little treasures

trevisan international art presenta
little treasures
galleria de marchi
via de’ marchi, 19/b | bologna | italia
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a cura di Paola Trevisan
little treasures
28 novembre
10 dicembre 2015
little treasures
Cura della mostra e del catalogo
Paola Trevisan
Coordinamento organizzativo e ufficio stampa
Trevisan International Art
Allestimento
Alessio Boschi
Silvana Pelle
Paola Trevisan
Progetto Grafico
Crearte snc - Grafica e stampa
www.creartesnc.it
Un grazie particolare a
Graziano Marinelli (fotografo)
Beatrice Padovani
Marco Pasini (fotografo)
Pier Davide Pedrini (fotografo)
Immagine di copertina - Cover image copyright
Rosa Mascarell Dauder
www.narval-collections.com
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ARTISTI ARTISTS
Maguel Ahliksander
Mine Akin
Lawrence Armstrong
Paul Arts Rune Baashus
Alison Barrows-Young
Andrée Bélanger
Kati Binda
Cristina Binstok
Elisabeth Biström
Hetty Blankesteijn
Leena Blom-Hilden
Sia Braakman
Oddrun Øfsti Brandsæter
Carolina Brave
Britta V. Bremer
Clemens Briels
Iryna Brown
Ana Calder
Nathanael Carroll
Christine Collet
Christiane Crewett-Bauser
Sergio Del Fiol
Nadja Djurovic Larsen
Jonathan Doner
Roos Duyvestijn
Victor Elias
Bent Eggert
Madeleine Felber
Henrik Fischer
Marianne Fjær
Anne Grete Flønes
Marie-Noëlle Gagnan
Alba Galeano
Klaus Grape
Lione Grigaliunaite
Claudia Grutke
Sabine E. Guenter
Christine Gut
Christel Haag
Gretha Helberg
Bert Hermans
Karen Hopkins
Ole Jakob Ihlebaek
Nadiya Jinnah Vibeke Johannessen
HoJung Jun
Katar(t)ski
Lene Kjellerup
Joop Klein Goldewijk
Pike Kokkonen
Amandine Le Du
Soli Madsen
Rosa Mascarell Dauder
Lili Mascio
Jana Masik
Michael McWillie
Lidwien Michiels
Susanne Mieling
Pat Moseuk
Catrin Mueller
Andreas Murauer
Annika Nordenskiöld
Janni Nyby
Anja Stella Ólafsdóttir
Eva Otterström
Vinita Parambi
Christian Petitalot
Faye Postma
Tony Prower
Ioanna Ralli
Sanne Rasmussen
Lydia B. Richter
Eduardo Rodríguez
Carol Rowling
Delsy Rubio
Cobie Schoneveld
Nicole Schraner
Charlotte Shroyer
Agnes Skipper
Elizabeth Slaught
Ursi Spaltenstein
Marcel Straver
Demetra Tassiou
Debra Thompson
Ines Siri Trost
Ruth Uhrenholt
Véronique Vallet
Ineke van Middelkoop
Anastasia Voltchok
Kuzma Vostrikov
Dóra Votin
Lena Adamina Waldau
Margit Wimmer
Laynet Lore Wynsch
little treasures
Trevisan International Art durante i suoi undici anni di attività ha realizzato una continua serie di
mostre d’arte – sia in Italia che all’estero – a cui hanno partecipato tanti validi artisti provenienti da
ogni parte del mondo.
La mostra di “Little Treasures”, giunta alla sua settima edizione, ha dimostrato di essere uno degli
eventi annuali di maggior successo di Trevisan International Art. Queste esposizioni di piccoli gioielli
artistici, rivelatesi sempre fonte di attrazione per il pubblico, esercitano un forte interesse anche su
molti raffinati creatori ed intenditori.
Quest’anno “Little Treasures” vede un gruppo particolarmente forte di artisti che hanno lavorato
con grande entusiasmo e gioia. Intensa è la vitalità e la varietà che si coglie nelle opere e sono
felicemente fiduciosa che il pubblico di Bologna possa pienamente godere di questo evento
stimolante.
Ho provato grande soddisfazione nel selezionare e curare questi squisiti lavori: dipinti, fotografie
e sculture. E’ sempre un piacere riceverli ed esporli in modo che ognuno di essi, all’interno di un
dialogo con le opere vicine, esprima la propria individualità.
Sono lieta di presentare questa nuova mostra e ancora una volta i più calorosi ringraziamenti vanno
al pubblico di Bologna. Insieme con i loro amici e familiari, molti artisti potranno visitare la città
in occasione di “Little Treasures” e so di poter parlare anche a nome loro dicendo che ci sentiamo
onorati e privilegiati per l’opportunità di presentare questa esposizione in una città affascinante e
così ricca di storia come Bologna.
Paola Trevisan
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Trevisan International Art (TIA) during the past eleven years has seen a continuous succession of
quality exhibitions – in Italy and abroad – from many talented international artists.
“Little Treasures” has proven to be one of our most successful TIA annual events and is now in its
seventh year. These exhibitions of art-jewels have always proven extremely popular and have now
become a strong attraction to many very fine creators and connoisseurs alike.
This year sees a particularly strong lineup of artists who have obviously worked with great
enthusiasm and joy towards this show. The strength and diversity of work is fascinating and I am
happily confident that the public of Bologna will truly enjoy this stimulating event.
It was with great pleasure that I selected and curated these exquisite artworks and it is always a
delight to arrange these paintings, photographs and sculptures so that each holds its individual
strength while at the same time remaining in dialogue with its neighbours.
I am very pleased to present for the seventh time this exhibition and once again, my warmest
thanks go out to the people of Bologna. Many artists and friends will visit the city for the show and
I know that I speak for them all when I say that we are honoured and priveleged to be holding our
exhibition in this great historical city.
Paola Trevisan
Maguel Ahliksander | Wales
The artist in me lay dormant, like a seed, for the first 50 years of my life. One day it burst into life on
taking a photograph of a reflection on water. I regard my art as a visual expression of my deepest
self and, as such, find it deeply liberating and transformational. I photograph anything that catches
my attention and then combine and manipulate the images digitally to create various effects of
colour, pattern, texture and tone.
For me this mimics the night time dreaming process, wherein our subconscious scans our daytime
environment and then reprocesses fragments of it into symbolic imagery in our sleep. My creative
process is a fluid interplay of logic and intuition and I am nearly always surprised at the outcome. I
also often use a mirroring technique to highlight the impact of perception on what we see.
I believe that art has a lot to teach us about this subject. Because of the abstract realism of my work
each person will create their own story about what is represented. We are a story-telling species
and if we can become more aware of how our perceptions shape the way we live, we can perhaps
change the narrative that guides us and create a better world.
Maguel Ahliksander
www.maguel.com
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Left: Atelier di Pittura, digital photography, 20x20cm
Above: Eclipse, digital photography, 20x20cm
MINE AKIN | Turkey
What others see as a mountain of clay turns into forms filled with energy by the touch of my fingers
as I am lead into the midst of magical existence of other worlds. I discovered nothingness and
found everything right at that moment. The emotional reflection of the form does not absorb the
existing light, on the contrary it presents itself through a magical being so that you are fulfilled with
beauty and happiness.
I create what I feel by using the relationship between emptiness and mass. I finalise my pieces
as the light and the shadow becomes one with the mass itself. I believe that this magical path
of creation becomes timeless and ready to be passed on to the next generations when I form
them into their final shape in bronze. My pieces have a main theme and that is “I” hence “woman”.
Compared to apprehending my feelings and physical characteristics reflecting them through my
art is much easier for me.
I believe in the unity of art with the society. For me, neither can exist without the other. Thus, the
reason behind me creating mid-sized and accessible forms of art that can easily find a place at any
home. A great sculptor once said, ‘‘You should feel my art with open heart and soul.
Mine Akin
www.mineakin.com
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Left: Geared Up, bronze, 15x15x20cm
Above: Mother Earth, bronze, 15x15x21cm
LAWReNCE ARMSTRONG | Unites States
Lawrence Armstrong has a unique, diverse design background, and embodies a renaissance
approach to life. He is not only a talented artist, but an accomplished architect, designer and CEO of
a dynamic, international architecture firm, Ware Malcomb. Lawrence is well known for his strategic,
visionary approach to design and business. His focus on creativity and innovation influence all of
his artistic endeavors.
Lawrence Armstrong has been a speaker on a variety of panels for NAIOP and other commercial
real estate groups. He has been published in a variety of media including OC Metro, Real Estate
Business Online, Development Magazine and Professional Report Magazine.
For personal art and design, Lawrence has received these individual awards: Shaker Square Circle
within a Square Design Competition, Cleveland Award, Terminal Tower Design Competition Award,
OC Design Community Art Exhibition, Artavita 9th Contest, ATIM Masters Award, ATIM Choice
Award, Artavita 10th Contest and AIA Honor Award.
www.lraart.com
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Left: Thre, layered canvas, acrylic, wood, 20x20cm
Above: Twa, layered canvas, acrylic, wood, 20x20cm
Paul Arts | The Netherlands
Paul Arts paints mainly portraits of known and unknown characters with the intention of
augmenting emotion. Although styles vary Paul Arts´s portraits have in common that they all
touch you in their own specific way.
www.mynameisarts.com
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Left: Portrait 1. Face of Man in Red, oil on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Portrait 3. Face of Boy in Green, oil on canvas, 20x20cm
Rune Baashus | Norway
My photographs are almost always composed through the lense, using existing light, contrast and
shadow. Earlier my works ventured in cars, architecture and design and they were used for several
international magazines covers. Cars represent a huge interest to me, but after many years, I am
glad to say that my work contains a lot more. In recent years my focus has moved to landscape and
to art photography.
My work is my eyes. I always look for the perfect picture and search for the moment that never
comes back. I find power and beauty in the details. It can be a lock or an airplane wing, the waves
breaking against the sand, or only a face; this is my investigation for the perfect picture.
The silence in the details is deafening. Through the details I aim to show the beauty of what
surrounds us. Almost every detail alone is peaceful – and lonesome. As a photographer, I am
always moving. What is important today, is perhaps forgotten tomorrow. With my eyes fixed to the
camera, I try to capture the meaning of the past.
Rune Baashus
www.baashus.com
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Left: Huntington Beach 4, photography, 20x20cm
Above: Huntington Beach 2, photography, 20x20cm
Alison Barrows-Young | United States
A hallmark of the oil paintings by Canadian American artist Alison Barrows-Young is the visual
sensuality captured within each image. Whether Barrows-Young is painting the haunting forests
and woodlands of her Northern Idaho home or the rich landscape tableaus of her Canadian
homeland, her paintings are suffused with a strong sense of pattern, colour, and shadow. Light in
particular is a fascination of Barrows-Young’s and plays a major role in each of her compositions.
Barrows-Young finds great joy in playing with the variations and ever-changing patterns that
light inevitably creates in natural settings. As she explains, “The forest is the light’s playful partner,
offering angled surfaces and gaps through which the light can fall, bounce, reflect, and absorb.”
The various points of illumination allow her to establish distinctive points of view, patterns, and
refractions, all of which interact with each other to a powerful effect.
