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Jean Jacques Porret

Jim Fitzpatrick

Kari Veastad

Katherine DuTremble

Lawrence R. Armstrong

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Ric Conn

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A Message From Our Editor-in-Chief Dear readers,

We are celebrating Earth Day!

Millions of activists worldwide are coming together in civic action, and we want to invite you to join ArtTour International Magazine's unprecedented Earth Day Magazine Celebration!

This issue comes when we need to bring awareness to humanity's greatest existential threat and raise ambition across numerous environmental issues.

With over 2 million readers worldwide, ArtTour International Magazine serves as a platform for artists and activists, and we take our responsibility seriously.

Enjoy an issue where we celebrate the artists working to advocate for our planet.

This year, more than 1 billion people participate in activities worldwide to draw attention to the urgency of the climate crisis and environmental degradation and the need for immediate action.

ArtTour International launched an unprecedented Full Day Virtual Earth Day celebration in collaboration with Artists For A Green Planet, Manhattan Neighborhood Network, EarthDay.org, and Create4Peace.org.

Tonantzin, A Call For Mother Earth streamed live on April 22nd, from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm ET, to all ArtTour International Social Media Platforms and over twelve media partner channels. To watch a replay, visit www.arttourinternational.com.

The celebration continues with our Spring 2021 issue Artists For A Green Planet and an exciting Earth Day Auction with all participating artists of this issue.

We invite you to join us and be part of the Earth Day movement by showing your support to the artists working to advocate for our planet. Visit our Earth Day Auction, choose your favorite artwork, and show your support as a gift for a loved one or yourself. A percentage of the proceeds goes to benefit Create4Peace.org.

To view the art auction's incredible selection of art, visit www.create4peace.org/shop

We hope this Earth Day has inspired you to choose an environmentally friendly lifestyle and join us in our efforts for the restoration of our planet.

Stay inspired,

Viviana Puello

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ast April 22nd, ArtTour International launched an unprecedented Full Day Virtual Earth Day celebration streamed live from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm EDT to all ArtTour International Social Media Platforms and over twelve media partner channels.

To watch a replay, visit www.arttourinternational.com.

The celebration continues with our Spring 2021 issue Artists For A Green Planet and an exciting Earth Day Auction with all participating artists of this issue.

Our work to continue creating a global change to restore our planet has just begun. One of the largest international Earth Day events ever, ‘Tonantzin, A Call For Mother Earth’, featured over 20 global artists discussing and creating awareness about the need for global preservation. Sponsored by Create4Peace, Artists for Green Planet, and Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN), this 6-hour broadcast not only featured inspiring interviews and commentary but an incredible art auction benefiting the organizations that are working to better our planet.

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Viviana Puello, the founder of Arttour International Magazine, hosted the broadcast supporting and celebrating our amazing planet. With a panel of experts from all over the world, a global presentation of art, and international support for our Mother Earth, the event was an incredible success!

The expert panelists included Aashi Mital, Aleta Antoinette, Amaya Victoria, Ameilia Hill, Barbara Tyler Ahlfield & Alexandra Ahlfield, Brenda Fraser, Edit Kiss, Heidi Leatherwood, LaNika Nichelle, Lauren DeCarli, Liz Lehman, Melissa Ross, Mische Elle, Nicole Washburn, Penelope Hayes, Sharifah Hardie, Sylvie Beljanski, Yadira & Tierney, Zenaida Mendez, Tina Foy, and Vicki England.

The studios of MNN provided a powerful experience for the thousands of viewers watching online and the thousands more that have continued to view the video online. This global live event is a catalyst to bring focus to the need to understand better the true power we each have to impact.

This Earth Day event inspires each of us to dig deeper in our understanding of our home planet. It also helps us see all of the creative elements brought together to support Earth Day, and ‘Tonantzin, A Call For Mother Earth’ gives each of us a chance to be part of a global moment honoring our planet.

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During this exciting 6 hour event, 'Tonantzin, A Call For Mother Earth', international artists featured their art, not just to honor the earth, but to bring awareness to the true environmental problems facing our planet and a chance to share the advocacy needed to save her.

Host and visionary Viviana Puello shared, "It is critical that we cut global greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and hold global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, and this is not an easy task. It's going to require all of us to get involved, adopting new environmentally-friendly lifestyles. We need to support climate activists advocating for our planet and keep pressure on our leaders and key decision-makers; this is a critical moment. We have 30 years to work and make this happen so that our next generations can have a planet to call home. The time to start this work is now. " Puello speaks the truth and has brought a beautiful celebration of mother earth to give us all hope and direction in creating a healthier place for us all.

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Kimberly Berg

“Utilizing The Power of Poetry and Visual Arts To Advocate for Women Empowerment and For Our Planet”

“Birthing Moon” Pastel, 19” X 26”

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eople say an artwork acts as a looking glass, giving viewers a glimpse of the artist behind it. Kimberly Berg has used art to portray his poems as engaging visual narratives and as an avenue to forward the cause of feminism. His art is designed to acknowledge the rise of women who have long been confined for too long in the shadows.

Our Cover Artist, Kimberly Berg is a male artist aiming to contribute to the cause of feminism as much as possible and play a significant role in reshaping human history. His work shares the message of female empowerment, combined with his passion for honoring Mother Earth. And honor it he does, with every aspect of his life. Kimberly Berg is an artist living an eco-friendly lifestyle, living off the grid and utilizing natural resources, leading not just by the message he shares with his art but also by example.

His thought-provoking works are worthy of gracing museums. Believing that artists like himself have a monumental role in changing the narrative for women, Kimberly strives to produce art that empowers women to stand taller and boldly in this modern world.

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Kimberly Berg's latest works include intriguing pieces that combine his passion for poetry and visual art. After receiving encouraging comments for his recent works, the artist was encouraged to show them to a broader audience and inspire women to reinvent themselves, change their mindset, and claim their rightful place in society.

Enjoy this inspiring interview with Kimberly Berg.

Was there a pivotal moment when you decided to follow your path as an artist?

“At 43, I decided to turn my attention to becoming an artist. I felt I would not get the kind of recognition as a poet that I had been working toward for twenty years. I had won 1st place in a national poetry contest when I was 14 years old.

After wandering through my favorite galleries and museums while living in New York City, I had always had an interest in art. I had never taken any art classes, but I knew I had certain artistic talents. For a short time, I had the opportunity to work with an artist friend who taught me how to draw the figure. I was later thankful that I had not felt the need for taking formal art instruction because it allowed me to develop my own personal style working with pastels, the poor step-daughter of the art world”.

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Can you describe your work for us?

“After reading a book by Layne Redmond, When the Drummers Were Women, I devoted all my artistic attention to the support of the woman's movement. I had graduated as a history major.

History at that time meant what happened no later than the time of the Greeks.

After reading Redmond, I realized for the first time that there were entire civilizations that archeologists had uncovered that go back to Neolithic and Paleolithic times. 10,000-30,000 BC The amazing revelation that astonished me was that the civilizations that existed then featured women as the driving forces that still shape our world today. They were the first to create agriculture by planting seeds in the ground and harvesting grains in the fall.

They also practiced a spirituality that is opposite to what we have today. It was based on a female Goddess as the Creator of all things. It seemed perfectly logical because it is women who give birth to the mystery of new life. Another astonishing archeological discovery is that during this Paleolithic-Neolithic period in Europe and Near East, when the Goddess was worshiped, there is no evidence of warfare or violence. Everyone lived in peace. ; These discoveries form the underpinnings of my art…"

How do you think your work fits within society in our present times?

“There is no better moment in my lifetime for my art to serve as a means of validating the feminist movement than in the present time. I have been waiting a lifetime for this hour. For many “Creatress IV” Pastel, 26” X 19”

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women, the feminist movement is scary. Women need men and male artists to give the movement credibility and acceptability, and respectability”.

What does your work aim to say?

“The Creatress series respects women as not only giving life but honoring the sanctity of life.

The Meditation series respects women for birthing new life and following pathways into their interior life.

The Mandala series directs our attention to the immense cosmic forces that overshadow our spiritual life”.

