, events and strategic partnerships all directly
focused on gaining the best and broadest possible exposure for
each of her clients.
With over 30 years of experience in public relations and
promotions, most of which have been spent in the Arts, The Art
Marketer is uniquely qualified to advise and guide her clients with a
tailored, individualized strategic approach, appropriate for each of
their goals
For more information, examples of her work and inquiries into
how The Art Marketer may be able to work with you, please visit her
website at: www.theartmarketer.com. n
With her pen or her keyboard as her brush,
words as her paint and paper
or computer as her canvas,
The Art Marketer creates the
descriptions defining her
client’s images, inspiration
and process…
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Layla Fanucci
Linda Jane
Lynda Howitt
Christopher Kennedy
Art Consulting Coaching Artist Statements Career Management
Time Management Public Relations Marketing Advertising
Promotions Media Alerts Pitch Letters Press Kits Blogging
Newsletters Website Design & Consultation Social Networking
Fine Art Fairs Gallery Representation Conference Programs
New Market Strategies Artist Representation Events Management
PO Box 246 • Sag Harbor, New York 11963
[email protected] • www.theartmarketer.com • 914.907.9842
Spring 2012
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Yisehak Fine Arts
“The way I paint is not realist in the conventional sense. Although it has realistic elements, it conveys matters
beyond the reality we see in nature into the spiritual, in the realm of faith. Now faith is the substance of things
hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. It comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
The Source of my inspiration is the word of God and the guiding principle, the creative force is the
Spirit of God; which lives in me by faith through Christ Jesus!
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A full-service creative studio catering to the design needs of the fine art community.
Logos/Corporate Identity | Advertising | Printed Materials & Catalogs | Illustration | Web Branding
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ADIL AKHTAR
Hope, Acrylic on canvas
Represented by:
82 Callingham Road, Pittsford, NY 14534 | 585.586.3535 | [email protected] | www.jaysonsamuel.com
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B
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khtar
orn and raised under adversarial
political and economic conditions in his native Pakistan, Adil
Akhtar knew early on that he would have to
work very hard and study long hours through
many years of schooling to help provide for
his family’s well-being. Against all odds, Adil
did just that, eventually earning his medical
degree and relocating to the United States
to pursue a medical practice in the mid-west.
Recognized as a highly competent, knowledgeable, sensitive and caring physician in
the fields of oncology, hospice care, palliative and internal medicine. Dr. Akhtar is the
Chief of Clinical Operations at the Beaumont
Health Care System Cancer Center. Dr. Adil
Akhtar is a favorite among his patients and
their families for his knowledge, expertise,
dedication and compassion. Few who know
him as a physician would realize there is
another side to the good doctor in which he
is equally passionate and prolific.
As the artist, Adil Akhtar is able to throw
aside all conventions and allow his creative
spirit to have free reign. Heavily influenced
by the Abstract Expressionist movement,
Untitled, Acrylic on canvas
Akhtar enjoys immersing himself in his work,
and is often found dancing on his canvases
while painting, thus becoming an integral
part of his work.
Still haunted by many of his childhood
memories, as well as deeply affected by the
current political scene, Akhtar believes art
should be relevant, identifiable on a personal
level and it should represent the era in which
it has been created. Thus, his paintings
reflect the mood of the times and capture
what is happening around him, as well as
reflecting issues he feels strongly about.
For example, recent works reflect the 9/11
tragedy as well as subjects related to child
labor, Pakistan, the universe and aquatics.
Adil Akhtar competed in ArtPrize in
Grand Rapids, Michigan in 2010, where his
piece, We Are Looking for a New World, was
exhibited at the Gerald Ford Presidential
Museum. His 2011 Exhibitions have
included: ArtExpo New York; The American
Airlines Admiral’s Club at LaGuardia Airport
in NYC; Lake Placid Celebration of the Arts
and Red Dot Miami.
Contradiction
Artist Statement
Art is an expression
for which the canvas
is only a medium
For Adil Akhtar, the medium is less
important than the expression. Using acrylics
on unprimed canvas, Akhtar spreads the raw
canvas on the floor of his studio and then walks
or dances on the canvas while painting, thus
becoming a part of the whole painting. I become
part of the whole scene.
Adil is an avid student of art history and
a fan of Post Impressionist painters like Van
Gogh and Picasso. Historically, art used to be
important to us, but it has disengaged itself from our
society. Adil would like for that to change. Adil’s art includes paintings that reflect
relevant subjects close to his heart: child labor,
the universe, Pakistan, aquatics and politics.
His work was exhibited at the Gerald Ford
Presidential Museum in September 2010 as
part of the ArtPrize Competition, as well as
at ArtExpo New York in March 2011. Other
recent exhibitions include: The American
Airlines Admiral’s Club at LaGuardia Airport
in NYC; Lake Placid Celebration of the Arts
and Red Dot Miami 2011. He is represented by
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Veiled, 2011, Acrylic on canvas, 114 x 92 inches
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Artist Profile
Lisa Jill Allison
Art from the Heart
isa feels we are designed to let our light
shine, each in our own unique way. Her
paintings are her light. Through them
she highlights the beauty with which we are surrounded, sharing
her pure joy and love for life itself. Her art expresses a deep
connection with and an appreciation for the subtle layers that lie
beneath what we see.
Lisa shows in several Florida galleries, with an upcoming show
in the Miami Design District in April.
She is showing at The Consulate General of Columbia in New
York City in the “Global Expressions” event, which has been held
over due to such favorable response. She delights in being part of
this event that unites our human family.
Her unique and bold strokes are always well received with
reviewers saying:
Her colors explode into the room with
a vibrant and natural feel for life!
I feel invited into the painting...
I see it as well as feel it...
Her emotive paintings capture
expressions of love through explosions
of color.
A unique style all her own...I love it!
Lisa Is a generous contributor to charity events involving the
arts as well as other causes that resonate with her. She finds pleasure
and purpose in providing opportunities for others to help realize
their dreams and fund their cause. n
For more information and to view Lisa’s portfolio,
visit www.AllisonArtistry.com or contact her at
[email protected]
Top right: Lisa Jill Allison in her studio
Middle: Majestic, Acrylic on wood
Bottom: Home, Acrylic on wood
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Lisa Jill Allison
Smooth Sailing, Acrylic on wood
Beauty, Acrylic on wood
Water Beauty, Acrylic on wood
Summer Flower, Acrylic on wood
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M. Allison
Who’s Calling?, Oil on canvas, 24 x 28 inches
Don’t Give a Damn, Oil and texture on canvas, 24 x 20 inches
Pair of Pears, Oil and oil stick, 20 x 48 inches
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Artist Profile
The Intrigue and Mystery of M. Allison’s paintings
H
ouston native M. Allison has
been painting and exhibiting
her work for over 25 years.
M. Allison received her formal
training at the University of Houston
and the McNay Art Institute in San
Antonio. She has a Bachelor of Fine
Arts degree in Commercial Art and has
used her background and experience
in graphic design as an integral design
factor in her works.
M. Allison usually begins each piece
with a simple pencil sketch without a
great amount of detail, allowing the
actual painting to evolve in emotion
and sensuality favoring deep exotic
depth, light and shadow. Her styles are
varied in subject matter and painting
techniques and range from portrayals
to impressionism to abstract often
combining them.
She derives as much pleasure from
painting an abstract as she does a realistic
piece. A great majority of her work is
loose, splashy and uncontrived allowing
the viewer to develop his or her own
unique interpretation of the painting.
Allison’s signature style of ‘featureless
faces’ allow her portraits to become
‘anyone.’ A delightful contrast of light
and shadow equally entices her further
influencing her technique of paint on
paper adding that much more intrigue
and mystery to each of her works.
Allison’s extensive travels throughout
Latin America and France are reflected
in her images. Her works are shown
in several galleries throughout the
western United States as well as among
private collections. She is a member of
numerous artist organizations including:
Contemporary Fine Art International
Professional Member CFAI.co; Artists of
Texas; Daily Painters of Texas; Figurative
Artists International; Mixed Media Artists
International; Daily Paintworks; Visual
Arts Alliance; Pinterest - M. Allison Art,
Allison Sacra. n
The Clique, Oil on canvas
I design and paint with the intent
of asking the viewer to
‘wonder.’
feel what the portrayal is
and what it is speaking to them.
I ask them for immersion into the art.
I ask them to
For more information, visit her websites at: mallisonartist.com and mallisonfineart.blogspot.com
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Artist Profile
Steve Alpert
Honoring Our Men And Women In Uniform S
teve Alpert has been
painting for forty
years. A native
New Yorker, Alpert
turned professional
twelve years ago
after working as a
producer/director in
television and theatre; Broadway and OffBroadway. In a relatively brief time, Alpert
has had exhibitions of his oil paintings
throughout North America from Key West,
Maui, to Maine and Quebec. Key elements
of Steve Alpert’s work are paintings that
honor our men and women in uniform. Alpert donated a series of paintings to raise
funds for Fisher House, The Bob Woodruff
Foundation, and he donated a large
painting depicting the Dover AFB Honor
Guard that is now part of the permanent
collection of the Air Mobility Command
Museum at Dover AFB, Dover DE.
Legacy, Oil on linen, 40 x 78 inches
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ARTIST STATEMENT
Art is the ultimate mirror of our lives.
It’s ironic how art seems to take a back seat
to so many other things in daily life, yet it
is art that subsequent generations utilize to
gaze into the past. Art tells all the stories.
Painting landscapes has been a
powerful force in my life, a compelling
adventure into the world of beauty, power
and romance. Landscape paintings are
storytellers. They produce emotional
memory. The successful landscape painting
is imbued with an emotional feeling and
a feeling of of expectancy, even mystery.
As we look at it, it seems to shift slightly;
revealing more about ourselves. I ache to
paint the grand wide-open spaces, the vast
prairies, the desert lands and the naked
sea and sky. It gives me serenity in my life,
the gift given to me and my way of passing
it along.
Over the years I found that making
paintings that honor the men and women
who give service to the nation in our armed
forces is compelling. My mission as an
artist is to raise funds and consciousness in
assisting Veterans and their families. To
honor the selfless souls who believe in the
virtues represented by the Stars and Stripes,
who risk their lives for the benefit of the
rest of us -- this moves me to continue this
pursuit.
My art brought me to this realization
and I describe the journey of how it came
about in a book, Worth Fighting For, released
in November 2011. One of the military
paintings described in the book is called,
Legacy, depicting eight foot soldiers from
the eight uniform eras of the US Army. The
concept of the painting has leapt from the
easel to the stage in the creation of the new
play, The Steadfast. n
Art is
the ultimate
mirror of
our lives
- Steve Alpert
Triple Concerto, 36 x 48 inches
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Artist Profile
Malena Assing
Transcended Abstraction in Photography
M
iami-based photographer, Malena Assing,
started out as a portrait photographer in
2002. Capturing hundreds of people on
camera for over a decade, Malena’s portrait
photographs reflect her trademark aura and have become treasured
jewels in family albums in and around South Florida. Her natural
empathy for people lends itself to her candid approach reflecting
the energy of her subjects and their passions, and has earned her
repeated recognition as Editors picks for the Annual guide of Key
Biscayne Magazine.
Malena’s work as a freelance photographer has been seen in
numerous publications including: Complot Magazine, Nuestros Hijos
Magazine, Key Biscayne Magazine, Selecta Magazine among others. She
was recently named “One of the Top 50 Emerging Artists” in the Nov/
Dec issues of Art Business News Magazine. Her digital photography
workshop for children attracted the interest and an interview with
the TV program “Despierta America.”
In recent years, Malena has studied and explored new frontiers
of photography and contemporary art, leading to the work she is
now producing. Capturing a different form of energy through her
photographs, Malena’s new work has captivated a different audience
providing her with opportunities to exhibit in several Miami group
shows, as well as in China’s Art Shanghai and ArtExpo’s recent
Miami Solo Show.
Malena is represented by Artisan Direct Ltd., and her work may
be seen at their Booth in ArtExpo NY this Spring.
Reflection Series 1, 30 x 30 inches
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ARTIST STATEMENT
For me, my photography is a way to present my realities. We all
see the world with different eyes; we experience the world in different
ways, because of our own background or because of our own singular
experiences. I define myself as a positive soul living in a world where
many people describe it as tragic. I envision the world from another
perspective. I see light behind every shadow. I want to give the world
some vibrancy of the life we live in through the intensity of the colors.
This is why I use colors that are so vivid, for me they represent Life...
being Alive… Energy, and in the series, you can see that everything
moves, nothing stays the same.
In my photography, I want to represent that I choose to live an
optimistic life in a world of chaos, hatred, war, and power or social
and religious differences. I want to live in peace and smile at everyone
everyday no matter what my state of mind is. We all know this is one of
the most difficult challenges we have.
My photography deals with capturing the energy. The universe is
pure energy, constant and mutable at the same time, where nothing is
absolute or static. Through my images, I want to show how powerful the
mutant universe is in its infinite energetic vibrations. I want to show the
endless boundaries of energy we live in. The human eye is not prepared,
it is not accustomed to see or perceive the constant movement of light or
energy around us. – Malena Assing
For more information, visit her website at: www.malenaassing.com n
Reflection Series 2, 30 x 30 inches
Running Lights I
“I open my artwork to a new meaning where the light is the main character,
the light as a metaphore of new beginnings.”
Running Lights III
www.malenaassing.com - [email protected] - 305.546.6105
“Named One of the Top 50 Emerging Artists”
in the Art Business News Magazine
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Miles Baker
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I’ve Suffered for my Art – Now it’s Your Turn!
Just can’t find my balls! www.milesbakerclownartist.co.uk
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Miles Baker
Artist Profile
A British Artist Captures his Love
of Comedy through Clown Art
S
elf-taught, British-born artist, Miles Baker, has spent
more than 30 years developing his talent as an Artist. He
remembers his earliest artistic stirrings being stimulated
whilst serving as an Officer in the British Merchant Navy. While
fellow crewmates made for the clubs and bars, Miles went ashore to
see the cultural palaces of the land. Places such as the Cape Town
Art Gallery captured his attention for its vivid Abstract Exhibition
paintings! Walks through towns like Lima, Peru had the young
Officer awestruck at the wonderful architecture before him.
Miles prefers working in watercolor often incorporating a
style called pointillism. Widely used by the French Impressionists,
pointillism is a painting style incorporating small distinct points
of primary colors that create the impression of a wide selection of
secondary colors. Erturo
A lover of comedy, Miles enjoys focusing on circus clowns as his
primary subject matter for their colorful costumes and expressions
and because he feels they are a subject that is rarely touched upon
in art. His work has been credited as capturing the true pathos of
his subjects and he is widely exhibited in galleries and shows across
the UK, Europe and the USA.
Miles’ work may be purchased from his own in house gallery
in England in the form of signed and numbered giclee’ prints
on superior watercolor paper. n
For more information, please visit his website at:
www.milesbakerclownartist.co.uk
My Story One Day Will Be Told
The Mess Vol 296
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Amy Cohen Banker
Butterfly Essence, 2011, Oil on canvas, 40 x 40 inches
Marigold Eye, 2011, Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 36 inches
Sunflower, 2011, Oil on canvas, 40 x 40 inches
St. Cecilia, 2010, Oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches
“
I tend to reinvent the same themes, work from a structure and then
proceed by distressing, demolishing, recreating and conserving.
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Artist Profile
Amy Cohen Banker The paintings of Amy Banker continue and extend in the tradition of the New York School. Her oil
and acrylic paintings assert, in their energetic gestures and colors, the ongoing strength of a style which
remains vigorous and truthful in regard to contemporary urban life, in particular that of New York.
Banker, a New Yorker who studied and worked with Knox Martin as a teaching and studio assistant for ten years, has developed an idiom which recalls the vigor and hue of the vigor and hue of the
Abstract Expressionist masters, de Kooning and especially early Pollock. At the same time, her forthright,
engaging style takes its cue from nature, her recent efforts include a study of an aloe plant, an apple
orchard, even a boy on a bicycle.
Banker’s method, then, lies in a painterly treatment of real things, such that the abstraction never
becomes a flight of its own. Her brushstrokes project feeling in the form of affection for the physical
act of painting, its ability to record the gesture as a material decision. At the same time, her art seeks a
grand ground, one in which color and composition are used for their ability to connect with a mythic
truthfulness.
While Banker’s logic remains resolutely painterly, her art speaks to a search for the real, as much
as it exists in mind as it does in nature. While her art reflects the formal and psychological investigations
of a woman coming to terms with many influences -among them philosophy, poetry, music, and myth, she
remains committed to painting, its ability to convey feeling and thought, the world that is real and the
world that is imagined.
- Jonathan Goodman
Amy Cohen Banker was born in New
York in 1960. She graduated from the
School of Human Ecology at Cornell University in 1975. Amy has also pursued studies at: The National Academy of Design,
NYU, the New School of Social Research,
Parsons School of Design, The Art Students
League of NY, the University of Pennsylvania , Temple University and the Isabel
O’Neil School & Foundation, as well as in
her international travels to Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Italy, France, Spain and
Ireland.