Alison Barrows-Young currently lives and works outside of Sandpoint, Idaho, on 40 acres of
wilderness.
www.alisonbarrowsyoung.com
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Left: Idaho Summer, oil on board, 20x20cm
Above: Idaho Spring, oil on board, 20x20cm
Andrée Bélanger | Canada
The duty of the artist is to seize the world; to offer back to the world a reflection that it may not
immediately recognize. An accurate, though personal, portrait. To play this role, the artist needs to
take a good look around and experiment. Hence, my art is fundamentally multidisciplinary. I aim to
better understand human beings, our ways of perceiving time, space and other humans, and our
way of building the world; nature also stands as an enduring source of fascination.
How are identity and culture related to a notion of territory? How can time bind to space, and
history bind to geography? How is individual freedom and freedom of thought a contribution to
the community? How does the temporal fusion of past and future into present, and the spatial
fusion reconnecting humankind and nature work? What are the concrete and abstract territories
that shape the human being?
My artistic practice has taken shape around these matters. The resulting work seeks balance within
the opposition of extremes, and unity in the superimposition of contrasts: reflected by myself and
the world as I picture it.
Andrée Bélanger
andreebelanger.com
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Left: Retrato Ecuestre 2, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Retrato Ecuestre 1, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Kati Binda | The Netherlands
My greatest passion is painting. Colours have intrigued me, ever since I was a child. When I paint,
I paint from my soul and my deepest feelings, whereby drive and thoroughness play a big part. I
get my inspiration from my childhood memories, my many travels abroad, but also from my social
happening and events as well as from my own fantasy.
My paintings are versatile and cannot be placed in just one category. They are modern-surrealistic,
semi-abstract, allegoric, creative and fantastic but above all they contain a message.
Kati Binda
www.adima-a-la-rosa.nl
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Left: The Bee, mixed media on cardboard, 20x20cm
Above: Tropical Songbird, watercolour on cardboard, 20x20cm
CRISTINA BINSTOK | Argentina
Much of Cristina Binstok’s work is related to the mystery of small details and the magical events of
the instant moment. The essence, the colour and the movements of nature and water touches her
soul envisioning the hidden scene which she captures with the camera. With her images she loves
to create and inspire countless interpretations and feelings, captivating the spectator imagination,
enabling them to see an ocean from a drop.
www.cristinabinstok.com.ar
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Left: Talking with Water. Cenote, digital photography, 20x20cm
Above: Talking with Water. Fundición, digital photography, 20x20cm
Elisabeth Biström | Sweden
Elisabeth Biström, born in 1983 in Skellefteå, is a Swedish watercolour artist, currently living in
Stockholm. She paints mainly landscape motifs, often from the northern parts of Sweden.
On this exhibition one of the motifs is from the north; the rocky landscape-detail in the painting
Bothnian Shoreline. The other three pictures are from her current Stockholm surroundings. Autumn
Stillness and The Archipelago Waking Up are both done on a small island called Grinda, in the
Stockholm archipelago, while An October Walk in the Park is done in one of the public parks of
Stockholm.
Elisabeth Biström has an art teacher degree and has been active as an artist for the last few years,
with public exhibitions every year. This is the first time her art work is exhibited abroad.
www.elisabethbistrom.se
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Left: Autumn Stillness, watercolour on paper, 20x20cm
Above: An October Walk in the Park, watercolour on paper, 20x20cm
Hetty Blankesteijn | The Netherlands
Born and bred at the Dutch seaside in 1956, I played endlessly at the beach as a child, feeling free
and timeless. Working as an artist now, I try to incorporate those childhood feelings of curiosity,
adventure and playfulness when I create in clay and wax. Finding the right movement and rhythm
in my sculptures is the most important aspect of my work. My experience in gymnastics and ballet
have also proved to be very inspiring.
My life as an artist started when I was admitted with my drawings at the Royal Academy for Fine
Arts in Amsterdam back in 1981, where I graduated in 1986. To me bronze will always be the best
material because it allows me to express myself strongly as well as subtly.
Hetty Blankesteijn
www.hettyblankesteijn.com
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Left: Choir, bronze, H=34cm
Above: Dancer, bronze, H=23cm
LEENA BLOM-HILDEN | Finland
Leena Blom-Hilden is a Finnish born Australian artist who has lived in the Netherlands since the
beginning of the 90’s. The move to the Netherlands sent her creative process into a whirlwind of
discovery.
Leena’s painting has become an escape from the hectic world we live in, in pursuit of a quiet place
to be. That pursuit leads her to beauty and colour. The year 2010 launched her as a professional
artist with various commissions. Her work has since been added to many private collections in the
USA, Europe, Australia and also the museum collection in Veenendaal, The Netherlands.
www.blomart.com
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Left: Chinoiserie Pot with Magnolia, oil on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Chinoiserie Teapot, oil on canvas, 20x20cm
Sia Braakman | The Netherlands
In Sia Braakman paintings, the colour blue features prominently. The blue hues are important
because they have a high expressive power for her. This gives the artist the opportunity to
translate her surrounding world into shape and form. Artworks often display moments of surprise,
impotence, wonder, freedom and desire. In some paintings blues are abundantly present, in others
tonalities are more subtly. After the subject has been translated into hues of blue, other colours can
enter the stage. On this stage the purity of the subject can be expressed very well.
www.siabraakman.nl
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Left: Clouds in Summer 1, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Clouds in Summer 4, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Oddrun Øfsti Brandsæter | Norway
I am a figurative painter, expressing myself in oil and acrylics. I often paint still lifes and portraits.
Everyday life is inspiring me and I enjoy describing known objects related to my daily life.
Painting with acrylics gives me the opportunity to work with thin and thick layers in the same
artwork. Sometimes I prepare the canvas to give it some texture before adding paint. Letting thin
paint flow means that I do not have complete control of the result, but I think this technique gives
the painting a unique expression.
Being an artist and having the opportunity to use my creativity improves quality of life. To meet
and learning to know other people inspires me, and makes me appreciate differences. Getting
inspired and inspire others, I think is meant to improve life better.
Oddrun Øfsti Brandsæter
oddrunsatelier.no
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Left: Inspiration 4, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Inspiration 1, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Carolina Brave | Argentina
My works emerge from the desire to freely express emotions and sensations, thus justifying, with
the spiritual strength of the empty space, the isolated spot or stroke. A purely gestural and also
graphical stroke. The stroke as a line which has no constant direction. Expressiveness in radial
lines suggests movement and depth. I give significance to accidental happenings and exploit
randomness as an operating resource.
My performance is totally spontaneous and impulsive. Freedom in colours is recurrent, intense
states of mind are represented with the use of bright and live colours. I work with an intense
concentration exclusively addressed to the creative act without predetermining any result.
“In the midst of chaos and confusion, we occasionally perceive the calm, silent center of our being,
our essence, which waits to be discovered”.
Carolina Brave
www.carolinabrave.com
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Left: Untitled, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Untitled, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Britta V. Bremer | Germany
I paint completely intuitively. The artistic progress begins after a self-reflection and engaging
myself with the canvas. After some time the topic, which is going to be expressed, comes to my
mind. Sometimes I’m dealing with my own matters, sometimes with collective ones. In my opinion
intuition is nothing private.
The world is a huge resonating body and we are all connected with each other. I’m expressing
the feelings of connectedness and separation in my art works. An important point is also the
acceptance of the polarity, with which we have to deal with every day. One thing is depending on
the other.
How we are experiencing things depends on our consciousness, awareness and our judgment. I’m
inviting the observers of my art works to step into my vibration fields, to sense the paintings with
their own interpretation and change their way of looking at things. My art is called Art of Change, as
I’m thinking that we can only see the real reality when changing our consciousness and awareness
again and again.
Britta V. Bremer
www.britta-bremer.com
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Left: Wake Up, mixed media on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Little Adventure, mixed media on canvas, 20x20cm
Clemens Briels | The Netherlands
Clemens Briels calls his art antipodism, images from unknown sources. With a feeling for contrasts
he transforms daily themes into bold and different but pleasantly accessible images; colourful,
with obvious Latin American influences and with a lack of respect for the academic straightjacket
of perspective. Both sculptor and painter, Clemens Briels creates glass sculptures and designs
furniture but his signature is, and will always be, the cheerful and optimistic outlook on life.
Briels has had exhibitions in Europe, North America, the Caribean, United Arab Emirates and the
Republic of China. He was official artist of the Olympic Wintergames in Salt Lake City 2002 and
Designer of the European Fashion Award 2006.
www.clemensbriels.com
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Left: Taman Negara Memories 2, acrylic and paper on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Taman Negara Memories 1, acrylic and paper on canvas, 20x20cm
Iryna Brown | Russia
I was born in the Siberian city of Angarsk, Russia, in 1983. When I was four my parents moved to
Belarus. I spent my childhood in the historic Grodno, and the serene atmosphere of the city shaped
my personality and world perception. As a student I attended an art studio where I learnt the basics
of form, composition and colour. I have always enjoyed painting, but it was photography that came
naturally to me.
In 2009 my husband and I moved to England, where my daughter was born in 2013. Spending much
of my time at home, I discovered the world of still life photography. I feel my style is influenced a lot
by the works of Magic Realism authors such as Marquez, as well as by Russian silver age poetry.
I take my still lifes on the dining room table using only natural light. These works start as an idea
that I bring out in a pencil sketch. I then fulfil this original concept with real world objects, which
may not appear special on their own, but composed together become actors in a tangible yet
surreal world. Most importantly, I aim to weave a message into the fabric of each image, sometimes
light hearted, sometimes sad, but which everyone can interpret in their own way.
Iryna Brown
iryna.foliopic.com
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Left: Stasis, digital photography, 20x20cm
Above: Memoir, digital photography, 20x20cm
ANA CALDER | Costa Rica
I’m born and raised in Costa Rica and my current home is Sweden where the everyday ’thinking out
of the box’ inspires my appetite for curiosity. My work is expressive and perhaps even romantic. I
like that there is no right or wrong in Art, which gives me the freedom to approach art and design
in an open minded way. Bi-polarity is the field from where I form; it’s the underlying structure of the
I know and the starting point of the I don’t know.
One of my favorite surprises is when my paintings capture someone’s eyes for a moment and the
viewer shares with me the feeling and stories my paintings awake.
Ana Calder
www.anacalder.com
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Left: Queen of Clubs, mixed media on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Queen of Hearts, mixed media on canvas, 20x20cm
Nathanael Carroll | United States
I have always had a personal connection with nature. I spent most of my youth hiking, rock
climbing or biking through it. Now that I am older, my mountain bike has turned into a road bike
and my hikes are often a different tone altogether with one or all of my kids tagging along. There
is something so pure and energetic about being in nature with them and seeing them immersed
in the world: it brings back an unbelievable sense of nostalgia, which I feel is often conveyed in my
art work.
There has always been a raw emotion attached to the outdoors for me: the crunchy feeling of
frozen earth under my feet, the uneasy tension between my hand and a rock’s face, or even the
smooth crisp air as I breathe it in. I try to inject that kinesthetic energy into the surface of my work.
I want my work to be teaming with texture, contrast, and vibrancy to convey the excitement and
beauty that I see in the world around me.
Nathanael Carroll
www.elevenelevenstudio.us
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Left: Occurrence, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Remnant, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Christine Collet | Switzerland
Christine Collet was born in Bern, Switzerland. Granddaughter from a painter, she was impregnated
very young in the world of painting. Life gave her the opportunity of travelling throughout the
world, living few years in South Korea and Central America.
