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Angels | Painting | W:20.00 H:24.00 in | AW127651102

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Barbara Shelly Beatriz López Carmen Schaefer Cher Pruys Ed Whitmore Gabriella Di XX Miglia Gary Aagaard Tsai Lian Mei Lindsay Hirsch Muthulakshmi Narasimhan Rich Sheaffer

William Bailey Dominique Mc Kenzie Ryan Brandimore Pallavi Sharma Servane Briand Alphonso Edwards II James Miller Laura Krusemark Madeline Davis Colby Blake Rebecca Slivinsky

Samantha Iodice Linda Colnett Libby Ye Myungja Anna Koh Robert Andes Sheldon Bachus Brianna Barry Richard Biegun Bryan Bromstrup Alaina Bryan Sea Carlson

Kristy Chettle Daniel Clouser Charlie Costello Katie Dahl Lorraine DarConte David de Rousseau John Dobbie Sammi Dougherty Julie England Wayne Ensrud Ni Feng

Jeffrey Fletcher Jill Fraley Tori Gagne Donald Gialanella Lexus Giles Jack Girard Lingxue Hao Richard Heiens Andie Jairam Gregory Kessler Gayle Kirschenbaum

Jeannette Kortz Ekaterina Kouznetsova Bogdan Kravchenko Robin Laurinec Gary Logan Amir Medina Lisa Mee Richard Mittelstadt June Ni Sharon Pujol Gregory Quick

Maria Regina Ruiz Juan Restrepo Anna Samsonova Hannah Shipley Bhaswati Sinha Michael Skura Chanell Skyers Liana Stadelmann Nina Temple Melissa Tychonievich Villo Varga

Peter Ver Brugge Qing Wang Corinne Whitaker Mindy Lancaster Shiho Suzuki

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Barbara Shelly Painting

Barbara Shelly is a self-taught mixed media artist. She literally and figuratively tears through the print media, layering it into textured collages using sketches, newspaper, ink and paint. Her creative instincts place the images, covering some for texture and highlighting others. The intentional and unintentional relationships to the subjects emerge in the finished work and leave room for the viewers interpretations. Her love of the performing arts has been rewarded by her paintings finding their way to her subjects including Spike Lee and Stella Abrera, ABT. Barbara’s work has been shown in solo and group shows In Philadelphia and New York. She curated an 18-women show for Women’s History/Art Month (WHAM) at the Goddard Riverside Community Center, March 2020. Barbara is a founding member of Artist Supporting Artists to support the endeavors of other artists.

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Big Freedia Mixed Media, Acrylic W:18 H:18 in 2019 Acrylics, magazines, newspaper, markers Barbara Shelly

Inspired by a NYT article. Freddie Ross, better know as Big Freedia, is an American musician know for her work in New Orleans genre of hip hop bounce music.

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Cop or Covid Mixed Media, Acrylic W:30 H:40 in 2020 Acrylics, magazines, newspaper, markers Barbara Shelly

From a New York Time's June 8th article. Mike Griffin, a community organizer in Minneapolis. His god father died of covid. "I'm as likely to die by cop as covid. While everyone is facing the battle against the corona virus, black people in American are still facing the battle against racism.

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Vogue Mixed Media, Acrylic W:21 H:31 in 2019 Barbara Shelly

Acrylics, magazines, newspaper, markers Inspired by a stunning model in “Vogue”. I loved the simplicity of her pose, and the colors of her outfit. I painted over some print material, and the words “Unplug to Reconnect” stood out to me - sometimes we just need to unplug and reset.

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Beatriz Lopez Painting

Born in Madrid in 1974, within an artistic family. Learn to draw and paint at a young self-taught, surrounded by an atmosphere of painters and sculptors who come frequently to the study of his father, a doctor-painter, in Palma de Mallorca. He studied architecture at La Coruna, abandoning the first year, avoiding stereotypes set by the University. This race takes experience and perspective on notions of construction and afternoons and evenings at street drawing, of which there is a whole block of sea port, his favorite corner of this city. Back to Madrid, his hometown, where just studying engineering, without abandoning the idea of one day devoted entirely to painting. These studies define end of linear and geometric style of painting. Always using a rich chromaticism, acquired during his travels through Latin America, Asia and Europe, and his love of nature, light and color. It is in these last years when he decided to devote himself entirely to painting, moving back to Palma de Mallorca, where he now has his studio.

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Anne portrait Painting, Oil Color on Wood W:37 H:42 D:2 cm 2020 Beatriz Lopez

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Looking For Paradise Painting, Oil Color on Canvas W:89 H:146 cm 2020 Looking for a paradise ... My paradise.

Beatriz Lopez

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At the green forest Painting, Oil Color on Canvas W:81 H:100 D:3 cm 2020 Beatriz Lopez

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Carmen Schaefer Painting, Drawing, Photography

Carmen Schaefer holds an MA in Art History and an MFA in Photography and Drawing. She has studied with Allen Kaprow at Stony Brook University, Henry Holmes Smith at Indiana University and Arnold Gasson at Ohio University.

This schooling along with a life of early constant travel as the daughter of a career Navy man is reflected in her work. There was no “home town”. There were eight different schools before high school. It was a very peripatetic and isolated life She has shown photographs at the Everson Museum in Syracuse, taken first place for photography at the Central New York Art Open and second place at the Plymouth Center for the Arts National Photography Exhibit and Competition and shown photographs internationally at PH21 Gallery in Budapest, Hungary.

She has exhibited drawings at over 40 venues and galleries. She has won awards for drawing at the 33rd Bradley Print & Drawing Exhibition and 29th International Drawing & Print Competitive Exhibition at Gormley Gallery Notre Dame of Maryland University, 53rd annual Drawing and Small Sculpture show in Corpus Christie, Texas, Connecticut Academy of Fine Art CAFA+ show and for the 2020 American Art Awards competing with artists from 62 countries.

She has been featured in Lake Affect magazine, Along magazine, and Artistonish Magazine.

She is a signature member of the Rochester Art Club, a member of Rochester Contemporary Art and an elected member of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Art. Her work is in many private collections.

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Entwined Drawing, Graphite Drawing, Charcoal W:32 H:48 in 2018 This drawing is not for sale Carmen Schaefer

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Never Too Late Drawing, Color Pencil, Ink W:33 H:32 in 2016 Carmen Schaefer

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Rust Chair Drawing, Color Pencil, Ink W:24 H:32 in 2016 Carmen Schaefer

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Cher Pruys Photography, Painting, Drawing

Cher Pruys, ASAA SCA, IGOR, AAPL, CSAA, AMS, LMS, OSA, MAA, CFA, NOAPS. "To take my inner visions with my hands and create a work of art for you the viewer .... That is the ultimate in self expression."