Since 1992, Banker’s paintings, installations, multimedia projects, photography
and video projects have been exhibited in
Museums and galleries worldwide including: the Hermitage Museum, Chelsea Art
Museum, Whitney Art Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Barcelona Modern Art
Museum, Jewish Museum of London, the
Museum of Modern Art. Her work is in public and private collections across the globe in
as many places as she has travelled, studied
and exhibited.
Bryant’s Romance, Oil on canvas, 31 x 48 inches
Artist Statement
Roses, Oil on Canvas, 20 x 20 inches
I work in a variety of mediums: acrylic,
oil, pastels, aquarelle, oil sticks, varnishes,
glazes, finishing and surface techniques.
I explore the basic issues of opacity, color,
form, depth, obfuscation and revelation in
life, language and in art. I cannot help but
be influenced by philosophy, poetry, literature, psychological symbolism, fairy tales,
music, myths, conceits, and metaphors, especially of strong feminist models: women’s
conflicting roles in a changing time throughout the centuries.
I am using background in design, two
and three dimensional techniques and aesthetics. My background is integrated with
my writing, psychology, my early childhood
and life experiences evolving as a woman
and mother combining international study
to explore these issues in an organized but
abstract way. I tend to reinvent the same
themes, work from a structure and then proceed by distressing, demolishing, recreating
and conserving. My major themes are inner
restoration and survival, challenging always
reality vs. myth. n
Frequency
Amy Cohen Banker lives and works in New York . For more information, visit her website at: www.amycohenbanker.com Spring 2012
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Artist Profile
Jonathan Brender
Investigating everything related to circles combined with symbols
of unity, reaching perfection, and for sure the infinite...
H
is works are not the result of improvisation, the
abstraction that he attains is the result of imitation of
the process of light, of life, of growing up.
Jonathan’s work is a presentation of the origin and evolution
of shapes seen from their inside.
The artist allows his instincts to guide him, perhaps he investigates this spiral that slowly develops inside ourselves, which we
are part of and which is part of us. His paintings of large dimensions impose themselves as fragments of universe or spaces where
life flows through light and colour.
Although the pictures that are part of this series could refer us
to semi-abstracts elements, such as a process of abstraction which
starts from reality, the more the work is developed, the more the
artwork becomes concrete. The emotions induced by the color, in
all its shades, determines a silent fading of it.
Jonathan’s art is concrete because of the use of pictorial
elements such as lines, surfaces, circles, spaces and colors, which
gain a specific and independent value.
This is not the case of
establishing associations of
ideas, but instead of highlighting the importance
of pictorial elements. This
makes us think of terms of
structures, or rather geometrical abstractions, but
always with the intention of
reaching a balance
and harmony of the elements, stressing the real or
relative value of color.
Light gold is present in
most of his works, obtaining
a composition very complex
and of great magnitude. He
attempts to approach the
aesthetic quality that each
element possesses on its own,
as well as his equilibrium
relating himself to the whole
picture.
Rose Marie Bellemur
Art Critic
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Oil, 48 x 48 inches
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Jonathan Brender
Each of my paintings is hand made (no software or printers) and each piece
is one of a kind, containing tens of thousands of diferent color oil points per
each square meter (mts2), some canvas measuring up to 4 square mts.
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Artist Profile
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Lewis Bryden:
Painting a Painting
Studies of Light, Air and Space
ewis Bryden can trace his love of painting and
drawing back to his early childhood. Raised in
South Florida, he remembers living across the
street from The Library of the Society of the Four Arts where he
spent countless days pondering over every art book they had. Additional time was spent pouring over
art reproductions and visiting galleries
and museums with his family. Though
he never had any formal art training,
he remembers receiving recognition,
awards, shows and commissions as a
child artist. By the time he became a
teenager, however, Bryden’s focus had
turned to architecture.
It wasn’t until after finishing his
master’s degree in architecture, that
he had a renewed interest in painting.
Although he had to support himself as
a freelance designer and architectural
renderer, painting became his passion.
Eagle River, 18 x 24 inches
Bryden used every opportunity to learn
a mastery of oil painting. This included
reading about old masters techniques,
and making copies in museums. Eventually he was able to leave architecture
altogether and paint full time. Always
having a reverence for European master painting and architectural design,
Bryden also had a familiarity and interest in plein air painting and Russian
impressionist painting, both of which
actually predated architecture school.
I think that innovation and originality
are great, but I keep coming back to the issue
Lime Kiln Road, 18 x 24 inches
of mastery. It’s ultimately more valid, I think
to seek to make the best picture possible. How can one resist the urge to make
each painting better than the last and to do that by getting more and more
control of the paint? Ultimately I take comfort in the thought that true originality is the by-product of being true to one’s most cherished principles. If you
do what you love, the reasoning goes, how can you help but be an original?
Today, Bryden is widely known for his landscapes of the Connecticut River Valley and the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts,
where he lives and works. He has built a solid reputation as a sensitive artist with a unique ability to depict nature’s sincere moods
in everyday settings. This is a skill he applies to other subjects or
locales as well. Besides New England landscapes, Bryden’s subject
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matter includes: portrait art and figures --and landscapes in such
diverse areas as Cuba, Alaska, and the Rocky Mountain West.
As much of a poet as he is an artist, Bryden constructs studies
of light, air and space in his work. “I am not painting a landscape,” he
says, “I am painting a painting.”
Despite his emphasis on the act
of painting, Bryden cares deeply about
his subject matter. He communicates his
own joy at being outside in nature and
his sense that the world is a satisfying
place to live. He depicts nature’s beauty
in its serene and comfortable moments.
The human element in relation to the
landscape does not interest him. He does
not seek drama, and he does not strive
for “higher” meaning through the use
of symbolic motifs. His works are most
remarkable for their feeling of harmony
and serenity, and above all, for their
unaffected naturalness.
–Martha Hoppin
Bryden has exhibited throughout North America since 1973, with
over 20 solo exhibitions to his credit.
He is featured in books such as The
Artist and the American Landscape by
John Driscoll, Changing Prospects by
Marianne Doezema and Paintings of
New England by Carl Little. His works
are included in numerous public and
private collections. Two of his paintings are in the permanent collection
of the Michele and Donald D’Amour
Museum of Fine Art, Springfield,
Massachusetts, where they hang in the entrance hall.
A new generation of Chinese Art Collectors are enthusiatic
about his work. In Guangzhou, in what is quickly becoming the
next greatest art collecting city in the world, demand is high for his
recent work. n
Lewis Bryden is represented by Mark Blechman.
For more information, please contact Mark Blechman at:
[email protected]
Lewis Bryden
“
Bryden depicts nature’s beauty in its serene and
– Martha Hoppin
comfortable moments.
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Represented by Mark Blechman
The Old Oak by the Levee, 30 x 60 inches
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EJ Cairns
Australia Day Race Meet, Original Acrylic Painting, 91.4cm X 60.9cm
Outback At The Races Australia, Original Acrylic Painting, 91.4cm X 60.9cm
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Artist Profile
An Australian Painter Captures the Essence
of His Native Land and Their People
rought up in the Gold mining town of Kalgoorlie Western Australia, EJCairns now lives in the Perth Darling
Range W.A. which he has called home for a number of
years. Because EJCairn’s heart still lies in his native Australian outback, he ventures back to the bush whenever possible. It is here he
continues to derive great inspiration for his work from the vibrant
colors of the landscape and the experiences of his people.
My journeys into the great Aussie outback have given me a deep
insight and respect for the people who choose to work and live their lives in
the mighty Australian Bush. I have also lived and worked in some of the
most remote places in this great land. I have traveled the range between the
coast and the centre of Australia, never ceasing to marvel at the colors of the
inland and its desert.
EJCairns has been painting for “as long as he can remember”
with his native land providing much of the continued inspiration
for his work.
This background stands me in good stead to draw from my life
experiences and the colors I am surrounded with to put paint and brush to
canvas and re-create the images of our great outback.
Other creative influences include: naïve, abstract,
impressionism, mining, the legends and characters of the Australian
Bush and the Aussie sense of humor.
I try to capture the Aussie sense of humor. It’s an integral part of the
outback character, with a happy go lucky, she’ll be right Mate outlook on life.
EJCairns has long admired and is equally influenced by the
works of: Claude Monet; Pro Hart; Brett Whitley; Salvador Dali;
Sidney Nolan, among others.
EJCairns paintings have been described as: whimsical,
imaginative, impulsive and slightly odd with a playfully humorous style.
They have been exhibited and collected throughout Australia,
and are now attracting international interest for their portrayal of
Australian outback character creations.
EJCairns was published in the January 2010 Number 82
Edition of the Australian Artist’s Palette Magazine, where he was
awarded the first place winner in the publication. His work was
voted the Peoples Choice in a recent Fremantle Exhibition. n
For more information, visit his website at:
http://ejcairnsart.com/artist.htm
Sunset, Original Acrylic Painting, Impressionist painting, Mainly Palette knife constructed,0 91.4cm x 60.9cm
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Artist Profile
Giancarlo Calicchia
Timeless Techniques of the Ancient World
Integrated With Modern Technology
F
rom the ancient quarries of
Carrara to the most advanced
bronze and glass casting facilities,
Giancarlo Calicchia works directly with
the finest craftsmen in the world in his
chosen fields of stone, wood, bronze, glass,
mosaic, ceramic and oils. His background in
traditional techniques and classical training
affords a spiritual and psychological fluidity
in the concepts and approaches guiding his
work. These techniques of the ancient world
integrated with the powerful technologies
developed over the last few decades give
Calicchia the tools and inspiration to create
new worlds on very sound foundations that
will withstand the ravages of time and exalt
our humanity.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born in 1946 in Veroli, Italy, a
small town in the mountains near Rome,
Giancarlo Calicchia enjoyed a childhood
that was steeped in the ancient traditions
of Lazio. Uprooted from Italy at age
11, Giancarlo’s family moved to Rome,
New York, where he spent the rest of his
childhood. After graduating from Syracuse
University, Giancarlo moved back to Rome,
Italy, where he was able to nurture his
passion for art. He studied stone carving
throughout Italy, Mexico and America and
then moved to Haiti to learn wood carving.
Each of these countries and cultures has
influenced Giancarlo and his work in unique
and powerful ways. His native Italy lives
forever in the heart and soul of who he is. In his next move from Haiti to
Cleveland, Ohio, Giancarlo became a
local resource for large stone projects by
establishing Calicchia Stone Industries.
The company executed architectural
stone projects throughout the world and
for most every major project in Cleveland
including: Tower City, the Sohio fountains,
the Ritz-Carlton lobby, the Chemical Bank
lobby. Calicchia Stone Industries closed in
1994 so that Giancarlo could devote full
time to his personal passions.
A Renaissance man in the true sense of
the word, Giancarlo’s passions encompass:
farming, cooking, winemaking, traveling
and philanthropy. He owns a farm and a
vineyard, and is part owner in two successful
Cleveland restaurants, Dante and Ginko
Sushi, both of which he also designed.
Art permeates everything he touches.
Quality reigns supreme, as does a passion
for utilizing local materials and the talents
of local craftsmen in much of what he
creates. Ever mindful of preserving and
giving back to the communities that
support him, Giancarlo also finds the time
and resources to be feeding the homeless,
supporting the arts and donating funds to
numerous non-profits.
When he is not toiling the land on his
Ohio farm or tending to his vineyards, the
Artist may often be found working in his
sculpture studios. His often-massive pieces
of oak, mahogany and maple await their
turn for his golden touch along with blocks
of marble, jade, alabaster and granite. n
“America has instilled in me a desire to seek and accomplish
the impossible. But it was Haiti and Mexico that brought me into
confrontation with the true nature of man and art. These two cultures
contain the new world in their soul. When I traveled to Haiti, I was
hoping to learn how to carve wood. Instead Haiti carved me and I
am the better for it.”
Self Embrace, 2004,
Volterra Alabaster,
32”h x 32”w x 24”d
Giancarlo Calicchia is represented by Jayson Samuel. For more information,
please contact: Jayson Samuel, [email protected]
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Artist Profile
“My work celebrates living on
our magical Earth. Carving
and shaping for me is as
important as the results.
I was trained by hardened
survivors of the ancient
traditions of wood, stone
and bronze. I am unable to
compromise or forget. I live for
what I do. I look for projects
that challenge my passion for
touching and elevating all the
elements of our Earth.”
Giancarlo in the middle of of his Carnegie Studio among some very large stone sculptures.
Modesty, 2005, Tennessee Pink Marble, 24”h x 10”w x 12”d
The Dancer, 1998, Chinese Jade, 27”h x 7”w x 6”d
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Peter Chaing
“
POWER: An epic battle rages between the pawns and elites. Look closely and
one can see circles of power developing around the pawns.
Peter Chaing, Pawn Storm, 2010, Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 24 inches
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Artist Profile
Ben Li, The Age of Mass Deception, 2011, Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 48 inches
Peter Chaing
Only love can tear down the halls of war
P
eter Chaing was born in Rockford,
Illinois in 1979. He studied
mechanical engineering at the US
Naval Academy and spent 9 years as a pilot in the
US Navy and British Royal Air Force, including four
combat tours in the Middle East, before beginning his
art career. The week after he left the Navy he stepped
out of his flight suit and picked up a paintbrush,
knowing instantly the story he was supposed to tell.
His contemporary acrylic paintings tell an
emotional story of two brothers separated by a decade
of war. Titled Free Li, the story graphically depicts
the struggle between he and his youngest brother,
Ben Li, the war between truth and deception, a choice
between revolution and redemption. Currently a
graduate student at Darden School of Business at
the University of Virginia, Peter Chaing exhibited at
several shows in northern Virginia before taking his
story to ArtExpo New York in 2011. To view Free Li
online, scan with smartphone or
visit www.peterchaing.com. n
Sales through Artisan Direct, Ltd. or
contact Peter Chaing directly:
Peter Chaing LLC
124 Ivy Drive, Suite 7
Charlottesville, VA 22903
(571)-276-6148
Email: [email protected]
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Artist Profile
Ione Citrin
“I Dream, Therefore, I Am” –Ione Citrin
I create art because I must. It is a necessary extension of my life. It identifies and substantiates my existence. It is my profile and my legacy. I want to
intrigue and entertain. I want to initiate wonders and questions. I want to
communicate my thoughts, dreams and desires. Most of all, I want to be!
F
or as long as she can remember, Ione Citrin has had a desire to communicate with every person in the world.
At first she thought she could accomplish this through
travel. And so she did. She toured India, Africa, Asia, Southeast Asia,
the Middle East, Europe, South and Central America as well as the
more popular places throughout the United States, Mexico and the
Caribbean, among others. She scoured the more remote areas of the
world such as Easter Island, the Galapagos Islands, Myanmar, Nepal,
Srinigar. There is almost nothing or no one which escaped her eye.
Throughout her travels, Ione managed to speak with everyone
she could. She taped, recorded and photographed her conversations
from inside the huts of African villages to the alleys of remote towns
in China. She shared beetle-nuts with women squatting in circles in
temple areas in Algeria. She traveled to places where no one had ever
heard of the Jewish religion. She can rattle on about her endless adventures...endlessly. But they did not satisfy her thirst for communication.
Then there was her performing career. Ione appeared on television every morning in the Chicago area for WLS-TV. Her show was
called “The Prize Movie With Ione.” Here she chatted and communicated with fellow Chicagoans five mornings a week from 8:30
to 10:30 a.m. for over seven years. The show was the highest rated
television show in that time slot.
For over thirty years Ione Citrin performed on a variety of television and radio commercials. With an ear for mimicry, and an ability
to sight-read she was a “natural” for voice-overs. She sang, and did
multiple voices on numerous recordings in the Chicago and Midwest
area. The average listener was unaware of whom she was, because
doing commercials as a “voice” is anonymous, particularly when she
did a huge range of voices similar to Mel Blanc.
Old ladies, children, accents, dialects, impersonations, cartoon
characters were in her repertoire of hundreds of voices. She was able
to accomplish these voices through visual images of the characters.
If she could see the person she was trying to capture, she could produce the voice or sound.
But This Was Not Enough!
Ione was tired of physically performing. Tired of presenting
herself in this fashion, she channeled this amazing imagination
coupled with her driving energy, and she thrust it onto canvas, cast
it in clay, and welded it in metal releasing the artist within. Finally,
she found her medium to reach her goal in communicating with
every person in the world. Only now, as an artist, could she reach
out beyond the limits of her previous endeavors to touch and find
love, appreciation and understanding.
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The Knitter, Acrylic & Mesh, 24 x 16 inches
Shahrzad, Mixed Media, 40 x 50 inches, Gold Medal Winner
Since 1998, Ione’s artistic expression, creativity, and passion for
communication have resulted in countless awards for her painting,
sculpture, mixed media, and assemblage.
Her work has been featured in several important publications
and exhibited the world over. Ione maintains an extensive exhibition schedule in juried, non-juried, and invitational arts venues.
“Ione Citrin is one of the most dedicated artists of our day, painting,
sculpting and mixing media with delightful abandon. She turns out piece
after piece, and the work has a purity of expression that is rare in an artist
that is as eclectic herself.”
-Marjorie Kaye, Director – Caladan Gallery, Beverly, MA
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Ione Citrin
Visionary interpretations from an imaginative soul.
