art&beyond Vol. 20 • July/August • 2014
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Magaly Barnola-Otaola
Cosmic Energy “Sidereal” The Man as the Center of the Universe
oil • acrylic • watercolor • mixed media • photography • digital art • sculpture • glass • ceramic • jewelry
Niurka Barroso
TIME OF JOY TIME OF SORROW.
Vol. 20 • May/June • 2014
art&beyond Art & Beyond Magazine is a bridge between the artists and the art world. It is an essential marketing and promotional tool every artist needs to possess when exhibiting their work, whether at art shows, art expos, or small exhibitions. Art & Beyond Magazine is proud to present the incredible artists featured on the pages of this issue. Each exhibiting their own style, unique ideas and vision of the world around us. From nothing they are able to create what inspires and enhances our everyday lives. On pages of July/August issue we started a new column – Interviews. In collaboration with Paul Weiner a founder of Critique Collective, a website for the exploration of contemporary artwork via in-depth interviews, reviews, commentary on the art market, and critical theory. In this issue you will find a Paul Weiner interview with a Mary Luke focused on the existentialism and the human figure. We would like to congratulate the following winners published in this issue for their amazing work: Congratulations to Magaly Barnola-Otaola her artwork “Cosmic Energy “Sidereal” The Man as the Center of the Universe" was chosen as this months Art & Beyond Front Cover Competition winner. The Inside Front Cover was awarded to Niurka Barroso for her beautiful artwork “Time of joy tiem of sorrow”. The Back Cover was awarded to Gilbert Salinas for “Membrana” and the Inside Back Cover has been awarded to Celia Zusman for “Duality”. We would also like to congratulate those artists who have been chosen as Publishers Choice Award winners in this issue for their outstanding artwork: Debbie Chan, Evelyn Walg, Natalya B. Parris, Maria Fernanda Lairet, Jose Peyo, H. Allen Benowitz, Robert Andes, Yulia Altas, Raquel Rub, Mak Wai Shing Allan, Diana Whiley, Charles Fletcher, Anabela Ferguson with One page article and Jon Bøe Paulsen with Two page article. We thank all of the amazing and talented artists who participated in the competition and wish you all great success in your journey. Publisher Art Director Interview Editor
Mila Ryk Mila Ryk Justin Hoffman Alina Lampert
Art & Beyond published 8 times a year. Six (6) Online issues and Two (2) printed issues. Distributed to the galleries, museumes and other
CONTENTS Interview
Paul Weiner Interview with Mary Luke 4
Fine Art
Yulia Altas Robert Andes Magaly Barnola-Otaola Olivia Boa Alfonsina Bozzano Maruka Carvajal Debbi Chan Gabi Domenig Anabela Ferguson Helen Kagan Mak Wai Shing Allan Natalya B. Parris Jon Bøe Paulsen
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Jose Peyo 22 Gilberto Salinas 23 Evelyn Walg 24
Sculpture • Jewelry
Sandy Den Hartog 26 Raquel Rub 27 Celia Zusman 28
Photography Digital Art
Niurka Barroso H. Allen Benowitz Charles Fletcher Arthur Jacob Christophe Kiciak Maria Fernanda Lairet Dan McCormack Diana Whiley
Cover
Back Cover
Magaly Barnola-Otaola
Gilberto Salinas
Inside Front Cover
Inside Back Cover
Niurka Barroso
Celia Zusman
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interviews
Paul Weiner
http://critiquecollective.com
Paul Weiner Interview with Mary Luke
Self Portrait. Collaged
Mary Luke
Self Portrait in green.
is known for paintings involving existentialist commentary on the human figure, particularly as it relates to aging. In her monumental oil paintings that often extend five or more feet in either direction, Luke develops a tour de force of painterly figuration, engulfing viewers in voids and distorted body parts. Luke often works on unstretched canvas, applying various papers, paints, tape, and detritus from her studio to create heavy layers of rich, malleable textures and an atmosphere reminiscent of action painters like Willem De Kooning. Better yet, her recent works plunge into the realm of gesture and ephemerality, where her non-archival paintings are given a life span mimicking that of her subject, elderly human figures. Though many of Luke’s recent works may be seen as vignettes, these single figures act as decentralized nodes for a postmodern theoretical discourse when placed in the gallery setting. A visual language emanates from the didactic works, which is punctuated by elegant aesthetic choices including swirls of impasto oil paint, varying line qualities, and enticing pops of color. Luke recently relocated to Philadelphia after graduating from Syracuse University with a BFA in painting in May of 2014. She has displayed her artwork in the Piazzale Donatello 21 in Florence, Italy, Katonah Museum of Art, SUNY Purchase, and various galleries throughout the Syracuse area such as 914 Works and XL Projects. Further images and information about Luke’s work can be found on her website http://marylukeart.com/ .
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Self Portrait with green hat.
Q. Paul Weiner – What kinds of materials do you use in your work? A. Mary Luke – Oil paint is the leading medium in my work. However, I am interested in combining oil paint with other mediums including charcoal, graphite, pastel, ink, and acrylic paint. And, although I generally paint on canvas, it is often stretched directly onto the wall, exposing imperfect shape and fraying edges.