Cher Pruys was born in Regina. Over the years she lived in many places including Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, Fort Frances, settling into her present home in Devlin, on the banks of the Rainy River with her husband Mark, 4 dogs and 2 cats.

By age three, Cher was seldom found without a drawing tool in hand. She worked in pencil, charcoal and ink over the years, until, she picked up a paintbrush at the age of 35. Beginning with oil paints, she found her chosen mediums in acrylic, water color and gouache.

Although self taught, her dedication and talent has seen her work juried into 163 International exhibits, as well as exhibits in numerous non juried shows. She has 164 awards for her work in the International Juried Exhibits. Included in these awards, the first recipient of a major Canadian National Award, The Mary Pratt Crystal Award of Excellence at the 2014 SCA Open Juried Exhibition, The SCA 1st place award of distinction twice respectively, 2016, and 2017 at The Canada’s 150 show. The SCA 2nd place Award of Distinction in the 2021 Elected Members Show. October 2021 Winner of The Exclusive Harmony of The Arts Contest by The Blue Blood Gallery in Prague. The Gold Medal recipient for Figurative Painting in The Mondial Art Academia’s International 2018 Competition. The Silver Medal for Portrait Painting in The 2020 International Art Professional World Art Acadamia Competition. The Aviation Week & Space Technology Award Best of the Best, and the ASAA Award of Distinction for the best painting in the ASAA International Space & Technology Exhibit & Competition, consecutively for 2 years. In 2020 she was awarded with the most wins in The American Art International Awards. She has had 14 solo exhibits. Cher is also an avid fused glass artist, and a certified teacher of piano and guitar. Her painting "The Bubble" had the honour of being part of the Masterworks from The International Guild of Realism Tour. Her work has graced the covers of 3 books, 26 magazines, the latest being The Best Of Acrylic Fall 2021, and has-been featured in over 106 international publications. Cher's works have found a permanent home in private and public collections worldwide.

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Perspective Painting, Acrylic on Paper - Cotton W:35 H:19 cm 2021 These shiny tankers provide a great backdrop for a different perspective on the surrounding landscape.

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Reflections Painting, Acrylic on Paper - Cotton W:15 H:24 cm 2021 This wine glass reflects the colourful umbrellas decorating this street in Sidney, BC. Cher Pruys

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Pip Painting, Acrylic on Paper - Cotton W:17 H:23 cm 2021 Pip is never without his trusty ball!

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Mesmerizing Painting, Acrylic on Paper - Cotton W:23 H:23 cm 2021 This child is simply mesmerizing.

Cher Pruys

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Thumbs Up Painting, Acrylic on Paper - Cotton W:22 H:25 cm 2021 Quinn is enjoying a cool dip on a hot summer day!

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Ed Whitmore Painting

As a young man, Ed developed an interest in ancient civilizations which led to personal exploration of architectural ruins and reinforced his yearning for a lost past. Themes of decay and loss can be found in many of his pieces, and is reflected in his choice of medium, the evocative build up of patina that develops as a result of the oxidation of iron copper and bronze metal effects paint. When in his early 20s, Ed was enthralled by Mark Rothko’s large color field paintings exhibited in a retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum. Lost in spiritual reverie while contemplating Rothko’s works, Ed experienced an ineffable sense of the sublime. This experience left a lasting impression on Ed and has had an enduring influence on his art. He tries in his own work to capture some of that sense of awe that Rothko’s work evokes.

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Jubilant Sculpture, Other on Wood W:18 H:36 D:18 in 2017 Ed Whitmore

Wrought iron base adorned with blocks of wood painted with copper and bronze metal effects paint oxidized to create patina in lovely shades of green and blue. The piece exudes dynamic animism and appears to be dancing

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Tree of Life (bas relief) Painting, Other, Carving on Wood W:24 H:36 D:2 in 2018 Ed Whitmore

painstakingly chiseled by hand utilizing ancient technique (bas relief). The Tree of Life is a fundamental archetype in many of the world's religions and mythologies. It represents our personal development, uniqueness and individual beauty. Oxidized iron, copper and bronze create evocative patina.

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Convergence Painting, Other on Wood W:36 H:36 D:2 in 2017 Ed Whitmore

Iron copper and bronze metal effects paint sprayed with reagent to create patina in lovely shades of brown green and blue. The piece evokes the place where two rivers converge but can also be seen as a symbolic representation of the converging of two separate yet inter-dependent personalities.

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Gabriella Di XX Miglia Painting, Drawing, Mixed Media

Born in Genoa, Italy, Gabriella Di XX Miglia received an education in the Ligustica Academy of Fine Arts in Genoa doing studies with with Rocco Borella and Mimmo Rotella, than for three years continued her training under Guido Chiti and Palma Viardo. Finally in 1979 she obtained a Master Degree in Art Restoration and Conservation. Gabriella's works have been shown annually in both national and international shows. Her paintings are in the collections of private, corporate and public sectors. Gabriella paints a variety of subjects using different media, however she can not be categorized as still life, portrait, trompe lʼoeil, oil, pastel, watercolor or mixed media artist. She pushes herself even more working on sculpture and designing jewelry and fashion. Her ultimate satisfaction comes from continually inventing, stretching and improving herself. Her search for new ideas, new methods, new techniques is a never ending quest as an artist. Gabriella takes pride in being part of a family of artists such as her mother, a fine china painter, her grandmother, a violinist and author, her uncle, Alessandro Casagrande, a pianist and composer, and her great uncle Alessandro Lupo, a very accomplished postimpressionist painter and protegeʼ of Emile Bernard.

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Closeup Series #8 Painting, Oil Color on Canvas W:36 H:48 in 2020 I was inspired by the Movie " Gone with the wind" and the fabulous balls of the 19th century, the fashion, the elegance of the ladies.

Gabriella Di XX Miglia I hope the viewer sees in my painting this desire of having a good time. This work is part of a series called "Closeup". It is a closeup portrait of my sitter. I leave it to the imagination of the viewer to guess the rest of it.

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Gary Aagaard Painting

As a fledgling illustrator in Brooklyn during the 1980’s, I took on any project thrown my way. I refer to that time as my “snack or famine days”. Eventually, I zeroed in on editorial work and soon scored assignments at publications like The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, NY Newsday and The Village Voice (primarily covers).

Since the early 2000’s, I’ve concentrated on gallery work with an editorial, satirical slant... essentially larger oil paintings with conceptual content reminiscent of my illustration years. Lampooning politicians, pundits or spiritual leaders who specialize in alternative facts, manufactured outrage, false equivalents, convoluted conspiracy theories and tunnel-visioned tribalism (whew) is my form of protest and provides a satisfying outlet. Of course, visually addressing the daily insanity of politics, punditry or social upheaval requires an occasional break, which is when I paint relatively non-confrontational pieces.