Spectrum, Mixed Media, 40 x 30 inches
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Frederico Domondon
Top: Trellis in Temecula
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Bottom: Villa in Marbella
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Artist Profile
Cafe Juan
Frederico Domondon
The greatest gift God has given me is the opportunity to express myself through my art. It is a
double blessing to be able to bring joy to people through my paintings and music and, at the
same time, make a living from my passion. I cannot ask for anything more.
Artist Statement
I have always been fascinated by the impressionists and by the
post-impressionists. My paintings are highly influenced by Matisse,
Van Gogh and Monet. Viewing my work, there are actually two
known styles.
The first one is the use of my bold colors in painting cafes and
other cityscapes. Expressionism and Fauvism are the terms for my
use of bold colors and spontaneous brushstrokes. Van Gogh and
Matisse are my inspiration on this technique. With the help of pop
music while painting, I am able to create pieces with explosions of
color and thick paint and brushstrokes. Creating this is non-stop
and I really get into it.
My second style is Impressionism reflected in my Monet-style
paintings. Painting peaceful landscapes, secluded gardens and
villas defines tranquility and serenity. My Impressionistic paintings
show my quiet side and are very soothing to view. Lighting, nature,
and flowers are some of the subjects expressed. Tuscany, Giverny,
Greece, and Burgundy continue to be my favorite sights to reflect.
My paintings depict a positive attitude and my own
appreciation of life. In a complex world, I hope my art serves as an
object of peace and beauty to help us escape from reality. I feel what
I paint, and people have often told me that they feel something
when they see my work. I would also say, my work has compassion
within exuding those kinds of feelings. n
For more information, please visit my website at: www.domondon.com
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Artist Profile
Beatriz Osorio Dondici
Following God
our dreams
come true
B
orn in Peru, Beatriz Osorio
Dondici has lived in Brazil
since 1985. She describes her
art as being born of a long and deeper experience with God. For many years Beatriz
lived what she describes a sad life hopelessly
pursuing happiness and peace in many
places, through many people and in many
ways. She knew that someday she would find
the Lord and only then would she know her
true happiness. One night a young Beatriz cried out to
God from the bottom of her heart for him to
come to her. She realized that she couldn’t
live in this world without him. At that
moment she felt his arms around her and
her heart was deeply comforted. He came to
her in the most wonderful way. Since then
he has been restoring her soul and her life
in all ways. Every painting Beatriz creates
represents a time in her life where God
rescued her and gave her the strength to
continue in his path. Her work represents
her weaknesses, her faith and her courage to
move forward in his light. Beatriz creates art to share the message
with her audience that we are not alone
and that we have a powerful God who saves
us and gives us eternal life. He loves us
and protects us against evil. He is able to
transform our sadness into joy and change
our lives forever bringing true happiness,
peace and freedom to our world. n
God’s Purifier Waters
For more information, please visit:
www.beatrizosoriopaintings.com.br
A Moment Of Rest
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The Bride
Beatriz Osorio Dondici
“
Art is in my heart I want to share my artwork and
I hope this transmits something special to you.
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God’s Dream
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Harry C. Doolittle
“
…these paintings can be hung vertically, horizontally, or even upside-down;
the abstract shapes and colors maintain their brilliance in any orientation.
Point Counterpoint, 2008, Acrylic, glass, brass, and aluminum leaf, 44 x 33 inches
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The Abstract Assemblages of
Artist Profile
Harry C. Doolittle
H
arry C. Doolittle was born September
17, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois. He grew
up in Winnetka, a Chicago suburb,
and graduated from Northwestern
University. Doolittle is a self-taught
artist who began painting in 1969 while a copywriter/creative director
at one of America’s leading advertising agencies.
Doolittle’s first show, featuring twenty of his works, was in
Evansville, Indiana in 1978. It completely sold out. Similar successes
followed with the two more shows in 1980 in Harare, Zimbabwe and
Johannesburg, South Africa, where Doolittle was a creative director
for an American-based ad agency.
Doolittle’s colorful mixed media collages are rooted in the
whimsical, the decorative, and the meditative. An article in American
Spectrum notes the ‘symmetry of acrylics, glass, aluminum and brass lead
creative richly-textured scintillating compositions.’ According to the artist,
these paintings may be hung vertically, horizontally, or even upsidedown, the abstract shapes and colors maintain their brilliance in any
orientation.
What is most unique about Doolittle’s oeuvre is his use of
glass. Each colored glass element functions like a mirror that both
absorbs and reflects light, thus adding a three-dimensional depth
to the artwork. Images that the artist never intended to be in the
paintings appear; the face of the viewer, the lights in the room, the
surroundings in which the painting hangs.
Another collage feature that’s distinctive about Doolittle’s work
is this addition of gold (brass) and silver (aluminum) leaf. According
to the artist, gold stands for the yin (male) and silver for the female
(yang) that is in each of us. Every single one of his current pieces
contain both silver and gold.
Doolittle’s abstract assemblages have been bought by numerous
collectors all over the world. He has evolved his own distinctive
style over four decades, resulting in formal configurations that are
unlike anything else in recent and past art. Each artwork is precisely
composed of jewel tones that come alive on the wall and can only
truly be appreciated when viewed in person.
Doolittle and his wife Misook, of the renowned firm, Exclusively
Misook, have been married for twenty-eight years and live in
Scarsdale, New York. n
Infinity Explained, Mixed Media, 43 x 32 inches
Reflecting Mandalas, Mixed Media, 43 x 32 inches
Harry Doolittle is represented by Artisan Direct, Ltd.
For more information, visit:
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Point Counterpoint, Mixed Media, 43 x 32 inches
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Artist Profile
Nicholas Down
Glimpses of Another Kind
“Art does not reproduce the visible;
rather, it makes visible.”
–Paul Klee
Artist Statement
As long ago as 1976, I came across a book called The Mind and
Work of Paul Klee, by Werner Haftman.
It was to prove a touchstone for me as I began to extend my
understanding of the artist’s work.
“Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible,” wrote Klee
in his Creative Credo. These words illustrate some of the origins of
my creative development, but what does it mean to make visible?
I had been disciplining myself to draw for a number of years,
firstly by drawing direct from nature and then, from memory. It
proved to be an invaluable breeding ground for ideas, for the act
of seeing and drawing is a way of experiencing nature that not
only entertains the mind and spirit but also fosters imagination
and expression.
My work is continually evolving; from its origins in traditional
landscape painting to the abstractions of my recent work both as
abstracted landscapes and as biomorphic abstractions. My paintings
hint at the sensed that is both invisible and yet visible; part real,
part imagined. They are glimpses of another kind, a sideways look,
a half-remembered thing. At heart, they are just arrangements
of colour, line, form and tone, but these four simple concepts
Born in Kampala, Uganda in 1957, Nicholas Down spent
a formative childhood in East Africa before returning to the
United Kingdom to study at the Kings School Canterbury and the
Turquoise, 2010
represent a world of possibilities for the imaginary mind as it
journeys into the complexities of a deeper truth.
In the act of painting I am attempting to make visible the
thoughts, observations, dreams and ideas of a lifetime.
My most recent work explores the ‘qualia’ or essence of
transitional light and specifically during the past four years I have
had the privilege of visiting some of the world’s most beautiful
landscapes including: California’s Sequoia national Forest, Yosemite
and Joshua Tree National Parks, the red rodck of Sedona, Arizona,
the tough deserts of Canyonlands and Arches in Utah, Monument
Valley in Navajo Nationa and of course, the Grand Canyon.
I paint almost exclusively in oil, sometimes using graphite,
charcoal or gesso as an under-painting. I find that oil paint allows
me to explore the nuances of translucence and depth of tonality with
a richness of creative expression that is perfect for my intentions.
London Hospital Medical College, where he both qualified with
Distinction as a Doctor in 1980 and received an Honorary Blue
Medal for his work as Director of the Art Society.
Since then, in addition to practising family medicine in
England, he has established a career as a Professional Artist,
exhibiting in the USA, the UK and Europe. His critically
acclaimed paintings are highly sought after and are held in
private collections throughout Europe, Asia and the US
His collectors include award winning Broadway and
West End composers, theatre & film producers, lyricists,
musicians, actors, singers, conductors, writers, company CEO’s
and VP’s, lawyers, accountants, photographers, physicians,
psychotherapists, psychiatrists and others. n
For more information visit his website at:
www.nicholasdown.com
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Nicholas Down
“
A Moment For Reflection
Rain Forest Requiem
Red Canyon
Kokyangwuti
Down’s paintings translate nature into a metaphor for the unconscious mind,
– Robert Mahoney, art critic
each one moving higher into a spiritual realm.
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Artist Profile
M.Dreeland
Blurring The Line Between
Traditional and Hi-Tech
D
efined as a 21st Century artist by the nature of his work,
M. Dreeland introduces a pop art style that mixes basic
acrylics and techniques from the old masters with hi-tech
tools of the present and future.
Modern technology, with the use of graphic design programs,
has allowed M. Dreeland to spotlight a unique step and repeat style
by using multiple layers and common objects. Thick paint and bold
colors characterizes M.Dreeland’s work. Despite a recognizable
texture, abundant use of color and multiple layers of paint, what
remains is a basic shape, a seemingly familiar object. Working to
throw computer programs into the common paint/brush mix and
adding in his artistic flair, M. Dreeland establishes a unique combination that adapts to a variety of media faster, quicker and tighter.
Eager to share what he enjoys most about his work, M. Dreeland has
said, “Being precise and exactly up to the edge is not enjoyable — those
little nicks, smudges, and blobs of paint over clean lines make this work
limitless.” And what is it that he features in his art? Common, easily
identifiable objects and themes that people can relate to, yet masked
with diverse colors and presented in varying light.
M. Dreeland is currently the featured artist at the Time Warner
Center in New York City where he has previously showcased pieces
from his collection in December 2009 and April 2010. His work will
be up from October through the end of the year.
In addition, M.Dreeland is one of 4 artists who have been commissioned to create an installation piece on entry doors at the Andaz
Hotel on Fifth Avenue in NYC. His mural was completed in October
and will remain up through December. For a second year, M.Dreeland participated in the prestigious
Art Basel in Miami and at the Red Dot Art Fair with the Artisan
Direct, Ltd. Gallery.
M.Dreeland has received mention in publications including
The New York Times, Whitewall Magazine, Manhattan Magazine and
GQ Magazine. n
For more information on M.Dreeland visit www.mdreeland.com Top: Dark Horse, Mixed Media, 2010
Middle: Springtime in NY, Mixed Media, 2011
Bottom: Goodtimes NYC, Mixed Media, 2011
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M. Dreeland
NYC Pop Artist
Green & Fairways, Mixed Media, 48 x 36 inches
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Artist Profile
Jeff Ferst
P
ainting is philosophy made incarnate, a sense of the
world embodied in visual and material form. Painting is a guide to how we might relate to the world,
as if it were a newly discovered land.
In Jeff Ferst’s paintings, we encounter a world that just
won’t stop whirling and scintillating. More precisely, it is
made of many worlds, arcing nodes that intersect with other
circles to create a myriad of connections. Each world is a kind
of sphere of influence, a locus of energy, but never existing
independently of the entire matrix. It is that interplay that
gives Ferst’s paintings their distinctive, playful musicality.
Essential to the paintings’ structure are the blocks of
color that compose the curving circuitry. These blocks,
themselves often inset with concentric squares, act like the
tesserae of mosaic, simultaneously creating and deconstructing form. And they give the paintings a jewel-like quality, as
if reflecting light from its complex surface.
Ferst adopts as his own a visual language derived from
early modernism, particularly from Cubism, and from its
ecstatic variant, Orphism. But he paints gesturally with
thick pigment, and with a personal passion and energy. The
structure of his “geometric landscapes” is distinctly organic,
form generating from with an intuitive inner logic. The image of the garden appears as a specific subject, and as an apt
metaphor for Ferst’s art. He seems to be working with wild
energies, and like a gardener shaping these impulses into a
new state that is a melding of the natural and the aesthetic.
Within the complex fields that Ferst paints, images begin
to appear. They are in a sense camouflaged, or encoded with
the larger structure. An arc becomes a snake, a head appears
in the overlapping of curves, faces peek from free-floating
circles. Whole figures are apparent, and we become aware
that Ferst’s paintings teem with people or at least the evocations of individuals. We start to see the spinning worlds of his
paintings as intersecting psyches, memories and spirits.
Color plays a powerful role in these works, energizing
and organizing our vision. Ferst’s hues are often intense,
playing warm against cool, creating a pulsing visual experience. But he also allows olive, putty, rusty plum and other
lower saturation colors to contrast with the higher key tones
around them. The artist seems to be showing us something
about an emotional undertow that coexists in the world
along with the feelings of pleasure and joy.
-John Mendelsohn
Mauve Sky, 2011, Oil on canvas, 16 x 16 inches
Blue Sky, 2011, Oil on canvas, 16 x 16 inches
Jeff Ferst was born in NYC where his mother introduced
him to art through all of the city’s museums. He attended
New York University, where he majored in printmaking
(specializing in serigraphs). After graduating NYU in 1976,
Jeff moved to Canada where he found an environment that
satisfied his life goals and art and has remained ever since.
He currently resides in Cambridge, Ontario.
Ferst has shown his work through Exhibitions and Art
Fairs throughout Canada and the US. His work is in private
and corporate collections in both countries including The
Cambridge Memorial Hospital and The Grand River Hospital, CIGI. n
For more information, visit his website at: www.jeffferst.com
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Jeff Ferst
Ontario Landscape 2, 2011, Oil on canvas, 16 x 16 inches
Ontario Landscape, Fall, 2011, Oil on canvas, 24 x 24 inches
Summer Breeze, 2011, Oil on canvas, 36 x 84 inches
In Jeff Ferst’s paintings, we encounter a world that just
won’t stop whirling and scintillating.
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Artist Profile
Thomas Francisco
Sticks and Stones
I am currently working on a series of images and
a self-assigned book project entitled ‘Sticks and Stones’
The inspiration for this book stems from my genuine love
of nature and the out of doors, the aesthetics of natural
elements, of the earth and the rough hewn textures of
stone and wood in all its weathered forms. I feel that
the natural ‘found objects’ I collect from fields, forests,
streams and mountains hold within them the energy
and spirit of the earth from as far back as primitive
man. My objective is to find that kinetic energy and
release it visually in the art. When constructing these
assemblages, I imagine how our ancestors might have
collected and arranged simple objects around their
own rustic dwellings. What inspired them? Did they
recognize the raw power of their own primitive art? In
these photographs I try to emulate the silvered natural
colors, hues and textures of the weathered wood and stone
through simple lighting effects and toning – in an effort,
too, to strike a balance between strength and serenity –
wherein I find peace and exhilaration. n
For more information visit Tom’s website at:
http://www.thomasfranciscophotography.com
Reunion
Divergence
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Insight to Order
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Scott Goodwillie
“
My paintings reflect my ongoing fascination with myth
and how it relates to contemporary subject matter.
In The Garden
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Goodwillie
Artist Profile
Contemporary Surrealism
F
rom Lilith and Shiva to his own contemporary take on the
myth of Orpheus, American born artist Scott B. Goodwillie’s
emotionally-charged figures represent potent creative and
destructive forces that provide a visceral ‘punch’ aimed at disrupting the viewers’ normal categories of experience. The artist draws
inspiration from a variety of ancient motifs as diverse as Greek and
Himalayan myth and the theatrical surrealism of Fellini.
Painting in a realist style, Goodwillie combines smooth,
studied Dutch brushstrokes with more edgy, contemporary subjects
to create works that are both classically masterful and modern in
mood. His exhibitions feature canvases populated by characters he
has encountered in New York City, (including his long time model
and muse Nicomis with her wildly embellished hair). In his art,
however, he positions these models as archetypes and places them in
imaginative and gripping situations. As a result, an intense energy
permeates Goodwillie’s scenes, which exploit the purgative powers of
visual and psychological drama.
Goodwillie, who trained in the private atelier of Michael Aviano
and at the Art Students League, is strongly influenced by art from
the Renaissance and Baroque eras, as evidenced by his dynamic
compositions, dramatic chiaroscuro, and rich striking palettes.
His brushwork is as masterful as his finely tuned use of light.
Additionally, he has perfected the strength of his figural passages
and his nuances of movement are highly accomplished.
In 2004, The Frye Art Museum in Seattle mounted a mid career
retrospective of his work that received widespread attention and
acclaim. Goodwillie’s art has also been exhibited in galleries and art
fairs throughout the nation and was highlighted in the March 2009
issue of American Art Collector. n
Life in the passing storm
For more information visit: www.scottgoodwillie.com Adornment
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Artist Profile
Wyatt L. Gragg Creativity in Metal and Bronze
I try to capture in bronze the spirit of a special moment in time. –Wyatt L. Gragg
I have always loved the outdoors…it’s my decompression zone. To
watch the animals takes me to a very pure sense of life. Consequently,
horses, hummingbirds, butterflies, eagles, doves, March lilies and the like
are often found in my work.
Because perfection in life is so hard to find, I make very little effort
to portray it, so most of my work displays heavy texture from tool trails and
fingerprints. This texture seems to draw the hand, as well as the eye, to the
sculpture. I have been told many times by the viewer “I had to touch it…
because of the way it looked…the texture, the spirit.”