This combination of materials and collage-like process along with my informal presentation is key to my work. I allow things to remain unfinished, and I find form in the scraps of paper and other studio debris often recycled from other works. Q. Paul Weiner – How has your work evolved over the past few years? A. Mary Luke – I have always focused on the human figure as a
subject in my work. And although that has not changed in the past few years, my style, portrayal, and scale of the figure has evolved dramatically. I find it important for artists to develop observational skills through traditional means before being allowed to utilize distortion or abstraction in their work. That way, they fully understand that which they are abstracting. That is why there is a definite transition from my early work, which employs aspects of realism and impressionism, to my recent work, which focuses more on gesture and exposes the process of the painting rather than masking it with fully
rendered form and space. My work has also grown in size over the years; I find that my larger works have a greater effect on the viewer and allow them to enter the painting as the subject. Q. Paul Weiner – Which artists have been most influential to your practice? A. Mary Luke – There are many artists
who have influenced my work. Francis Bacon has probably been the most influential, especially in my most recent body of work from the past couple years. I have always admired his distorted depiction of the figure often placed in an equally distorted space. He has an incredible ability to create these figures that make you uncomfortable yet empathetic. I similarly strive to allow for the viewer to place him or herself in the context of the painting; in that way, the work becomes something greater than a painting and allows for a very personal, yet universally human, emotional response to the work. I have also avidly studied the works of R.B. Kitaj who utilizes bright colours and layers of space and form, mimicking collage. He also creates disorienting environments which provoke a sense of psychotic-ness, similar to Bacon. Both Bacon and Kitaj stayed faithful to figurative art during times when abstraction dominated the art world. Since then, many artists have continued to abandon the figure as more media is introduced into contemporary art. Despite this, I think the figure will always be a vital part of the art world and my body of work as it is inevitably the most relatable to both the artist and viewer. Q. Paul Weiner – Do you see painting as being more about expression or is it a tool for conceptual and political commentary? A. Mary Luke – I think that painting lends itself equally to expression and Woman Kneeling. conceptualism. When you think about it, concept comes from expression; at least, that is how it should work. I do think that contemporary art is often overconceptualized, meaning that the concept is more important and precedes the expression of the artwork itself, leaving little for the viewer to look at and contemplate. Whenever art is described and used as a tool for political commentary, it completely loses its expressive and artistic quality because it is being extorted and manipulated into something synthetic and insincere. There is a fine line between these realms of art, and I think the only way to decipher between the two is to determine
if a piece of art can speak for itself or if it needs translation. It is the latter that we need to avoid. Q. Paul Weiner – Many of your recent paintings involve elderly figures. Why did you choose this subject matter? A. Mary Luke – There are a few things
that attracted me to portraying elderly figures in my recent works. First, it has to do with form; the ideal human form as the media and society is concerned is completely different than the ideal form in figure drawing. Figure needs mass, space, shapes, line, etc. to make it visually appealing as well as interesting to draw in the first place. Though the idea of folds of skin and wrinkles and sagging body parts seems off-putting, these qualities have so much potential for capturing emotion as well as a sense of physical being. I am very concerned with confrontation in my work in that I want the viewer to confront the figure and vice versa; therefore, it is necessary to give the viewer a figure that, though two-dimensional, has a physical presence. The second reason I have been painting elderly figures is more conceptual than the first. I try to incorporate my studies and interest in philosophy in my paintings. There is an inarguable connection between existentialist theories and my portrayal of these aging human forms who, when you really look at it, are only made up from gestural lines and glimpses of body parts. So, although they seem physically there, it is really the mind and consciousness of the figure that has brought forth its existence on the canvas. Again, I believe that elderly figures have the greatest potential to relay this idea because you can see their bodies aging and deteriorating, further emphasizing the role of conscious existence. Q. Paul Weiner – Where would you ideally display your work? Does it belong in a traditional gallery setting or a more alternative space? A. Mary Luke – Of course, as an artist, it would be ideal to see my work in a gallery or a museum. However, I find that my paintings thrive most on the walls of my studio, where they were created. Few people get to see my work in that environment, but it’s interesting to see how the space has been transformed by the making of the piece and vice versa. In that way, you can see further into the process, see what was left behind and what was included and how my paintings progress together.
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fine art In the park. Watercolor on paper, 11" x 14".
“Even in my gloomiest mood, I try to find in the natural creations from God the raw material, the magic of life, colors, and shapes needed to come up with a work of art.” - Yulia Altas.
and more. Altas received an honors degree at Orel Art School, she later continued her studies for 6 years at Tula State University where she learned a new discipline, graphic design receiving a master degree. Immediately after graduation, in 2003, she went to New York, USA, where she continued her work in Graphic Design and fine art.. Altas’ formal classical education is revealed in her colorful mix-media paintings depicting elements found in nature that are filled with picturesque features, which are characteristic of a combination of a well-lived and nurtured childhood in addition to the explicit graphic details learned during her college years.
Yulia Altas was one of a handful of international artists who exhibited her work for the first time in, 2013 at the Miami Iron Side during the City of Miami-endorsed exhibition entitled “International Biennale Artists Exhibition Miami, IBAEM,” an event produced by The Art Marketing Mind, LLC. Yulia Altas was born in Tula a city in Russia, surrounded by the rich art heritage of this country. Her first serious artistic education began at 10 years of age, in the Tula art school. During her 4 years of training, she took part in various competitions, exhibitions and festivals of children's drawings, where awards, certificates and prizes were preseted. In 1993 she entered the Orel Art School, where she took most important basic skills of painting, drawing, composition, as well as crafts that included wall paintings, stained glass, Gobilen
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Her works are tender and emotional and she finds many opportunities in the open air to recreate her inspiration with the total energy of life that would be later used when she sets the theme to craft a particular motive or creation. Altas’ works have been showcased in New York at the Caelum Gallery in 2012; Spanish Society Benevolent Gallery in 2012 and 2013, she was one of a handful of international artists that exhibit in 2013 at the Miami Iron Side - endorsed exhibition entitled “International Biennale Artists Exhibition Miami, IBAEM,” an event produced by The Art Marketing Mind, LLC.; at the Elena AB Gallery Tribeca in NY, July and September in 2013; at the Chelsea Eye Gallery in NY in 2013. “Even in my gloomiest mood, I try to find in the natural creations from God the raw material , the magic of life, colors and shapes needed to come up with a work of art,” - said Yulia Altas. www.altasdesign.com
bench. Oil, 24" x 36".
Robert Andes My work is largely traditional in appearance and the narrative element shares much with other movements in art, from impressionism through expressionism to modern non- representational art. The desire to somehow convert what the artist sees, feels, and senses into another medium to carry forward the observations to the viewer. And the desire or willingness to use whatever tools, techniques, or tactics are at hand to achieve that end. Recently, my work has incorporated people in public places, sometimes alone, sometimes in group settings. I remain fascinated with cultural difference and distance between and among individuals
and how it often underlies and complicates the simplest and most common of human interaction. All without being observed or acknowledged by the participants. In the last couple years, I have continued to focus on people and their interaction with the environment. I have recently won several awards for my work including Best in Oil at the Artists of Northwest Arkansas show in the spring of 2013. I have lived in Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Hampshire and Saudi Arabia. I travel a lot and meet many interesting people and see many places. www.robandes.com
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fine art Oneiric Landscape II .