My work has received recognition from American Illustration, 3x3 Magazine, the Society of Illustrators (NYC), the Society of Publication Designers, Print, Art-Competition.net, the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, Artavita and Applied Arts. My paintings have been displayed in many galleries including the Museum of American Illustration (NYC), Gallery-Henoch (NYC), the Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum (Washington D.C.), Gallery 110 (Seattle WA), The Studio Door (San Diego CA), David Anthony Fine Art (Taos NM), Arte Ponte Gallery (NYC), Whatcom Museum (Bellingham WA), Gallery 25N (Online gallery), Viridian Artists Inc. (NYC), Greg Moon Art (Taos NM), Contreras Gallery (Tucson AZ), Tubac Center of the Arts (Tubac AZ), H Gallery (Ventura CA), Naples Art Assoc. (Naples FL), Axis Gallery (Sacramento CA), The Center for Contemporary Political Art (Washington DC), Blackboard Gallery (Camarillo CA) and was part of the Museum of American Illustration 2000-2001 Traveling Exhibition (40 selected works).

New publication: I have 8 paintings & commentary in "Not Normal: Art in the Age of Trump" by Karen Gutfreund (available on Amazon).

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Being Jare (w/apologies to Chauncey Gardiner) Painting, Oil Color on Canvas W:16 H:20 in 2017 Gary Aagaard

In the classic movie "Being There", many of the pundits, talk show hosts and political advisors mistakenly thought the sheltered Chauncey Gardiner (Peter Sellers) was a financial genius based on his gardening tips.

This painting addresses the belief of many pundits, talk show hosts (Carlson, Ingraham, Hannity, etc.), advisors (don't get me started) and Trumpites that Jared Kushner’s limited real estate experience makes Jared qualified to bring peace to the Middle East, solve the opioid crisis, initiate criminal justice reform and oversee a comprehensive response to the Covid-19 pandemic. With respect to expectations versus actual ability, I think Jared Kushner is our present-da...

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Sambuca & Cigarettes (after Degas) Painting, Oil Color on Canvas W:20 H:24 in 2016 Gary Aagaard

Inspired by Degas' "The Absinthe Drinker", this painting, "Sambuca & Cigarettes (after Degas)", adds a Southwest flavor via Tucson's Thimble Peak, a Southwest palette, stained cement floors and slump block walls. The Absinthe is replaced with black Sambuca and a jello mold echoes Thimble Peak.

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Ma Nature Revisited Painting, Oil Color on Canvas W:22 H:31 in 2017 Gary Aagaard

This painting examines Mother Nature's reaction to years of environmental neglect and in particular, the probable results of the current Wheeler-led EPA's oversight, or lack thereof. Remnants of Trump donors lie in the rubble.

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Tsai Lian Mei Mixed Media, Painting

I graduated from an art school in Taiwan, Signature member of National Watercolor Society U.S.A. Selected for The Beauty of Taiwan - USA Traveling Exhibition USA 2017 Selected for 97th National Watercolor Society International Open Exhibition, USA 2018 Selected for 98th National Watercolor Society International Open Exhibition, USA 2018 Selected for 98th National Watercolor Society California International Exhibition, USA 2018 Rosemary & Co Artist Commodity Award in National Watercolor Society 98th International Open Exhibition, USA 2019 Published in Watercolor Magazine American Watercolor Magazine, USA I come from Taiwan ,From the emotions from nature, the artistic conception of traditional Chinese brush and ink is used to produce new ideas. The thick ink expresses the true emotions. The space between black and white symbolizes the form and consciousness of the landscape, and, through the emotions of the soul, expresses its discourse on the inner emotions and thoughts on life. The free form of art and the infinite sky, the changing structure of natural landscapes, are borrowed from nature. The image is transformed into an inner thought and released, expressing the beat of life, amongst all things of the universe. It represents a mixed form of semi figurative and abstract, combined with oriental aesthetics, and reflects the inner painting language.

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Mountain Image 001 Painting, Mixed Media on Paper W:38 H:54 cm 2020 Tsai Lian Mei

The use of waterbased media (ink, acrylic, watercolor) to present the ink rhyme in the Western painting vocabulary, breaking the general traditional techniques, and combining Western art painting, to present a new Eastern painting language.

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Lindsay Hirsch Painting

I started painting as a child. I have taken art lessons (drawing and painting) since the age of 5. I continued to take lessons and majored in Art at my high school; Crossroads, and graduated as a National Arts Merit Scholar.

I received both an MA in art history from London University and an MFA in painting from The Slade school UCL. I have exhibited in Europe and the USA. Euan Uglow was my mentor and friend. He has probably been the greatest influence on me and how I see the world around me. I mostly paint from life and developed my use of measurement and color from my time at The Slade in London. When I cannot paint from life, I use photo references, but I definitely feel my vast experience painting from life has helped me see and not be limited by the photograph.

My work has evolved as did my ability, but I do think that one can see a quintessential something that would be definable as “me” throughout my life in my work. There are general themes and framing of images that I use throughout my life. I have always been a “life painter” never for one minute wavering from my conviction and deep rooting in the physical world. For me, the physical world around us, the “visible world” is the door to a deeper reality that is always lurking close behind the clearly visible. While I paint from life, I hope to bring a deeper understanding to what I see.

Painting is for me both a matter of having something to say and the ability to express that message with clarity and eloquence, a message and the skill to convey it. My work exists at the juncture of skill and intent, form and function or as in Kabbalah "vessel" and "light", both must be one and united.

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The Guitar Player Painting, Oil Color on Canvas W:20 H:40 in 2020 Oil Painting on linen canvas. This is a portrait of a Japanese Guitar player Narumi Lindsay Hirsch

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Hopi Women Gathering Water Painting, Oil Color on Canvas W:20 H:16 in 2021 Oil on Canvas Lindsay Hirsch

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Mother and Child Painting, Pastel on Panel W:12 H:16 in 2021 Lindsay Hirsch

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Muthulakshmi Narasimhan Painting

Muthulakshmi was born in Southern India and was raised in the Netherlands before finally settling in Virginia.

She holds a bachelor’s in studio art from Virginia Tech. She started exploring pastels during her bachelors and it was love at first sight. The rich colors and the immediate effect of pastels had her hooked. There was no looking back after that. Although she still works in oil paint, acrylic, pen and ink, and watercolors, pastels are her primary medium.

Muthulakshmi’s inspirations are tied into her varied upbringing and Indian roots. The rich cultural history and colors of her country of birth play a prominent role in her art. She seeks to bridge all her experiences onto the canvas through explorations of technique, color, and subject matter.