Wyatt Gragg describes himself very accurately. “I simply try to
capture in bronze a bit of life, or maybe a special memory of mine.” Gragg
loves the outdoors and spends a lot of time just watching people
deal with life. Since 1996, Gragg has had to deal with many unusual
aspects of life himself, following a second craniotomy that seriously
affected his left brain. His work continuously illustrates, however, that
his creative right brain has more than compensated, enabling him to
create a history of fine bronze sculptures which range from traditional
full figure angels and corporate busts to the popular garden doves,
butterflies and delicate flowers he finds in his wife’s garden.
Recent Work:
In a departure from his
garden subjects, the artist
recently created two limited
edition series, both depicting
contemporary figures. The
first series is entitled The
Couple and the other is called
Evolution. The first three
editions of The Couple will be
Walking, Frightened and Dying.
“These pieces are giving my
traditional side time to recharge
and refresh.”
Contours, Fem 1, Bronze
Gragg’s work with figures has
evolved into yet another series he
introduced this past winter, Contours,
a celebration of the human body in
a complete but unique manner.
For centuries, the human body
has been a very popular subject
for artists. Gragg’s new collection,
however, offers incomplete folds,
depressions and skin texture
comparisons. It’s a collection of
studies of the details of the male
Contours, Fem 6, Plaster
and female body, lifted in wax and
then reproduced in bronze. Some are
recognizable, many are not.
Some are edgier than others, but all are real, making Contours a
very interesting and unparalleled body of work.
A resident of Prospect, Kentucky, where he lives with his wife of
32 years, Wyatt earned a BA in Education/Biology/Chemistry from
Transylvania University in 1970. He started his career out as a teacher
before moving onto becoming a successful sales and marketing
professional for 21 years. Wyatt has been working as a sculptor for 26
years, the last 16 of which he has devoted full-time to his art.
Wyatt’s numerous corporate and public commissions include:
The Raytheon Corporation, Lawrence, MA; Meade County Museum
& Arts Ctre, Brandenburg, KY; The National Underground Railroad
Freedom Ctre, Cincinnati, OH; The KY National Guard, Frankfort,
KY; The Norton Hospital, Louisville, KY; Jeffersontown Christian
Church, among others.
The Artist continues to be available for public, private and
corporate commissions.
Wyatt L. Gragg is represented by the Tim Faulkner Gallery in
Louisville, KY. n
For more information, visit his Facebook page for photos of his
newest work and his website at: www.wyattgragg.com
“As a sculptor, I have been challenged for 26 years to bring the dreams of
people to life in bronze. My commissions include interior, garden and
landscaping focal points, public, corporate and cemetery memorials, museum
collections, municipal awards and private portraiture. The formula includes a
dream, some time and maybe a budget. Anything is possible...
all we have to do is imagine.”
–Wyatt L. Gragg
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Wyatt L. Gragg
“
I simply try to capture in bronze a bit of life,
or maybe a special memory of mine.
The Couple, Walking
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Michael Herres
An artist is forced by others to paint of his own free will –Willem de Kooning
Sunflowers #l, 2012, Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 inches
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Artist Profile
Sunflowers #ll, 2012, Oil on linen, 30 x 48 inches
Michael Herres
Culture Filter
That which is the most personal, is the most universal
-Carl Rodgers
Artist Statement
I split my time between Lincoln, Nebraska and
Santa Fe, New Mexico, where I also maintain a studio.
I tend to work in series. I will find some starting
point, sometimes an idea or a concept, sometimes
an image. Then I work with it until I think I have
exhausted it, at which point I will set them aside and
look for something new. The series are loosely based
on sets of rules or parameters. After a few new series,
I’ll go back to the ones I set aside and I usually will
find something there to get me going again. I am
always experimenting with new materials and methods.
Sometimes the idea dictates what materials I will use
and other times the materials will dictate the idea.
I try to “show” rather than
“tell” in my work. It is not
narrative, it doesn’t tell a story.
It is about experience and can
be experienced differently by
everyone who encounters it.
Over time, the painting can
be experienced differently
by the individual viewer as
well. Sometimes it is about a
moment and sometimes it is
about forever. Size does not
matter but scale does. Usually
the image or the idea will
Madonna #1, 2011,
Bronze, 3/12, 14.5”H
let me know when the size is wrong. It is the same
in literature; ideas that work as haiku poems do not
make great epic Russian novels. I see quick sketches
in charcoal or ink as haikus, large oils on canvas are
linen are the ideas that need a novel to carry them. As
the psychologist Carl Rodgers said, “That which is the
most personal, is the most universal.” My work is inner driven, I see myself as a filter
of culture and I am having a conversation with other
artists through my work. I am just as interested in
reading the biographies, writings and letters of artists
as I am in their work. I want to know what they were
thinking when they did the work. I want to get at
their ideas and starting points
and see where they take me
anywhere from 10 to 500 years
later. In that sense, all my
works are self-portraits of what
I am thinking and feeling. My
responsibility is not to the
audience but to the idea. n
For more information, visit:
www.michaelherres.com
Event Horizon #l, 2009, Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 48 inches
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Artist Profile
Lynda Howitt
“The tradition of Abstract Expressionism and Color Field Painting can
be seen in Howitt’s work. The sense of chromatic nuance, subtle gesture
and lyricism makes her compositions exhilarating. There is an openness
to them that creates an extraordinary resonance.”
–Byron Coleman,
Gallery & Studio Magazine
Artist Statement
I have an obsession with the beauty of the ocean and the
profound affinity we have with it. The tradition of impressionism with a lyrical stroke approach to my work helps me build
movement and emotion.
A childhood growing up on the beach has established a
deep rapport for the sea and it continues to inspire me. I feel
the strongest physically, mentally and spiritually when I’m on
the coast. It soothes and awakens my soul. The ocean is water
and air, the basis of our own existence and with light we can
behold its true essence.
Beginning from the inside out, a meditation for me
develops into a want to express that vision. The unique flow of
merging aspects in my paintings is like a reflection of life itself. I
hope viewers connect with the peace and grace I try to create. I
paint my feelings so to offer them a bridge to theirs.
My paintings aim to be inspiring and beautiful in their simplicity, reflecting the natural and inner beauty in us all.
SS2 Sea1, Oil on board, 5 x 7 inches
Born in Uganda, Lynda and her family fled the Idi Amin massacre to a more peaceful lifestyle on the shores of Western Australia.
Here a childhood growing up on the beach in Geraldton layed the
foundation for her lifetime love of the sea.
Lynda’s affinity with nature and the sense of light and space
was instilled from an early age in Australia and continues to be a
guiding influence in her work.
After receiving her Arts Degree and pursuing a highly successful career as a Creative Director in London and Sydney, Lynda
moved to the United States where she now devotes all of her time
to painting.
The award-winning artist has exhibited in galleries and shows
around the world and she has been featured in local, national and
international publications. A highlight of Howitt’s career includes
winning ‘Australia’s Richest Art Prize,’ The Signature of Sydney in
2006. n
Lynda Howitt is represented by Lisa Freedman Fine Arts.
For more information contact [email protected]
The ocean is water and air, the basis of
our own existence and with light we can
behold its true essence.
-Lynda Howitt
SS2 Sea5, Oil on board, 5 x 7 inches
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Cheryl L. Hrudka
Recent Developments, LLC
Traditional Photography & Original Abstract Creations
Disarrayed Sticky Tiles, 30 x 24 inches
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Special Feature: Cheryl L. Hrudka
Cheryl L. Hrudka
A Photographer’s Vision of the World Down the Road Less Traveled
C
heryl L. Hrudka pursues her own vision of the world,
the focus being the exploration of the road less
traveled. “I have always been interested in Abstracts. It is
a form of art in which the viewer interprets what the artist’s intention is in
light of their own experience. I am a fundamentalist. By insisting upon the
viewer’s interpretive integrity, I seek to build a bridge between the two of us.
Other opinions are unnecessary. My images now ask more questions than
they answer.”
Having worked in the health care profession, it is not
surprising that Cheryl was inspired to use her photographic talents
to improving medical settings. Most of her earlier work is displayed
in hospitals, health care facilities, as well as in corporate offices and
private collections throughout the United States and Canada.
Employing cutting edge technology, Cheryl takes advantage of
a variety of software to create her unique images. Her images are
personal, poetic and lyrical. In all cases she trusts her instincts. The
methodology parallels that of analytical and / or synthetic cubism.
She begins with a RAW file or a negative scan, breaks the image
into its constituent (individual) parts and then reassembles those
elements in an abstract manner. These images are consistently being
updated and revised. The process can take days, weeks, months or
even years. Cheryl admits to being a workaholic. This compensates
for finding her calling in mid life. Her large personal library
includes monographs of her favorite photographers including
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“I would like to be perceived as an artist who creates
unique and thought provoking works.” -Cheryl L. Hrudka
Viking Ships, 20 x 30 inches
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Imogene Cunningham, Dorthea Lange, Paul Strand, Laura Gilpin,
and Andrew Kertesz. In addition to active participation in seminars
and workshops, Cheryl has more than twenty years of experience in
photography and is co-owner of Recent Developments, LLC.
“When someone tells me that one of my images means a lot
to them, and does so with their own interpretation and in their
own words, that inspires me to keep going. The desire to do
something really well, to do something unique and personally
poetic is my motivation.”
Separation, 24 x 24 inches
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Cheryl’s work has been exhibited at the Onishi Gallery in
New York. She has had several honorable mentions in The Best of
Photography. Cheryl is currently represented by The Jayson Samuel
Gallery in Rochester, New York and her work may be seen at the
Gallery’s booths at ArtExpo, Art Toronto and Red Dot New York
this Spring.
For more information, please visit Cheryl’s websites:
www.RecentDevelopments.net and www.AnAlteredView.com
Special Feature: Cheryl L. Hrudka
Artist Statement:
My abstract creations started by using the
computer to hand color my traditional black &
white photographs which I had scanned in to the
computer. From there, I started playing around
and became intrigued with the various results. My
inspiration comes from the desire to do something
really well, to do something totally unique.
I think one of the things that makes me
stand out as an artist is the fact that I am very
determined and I am using techniques that go
beyond the norm. I often start with an idea in
mind, but my work is an evolution and I really
don’t know what will come next because the end
results are limitless.
Sometimes, my creations make a statement.
However, the majority of my abstracts are a form of
art in which the viewer makes up his/her own mind
as to what I was attempting to produce. In other
words, my images now ask more questions than
they answer. The fact that these are totally abstract,
they allow the viewer to rotate the images and get
a totally different emotive reaction.
My medium is mixed in that I use both my
traditional photographs and the computer to
create the abstracts. The computer has allowed
me to experiment and grow exponentially. It has
been, and will continue to be, a strong influence in
my creative processes because it has given me the
freedom to really express myself in ways I had not
imagined. n
The Beauty of Smoke, 24 x 20 inches
Cultural Diversity, 24 x 24 inches
Electric Tower Meltdown, 24 x 24 inches
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Mae Jeon
Artist Profile
Invoking spiritual hope and enlightenment
through her Digital images of Nature
With heightened color, dramatic compositions and a multiplicity of visual textures, Mae Jeon creates
computer manipulated images whose subject matter is an icon of organic beauty - the flower. Surreal and
stylish, Jeon’s images incorporate the sensuality of the flower, as captured by such artists as Georgia O’Keefe and
Imogen Cunningham, into fantastical abstractions within whimsically synthetic environments. In contrasting
the naturalness of her subject matter with the highly digital medium used in its depiction, Jeon calls attention to
the eternal question of the real vs. the unreal, and of the complex relationship of technology with nature. In an
incipiently digital world, Jeon’s appreciation of the colorful floral splendor found in wildlife through a technological
language is contemporarily appropriate.
–Artispectrum Vol. 13. 2004
Ultimate Object
Born and educated in Korea, Mae Jeon studied commercial art
and received a BS in graphic design, MFA in Art of Advertisement
in Hong-ik University in Seoul.
Mae remembers taking her first private watercolor lesson in the
7th grade.
“I don’t recall how I first became interested in creating art. But
I remember my first painting project when I was 12. It was for my
grandfather’s folding screen room-divider. I made black ink brush painting
in enlarged scale and copying well known ancient Korean artists’ ink
paintings onto several long strips of paper to put on the folding screen
panels.”
Jeon practiced a multitude
of artistic techniques at school
workshops and in field trips
during high school. She admired
impressionist paintings. Using
oil pastel, Jeon imitated Neo
classic and Impressionist
paintings from the art books
her father had given her. In
college, Mae majored in graphic
design and continued painting
in artist workshops where she
Spiritual Wave
created large scale oil paintings
of cityscapes and portraits for submission to the National Fine Art
exhibition in Korea.
After graduating, Jeon moved to Japan. She lived in Tokyo
for 14 months and worked with the Shiseido Company as a graphic
designer. Here she frequently visited the art galleries near her office
building in Ginza, where she enjoyed the exposure to a diversity
of painting styles. Jeon was impressed with fantastical and surreal
artworks, and inspired to create her own paintings.
Mae Jeon had her first solo exhibit in Tokyo with mixed
medium in a butterfly theme. The following year after returning to
Korea, Jeon had a second solo exhibition while working as a graphic
designer for a Cosmetic company in Seoul. Jeon then moved to the
United States with her husband after being married. In the USA
she worked as a freeleance and staff graphic designer while raising
a family. After 30 years, Jeon recently retired from a commercial art
profession to pursue her passion in creating fine art using a digital
medium.
Jeon’s work has been exhibited in numerous shows throughout
the United States and abroad including: Chianciano Museum
Show in Italy, Nevada Museum Show in Las Vegas, Art Expo and
Art Project show in New York. She had her 4th digital art solo
exhibition in Museum of Americas in Florida in 2008. She also won
the Best work prize from the 2012 International Monoprint Exhibit
at the Museum of Americas.
Jeon’s artworks have been featured in various art books and
magazines in both the USA and Europe. Currently she lives in
Staten Island, New York. n
For more information, visit her website at:
www.gallerydir.com/maejeon or www.maejeonart.com
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Artist Profile
Gregory Johnson
G
regory Johnson creates
sculptures that are so life-like
that it is not unusual to find
dogs sniffing at their feet in bewilderment,
while children and adults may often be found
smiling, laughing and and talking to them.
Johnson’s sculptures may be seen in
town squares, concert halls and city parks
who commission him to create historical
and commemorative figures for their
venues. People are simply in awe, notes one
collector, as to the incredible likeness to the
subject. It is as if the sculpture could talk to you!
Johnson believes in animated, softly
detailed realistically figurative works that
maintain classical proportions. With texture
and supporting elements, the artist is able
to express his unique perception within the
large oeuvre of works that currently exist on
the planet. His works are found in numerous
Museums, Corporate and Private Collections
throughout the United States, Europe, Costa
Rica, and the Middle East.
Johnson was recently commissioned
by Northwest University of Missouri for a
Centennial Sculpture of two students, the
State of Georgia Botanical Gardens and by
the Veterans Memorial Park of Collegedale,
Tennessee for a Vietnam Medic Memorial.
Biography
Gregory Johnson was born in Chicago,
Illinois in 1955. His early training includes
the Art Institute of Chicago and tutoring
by several world-class artists. He attended
Bowling Green State University in Ohio
in 1973 on an art scholarship. Later, after
winning the Elizabeth Stein Award of
Art Excellence Scholarship, he moved to
Illinois State University, where he studied
sculpture, painting, and art history for six
years. He traveled through Europe and
the Mediterranean, touring major Art
museums for an entire summer through
an International Studies Program. After
graduating from ISU with a Masters of
Science in Art, he devoted full-time to
creating art. His work has sold well in gallery
and shows across the country and abroad,
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resulting in numerous awards, commissions,
reviews and one-man exhibitions.
In 1981, Johnson moved to the
Southeast to begin his career anew. The
region offered many new challenges and sites
to paint. His first exhibitions in Atlanta were
well-received, allowing the artist to build
his first studio in north Georgia. He has
created public art works in Cumming-Forsyth
County, Blairesville-Union County, Blue
Ridge-Fannin County, Dahlonegha-Lumpkin
County, Athens Classic Center, Fayetteville,
Thomaston, Barnesville, State of Georgia
Botanical Gardens, and Gainesville. Other
works may be seen in numerous Museums,
and Corporate and Private Collections
throughout the United States, Europe, Costa
Rica, and the Middle East.
Johnson resides in Forsyth County,
Georgia with his wife, Jane and family where
he continues to pursue a career in making
art for the public and private sectors.
Jules & Gwen, University of Chicago
Beautiful statues enhance and define the building,
while creating a lasting legacy to the generosity of
the patrons who helped fund the project.
Artists Statement
From my earliest recollections, my
work has always been representational
in nature. It reflects a strong European
tradition of a softly detailed surface
quality, while expressing the energy and
vitality of contemporary life.
The first step, which is the most
important for me, is to capture the
“presence” of the moment. This
is done by creating a feeling of
character, selecting the most expressive
composition, and enhancing the feeling
of movement. Artist’s describe this
ability to capture movement as being
gesturely rich. Even static objects can
have an intrinsic feeling of movement.