What inspired you to bring the subject of female empowerment to your art?

“It is the realization that women have been treated unfairly since the end of the Neolithic period. Because of patriarchy, men have done everything humanly possible to demean and disempower women for the last 5000 years”.

Who are your biggest influences?

“Judy Chicago, Sue Monk Kidd, and women who are gallery owners and curators who support feminist goals and the men who support them”.

Can you tell us about your creative process?

It begins with a thought, a way of picturing something common in an uncommon provocative way, Like a vanity desk

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and mirror in a forest setting… and a standing woman glancing at her image… and flares outlining her body in the mirror.

What visual references do you draw upon in your work?

“Usually, it is a woman or, at times, also an animal. I sometimes include the shadow figure of the Goddess. I also use a large mandala… sometimes encircled by calligraphic inscriptions.

When looking back, what paintings emerge from your works that most relate to your life story?

“They include all the paintings that feature a forest setting that relates to how I live and how I have been inspired by the natural world surrounding me.

What advice would you give to a young artist following in your steps?

It is important to live as close to the natural world as possible.

Observe the world around you and learn to identify all the wildlife and plant life and all the changes brought about by the rotation of the seasons. I live beyond the power grid and internet, so life is very basic…one solar panel.

I live in a one-room post-and-beam cabin in the woods that I built myself. It's best to have a spring for drinking water...I can also collect wash water from a cistern or rain barrel that collects rainwater from the roof.

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You can also create a garden that will supply vegetables in the summer. The garden must be in a sunny spot. Usually, the garden will need some rich organic ground because the woods are usually very shallow...

I do most of my artwork in the winter, and I canoe, bike, hike, and cut wood in the spring and summer.

Anything else you'd like to mention that I didn't ask?

Thanks to the virus, I can work with few disruptions. It's great for working on paintings that never went very far among life's many distractions. But gallery shows have gone the way of the dinosaur.

I also have finally found a way to combine the power of the poetic world with the power of the visual image. At present, this

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breakthrough is a combination of both digital and graphic rendering and completely original. It could possibly change the literary-art world.”

Today, Kimberly Berg wholeheartedly immerses himself in the world of art. To the premier artist, visual arts are more than just a means of creative expression. It's also a tool to communicate messages that matter. For Kimberly, his art is his voice raised against the abusive patriarchal culture that plagues the world.

As an Activist and artist, Kimberly Berg aims to inspire society to shift its ways and give women more chances to excel and thrive, whether at work or in life. He continually advocates for women's rights and equality all across the board.

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Berg's impactful messaging and visual creations open a transforming dialog with his audience. The gift to weave together the visual and written portions of his work makes Kimberly a unique artist. No other artist seamlessly blends both practices into one with perfection. Consequently, Kimberly Berg has received the highest praise and critical acclaim all across the art world. Today Kimberly Berg runs Isis Rising, a curation of his best works.

To learn more about Kimberly Berg, check out Isis Rising's official website.

www.isisrising.net “When the power of the image is combined with the power of the word, it's possible to create a very moving dynamic that encompasses both a striking visual impression and unexpected lucidity."

– Kimberly Berg

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Monika Bendner “Harlequin”

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ward-winning master artist Monika Bendner presents to us a new series of works that uses bold colors and shapes to create an abstract portrait or Harlequins while implementing unexpected details to add dialogue and visual interest. She employs various mediums across her works with vividly colorful and dynamic shapes, including photography, painting, and mixed media. Her style breaks away from convention and instead seeks to create works that capture her subjects' emotional characteristics, viewed from her perspective using color and form to emphasize her message.

Opulent red, a gray color scheme, and geometrical shapes reference the Harlequin's theatrical essence, showcasing contrasting bold colors and a sense of melancholy with muted gray tones. The paintings draw the viewer in with figures that transcend age and gender, allowing freedom for interpretation while maintaining Monika Bendner's recognizable style of visually connecting disparate elements and creating visually stunning imagery.

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“Harlek Vorstellung” Drawing, Silhoutte, Phtography, PC Bearbeitung On Canvas

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Harlequin's stories of the past, her new works reflect a commentary on society, inviting the viewer to a new dialog.

with an array of emotions ranging from joy, melancholy to empowerment and hope.

Monika Bendner's new works create lyrical compositions that bring to life figures that inhabit the unconscious mind and have a symbolic meaning. In her Harlequin's series, the figures give us a sense of poetry and music in a visual symphony of bold colors, movement, and forms. The figure of the Harlequins depicted as the central theme has genderneutral geometric data and reminds us of the Italian comedy's popular character dating back to the sixteenth century and may allude to Bendner's observation of humanity. The viewers may identify themselves in the space

Monika's work's genre and creative process are based on her inspiration. Her interest is the interaction between the viewer and the image; thus, she creates art to involve her audience. In 'Harlequin,' there is humor, brightness, and energy reflected across her canvases as she places shapes and lines with masterful spatial orientation.

Monika has found the freedom of developing a wholly unique aesthetic. She creates multilayered, surrealistic experiences by applying a digital overlay and collage process using

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“Hi Dear Audience” Drawing, Silhoutte, Phtography, PC Bearbeitung On Canvas

photographic prints, drawing, and mixed media. Her compositions create a narrative that evokes emotions and multiple responses from her viewers. In her latest works, she positively captivates our attention and continues to stimulate her audience with thought-provoking mixed-media compositions that push the boundaries between reality and imagination.

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Ric Conn

“The Unwanted Visitor” Oil on Canvas, 40” X 30”

“Glass Ceiling” Oil on Canvas, 30” X 24”

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am an internationally known award-winning expressionist artist, creating paintings that reflect r e l e v a n t s o c i a l i s s u e s , e q u a l i t y, e m p o w e r m e n t , a n d p s yc h o l o g i c a l conditions to increase awareness and understanding. I focus primarily on figurative depictions of the female experience, looking into the realities women face in Western culture, focusing on their courage and beauty.

I am inspired by Toulouse-Lautrec, Edvard Munch, Picasso, Matisse, and the German Expressionists.

My work is concerned not with objective reality but rather the emotions that objects and events arouse within a person — positive or negative — especially the understanding of the self within the viewer. Distortion, exaggeration, and fantasy are the filters through which I paint the modern world.

My work is different—it is not conventional, academic, or even the new modernism. I am creating a new avant-garde.

I want the viewer to feel something when viewing my work to increase awareness and understanding. I focus primarily on figurative depictions of the female experience. I am inspired to look into the realities women face in Western culture, focusing on their courage and beauty.”

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“Cutting the Strings” Oil on Canvas, 36” X 24”

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Maribel Matthews

“Purple Trees” Acrylic on Canvas, 30” X 40”

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or me, painting is a necessity and has become my passion!

Raising awareness of the precious planet’s plight through my art has become the reason.

Looking after our environment and resisting climate change is now my mission!!!

“Perhaps through all our efforts, one day, it will dawn upon mankind that squandering our resources is not the answer, and instead we will work in harmony with nature appreciating the beauty and grandeur of our world by caring for it as we should.”

- Maribel Matthews

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I’m a fine arts artist deriving inspiration from the renaissance painters and the impressionist movement. Throughout my artistic life, I have dabbled with surrealism, abstract, you name it, I’ve tried it. Why? Because I love painting and want to enjoy every aspect of it.

Since 2016 when I was noticed by the Agora Gallery in Chelsea, New York, and was invited to exhibit there. I have been asked to exhibit all over Europe and have received various awards for my work. I also had the good fortune to be published in the ArtTour International Magazine on several occasions. I am very grateful to Viviana Puello for her help and advice and hope to work with her for many years to come.

One day I saw this young Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg, talking about climate change and was immediate with her. It took a child to lead the way.

I then decided that I would endeavor to create awareness of climate change, and I could do it through my art. Since that day, I have been producing works depicting natural disasters and showing the deterioration of our mother earth.”

“Is our world rebelling against man’s follies and depredations?

Are the awesome powers of nature‘s forces rising in protest?

These are questions that we should ask ourselves!”