Magaly Barnola-Otaola born in Caracas, Venezuela obtained her BFA in Drawing and Painting from the School of Plastic Arts “Cristobal Rojas”. She received formal training from Pedro Centeno Vallenilla, Luis Alfredo Lopez Mendez, Edgar Sanchez and Alirio Rodriguez, prestigious Venezuelan master painters. Barnola’s main inspiration comes from her own husband; late Dr. Juan Francisco Otaola Pavan considered being one of the most important Lain American civil engineer of the 20th century.
no fear of criticism, the artist scans her previous drawings, taking them to another level of conception. Through the process of digitalization she obtains a brand new digital photo image, which she freely intervenes with through Photoshop. Changing sizes and creating new colored images of the same topic in multiple reproductions in a 'Warholian' manner, she derives another type of work that further from her previous formalist approach. The photo image she creates has its own proper visual force, its own allure and perspective. Through this process of mechanical reproduction and re-intervention she changes the aesthetics of the work, reformulating its form and content and engendering a new magic based on the model and not on the real and tactile drawing as an original. This new work questions originality and authorship and departs into another realm of simulation and virtuality in the sense Baudrillard pointed out. By using hyper technology, Barnola appropriates her own images and displaces them towards a utopian illusion. The drawing as a tactile and handmade creation dies and revives into an alternate universe of virtual reality and simulacra. Is it the Irony of the image? Is it the death of drawing? Is it the denegation of the original? Magaly Barnola-Otaola decisively dares to break through tradition and proposes a new contemporary practice in the 21 century. Currently, a Solo Show featuring Titans is at Contemporary Art Projects USA, Pop Up Gallery at SeaFair MegaYacht from June6th to July 7th, 2014. www.contemporaryartprojectsusa.com For more information contact Tata Fernandez, Gallery Director phone: 786-262-5886 info@contemporaryartprojectsusa.com Brain Rush.
According to Milagros Bello, Ph.D., curator, for Magaly the body is a metaphor. In the series Titans, She reflects and visually disserts on the power and strength of the marvelous corpus that is the human body. In her works the body endures tests and hardships and experiences ultimate ordeals and struggles. Muscle and flesh are pushed to the limit or assessed to the extreme. Barnola’s bodies show the fundamental essence of humans in an utmost combat. Forte, vigor, and potency reveal their toughest edges in a definite battle for title of the greatest and the supreme. They are in an energetic and lively battle for the furthermost of victories. On a wider scope and Barnola's main concern is that her bodies assess the human condition in its supreme and paramount excellence. Barnola's current works, digital images on paper, emerge from a process of de-construction. In a radical postmodern practice and with 10 • Art & Beyond • July/August 2014
Photography courtesy of Leo Ditomaso
Aller de l'avant!. Acrylic on canvas.
Olivia Boa "Blind" and "Pixels" Collections If I deprive myself of sight, I am no longer in the analysis of structures, shapes and colors. Only creativity and feelings take place in the work.
we go from our right hemisphere to our left hemisphere depending on the tasks to accomplish. Both hardly operate simultaneously. Having a subject represented under these two perceptions allows a better coordination of our hemispheres.
That is the "Blind" collection, since painted blindfolded. It refers to our right cerebral hemisphere: the emotional one.
In different times of the day, we may be more sensitive to the "Blind" collection or the "Pixels" collection...
If I paint with my eyes open, I analyze what colors I should use, in which way and how to structure the image, everything is meticulously calculated.
According to neurological studies, men tend to use their left hemisphere and women their right... And to support this analysis, I have actually noticed during my exhibitions that men were more sensitive to the "Pixels" and women to the "Blind" collection.
That is the "Pixels" collection by analogy to particles in quantum physics. It refers to our left cerebral hemisphere: the analytic one. I like to showing a subject from two completely different angles. In our daily lives, we only activate one hemisphere at a time. So constantly
We could say that the "Blind" collection is the yin and the "Pixels" collection is the yang :-)! www.oliviaboa.sitew.com • oliviaboa@hotmail.fr www.artandbeyondpublications.com • 11
fine art
Old boats by Alfonsina Bozzano. Spatulated oil on hardboard,30cm x 40cm
Alfonsina Bozzano She comes from Argentine country life, born 1944- Lost her father at fifteen, endless spaces & horses with him, needding a new meaning to live up to. Obtained painter degree & professorship at high school of arts, inspired at Bauhaus & now Fba, depending of UNLP: ”Universidad Nacional de La Plata” - including humanistic studies. Later worked several years close to great masters in sculpture, painting, mural Technics, and so on & teaching privately or within schools, children’s hospital, indian-mission, rural teacher. Paying attention to the inner need we all have to develop creativity, and the vital importance in our lives, deep roots, connections. Balancing her metaphysical interests, began to work on technical design, finding it fascinating- the ONE structural sense, be it in places we walk on,live in, or in the inner strength working through canvas. Secure earnings too, and time to paint freely. But little time left for PR & art shows, self promotion, groups membership. At age of 35 went to London for 8 months, enjoying Tate Gallery & other magic places. Then to Paris: Beaubourg, Musèe de la Ville, Palais Royal, Jeau de Pomme; coming back latter to Musèe d’Orsay, small travels while living at Milan - Enjoying the Gugenheim at Venice or walking Ravenna.
Alfonsia had retrospective show of her paintings at the Milan Argentine Consulate in April 1994. She has attended the “oliversità” (holistic university) 1998/99 at Milan & online One Center course, 2000, attested “study group leader.” Has worked long at Naval Design. At Milan for 17th years, even with Gae Aulenti on a 21m yacht interior. Latest 8 years at Wally shipyards at Fano & Ancona (Adriatic seaside) & back to Milan where she lives. Briefing about her plastic work: “I think, as many others before me, that every masterpiece is based upon abstract values, inner structure, cadence, synergy of colors, composition & inner need to cope with it all- Colors are like sounds to music. I love both: abstract paintings & portraits, landscapes, drawing animals in movement. Have done it all - just taking one way at the time. Knowing that we are sort of mediums, through which something else manifest - indivisible with us-sort of our higher-selves, and clearence & integration for the rest. Anyway, while painting, I free my mind of every thing than painting - I let it Be-” http://pinterest.com/sinabozzano/
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Beads & Jazz. Acrylic on Wood board, 24� x 24�.