Of her many travels, she filled her luggage of smells, colours, impressions and emotions. In the
course of time, her way crossed the one of formidable artists who each one, on his manner, left her
invaluable feeling. She built from this her very personal style and expression little by little.
“In all my pictures, an emotion, a moment of doubt, sometimes a surprise gave me the happiness
to learn more and more,” says the artist.
www.chriscolor.com
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Left: Sienne 3, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Sienne 2, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Christiane Crewett-Bauser | Germany
The central topics of my work are the archaic roots of being, so to speak the magma of your
existence and the complexity of life. On one side the earthy, rusty and changed material in the
beauty of transitoriness and on the other side glowing paintings with wax and oil like the energy
of life. Sometimes you find them together in one work, if the layers of life are applied on the energy
bit by bit.
Christiane Crewett-Bauser
www.crewett-bauser.de
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Left: Energy. In the Evening 1, wax with pigments, oxid on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Energy. In the Afternoon 1, wax with pigments, oxid on canvas, 20x20cm
SERGIO DEL FIOL | Brasil
The artist brings back a format that was commonly used early in the last century, but is somewhat
overlooked today, the panoramic photo. This is the most comfortable format for the human eye,
because the longitudinal perspective gives an overview of the work and transports the viewer to
the time and place each scene depicts.
The contemplation of the works becomes a unique sensory experience, whose allure is enhanced
by digital technologies through the handling of light, colours, and sharpness offered by the chosen
paper, and overlapping of layers – details that are the hallmark of the artist.
Sergio Del Fiol brings us a couple of huge panoramic photographs which had to be split into two
and resized to fit a 20x20 frame to meet the requirements and be part of this exhibition. These
special images belong to a unique and exclusive project from his collection called “Textures”.
www.delfiol.com
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Left: Majestic Red 2, photography, 20x20cm
Above: Majestic Red 1, photography, 20x20cm
Nadja Djurovic Larsen | Denmark
My paintings at Trevisan International Art exhibition in Bologna interpret the term “Remix”, which
is most commonly associcated with music and songs, describing how an original piece of media
can be changed and altered in order to create something new.. Likewise, I have tried to create a
pictorial remix of my abstractions from Montenegro in 2015. I believe that, as an artist and human
being, remix is necessary because you constantly learn and live in order to reassess values and
priorities in ones life.
I had my upbringning in the Balkans (Belgrade) and lived most of my adult life in Denmark. This
dislocation, one might say, has indeed led to regular attemps to “remix” both as a person and as an
artist in order to rediscover oneself again.
I have been privileged to exhibit at several juried international solo and group exhibitions in
Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Serbia, the Netherlands, UAE (Dubai) and USA (New York). I hope you
enjoy my pictorial remixes.
Nadja Djurovic Larsen
www.nadjalarsen.com
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Left: Remix 3, mixed media on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Remix 2, mixed media on canvas, 20x20cm
Jonathan Doner | United States
My works are abstract, printed digital images. The digital medium is still developing as an artistic
vehicle. Though I am drawn to it by its plasticity and variety of applicable techniques, my work
is definitely about artistry rather than computer wizardry. Creating an image is a multistage
interaction between my own artistic sensibilities and the results of myriad manipulations.
Each image begins as a digital painting of colour and form. This foundation is sculpted and
transformed depending on my inclinations. More advanced computer techniques are then applied,
much as a potter applies various glazes. Through trial-and-error and guided evolution, the work
gradually finds a unique conclusion.
This may reflect my original intent, but quite often the process follows its own trajectory, resulting
in the discovery of unintended consequences. I find this sort of outcome to be particularly
rewarding.
Jonathan Doner
www.donerprojects.com
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Left: Night Vein 2, digital glicee print on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Night Vein 1, digital glicee print on canvas, 20x20cm
ROOS DUYVESTIJN | The Netherlands
People go, come, wait, hang out and sit. They are actors and form an abstracted décor; I’m moved
when I discover situations where it is palpable. This can be for me close to home, in relatives or
friends circles, but also far away or when I see strangers in a group together, then, by observing
them, I aim to translate their interaction and togetherness into bright colours, large surfaces and
this determines my compositions.
Over the time I developed a growing body of work that can be recognized in the tradition of
painters like Hockney and Kitaj.
Roos Duyvestijn
www.roosduyvestijn.nl
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Left: Venice 4, acrylic on linen, 20x20cm
Above: Venice 2, acrylic on linen, 20x20cm
Victor Elias | United States
I’ve always believed that when you leave this planet the memories you have collected in your
lifetime will go with you, everything else is not important. Nature has always been the focus of my
passion and photography allows me to enjoy the natural world in a unique way. I consider myself a
visual poet and the images I capture are representations of my vision from experiences along this
journey called life.
There is a moment in the process of creating an image when you are totally immersed in everything
that is around you, suddenly all the elements you considered before hand start aligning themselves.
Everything starts feeling like slow motion and you know you belong to that glimpse of time in the
universe.
Each and everyone of my pieces are meticulously handcrafted and personally printed by me.
This means papers, densities and processes have to transmit my vision as an artist. My signature
represents my personal seal of approval.
Victor Elias
www.eliasgallery.com
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Left: Mystic River, photography, 20x20cm
Above: Pumpkin Spice, photography, 20x20cm
Bent Eggert | Denmark
I am a self-taught artist who over the years has been focused on painting and selling his own work
of art. A life where I have moved around in the wonderful parallel universe created in the world
of fantasy, a world composed of splendid colours and great artistic experiences, where only the
imagination limits. The common focal point of my art is to always ensure that the viewer enjoys the
moment and the experience.
I grew up in a family of artists, where my grandparents, my father, my uncle (who among other
things worked for 28 years at film studios in Hollywood as a backdrop painter), and my sister were
and are still painters. I studied art and art history.
I have been moving around between both the non figurative, abstract, naturalistic (landscapes) and
drawings. I am part of the Gallery Links and I’ve been exhibiting nationally and internationally.
Bent Eggert
www.eggertart.com
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Left: Untitled, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Untitled, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Madeleine Felber | Switzerland
Phonemes and colours are an enigmatic couple. For most of people phonemes, the sounds of our
language, are represented by letters, the linear signs of our alphabet. In 1987 I created the coloured
alphabet called cromcode emef – each consonant and each vocal are represented by a defined
colour. I write paintings, in which “the long thread of the linearity of writing” is weaved into a text,
into a texture.
Step by step, we come closer to the content of the script encoding colours instead of reading
letters. By reading colours you delay your time, your pace. The square compositions belong to the
serie particles or waves. These paintings are representing words by mandalas or by interlocking
coloured squares, like the two examples we see in this catalogue, which I call word cells.
Decoding these colours we discover the name of the Italian village Casalpusterlengo. In the
composition n.17 we start reading from the centre, in the composition n.18 we begin from the
outer line. Eventhough both compositions are painted with the same colours, their effect changes
because of different arrangements.
Madeleine Felber
www.emef.ch
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Left: Casalpusterlengo 18, oil on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Casalpusterlengo 17, oil on canvas, 20x20cm
HENRIK FISCHER | Denmark
Danish sculptor Henrik Fischer started to exhibit in 1984. In the early 1990 he took part in exhibitions
all through Denmark, where he got a frist price for his work. In 1997 he exhibited in Museum for
Nordic clay art. Since then Henrik Fischer has opened his own gallery, and from this year also a café
inside his gallery. A monumental work realized by Henrik Fischer – measuring 3 meters in highness
and 3 in length – is a sculpture placed in Kolding (Denmark); the subject is a woman, source of
inspiration for his plastic research.
Henrik Fischer shows women playing music or doing gymnastics, or dancing or jumping. His
artistic language draws from the very past, from prehistoric time, and many Venus figures has been
created by this author.
www.gallerihenrikfischer.dk
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Left: Springing Dancer, bronze, H=27cm
Above: Glad Gymnast, bronze, H=27cm
MARIANNE Fjær | Norway
I love to create my own universe on a plain canvas. I have been painting almost all my life, fascinated
about how colours and shapes make an illusion of three-dimensional objects. However, throughout
the years I have developed my painting technique with focus on the negative shape that surrounds
the subject. I left the three-dimensional illusion, and started to work in two-dimensions.
Ornaments, patterns and bright colours are usually the first step in the creative process. My works
are built up by several layers and I use colourful expressions. I think it’s an exciting process that
happens, from a surface partially covered by bright colours, creating chaos, and eventually enters
the new forms.
Living in Norway, nature has always been an important source of inspiration for my paintings.
Flowers, birds and insects are among my favorite motives. I aim to bring out the details and
characteristics of nature that usually are not noticed; I also aim to convey humor and recognition,
shapes and lines in a new way.
Marianne Fjær
mariannefjaer.com
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Left: Night, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Morning, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
ANNE GRETE FLØNES | Norway
There is a “wealth of bright colours inside me,” says Anne Grete Flønes. Working primarily in acrylic
on canvas (and recently with acrylic on plexi), she creates vibrant, colour-drenched paintings with
many layers. “The motifs are not planned in advance,” says Flønes of her works, which are built up
around expressive gestures and loosely identifiable human, animal, or floral shapes and patterns.
These patterns deepen in meaning under closer inspection, and appear to glisten like beadwork or
sequins in their textural depth and precise application. Submerged in multifaceted fields of colour,
the shapes the artist conjures weave between one another or nestle in groupings that appear
across the canvas.
Subjects emerge, dissolve into patterns in the background, and then reemerge as compelling and
magical figurative forms. Flønes paints in varied brushstrokes, where smooth swathes of pastel
colour mingle with choppy strokes or circular motions. This variety lends her paintings their
dream-like quality.
agf-art.com
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Left: Arabic Night 2, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Arabic Night 1, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
MARIE-NOËLLE GAGNAN | France
Marie-Noëlle Gagnan is captivated by the depth of the self. The themes she captures are about the
mysteries of the soul, about light and darkness; they rest upon a civilization, rich elements of silent
stories that stir up emotions. Through her dreamlike canvasses, both symbolic and expressionistic,
she shares a corner of her soul, hoping to reach a corner of yours.
For each and every of her paintings, the artist starts by getting acclimated to her canvas. One stroke
leads to another and, little by little, she confides in her canvas. Soon, a dialogue begins, secrets are
shared from both sides and the feeling of solitude vanishes.
The painting, alive, responds to the artist, suggests ideas. From time to time, these ideas are
surprising, yet the exchange stays dynamic. The artist is not alone anymore, and her passion for
pictorial discourse reveals its very depth.
Gagnan has always had a strong preference for fauvism and expressionism. The contrast between
pure and complementary colours gives birth to a powerful expression. Subtler notes suggest a
mystery both complex and inaccessible.
www.gagnan.com
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Left: Liberté/Freedom, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Après l’Orage/After the Storm, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
ALBA GALEANO | Uruguay
Alba Galeano, artista plástica Uruguaya, define su orientación tomando como referencia la corriente
Torres García, con un fuerte atractivo en la parte Constructiva. Transitando los talleres del profesor
Gustavo Alamón y Walter Nadal, lleva a la tela una pintura que va evolucionando en formas, colores
y fuerza. Desde las rígidas estructuras de sus principios a la mancha que hoy enmarca sus coloridas
y vibrantes obras en el taller de José María Pelayo, logra una identidad personal.