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Kari Veastad

“Inner and Outer Landscapes”

“Learning Stations” Acrylic on Canvas, 60” X 70”

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aster artist and painter Kari Veastad's award-winning aesthetic experimentation focuses on abstract expressionism, reflecting ideas concerning nature, spiritual experiences, and the human psyche's complexities.

Her work's core mission is to exhibit art that encourages ideas to shape and mold plans into something better, more efficient, and useful for the world.

Creativity has always been a part of Veastad's life. Nature and creation give way to the natural energy that Veastad uses to harness the power and the creativity that comes with it.

In 2009, Veastad sought to learn oil painting, giving a voice to her inner creator. Through that study, Veastad found a new passion for creating artistic representations. During that time, as her confidence and natural talent grew, she found she was missing something in her work. Through practice, research, and connecting with the inner self, she discovered how to paint intuitively.

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Her work is inspired by beauty, movement, and interaction between body, soul, and spirit. Each piece often ends up in different directions between inner and outer landscapes, the mystery of life, affiliation to something bigger, or our feelings as is close and simple to all of us. Veastad's style straddles between representation and exploration of color fields with gestural lines. Blurred objects blend into the background while serving as a contrasting highlight to focus on a face or main subject on the canvas.

Leaving open interpretation to the observer, each of Veastad's works awakens a reflective perspective of the self in the viewer's heart and mind. Her creative process is very spontaneous as she allows her whims to dictate every stroke of paint. Veastad creates visual plays that take hold of the observer in a colorful visual embrace.

As her art has grown, so has her international recognition.

Through private and public exhibitions and award-winning art pieces, Veastad continues to create. She hopes to bring expanded boundaries, open up others' imagination for

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reflections, and expand horizons to see the world from a different perspective, reminding us of the vast universe we live in and all the love given to us both in inner and outer landscape. Her work seeks to bring joy, inner peace, and awareness to all the love and light we don't see but surround us all the time.

Awarded Arttour International Magazine's Top 60 Master in May 2019, her international presence has continued to grow, bringing her work to a global audience. Her work has continued to gain success through awards and exhibitions.

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aster photographer, artist, and Jack of All Trades, Jim Fitzpatrick has served in a myriad of careers over his lifetime. He has created beautiful photographic prints, pastel portraits, and mixed media drawings bringing voice to those he has met and been impacted by while a photographer of professional wrestling and a professional skater for the World Champion San Francisco Bay Bombers. Later Fitzpatrick went to work for Dakin, Inc., a famous toy company. A few years later he became a police clerk and then a police service technician.

Constantly learning and creating, Fitzpatrick went on to become a fire inspector as well as a reserve cop for a short while. Later, when the inspector job was eliminated due to budget cuts, he became a firefighter and served for a while as Acting Deputy Fire Marshal.

During a fire Fitzpatrick was injured and went through years of physical therapy and treatments to regain his mobility. During that period of recovery he returned to art and photography. He hopes that his works and experiences can inspire others who live with chronic pain or other difficulties, to not give up!

In recent years Jim not only helped revive the old school, pro roller derby and his old team, the San Francisco Bay Bombers but became their coach and general manager. He also became one of the league's trainers, Northern California Rep. and one of the executive producers for their TV show. Throughout an impressive career, Fitzpatrick has never stopped creating.

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His work continues to make an impact and bring hope to an international audience. Fitzpatrick as been and one of ArtTour International Magazine's Top 60 Masters seven years in a row, one of their Artists of the Decade, and one of the 2020 recipients of the ARTYA Award.

"In an age of volatile headlines, hateful tweets, and negative soundbites an artist has a huge advantage. 'A picture paints a thousand words'... and I want my thousand words to convey a world of hope, joy, and love!"

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Howard Harris

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oward Harris has long been fascinated by both visual perception and design. The Denver, Colorado, USA native earned a BFA from Kansas City Art Institute, MID (Masters Industrial Design) from Pratt Institute in New York, studying with internationally renowned design theorist Rowena Reed Kostellow.

“Blanca Summer 2000” Sublimation Print With Acrylic Overlay, 36” X 30”

Businessperson of the Year. His work is shown internationally and represented by galleries in the United States, U.K., and Europe and appears in the South Korean Yukyung Art Museum.

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Harris has spent more than 35 years combining design and technology, where he has won many prestigious professional awards. Now his creative energy has turned to his lifelong passion, photography. With an iconoclastic streak that had seen him consistently forging new directions in design, he was bound to approach the photographic image unconventionally as well.

In 2017 Harris was granted a United States Patent no: 9,753,295 titled Apparatus and Method of Manufacturer for a Layered Artwork proving his photographic work's uniqueness and inventiveness. Since then, his work has appeared in many books and publications such as The Great Masters of Contemporary Art, ArtTour International Artists of the Decade, Art Collectors Choice Japan, International Contemporary Masters, and Top 10 Contemporary Artists, to mention a few. He has also been awarded Artists for a Green Planet Artist of the Decade, International Prize Raffaello, International Prize Giulio Cesare, International Prize Leonardo Da Vinci, International Prize Caravaggio, Contemporary Art Curator Magazines Artist of the Future, and more. He serves as a Trustee of The Kansas City Art Institute has won the Who's Who Worldwide Lifetime Achievement and the USA Small “Maroon Bells” Sublimation Print With Acrylic Overlay, 36” X 30”

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Jean Jacques Porret

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riginally from Switzerland, award-winning artist, sculptor, and engineer Jean-Jacques Porret was exposed to art from the day he was born to a family of art and antique collectors.

Surrounded by beautiful antiquities, statues, and artwork every day, the seed of art was planted early, and he began carving wood when he was just six years old. He specialized in creating magnificent works with the lost wax technique of casting Bronze. Bronze primarily interested him "because it is the most demanding material which is responsive and sweet to the touch."

After acquiring his engineering degree, Porret came to New York, anxious to learn English and build a life on his terms.

There, his career was set into motion, which soon after led him to Chicago. Porret's thirst for knowledge took him to museums all over the world, absorbing all he could and sharing philosophies with the most prominent artist of the time.

As an artist, Porret is continuously evolving, and his work and style have changed over the years. From sharper to a softer expression of molten metal. Porret muses, "If my approach seems figurative, I do not aim for a reproduction of the human form: what interests me is to transmit an abstract feeling or an idea rather than an image of reality. I use recognizable forms to arouse emotion, to give birth to sensations. I consider myself, in fact, an impressionist." This vision drives his work, and each sculpture imbues depth and intensity.

Though he initially started his career by working in Bronze, Porret began experimenting with various stones. Dissatisfied,

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with his sculpture's bases, bought a granite and marble company, to have complete control in his work's creation. Yet this choice also evolved his work, and these various stone elements have become an integral part of his creative process and vision.

Many of his signature pieces with their soft angular movements are harmoniously mixed with sharply defined textures captivating thoughtful designs with an immortal richness, boldness, and unsettling beauty. Porret's work is infused with his personality, unsuppressed by traditional rules; his work is original and buried within each piece is the poetry of his work.

Creating figures of humanity in the abstract, each form courageously melting into the next. Emotions created from fragments of granite or marble jutting and piercing through the bronzes bring the concepts of nature and man together, creating a stunningly modernistic and seductive interpretation of the human form.

When viewing one of his sculptures, the human form seems to leap out at the viewer. Jean-Jacques describes this movement as "rhythm in space." Porret said of his artistic method and vision, "I work without any preconceived idea…(I) continue instinctively, with one shape leading to the next, until the figure is simply rhythm in space".

Jean-Jacques Porret's bronzes can be seen in innumerable collections throughout Europe, Japan, and the United States.

He was commissioned to create the bronze sculpture for the American-Swiss Friendship Award. The "Abage Encyclopedia of “#445 the Jive” Bronze

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Bronzes" describes Porret as "an independent thinker, whose bronze sculpture might be described as a naturalistic, modern blend, in which forms are simplified to their essential rhythms and elements."