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Reflected Happiness Painting, Pastel W:9 H:12 in 2021 Muthulakshmi Narasimhan

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Rich Sheaffer Painting, Mixed Media

Rich Sheaffer resides in San Marcos, California. Since retiring from the electric utility industry at the end of 2016, Rich has branched out into the areas of writing and art. While much of Rich’s career in engineering and management was rather mundane, the exceptions were when he did not follow conventional wisdom and explored on his own without necessarily doing things the accepted, “correct” way. That is when breakthroughs occur, discoveries are made and quantum improvements can be initiated. It is with that spirit that Rich creates art by inspiration and imagination. While Rich’s works generally reflect the angst of a common man regarding events occurring in the political milieu, some have eerily also predicted future events. For example, “The End of Democracy in the National Interest?” was inspired by things said in the course of the impeachment defense in early 2020, yet also proved to predict the rhetoric and events that would follow the 2020 U.S. national election.

Rich is active with the Artists Guild of the San Diego Museum of Art, the Artist Alliance of the Oceanside Museum of Art, and others.

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What the Hell Do You Have to Lose?

Painting, Acrylic on Canvas W:40 H:40 in 2017 Rich Sheaffer

"What the Hell do you have to lose?" was asked to a group of voters by one of the candidates during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign in regard to casting their votes for him. This work portrays the Earth being swallowed into the depths of Hell, and answers the question: "Everything".

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William C. Bailey Photography

Before I retired from Western Illinois University in 2017, I was Interim Dean of the College of Business and Technology and Director of the School of Agriculture. I joined Western in 2005 after 13 years at Massey University in New Zealand, where I was Professor of Agribusiness. Born in Jacksonville, Illinois, I have a farm near Winchester. I received my undergraduate degree from the University of Idaho, spent 8 years as a pilot in the US Marine Corps and received my PhD in Agricultural Economics from the University of Missouri. Before my time in New Zealand, I was Chief Economist for the US Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, served as Deputy Undersecretary of Agriculture and as Vice President for Research at World Perspectives, Inc., in Washington, D.C. I started taking photos in 2005 when I moved to Macomb, Illinois and have continued since then, hoping to improve.

Awards Members and Friends – WIAC – 2014 – Macomb Airport – B

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Central Illinois Skyline Photography, Digital Photography W:24 H:19 in 2021 William Bailey

Corn and soybean storage elevators a common sight in Central Illinois.

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Dominique Mc Kenzie Painting, Mixed Media

Everything inspires me to paint, particularly the details of my surroundings, up close designs of nature. This idea encourages exploration and leads to endless possibilities. It is a never ending experimentation .

Making art becomes meditation when creativity takes over your mind in constant search of personal satisfaction. The process is exciting and fulfilling. It is necessary to erase everything I have been exposed to in order to allow spontaneity and structure to create art.

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Getting the Blues Mixed Media, Mixed Media W:36 H:36 in 2021 Dominique Mc Kenzie

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Ryan Brandimore Painting

Ryan Brandimore is an emerging contemporary artist who works with acrylic paint on canvas. His work explores the conflicts between sexuality, religion and acceptance. Modern and classical themes are used to portray messages of equality, love and self-acceptance. He often plays with a mixture of styles and influences, such as the street art you would find in the alleyways of Shoreditch, East London, and the Baroque style of portrait paintings found hanging in the Louvre. Through an acrylic medium, he emulates the textures, worn surfaces and visual grit found in street art. This style taps into a metaphor reflecting the perseverance of beauty in the LGBTQ+ experience, despite the elements intent on tearing it down. After an extended career in international events, Ryan graduated from the Design Communication Arts program with the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA Ext.) in 2018 and is now working as a freelance graphic designer and artist. Ryan previously exhibited his work with the City of Newport Beach Art Exhibition in 2019, and currently runs his own home studio in Costa Mesa, California.

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My Secret Identity Painting, Acrylic on Canvas W:76.20 H:101.60 D:1.90 cm 2021 Ryan Brandimore

This piece taps into queer identity as personal power. Societal elements may try to tear down gay culture and experience, but we stand strong in our own power and identity with love and beauty shining through. A play on the Superman trope is used to poke fun at the idea that one need only remove their glasses to reveal their inner superhero.

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Pallavi Sharma Painting, Drawing, Mixed Media

I am a self taught artist trying to fulfill my childhood dream of pursuing art. My art includes artwork which would remind you of being a child and seeing the world as full of magic and possibilities. My artwork is inspired by the traditional artwork of India and whatever looks beautiful to me. I am a self taught artist living and enjoying the magical world of Art.

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Orange Lotus Painting, Oil Pastel on Paper W:22.90 H:30.50 cm 2020 Pallavi Sharma

Orange lotus describes the liberty of being unique and beautiful. A lotus is normally pink but this piece shows an orange lotus shining with it's own light.

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Servane Briand Mixed Media, Book Art

A French native, Servane first came to California in 1985 before completing her studies in New York and Milan.

Since then, she has lived in San Francisco, Paris, and Palo Alto. She has worked in various fields and made a radical move from high tech to printmaking and book arts in 2006. She is currently an artist in residence at Cubberley Artist Studio Program in Palo Alto. Her books may be an attempt to gentle the information overload and make a pause in time, while she welcomes the wealth of data and ideas that are today's constant source of inspiration.

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Prise de Tête Book Art, Binding Structures, Leather, Paper W:45 H:50 D:50 cm 2019 Servane Briand

From metaphors to metamorphoses, the idea-birds are transformed into mini story books emerging from the head of a benevolent Medusa who dreams, whose snakes are silky eels and whose gaze is an invitation to reading and binding.The origami books and birds perch on silky stems with the help of mini-magnets; when books are ripe, they drop from the branches inviting the audience to discover some of my favorite binding structures such as Carmencho Arregui’s cross bindings, Ben Elbel’s Tue Mouches or Jan Peter Zimmerlich’s woven inventions.

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Alphonso Edwards II Painting, Drawing, Illustration

Alphonso Edwards II, a native of South Georgia grew up wanting only to play football. The idea of doing anything related to Art was the furthest thing from his mind however, creative inspiration was never far away.

It was not until his sophomore year in high school when the desire to learn how to draw cartoons blossomed into learning how to draw people. And so, the journey began…​His undergraduate studies in Art took him from the halls of Albany Junior College, Georgia State University and ultimately, Albany State University where he obtained his B.F.A. in Studio Art. It was during his time at Albany State University that he started his artistic journey with influences by such artists as Edward Hopper, Piet Mondrian, Albrecht Durer and Lois Mailou Jones.

An illustrator by skillset but a painter by heart. This is the essence of who he is and where he is evolving from.