Los colores cálidos y las combinaciones realizadas pretenden transmitir un estado anímico alegre,
divertido y moderno. ‘‘Pintar es para mí una conexión al alma, donde aflora con inocencia mi gusto
por lo desconocido, desafiante y loco’’.
www.albagaleano.com
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Left: Espejismo, acrilico sobre tela, 20x20cm
Above: Espejismo, acrilico sobre tela, 20x20cm
KLAUS GRAPE | Germany
Using pure pigment to build up layers of paint on each canvas, Klaus Grape creates highly textured,
sculptural mixed media compositions. As he builds up layers in his work, Grape introduces varying
pools of interest, pulling the emphasis on the composition from large splashes of colour to bumps
and mountains of diverse materials. Each piece is packed with bright, saturated colours and
substances that shine or slip out from under the paint, reacting in different ways to appear both
spontaneous, natural, and, at the same time, carefully constructed.
At times, geometric patterns emerge to reveal an unexpected regularity among the tumult of
colour and structure. Each work becomes a relief with its own logic and tangible environment. From
pebbles to splintered glass and fabric, and even Swarovski crystals, Grape imbues each canvas with
its own particular combinations of forms.
Working from Munich, Klaus Grape creates works that account for a freedom inherent in art.
Nature and time mingle in each of the paintings, each unique combination suggesting a different
landscape and history in its layers and materials.
www.klaus-grape.de
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Left: Fragmeted Planet 1, acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Fragmeted Planet 3, acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 20x20cm
LIONE GRIGALIUNAITE | Lithuania
I am a professional painter from Lithuania. The majority of my paintings are abstract. I’d like to
express myself through the prism of the mood, rhythm and new thoughts in a new place. I see
a cycle of canvases – expressive, dynamic paintings which interchange with calm and pastel
paintings. My paintings are abstract and symbolic to some extent. They are born out of my feelings
affected by an impression and thus are interesting and unexpected.
Lione Grigaliunaite
lionegrigaliunaite.blogspot.com
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Left: Light, oil on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Youth 2, oil on canvas, 20x20cm
CLAUDIA GRUTKE | Germany
Born in northern Germany, I moved to New Zealand in 1996. In my art, apart from a limited number
of private lessons I am mainly self-taught. Painting has always been my passion, I love being in
the process and find it a sensual experience. After the traumatic experiences of the Christchurch
Earthquakes and everything that followed, I was given the opportunity to move to Raglan, a little
town on the west coast of New Zealand’s North Island, which literally changed my life.
I was finally able to create space for my passion for painting and so, for the last couple of years, I
have started immersing myself into painting abstracts of varying degrees. I find the beauty of this
country hugely inspiring and nature, particularly the ocean, seems a returning starting point for
my abstractions. The painting process usually begins with a loose idea, images evolve intuitively
without direct but rather my emotional reflection of what I see.
I enjoy playing with texture and use a palette knife to create structures on my canvas. An interesting
process in my work is to deconstruct layers of paint, which results in a new dynamic within the
painting and allows for an element of coincidence.
Claudia Grutke
www.claudiagrutke.com
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Left: Ocean Rain 1, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Ocean Rain 4, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
SABINE E. GUENTER | Switzerland
Inspired already in my youth by my artistic and very talented and creative father, I have always
been very fascinated and excited by both art and craft. Painting has been my companion from a
very early age and I cannot imagine life without it. My passion for sculpture and photography has
developed only a few years ago, but I could not miss them either.
I have found three quite different options for expressing myself and they inspire and complement
each other in a wonderful way. They give space to my thoughts, sharpen all my senses and
stimulate my imagination. Photography for me means the retaining, the perception of a moment
which has touched my senses with its magic. Unimagined worlds open up for me here and the
initial enthusiasm has become a true passion.
I am always inspired extraordinarily by the inexhaustible richness of nature. It is often the smallest,
quite inconspicuous things, such as those we pass by inattentively, which become something
particularly special in the right light. Natural jewels – little treasures.
Sabine E. Guenter
www.kunstverquer.ch
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Left: L’Origine della Vita, photography, 20x20cm
Above: L’Origine della Vita, photography, 20x20cm
CHRISTINE GUT | Switzerland
I have realized that in my life there is not just a single way but many different ones. When I was a
child, I was already longing for intensity, beauty and colours. I still live the creativity I developed at
that time. When I worked as a dressmaker, I was fascinated by transforming unprocessed cloth into
finished creations.
Today, at the age of almost sixty, I process old and new impressions, stories, feelings and intuitions.
In a melancholic or warmhearted way, sometimes happily and sometimes impulsively. It is my own
story of life, as well as people with their life stories and emotions that I deal with.
I feel the need to express myself, to be creative, to mix forms and colours and bring them into a
flow. This helps me to get deeper and to create. It is what fills my improvisations with content and
expression. All I have to do for it is being myself, letting happen thoughts and emotions that wish
to be expressed.
Christine Gut
www.christinegut.ch
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Left: Sleeping Woman, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Dance, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
CHRISTEL HAAG | Germany
My works gradually evolve in an intuitive and dynamic process. First I apply acrylic paints to
the canvas using various techniques to then remove excess paint in several steps or rework the
surface. The initial shapes, brush strokes and visual rhythm on the canvas are interwoven, overlap
or come together in a new way and determine the direction the painting process has to go until a
harmonious, coherent painting emerges.
As a starting point, I usually decide on the colours I want to use in the painting. Then I follow the
flow of energy, which comes to life in vividly-coloured, powerful and expressive paintings in a way
that is strongly felt by the viewer. Nature – and emotional landscapes – inspire me as well as the
marvelous impressions I take home from my travels. Everything that life is made of inspires me and
is reflected in all my work.
It is first and foremost the joy of painting, of colours, of the creative process itself and of the energy
of being and thus of life that drive my artistic creation.
Christel Haag
www.haag-art.de
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Left: By Nature 4, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: By Nature 2, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
GRETHA HELBERG | South Africa
“Spiritual art, which is all true creative art, fills the senses with a being, a life beyond our own. Part of
God’s creation, yet reflecting it in a new way, one that takes our imaginations and passions to new
places. For real artists are explorers. We find, search, outwards. Not inwards. We need to create, but
it must have a purpose, for everyone.”
Art is not life itself, but rather its reflection. The main aspect of art is to create works that could
“hook” the soul of the viewers, stop them, and make them think. The most valuable of all earthly things
is our life. Humans are given an unique opportunity to explore the world, to think, dream and love.
I have been given the gift of creativity – it is in itself a huge responsibility, as if I thus have a mission
to accomplish in this world. My mission as an artist is to express my soul, to pour it out on canvas
or wood, making etchings and taking photographs. In the end, I am personally responsible before
God for enhancing my own creative talent.
The need to create has always been a part of me, deep inside me. Nature, people and life situations
inspire me. I prefer to paint from memory, but use my own photographs as referential basis. Art
remains my passion. One may only live life once, so make the best of it.
Gretha Helberg
www.artgrethahelberg.yolasite.com
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Left: Hide, oil on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Climb, oil on canvas, 20x20cm
BERT HERMANS | The Netherlands
The main theme of Bert Hermans’ work is industrial and cultural heritage. Sources of inspiration for
his paintings are abandoned and often ruinous buildings. He records these often before demolition
by photographs and sketches. These are worked out in his atelier at the Vest in the historic city
centre of Gouda.
Use of colour and use of light make his paintings special events. Dark disconsolateness are changing
into light and warmth. Regularly he adds characters into his paintings that provide another or an
extra dimension to the image, like brides, monks and observers. The tension in their relation is
sometimes nearly tangible.
berthermans.kunstinzicht.nl
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Left: Loc Hall 1, oil and acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Golden Track, oil, acrylic and gold foil on canvas, 20x20cm
KAREN HOPKINS | United Kingdom/Australia
This collection of paintings is inspired by the diversity of the Australian landscape and the words
and poetry of Rumi. It is a collection of paintings in memory of my father who passed away earlier
this year. His great loves were poetry and music and nature.
The paintings are inspired by the following Rumi quotes: Outback Wilderness “Wherever you stand
be in the soul of that place”; Salt Lake Silver Lining “Shine like the whole universe is yours”; Whispers
in the Snow “As you start to walk out on the way the way appears” and Mangrove Music “When I am
silent I fall into the place where everything is music”.
These paintings were created using layers of paint and various mixed media including gold and
silver leaf. The layers have been scraped and etched revealing colour beneath to create depth and
texture on the canvas. I work from photos and sketches. Nature is a constant inspiration to me my
aim being to try to take the viewer on a journey and invite a contemplative response.
In my artwork an underlying theme is to try to capture the transformative power nature has when
we are present in it, bringing calm and serenity into our lives, connecting us with each other, the
essence of our being and life itself.
Karen Hopkins
www.karenhopkinsart.com
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Left: Outback Wilderness, mixed media on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Salt Lake Silver Lining, mixed media on canvas, 20x20cm
OLE JAKOB IHLEBAEK | Norway
Clearly, Ole Jakob Ihlebæk’s pictorial universe touches on something very human. Odd then,
perhaps, that human figures are far between. The artist’s main concern seems to be the material
traces of human life. His subjects tend to be buildings and interiors, painted because they are
interesting in themselves, and not for us to conjure up the lives of some imaginary individuals
inhabiting the rooms and the surroundings.
A typical motif may contain a cluster of stylized houses, white, grey, black – standing out in a
non-landscape. The windowless, austere shapes of the houses are rendered in an ascetic palette.
They are so incontestably present they need no inhabitants. They simply are.
Ole Jakob Ihlebæk works within a tradition that may seem cool and intellectual. Formally he is a
master but for those willing to see, his paintings transcend formalism; they also carry – or rather
catalyze – a wide range of human emotions.
Atle Naess
ihlebaek.com
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Left: Interwalls 2, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Interwalls 1, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
NADIYA JINNAH | United States
“We are spiritual beings having a physical experience”. I see the truth in this statement and enjoy
both aspects of them, in experiencing life as well as when making art. A lot of my process is very
physical as I start on clay surface, transfer the impression of it as a mirror image into flexible acrylic
and then form it into a shape, ready for painting. The tactile physical part of this experience is just
as important as the very serene and contemplating part when making of each piece.
This particular set of paintings, a group of fourteen in total, is based on the prayer “to the giver of
light and life”. Like a jigsaw puzzle, each painting is a word of one of the “mother of the Vedas” called
Gayatri Mantra. Its meaning is that “May the almighty God illuminate our intellect to lead us along
the righteous path”.
Each painting is energetically connected to this prayer. This is a great time for prayers in the times
of confusion and uncertainty to spread the light of love and peace and is the reason for this series
of paintings.
Nadiya Jinnah
www.njinnah.com
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Left: Bruum, mixed media, 20x20cm
Above: Bhuvah, mixed media, 20x20cm
VIBEKE JOHANNESSEN – ART2JOY | Denmark
Danish abstract painter Vibeke Johannessen wishes her art to bring joy and happiness, and to
convey beauty and harmony to people. The paintings are full of warm colours, mostly yellow,
orange, red and violet. She leaves her paintings open to interpretation by the viewer, and she
hopes people will have fun looking at them.