Maruka Carvajal I was born in Bolivia, and I am a naturalized Spaniard. I have lived in Brazil, Singapore, Colombia, and currently in Washington DC. I was educated to be an architect but my passion led me to dedicate myself to the visual arts instead. I enjoy painting so much! It is a chance to get involved with my thoughts, my memories and my feelings; it's my moment. When I start a painting I always choose colors first; without thinking maybe it's just intuitively or sometimes based on my mood. In my art I like to explore the abstract secrets of cities I have lived in, cities I have passed through, and cities I hope to visit. I bring out the similarities between cities around the world, capturing their true nature. Using different shapes, lines, and vibrant colors I interpret onto my canvas the emotions that cities awaken inside of me. I recall my experiences in different cities that have impacted me and I look into that past at the feelings that came over me in those moments. Some artists inspire me, especially Hans Hoffman because of his exuberant use of color, the relationship between them, and the spatial tension.
I use different acrylics in different to express myself. My strokes reflect my visual language and respond to the impulse to fill the canvas. Using geometric shapes adds structural order to how freely I use colors. In addition, I like to use both paint that is slightly watered down and pain that is thicker. To me this combination of shapes and my free use of colors along with varying viscosities of paint is the most appealing part of my creative process. The colorful nature of my painting makes them stand out and appear bright. Vibrant colors are very powerful tools and I am able to manage their effect on a composition. I am fascinated by cities because they are short-lived but form a long lasting memory. I think my paintings serve the purpose I intended and convey what I want them to. My goal is to make the viewer curious about the meaning behind my painting. I expect my work to represent the places that I have had the fortune to visit or have lived in and I hope it shares these places with the viewer inviting them to take an emotional journey where their spirit can drive free. www.marukacarvajal.com www.artandbeyondpublications.com • 13
fine art
il Palio in relief. The piece is carved on both sides and it is 15" L x 3" W.
Debbi Chan On the cusp of two creative signs, the tiger and the rabbit, I was born in Houston, Texas. With a creative push from day one, I took up the brush by age ten. In my early years as a budding artist I decided that oil painting was not my thing but watercolor and ink were. That really never changed but the style vacillated from realism to fantasy throughout those formative years. It was not until a bit of aging wisdom came to me that I sought out a teacher and found Frank Chiu, a master artist in traditional Chinese painting. He mentored me for over a decade and was later joined by his wife, Judy. They showed me that just taking Sumi lessons was not enough. I involved myself in Chinese culture, philosophy, and art until it coursed through my veins and I saw the world through different eyes. My teacher gave me an artist name – Sosum. He said I always do what I say I will do and SOSUM was the He chose. What He did not know is that the main reason I got in to traditional 14 • Art & Beyond • July/August 2014
Chinese art was to paint on silk. Sosum also means, through the root character, threads of silk. I learned much from this wise teacher. then I took an invitation to visit Idaho for a three weeks vacation. Four days before my departure for home, I decided to live here and when I went back home it was only to pack my apartment and say two goodbyes: one to the Buddhist Temple where I was an ordained nun; the other, to the Chiu’s, my mentors and teachers who had become family. Frank Chiu threw the IChing without my knowledge and four days later in my new home he told me what the sticks had said..... GO TO TH E WESTERN MOUNTAINS...so now a decade has passed. I own a farm on ten acres of paradise, and my heart and art are reaching heights not reached by many... I can truly say that I am rich – rich with no money. And art is still as exciting as it was when I picked up that paintbrush fifty years ago. http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/s/sosum
Give me paradise. Acrylic on canvas, 120cm x 80cm
Gabi Domenig was born in Austria. She is a through and through figurative artist. She tries to capture moments and build up emotional tensions. She does not want to shock, stir up or provoke. The viewer of her images should be touched by a positve energy. He should feel the music she has listened during her painting. He should feel something of her passion when she paints. There are so many negative messages every day which cause bad feelings. For her art should be life-affirming and beautiful, touching and connecting. A language without words. She paints mostly with acrylic colours and concerns herself primarily with the representation of man and especially of women.
Her characters send out varied emotions such as pride, pain, love, sadness, loneliness, joy and longing. They are sensuous, strong, vulnerable, thoughtful, dreamy, seductive, promising and cautious. For the most part the figures are located in a particular environment cutout. The expression of the eyes should draw the viewer into its spell and animate him to enter in a deeper communication with the figures in the picture. Flowers, plants, animals, patterns and landscape sections are decorative parts, but are usually situated in the background www.domenigartdesign.at www.artandbeyondpublications.com • 15
fine art
Feathers of Hope. Fluid Acrylic on doubled primed canvas, 34" x 42".
Washingtonian Cherry Blossom. Watercolor and Liquid Acrylic on Watercolor paper, 22" x 28"
Anabela Ferguson is noted for her paintings in abstracts, her long slim water landscapes and her gorgeous vibrant and bold colors for her florals, unique and expressive portraits. She has shown her highly varied works throughout The National Capital Region. She uses a variety of materials including rice paper, inks, salt, pepper, sand, suedes and bells to fashion works that are not only unique artistic statements but also warmly accurate. She is also skilled in fine art restoration and conservation and cleaning weathered or damaged paintings and photography. www.Anabela-Artist.com
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AT THE CROSSROADS. Acrylic & Mixed Medium on canvas, 48”x36”
Helen Kagan PhD Coming from a family of scientists, Helen was always fascinated by the left and right brain communication. A holistic therapist and artist, she's been developing her unique technique and style in “Healing Arts” which reflects her own deep and colorful view on life, a desire to bridge realities and heal the Past. A refugee from Russia, Helen believes that art as a powerful form of self-expression can be a vehicle for emotional, physical, mental and spiritual well-being.
Her “Healing Arts” – is her unique way to integrate fine art and the art of healing, and through beauty of expression, positively charged intention, healing frequencies of color, and energetically balanced composition – enhance well-being in a viewer. Helen believes in mind-body-spirit connection and her passionate art is a statement of her beliefs. www.HelenKagan.com • helenkagan@yahoo.com www.artandbeyondpublications.com • 17
fine art Pd. Oil Pastel, 36" x 36".