With my sculpting tools, I look for
ways to have a rich texture, while having
a faithful and sensitive relationship
to the meticulous detail of the object
being depicted. While I have a clear
personal vision of where the artwork is
headed, I do yield to the surprises often
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Titled “the Professor,” you can see all the loving
detail of the work. Cast bronze with stainless steel
glasses mounted on a walnut base.
The concept is perfect for your library or office,
and suggests the harmony between wisdom and
books. For us older folks, the glasses become the
important bridge between the two. Available in
a strictly signed limited edition of 50,
24”h x 13”w x 11”d.
For more information, visit
www.gregoryjohnson.biz
E
veryone is a
work of art.
Commission an enduring work of figurative art to reflect the memories and personalities
that you treasure most. Artist Gregory Johnson expertly captures the intimate details
so you can share your most cherished moments for generations to come.
The Admiral
10" x 19" x 5"
Bringing on the Heat
65" x 54" x 35"
Tide Together
17" x 27" x 13"
The Bookworm }
33" x 10" x 10"
Fighting Camel of Campbell University
9' x 18' x 5'
Very Limited Edition Works
Currently in Inventory
To view some of these works, please visit:
R. Alexander Gallery, Atlanta, GA
The Turpin Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY
Cabin Fever
50" x 28" x 36"
Bronze Sculptures from the Studio of
Sand Hill Cranes
77" x 36" x 32"
G regoryJ ohnson
770.887.1561 • [email protected] • www.gregoryjohnson.biz
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Bob Jones
At the edge of the World, 2010
Bronze, 13”H x 6”D x 3.5”W
The Man Who Couldn’t Feel, 2010,
Bronze, 12”H x 4”D x 4”W
Drowning Man, 2010, Bronze, 15”H x 5”D x 5”W
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I alternate between form and chaos in each piece.
This creates tension as the form emerges from the medium while the
medium stays alive and plays an active role in each sculpture.
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Artist Profile
Bob Jones
Referencing Classical Sculpture and the idea of the Heroic
B
ob Jones, a young artist from rural
Vermont, specializes in figure
modeling, bronze casting, and
metal fabrication. Now based at Space 4
Art in San Diego, CA, he creates dynamic
relationships between the raw material and
form of each sculpture. This creates tension
as the form emerges from the material while
the material stays alive and plays an active
role in each sculpture.
Walking Man 3,
2009, Bronze,
17”H x 6”d x 6”W
With the powerful stature and gestural
grace of his work, Bob Jones references
classical sculpture and the idea of the heroic.
His figures are reinvented as temporal beings
that do not stand still in time but move
through it, threatening to be lost in time at
any moment. Bob’s figures tell an interesting
narrative as they seem to suffer from the
pressures and forces of the world they exist
in but do not dissolve completely. They
push back and hold their position in space,
establishing their human presence.
To achieve this delicate balance between
form and chaos, the sculptor jumps vigorously
between careful observation of the figure and
its destruction. Bob is constantly adding and
obliterating information relying on his eye
to decide when the correct balance is struck.
He sculpts directly in wax but sometimes
uses molds to switch back and forth between
materials. Using molds allows him to evolve a
single sculpture in multiple directions and to
capture the unique qualities and textures of
different materials. Jones is continuing his work taking
on new concepts and materials. He is
open to project commissions, including
portrait heads. n
To see more of his work, visit:
www.coroflot.com/bobmjones
Walking Man 2,
2009, Bronze,
13”H x 7”D x 4”W
2000 Years Later, 2010,
Bronze, 5.5”H x 3”D x 3”W
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Artist Profile
Christopher Kennedy
Creating complex patterns in Camera using static colored lights
Behind The Lens
Matrix Transformation
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Folded
Artist Statement
I’ve been fascinated by light and
the way it’s perceived by the human
eye since childhood. I would hold
brightly colored chocolate wrappers
over my eyes to see how it changed
my view of the world. Recently I
became intrigued by the potential for creating images using lights
as the source. There’s a certain magic to working with light in this
way. Although I use the metaphor of ‘light as paint and camera
as brush and canvas,’ that is where the comparison ends as I am
effectively ‘painting’ in total darkness. The process involves taking
a series of shots that will determine what actions create what effect
and which I want to accentuate, alter or lose altogether. I call this
step ‘experiment to perfection.’ It is the most exciting part for me
as there are so many facets of creativity and unpredictability. Every
image is captured solely in camera, in a single exposure with no
creative digital manipulation after the shutter has closed.
My intention is to capture light performing an action that
cannot be seen by the human eye. To show others how startlingly
beautiful it can be. My desire is to create images that capture the
imagination and invoke a sense of awe and wonder.
I call this process Photo Luminism. In the early 1900’s
Luminism was characterized by a unique clarity of light on painted
landscapes. My work places the emphasis on that clarity of light
but then also utilizes it as the subject. Printing onto brushed
aluminum is really the icing on the cake. It shows off the images in
an extraordinary light, that happily the human eye can see. n
Narendra Haynes
Born and raised in England, Christopher Kennedy has spent
most of his professional life in Hollywood, creating music for feature
films. In 2002, he moved to Bucks County, PA, continuing to work in
film and garnering an Emmy nomination, four Best Sound Editing
nominations as well as collaborating on the Oscar winning score for
“Finding Neverland.” Photography however, has been a major passion of his since
childhood and in 2010, Kennedy combined this love with another
life-long fascination: colored lights. The result is what he calls Photo
Luminism: Brightly colored complex images that are more like
paintings than photographs. Kennedy uses static light sources as his
paint, and the camera as both brush and canvas, applying multiple
real time techniques to create dazzlingly vibrant contemporary images
that have a unique character, depth, perceived motion, luminescence
and strangely enough, even solidity, and light and shade.
The artist prints these images onto lightly brushed high
gloss, scratch and moisture resistant aluminum, adding even more
luminosity and a 3 dimensionality to his thought provoking work for
yet an even more extraordinary effect.
The results are magical, show-stopping, jaw-breaking,
commanding and exhilarating works that can stop traffic, provoke
great thought and inspire stimulating conversations in just about any
setting they are shown: from private residences to corporate and retail
environments, hotel lobbies, restaurants and clubs. Kennedy’s works
possess a color and brilliance that must be seen and experienced to be
believed.
Christopher has exhibited at The Old York Cellars Winery in
Ringoes, NJ, and is currently exhibiting at Gallery Piquel in New
Hope, PA and at The Photography Place Gallery in Doylestown, PA.
He is also represented by Lisa Freedman Fine Arts in Sag Harbor,
New York.
For more information please visit his website at:
www.photoluminism.net
Christopher Kennedy
Photo Luminism
Celebration
Electric Flower
Star Forming
Pearls of Wisdom
www.photoluminism.net
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[email protected]
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Melody Lane Studio
Ceramic and Glass Art for the Home and Garden
Flame Window Sculpture, 2008, Clay and glass, 24”H x 19.5”W x 1”D
www.melodylanestudio.com
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203-481-3182
Melody Lane
Artist Profile
Evoking themes of Ancient Cultures in Contemporary Form
The study of clay encompasses the study of ancient civilizations, as clay
has been used in all cultures in functional as well as figurative forms. One
of the core aspects of working with clay is to “center” on the wheel, and the
use of rounded, or circular shapes.
Many cultures have expanded the idea of centering with their use
of mandalas. The word “mandala” is an ancient Sanskrit word meaning
“circle, or center point.” Many religions have historically interpreted
as a symbol for God, the Universe, totality or wholeness, from which all
energy and life begins; Hindus with chakras, American Indians with sand
paintings, Christians with rose windows, etc. My aim is to bring the motifs of
ancient cultures into a contemporary form.
My art encompasses clay and glass, combining earth and fire. I follow
an ancient process that involves painting in terra sigillata, burnishing,
smoking, carbon wash, and waxing to evoke a stone-like finish. The final
result yields objects with a distinct, hand-made feel, whose core elements
(earth and fire) are emphasized in the design. The mandalas are alive in
the moment, as sunlight passes through the stained glass, the colors and
shadows change with the cycles of the day. This allows the light to create its
own fire, changing as the light of day changes. At night the clay patterns
are prominent. Thus, the work is dynamic as well as static, light as well as
dark, cold as well as warm.
–Melody Lane
Melody Lane earned a
BA in Advertising from the
University of Michigan in
1970. She received an Artist
Fellowship Grant from the
Connecticut Commision on the
Arts in 2004. Her work was in
Art in Embassies, 2006-08, in
the American Embassy of South
Africa, Pretoria and in the 2008
Art in Embassies Calendar.
Melody’s work is in the
Cathedral Blue Window Sculpture
permanent collection of the
2006, Clay and Glass
Smilow Cancer Center and
25”H x 21.5”W x 1”D
the Yale Medical Group at Yale
University, New Haven. She has exhibited with major craft shows
since 1989, including the Smithsonian in 1999. Ms. Lane has had
three one-man shows, and she has exhibited her work in galleries
throughout the U.S. and Canada. n
Mobius2 (squared), 2011, Clay and glass, 18”H x 15”W x 2.5”D
Cosmos Window Sculpture, 2010, Clay and glass, 24”H x 19”W x 1”D
For more information, visit her website at:
www.melodylanestudio.com
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Artist Profile
Thomas Lund-Lack
“Luscious colors, masterful sense of movement, serene atmosphere… a joy to behold!”
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Spinnakers, Oil on canvas
…an attractive and exciting
combination of colours and tones,
reflective of many moods.
Energy #2, 2010, Oil on canvas, 27.5 x 20 inches
–Louise Hafesh
aintings infused with powerful expressions of drama
and movement are the hallmark of British artist,
Thomas Lund-Lack’s work. With every piece he paints,
Lund-Lack hopes to arrest the motion of the subject and hold it
fixed so that in a hundred years, when a stranger looks at it, it
moves again.
Not surprisingly, Lund-Lack gravitates to Thoroughbred
Racing as an irresistible subject matter perfectly suited to his style
of work. Less preoccupied with the details of which horse or which
race, the artist aims instead to capture all of the elements of racing
in one impression. By incorporating figurative subjects, broken
lines, abstract highlights and loose flowing brushstrokes along with a
heavy application of paint, he readily accomplishes this goal.
Equally attractive as a subject matter are large and fast yachting
boats, which together against a backdrop of sea and sky create the
foundation for his impressive marine paintings. To capture the
movement of a wave or the light on the clouds is a challenge as it
happens in a quick moment when all the elements are in harmony
and fleeting. These elusive features are difficult to successfully
bring together, yet they are the very elements Lund-Lack believes
contribute to an attractive and exciting combination of colours and
tones, reflective of many moods. It is his skill in doing just this that
becomes another signature of his work.
Many of Lund-Lack’s marine paintings also reflect his personal
interest in history and a family background connected with the sea.
It is not surprising to find naval subjects and early 20th Century
warships in his work. However, it is not the war that appeals to the
artist, but again, the ships.
Tom is a self taught artist who started out in water colour.
Through the influence of Hugo Grenville, Lund-Lack turned to oil
paint, which he now uses exclusively. He has worked hard to perfect
his skills as an artist over the last twenty years
In addition to creating art, Tom is the Chairman of Suffolk
Open Studios and the founder of ARTactiv a group that offers art
workshops bringing the joy of creativity to disabled children and
young people across the English County of Suffolk.
Born in Devon, England, Lund-Lack has lived in Hong Kong,
New Zealand, and London. He has made his home in Suffolk,
England over the last 22 years with his wife, Amanda.
Tom’s paintings have been seen, exhibited and collected
in Galleries, Art Fairs, Marine and Equestrian Shows in the UK
and the USA as well as being featured in Equestrian publications
throughout England. n
Thomas Lund-Lack is represented by Jayson Samuel.
For more information, please contact: [email protected]
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Thomas Lund-Lack
“
The challenge is to make a work come alive and to use colour as well
as tone to create the illusions I want. Subjects such as Formula 1 and
horseracing allow the use of a feast of rich colours and, with the horses
especially, to complement the subject with an impasto technique.
”
Lightening Pearl, Oil on canvas
www.absolutearts.com/lundlack
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[email protected]
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Jim Martin
“
I seek to interject the contemplative balance of the primitive
with the industrial, the past and the present into my work,
resulting in iconographic and minimalist sculptural forms.
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[email protected]
Jim Martin
Artist Profile
Iconographic and minimalist sculptural forms
J
im Martin is a Santa Barbara native who began
sculpting in 1988. Jim worked almost exclusively with
stone for six years, completing two apprenticeships with
well known stone sculptors. The benefit of their Italian
training would influence Martin’s own technique and work for years
to come. By 1994 Martin was pairing both steel and stainless steel
with precise stone work and he finished his first composition for the
wall, departing from the round and making way for a signature style
that would ensue.
“Modern sculpture and ancient objects share common
qualities” says Martin. Holding a functional item, modeled by use
and time, bearing scant evidence of its original purpose, or passing
over a suspension bridge and into the high rises of a city center,
we encounter these very qualities. The contemplative balance of
the primitive with the industrial, the past and the present, is what
Martin seeks to interject into his work, resulting in iconographic
and minimalist sculptural forms.
Jim has shown his work extensively over the past decade. He
has participated in juried shows across the country where his work
regularly receives awards. Jim is also represented by select fine art
galleries, and was invited to participate in a museum show in 2005.
His sculpture is in private collections throughout the U.S., Canada,
and Europe. n
For more information visit his website at:
www.jimmartinsculpture.com
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Artist Profile
Laurin McCracken AWS NWS
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“It is not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see”
aurin McCracken is a realist watercolorist whose work
is largely influenced by the Dutch and Flemish Still
Life painters of the 16th and 17th Centuries.
In McCrackin’s view, these painters were masters at recording
the world around them and how it changed over a period of
100-150 years. They recorded the world as they saw it – objects
on a table, light seen through a window from the left. They were
fantastic technicians who advanced the craft of painting because
they saw things in great detail and developed a painting style that
documented what they saw with a high level of accuracy.
McCrackin’s goal is to record the world around him with the
same high level of detail. This is not a painting style that is typically
associated with his medium of watercolor.
- Henry David Thoreau
marketing and strategies officer for an architect firm and creating
his art.
Though McCracken has worked away from the architectural
drawing board for 25 years, he sees a connection between
architectural design and his intricate still-life paintings.
“From a training standpoint, I know how to do detail things.
And what I do is so strategic from the planning standpoint, you
know, what you’re going to paint first, second and last. With a waterbased medium there are surprises. Architecturally, I like
the process.”
McCracken’s award-winning paintings have been exhibited
in juried shows from coast to coast, including the Philadelphia
I use my ability to see things with a high level of acuity to
Watercolor Society, Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society, Pittsburgh
transcribe what I see in the work around me into watercolor on paper.
Watercolor Society and the Adirondacks National Exhibition
I use this historic influence to record the
of American Watercolors, California
beautiful things in our lives; the flowers,
Watercolor Society, Watercolor West,
ornate crystal and silverware, clouds,
Southern Watercolor Society and the
the glassware we grew up with, toys and
American Watercolor Society.
anything that attracts my eye and spurs my
His work was recently included in
imagination.
two important shows in China; Shanghai
When I look at the world and think
Zhoujiajiao International Watercolor
about what I might paint I am reminded of
Biennial Exhibition and the Beijing
the quote from Henry David ThoreauInternational Art Biennale.
“It is not what you look at that matters, it’s
He is a signature member of more
what you see.” Then I ask myself, “Can I
than a dozen watercolor societies including
paint that in watercolor.”
the American Watercolor Society, National
-Laurin McCrackin
Watercolor Society, Transparent Watercolor
Pear & Apples on Foil, 20 x 26 inches
Society of America, Southern Watercolor
Look closely at a McCrackin painting
Society, Watercolor West, Watercolor
and you will not only see the objects in the painting, but you will
Society of Alabama, Texas Watercolor Society, Philadelphia
also see reflections of other objects within the very objects he paints.
Watercolor Society, Mississippi Watercolor Society, Watercolor Art
“At first glance, silver appears to be a series of grays with
Society – Houston, and the Louisiana Watercolor Society.
some dark shadows and some very bright highlights,” McCrackin
Additionally, McCracken’s work has been published in many
comments. “But for me, one of the joys of painting silver is finding
national and international magazines and books including:
all of the reflections and colors the silver picks up from the objects
Watercolor, Watercolor Artist, Artist’s Magazine, Drawing, American Artist,
around it. If there is a flower in the still-life set-up, for example, the
many of which he has also been a contributing writer to.
silver reflects back the color of that flower. Reflections are not always
Laurin McCracken’s paintings may be found in corporate
as straightforward as the ones on the fat belly of a teapot. The
and private collections across the country, including McGrawflower might reflect off the underside of a curved handle and onto
Hill’s Corporate Collection and the Urban Land Institute. His
the side of the teapot away from the flower. It’s those kinds of details
photographs may be found in the Graphics Arts Collection at
that can only be discovered by careful observation.”
Princeton University.
Born in Meridian, Mississippi, McCracken attended
McCracken is represented by art4business, Philadelphia and
Auburn University and holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor
London; the Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS; Milan Gallery, Fort
of Architecture from Rice University and a Masters Degree in
Worth, TX and Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, TX. n
Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University.