Vibeke Johannessen herself enjoys art on the walls and in her daily life. It gives her energy and
strength, and the ability to think creatively and differently. Her paintings focus on the process. It is
an essential component in the process of developing authentic and personal works of art.
Her process involves a forward and backward game between being spontaneous, being intuitively
creative and careful consideration and intention, she thinks of it as letting things happen, and
making things happen.
www.art2joy.dk
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Left: Happiness is Here To Stay 2, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Happiness is Here To Stay 1, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
HOJUNG JUN | South Korea
Exploring with curiosity in canvas is a great journey in an imaginary space. With my art works, I am
telling a story as well as looking for a secret garden. Making art works, I also look for my own place
where I can mediate and collect my emotions.
I am inspired by nature or landscapes in my everyday experiences and in my memories. Harmony
of colours drives me to paint with excitement. I enjoy creating dreamy, whimsical and poetic
images which give a cozy, peaceful, and romantic atmosphere. I want to communicate through
my paintings where I can be free from time and space. On canvas, I can be anywhere, anytime and
meet someone I miss.
In my works, spontaneous paints and brush strokes create subtle depth. Both intentional and
coincident effects can express how complicated our lives are. I explore a beauty within such
complicated lives. I like thin layers with absorbed, watery, and unexpected spread. Layering colours
can give a moment of soothing meditation.
While I want my art works to be a space of contemplation, I wish they also have a sense of vitality.
There are various movements with different marks, drops, and lines.
HoJung Jun
hojungjun.com
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Left: Joyful Journey 4, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Joyful Journey 2, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
KATAR(T)SKI – I.D. | Belgium
KATAR(T)SKI is the artistic project of the Belgian artist I.D. – composer of word, image and music.
His abstract paintings are a product of creativity, action and intuition. As an autodidact, I.D. plays
with styles and techniques, tones and textures, ideas and concepts, with only one goal in mind: to
bring walls to life.
In general, the artwork of I.D. is (very) large, but occasionally exceptions may occur. Little Treasures
is one of them. His large canvasses usually let the walls scream, but this time I.D. needed to whisper
to get the message through. So please Listen!
The work of I.D. was seen previously in public, commercial and touristic buildings, on the TV
screen, and in a number of leading international architecture magazines and publications. Today it
shimmers on the walls of many living rooms.
www.katartski.be
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Left: Listen! 2, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Listen! 1, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
LENE KJELLERUP | Denmark
Lene Kjellerup has primarily been painting the scenery seen from her studio. A Scandinavian
seaside with small islands dotted along the horizon. The landscape the nordic form and colour, can
be seen in her paintings called Scanscapes, they are landscapes over time.
Lene Kjellerup uses an abstract minimalistic art language, with the interaction of textures and
colour connections. The joy of the constant changing of light inspires her. Thick layers of structure
become part of the expression.
Lene Kjellerup has a background as Graphic Designer. Her graphic architecture mixed with some
musical instruments, makes her abstract compositions like some cubism or perhaps Fussionisme.
She paints the deconstruction of instruments and enjoys the changing themes between the three
types of compositions: Landscape, Deconstructive Music Instruments and Architecture.
www.lenekjellerup.dk
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Left: Scanscape 3, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Scanscape 4, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
JOOP KLEIN GOLDEWIJK | The Netherlands
Originally a musician, Joop Klein Goldewijk started painting in 2012 with his niece Carolien Klein
Goldewijk. Right away, he developed a style of his own. Fresh and colourful, his oil paintings brim
with creative imagination. Well-proportioned figurative elements inhabit abstract landscapes of
unusual brilliance. Subtle colour nuances suggest curves and translucence, adding an unexpected
perspective.
www.kladdergast.nl
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Left: Flying Object, oil on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Little Invitation, oil on canvas, 20x20cm
PIKE KOKKONEN | Finland
Animals have become the main motive in my artwork during recent years. I see animals as human
beings with strong emotions and thoughts. I try to speak through the animals I paint and I like to
think that it is somewhat easier to comprehend certain topics through an animal character. The
language of animals is universal in a similar way as art is – it is convenient to contemplate love,
hate, tears or laughter through someone who is on a certain abstract distance but at the same time
extremely alive.
As a visual artist I express myself through bright colours. My colour choices are a bit unusual, since
I do not use absolute black or white at all. The light is generated by the whiteness of a canvas.
The dark colours – hues resembling black – consist of a mixture of complementary colours that
become more alive in daylight compared to pure black squeezed from a tube.
My technique makes me work fast, but I also work fast because my aim is to preserve some
roughness or edginess in my works. I am careful not to overdo my paintings and therefore I rather
stop too early than too late, in a spirit of less is more. This leads to abstract impressions that force
also a viewer to catch the previous moment.
Pike Kokkonen
www.pikekokkonen.com
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Left: Day Dreamer (I Believe in Miracles), oil on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Isla Red (My Time is Now), oil on canvas, 20x20cm
AMANDINE LE DU | France
Between abstract and figurative art, my paintings evolve to tell a story, fashioning characters
through lines and transmitting emotions through colour. The living in all its forms, from cells to
human beings, is central to my artwork. They can be striking, but sometimes they reveal themselves
slowly, moving in the shadows between the abstract, the instinctive, the wild. The viewer sees
his own perception of the picture as shapes form, dissolve and interact; every interpretation is
different.
Paint, ink, pencils and pens, even a digital tablet, I take what all these tools have to offer. I trace and
I spread. I flesh out the outlines that come to life in the tangle of forms. All of my artwork evolves
until the very last moment. I shape it, until the perfect balance is found.
Hybrid, mixed, my compositions are only the visible manifestation of a long creative process. There
is no model to reproduce. There is no truth to discover. Faces appear, bodies transform, stretching,
melting, fading. My pictures are a game, a puzzle, an enigma waiting to be solved as the viewer
brings his own key. But always with the pleasure of a storyteller, bringing stories to life, feelings and
visions to share and to contemplate.
Amandine Le Du
oasart-images.com
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Left: L’Égyptien, mixed media on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Inflo, mixed media on canvas, 20x20cm
SOLI MADSEN | Denmark
Soli Madsen is an expressionist painter and gallery owner. She was born in Paris and studied
linguistics at the Sorbonne University, Paris, France. Soli Madsen then moved to Denmark, where
she took her artistic education. Soli Madsen began her carrier as a professional painter in the
1980s. She has been remarkably active and has several hundred exhibitions on her CV. Madsen has
exhibited in many countries including Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Austria, the
United Kingdom and the USA (mostly in their capitals).
Soli Madsen’s art is visionary, diversified, energetic, powerful, imaginative, poetic and cosmic.
Her paintings often expose recognizable elements while hiding others in the abstract. The artist
takes advantage of numerous techniques and colours including watercolours, gouache, pastels on
paper, acrylic on canvas, mixed media with metallic colours, and Chinese ink.
Soli Madsen has also partaken in many international salons and contemporary art festivals, also as
a lecturer. She also owns ‘Galleri Soli’, in the municipality of Naestved, Denmark.
www.galleri-soli.dk
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Left: Secret Energy, watercolour and gouache on paper, 20x20cm
Above: Bird and Egg, watercolour and gouache on paper, 20x20cm
ROSA MASCARELL DAUDER | Spain
Like in all careers apart from standing on the shoulders of giants one needs to work in solitude
many hours and start again countless times. My work develops alongside me and the materials
I hold in my hands. In the workshop there is a constant introspection that sometimes makes you
backtrack and other times makes you jump. We grow old but the artwork, if it is good, does not.
I have always looked for a medium, some forms and some materials with which to express myself
and connect with the interpreters of my work. They all tend to coincide in my craftsmanship. At the
opening of my latest exhibition in Granada, Pedro Cerezo recalled of my work “the lyrical aspect
because not only does it express sentiments and attitudes but it invites us to reinvent ourselves”. I
have not found better words to describe the aspirations in my work.
Philosophy and art teach us to see, to see beyond the obvious, inside and outside. It is an
understanding of the world through the understanding of oneself; one needs to live and be
conscious of life to then find the medium to express it.
Rosa Mascarell Dauder
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Left: Recer de versos i silencis, egg tempera and gold on wood panel, 20x20cm
Above: Recer de versos i silencis, egg tempera and gold on wood panel, 20x20cm
LILI MASCIO | Venezuela
My works are created in an intuitive way with my primary media wood, using paper, Swarovski
crystals and colours. Transcendental energy, fluid and fragmented elements and craft skills are
characterising my work continuously. My work is inspired by architecture, fashion, photography
and the social media. I want to create objects to make you feel happy and fresh.
Lili Mascio
www.lilimascio.com
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Left: Stella 2, collage on wood, 20x20cm
Above: Stella 1, collage on wood, 20x20cm
JANA MASIK | Sweden
Jana Masik graduated from The Academy of Fine Arts in Prague in 1967, and worked as an artist
for some time in Czechoslovakia. After the Soviet occupation in 1968, she made a life for herself
in Sweden, where she continued her studies and also professionally restored stained colour glass
for six years. At this stage of her career, Jana switched from oil paintings to tempera, painting
Scandinavian motifs, which with grayish and brown hues longed for the southern light.
After ten years in Scandinavia, Jana made another significant move, this time settling between
by the Mediterranean Sea. As a result, her colour palette brightened and her paintings began to
depict misty mountain villages and vineyards. With this transition, she also began painting with
acrylics.
Today, Jana finds herself drawn to the transitional qualities of spring and fall, but it is the natural
flux of daylight that she finds particularly alluring. In this spirit, Jana draws her inspiration from
artists like William Turner, Paul Cezanne, and the Impressionists. Jana’s paintings depict a world
draped in a mystic haze. Hers is a world full of light.
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Left: Volcan, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Lavande, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
MICHAEL MCWILLIE | United States
I have always been drawn to creating art. My art has been influenced by the likes of Rene Magritte,
Philip Guston, Andy Warhol, Miles Davis and Charlie Chaplin. My paintings are intended to take the
viewer to a place of innocence, wonder and awe, while exploring the mysteries of composition,
texture, colour and visual sound.
Like people in general, the subjects in my paintings and prints are underdogs in various states of
control, amusement and bewilderment and cope with these states and their own mortality as best
they can. It has been said that “the Scot dog and the Elephants are to Michael McWillie what the
tramp is to Chaplin.”
The participants in my paintings and prints, be it dogs, elephants, zebras, giraffes or inanimate
objects, live in a world with no danger or malice. They live in a world where hopefully most of us
used to live as a child.
Michael McWillie
michaelmcwillieart.com
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Left: A Note In The Rain Forest, acrylic on board, 20x20cm
Above: Wishing For A Star, acrylic on board, 20x20cm
LIDWIEN MICHIELS | The Netherlands
Until recently, I used to paint in an exuberant style, with lots of colours and movement. But now
that there is so much turmoil in our world, I feel attracted to the serenity of geometrical forms.
They give me the peace of mind I need in order to combine my work as an artist with staying well
informed about the developments in the “outside world” and feeling committed.
In general, I believe that in these times of chaos we need serenity more than ever, in combination
with values like compassion, in order to meet the tremendous challenges our world is facing at
present.
The only characteristic of my former style which I have maintained in my current paintings is
movement (although now contained and appeased by geometric forms), because this element
expresses one of the most essential characteristics of life: everything is constantly changing. Or, as
Heraclites said, “everything flows”.