"Lost wax is a slow multi-step process that has endured only because of the results… knowing that my bronze sculptures will outlive me provides a comforting whiff of immortality. I believe everyone wants to leave something behind." Porret's work is entirely his, unique, crafted with his strong individuality and melded with tremendous sensitivity. His work and art, a dedication of exacting professionalism, and unswerving integrity have guided a life of total artistic commitment and personal expression.

www.jjporret.com

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Hélène DeSerres “Multi-Dimensional Realities”

“La Segnora” Mix Media On Canvas, 24" x 36”

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ward-winning Canadian artist Helene DeSerres draws her inspiration from experiencing nature and the world around her. She creates intuitive abstract compositions exploring complex global topics, predominantly environmental conservation and protection of endangered species. Her subjects vary from organic environments, wild animals, or abstract creations.

In her canvas, Hélène DeSerres captures landscapes, figures, and organic elements. She is a multi-dimensional artist who skillfully uses color and lines to create striking and engaging artworks. Her energetic abstract paintings include the application of transparencies, textures, and vibrant colors with a keen sense of spatial awareness. A unique characteristic of her artistic style is the interplay between depth and textures using the palette knife for impasto with sgraffito.

Her most recent works showcase a series of figures that emerge from her abstract backgrounds evoking surrealism in her multi-dimensional works. In DeSerres Mixed Media artworks, the viewers find unexpected materials that create layers of dimension that take them on a powerful journey to bring their eye to the area of the canvas.

Besides being an avid painter, Hélène DeSerres is a multidisciplinary artist and expresses her creative genius through photography, sculpture, and jewelry design. An avid photographer since early childhood, fiercely passionate about adventure and travel, she is fascinated with exploring the many Cont. next page

“Red Hat” Acrylic on Canvas, 24" X 36”

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“Resurfacing” Acrylic on Canvas, 30" X 40"

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diverse cultures and the intense beauty of this planet. Color is the unifying element in both her painting and photography.

Hélène DeSerres’s work has garnered global acclaim and has been featured in numerous galleries and exhibitions in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Spain, France, Portugal, the Czech Republic, and Tunisia. Moreover, her work has won awards across borders and mediums. She has been awarded the Médaille d’Argent for sculpture at the Grand Annual Competition of the Circle of Artists, Painters, and Sculptors of Quebec in 2000 and for photography at the International Exposition in Constanza, Romania. DeSerres has been honored as an ARTYA artist of the year by ArtTour International Magazine, which has chosen her as one of the ATIM Top 60 Artist on more than one occasion.

www.Helenedeserres.ca “Sisters” Mix Media on Canvas, 30” X 40”

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Barbara Tyler Ahlfield “The Essence Of Beauty”

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merican master artist Barbara Ty l e r A h l f i e l d c r e a t e s dramatic, evocative, and emotionally layered portraits that are whimsical and profound, elegant and refined, technically accurate yet spontaneous. Working in various media, she prefers the use of graphite pencil combined with India ink line, colored pencil, watercolor, gouache, and oils. She carefully orchestrates portraits capturing her subjects' psychology through harmonious compositions that emanate intimacy, delicacy, and strength.

Her experience with Fashion Illustration has influenced her work as a painter, becoming the thematic and technical foundation of her contemporary work. The concept of beauty

With a strong foundation in art training, Ahlfield studied at Ohio State University, Columbus College of Art & Design, and the Schuler School of Fine Arts. She moved from a thriving career as a fashion illustrator to success as a fine artist. Her roster of clients has included very recognized firms like Coty, Carlisle, Dillards, Foleys, Garfinkels, Hutzlers, Joskes, Lord&Taylor, Marshall Fields, Marshalls, Nordstrom, and J. Wanamakers. As lead fashion illustrator for Lord & Taylor, she saw her double-page illustrations in the New York Times' Sunday editions.

“Manhattan Night Flight” Oil on Canvas, 60” X 48”

“Arabella” Oil on Canvas, 60” X 36”

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“Aquatic Highway” Oil on Canvas, 60” X 48”

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“Sea Bride” Oil on Canvas, 60” X 48”

Sea Bride Was Painted With Earth Day in Mind With an Emphasis on the Dramatic Feel of Turbulent Skies and the Sea and How Their Powerful Majesty Gives Us a Sense of Infinity. The Bride Represents the Union of Nature and Man (in This Case Woman) - We Are “One With Nature”.

and glamour is quintessential in her paintings, being the root of her inspiration.

Last year Ahlfield partnered with her daughter Alexandra Ahlfield and embarked on a new path of creativity, launching a lifestyle fashion brand Sisumoi. The brand promotes the ideal of fine art incorporated into everyday aspects of life. Her signature paintings are brought into a new atmosphere through clothing garments and everyday accessories.

During her extensive career, Barbara Tyler Ahlfield has received several honors, including the NORMA award for lingerie advertising and cosmetic advertising, the Seklemian award for reflective color advertising, the Federated Dept.

Store advertising award (Lazarus Division-three consecutive years), and she is a member of the Society of Illustrators. In 2019 Ahlfield was chosen as Artist of the Year by ArtTour International Magazine to recognize her successful career as a visual artist and contribution to the arts.

Ahlfield's background as a lead fashion illustrator has propelled her into new heights for this line and sharing an awareness that beauty starts with one's commitment to their passions and truth.

Barbara Tyler Ahlfield is a passionate animal rights advocate who supports welfare causes by donating her services as an animal portrait artist to raise funds for animal rescue groups.

She is a proud sponsor and board member of the non-profit charity Pet Philanthropy Circle.

www.barbaratylerahlfield.com

Barbara and her daughter Alexandra Ahlfield launched a new business in 2020 using her fashion and fine art images and printing them on apparel and accessories. Their business is called “Sisumoi” and can be found online.

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Katherine DuTremble

“Blue Moon Crush” Oil on Canvas-Silver Floater, 24” X 48"

“Moonlit Wind” Oil on Canvas-Silver Floater, 16” X 40"

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atherine DuTremble is an award-winning international artist, juror, and printmaking instructor working for over three decades. She's represented internationally and has received numerous awards both nationally and internationally throughout her career.

”As an artist, I still find it amazing and the best thing I’ve been privileged and fortunate to be able to be.

After hundreds of paintings, monotypes, etchings, and pastels, my passion is still to capture the color of the light. It’s something I continue to strive for to give the viewer a ‘snapshot’ of whatever I’m painting.

I consider color, design, and light to be the hallmarks of my work still.

The very essence of communication for me....the painted word!!

Step into my world of color and light! I guarantee you a memorable experience!”

www.katherinedutremble.com “Day Is Done” Oil on Canvas-Silver Floater, 48” X 48"

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Luiz Guilherme Todeschi

“Kanaro” Hanemulle Paper, 40” x 60”

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n 2012, Brazilian photographer Luiz Todeschi left behind a career in business administration to dedicate himself fulltime to photography. Since that time, his masterful work has garnered him acclaim around the world. His photographs have been exhibited in Brazil, the United States, France, and Italy, among other countries.

They have garnered accolades that include Certificate of Honor to Artistic Merit by Artetra Artistas Associados Italy during the Art Paris Event; APAVE Contest Portraits of Brazilian Nature (2013, 2014, 2015, and 2017); Photo Team Romania's Decisive Moment in Eastern Europe 2015; and Certificate of Excellence - 31st Aravita online art contest 2019 in San Diego, California, USA.

Throughout it all, Todeschi has stayed true to the guiding philosophies of his passion. Among them the idea that “The magic of photography is precisely to believe that what we are recording is something that has been presented only to us. When we become instruments of photography and art we feel with the heart and preconceived cultural and social values.”

“Tribute to the Sun” Hanemulle Paper, 60” X 40”

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This combination of ineffable uniqueness and sense of collectiveness permeates his newest work. The piercing illumination in “Element Earth Flame Violet,” for example, emphasizes the singularity of each leaf—indeed, of each leaflet—that comprises it. Yet, this does not detract from the aggregate plant, but rather accentuates the complex interactions between the part and whole. This theme binds this work to other recent photographs such as the dynamic “Kanaro” with its parrot seamlessly blending in with its Cont. Next Page

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“Aqualumini” Hanemulle Paper, 40” x 60”

“Aqua-Ilusion” Hanemulle Paper, 40” x 60”

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“Red River” Hanemulle Paper, 40” X 60”

environment, even as it takes center stage, as well as “Red River” with its vivid blending of solid, liquid, and gas. In this sense, these works become a microcosm of ourselves and our planet.