Today, the 61 year old divides his time between being a
For more information, visit his website at: www.lauringallery.com
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Realism in Watercolor
Yellow Pears in Foil
13x19
Laurin McCracken
Reflections in Pewter
[email protected]
21x24
aws nws
Silver & Crystal with Grappa and Magnolia
20x24
www.LaurinGallery.com
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Tommy B. McDonell
“
A landscape is as much about interior states of being
as it is about topography.
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City Arches, Acrylic, 28 x 21 inches
http://tbmcdonellart.com
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Artist Profile
The Island Flowers, Alcohol Ink, 19-3/8 x 9-1/2 inches
Tommy B. McDonell
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A Writer learns how to tell her stories through paint
orn in Grosse Pointe Farms,
Michigan, Tommy B. McDonell
enjoyed childhood summers
in Southwest Harbor, Maine. She went to
college in Missouri and moved to Manhattan
in 1979 when she got married.
Dr. McDonell has a Masters Degree in
Interactive Telecommunications from New
York University and a PhD in Teaching
English to Speakers of Other Languages
(TESOL). She is a writer and taught
international graduate students how to
write at New York University. When one
of her classes didn’t fill up, and she had
some free time on her hands, Tommy
took a watercolor class on a whim and was
instantly hooked. She noticed there were many
similarities that she felt as a student
learning how to paint that she also saw in
her international students’ experience in
learning how to write. Holding a paintbrush,
using water, and painting images on paper
were not that different from the experiences
of her foreign students learning how to
use a fork, understanding grammar, and
recognizing that in America, a thesis
statement is not at the end of the paper.
There were terminology, styles, expectations,
a history of approach, and composition and
so on for both to learn and to incorporate in
her new form of creative expression.
In 1994, Tommy was diagnosed with
relapsing remitting MS. This has created
some new challenges for her with balance,
eye sight, and cognitive difficulties. For
example, she now finds it difficult to take
in information verbally, multi-task as she
used to, and to take instructions over the
telephone. Even concentrating is sometimes
difficult. Once a writer, student and
writing teacher, McDonell now prefers to
communicate through her art.
Tommy recently moved from
Manhattan to North Carolina when
her husband retired. Here, the writer
turned artist also moved into a new
phase of her development as a painter
with her show “Escapes: Cities and Town
Landscapes” at the Artist League of the
Sandhills in Aberdeen, a small North
Carolina town where she has a studio. Her
work showed a new buoyancy, with sprays
of color juxtaposed against floating images
of clouds and water, no doubt reflecting her
own recent changes in life.
In addition to her somewhat
representational paintings, Dr. McDonell is
expanding into more abstract realms. Taking
her cue from natural phenomena, McDonell’s
natural shapes and forms burst into colorful
abstractions that defy easy pigeonholing. A
landscape is as much about interior states of
being as it is about topography.
Tommy McDonell’s blog began as
a way to explain about the similarities
of learning how to paint and learning how to
write. The blog has continued as a way to
express Tommy McDonell’s feelings about
showing her art versus publishing her
writing. n
For more information, visit her website at:
http://tbmcdonellart.com and her blog at
http://tommypaints.blogspot.com/
I Can’t Forget (9/11), Acrylic, 14-1/4 x 21-1/2 inches
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Katherine McNeill
Glorious Springtime, 44 x 44 inches
The Good Shepherd, 54 x 58 inches
Poppie Magic, 48 x 24 inches
http://katherinemcneill.fineaw.com
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Katherine
McNeill
Artist Profile
Art by Faith
K
atherine McNeill is well known for her vibrant, lively
three dimensional oil paintings of natural settings.
From her paintings of the great outdoors depicting
aspen trees and majestic mountains, to her splashing seascapes
and larger than life floral art, Katherine’s paintings are loved and
collected wherever they are shown.
Loosing oneself in her realistic paintings, you can almost feel
and smell the mountain air, and hear the quaking aspens crunch
beneath your feet. Having a beautiful mystical quality to them once
in awhile you will even discover an angel hidden ever so delicately in
the trees or maybe even discretely among the clouds. Born in Vancouver, B.C. Canada, Katherine moved with her
family to the United States in 1951. Her love for art started at a very
young age. She won art competitions at the age of nine. She enjoys
making everything she works on as a masterpiece to behold. Another
move brought Katherine from Santa Rosa, California into the Pikes
Peak region of Colorado, an environment she quickly fell in love
with. Her passion for the natural beauty surrounding her in this state
is magnified through her magnificent paintings of the area’s aspens
and mountains. Katherine is largely “self taught,” however she has
had the privilege of studying under such notables as Lloyd Thorsten,
the late Mickey McGuire, Quang Ho and Joseph Boehler. She has
also taken classes at the Art Students League of Denver and the
Colorado Institute of Art. The 19th Century landscape artists Moran
and Bierstadt have been a major influence in her work along with
portrait artist, John Singer Sergeant. Her paintings reflect many of
these influences yet still possess a style that is uniquely her own.
Autumn Memory, 72 x 54 inches
Katherine and her husband have traveled extensively
throughout the mountain states and Europe backpacking and
hiking the remote areas to expand her repertoire of material for
her landscapes. Her work is reflective of realism and impressionism.
Years of painting aspen trees have been as much of a spiritual
journey as they have been an artistic journey for her. Katherine uses
a heavy pallet knife which creates a thick texture, and with every
stroke of her brush she tries to carry her faith onto canvas. She hopes
to touch her viewer’s life and give
them a sense of peace in their hearts.
Light and its unique qualities are the
most exciting of natural phenomena,
as Katherine recreates this drama with
paint onto canvas.
Katherine’s newly published
book titled “Art by Faith” is available
through Author House Publishing and
a Hard copy is available by contacting
[email protected]. n For more information,
visit her website at:
http://katherinemcneill.fineaw.com
Springtime Magical Forest, 46 x 64 inches
Tranquel Meadow, 60 x 48 inches
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Artist Profile
Renea Menzies
The Art of Sculpted Oil
F
ine artist Renea Menzies’ rise
in the art world is as unique as
her canvases of vibrantly colored
3-D flowers. Ten years ago, self-taught
Renea started experimenting with different
mediums—acrylic and mixed media formats.
She now works exclusively with oil and has
developed an original and popular floral
style that has landed her work in prestigious
galleries across the country.
In creating her art, Renea uses varioussized pallet knives to blend a variety of rich,
jewel-toned colors. She then swirls the paint
on the canvas to create a beautiful blend
of colors that transform into leaves. On a
side canvas, she shapes and contours paint
into a multitude of sculpted oil flowers and
delicately transfers them onto the leaves
that she has already created. Once the paint
is partially dry, she applies a glaze, which
gives the painting a glass-like appearance.
Depending on the size of the canvas, Renea’s
sculpted flowers can be two or three inches
high, and create this mesmerizing 3-D effect.
Renea’s path
from the runway
to the art world:
Spending her
formative years as a
professional model
on the runways of Tokyo, Paris, Mexico and
Spain, Renea eventually realized that she
wanted to develop her artistic abilities and
pursue her true dream. She came back to
the United States to work on the other side
of the camera as a makeup artist, and then
progressed on to the world of sculpted oil.
Now a mother-of-two living in Houston,
Texas, she is ten years into her successful
career as an artist. Painting is a complete
release for her—she lets her imagination run
wild on canvas, and her free-spirited way of
looking at the world is reflected in the mirage
of colors that exude from her paintings.
Renea’s success can be attributed not
only to her beautiful work, but also to her
persistence and business savvy. By initially
visiting galleries with samples of her work
in hand, Renea has carved out a name for
herself in the world of modern art. Her
unique sculpted oil flowers have garnered
interest from gallery owners, collectors,
and art enthusiasts nationwide, with twelve
galleries currently showcasing her work. Her
paintings have been featured in prominent art
exhibitions, on the pages of magazines such as
Art Quarterly, Houston Modern Luxury, American
Art Collector’s and on the cover of Art Business
News Magazine.
Artist Statement
Miami Moments, Oil on panel, 60 x 48 inches
Top right: Moonlight Garden Series IV,
Oil on canvas, 12 x 12 inches
My creative soul is inspired by a desire to evoke my emotions at the deepest level with vibrantly
colored swirls that exude off the canvas and into the heart of the viewer.”
Renea Menzies’ abstract art has bold influences that are inspired by many facets of
her individualism. While she is a native Texan, she has traveled the globe to some of the
most exotic locations in the world. Her style is strongly influenced by the many cultures
she’s had a chance to experience. Although Renea has no formal training, she was
fortunate to have guidance from her fellow artists early in her career.
Renea’s sculpted oil paintings display an intricate marriage of technique and
color that brings her work to life and inspires movement of the imagination in a
textured oasis. Her artistic abilities as part painter and part sculptor are truly amazing
and evident in the complexity of her art. Each swirl she creates takes the viewer on a
journey of extraordinary proportion.
Art enthusiasts say her use of oils creates a thick buttery appearance similar
to ribbon candy. Renea uses a pallet knife to blend a variety of colors as she moves
the paint around the canvas. The effect creates a 3-D appearance as she shapes and
contours the paint. Her desire is that her art will evoke emotion and leave the viewer
with a lasting impression.
An expression that captivates and inspires Renea’s personal life as well as her art is
by Maya Angelo “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you
did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” n
To experience Renea’s sculpted oil flowers, visit her online gallery at: http://www.reneamenzies.com/.
For more information, please contact Renea at (713) 806-7076.
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Renea Menzies
“
My creative soul was inspired by a desire to evoke my emotions
at the deepest level with vibrantly colored swirls that exude off
the canvas and into the heart of the viewer.
Lost Bloom, Oil canvas, 12 x 12 inches
www.reneamenzies.com
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[email protected]
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Roland Morin
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Midnight Hour, 2002, Acrylic, 24 x 36 inches
www.morinmodernart.com
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Using Color and Simplicity to Counter a Dark and Foreboding Complex World.
New York
Roland Morin
Artist Profile
Using Color and Simplicity to Counter a Dark and Foreboding Complex World
R
oland Morin did not always paint in the unique,
abstract/representational style for which he has become
known. During his teenage and young adult years,
Roland painted in dark colors and with a solemn perspective. Later,
in a dramatic change of style which he attributes to finding his
Christian faith, he began painting in the marvelous modernistic style
which is his trademark today. Using simplistic art expressions and
techniques in combination with vibrant colors, Roland is a highly
productive artist whose favorite style is abstract/representational
expressionism. He explains the use of bright colors in his paintings
as a means to counter a world that can seem dark and foreboding.
His hope is that the vibrancy he conveys through his art can bring
great joy to the viewer.
“There was a time when I was trying to find truth about life in general.”
Morin’s art is vigorously energetic with color and remains
delicate in its strong inspiration. It is easy to see that Morin’s life has
influenced a need to create and interpret the world around him in
a painterly way. Painting colors on canvas allows him to express the
positive and uplifting way he sees life. Simplistic in content and bold
in color, Roland’s art captures the spirit of freedom
from the complexities of everyday living, which he
hopes to transmit to his viewers.
Roland was named one of the top 50 emerging
artists in 2011. Morin’s latest works, which is a series
entitled “City Skylines and Important Places,” can be
seen on his web site.n
For more information, visit his website at:
www.morinmodernart.com
Streets Paved With Water, 2011, Oil, 48 x 36 inches
Lady Rider, 2001, Acrylic, 24 x 30 inches
City Lights, 2001, Acrylic, 24 x 36 inches
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Stacey Clarfield Newman
“
The planet Earth is a small green island–an emerald gem to be cared for and
appreciated. We must protect and nurture all the living beings who inhabit it.
Les Lys en Provence, Handpainted, Handmade Paper Collage, 57 x 44 inches
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Artist Profile
Stacey Clarfield Newman
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Painting with Paper
ollagist and painter, Stacey Clarfield Newman, has
developed a unique method of recycling ephemera to
create striking hand-painted papers. She then uses
them as painterly “brushstrokes of paper” to produce
lyrical collages containing abstracted “mindscapes” and whimsical
social commentary. Influenced by music, her love affair with color,
life’s events and her deep reverence for nature, the artist states “the
planet Earth is a small green island- an emerald gem to be cared for and appreciated. We must protect and nurture all the living beings who inhabit it.” In keeping with that philosophy and her conviction that artists have
a responsibility to open a dialog with the viewer about life issues,
she was commissioned to create a collage mural for the Albert Einstein Medical Outpatient AIDS Wing in NYC in 1992 entitled The
Powers of Healing.
Emergence, Handpainted Paper Collage, 32 x 47 inches
Biography
Stacey Clarfield Newman grew up in the New York area
where she attended Fidel School of Art, a private Art Enrichment
School. She then went on to earn a B.S. in Management and
Labor Relations at Franklin and Marshall College in PA. Stacey
incorporated her art and business background to develop a
successful career in NYC’s television and video industry. Deciding
to make a full-time commitment to painting, Newman pursued
further education at The School of Visual Arts, Purchase College at
SUNY, with Roger Hendricks, and privately with the artists Richard
Miller, Leo Manso, and the sculptor, Caryl Stone.
Ms. Clarfield Newman has exhibited widely across the United
States and internationally, most recently showing in Chicago, IL,
Colorado and Whitefish, Montana. Ms. Newman’s work was also
included in the juried National Association of Women Artists’ annual
competition “Illuminations” at Gallery 928 Broadway in Chelsea.
Critics have called her art, “ethereal and painterly... the large,
intricate collages lyrically evoke a surreal dreamscape, drawing the viewer
into the painting,” adding “Stacey Clarfield Newman’s hand-painted,
handmade paper collage paintings richly suggest an organic landscape of
the mind.” Her art is in private, corporate and public collections
throughout the world.
Additionally, Ms. Clarfield Newman has been published in the
International Contemporary Masters IV Art Book; the Marquis Who’s Who
Women in America, Who’s Who Art in America, Who’s Who of American
Women, Millennium Edition, and Who’s Who in the World. She is also
listed in the Art in America Annual Guide, as one of the new emerging
artists to watch. In addition to the venues provided by NAWA,
Ms. Clarfield Newman’s work can be viewed at Viridian Artists, Inc.
in New York City, online at www.Artslant.com and through Stacey
Au Ciel, 27 x 39 inches
Jupiter, Handpainted Paper Collage
40 x 26 inches
Clarfield Newman Studios. n
For more information, visit her website at: www.staceypaintsindia.wordpress.com
Mindscape I, Watermedia Collage on Paper, 30 x 42 inches
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Sally Painter
“
When a subject “speaks” to me, it stays in my head until I
can translate it on canvas. I dream about it, wrestle with it, and
then finally, as I paint, the brush moves on its own. There is little
thought, much like a dance where the music moves you.
Peach Hibiscus, Oil on Canvas. 16 x 20 inches
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Artist Profile
Sally Painter
Iluminating Alternative Perspectives
S
ally Painter has always had a special affinity to
plants and an appreciation for the color, texture
and detail of each species. Her oil and acrylic
close-ups of blossoms, branches, and leaves reveal
an eye intimately attuned to the fragility and living essence of everyday flora. Her palette is sun-drenched and her
subjects enlivened. Her artistic ancestors might be said to be the
Romantic landscape painters, who saw emotion and narrative in the
natural world without attempting to mold or tame it. Painter’s petals seem to breathe on the canvas, brought to life by her layering of
surface grains and careful choice of highlights, all the while inviting
an almost disorienting familiarity with the flower subjects by using
extremely tight framing. “I illuminate alternative perspectives,” Painter
says. She describes her technique as “drawing you in with vibrant,
powerful colors, appealing to your curiosity…”
Pink Peony, Oil on Canvas, 16 x 20 inches
“…I invite you to join me and soak in the vibrant variety.”
Artist Statement
Color moves me.
Birds of A Feather, Oil on Canvas, 12 x 26 inches
Growing up on a farm, fascinated by God’s creations, I learned
to appreciate the color and detail of every species – each is unique,
each a surprise. The leathery green of a magnolia leaf, peachy
butterfly petals of a hibiscus flower, the new blue fluff of a bird in
winter…all take me back to my childhood on the farm.
As a painter, I illuminate alternative perspectives, drawing you
in with vibrant, powerful colors. I appeal to your curiosity, urging
you, upon closer examination of my painting, to understand the
message and, in some cases, the humor in the image.
When a subject “speaks” to me, it stays in my head until I
can translate it on canvas. I dream about it, wrestle with it, and
then finally, as I paint, the brush moves on its own. There is little
thought, much like a dance where the music moves you.
I invite you to join me and soak in the colors, textures and
details of my paintings.
Many of Sally’s paintings are currently represented by Agora
Gallery in NYC where her works will be on exhibit from June 12July 3rd. An opening reception is planned for June 14th from
6-8pm and is open to all. n
For more information, please visit her website at:
http://sallypainterart.com/
Originals and giclee reproductions available for sale.
Douglas Fir Cones, Oil on Canvas, 18 x 24 inches
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Spirit, Bronze, 22.5” x 16.5”
Artist Profile
Patricia Peters
P
A Celebration of Women in Bronze
atricia Peters is an artist
who has mastered the
disciplines of sculpture and
painting through experimentation and innovation.
She worked as a fine art
instructor in New Jersey
for many years where she
enjoyed encouraging her
students to explore, grow
and develop their art.