Bird Bathing 1 & 2. Oil Pastel, 36" x 36".
Mak Wai Shing Allan I studied and received my art education in Alberta College of Art & Design Canada. By 1990 l received my diploma in visual art and jewellery design department. After school l engaged in jewellery business for 10 years. In 2006 l joined Oil Pastel Society in USA and in 2010, l received my 3rd prize award under associate artist category and that artwork called “Pd”. The following year 2011, the same piece received 3rd prize award again in Hong Kong Artist Society. And that was the second year l became member of that society. “Pd” is my double third prize award. It was my attempt to turn ordinary artwork into extraordinary visual entertainment, l hope the viewer could discover that a canvas was now a drapery with small animals dwelling in it at four corners. and the chrysanthemum was redesigned a new form likes an inflated upside-down paper sandwich bag; rather than drew as just 5 ft tall flower plant.There are several interesting effects l done to make this painting more artistic content. In 2012 HK people oil painting competition , l was accepted as one of the lucky finalists by juries of the show. And the entry piece called “Monday Only”. This was my caricature approach painting since it was divided into 6 equal size of square panels. And the story goes from right to the left. In 2013 l was awarded 2nd prize in Oil Pastel Society USA annual show. The 2nd award piece is called “Birds Bathing 1&2”. Bird Bathing are about river stream with flowing curvature likes Chinese words and 18 • Art & Beyond • July/August 2014
it depicted in an imagine environment surrounded by new exotic plants created from my imagination also, and then some birds come to bath in it. Bird of paradise flowers are drew like multi-purposes knife, dandelion is drew to resemble a ventilation fan. some plant are drew in a spiral form and some are drew like a kissing mouth lip that give them an uniqueness.These are my creative painting that defined my unique style and thinking. And these were the greatest events of my art journey till today. marihyana@hotmail.com
Fireworks II. Acrylic on paper, 11" x 14".
Natalya B. Parris was born in Moscow, Russia where she earned basic and advanced degrees in construction engineering from the Moscow State Construction University. After moving to the USA Ms. Parris has been working as a professional artist, art instructor and curator. Since 2007 she has been teaching art classes for children at the Arts Barn, Gaithersburg, MD. Since 2010 she has been teaching Art Appreciation classes to adults and seniors at Sunrise at Montgomery Village, MD. Ms. Parris worked for the City of Gaithersburg, MD from November 2006 - July 2010 as a Gallery Coordinator, Gallery Director and Gallery Curator. As a Gallery Director she organized over 96 exhibits in four City of Gaithersburg galleries. She worked with more than 384 artists and art organizations. Ms. Parris was a member of Art Committee of the Sandy Spring Museum, Sandy Spring, MD (2005 – 2012) and participated in the selection and management of the quarterly art exhibitions at the museum. She developed her unique artistic style
and is using her scientific and engineering experience to bring new ideas to reality in her work. Ms. Parris expresses herself, her view of the world, through color, color combinations and shapes. When she creates her artworks, she feels completely free. There is no taboo of what colors she can choose or combine, or what technique to use. She applies whatever seems right at the moment or whatever new ideas are coming up in the moment of inspiration. Her “Emotional Counterpoints in Paint – Dots Artworks” have a slightly different story behind them. They are more reflection of her “life achievements” as an experienced construction engineer. Her floral compositions are expressions of her connection with Nature; its beauty and its nurturing and healing effect on soul. www.linkedin.com/pub/natalya-parris/18/a1b/820/
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fine art
Dead Ringer.Oil, 18.2" x16.8".
Jon Bøe Paulsen ARC Associate Living Master™ Norwegian artist "My work of art can be presented under the name New - Realism. Portrait of mankind with a classical brush but put in a modern context." – Jon Bøe Paulsen 1977 Eksamen Artium, Oslo, NO (College degree) 1979 School of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA 1980-1984 Norwegian State Art Academy, Oslo 20 • Art & Beyond • July/August 2014
Latest juried exhibitions include: 2013 Saatchi Online Competition, Finalist,"Black Swan" 2013 International Guild of Realism (IGOR),"Portrait of Two Souls", 8th Annual Juried Exhibition, Tempe, AZ, USA 2012 Salon d'Automne,"Portrait of Two Souls", Autumn Festival, Champs Elysee, Paris, FR
Beneath The Facade. Lithograph, 27.5" x 39.4".
Awards: 2014 Artavita 10th Competition, Winner 2013 - 2014 Art Renewal Center International Salon Finalist 2013 RayMar Art Painting Competition, Finalist, "Dead Ringer" Oil, 7th Annual Competition, Month 12 2013 Boldbrush Painting Competition, Finalist, "Dead Ringer" Oil, December 2013 RayMar Art Painting Competition, Finalist,"Beyond The Facade" Oil, 7th Annual Competition, Month 8 2013 BoldBrush Painting Competiton, Winner of the Class,"Romeo & Juliette", Outstanding Watercolor Exhibition 2012 - 2013 Art Renewal Center International Salon Finalist www.jonboepaulsen.no www.artandbeyondpublications.com • 21
fine art
Sunset blue.
Jose Peyo
Vazquez|Puerto Rico Peyo Vazquez’s journey with art has been intense, as life itself. His artwork can be described as autobiographical, expressive and intimate. The visceral struggles of his conscience and his spirit exposed to the canvas can be violent, cruel, mocking, sensual, or tender. Absent is the resignation and disdain, the artist is in constant dispute with fate, society and himself. “Sábado in Blue” represents his earliest years living with his grandparents, making us part of his infancy, better times, lazy days,
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long afternoons where the sun used to hit the stained glass windows of the hacienda where he spent the happiest part of his life. Exhibition: Represented by Marcano Maldonado Art Project His work is currently exhibiting during the month of July at Contemporary Art Projects USA, SeaFair Mega Yacht, Miami, FL www.contemporaryartprojectsusa.com
Displacements II.