Media of choice… color pencils, markers, pen and ink, pencil and mixed media. Medium of choice… whatever he can get his hands on.​ Exhibitions and Juried Art Competitions span over twenty-six (26) years from 1994 to present day that have included South Carolina’s National Juried Art Exhibition (1994), Texas Annual African American Cultural Exhibit (1994), California’s Juried Art Exhibit (1997, 1998), Clayton County Arts Council and Douglas County Arts Council Juried Exhibitions (2001 to 2012); Army Arts and Crafts MWR Juried Competitions (2010 to 2017) and the 7th Annual Sugar Rush Juried Art Exhibition (2021). Awards have included the Northrop Grumman Art Award awarded in 1994 (Georgia State Fair), Palmdale Visual Arts Award (1997) and the Army Arts and Crafts MWR Prize Award (1st place 2010, 3rd Place 2012). ​ he journey has been interesting and the process ever evolving but, the joy is in knowing that he is operating in T the gift that God has given him. Leaving a mark that will never be erased by inspiring others to aspire through art to create, appreciate and inspire. It is his lifetime goal to have his art seen, displayed and enjoyed all around the globe in Galleries, Exhibitions, Businesses and Homes. Everywhere we look there are open spaces to create and express. My style is ever evolving towards being ultimately better at what I do. Enjoy through my eyes, life's beauty as portrayed by me... simply me... Alphonso Edwards II

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Take Me To The Water Drawing, Pencil Drawing on Paper W:33.02 H:33.02 cm 2018 Pen and Ink drawing of Alvin Ailey's Dance Theatre depicting the Take Me To The Water.

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Deep In Thought Painting, Acrylic on Canvas W:76.20 H:101.60 D:1.27 cm 2018 Abstract Acrylic Painting.76.2 Alphonso Edwards II

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Patience Drawing, Pen-Ink Drawing on Paper W:34.29 H:43.18 cm 2019 Pen and Ink drawing from a photograph taken of my wife.

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James Miller Painting, Drawing, Illustration, Graphics, Photography, Sculpture

James Miller was born in Edmonton, Alberta on May 15, the Day of the Dreamweaver according the “The Secret Language of Birthdays”. Those born on this day “simply have a gift for quietly and unostentatiously touching the hearts of family, friends or colleagues….The materials that May 15 people work with come from everyday life but those born on this day have a remarkable talent for putting those materials through a kind of creative alchemy and weaving a resultant tapestry which touches one’s inner core.”

Unable to avoid his astrological fate, Miller has been making art of one kind or another for his entire adult life.

Always interested in the spiritual, Miller has become obsessed with the idea that life is a really, really good thing, despite the sometimes seemingly overwhelming evidence that the opposite is true. His Happy Face Series and the majority of his other work on his website is dedicated to communicating that message. His introduction to “A Course in Miracles” in 2012 has further confirmed for him that everyone’s “happiness and function are one.”

After teaching mostly art overseas for ten years, Miller returned to Canada in 2012 and moved to Edmonton in 2021, where he currently resides.

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I want you for World Peace.

Drawing, Pencil Drawing on Paper W:43 H:58 cm 2017 James Miller

A happy face is superimposed on Uncle Sam's face from Flagg's famous poster, now public domain, while the call to join the army is replaced with a call to peace.

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Nadia and Friend Painting, Acrylic on Paper W:43 H:58 D:6 cm 2004 James Miller

Taken from a photo shot by me in Tripoli, Libya, when the country was at peace and Momar was in charge; two students pose at the annual school bazaar. Both American, each has chosen a different path as they move into adulthood.

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Still Life's Good Painting, Acrylic on Canvas W:74 H:102 D:4 cm 2019 James Miller

A vase of flowers is set on a mantle in front of an LG flat-screen TV as the sun sets and casts a glow and shadow.

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Laura Krusemark Painting, Drawing

Multi-talented, creative, and inspiring are just a few words that describe Laura. She is a visionary artist who shares the beauty and mystery of both inner and outer worlds through her paintings as well as being a classically trained pianist. Her piano albums Masters of Melody and Sounds of Christmas Spirit are available worldwide. With a B.F.A not only in Fine Arts - Oil Painting and Piano Performance from Bethany College, but also a Bachelors in Fashion Design from The Illinois Institute of Art - Chicago, Laura brings a broad range of inventive knowledge and ideas to her creations. Many of her current artworks focus on the female archetypes, connecting us to the Divine Mother and a remembrance that is once again awakening at this time on our beautiful Gaia. Embracing both the feminine and masculine parts of ourselves, we are able to evolve and awaken to an even greater level of awareness and wholeness. Her works bring together those aspects, representing the duality as well as the unity of One. Inspired by the endlessly fascinating patterns and magic found within the harmony of nature, Laura expresses this beauty through her art and music. She works as a fine artist and classical pianist, exhibiting her creations worldwide, while recording original compositions for her future record release and performances.

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Watergarden Painting, Watercolor on Paper W:14 H:19 cm 2021 A beautiful layering of watercolor tones and gold details creates an underwater world of shimmering magic!

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The Calm in the Chaos Drawing, Pastel on Paper W:23 H:30 cm 2020 Laura Krusemark

This pastel was made on Indian ink painted Bristol paper and inspired by a Whistler painting that I’ve liked for years, but felt drawn to express in my own interpretation here. I created this just two days before finding out about the explosions in Beirut (Summer of 2020) and can see a similar echoing of the chaos/ explosions in the distance here. The beauty of art is the ability to transcend time and space and observe from other realms/ dimensions, to find connections, many times unconsciously.. and bring them to light.

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Golden Rapture Drawing, Charcoal on Paper W:36 H:43 cm 2017 Laura Krusemark

This portrait represents the feeling of ecstasy and illumination where each chakra bursts open as a flower blooms.

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Song of the Sun Drawing, Charcoal on Paper W:57 H:84 cm 2017 Laura Krusemark

She represents the idea of full transformation, wholeness through bringing the dualities of light and dark together into one being...a triangle of perfection - trinity.This is a song from the heart, an exaltation of unity and love, shining full and bright as the sun.

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Pleiadian Queen Drawing, Charcoal on Charcoal W:57 H:84 cm 2017 Laura Krusemark

She represents the vast cosmos of thought and inner reflection, each as infinite as the stars in her system and beyond. Here there are endless possibilities and potential.

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Madeline Davis Sculpture

Madeline J. Davis is an artist and metalsmith from Edmond, Oklahoma currently residing in Cleveland, Ohio.