Ms. Peters moved to
Glee, Bronze,
12.5” x 12”
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South Florida in 2001 where she immediately became an important member of the
arts community in the Palm Beaches.
Patricia is the recipient of many
awards and prizes and her work is in
several important collections. Currently
she devotes her time exclusively to three
dimensional design using clay and bronze
as her favorite medium. Throughout her
work there is a recurring concern for the
power inherent in all women. She believes
that women are beautiful and should be
celebrated! Consequently, her sculptures
honor the female form for all of its
irregularities and perfections.
In her latest bronze collection
entitled Joyous Women, Patricia expresses
energy and movement vibrantly.
Transformation and fluidity engage
the viewer from all angles. Another
important theme in Ms. Peters work
is the quest for family and friendship. In
Family Circle, curvilinear lines embrace and
entwine the figures and give rise to the
feeling of warmth. intimacy and love of
family.
Patricia Peters clay and bronze
sculptures are currently on view in several
galleries across South Florida. She is a
founding member of the Clay, Glass, Metal
and Stone Gallery in historic downtown
Lake Worth. She actively works with
organizations that showcase area artists.
Ms. Peters is also represented by the Jayson
Samuel Gallery in Rochester, New York and
her work will be exhibited at the Gallery’s
booths at Artexpo, Art Toronto and Red
Dot New York this Spring. n
For more information, visit her website at:
www.patriciapetersstudio.com
(L-R): Bliss, Freedom, Glee,
11.5” H x 18” W, The dancing trio. Watch them as they
each spin around and dance
in front of your eyes. Bronze
with a marble base that
turns, and each sculpture
can spin on it’s own.
Patricia Peters
Top left: Independence, Bronze, 23” x 10”; Top Middle: Circle of Love, Bronze; Top Right: Sublime, Bronze, 36” x 9”
Bottom Center: The Triple, Bronze, 12.5” H x 12” W
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Artist Profile
Youssef Rami
M
oroccan born Youssef Rami received a PhD
in Math from the City University, Graduate
Center of New York in 2000. The mathematician
turned artist now lives in Toronto, where he focuses on introducing
geometrical pattern into the world of abstraction. His work is a
unique combination of mathematical formulas translated into
modern, abstract-cubic art. The multi-layered, brilliantly-hued
vertical and horizontal lines create a canvas strikingly reminiscent
of the architectural lines and shapes inherent in cityscapes and
industrial warehouse interiors.
Additionally, Rami uses color to create vibrancy of light,
dimension in layers and flatness of the surface. Working with these
techniques the artist causes the viewer’s attention to shift between
the referential and the purely abstract. Rami strives to convey a
beautiful message through his work, thereby stimulating the art
lover’s mind.
Rami’s work has received international recognition, appearing
in exhibitions, art fairs, screenings, projects and publications
throughout Canada and the United States.
“My work focuses on introducing geometrical pattern to abstraction
CUBISM, using color coherence and a well-balanced three-dimensional
look. I use Acrylic on canvas to layer line upon line, creating a geometrical
pattern. Between each layer I apply a thick or thin layer of transparent
Liquitex to provide a realistic illusion of three- dimensional space.
In my preparation phase I use computer software to create the desired
geometric pattern, then, following exact measurement, I translate my
illustrations into an acrylic painting.”
Glowing Universe, 2011, Acrylic with multi layer of liquitex, 40 x 40 inches
Artist Statement
Aspects of repetition are present in every crevice, every
corner of our peripheral vision. It manifests in the constructs
of our bodies; blood cells, veins, ligaments - all are based
on patterns of their own creation. In the macrocosm, the
construction of nature itself is based upon formulas and
rhythms: birdsong, rings of age in trees, grasses, etc. It is
this repetition that acts as a universal adhesive, acting in
syncopation with gravity to ensure materialization and stability.
Patterns can sometimes contain the slightest “flaw,” an
inconsistency, an asymmetry. This is the reflection of a striving
for perfection.
I search for the representation of surface pattern in visual
art, a diagram of materialized reality, consciousness, thought,
emotion, and energy. I use color to create vibrancy of light,
dimension in layers and flatness of the surface; I work with
these techniques to cause the viewer’s attention to shift between
the referential and the purely abstract. n
For more information on Youssef Rami, visit his
website at: www.artbyrami.com
Harmony, 2011, Acrylic with multi layer of liquitex, 36 x 24 inches
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Youssef Rami
“
Youssef searches for the representation of surface pattern in visual art,
a diagram of materialized reality, consciousness, thought, emotion, and energy.
Top Left: Parallel Universe, 2011, Acrylic with multi-layer of liquitex, 40 x 40 inches
”
Top Right: Rush Hour, 2011, Acrylic with multi-layer of liquitex, 24 x 18 inches
Bottom: Majestic Setting, 2011, Acrylic with multi-layer of liquitex, 60 x 30 inches
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Richard Riverin
“
My paint is unique, I make it, I am a chemist.
Autumnal Splendor, 36 x 36 inches
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Richard Riverin
Artist Profile
From Chemist to Artist
Born in Quebec City, in 1942, Richard
Riverin graduated from Sherbrook
University with a BSc degree in Chemistry
and spent more than a decade formulating
specialty coatings and running his own
manufacturing facility. He sold the business
and applied his chemistry background to
creating his own paints and pursuing his
true passion as an artist.
Riverin’s work reflects a very personal
and unique style, mixing the abstract with
impressionistic elements thereby producing
paintings rich in both color and texture.
His work is both prolific and versatile. Heavy
textures give his work a depth not often seen,
creating a window into the artist’s world that
every viewer may be able to connect with.
It is this connection Riverin believes that
has led to his success as an artist. Collectors
who own Riverin paintings feel it every day;
a connection to his world, his dreams, a
connection to a superior universe.
In each one of my paintings, I launch my
unbridled imagination. Hoping for the best, I
paint with spontaneous and impulsive strokes of
my pallet-knife often ending in a much different
composition than the one I had planned. I start
at the top and as I come down my canvas, the
foliage, the sky, the trees are all done wet on wet so
that the colored masses melt into each other. There
is a connection to a superior world that people
connect with my paintings which is why I have
been blessed with a successful career. My paint is
unique, I make it, I am a chemist. There is a soft
shine and a very rich looking and heavy texture
and the colors are at the image of my interior
peace mixed with my love for the people around
me and my exuberant personality.
-Richard Riverin
Riverin has had numerous solo
and group showings in Montreal, Palm
Beach, Naples, Washington, Jacksonville,
Greensboro and New York. He was one of
the best selling artists at ArtExpo New York
from 2003 through 2008. n
For more information, please visit his
website at www.labelleimage.org.
Bouquet Rouge, 30 x 24 inches
Autumn Field, 24 x 48 inches
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Artist Profile
Jane Robinson
Contemporary Abstract Painter
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
~Henry Ward Beecher.
M
ichigan native Jane
Robinson is an innovative,
contemporary emerging
artist who works in acrylic paint and mixed
media. Her work is contemporary in nature
with sculptural qualities which invoke a sense
of cultural diversity and travel. Created
through layering various mediums, Jane’s art
encourages curiosity about what lies beneath.
Most viewers are attracted to particular pieces
not only for the colors and composition but
for the diverse nature as well. Jane’s work
has been purchased by private collectors and
businesses around the world, as well as the
local college, DePaul University, University
of Michigan, Marriott Hotel, Allegiance
Hospital and Comfort Inns.
Robinson’s journey to becoming an
artist was a circuitous one. She worked for
many years as a felony probation officer and
found painting as a relaxing way to express
her creative nature. After painting for some
time she realized that the creative spirit in
all human beings is a quality and trait that
all people should pursue
in some form. This
revelation brought Jane
to create “Art Epicurean.”
She strives to live and
share the Art Epicurean
lifestyle. The definition
of an Art Epicurean is one
who strives to find balance
while enjoying life’s
luxuries: Someone who
shares their passions and
creativity with the world
without the barriers of
geography, culture, color
or faith. With a world
filled with interesting
people, places, experiences, cultures and
endless possibilities to stimulating our five
senses, we have an incredible journey to
travel. Jane believes to fill our souls with
creativity and the simple abundance of life
we can reach people through the unspoken
language of creativity.
Jane teaches workshops in her
log home studio that encourage each
participant to “Live and Paint Outside the
Lines.” Her work will be exhibited in the
Chicago Gallery, Desdimi spring/summer
2012. You can also find her at summer art
shows along the Lake Michigan coast this
summer.
Artist Statement
My style is best described as intuitive,
abstract painting. Creating through the
act of mixing, brushing, and texturingliberating the process of making art as I
weave color and balance, creating a deep
connection to each of the abstract works on
canvas. My current work is inspired by the
early jazz masters such as Sonny Rollins,
Miles Davis, John Coltrane and others. n
For more information, visit her website at:
www.janerobinsonabstractart.com
and her blog at www.artepicurean.com
Top Right: The Bean II, 36 x 40 inches
Bottom Left: Mad Men II, 26 x 36 inches
Bottom Middle: Ying Yang
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Mad Men I, 26 x 36 inches
Charles Mingus, 36 x 36 inches
Heat Wave I, 24 x 24 inches
Abstract Rock, 30 x 40 inches
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Larry Simons
“
…virtually everything I use in my art has had a previous life – bobbins, chair
spindles, tool handles, toys, croquet sets and wooden patterns from steel mills…
#33, 50 x 28 inches
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Larry Simons
Artist Profile
A Meeting of Passion and Profession
S
ince childhood Larry Simons
harbored a passion, closeted
at first, for making art but he
didn’t always realize how deep a calling it
was. In junior high he came across a photo
of Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Falling Water”
which awakened him to his keen visual
sense. In 1965, he began making sculptures
on Cape Cod with leather scraps from the
sandal shop where he worked. When he
moved west two years later, he visited the
Watts towers in Los Angeles and the junk
assemblages in the mud flats across the bay
from San Francisco. Here his eyes opened
to the art materials that are everywhere. He
began transforming these materials into
whimsical constructions on empty lots and
beaches.
In 1970, after spending four years in
Aspen where he had initially gone to attend
a writers’ workshop, Simons settled in rural
Southeastern Vermont, opened a retail
business, married and raised a family. It was
here that his passion evolved from avocation
to vocation. Fortunate enough to travel
and experience critical times in history in
different parts of the world, Simons has
been able to explore and nurture his creative
impulses by being an observer, forager and
steward of beautiful objects.
Simons loves old ramshackle wooden
structures with their lean-tos and additions,
especially barns with weathered gray siding
and red trim. Rather than re-coloring
anything, he prefers to work with the palette
he finds - so he always has an eye out for
broken down farm buildings from which he
can scavenge fragments.
While living in the west, Simons fell in
love with the raw beauty of the mountains
and the desert. He was particularly drawn to
unrestored ghost towns and the remnants of
the mines they had grown up around. There
he found rusted metal with a reddish tone
not seen in damper climates and deeply
grained shards of wood hardened with age in
the dry air.
Driftwood is another one of his favorite
collectibles, especially painted pieces which
have been tumbled to perfection. A recycler
by nature, virtually everything Simons uses
in his art has had a previous life – bobbins,
chair spindles, tool handles, toys, croquet
sets and wooden patterns from steel millsmost of which is brought to him by packrattypes who enjoy seeing what he does with
their treasures. Bits and pieces of things that
are fun to look at are spread throughout
his studio so he can see as many as possible
at a glance. He constantly moves them
around making different combinations on
his worktables until he’s satisfied with an
assemblage. A visual version of perfect pitch
seems to guide him as he tweaks each piece
to completion.
Simons’ fondness for the rustic is
reflected in his lifestyle. Simons lives in an
early period style house he designed and
built on a piece of property which he carved
out of the woods to accommodate his earthbound efforts at landscaping, poultry/game
bird farming and forest management. As an
importer of handcrafts and artifacts, antique
Asian furniture and natural-dyed Oriental
rugs, Simons’ business has meshed well with
other aspects of his life and it has furnished
him with the resources to constantly be able
to rearrange his surroundings to suit his
evolving tastes. He wouldn’t be able to stop
fiddling with his environment if he wanted
to. A meeting of passion and profession
has brought him a sense of harmony and
fulfillment that was years in the making – a
testament to the notion that it is never too
late to nurture the creative spirit and drive
that is inherent in all of us.
The idea that art arises out of need,
lack and deprivation hit home for Larry
Simons the first time he drove through
Glenwood Canyon in Colorado. Who
needs sculpture when you can look at this, he
remembers thinking. But as soon as it was
out of sight the desire to fill the void quickly
emerged within him.
Larry Simons lives with his wife and
his flocks on 42 acres near Brattleboro,
Vermont. n
For more information visit his website at:
www.acandleinthenight.com/art-.html
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Adam D. Smith
Obsessive Attention to Detail
lifelong resident of Long Island, New York,
Adam D. Smith finds a constant source of
inspiration in the shores and surrounding
landscape of his native land. From an early age, Adam’s parents
and grandparents, (with their own passion for the water and for
boating off the shores of Long Island) encouraged his creativity
by exposing him to the breathtaking, coastal views and nautical
scenes surrounding them. Many of Adam’s earliest drawings involve
sunsets, water, boats and the beach. His work has always possessed
an exquisite attention to detail. As he grows older, his love for
landscapes continues along with his obsession for technically precise
renderings. For Adam, the execution and process of creation is just
as important as the finished product. It is also important for him to
render the subject in the most accurate way, and bring out subtleties
that the viewer might not otherwise notice. Adam incorporates this
way of thinking into his landscapes and other fine art as well as his
illustration and graphic design.
Early on, Adam drew inspiration from local genre painter,
William Sydney Mount whom he studied during school field trips
to area art museums and the former home of the artist. Adam’s
interest in realistic art, detail and technique peaked with the
discovery of well known photorealist, Richard Estes. Awe struck with
the Estes images he saw in NYC galleries and museums, Adam was
further driven to define his own niche in the fine art world.
Adam’s appreciation of art history grew and he gained insight
from artists he discovered in High School and college. These artists
range from the Dutch masters such as Vermeer and Rembrandt,
to American painters like Thomas Eakins, Edward Hopper and of
course, beloved illustrator, Norman Rockwell. In college, Adam
discovered the landscape artists of the Hudson River School and was
inspired by the contemporary illustrators he learned about–and from.
A graduate of Syracuse University, College of Visual and
Performing Arts, in Syracuse, New York, Adam D. Smith received
a BFA degree with a major in illustration. Adam has accumulated
experience in many facets of the art field including: freelance
illustration work with ad agencies, designers and manufacturers;
private commissioned works; as well as graphic design, printing and
pre-press print work. For the last fifteen years, his award winning
work has appeared in many local, national and international
exhibits and shows, printed materials, and publications.
Additionally, Adam and his wife Khrystyne have recently
launched a new company, Seven Thirteen Creative, Inc., offering a
wide range of graphic design and creative services. n
West Meadow Wind Surfer, Oil on canvas, 14 x 18 inches
Saturday Morning-Port Jefferson Harbor, Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches
For more information on Adam, visit his websites at:
www.adamdsmith.com and www.713creative.com
Adam’s work can be seen at Fiedler Gallery in Greenport, NY
Marina Launch Boats, Oil on canvas, 28 x 40 inches
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Fire Island Lighthouse, 2006, Oil on canvas, 15 x 30 inches
Pre-Season at Prestons, 2004, Oil on canvas, 12 x 24 inches
Venice Canal, 2011, Oil on canvas, 28 x 40 inches
www.adamdsmith.com | [email protected]
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Artist Profile
Gary Traczyk
Kinetic Steel Sculptor
S
outh Florida native and sculptor Gary
Traczyk is a firefighter and paramedic with
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and one of few
polished stainless steel kinetic sculptors in
the world. He attended New World School
of the Arts, holds two Bachelor’s degrees and
three Associates degrees, studied theater and
minored in art.
To say he’s an overachiever is an understatement, having
learned this rare art form in college from his friend’s father and
having honed the craft to ensure it wouldn’t die. Gary believes in
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giving back through art and is often a guest teacher at Palmetto
Middle School through its “Visiting Artists” program.
Gary opened the new season of HGTV’s television show,
“That’s Clever.’ His work has been shown in Miami, Palm Springs,
Laguna Beach, Brentwood, Beverly Hills, Malibu, La Jolla, and
other cities across the U.S. Gary’s stainless steel kinetic sculptures
are delicately balanced works of art inspired by spiritual emotion
and expression. Each piece is one-of-a-kind and challenges the
mind to wander in a meditative state of discovery. n
For more information, visit Gary’s website at: www.kineticsteel.com
Gary Traczyk
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Hannah Ueno
Spring Rain, 3D Lenticular Prints
www.hannahu.com
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Artist Profile
Hannah Ueno
Limited Edition, 3 Dimensional Lenticular Prints of Digital Photographic Paintings
H
annah Ueno creates threedimensional lenticular prints of
surreal digital photo paintings.
Ueno’s images are reflective of her
fascination for dreams and the reveries of
warped space and time.
Additionally, her work reflects her
passion for culture, history and the places
she has learned from and travelled to. For
example, ‘Last Tree” was inspired by the
artist’s trip to Puerto Rico. Through her
work, Ueno hopes not only to portray the
beauty she experiences in such enchanted
places as Puerto Rico, but to raise awareness
for preserving their natural wonders for
future generations.