Gilbert Salinas is native of Puerto Rico, his central theme is based in investigating the variety of ways to address the organic forms of nature and its constant evolution through art. He is also interested in the aging surfaces of the planet and in the traces that time bares on earth. In his art he uses the mysterious and extraordinary of the organic forms as reference; for which it inspires me to explore and experiment with the works. He relates the accidental spontaneity of the paintings with the unpredictability of our lives. As a continuity of his investigation he also focus on the conscience, instincts and complexity of the
human being. He explores those processes and phenomenon that go thru our minds in order to understand our reality. His really intention is to project these introspective stages and energies on the canvas. Current Exhibition at Contemporary Art Projects USA Pop Up Gallery at SeaFair Megayacht, Miami, FL 33131 For more information contact: info@contemporaryartprojectsusa.com Tata Fernandez, Gallery Director www.contemporaryartprojectsusa.com
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Happy Day on the Sun. Acrylic on Canvas, 36" x 24".
Evelyn Walg was born in Belgium to Dutch parents. Because of the war and antiSemitic expressions in Europe, her parents escaped to Spain with the intention of travelling to the Dutch Island of Curacao, but due to circumstances, they had as final destination Caracas, Venezuela where Walg lived most of her life. As a professional in the art field, curator, art critic and professor of art, I highly recommend Evelyn Walg's work. She is an award winning artist with worldwide exhibits in Caracas, Venezuela, South Florida and Israel. In her works Evelyn discusses the interactions between human beings in a sharp vision of society. Current themes include unity and 24 • Art & Beyond • July/August 2014
friendship. Each of her paintings is worked with a personalized touch giving the individuals in her paintings individuality, personality and life like energy. Critic by Milagros Bello, PhD. Current Exhibition at Contemporary Art Projects USA Pop Up Gallery at SeaFair MegaYacht. Miami, FL 33131 For more information contact: Tata Fernandez, Executive Director info@contemporaryartprojectsusa.com
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Intricate Sleeping Beauty Turquoise with Pendant in Sterling Silver front and back. They are both colorful and unforgettable. This accent places the central stone in a special spotlight. Pendant is also signed by the Silversmith.
Selection of this design ensures a versatile collection regardless of the occasion. This one is Ethiopian Silver Bicone Beads, dispersed with Swarovski Crystals (tiny crystals), turquoise and Agate stones from Africa. Pendant is Egyptian Turquoise surrounding an African Agate Gemstone. Every piece of the individual gemstones inspires a unique and extraordinary design, meticulously set by hand, turning it into fine art. It is this quality that sets it apart from all others.
Sandy Den Hartog Sandy has had an interest in stones since childhood. Wherever she went, even as a young person, whether it was picnics, vacations, or field trips; she always made sure she had a cup along to collect rocks which were precious to her at the time. Once in high school she took numerous classes in gemology and geology. Then she graduated, got married, and had children. Rocks and gems had to be put on hold for a while. However, she was still able to attend gem shows and art shows when she had the opportunity. She was looking and learning and eventually was able to travel the globe and reignite her interest in gems and minerals. She was struck by how much stones, rocks, 26 • Art & Beyond • July/August 2014
gems, and minerals change from country to country. In bringing back Ethiopian Crosses from Africa, she made her daughters and granddaughters necklaces with the crosses. She was once again hooked with a creative passion for what she could now do with these artifacts. Sandy’s work has been exhibited at Palace Hotel in San Francisco and the James Ratliff Gallery in Sedona, Arizona. She has also been a part of several juried shows winning a first place medal in 2010 and 2012 with a Award of Merit in 2012. stitches1@suddenlink.net
Luminous White marble, 12" x 7" x 4".
Raquel Rub was born and raised in Lima, Peru in 1937. Her interest in art began as a young child. She studied Oil and Acrylic Painting at Brooklyn College, New York in 1956. Back in Lima, Peru, Raquel continued her studies in Pastel and Oil Painting at the Academy of Suarez Vertiz in 1957. She earned her degree in Interior Decoration at the Escuela de Decoración Interior de Miraflores in 1968. Relocating to Miami, Florida in 1975, Raquel continued to take art classes and workshops with Ilse Grinstein, Peter Rubino, Nilda Comas, Eugene Daub, Susan Luery, Paul Lucchesi, Judy Williams, Wayne Pelke, and currently Robin Katz amongst other artists. Raquel is an accomplished and prolific artist in oil painting with a remarkable sensibility and delightful color reminiscent of the great impressionist masters. Traveling to different parts of the world, Raquel always found the sculptures she encountered irresistible to touch. Her desire to understand the art of sculpting, prompted Raquel, along with her daughter Anabel, to pursue studies in stone sculpting with Salvatore Zagami. Through this medium her spontaneity, creativity and fascination with sculpting materialized piece after piece. “When I work with stone, I feel the inner essence that seeks to be revealed, it is as if ‘voices of the stone’ are guiding my hands.” Raquel earned her first award in 1967 for “Kindling Light” an oil painting exhibited in Lima, Peru. She then won an award for “Menorah” a bronze sculpture in 1972 in Lima, Peru. “Menorah” is part of the permanent collection of the Jewish Museum in Miami Beach, Florida. Raquel has earned numerous awards for her ceramic and alabaster sculptures and continues to showcase exhibitions in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties in South Florida. Raquel is an overall humanitarian and a philanthropist. She is an active participant in the Jewish community. She served as president of Eshet Chayil Cultural Group in Peru from 1973-1974. Raquel was the president of Na’amat OR Chapter of Miami from 1983-2005. Since 2005 to the present day, Raquel serves as the Na’amat South Florida Regional President. The State of Israel Bonds honored Raquel as a “Woman of Valor” in 1993, and honored Raquel and her husband Dr. Moises Rub O.B.M. in 1999 with the ‘Celebration of Life’ award. The Jewish Museum, Miami Beach, Florida, chose Raquel and Dr. Moises Rub O.B.M. as part of Miami’s 2002 Distinguished Latin American Families exhibit, ‘El Viaje’.