This unique mélange is no accident, but a purposeful exploration. As Todeschi states, "I am a true seeker of self-knowledge, of constant learning, of the expansion of consciousness and of service to others. We can do so much better. My desire really is to see the people of our country and our Planet, as well as Mother Nature, being treated with respect." These principles, in addition to the exultant works that derive from them, give voice to his claim as one of the foremost voices for our planet and its unfathomable depths of individual collectiveness.

To discover more about Luiz Todeschi and his works, visit https://www.lgtfotografia.com.br/. You can also visit his virtual representatives online, including Galeria Plogix, Artavita, View Bug, and the Foundation of Arts.

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Wendy Yeo

endy Yeo, R.W.S.W., is a Hong Kong-born painter who graduated from the Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London. She was awarded various prizes and a Travelling Scholarship to Europe.

Wendy Yeo has exhibited widely in Solo Exhibitions throughout the U.K. - including The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, and Wolfson College, Oxford, and overseas including California, New York, Hong Kong, Turkey, and Kuwait.

Wendy's international shows include New York, Paris, Venice, Rome, Milan, Yu Kyung Museum (South Korea), Reykjavic (Iceland), Vienna, Lisbon, and Berlin. She was elected a member of the Royal Watercolour Society of Wales.

"At the moment, I am involved with natural forms - e.g., plants, trees, rocks, sea, and water in lakes and waterfalls portraying form with movement and space and all the cycles in nature, e.g., the four seasons and night and day. The media I use are watercolor and acrylic on canvas, often using cut up pieces of my work as collage. Having been born in Hong Kong and studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, I like to exploit traditional Chinese use of the brush and the oriental use of space combined with a Western individual interpretation of form, light, and color."

“Gold Fish at Sunset” Acrylic on Canvas, 20” X 24”

Work in Public Collections:

The Slade School of Fine art, University of London.

University College London Art Museum

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

The British Library.

Wolfson College, Oxford.

Yu Kyung Museum, South Korea

Hong Kong Museum of Art

University of Hong Kong Art Museum

American Petroleum Institute, Washington DC

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“Waterfall in October” Acrylic on Canvas, 37" X 25”

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“Fish Pond in Spring” Acrylic on Canvas, 30” X 26”

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Wendy Cohen

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endy Cohen's practice focuses on the relationship of shapes, lines, forms, and colors with the r e l a t i o n s h i p o f n a t u ra l a n d u r b a n surroundings that are communicated in an abstracted language.

Everything, in reality, is a conglomeration of shapes, and by integrating shapes into a cohesive body of colors and forms in conjunction with collage elements, Wendy aims to convey her own fetish, poetry, and harmonious rhythm to her paintings, developing playful imagery with an emotive and inventive sensibility.

With a sense of curiosity, exploration, and discovery, a lyrical genre is created that results in spontaneous mark-making and an exciting interplay between the shapes, forms, and colors imbued with the ebb and flow of textured brushstrokes and the alchemy of a variation of colors. Observation, intuition, and imagination are key to Wendy's process as she responds to the

“Shape Sandwich” 2021, Mixed Media on Canvas, 24” X 30”

world's interconnection. Still, most importantly, she welcomes the viewer to participate in her paintings' wonderment translated onto the canvas with the rhythm of a musical genre.

www.wendycohen.net.au @wendycohen123

“Stacked Shape Pile-Up” 2020, Oil on Linen Canvas, 30” X 41”

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“Spectrum of Variations, Garden Variety” 2020, Oil on Linen Canvas, 24” X 30”

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Janice Alamanou

anice Alamanou's fine art photography is an exclusive blend of actual and perceptual of the world we are living in. Her artwork interprets our time, both physically and mentally, in a beautiful but meaningful way. This is portrayed in the range between landscape, street, and portraiture to her amalgamations titled 'Soul Elements' - irresistible collages of the environment with people.

From subtle color to vibrants and monochromes, the art tells the story. She has also pioneered her photography with precious metals, hand gilding 24 Carat gold, palladium, and copper. The addition of copper is fascinating as the patina will verdigris over time, changing the image's color in years to come.

Janice Alamanou's photography is a collection of artworks that will continue into centuries as a tribute to this time - the beauty around us and the hardships we faced. She accomplishes this in great style by using her unique blends of images and symbols to make her art compelling to look at and intriguing to discover its meaning.

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“New Beginnings”

Photography With Precious Metals (Hand Gilded With 24ct Gold)

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Suzan Lotus Obermeyer

y family line is filled with creative people on both sides of my lineage; painters, musicians and actors. I grew up surrounded by my grandfathers’ paintings. I recognized I was an artist as a young adult and studied Art and Art History, graduating with a MFA from Plymouth University. Now after having raised my own family I’m able to fully focus on my passion for art.

Thankfully my artwork is collected both Nationally and Internationally.

My aim is to inspire the human viewer through color, texture and iconic imagery. My art works’ are explorations of tactile and ethereal experience of our kinship with nature. “

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“Lotus Art” Mixed Media on Canvas, 25” X 25”

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Agnethe Maagard

anish glass artist, Agnethe Maagaard has been experiencing glass for over 20 years and has always had a heart for creating work that touches on some of life’s most powerful subjects. These universal topics and themes combined with the reignition of the Black Lives Matter movement make her work more relevant than ever.

Her glass art series LIBERTY is based on the fundamental values that have been the starting point for all journies to freedom for all people. The Statue of Liberty-inspired series is based on the basic values she represents. Consisting of 3 glass art pieces representing freedom, Hope, and respect, our World’s history is engraved as text and symbols in the artworks.

Part one, The Promised Land, symbolizes the history of the 300,000 Danes emigrating to the Promised land for a better life 200 years ago. Part two, The Torch of Liberty, represents enlightening the World, the torch, the Flame of Hope, which the Statue of Liberty holds in her hand. Part three, The Land of the Free and the home of the Brave, is the first line of the national

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“Lotus #5 ” Mixed Media on Canvas, 25” X 25”

anthem and the first words WE THE PEOPLE of the American Constitution. The broken chains symbolize freedom from slavery and oppression. Every civilization has walked the painful path to freedom; these glass art pieces represent a small but crucial part of that story and serve as a reminder that seeking freedom is never complete and that we all have a responsibility in the journey.

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by Yadira Roman

Frans Frengen

rans Frengen’s work is ever evolving. Making use of his trademark technique "Fumagine."

The method makes use of the smoke patterns left behind by flame on canvas, being used at the same time with conventional painting to create a unique mixed media result. The usage of fire as an immediate tool in creating his works is an idea that has both practical and theoretical implications. He uses an element connected with the notion of destruction to paint, shifting its original context and taming it to promote creation. The resulting images have many figurative references, most often animals, figures, and plants painted accurately, despite the unpredictable patterns that arise from the traces of smoke. His dedication to this unique technique has led Frengen to such virtuosity on this medium that he freely creates with blending images and forms while also introducing general references like dots, squares, and brushstrokes that complement the aesthetic result of the artworks.

The conceptual concept of his artistic work is accordingly vibrant, including many ideas connected with our world, nature, and the environment in general, something arising from the frequent implementation of plants and animals. It is an act that showcases his deep interest in our planet's life cycles and the preservation of our natural environment seen in works like "The protected group." Such pieces bring forward the elegance and beauty of animals and the dire need to save the ecosystem and respect the fragile equilibrium that has been violently unsettled by human action. Thus, his body of work transcends the realm of pure artistic expression and aims to deliver a crucial message to contemporary society, the message of love and respect towards the nature that shelters us.

Leaving us to reflect on the shadowing results lingering in our community, affecting daily lives.