Davis attends the Cleveland Institute of Art and is working towards a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Jewelry and Metals. While Davis’ primary focus is adornment and metal, she also incorporates ceramics, stone, leather, and wood into her work. There are several themes Davis explores through different bodies of work. The deterioration of the human body, ceremony and ritual, the bread of life, neo-mid-mod, and good design for the integrity of aesthetics. Her work has recently been published in issue #12 of the international publication, Artistonish Contemporary Art Magazine. In June of 2021, Davis was awarded “Best In Show”, for her piece Death Mask of 2021, featured in the gallery show, Hotter ‘n Hell, a National Collegiate Juried Exhibition at the Northwestern State University of Louisiana.

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Hybrid Mixed Media W:1 H:2 D:1 in 2021 Sterling silver, fine silver, and dendric moss agate Madeline Davis

Hybrid is a ring comprised of multiple processes, some traditional some new. It is a blending of CAD, lost wax casting, charcoal casting, stone cutting, and fabrication.

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Colby Blake Painting

Colby Blake was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1990 and grew up on her Grandmother’s property in Dover, Massachusetts. She attended Dana Hall School and went on to study History and Studio Art at Skidmore College. She has worked as an artist for the past six years and continues to find inspiration in family, tradition, new norms and the riptide of difficult emotions in our highly productive world. She believes art is one of the few ways left to have a human experience. Colby now lives in Southern California.

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Empathy Digital Arts, Oil Color on Canvas W:36 H:48 in 2020 Colby Blake

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Rebecca Slivinsky Painting

Rebecca Slivinsky (b. 1993, United States) received an M.F.A. in Painting in 2019 from The Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA, where she was a recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Fine Arts Department. She received a B.A. in studio art from Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT in 2015. She has exhibited work in numerous solo and group exhibitions in the United States and internationally. In 2017, she studied in Lacoste, France and in 2018, she studied in Hong Kong. Currently, Slivinsky lives and works in Beijing, China.

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15000 Jupiter Painting W:36 H:46 in 2019 Citra solv on magazine, windex and bleach on photo paper Rebecca Slivinsky

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Samantha Iodice Painting, Mixed Media

From a young age in Northern Illinois, Samantha was that weird, creative kid. She didn't show it too much, or share most of her art and ideas, because she was afraid. Samantha had many fears, but eventually, she learned fear was motivation, inspiration, and most importantly, that she didn't need to be afraid. In 1996, she took her first step towards paint with a beginner’s class at the local community college. She was wildly lucky and landed a brilliant surrealist painter out of Chicago, Ricardo Hernandez, as her instructor. He was more than inspiring he taught her how to feel the paint, move it, and make it her own. From that moment forward, she continually pushed herself and her art.

Samantha paints in the abstract expressionist style, using emotions and feeling to bring her art alive. Much of Samantha's art uses the impasto technique with palette knives and found objects - hair combs, paint brush cleaner, and the edges of palette knives help create much of the texture in addition to the impasto style.

Constantly trying to broaden and expand, Samantha is always seeking new inspiration and new "tools" to create new works.

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Camille IRL Painting, Acrylic on Canvas W:24 H:36 in 2018 Samantha Iodice

Inspired by a friend during my time in Kansas City, Kansas, the colors seemed to flow from my knives in such a way that I can see her within it. If you look at it long enough, perhaps you will too! Nature is a vital aspect of this piece along with a sense of connectivity, longing, and desire for more time.

A mirror rarely reflects what nature can.

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Linda Colnett Photography, Digital Arts, Painting, Sculpture

I was born in Texas and received a bachelor’s degree from Texas Tech University. After working in the advertising and public relations industry, I began my art career in the 1980’s. I have exhibited extensively in the U.S., as well as group shows in Hong Kong, Paris, Mexico, Japan, Korea and Italy. My work has twice been chosen for “Selections,” a juried competition sponsored by ArtSpan and San Francisco Open Studios. I am a past nominee for the SF MOMA SECA award and the U.S. Art in Embassies Program selected my paintings for exhibition in The Gambia, Africa. I have been a member of the Alliance of Women Artists, an international coalition of women artists dedicated to the support of women in the visual arts. I participated as an American artist member for twelve years in the Global Culture Center, founded by Japanese sculptor, Kenji Horiuchi and dedicated to promotion of an international exchange of art and culture.

I was a founding member and co-manager of SOMA Artists’ Studios in San Francisco where my studio was located for over 25 years. My studio is currently located at ICB studios in Sausalito, California.

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Detail of Trees from, Trash 15 Mixed Media, Mixed Media W:48 H:50 D:50 in 2018 Mixed Media, paper, plastic water bottle Linda Colnett

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Libby Ye Painting, Photography

Libby Ye is currently studying IB fine arts at the United World College of South East Asia. She has published a photography book titled Standstill and has founded United World Art where she connects international schools around the world through the vehicle of art.

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Memento Mori Photography, Digital Photography on Glossy Paper W:80 H:100 D:2 cm 2021 Libby Ye

Memento Mori is, as the title suggests, a reminder of the inevitability of death. The skull present inside of each individual is thus a pervasive and incessant memento of death. Yet, the flowers undercut the poignant atmosphere and subverts the conventional interpretation of post-mortem life.

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Myungja Anna Koh

She was born in Jeju, S. Korea, in 1974 and used to be a trained nurse and medical informatics researcher. She developed educational content and organized an exhibition of Bio Microscope Photographs. When she was 31 years old, she relocated to Germany.​In 2011, she debuted as an artist through Poly Gallery, Karlsruhe in Germany. Since her debut, she had presented her works to several solo and group exhibitions in Germany and France. After moving to New York in 2013, she continued her artistic activity and presented her works in many shows around Long Island. Currently, she continues her works in Stony brook. Acrylic paints, Digital Art, and Watercolors are her ideal mediums for her artistic expression. She tries to transmit the energy inherent in them by transforming the invisible objects that come up in dreams or minds into visible objects. Significantly, she shares her attitude as an artist, philosophy, and stories about her paintings through her website, and communicates with people about the importance of art and what art is. Influenced by her older sister, an environmental activist who is active in Korea, she has deep concerns about environmental issues and then has been drawing pictures related to her ecological issues from the beginning of her debut and is making this known through her exhibitions. Above all, she's been involved in the EcoArt Project, a group of artists working on the environmental movement, trying to show how artists should do it to protect our nature.

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Running horse Digital Painting, Digital Painting on Paper W:60 H:50 cm 2021 Myungja Anna Koh

First, I brought up a picture of a running baby horse with a rainbow on its back I drew earlier. This is a picture I drew in my dream, and one day in my dream I saw a baby horse running like this. The weather in my dream was a bright sunny day with thunder, but I couldn't see a rainbow to show in the sky, so I was looking for it.

Then, from somewhere, a cute little horse ran with a rainbow in the sky. I got up and quickly drew that dream on a small canvas and named it Hope.

