TO YOU, DEAR ARTIST Your art has the power to inspire, challenge, provoke, and make a positive impact on the world. It has the ability to awaken, renew, heal, and restore. Your art is imprinted with the design of our universal grid, restoring balance and harmony and keeping us centered in this vortex of creation. It’s fantastic to see the world through your artistic lens. Your unique perspective lets us see the universe freshly and beautifully, finding awe-inspiring moments in the most unexpected places. Thank you for sharing your vision with us. Thank you for working, creating, brainstorming, perfecting, and presenting the products of your sparkling artistry. We are moved by your message, and your creativity has left an indelible impression on us, and we feel profoundly grateful for the opportunity to experience your talent firsthand. Thanks for sharing your incredible gift with the world. Viviana Puello CEO/Founder ArtTour International Magazine www.arttourinternational.com
16 ATIM’S TOP 60 MASTERS 2023 “Serenity” Acrylic on Canvas, 36”X48”
PATRICIA KAREN
GAGIC patriciakarengagic.com
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otivated by the delicate balancing of elements of the past, choices made in the present and a powerful intention to change the future, each thought and intuition becomes master to the emergence of form and method in my art making. Complexity is a key frame. The infinity of possible iterations of a form is a fascination intellectually and in terms of my method. It drives how I engage with materials in the search for what is luminous to the eye and transcendent in meaning to the heart. My art is intended to point to what is greater than the conventional and logic-based pointof-view. The under-painting is central to how this orientation shows up in the final works. In search for the luminous and transcendental, the underpainting is an investigative yet carefully orchestrated evolution of intentional layering in which I am immersed in a process of moving with a rich flow of contemplative and clairvoyant thought. In this movement, I press-in on the mark-making with brush and paint, then stand apart from it, then press-in again and so on until the idea which wants to be
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“Avalon’s Dream” Acrylic on Canvas, 36”X48”
You came to change the world, to fulfill your purpose, to be happy, to turn the earth upside down. You’re here to write history. Viviana Puello, “You Are The Masterpiece”
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THOMAS ELIAS LOCKHART III www.lockhartgallery.com
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paint and draw to inspire. I create to leave history and bring us together as humans dealing with heartache, trials, and victories. I want to leave the person viewing my work better than they came. THE MOST DIVERSE MULTI-MEDIA ARTIST WHOSE SPIRIT-DRIVEN PROCESS TELLS THE UNIQUE STORIES OF HIS ART’S INCEPTION. BEGINNING WITH A BLANK CANVAS, THE PROCESS IS WHAT MAKES THE JOURNEY UNIQUE. Traditionally, creating art and painting a piece starts with a clean slate, a blank white canvas. The crisp and clean palette can accept any color or texture. The same is true for a black canvas. It is just as welcoming and receiving, embracing any colors it serves. The difference is the depth and richness.
“The Mothership” Mixed Media on Canvas, 36”x48”
I begin the creation of my pieces with a blank black canvas, bringing instant depth and contrast to the art. Then, using a white crayon or pencil, I sketch out what I see in my mind’s eye, what has been given to me in a dream or by the spirit of God. My inspirations come from all around me, even from music and movement to life stories and current events. There is a magic behind each piece’s journey from conception to completion that manifests itself at the final destination of the purchaser’s wall. Layering elements of fabric, paper, and metal, I will infuse a variety of textures to match the intricate lines of these creations. Creating a painting varies from medium to medium and from individual to individual. My process is as unique as the ability to flow between genres and techniques. When asked what is my style...All of them.”
“Body of Christ” Mixed Media on canvas, 36”x48”
“Piercing Beauty” Mixed Media on Canvas, 36”x36”
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LUIZ GUILHERME TODESCHI L
“The Medium Ether” Fine Art Photography
www.lgtfotografia.com
uiz Guilherme Todeschi is a visionary, ecological and humanitarian activist, writer, poet, photographer, and video producer from Brazil whose works explore metaphysical themes. Founder of the Save Eco Space Movement, Luiz combines artistic creation with his message of world peace. Self-proclaimed as a "Peace Photographer," Todeschi's work invites the audience to expand their consciousness and discover a higher level of awareness for the betterment of the whole.
For this global visionary, his photography and video creations serve as a form of expression that contribute to his higher purpose and promote the expansion of human consciousness, the connection with the biosphere, and the rescue of natural cycles.
In his work "Abortion of Soul," Luiz Guilherme Todeschi explores the concept of energy transformation and the soul's journey through life experience and higher levels of existence. Inspired by his love for the planet and humanity, Todeschi's aims to provoke the viewer to focus on actions and intentions that can help us "transition from a civilization of consumption and self- destruction to a civilization of peace through culture, love and the remembrance that each of us is a part of Divine Creation."
“The Soul” Fine Art Photography
“The return Of Soul” Fine Art Photography