“Imitation of Nature, a Human Right” Fumagine and Acrylic Dots on Canvas, 27.6” X 27.6”

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“Tribute to our Angels” Fumagine + Acrylic Paint, With Dots of Color, 15.7” X 15.7”

"At the moment my focus is on the decline of the world around us that we must pass on to our youth: the newly born beauty. I create renovated space, spaces air, tested against the reality of the canvas. I use fumagine - in nature, a plant disease with soot deposition on the leaves - aflame painting, fire, one of the dramatic of the four elements, to conflict with the reality of uplifted paint blobs, dots of paint, and edits of the canvas. I want to create togetherness, peace, a kind of commitment. My subconscious mind regularly drives figurative images through an abstract look, linking them to reality and my DNA."

www.allart-frengen.be

“To Eternity” 2019, Fumagine and Acrylic Dots and Movable Square on Canvas, 27.6” X 27.6”

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Dan McCormack

n this project, I am working with a cell phone camera to create 3 x 3 GRID images of Lenoir nude in the studio and landscape. I began to make multiple images in a grid in 1967 while beginning my MFA in Photography Thesis at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. I came back to grids in 1992 when I combined 24 images with the Nimslo Camera, and later a Grid with the Action Tracker

Camera in 1999.

I have been photographing the nude for over 50 years, exploring different cameras, processes, and techniques. From the beginning of my working with the nude, I have been interested in making an image that says something, not just a pretty image. I have been interested in multiple images and how time is a part of the dynamic of these images.

In this set of images, I am working with this one model, Lenoir, as she is spontaneous in her reactions and emotions in the making of the images. I find true sensuality in working with her.

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Brenda Hartill

“Warm July III”

Unique Mixed-Media Painting, Somerset Paper, 22” X 28”

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I n a l i f e t i m e o f ex p e r i m e n t a l printmaking, (sculptural etching and collagraph), I have developed a method of inking the plate, using primary colors to emphasize the textures on different levels. This produces a shimmer of color, which I often enhance with silver and gold leaf.

texture and color. Using watercolor, gilding wax, pen and coloured pencil, often with collage and encaustic wax to develop the works.

My recent, unique, mixed media paintings, based on my printed embossings, develop that richness of

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“Space With Golden Warming Globe” Etching/Carborundum, 22K Gold Leaf,

Handmade Du Chene Paper, 27” X 22”

My work progresses through the materials I use.

My ongoing fascination is with erosion, weather patterns, natural textures, growth formations, and universal organic forms.”

“Inferno II” Collagraph With Copper Leaf, Handmade Du Chene Paper, 28” X 22”

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Ellen Grael

am a Dutch artist based in Amsterdam. My artistic career is influenced by several masters like the many famous Italian, French, and Japanese art masters.

I finished the Art Academy Minerva with myself invented technique on paper, a mix of washed ink, some acrylic, charcoal, and pastels, and using these techniques (Pastelpainting ) ever since, the specific characteristics giving a pictoresque effect.

Throughout my career, I always was involved and concerned about nature, the position of artists, and environmental issues. I partly owed this interest in nature to my education and being that involved. Through the years, my love for plants and nature grew, and I recorded it on paper.

“The Colors of the Lagoon”, The Waters Of Venice Serie, Mixed Media on Paper, 39” X 55”

I make use of many snap-shots and sketches as inspirational sources for my artworks.

my new series 'The waters of Venice' were very topical. Then this remark became a real eye-opener to me.

Being an artist, I think I'm sensitive to vibrations. I believe that nature produces imperceptible sounds we receive through the ower subconscious mind and can be very persistent. My creative mind isn't very straightforward but a way full of surprises.

In summertime 2020, I connected with Venice Art Factory, and they make a beautiful exhibition space available in Venice. I started to re-write my concept, 'The Green Art Project.' In the Fall, I managed to attract UNESCO's attention, the World Heritage Centre in Paris. Yaël Thomas of UNESCO's Culture Sector made the statement that through Art, my art project's atmosphere emphasizes the environmental issues of this city through my Art and saying that 'it's very interesting. Together with partnerships, it will be possible to expose this special Event in Venice during The Biennale this year.”

In 2016 I started my new series inspired by nature with the series 'The Sounds of Nature' during my participation at the Art exhibition 'Beauty 2' in Amsterdam with a small artist selection.

After several visits to Venice, 'The waters of Venice' came to life.

But in November 2019, during the nearly annual floods in this city, a colleague who then had an exhibition in Venice pointed out that

“The Blue Old Tree” The Sounds Of Nature Serie, Mixed Media on Paper, 47” X 63”

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“The Pink Bells” The Sounds Of Nature Serie, Mixed Media on Paper, 47” X 63”

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Carla Kleekamp

“The Thoughts of Men” Etching/ Aquarelle, 11” X 15”

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“Human Document” Etching/ Aquarelle, 16” X 23.5”

y work consists mainly of etchings, collages, water paintings, nijimi, and drawings. The making of these is, for me, the possibility to express my deepest

feelings.

In my work, the pure line remains the most important medium.

A scholarship for a visit to Japan and lessons from a Chinese teacher has been beneficial in this aspect.

The questions about the truth of images and news are a continuous effort to express my vision in themes that concern me. My values and others define our interpretation of reality.

People base their standards on interests and money, and I try to express its consequences in my work.

Most of the themes in my work are focused on the continuous suppression and exhaustion of nature by human beings. The effect of our overbearing economy-Thomas Rau- has daily consequences, which we can see and feel, climate change, plastic soup, fine dust, disappearing off the BioDiversity.”

www.carlakleekamp.nl “Fake News” Etching/ Aquarelle, 16” X 16”

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Edgar Francisko

“Fragile Worlds” 2011, Acrylic on Canvas, 39” X 59”

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work on different subjects such as people, landscape, abstraction, and spheres using my Form fragmentation style. In the present work, you can find two allegories: fragments, which are an allegory to people, and the spheres that are an allegory to our planet.

Each fragment represents a person. An isolated element may not have meaning, but when put together, they represent a figure or have a sense. Similarly, one solitary person has not the same power as having thousands of people with a particular goal to impact the planet, either positively or negatively.

“Butterfly´s Flight” 2007, Acrylic on Canvas, 35.5” X 35.5"

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The spheres are fragmented to convey the idea of our planet's fragility. We all should be aware of this catastrophe and do something to avoid our planet's destruction. Because of this, I want to invite people to take care of it, not precisely for the planet's sake, as we are much more fragile than planet earth, and it will still be here when we are gone. So my call is to take care of our planet and our environment for our own sake.

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Clarissa Burt

merican-born Clarissa Burt has graced the world stage for more than 35 years as a supermodel, actress, and news anchor. Along the way, she had two private audiences with Pope John Paul II to discuss her social work, became the first American to do a TV report from the Kremlin after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and served as the Ambassador to the United States for the Walking Africa Campaign, which led to the collective awarding of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize to all African women.

Now, Burt has turned her attention towards entrepreneurship as the founder and creative force behind the multi-media platform “In the Limelight.” Inspired by women entrepreneurs such as Martha Stewart and Oprah, the platform was created to help struggling entrepreneurs maintain the presence and relevance of their brands in front of prospects and clients.

Taking its name both as a reflection of her past in media and communications, as well as an aspiration for her clients, “In the Limelight” encompasses videos, a podcast, a quarterly digital lifestyle magazine, and a dedicated TV channel.

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In addition to expanding this channel with new shows, Burt is currently anticipating the November 2021 publication of her new book, “The Self-Esteen Regime,” which she hopes will kick off a global movement of esteemed beings. She also continues to work towards developing a global multi-media network for women to help them find their passion and never look back. In short, she strives for her network to be able to

reach women with her all-important message: “Do it! Learn it! Find your passion and never look back because you're not going that way!” She hopes to do so by entertaining, educating, and empowering them to reach the great successes that they deserve.

She can be reached @clarissaburt on almost every social media platform. Her website, clarissaburt.com, offers shows, podcasts, magazine, the Clarissa Travel Club, news desk items, and a cookbook that she co-authored. In the Limelight Magazine is digitally published each quarter, while In the Limelight TV shows can be viewed on Apple TV, Amazon Fire, ROKU, Google Play, Sony, Tivo, DailyMotion, and many other platforms. In the Limelight podcasts can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Pandora, Amazon Music, Podbean, Stitcher, and Inspired News Radio.