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Overcome Painting, Acrylic on Canvas W:80 H:100 cm 2018 Myungja Anna Koh

The picture is "overcome", literally overcome. Since my first debut in 2011, whenever I feel such energy from a tree, I immediately put it on canvas and create a series under the name of Overcome. I always think intense energy when I see a tree standing beautifully, bending, moving, and dropping its most substantial part to persevere and overcome the hardships of many years.Like our life, it is distorted, broken, bent, and shaken by many winds and rains, but we will live again and somehow overcome it and grow into one big tree. The shapes that he overcomes by himself are so beautiful that they simply become works of art. People are crouching like that tree in fear of being hit by...

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Blue dancing Digital Painting, Digital Painting on Photo Paper W:50 H:60 cm 2021 Myungja Anna Koh

The beautiful hydrangea moves its petals to shake as the sound of music spreads. And they flap their wings all at once and soar into the sky. From where they flew, you can see the sparkling path made by the flapping of their wings. This is the image that popped into my mind.

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Robert Andes

I was born and raised in New Hampshire. I have lived throughout the United States, most recently in Arkansas where I received my MFA in painting. I currently live in Brownsville Texas near the Mexico border. Brownsville is ideal for me because of the warm weather and sunny days, it is also a very safe and friendly place. While here I have painted landscapes to try to introduce viewers to an under appreciated part of the United States.

My work is a documentation of my life. Since I like to travel, many of my works depict places I’ve visited throughout the world. I have paintings of my adventures in Italy and Spain for example. I also paint my day to day life; I paint friends, family, etc. All my paintings have a certain commonality; they focus on the moments between moments, in other words, not the dramatic moments but the quite introspective moments. All my works have a heavy focus on color and emotion as well; I wish to communicate who I am through color.

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Girl in a White Dress with Flowers Painting, Oil Color W:12 H:12 in 2021 Robert Andes

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Sheldon Bachus

I am both by birth and at heart a fourth generation Californian and San Francisco Bay Area native. For the better part of eight decades my camera and I have been witnesses to its history and more recent travails.

On my eighth birthday, my grandfather presented me with a little Kodak camera; I believe it was called a Brownie. One of my first photos was of Toby, our family dog. My parents liked the image so much they had it enlarged. That small act of encouragement, made so many years ago, nourished my confidence in both valuing and working with a camera.

As I grew up in San Rafael and mid-20th century California, I carried my camera with me as I hiked through the open range land that was once the home of the Miwok people, later California cattle ranchers and, today, sprawling homogeneous suburbs. Through the camera's lens, I tried to capture the beauty of those softly rolling, sunburned hills of my native state.

Later, in contrast to the natural world of the California countryside, nearly a decade of field assignments with the United Nations resulted in a collection of photographs ranging from Arakanese fishing villages and Mauritanian desert dunes to Ghana's Aburi hill country and the black sand beaches of the Samoan islands. I believe my experience abroad helped form my vision, and ultimately photographic images, of how I perceive the world, its habitat, and the diverse cultures it encompasses.

Now, much later in life I find myself devoted to telling the brutal story of an environment under siege -- a fast deteriorating natural environment assaulted by a burgeoning population and its handmaiden, climate change.

With my camera I attempt to capture the remnant images of what was the Golden State as I once saw it and, somewhat sadly and regretfully, as I see it today.

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El Nino Clouds, Marin Headlands Photography W:16 H:14 in 2019 Sheldon Bachus

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Brianna Barry

Brianna Barry comes from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, raised in an artistic family, her mother an artist and her father a musician. Ms. Barry utilizes printmaking, painting, and drawing in her work and is incorporating digital media as well. She received her BFA from Cameron University in Lawton, OK and her MFA from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX with a primary concentration in Printmaking and her secondary being in Painting. Her work is a visual narrative that combines a lexicon of symbols to relate a tale of mental trauma, more specifically Anxiety and Depression. Her work has been shown in many groups and solo exhibitions across the Unites States, including Corpus Christi, Manitowoc, Oklahoma City, Norfolk, and Lubbock.

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Holding On Painting, Oil Color on Canvas W:36 H:48 in 2018 Brianna Barry

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Richard Biegun Digital Arts, Mixed Media

I am the self educated photographer and have work commercially specializing in people and location photography servicing, advertising, corporate, and magazine clients. My personal interests are in environmental photography, and the different historical backgrounds of different ethnicities and the contributions they made in the settlement of Long Island NY. My environmental work has lead me to travel to different locations, providing images for the stock company that represented me. My interest in ethnic studies has led to financial grants, for exhibitions on the Polish and Dutch.

My current work is the use of current digital software in modifying photographed images with the intent of creating a new genre in fine art photography.

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Cloud 5 Digital Arts, Digitally Manipulated W:22 H:33 in 2019 Photography with digital manipulation.

Richard Biegun

Clouds represent the incorporation of contemporary digital technology applied to photographed images of cloud formations.

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Cloud 14 Digital Arts, Digitally Manipulated W:22 H:33 in 2018 Photography with digital manipulation.

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Clouds represent the incorporation of contemporary digital technology applied to photographed images of cloud formations.

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Cloud 15 Digital Arts, Digitally Manipulated W:33 H:22 in 2019 Photography with digital manipulation.

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Clouds represent the incorporation of contemporary digital technology applied to photographed images of cloud formations.

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Bryan Bromstrup Digital Arts, Painting, Photography

Bryan Bromstrup is a self-taught artist who started oil painting in 2013 after suggestions from family artists going back four generations. He paints what he enjoys in life or whatever excites the artist inside him. Bryan continues to expand his perspectives with oil painting, photography and other digital mediums. Originally, from Beech Grove, IN a suburb of Indianapolis. Since 2015 he and his family have lived in Terre Haute, IN. Bryan’s Great Grandmother was an artist. She encouraged and taught his mother to paint and after retirement, his Grandfather took up oil painting completing three generations. For ten years, his mother had been encouraging Bryan to carry on an artist legacy as family tradition. During a holiday discussion in December of 2012, his mother talked him into giving painting a try and after watching a couple of Bob Ross Joy of Painting episodes he sat down to paint his first piece in January 2013. Hundreds of pieces later, you could say the rest is history…

Bryan paints what he joys in life. It might be from pop culture or from observing interesting things around him, but it definitely comes from life experiences. It has originated in music, pop culture and from travel, especially his love for the National Parks. “I’ve learned something new from every painting I have ever done.” “As I get older, I find the artist in me has come to the forefront, expanding the simple things I always did into pieces of art. In the real world, I am very process and detail oriented. When it comes to being creative, I look beyond the how to do it and enjoy the process of just letting the brush work its magic.” He likes to call his art style, “Bryanism”.