She is a dedicated mother and grandmother and she is actively involved in activities with her grandchildren in whom she instills her joy for the arts. raquelrub@live.com
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Celia Zusman – Peru/USA Celia Zusman creates modern artwork that is unique and enchanting as she masterfully combines styles, eras and messages into her pieces. Her work is vast and diverse but tends to divide into three categories: abstract shapes, figures and busts. As a native of Peru, she pays homage to her land by incorporating cultural elements into her art. For instance, the sculpture titled “Preparing Mate” depicts an indigenous woman preparing the traditional South American infused drink. Her work also shares a sense of mystery, as the message conveyed in the pieces is never explicit, but rather suggestive and highly poetic. Celia’s art is very particular and of great surrealism, with underlying expressionist tendencies and a persistent originality. Through her art, Celia cultivates an abstract language in an attempt to transform the world and embellish it. As Henry Moore once commented, “abstract means that you are getting closer to reality, away from a visual interpretation, but nearer to an emotional understanding. It can mean you are trying to consider, but not simply to copy nature.” Celia’s pieces have a timeless quality about them and are metaphorically comparable to the general and mental state of the
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world in which we live, its constant flow and change. In her work, she consistently seeks harmonization that reflects an extraordinary freedom of expression and great technical dominion. Her sculptures are dynamic and often reveal an aesthetic playfulness, such as one of her latest pieces, “Metamorphosis” that engages the observer by allowing him or her to partake in the creative process: the sculpture consists of three abstract shapes that may be combined together as a puzzle in various fashions. Every sculpture that Celia designs and creates in her studio in Miami encourages a dialogue between the observers and the piece observed, making it possible for them to contemplate their own intimate world fused with hers. Current Exhibition at Contemporary Art Projects USA at SeaFair Megayacht Miami, FL 33133 www.contemporaryartprojectsusa.com For more information please contact: info@contemporaryartprojectsusa.com Tata Fernandez, Executive Director
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Woman White Pigeon
Niurka Barroso She is a Toronto-based Cuban Photographer. Her Photography is the result of an exploration of her inner self and her formal experience as a photographer. She conceives and develops her work work in periodic creative cycles. She uses her body as symbolic territory to create her world of ideas, sensations and emotions and through this practice of externalization she reconstructs her inner being. Her photography shows a strong documentary intention. It is the indelible mark of her experience as a documentary photographer combined with her training as a photojournalist with Agence FrancePresse (AFP) from 1993 to 2005. The artist states: "My photography is emotionally autobiographical. Themes are related with my notions of identity, memory, history and are a reflection of the woman I am."
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The artist is represented by Silvia Medina, International Curator. www.niurkaphotography.com Currently she is feature at Contemporary Art Projects USA, Pop Up Gallery Contemporary Art Projects USA 100 Chopin Plaza, Suite 103 Miami, FL 33160 www.contemporaryartprojectsusa.com For more information contact: Tata Fernandez, Executive Director info@contemporaryartprojectsusa.com
Hot Car. 48" x 32".
Cigar lady. 30" x 20".
H. Allen Benowitz H. Allen Benowitz, a self-taught photographer, born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, and a graduate from the Interboro Institute of Business in Manhattan, migrated to Miami, FL, in the 1960s, where he currently resides with his wife, Jo. They spend time at their log home in Burnsville, NC. As an evolution from the accomplishments of his professional court reporting, legal videography, and videoconferencing career, the camera became a natural segue to photography. Recognition for his work includes a Judges’ Award at the University of Miami Lowe Art Museum’s Beaux Arts Festival and multi-year finalist in the International Color Awards Masters Cup. Among numerous
publications in which he has been featured are the Miami Monthly Magazine, Coastal Elegance & Wealth, The ARTnews, Art Business News, and Laurel of Asheville magazines. His photo subjects include landscape, wildlife, people, architecture, and adventure travel. His work has been exhibited in the Wynwood and Miami Design Districts. Among his recent exhibitions: the Beaux Arts Festival, Coral Gables, FL; the ArtSight Gallery, Coral Gables, FL; Design Gallery, Burnsville, NC; the Boca Raton Museum of Art Arts Festival; the Toe River Arts Council, Burnsville, NC; and Spectrum-Miami. www.H-AllenArt.com
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Namaste. Digital Art. 15" x 15".
Chuck Fletcher (b. 1968) uses a camera to engage people and create wonder about who they are. Chuck’s work focuses on street photography and contemporary sociocultural themes exposed in candid portraits of people. His photos reflect an interest in emotions, environment, and culture to promote social understanding. Chuck’s work showcases photographs taken over the years using a variety of camera and sensor types - from fancy Nikons to antique and disposable cameras. Most shots are taken on the move, with no rehearsals or second chances. The photographs are moments of opportunity, which means that nothing is staged – nothing is controlled – the environment, subject, lighting, movement and timing are all fluid. These blended challenges make street photography exciting and a unique way to convert daily life into art. Chuck is a published photographer and scientific author. An experienced geologist, teacher, and technical analyst, his pictures demonstrate a professional acumen for the graphics arts. Chuck's early influences include volunteer work taking pictures of children waiting for adoption and a wide variety of street encounters during 32 • Art & Beyond • July/August 2014
international travel. He grew up in the northwest suburbs of Philadelphia, but now resides in Northern Virginia with his wife and three kids. Chuck is a member of the Art League, Photographic Society of America, League of Reston Artists, the Greater Reston Arts Center (GRACE) and supporter of the Arts Council of Fairfax County. His work is shown in several galleries including the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria and ARTBOT in Fairfax VA. In 2013, he received a "Publisher's Choice" award from Art and Beyond Magazine and is a year-over-year competition finalist at ARTSPACE gallery in Herndon VA. His work was also selected as the promotional photo in the Reston Connection Newspaper for the 2013 Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce art show. Chuck has participated in several regional group exhibitions and his work is on permanent display at the Herndon Municipal Center [lobby], the Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce, and in several federal government buildings. Chuck was also invited to publish in "Living Artists of Today: Contemporary Art. vol.2 [book]", 2014 (in press). www.beonfilm.com
IVY Blue. Digital art.