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The home is where the heart is, and Aluminate Life is a healing venture that grew straight from the heart. After spending hour after hour melting and pouring wax at exactly 200 degrees F, measuring essential oils in graduated cylinders and combining every scent with the perfectly matched healing crystal, our founder, Dr. Liz Lehman, decided she might one day need her kitchen to feed her family. With Aluminate Life growing rapidly, she transformed part of her home into The Lab, an open, creative and inviting space where her team, could pour candles and mix essential oils by hand, and package them with love and share the light.

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“Restoring the mind heals the body and completes your being.”

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Michelle Larsen “A New Revolutionary Mixed-Media Technique With Paper Sculptures on Canvas”

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ichelle Larsen has developed a new revolutionary mixedmedia technique to create paper sculptures on canvas. She uses oil paint with bold colors that she applies to her sculptured paintings.

The effect creates a threedimensional artwork that protrudes from the surface. This sculpted painting style is a technique that Michelle Larsen developed exclusively for herself. She draws inspiration from the land dwellers in her proximity, drawing from their human struggles and their life in the mountains. Her art also heavily draws from the western lifestyle and the beauty of nature.

Michelle Larsen graduated from the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design in Denver, Colorado. By 2009, Michelle Larsen began her fine art career and honed her art toward finding her signature style. In 2011, she started sculpting canvases with paper to create a three-dimensional painting. Nowadays, she has fully immersed herself in being a celebrated mixed media artist using paper to create a sculpted canvas.

“Beautiful” Mixed Media, 30” X 30”

Larsen engages viewers on various levels. Her works can be seen as a painting, a sculpture, or just countless paper wrinkles manifesting into a complex and beautiful piece of art. She transforms shape and movement into a protruding creation that speaks to her audience. She is definitely one to look out for in the art industry, and with each passing day, she is honing her craft and innovating the industry in her way.

she has garnered so many accolades with her various artworks.

Her passion for art and supporting other innovators in the field had led her to open her own gallery in Prescott.

Prescott fully brings out the beauty of Michelle Larsen's art as it is nestled among pines and surrounded by western landscapes; it is a magical place that inspires her unique art. Over the years,

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Michelle Larsen's works have been chosen for prestigious exhibitions in Las Vegas, New York, Miami, and France. Many private collectors have purchased her works for the sheer beauty that they express.

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Lawrence R. Armstrong

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y work, both in Art and Architecture, is an ongoing exploration of the concept of Layers. I have always been aware of and fascinated by Layers in the Natural and Built Environment. Layers in Space and Time. Layers in Intellect, in Emotion. Synthesis and Interpenetration of Form, of Solid and Void, of Chaos and Order, of Simplicity and Complexity.

My inspiration appears to me spontaneously, involuntarily, provoked by sensory influences. Unannounced initial thought may derive from a piece of music, written text, built or natural environment, person, mood, event, or any combination of the above. A concept gestates for days or weeks until the appropriate media becomes clear. I create a sketch and try to understand it for some time. The piece then comes out of me very quickly. Several pieces result, produced in rapid succession.

A formally trained architect, I received my Bachelor of Architecture degree from Kent State University. I have studied and created art all of my life. I draw inspiration from compositions in nature and the built environment. I am intrigued by the natural tension between opposing forces along with the following themes: Chaos/Order, Free Form/ Precision, Random/Planned, Solid/Void. My influences come from the modern architecture and art world and include Corbusier, Meier, Eisenman, Pollack, Chihuly, Warhol, Arnoldi. Much of my work is done in a small series and normally executes very closely to the first flash of light that appeared. I have noticed that the many passions in my life similarly manifest through me.”

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Patricia Karen Gagic

“Twilight Zone” Mixed Media, 48” X 60”

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ccomplished and celebrated International Contemporary Artist, Author, Humanitarian, and Speaker, Patricia Karen Gagic, has been awarded and recognized for her writing and metaphorically fused vivid abstract paintings she speaks of as "The Karmic Revolution." Her impressive global art career is evidenced with her exhibitions around the world, and now she is ArtTour International's Artist of the Year.

Gagic's style derives from a creative perception of facing the challenges, dynamic richness, and quality, which emerges from working with layered textures and intricate shadows. Her processdriven paintings reflect the intense connection to the world around her, and in particular, to the natural environment. Using the depth of each visual as a symbol of that within ourselves. Gagic's use of color connects the viewer to the emotional impact of genuinely allowing us to be present in the natural world. Gagic's artwork is a balance between the intense bold color palettes required for shadows and neutral tones which complement and make each canvas a soothing yet powerful visual with the essence of an intense silence we often experience in such elevated heights of nature.

Her use of innovative color is the identifying factor in this portfolio.

Cool color hues depict glacial landscapes, including ice melts and lakes, as well as warmer shades directing our gaze to the resemblance of the northern lights. Her realistic reflective tones of ice and snow create depth and texture. The variety of themes demonstrate an appreciation and spiritual connection to nature evident in often preferring concepts that portray the hidden details found in natural formations. Gagic uses a unique technique resulting in seamlessly overlapping layers with detailed corners for each object. Every “Chaos N Sync” Mixed Media, 40” X 30”

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display has a different thickness and blends smoothly into the background space. Fluid brushstrokes create a sense of mystery and wonder which the viewer can connect with.

Gagic's art displays her mastery of the Matisse and French Masters' Palettes, which often produce great retrospective views and natural formations. Her work is the combination of many notable styles, all bringing together a culmination of explosive color. Fluid layers of acrylics showcasing a photorealistic look are paired with blended hues for a more expressive depth of space.

Her art also points to something higher than logic-based conventional perceptions, as Gagic, concerned about the emergence of form and method, provides exceptional distinction in her work to bring feelings and life to the viewer through texture, light, and color.

As a distinguished artist on many levels, Patricia Karen Gagic has served as a member of the Ontario Cabinet for Friends of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.

She is a member of the Sir Edmund Hilary Foundation Board of Directors and The Divon Academy. She is also an active Rotarian. Patricia is the recipient of the YMCA Peace Medal and is recognized by WXN (Women's Executive Network) as one of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada. She was awarded the BMO Arts and Communication award in 2015, Royal Bank Champion in 2016, and BMO Arts and Communication in 2017. In 2018, Gagic was inducted into the WXN Hall of Fame. She is a member of the IWF (International Women's Forum) Toronto Chapter. Patricia is a CoFounder with Serena Bufalino in the not for profit HELP HEAL HUMANITY. Patricia continues to support the library and school she developed in Angkor Wat, Cambodia, since 2006.

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She is represented by 13th Street Gallery in St. Catharines, ON, Artworld Fine Art in Toronto, Ontario, FACEC International in France, Paul Fisher Gallery in Florida, and “Impermanence” Mixed Media, 48” X 60” Gallery on the Bay in Hamilton, Ontario.

Patricia exhibited with BB International Fine Arts in Geneva, Berlin, Korea, Austria, and Zurich. In 2007 Patricia was an Honorary Commissioner at the Venice Biennale representing the art of Adi Da Samraj -Transcendental Realism. In 2018, Patricia won the Gold Medal in Photography at the SNBA (Salon de la Societé Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Paris) at the Carousel du Louvre. She is one of the 2019 recipients of the TOP 60 Masters by ATIM (Art Tour International Magazine) and named Artist of the Year 2020. In 2017 Patricia was the recipient of the Excellence in the Arts for Courage and Commitment to Human Rights, Dignity, and Freedom by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. She received the 2019 Silver Medal from the Societe Academique Arts, Sciences, and Lettres of France in Paris and the Apollo and Daphne International award Biennal of Baroque Art Salentin 2020 by the Italia in Arte Nel Mondo Associaziona Culturaie.

Notably, she has an impressive pedigree having studied under Master Artist Dragan Dragic since 1999 in France. As an author, her first book Karmic Alibi became an Award Finalist in the 2014 USA Best Book Awards and a Finalist in 2015 International Book Awards. Karmic Alibi received the 2017 Book Excellence Award. She is the co-author of multiple books, including Amazon Best Seller - Voices of Inspiration/ Marlon Smith and RockStar Success stories with Craig Duswalt. Patricia is an ICA recognized by the International Institute for Artist Accreditation.