Lidwien Michiels
www.lidwienmichiels.com
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Left: Peace of Mind 1, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Peace of Mind 2, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
SUSANNE MIELING | Germany
After completing a degree course in fine art and visual communication at the Hamburg College of
Fine Arts in Germany, I worked in the area of photography and applied art in the field of design.
Later, painting became my preferred vehicle for my own personal artistic expression and since
2005 I have been displaying my works at exhibitions.
Besides painting on canvas, I am especially interested in working with photographic paper, using a
technique of scratching the surface of the photograph, revealing deeper layers, or applying more
layers using acrylic paint. This enables me to introduce the complexity of my own experience
directly into the creative process.
I call the unique work of art which is thus created PhotoVariation, in contrast to a photograph,
which can be reproduced any number of times.
Susanne Mieling
www.susannemieling.de
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Left: Fragments 2, acrylic on photographic paper, 20x20cm
Above: Fragments 1, acrylic on photographic paper, 20x20cm
PAT MOSEUK | United States
Pat Moseuk was born in upstate New York and started painting at the age of five and had her first
solo art show at the age of 17. Throughout her youth and in adult life, she has and continues to
win numerous awards in shows and competitions. Pat studied at the California College of Arts and
Crafts and the Academy of Art College in San Francisco, California receiving a B.F.A. in illustration.
She worked as a designer and illustrator for several years, but always gravitated towards the fine
arts. Pat considers herself an Abstract Expressionists; “I am always experimenting with new materials
and surfaces, now working primarily with acrylics, mixed media and collage on paper and canvas. I
consider myself a prolific artist; I’m either painting or teaching art in my studio.
My paintings are a reflection of what I see, feel and interpret. I start with a theme and then engage in
a dialogue with the piece, layering texture, papers, found objects and vivid colours, while working
intuitively on canvas or paper. With a background in design and illustration, balancing shapes,
dimension, texture and colour, transpire a strong design element, these components define my
work”.
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Left: Pride, acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Anxiety, acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 20x20cm
CATRIN MUELLER | Germany
For many years I’ve been artistically working with different media and different forms of expression
such as dance and painting, or poetry with photography. The combination of various media inspires
me very much and I’m looking for this time and again, in the form of free project work in art and
exhibitions.
While in my studio I’m interested to explore the creative process in the flow paint and this produces
for me the room from now, it’s all in the present and from that moment out, I combine different
media together that sets new ideas and impulses freely.
In the creative spaces, I am experimenting with a lot of colour and prefer action-motion, such as in
action painting. To paint is like a Souldance with the colour for me. At Little Treasures I will show a
series of photographs with four Self-portraits in Pop Art style.
Catrin Mueller
www.catrinmueller.com
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Left: Dance of Shakti (detail), acrylic on canvas, 60x70cm
Above: Viva la Vida, acrylic on canvas, 90x90cm
Andreas Murauer | Austria
As an artist, I am fascinated by the simplicity of complex things. The biggest challenge is reducing
the image content within essential features and distinctive details of the motif. I love to break free
from the perspective of the human eye and journey back to the most fascinating aspect ratio in
photography – the square. A quadrilateral with four right angles and four equal sides represents
the optimal simplification of surface information. Breaking away from the everyday ordinary is
emphasized by the absence of the usual colour spectrum.
“Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still“, as says Dorothea Lange.
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Left: Hvítserkur, photography, 20x20cm
Above: Brooklyn Bridge, photography, 20x20cm
ANNIKA NORDENSKIÖLD | Sweden
I am a Swedish artist living in Stockholm. I have spent a lot of time in the woods, close to the
animals, the mountains and the sea. As a child I spent the summers with my grandfather in Skåne,
in the far south of Sweden. He was a director who had moved to the countryside. I loved to spend
my time with the neighbouring farmers.
My stern grandfather did not approve this so he did everything that he could to make me stay at
home and embroider with the other girls. But I wanted to discover the world, clear out the pigs
dung, sleep at the hayloft and listen to the farmers wife’s magical tales of elves and trolls.
This was very inspiring and since I had no siblings and parents were always working late, I began to
paint, draw and create my very own fantasy world. A world of strange talking, clothed animals and
children conquering and saving the world.
Now I am a full time artist. Monetary I may not be wealthy but my soul is flying high. I am now wandering
in my own garden, in my own world, where animals and humans live respectfully side by side.
Annika Nordenskiöld
www.rita.se
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Left: Playground, acrylic and oil on wood, 20x20cm
Above: Childhood Memories, acrylic and oil on wood, 20x20cm
JANNI NYBY | Denmark
It is my desire when viewers look at my paintings that they experience joy or something sparks up
their imagination. From my perspective, the world is very colourful, diverse, strange and nuanced,
which is also reflected in my works. Paintings can be perceived and interpreted differently from
person to person, this why I abstain from giving them a title, viewers are free to interpret what
makes sense for themselves.
Most of my paintings are inspired by nature and some are quite abstract or figurative, others are
a combination of both styles. In the painting process aside from brushes, I primarily use spatulas,
sponges, rags, fingers and scratching tools; I am constantly testing and exploring various methods,
techniques, colours and compositions.
Janni Nyby
www.gallerijanninyby.dk
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Left: Untitled, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Untitled, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
ANJA STELLA ÓLAFSDÓTTIR | Denmark
Anja Stella Ólafsdóttir is a 39 year old international award winning Icelandic painter, and Art
Historian, born in Copenhagen. The artist graduated in fine arts in Reykjavik Iceland in 2006 and
in 2014 earned a mag. art degree in Art History from Aarhus University.
The artist tells visual fairy tales with oil painting. She works through a symbolic language, with
the intention of building bridges between civilization and nature, fairy tales and rational thought,
creativity and structure.
“I focus on being human as part of nature – and on nature as a part of being human. I try to create
a better and brighter place to rest, in a somewhat dark and complex world. The fairy tales mirror
my own development as a human being, in a very honest and self-reflective way”.
www.anjastella.com
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Left: In The Blood of Eden (detail), oil and mixed media on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: In The Blood of Eden, oil and mixed media on canvas, 4x20x20cm
EVA OTTERSTRÖM | Sweden
In my artworks I express my thoughts by figures and their movements. What my figures think or
do, I let the observers find out themselves; it doesn’t matter if my works cause admiration, is most
important that they cause a reaction.
I often have an idea when I start painting. This idea can sometimes change while in progress but
I almost never let the chance dictate, in order to have something nice looking to attract; I quiet
dislike pretentious pictures. I start often with basic colours like red blue and yellow and mix it to all
nuance that I feel make the painting mine.
It is important for me to reflect unfairness, but even things that sometimes are comical in life. My
background and my profession have put a personal touch on my thoughts and actions (as by most
people, I think). At the moment I’m focusing on new works inspired by the theme Calling for Peace,
sadly a difficult and yet contemporary subject in Europe.
Eva Otterström
www.evaotterstrom.se
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Left: Career Ladder 1, print, ink and acrylic on paper, 20x20cm
Above: Play in Real Life 2, print, ink and acrylic on paper, 20x20cm
VINITA PARAMBI | Singapore
The metaphorical use of Waves on Sand depicts the ebb and flow of the Rhythm of Life. The 4
colours depict the 4 elements of Nature – wind, water, fire and earth – which literally or figuratively
impact different aspects of our lives, thus creating peaks of happiness and depths of sadness.
Nothing in Life is permanent though. It changes with the ebb and flow of Life’s rhythmic beats.
I have deliberately not used any painting tool or brush in these paintings, so as to emulate the
lack of control we have over our lives. Just as different circumstances, people and environments
impact our lives, in allowing the different colours to intermingle uncontrolled on the canvas; I
have attempted to emulate just this aspect of Life. Thus, creating footprints, which are unique and
cannot be replicated.
This underlines the basic philosophy and science of the Bhagwad Gita (an ancient Vedic text),
“Your only obligation is the performance of your duties, you have no control over the end result.”
These teachings from the “Teacher” or God to his “student”, in the Gita, are in consonance with my
artworks, where the process is supreme. The creative process to me represents a fantastic, exciting
journey, a constant involvement of the eye with the image, in a process where there is no control.
Vinita Parambi
www.vinitaparambi.com
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Left: Ebb and Flow 4, acrylic, oil, marble dust on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Ebb and Flow 3, acrylic, oil, marble dust on canvas, 20x20cm
CHRISTIAN PETITALOT | France
Photography is the tool that allows me to deconstruct the world around me and to reconstruct from
fragments, to express feelings. What led me to photography? There is undoubtedly my sensitivity
to the poetry of nature, my taste for painting and the romantic writers of the 19th century and the
pleasure of conveying the emotions read in humans.
There are of course the sensations delivered by cities; Paris, Rome, London, Dublin, New York,
Amsterdam, Stockholm, Berlin, Madrid – different and similar at the same time, captivating, sensual.
There is also the strength of the material and probably nostalgia that rocked my teenage years. All
this comes together.
Most of my images blend in with and drown in the confusion that surrounds them, trying to
draw strength from it. While some bear symbols, others are on a quest to abstract aestheticisms.
Sometimes at the edge of the immaterial, the object fades and the light became material shapes
the colours of reflections and reliefs. I like to build my images as paintings.
Christian Petitalot
www.cpetitalot.artogue.fr
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Left: Untitled, fine art print, 20x20cm
Above: Untitled, fine art print, 20x20cm
FAYE POSTMA | The Netherlands
As a child I lived in the country on a farm, sand and water were the elements I played with. When I
went to elementary school my favourite subject was art, especially bright colours had my attention. My
father had a photographer as a friend, so that’s maybe why my parents also owned a camera and I
got interested in taking pictures. I bought a camera of my own when I was around 18/19.
First it was mostly snapshots. When I got a digital camera on my birthday in 2003, I decided I
wanted to know more about the possibilities of photography and I started to take lessons from
Denis Markic, a professional photographer teacher at De Meldij. From him I learned how to take
creative photos and how to work with the camera.
In 2005 I developed my own style by drawing and painting in the photo on the computer (digital
art photography), which I take myself. This way I could use my schooling at the beginning of the
1970’s at the Famous Artists School, illustrative drawing and designing (Amsterdam/Osdorp).
With my photography I would like to go further than the observable. I call my photography Fantasy
in Motion; just look around you, what is real and what is not.
Faye Postma
www.fayepostma.nl
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Left: Petticoat, digital art photo, 20x20cm
Above: Coral Reef, digital art photo, 20x20cm
TONY PROWER | United Kingdom
I have always been fascinated by the power of visual art and how it touches the very core of our
nature. I enjoy finding and exploring compositions that convey strong feelings of depth. My
presented artworks are colour photographs preserving the ephemeral arrangements of ice on the
black sand beach of Brei Amerkursandur, South East Iceland.
Two of my photographs present glacier ice after it has been sculpted by the ocean and the other
two photographs show rare lake ice after a particularly cold spell.
All four photographs were taken with a long exposure at dawn when the colours of the morning
sky interact best with the ice, sand and ocean. My “Magic Cloth Technique” was used to control the
exposure ensuring the highest quality colours throughout.