Arthur Jacob Recognition of my work has greatly expanded with participation in several solos and many juried and group exhibitions. Among them is my most recent solo exhibition at the Bergamot Station Arts Center, Santa Monica, California and hosted by Gallery ArtLA. I have also been the recipient of several awards and have been featured in or as part of several print media articles, among them Professional Artist and Art & Beyond Magazine, that are both national print and electronic magazines. I have also recently been juried in to the winning on-line gallery hosted by Manhattan Arts International, New York, New York. My work is a process of discovery, strongly influenced by a very strong visual sense of the world. My work offers an infinite variety of visual perceptions and interpretations for the viewer. The viewer is first told what the “real Life” image is in the title of the piece, but through abstraction and reconstruction of that image, they are then asked to undertake an adventure of discovery and challenged to explore the shapes, colors, movements and forms, which the abstraction and
reconstruction present. Colors and shapes become emotion, while form and movement become attitude. Even when a work is easily recognized there is still a predominate thread of color, movement, shape and form. My creative process is a thoughtful and purposeful digital manipulation. Using a mouse rather than a brush to achieve a powerful medium of expression and communication, creates this style of fine art. After leaving the work-a-day world, it was in Las Vegas that I began to discover my creative abilities and focus on the mediums of photography and digital art. In 2008 I decided to move to the Portland area where I presently reside, after a short stay in Coos Bay, Oregon. Believing that it is important to stay connected with one’s community, I have actively served on several community boards and committees, most recently, the Contemporary Arts Collective in Las Vegas and the Coos Bay Art Museum in Oregon. aj@arthur-jacob.com • www.arthur-jacob.com
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Faith. Digital art.
Christophe Kiciak Christophe is a 36 years old self-taught hobbyist, living in France. He deeply enjoys creating unusual images, by combining his own photos into surreal, conceptual, or fantasy oriented pictures. The most important to him is to keep control over the whole creation process: he spends much time thinking about concepts, first translating them into rough sketches, then shooting all the various necessary photos, before achieving the composite itself. As a result, his images are always very personal, reflecting his very thoughts and point of views. 34 • Art & Beyond • July/August 2014
His wife Marianne is helping him, especially on the artistic side of the creations (sets construction, image composition, color choices, overall feeling). Since 2012, his work has been awarded several times in international contests. http://www.kiciak.fr
Self Portrait.
Maria Fernanda Lairet – Venezuela My mirror: the banquet of life “The modern way of looking is seeing fragments”. Susan Sontag.
In her exposition “My Mirror” Maria Fernanda Lairet manifests her internal Being and personal character, projected indiectly in her photographs; the author’s soul converted into action, in a series of performances developed in Uyuni’s Salt Mine, where her spiritual encounter was evidenced, with flight of ideas, creativity, reflections of surrealist, of the here and now, center emanating energies, as it is the natural environment doubling what exists to multiply it into a world that seems infinite while the human beings that participate therein are the color, the life, the movement that generate contrast in the center of that mirror of life containing charms. For three years she has been recognized as the virtual artist that digitalizes and intervenes paper money, this time the artist is interested in showing her parallel world, photography, artistic field she has been studying, exploring and professionally practicing beginning with the Graphic Design studies in the Caracas Institute of Design. Since then, she has participated in several competitions, winning awards and recognitions. However, until recently she never participated in a photograp exposition, as she has always exhibited her paintings or mixed techniques. These last 10 years, she became
increasingly interested in the digital world, with the marvelous tools that exist to transform any image into another reality. This will be the first time that she inaugurates an individual photograph exposition, encompassing in her work “My Mirror”, images that transmit peace, serenity and equilibrium, sensations that the artist is feeling at this moment in her life, expressing them in the adventure trip in a salt paradise to Bolivia. Moving colors, fly like serpentines, or are trapped by the red color: these are the key pieces of this collection, representative of diverse human situations and projections towards the future; conforming the central axis, limited by two opposed poles of photographic panoramas, that reveal the life of the human being, the beginning and end of all action, of any gesture, or change. Those empty spaces rescue our spirit, our tranquility and the horizon of life: where the invisible becomes desirable and the visible intimidating. Mariela Lairet Exhibition during the Month of June/July at the Museum of Art, “ Acarigua-Araure”, Portuguesa, Venezuela.
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Helen_W_12-12-12--09AC. 19.24" x 20".
Dan McCormack I studied Photography from 1962 - 1967 at the Institute of Design in Chicago and at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1967 to 1970. I began photographing the nude with Wendy, my wife, while in graduate school. Then for over forty years I explored various techniques and processes while photographing the nude as a central theme. In 1976, I joined the Board of Directors of the Catskill Center for Photography and served as Vice President of the Board for ten years. One of my responsibilities was the installation of every show during those formative years. I have taught photography at Purdue University, Pratt Institute, SUNY New Paltz, Bard College, Ramapo College and Mercy College before I came to Marist College twenty years ago. I currently head the photography program at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York.
In 1998 I began to work with pinhole photography. I use an oatmeal box pinhole camera to make 8x10 inch B&W negatives. With its extreme wide angle and distortion, the camera gives me results that are constantly a surprise. I develop the B&W negatives, scan them into Photoshop, and then colorize the image by pulling curves in each of the channels. I make an images rooted in 16th Century pinhole optics juxtaposed with 21st Century digital print manipulations. These newest photographs of mine are a hybrid of Photography and Digital Printmaking. From January to February 2010 I had a solo show at the Photography Center of the Capitol District in Troy, NY. I showed over fifty images from ten diverse series made from 1990 to 2010. And in May 2013 I have a solo show, “Nude at Home”, twenty-six images made from 2003 to 2012 at the Barrett Art Center in Poughkeepsie, NY. http://ulsterartistsonline.org/user/130
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Spring Fever. Digital Art. 70cm x 50cm.
Diana Whiley I spent my childhood immersed in the vivid landscape of the Southern Australian countryside. I turned to the digital medium several years ago as it best expressed my style. I love colour and am inspired by the Impressionist as well as the rich patina of the Old masters. As a fantasy writer I love to explore myth and dreams and have book covers published. I expanded my art practice to include abstract, portraits and still life. Over a number of years I have been both editor and contributor to a
number of community art projects and exhibit locally. Entering many on-line competition, I have won several awards and special recognition as well as been accepted and published in five International Contemporary Art Books. Currently I am exploring the relationship between symbolism and music in the rituals of various cultures. www.eltieradesigns.com
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Gilbert Salinas
Membrane, 2014. Mixed media on paper, 18" x 24"
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