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Reducing and Reusing Basics

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle for Sustainable Living

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common misconception when thinking about reducing one's waste footprint is the belief that recycling paper, plastic, aluminum cans, and glass bottles is the best way to do it. In reality, recycling ranks only third in the most impactful ways to reduce material waste. The actual order is: Reduce, Reuse, and then Recycle. Each is beneficial, but placing them in this priority order helps us improve our material waste impact.

While a lot of us recognize the importance of recycling and reusing, reducing actually offers the most benefit to our environment and our pockets!

What is Reducing all about?

It's about reducing your consumption to reduce your overall waste footprint. Each consumer good is created with multiple

by Viviana Puello products and materials. All those materials and products require energy not only during their creation but also during their transport to you, the consumer. Thus, by reducing our usage of products, we eliminate multiple channels of energy. This is the reason that purchasing your groceries from local markets reduces gas and packaging waste, and allows you to help the economy of your local farmers.

Reuse

Reusing goods is a great help to eliminate the demand for the manufacturing of new goods, while reducing the energy that goes into recycling. Next time you feel like you're done with an item, remember that it could still be useful to someone else. Hence, donating clothing and household goods to your closest thrift stop allows for the creation of more jobs and help for someone else to find items for a fraction of the price.

Recycle

Recycling is the best way to help keep material from the landfill. Be conscious when you purchase any item to make sure it can be recycled or reuse it. Go for the best option: to buy articles made of recyclable materials, whenever possible. A great economic benefit of recycling is a growing industry that continuously creates new jobs for the research and processing of recycled materials and also for the manufacturing of new environmentally friendly products.

We can all implement a conscious environmentally friendly lifestyle by keeping in mind this list of priorities—reduce, reuse, recycle. By doing so, you will be reducing your waste footprint and help us preserve our planet, our only home.

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Artists Going Green

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hat can artists do to reduce their carbon footprint without interfering with their creativity?

Here are eight simple actions artists you can take right now to start going green:

1. Reuse, Reinvent, Recycle

Some of the most famous artwork has been created using discarded, odd items (Duchamp's Fountain, for example)

5. Reuse Panels and Canvases By Painting Over Unwanted Artwork

Recycling old paintings done on canvas by painting over them can inspire you to create something in bolder colors needed to conceal old paint.

3. Preserving Acrylic Paints

Avoid throwing out dried acrylic paint unnecessarily by sealing paint in plastic wrap, palette lids, or impermeable containers.

7. Avoid Using Aerosols and Spray Paint Supplies

Aerosols no longer contain chlorofluorocarbons. Instead, this toxic chemical has been replaced by volatile organic compounds that damage the environment.

4. Properly Dispose of Paint

Never flush unusable paint down the toilet or dump them into sinks. Also, never toss artist paints in dumpsters or outdoor garbage cans where animals and pets can access them. Improper disposal of art supplies that are not ecofriendly can poison the soil and plants and reduce clean water access.

8. Energize Your Studio with Solar Power

Small artist studios can be easily powered by installing solar panels on the roof. Besides, relying on solar power to illuminate your art studio can save thousands of dollars in energy bills.

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2. Purchase Supplies from Eco-friendly Art Stores

You'll find bamboo products, recycled paper, and drawing pencils made with reforested wood at these green shops.

6. Recycle Packaging Materials

Get creative with bubble wrap, cardboard boxes, Styrofoam, and other paper items to mail things. Cut up large cardboard boxes and practice painting or drawing creative ideas on pieces of cardboard. You can also reuse packing material to pack your products for mailing.

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by Tiarra Tompkins

here are hundreds of days honoring different things that many of us find important. There is Administrative Assistant Day, or International Pancake day, to the more somber days like Veteran’s Day, honoring those who serve.

Many of us can agree that no matter what the day, there is something extraordinary about setting aside some time to appreciate something that matters to us. What about Earth day?

Earth day is no different, and the importance of its significance has only increased in necessity. Our planet continues to face many different challenges, and each of us has a responsibility to understand better what our planet needs.

So, why is Earth Day important? It is a chance for us to pause and remember the great things she does for us each day.

Remembrance is something that brings each of us back into the moment. It gives us pause to consider things that, in our busyness, we have often overlooked. This planet, our Earth, has always been here for us. It can be an easy thing to take for granted a planet that homes us, provides air to breathe, and gives us all the space we need. Earth day helps remind us that it is crucial to recognize Mother Earth for the gift it is.

That is what makes Earth day so unique and so important. It brings us back to the moment. Each year our environment gets a little more precarious, and yet each Earth day is a new opportunity to recognize the footprint we make on our planet every day. You can make a huge difference by being a part of Earth day and taking time to adjust your thinking, evaluate and adjust your lifestyle, and be present in each day, knowing that every day is a chance to give life back to our planet.

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Artists on the news!

Join us in congratulating each of the following artists whose inspirational stories are making news around the globe!

Barbara Tyler Ahlfield and Alexandra Ahlfield, founders of the inspiring brand Sisumoi, have been featured in New York weekly. SISUMOI is an online retailer of fine art inspirational accessories that empower you to channel your strength, activate your gifts, and manifest your destiny.

Barbara's hand-painted illustrations and signature glamour art style are the heart of SISUMOI. Over the past 40 years, Barbara's art has been highly published, commissioned, awarded, and shown globally.

Evelyn Adams' story was discovered in the pages of ArtTour International by Kivo Daily, who featured her in an inspiring article. Her story has also been featured on New York Newswire, KTVN 2 News, Daily Heral, Yahoo News, Sign On San Diego, Star Tribune, SNN News, Fox40, Fox21, WFMJ, Minyanville, among other 110 news outlets. Evelyn Adams brings her Ghanian origins to life by clothing her paintings with various textiles and beads.

Brian Rock is impacting the world with his Portrait of Jesus, a work created with recycled acrylic on canvas, sending a message of peace awareness and touching the environmental conservation theme. Featured on: The Daily Herald, Fox40, The StarTribune, Lifestyle News Today, U.S. Marine Corps News Today, KTVN, Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel, Observer News, WallStreetSelect, among other 80 news outlets.

Kimberly Berg is creating an impact with his mixed media paintings, which speak actively against women's abuse and discrimination. Kimberly was featured on Kivo Daily, The Buffalo News, Journal Sentinel, The Morning News, Wall Street Select, International Business Times, The Star Tribune, The Daily Herald, KTVN, Fox, among other 75 news outlets.

Lawrence R. Armstrong's was featured in The Chicago Journal, Los Angeles Wire, Yahoo News, Architecture News Today, 21WFMJ, JSOnline, The Daily Herald, Star Tribune, Press-Telegram, WBOC16, Fox40. Fox21, The Daily Press, Minyanville, Wall Street Select, International Business Times, among other 100 plus news outlets. Armstrong creates large-scale, gestural paintings, layered metal, and layered glass structures built through his visionary approach in design and continued exploration of layers.

Liv Babra's new book "Art of Debt Management" was featured on Yahoo Finance and the American Reporter, and Accesswire. With more than enough qualifications under his belt, Liv Babra, after having emerged victorious from what many might call the impossible, is laying the foundation of financial freedom and recovery for everyone.

Michelle Larsen impacts the world with her revolutionary mixed-media technique of creating paper sculptures on canvas. She was featured on the American Reporter, Yahoo News, Press-Telegram, Daily Herald, Sign on San Diego, Star Tribune, Observer News, BPAS, Wall Street Select WRAL, International Business Times, among other 80 news outlets.

Ric Conn was featured on Los Angeles Weekly, Kivo Daily, Daily Herald, Fox40, 2News, Daily Reporter, The Buffalo News, Star Tribune, Sing On Sand Diego, Press-Telegram, Pitsburg Gazette, Observer News, ABC, Wall Street Select, International Business Times, among other 100 news outlets worldwide. Ric Conn art amplifies Women Empowerment Through Expressionism.

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