Tony Prower
tonyprower.com
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Left: Sun Salute, long exposure photography, 20x20cm
Above: Lake Ice Dawn, long exposure photography, 20x20cm
IOANNA RALLI | Greece
From her first series of photographs Ioanna Ralli poses the fundamental question: can one show
reality while at the same time create a work of art?
Her photographs inscribe the traces of life: her own life or that of others which she approaches
with respect and tenderness but without sentimentality, mawkishness, or any attempt to impress,
without illusions or mourning, even if they depict faces or themes which are now vanishing or are
already lost to us. She photographs groups of people naked at the seaside, portraits of well-known
women or still life with a past, but without narration.
Her artist’s view is like her character: critical, discreet and penetrating. Without showing scenes
of battles, immoral atmospheres, malevolent events or catastrophes – all characteristics of
contemporary photography – she dedicates herself to photograph directly and investigate a
variety of technical means, dimensions and colours.
In her latest work she assumes the role of sculptor, painter, weaver, constructing entirely what she
chooses to photograph.
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Left: Yellow and Red Flowers, photograph, 20x20cm
Above: Roses, photograph, 20x20cm
SANNE RASMUSSEN | Denmark
Throughout my life, I have always had a great passion for art. After 32 years in the financial sector
I got the opportunity to follow this passion and live out the dream to work with and develop my
art; it brings me enjoyment of life. It is my aspiration to continuously develop my art, which is why
I have participated in many courses and art trips as well as I have received coaching from Daniel
Goldenberg in his studio in Copenhagen.
I find inspiration through everyday life impressions and experiences, and this is often represented
in my art. In particular, I get inspired by people in their everyday life where portrays has a special
part in my repertoire.
When working with the figurative expression, I have a great focus on the lighting and shadow
effects, which is also something that characterizes my art. I mostly work with oil on canvas and my
technique derives from the old and classic in layers method, however, with a contemporary and
modern expression.
Sanne Rasmussen
www.sannerasmussen.dk
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Left: The Girl on the Rock with the Umbrella, oil on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Under the Umbrella, oil on canvas, 20x20cm
LYDIA B. RICHTER | The Netherlands
I started painting and drawing when I was very young and every year I follow very often courses
and workshops. I like to experiment with all different kind of media and techniques, it gives
sometimes very surprising results. I exhibited my paintings and drawings in numerous Art Fairs
and Art Markets in the Netherlands.
Lydia B. Richter
www.kunstinzicht.nl
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Left: Bird, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Golden Rose, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
EDUARDO RODRíGUEZ | Spain
Nací el 11 de Noviembre 1967 en un pueblecito de 400 habitantes de la Tierra de Don Quijote
(La Mancha), en el que viví hasta los 18 años. Soy un pintor manchego autodidacta en el que mi
pintura es el reflejo de mis experiencias a lo largo de la vida. En la mayoría de los casos experiencias
que me han marcado de una forma clara y que, gracias a la pintura, plasmo de una forma simbólica
pero cargada de sentimientos.
A la edad de 14 años sufrí la pérdida de mi hermano mayor que unido a que conocí a la que
actualmente es mi mujer desencadenó la tormenta perfecta en mi interior y brotaron en mi unas
ganas irrefrenables de plasmar mi dolor y mi amor fuera de la forma que fuera.
En mis cuadros se puede ver la lucha interna por la búsqueda del equilibro y la felicidad que
siempre está presente en mis claroscuros y en mis cambios de color. El ojo presente en la mayoría
de mis cuadros es una referencia clara al elemento que humaniza mis mundos a veces fríos y que a
su vez observa a quien lo mira devolviendo el favor de ser observado.
Eduardo Rodríguez
www.eduardo-rodriguez.com
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Left: Vuelo Truncado (Truncated Flight), acrilico sobre lienzo, 20x20cm
Above: Dias de Verano (Summer Days), acrilico sobre lienzo, 20x20cm
CAROL ROWLING | Australia
I am thrilled to be invited to participate in Little Treasures exhibition once again. After spending a
week at the Percezioni workshop in the beautiful seaside of San Menaio (Gargano, Italy) this year, I
was inspired by the natural beauty and relaxed atmosphere of the beach and its surroundings.
My work is made up of the layers, colours and textures I came across on the beach, its pebbles and
stones and the myriad of lines and shadows that I found fascinating. I hope to convey to the viewer
a sense of time and place.
Carol Rowling
www.carolrowling.com.au
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Left: Beach Pebbles 2, acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Beach Pebbles 4, acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 20x20cm
DELSY RUBIO | Venezuela
Delsy Rubio was born and lives in Maracaibo, Venezuela. From 1979 till 1985 she studied at the
Julio Árraga’s Visual Arts School in Maracaibo, obtaining a degree in Plastic Expression Mention
Drawing, Painting and Graphic Arts. Rubio has participated in several art fairs and exhibitions at
national and international levels. In 2013 she received an Honorable Mention in 9th Chess Hall in
Centro de Bellas Artes Ateneo de Maracaibo.
Her proposal within contemporary art is based on the creation of abstract reliefs using basic
material mdf, cutting technique using digital router and lacquered acrylic; her work is unique in
that highlights its forms and volumes under light.
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Left: Winds of Change Series. Autumn Breeze, acrylic on MDF, 20x20cm
Above: Winds of Change Series. Wind Blowing, acrylic on MDF, 20x20cm
COBIE SCHONEVELD | The Netherlands
I work with different kinds of stone, such as marble, Belgian bluestone, travertine, onyx and
serpentine. Sculptures realized in these stones are all suitable as garden statues. Sometimes I make
a clay model and then find a stone; other times I let the stone inspire me, or I am triggered by
my experiences. My sculptures are mainly figurative, depicting the human quest for balance in
life. I think that this quest can be best expressed in sculptures inclining towards abstraction with
flowing, minimal movements.
I want to make what I feel like making, have a good time with a piece of stone, try out various
techniques and styles. Every sculpture is a challenge; you encounter new possibilities and
limitations every time.
Cobie Schoneveld
www.cobieschoneveld.nl
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Left: Together, Portuguese Marble, 30x18x23cm
Above: Life Goes On, Marble black, 25x25x35cm
NICOLE SCHRANER – NINI | Switzerland
In her paintings, NiNi combines various techniques, such as drawing, sketching, collage and print.
The variety is also reflected in the materials she uses: acrylic, tar, wax, rust, patinas, marble flour,
ashes, objects and materials of all kinds and makes. Graphics play a very important role in her work,
no matter whether diagrams, construction drawings or typing letters. Layer after layer the used
materials are transformed into different texture giving them unexpected and newly formed meanings.
NiNi’s works flatter the eye for their refined structure, their intense texture and their deeply genuine
expressivity. She creates the emotional tie between present and past by integrating carelessly cast
away objects of every day’s life. This is how she achieves to have these forgotten materials emanate
a new and highly emotional – if not to say –sensual meaning. Food for the soul.
Perception and language are NiNi’s passion. Significant numbers and words are fused to forge new
graphic elements as seen in street-art posters. Typing letters and numbers are extracted from their
original context, blown up to create a new focal point. The results are worked on in successive steps
by covering them with paint or even scraping them off.
This process of construction–decomposition–origination–destruction–creation reflects NiNi’s
philosophy of what life is all about, here symbolically represented by the circle of life.
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Left: Circle of Life 3, encaustic on wood panel, 20x20cm
Above: Circle of Life 1, encaustic on wood panel, 20x20cm
CHARLOTTE SHROYER | United States
Charlotte Shroyer’s love of French literature and language, a B.A. degree in French, a Ph.D. in
language and learning disorders, and a 20-year career as a teacher and college professor planted
the seeds that were to blossom into her career as a professional artist. Much of Shroyer’s art work
focuses on the inner and outer selves of individuals as they make their way through life. As Francois
de la Rochefoucauld once wrote: “We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others, that in the
end, we become disguised to ourselves.”
Through painting Shroyer taps into and expands the depths of the unconscious and a world
unconscious that transcends individual and cultural boundaries. Exploration of colour, line and
form provide the vehicle with contemporary figurative images (especially the face) incorporated
into abstract contexts as the end result.
Charlotte Shroyer has received numerous national and international awards for her abstract and
contemporary figurative oils and monotypes. The American Juried Art Salon comprised of museum
curators and directors named her as one of its 2013 Emerging Artists and as one of its emerging
International Contemporary Artists in 2015.
www.charlotteshroyer.com
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Left: Cabaret, oil on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Two or Three?, oil on canvas, 20x20cm
AGNES SKIPPER | Denmark
I’ve been working with different kinds of art my entire life and have studied art at Copenhagen
Art School. The abstract expression has always fascinated me, so it became an integral part of my
artwork. I am a person who enjoys both the diversity of nature and the intensity of urban life. I
enjoy life with all the adventure, chaos, grief and joy that it brings.
Painting is my way to express the thoughts and feelings that are difficult to formulate; an introvert
space where I let my imagination run wild and create visual stories in an abstract universe. A world
in which, colours, patterns and strange creatures challenge the mind.
The theme of my four paintings is called The City Atmosphere Changes. It tells the story about how
people get affected by different external influences, such as the weather, the seasons, temperature,
noises and creatures. I have experimented with structure, brushwork, drawing and different ways
of applying paint to canvas to get the right expression. I invite you into my world.
Agnes Skipper
agnesskipper.wix.com/agnes
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Left: City Rain, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: City Creature, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
ELIZABETH SLAUGHT | United States
I am a figurative artist. I believe the beginning of all art is the human form. Each of my drawings or
paintings is an adventure. The process is the core of my work. I am curious about light and form,
and I am intuitive about colour. Everything about the figure fascinates me, the way it moves, the
way it creates emotion.
Through my blog, The Figuralist, I embrace the Internet as a progressive way to share my work and
thoughts with people from around the globe.
Elizabeth Slaught
www.elizabethslaught.com
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Left: Figure in Gold, oil on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Figure in Emerald, oil on canvas, 20x20cm
URSI SPALTENSTEIN | Switzerland
I was painting and drawing during my whole life in my own visual language. From the first
spontaneously and autodidactically acquired know-how, art was always a hobby. Since 2008 I
was able to dedicate all my energy to art. I started with painting in a figurative style and then
turned towards to abstract painting. In addition, I discovered Calligraphy, the art of writing with
beauty. The first imaginative lettering designs and calligraphies of words, poetry, words of wisdom
appeared.
For life in general, call me an optimist, unsparing candor and honesty. I’m passionate about things
that interest me. And I am one of the people who love the why of things. Every time when I start to
create an artwork, I already have a concrete idea in my mind. What is then going to happen?
Not I am doing the painting, the painting is creating me. The result is – without surprise – definitly
different. All the paintings, which were done this way, became my favorites. It is always important
to find the right balance of release and to allow. Not the easiest exercise of life but a garanty for
big surprises.
Ursi Spaltenstein
www.bluechilli.ch
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Left: Fantasy of Letters. Gratitude, calligraphy, collage, mixed media on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Fantasy of Letters. Memorandum, calligraphy, collage, mixed media on canvas, 20x20cm
MARCEL STRAVER – STRAVERF | The Netherlands
This foursome represents a young woman lying on the beach. Each part contains a different part
of her body: arms, head, body and legs. Each painting has a different background too, all from the
transition area from sea to land: water, sand, wood and grass. The woman’s body is also the unifying
factor in this foursome.