This is my tribute and prayer for the
conservation of natural habitat to future
generations
Biography
Born in the USA, and raised in
Japan, Hannah Ueno received a MFA in
Visual Communications from Washington
State University and a BFA in Visual
Communications from Nihon University,
Tokyo, Japan. A fellow member of the
Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Hannah
has worked as a graphic designer in Tokyo,
San Francisco and Washington State before
moving to New Jersey. She currently teaches
digital imaging, 3D computer graphics,
interactive media courses at the Stockton
College in south Jersey. Her work has been
included in various group exhibitions,
corporate and private collections. n
For more information, please visit her
website at: www.hannahu.com
Last Tree
The Art
3D lenticular image is like looking
through a window into another space and
time. As you shift your viewing position,
image reveals foreground and background
space within the image.
When creating my work, multiple image
layers are interwoven into a singular rendering
for printing. A lenticular lens, which is a clear
flat plastic sheet comprised of extruded clear
plastic “ribs” or lenticules, is placed in precise
registration on the final printed image. 3D
lenticular prints reveal holographic sense of depth
when seen from a two to three foot vantage point.
Table and compass
Table and piano
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Richard Warrington
A Sculptor’s Simple, Bold and Rhythmical Reactions to the Environment
S
culptor, designer, and
commercial artist
Richard Warrington
creates commanding sculpture
pieces in powder coated
aluminum, stainless steel, corten
steel and bronze.
Based in the Pacific
Northwest, Warrington has long
enjoyed living in a landscape
that has a bold influence on
his art. His impressionistic
sculptural work reflects his
formative years spent exploring
the dramatic cliffs and canyons,
basalt plateaus, towering rock
formations and deep gorges
carved out by the ice age over 10
thousand years ago in Central
Washington. Equally influential in
the inspiration behind his highly
polished silhouettes are the fluid
forms of the human body.
In 1991, a tragic fire
destroyed Warrington’s home,
art studio and nearly all of his
work. He interpreted the loss as
a chance to expand himself and
his work into the national art
markets of New York, Florida and
Chicago. His marketing efforts,
internet presence and exposure
at New York’s Artexpos led him
to galleries and designers who
helped him build upon a very
successful career.
Warrington is best known
for his aluminum and stainless
steel three dimensional and wall
relief sculptures with beautiful
transparent finishes over buffed
metal surfaces. Recognized for his
simple, bold, rhythmically flowing
designs, his sculptures engage
the viewer with their action, deep
lustrous finish and a powerful
emotional bond. From the use of
color to the buffed finishes of the
metal, his attention to detail is
consistent throughout every area
of his sculpture.
Warrington specializes
in producing limited edition,
one-of-a-kind, and site specific
commissioned sculpture for
private, corporate and public art
projects. His work is represented
in private and corporate
collections throughout the
United States, Canada, Europe,
South America and Hong Kong.
Meet Richard Warrington and
see his sculpture at the Artisan
Direct booth at Artexpo New
York this spring.
Protector of the Family, 10’h x 6’w, Bronze, Centeral DuPage Hospital, Winfield,IL. 2011
Artist Statement
My designs emulate an outpouring of my emotional, spiritual and aesthetic response to my daily
environment and relationships. My simple human-like forms work as a unit entwined and playing
off each other sometimes whimsically, other times dramatically. Line, balance and strong composition
hallmark my work as well as color, buffed finishes, and extreme attention to detail. n
In 2011, Kennedy Publishing selected Warrington’s sculpture to be in their
Volume II publication of BEST AMERICA SCULPTURE ARTIST magazine!
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For more information,
visit his website at:
www.rwarrington.com
Silver Moon, 61”H X 18”W X 16”D, Stainless And Steel Base
Stainless Geisha, 7’H X 38”W X 18”D, Stainless
The Gathering, 40”W X 34”H X 5”D, Aluminum
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Watsart™
“
Through the use of different types of medium, papers, objects, fabrics and other items,
I am able to be imaginative and creative in my approach to artistic presentation.
”
Cedarbrook Pond
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Watsart
W
atsart enjoys working with
different types of medium
in her approach to artistic
presentation.
“With temperaments varying from placidly
involving to fiercely kinetic, Watsart explores
myriad avenues of visual expression, actualizing
effects as diverse as her intentions and procedures.
An underlying zeal for the arrangement of impact
and mood distinguishes her quest for significant
and pleasurable creation.” -Book Art Press
Just as Picasso had his blue period,
so, too, Watsart had her black & white
period; 2005 EN REALTE` ARTE
exhibitions showcased artwork in which
Watsart combined a limited palette along
with recycled materials to create her
paintings.
Watsart studied with Nevad Art Studio
and has also attended Ducret School of
Art. She has received numerous awards for
her artistic contributions.
A resident of New Jersey, Watsart
has been creating art and exhibiting her
Artist Profile
Dayworker
work since 1990. Her art has been shown
in venues throughout the Metropolitan
NY area and has taken her as far afield as
Beijing, China. n
For more information, visit her website at:
www.watsart.com
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Artist Profile
Marsh Sunset, 24 x 36 inches
Craig Watts
Inspired by a love of Nature and God
T
he strength and grace of trees, the energy that breathes
from low country salt marshes, and the warmth emitted by
sunlight at dawn or dusk are the signature images defining
Craig Watts’s art. Watts’s paintings are greatly inspired by his love of
nature as well as his fond memories of family vacations spent in the
coastal low country of the Southeast and the majestic high country of
the western United States.
Ancient live oaks draped with Spanish moss, salt marshes
intersected by tidal estuaries and sprawling stands of Aspen trees
fill Craig’s canvases. He aspires to preserve moments in time and
to enhance other’s appreciation for the unspoiled beauty of God’s
creation.
Craig’s grandmother was a
professional artist and his father
is an accomplished sculptor, yet
Craig discovered his gift of painting
relatively late in life. After a successful
career as the President of three
furniture design and manufacturing
companies, Craig redirected his
creative talent to painting. He is
fortunate to have the opportunity to
study under renowned artist Miles
Leventhal. Craig is a member of the
American Impressionist Society, Inc.
Cougar Point, 30 x 30 inches
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Artist’s Statement:
Painting has sharpened my awareness and appreciation of the
grandeur and beauty of the great outdoors. Painting lifts my heart
and spirit as the canvas comes alive from something that until then,
was hidden inside my mind and soul.
Painting is my praise offering to God for all of His blessings in
my life. My Christian faith and love of my Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ, are my source of strength and peace. It is my hope and
prayer that my paintings brings joy to others and honors the love,
support and encouragement from my family. n
Oak Sunrise, 30 x 40 inches
Craig Watts
Summer Sky, 30 x 24
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Devin Westland
THIS IS MY REALITY
The Defilement
Pending Tempest
A Passage to Greater Things
A Ghostly Paradise
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Artist Profile
Ten Sisters
Mountain Flowers
Devin Westland
The Sound of Color, the Taste of Light
D
evin Westland can hear color and taste light.
As a teenager, the 24-year old artist from Cape
Cod, Massachusetts was diagnosed with a rare
form of synesthesia, a condition in which sensory inputs
are crossed between areas of the brain that do not normally
communicate, giving color to sounds and tastes to scenery. It
is through this vision that he paints colorful, impressionistic
paintings using vivid brush strokes to create expansive skies
and colorful landscapes reminiscent of the 19th Century works
of Vincent van Gogh. Like van Gogh, Westland’s own life has
been filled with extremely
painful experiences reflective
in his work:
I have always seen the
world from a different perspective
than everyone else. I can smell
and taste colors. When I won the top 50 artists in the state, it was my first
painting. My mind just knew how to mix paints and textures. I have never
had a lesson or read a book on art. I believe that is why my style has been
considered extremely unique and different.
Through his anxiety, he painted, and at 14 Devin was named
one of the top 50 artists in a statewide Boston Globe Scholastic Art
Awards Contest. His success was followed with a cable television
appearance through which he met art appraiser, Al Kotcha. Kotcha
became a good friend and a mentor and Westland continued
painting until high school, where he became overwhelmed with bad
feelings and strange sensory inputs.
Puberty was the worst time of my life. Everything became more enhanced.
I started seeing things. I wrote my own alphabet. My mind was “out of
control.” Reality and fantasy were hard to distinguish. I was punching holes
in walls, suicidal, not feeling that I could escape my own torment.
Westland’s rocky past was marked by a constant
struggle to understand and sort through his afflictions.
Besides synesthesia, Westland was diagnosed with bipolar
disorder, severe anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder.
He dropped out of school as his conditions worsened and
the world seemed to shift around him.
It was hard for me to know what was reality
Support from a loving family helped him through
this extremely trying period. Then his father, Mark
Westland, encouraged Devin to start painting again, as a
form of therapy.
I started painting again
at age 18. My hand could not
keep up with my mind. My
pictures never ended up how
I originally expected. But,
instead of fighting it, I learned to use it in a more creative way. I accepted
what I had and began to focus on painting, not just for enjoyment, but as
my therapy.
Westland has developed a style that critics and curators are
quick to praise. In 2009, his work was recognized at the Cultural
Center of Cape Cod.
Last year, John McCullen, the founder and director of The Art
of Fashion Gallery in New York City, included Westland in a “pop
up” show at Hotel Chelsea in March.
“I was surprised when I met him because I thought he was a much
older artist,” McCullen said. “These pieces were some of his first. It can
take 10 or more years to develop that kind of technique.”
His work was judged to be the best in the show out of 35 artists,
McCullen continues. Stay tuned and keep an eye on this kid. n
It was hard for me to know what was reality
For more information, visit his website at: www.dwestart.com
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Artist Profile
Davyd Whaley
Dream Chaser
“I believe dreams are meant to happen in series, like a set of books, which have chapters. We
do not get all the information on how to live our everyday lives in just one dream. They come
in short little bursts like thunderstorms. Just like storms, dreams have patterns if we piece them
together. They build stories and tell us how to be reactive to CONFLICT.”
Growing up poor in the Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee,
Davyd Whaley loved art, but it was not a practical career choice. Since
he could not afford college, he joined the Navy and started down a
path as an electrical engineer. After a short stint in the Navy, Whaley
spent four years at North Carolina State, earning his degree and
starting a career as an engineer. Art was always a part of his life, but in
those days it was more of a hobby than a vocation. His work took him
to many parts of the country be­fore landing him in Los Angeles. He
enjoyed electrical engineering but admits now that there was a lot of
stress with that career. He doesn’t know what led to the brain seizure
that dra­matically changed his life, but it was clear after the fact that
he could no longer continue as an engineer. Painting filled a void and
led the path to a newer and more fulfilling life.
Whaley’s interest in dreams stems from the spiri­tual
reawakening touched off by the brain seizure that sent him into a
Beauty 2 - Beauty Series, 2011, Acrylic, 11 x 8 inches
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Beauty 4 - Beauty Series, 2012,
Acrylic, 8 x 6 inches
coma for eight hours. When he emerged from his unconscious state
he was a changed man.
I was never interested in dreams before the seizure, but I’m grateful for
it. It was a jump­start on my life, he explains. It changed my relationships.
It changed everything. Before the seizure, I was one of those people who
looked at people that claimed to be ‘spiritual’ and said, ‘Yeah, right.’ Now
I get it. I have an appreciation for truth, beauty, and deeper meanings. I
under­stand that now. Before this, painting was more of an avocation. It
now feels like this was what I was meant to do. It really was an awakening.
Whaley quit his day job and started painting full­time.
Whaley studied painting at the Art Students League of New
York enjoying gallery success early on in his “second career.” To his
surprise, the first gallery he approached agreed to show his work,
and his first exhibition was a huge success.
My first show was overwhelm­ing at first, he admits. I was worried no
one would come, but it turned out to be a really big event.
Whaley recently took another bold step and moved his studio
out of his home and into the Santa Fe Art Colony in downtown
Los Angeles. Originally housing a series of factories, the Santa
Fe Art Colony is a combination artist loft and living space that is
subsidized by The LA County Museum of Art and the Museum of
Contemporary Art. Whaley splits his time between the studio space
and a West Hollywood home he shares with his partner, TV director
Norman Buckley.
Although he has lived in L.A. for only a decade, Whaley admits
to never wanting to live anywhere else. The city provides a constant
flow of inspiration for his work. Through his dreams, his studies
and the inspiration that his Los Angeles surroundings provide him,
Davyd Whaley creates colorful abstract paintings that are infused with
strength, movement and beauty. In this work, paint is applied thickly,
with abstract brutal force, to wood or canvas. There is an air of the
primitive, but that sense is mixed with a refined color palette and a
sense of composition that brings Abstract Expressionism to mind.
I am drawn to asymmetrical forms and the energy and power provoked
from the contrast of light, depth and color.
Since last summer Davyd has had an opportunity to give back as
an art teacher at a community center in east Los Angeles. As a child
who loved art but didn’t see it as viable option for his life, he wants
his students to see a future full of possibilities that include art – if
that’s what they love. Whaley is the perfect example. He says he is
grateful everyday for the life that allows him to chase his dreams. n
Davyd Whaley
“
I am drawn to asymmetrical forms and the energy and power
provoked from the contrast of light, depth and color.
Merci, 2011, Oil on wood, 20 x 16 inches
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[email protected]
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Artist Profile
Heather Whiteside
A Painter Captures the Essence of the Urban Landscapes She Inhabits
A
rtist Heather Whiteside has traveled extensively and
has called many cities and towns “home,” giving her
the foundation for her urban paintings. With a keen
ability to capture the essence, energy and historical
significance for each of her subjects, Whiteside’s work is at once
modern and nostalgic. So it is no surprise that she has found
gallery representation across the country and has become a highly
collectable artist. A recent move from Knoxville, Tennessee to New
York City has proven to be a wonderful source of inspiration for
the artist where she will unveil her newest works of the Big Apple
at Artexpo. Additionally, the artist will be represented by Artisan
Direct, Ltd. at the following shows throughout 2012: Affordable
Show-Toronto, Red Dot New York, artMKRT Hamptons, Affordable
Show-New York and Red Dot Miami.
For more information visit: www.HeatherWhiteside.com
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Artist Statement
I consider myself a street artist. I have lived in some of the
largest cities throughout the USA and Europe and began my art
career by doing sidewalk murals in Italy and New York. Now I
create paintings of the same streets I used to draw on. I vividly
remember how it felt to be on my knees on a busy sidewalk while
people tossed quarters at me. Sometimes it felt very humiliating
but it was necessary to survive, so I learned to put pride in my
back pocket and to just focus on the art. Since then, I have
supported my son and myself on my paintings alone. I guess
survival has always been my driving force but my inspiration has
always been the street. Of course, over the past twenty years, I
work on a more substantial surface and people no longer walk
on my paintings. It’s been a long, tough road but I feel like I’ve
finally come home. Creating art isn’t just a passion of mine, it’s a
lifestyle and a commitment.n
San Francisco Night Lights
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Adil Akhtar
Corie Amber
Cristina Arnedo
Sal Asaro
Melena Assing
Karin Billings
Lewis Bryden
Elinore Bucholtz
Deborah Docherty
For more information about these artists, contact:
Artisan Direct, Ltd., 82 Callingham Road, Pittsford, NY 14534
585.586.3535 • [email protected] • www.artisandirectltd.net
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Sharon Duguay
Facetime Art
Giorgio
Anna Maria Grill
Griselda Lechini
Mal Luber
Noah Maggio
Roland Morin
Gisela Pferdekaemper
For more information about these artists, contact:
Artisan Direct, Ltd., 82 Callingham Road, Pittsford, NY 14534
585.586.3535 • [email protected] • www.artisandirectltd.net
Artisan Direct is a sales, marketing and e-commerce company that offers promotion and support services to fine artists, art galleries and museums worldwide.
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Maureen Hunt Piccirillo
J.P. Roemer
Enzie Shamiri
Sandra Campbell Shelton
Karla Smith
Annette Tan
Karla Smith, artist (561) 706-9170
oil paintings • commissions
[email protected]
Sarah Truman
Kasia B. Turajczyk
Paul Ygartua
For more information about these artists, contact:
Artisan Direct, Ltd., 82 Callingham Road, Pittsford, NY 14534
585.586.3535 • [email protected] • www.artisandirectltd.net
Artisan Direct is a sales, marketing and e-commerce company that offers promotion and support services to fine artists, art galleries and museums worldwide.
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And
Consolató d’Italia – Detroit
Are Proud To Present
“DOMARE”
The Art & History Of Italian Stone Carving In Northeast Ohio
Featuring Sculptor
Giancarlo
Calicchia
Curated by
Pamela Dorazio Dean
WRHS Associate Curator for Italian American History
Opening REception
Thursday, February 23, 2012 – 6pm
Western Reserve Historical Society
10825 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44106
RSVP by February 20
216-721-5722 Ext. 1400 or [email protected]
Exhibition will remain on display through
September 8, 2012
“Domare is an integral part of the process of transformation.
It is the essence of most artistic processes. It means to
domesticate, but more than that, it implies control,
mastery, judgement, even fate.”
- Giancarlo Calicchia
Presenting Sponsor
Associate Sponsors
Thoughts
Absolute Black Granite
H 48” x W 16” x D 16”
2007
Giancarlo Calicchia