My daughter was the model for the young woman, modified through my imagination. The
underpainting was made in acrylics followed by several layers of oil paint in my recognizable confetti
style of painting: apparently random placed and overlapping short wide brush strokes of paint.
Marcel Straver
www.straverf.nl
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Left: On the Beach, part 1 (water), oil on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: On the Beach, part 2 (sand), oil on canvas, 20x20cm
DEMETRA TASSIOU | Greece/United States
A printmaker as well as a painter, the artist combines her two specialties to great effect. Working
in oils and acrylics on woodpanel, and also using digital photos, etched paper and collagraphs,
she gives each piece an active, multi-layered surface, adding a level of energy to her elegantly
balanced compositions.
Incorporating organic shapes that mimic the rhythms and forms of nature as well as assemblages
that are a gathering of disparate elements, Tassiou makes her works reflections of both the external
world and her internal thoughts and ideas. The resulting works bring what the artist calls her
“imaginative reconnections with nature” powerfully to life.
Demetra Tassiou, born and raised in Greece, studied art the University of Athens where classical art
and Greek culture were emphasized. Her move to America and subsequent pursuit of a Master’s
degree in printmaking at the University of Pennsylvania. She participated in many group and solo
shows in United States and abroad.
www.demetratassiou.com
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Left: Space, mixed media, acrylic and collage on board, 20x20cm
Above: Air, mixed media, acrylic and collage on board, 20x20cm
DEBRA THOMPSON | Australia
Inspired by music and her love of the beaches along her native South Australian coast, Debra
Thompson’s modern abstracts use both movement and colour to arouse the senses. Some works
are cursive with a limited palette of colours. Other pieces appear colloidal and almost crystalline
with a broader colour reach. Thompson eschews convention in the tools she employs to express
her creative impulses. “When it comes to painting tools, I have been known to experiment with
anything except for a brush” exclaims the artist.
Thompson deconstructs images that are subliminally familiar. In so doing, she establishes an
emotional connection with viewers through works that are bright, happy, and textural. Her tactile,
multidimensional abstracts portray concepts that run the gamut from whimsical to passionate.
Each is richly nuanced in form and hue, reflecting an unmistakable joie de vivre as colour touches
canvas. In many ways, her free-flowing expressions are calming, and even relaxing, imparting a
sentient awareness of the world in which we find ourselves, connecting us to feelings that might
otherwise be too elusive or transitory to experience fully.
www.loveabstractart.weebly.com
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Left: Fire, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Bouquet, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
INES SIRI TROST | Germany
Ines Siri Trost was born in Berlin in 1967. Today she lives in Wetter/Ruhr. As a painter she has learned
to perceive fields of vibration of beings and places and to make them visible in colour and form.
The paintings which arise from that give a visual imprint in the material of her communication with the
spiritual. They show moments of non material processes, of evolution and of energy fields and realms.
Painting to Ines Siri Trost is meditation, is prayer and giving her thanks to creation. It is all about
building up means of communication to the spiritual world. Places of study where the academy of
Fine Arts in Hamburg, and various other Art Colleges in London and in Switzerland.
Since 2014 her work is presented by the Artodrome Gallery in Berlin, which also takes her work to
international art fairs, such as the Art Canton/China in 2014 and the Art Fair Cologne in 2015, by the
ICA, International Contemporary Artists, New York, by the Hidden Treasure Art Magazine in London
as well as by MOT, Masters of Today, London. Many of her paintings found their way into public and
private Art collections.
www.inestrost.de
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Left: Untitled, oil on a rusty iron plate in beeswax, 20x20cm
Above: Untitled, oil on a rusty iron plate in beeswax, 20x20cm
RUTH UHRENHOLT | Denmark
I am born in 1943 in a little town in the north of Denmark, I am autodidact artist and have always
been interested in art in every form. I find great inspiration for my paintings from nature and
especially during travelling in Greenland, The Faroe Islands and Iceland. My artworks are untitled
as I believe that the viewers should discover their own scenes and landscapes.
Ruth Uhrenholt
www.ruthuhrenholt.dk
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Left: Untitled, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Untitled, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
VéRONIQUE VALLET | France
This series on the Illusion of Time passing is an invitation to reflexion. White line is the starting trace.
Parenthesis open. An ephemeral initiates our acuity. These ropes are holding us where, when, how
and why. In this madness of passing time, we always have the desire to stop making choices: where
to go, how to go, why to go, when to go.
Véronique Vallet
veroniquevallet.overblog.com
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Left: L’Illusion du Temps. Pourquoi? oil on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: L’Illusion du Temps. Comment? oil on canvas, 20x20cm
INEKE VAN MIDDELKOOP | The Netherlands
Ineke van Middelkoop inspiration can especially be found outside, in the nature. She wanders and
enjoys observing her environment. This could be in her garden and/or further away, through
ancient villages, along rivers and seas, through the woods and across the fields.
If you look carefully, you can see that everything has got colour and structure and you will discover
the proces of power and beauty. The erosion by wind, wheather or other natural circumstances
gives new shapes and different textures. Her photos represent her astonishment.
The reality does not change. What she sees, she captures by taking photos in her own way, as if it is
painted with a brush. The reality stays the same. But the photo is enlarged in a way that the source
can not be recognized any more.
www.inekevanmiddelkoop.nl
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Left: Love Intrigue 1, photography, 20x20cm
Above: Love Intrigue 3, photography, 20x20cm
ANASTASIA VOLTCHOK | Switzerland/Russia
I am an artist and a concert pianist who travels around the world performing as a recitalist and
soloist with orchestras, all while exhibiting my paintings. The source of my inspiration is music and
travel. I use mixed media, mostly oil, acrylic, and pastels. Art has always been a very important part
of my life and I would like to continue sharing it and presenting around the world.
I gather my inspiration from the many cultures and people that I meet and the different music
styles that I play. One of the most important tasks for me is to express the energy and the emotion
of the moment, similar to music making on canvas. I’m currently focusing on capturing the invisible
energetic connections and interactions between people and the events in the world around us.
Anastasia Voltchok
www.trevisan-international-art.com
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Left: Adagio 4, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Adagio 1, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
KUZMA VOSTRIKOV | United States
At the beginning it was just a lyrical incident. Her name was Tamara. We met on facebook last
spring. She was painting huge flowers with a brush on canvas. She liked watercolours and mandarin
oranges. Everything about her was beautiful: sentimental dresses, the shy faces she made in her
photographs, and the distance that kept us under the agonizing and most necessary, unique stress.
She lived in Tokyo. I was rusting away in Moscow. We were happy while we were together. We were
united by the sentimental thread of the Internet, which didn’t require a place to live, a salary, or
official documents. We chatted serenely and exulted in each other for ten hours a day.
One April day, I decided that I wanted to change our reality for the better and entered her
photograph, positioning myself in the digital shadow in an orange jacket. I thus compromised,
digitized our feelings, and my Tamara blanched, flickered for a few hours, and then completely
dissolved from the picture. The magic had ended. I cried nights, until the summer. Soon, in
remembrance of Tamara, I started improving reality. I acquired five thousand friends and told each
one of them my love story, in pictures.
The photos are part of the project “Facebook: One thousand photos in which I have never been”.
Kuzma Vostrikov
kuzmavnutriva.com
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Left: Episode 753-2, archivial pigment print, 11,5x20cm
Above: Episode 638, archivial pigment print, 14,5x20cm
DÓRA VOTIN | Hungary
Painting is Love. I fell in love with colours when I was eighteen and still this love endures. It does
not matter what tool I work with, the one thing that is important is that I feel as if it has been
disappeared and has become the extension of my hand so that I don’t have to care about the
material things only the thoughts and feelings I want to express.
What tool and technique I use depends on what I want to express. It is never the same to paint
on canvas, on deal or on hardwood board. That is the same with the painting technique, too. In
these days some of my artworks are painted on small waste deal pieces, what were left behind and
neglected at building operation area. They are dirty, cracked, scraggy and sometimes rusty nails
stand out of them.
It is a great experience to find what was lost there and lift them up and convert the worthless
pieces into art pieces. So what once was in the dirt now is in the temple of art. That whole gesture
is more than fine art for me, it is the symbol of our lives. The same way we can be neglected and
thrown away, then later found and recreated and changed into some nice “artworks”.
Dóra Votin
www.votin.hu
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Left: Remembrance, mixed media on wood, 20x20cm
Above: Move, mixed media on wood, 20x20cm
LENA ADAMINA WALDAU | Sweden
”Narratives” is a good description of most of my works – but about what? Probably about the
experiences from life as a middle class female in Sweden. To say that they are personal statements
is to say the obvious; who’s statements are not personal?
I do not believe in the concept of uniqueness in art or life, and is happy to be an example of what
statistics tell about middle aged academic women in Sweden, which is someone worrying about
the conditions for females in the world, about the threats to nature from greedy humans, and who
participate in NGOs and politics to push development in a better and more peaceful direction.
As I do art work because it is fun, I do not restrict myself to a few themes or styles. I do extremely
figurative paintings and embroideries as well as totally abstract ones. My prints range from the
semingly figurative to those more mystifieing. Only in sculpture I tend to work mostly figuratively.
Lena Adamina Waldau
www.artfool.se
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Left: Net, acrylic and collage on board, 20x20cm
Above: Home, acrylic and collage on board, 20x20cm
MARGIT WIMMER | Austria
Visual arts have always been an essential part of my life. My artwork is spontaneously created, for
example in imagery and it reflects an exciting view of the colours of the world around us. I like to
play with colour and design, with lines and colours which vary from soft to strong. The viewer and
collector can feel the impact of colour in the mystery captured in my artwork and be inspired.
Margit Wimmer
fineartkunst.wordpress.com
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Left: Love Symphony 3, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
Above: Love Symphony 2, acrylic on canvas, 20x20cm
LAYNET LORE WYNSCH | Denmark
Dal 2 al 4 Maggio a Øksnehallen, Art Nordic dà il benvenuto alla più grande fiera d’arte in
Scandinavia del 2015. Øksnehallen ospitava una volta il mercato. Oggi è uno spazio espositivo
che si trova nel così chiamato “distretto della carne”, a Vesterport. Durante questi tre giorni di fiera
si possono incontrare più di duecento artisti scandinavi che espongono alcune tra le loro migliori
opere. Pittura, ceramica, scultura, per non dimenticare fotografia e gioielleria: un’esposizione per
tutti i gusti con un vastissimo assortimento di tecniche artistiche.
In questa breve recensione, vi racconto alcune impressioni e vi mostro alcune delle opere che
hanno attirato la mia attenzione. Laynet Lore Wynsch, cresciuta in una famiglia di pittori, presenta
le sue Funny Faces, personaggi voluminosi alla Fernando Botero, dalle carnose labbra a forma di ali
d’angelo; bocche a cuore, simbolo di (libera) espressione che rivelano una bellezza interiore. Ispirata
dalla sua stessa vita e da avvenimenti reali, Laynet si lascia guidare dall’esperienza cromatica e dal
senso dell’humor.
Indre Skønhed
www.galleri-links3.dk
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Left: The Big Washing Day 1, oil on wood, 20x20cm
Above: Miss Larsen’s Washing Day, oil on wood, 20x20cm
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Little Treasures 2016, Bologna - Italy
November 26 - December 8, 2016
8th edition