Beyond oil painting, he continues to expand his perspectives and painting techniques, photography and other digital art concepts. In today’s tech-oriented world he continues to be influenced by phone photo applications and learning other digital platforms. Besides his involvement with Creative Action Network, his work can be found on displayed in Terre Haute at the ArtsIlliana Gallery where he was Gallery Committee Chair and on the Board of Directors from 2017-2019. He has become a regular contributor to INK Magazine at Rose-Hulman, The Gallery @ Clabber Girl Museum, River City Artist Association, Link Art Gallery (Paris, IL) Garfield Park Arts Center (Indianapolis, IN) &CEARTS.org (Noblesville, IN).

In 2021, Bryan is focusing on expanding his art in new and exciting directions wherever this might take him in the promotion of all forms of art. He was excited to be featured on CBS Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley having two sun art pieces chosen four different times, December Beach (11/8/20& 7/18/21) and Sunset Sea (12/6/20 & 1/10/21). In July, his digit rock themed piece, ‘Chicago – Saturday In the Park’, received an Award of Distinction at the Flagler County Art League show, ‘On a High Note’ and “Rocky Mountain Sunset’, received Honorable Mention at the Annual Midwest Photography Exhibit at LinkArt Gallery in Paris, IL. His solo show ‘Ain’t That America (Somethin’ to See)’will debut this November- December 2021 at the Garfield Park Arts Center.

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Christmas Trees Digital Arts W:16 H:18 in 2020 Bryan Bromstrup

Holiday cheer in the form of multiple outdoor Christmas Trees! Photo manipulation using multiple iPhone apps.

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The Mittens Digital Arts, Oil Color W:24 H:18 in 2020 Bryan Bromstrup

Oil painting of the West and East Mitten Buttes in Monument Valley Navajo Trible Park. Collectively called The Mittens, the park is found on the Arizona/Utah border.

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What Big Eyes You Have Digital Arts, Oil Color W:12 H:12 in 2019 The Big Bad Wolf preys on poor little riding hood...a twist on the a fairy tale.

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Alaina Bryan

Alaina Bryan is an emerging artist specializing in polymer clay and multimedia recycled artworks. A native of Seattle, WA, Alaina finds inspiration in the random patterns of nature and bright colors of human society. She has been an artist since childhood, participating in numerous art classes and local art opportunities, but her style was mainly influenced by her time at university in New Orleans, where she often used abandoned surfaces and found objects as her canvases. In 2019, while studying abroad in Paris, she suffered a traumatic brain injury which left her incapable of most activities- thus she spent all day, everyday, for nearly 6 months, simply creating art. During this recovery, and subsequent rewiring of her brain, she stumbled upon an intriguing new art technique which now constitutes the bulk of her portfolio: claynting. Claynting, a term she coined, is painting with clay, or the application of colored polymer clay to glass surfaces. Now fully recovered, Alaina continues to pursue her love of transforming found objects by creating intriguing works of clay on recycled windows and picture frames. Like her multimedia works, her life is taking shape as a multimedia entrepreneur, one for whom art is a pillar, alongside music and other creative pursuits. In all her work, she is a strong advocate for accessibility and environmental responsibility.

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The Gift Mixed Media, Polymer Clay on Glass W:30 H:30 in 2020 Claynting (polymer clay on glass) Alaina Bryan

Large circular claynting on a glass tabletop inspired by religious iconography and the Rainbow Light Body of tibetan buddhism.

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Sea Carlson

Sea Carlson is an American artist who uses bold color, eclectic themes, and soft styles. Their mediums vary from acrylic, watercolor, and pen and ink to digital and beyond, and they always try to rise to the occasion of whatever challenge they are given. They have been creating since childhood, and artistic pursuits are what helps them cope with the difficulties in their life and in the world at large. They hope that their art can be a means for others to walk outside the ordinary and process their feelings in a calm yet challenging safe space.

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Made for More Painting, Watercolor on Paper W:9 H:11 in 2018 Watercolor and Waterproof Ink on Watercolor Paper Sea Carlson

Note: This painting was created before I got married and changed my name. C. Clark is my maiden name. A bee wishing to express itself outside their duties.

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Matteo Painting, Acrylic on Canvas W:48 H:36 in 2021 Acrylic and Adhesive Plastic Eyes on Canvas Sea Carlson

Pretty much everywhere I go in my house, one of my cats follows me around. He always wants to see what's going on. It got me thinking he'd be fun to paint, and to find a way to illustrate that he sees everything.

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The King Painting, Acrylic on Canvas W:36 H:48 in 2021 Sea Carlson

A facsimile of the King of Spades, but the iconic figure has been replaced by a person in gentleman's clothes.

The person's head is a ANIMAL skull and is crowned with a top hat. Gold foil illuminates various accents.

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Kristy Chettle

Kristy has been inspired by both art and nature since she was young. Her parents had a strong influence over her creative endeavors and her attachment to the earth. Her family spent their free time immersed in nature, between the Pacific coast and the mountains where she observed the delicate relationship humankind has with nature. This is where she began to sketch and draw.

Kristy took classes in drawing, painting and sculpture while on her way to a degree in graphic design from California Polytechnic University. After graduating in 1992, she studied at a small art school in Lucca Italy, where she found her love for painting in oil and a blossoming interest in abstract art and the freedom it presented her.

For many years Kristy operated her own graphic design studio and focused on family, but was finally called back to painting when commissioned to create some abstract works in 2002. For years thereafter she made time to paint in her small studio and continued to develop her skills as an artist.

Over the years, she has incorporated a tactile quality to her abstracts by painting and scraping in multiple layers. She sometimes will incorporate found objects into her work to add depth and texture, even occasionally using recycled wood as her canvas. Her expressionistic style represents nature and the power of life and the world that surrounds us.

In recent years, Kristy’s style has changed motivated by her love for the environment. No longer using brushes which need thorough washing, she uses only her hands and an occasional pallet knife or saw blade to spread her paint–with great success in maintaining the Impasto effect that adds depth and richness to her work.

Additionally, many of Kristy’s paintings are untitled in order to allow the viewer to have their own personal experience. Her works have been on display in numerous shows as well as on-line and in-person galleries.

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Bullfighter Painting, Oil Color W:72 H:48 in 2018 Kristy Chettle

The Bullfighter. Wild. Hot. Full of emotion and motion. This painting filled me with fire each time I worked on it. It became the bullfighter on it\'s own, I was merely just the artist.

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Untitled [SM06] Painting, Oil Color W:18 H:24 in 2018 Kristy Chettle

Driven by the simplicity of color, red, blue, yellow, black, the forms came forward on their own. The play of light and dark is interwoven with color bringing forth cool peaceful blue from above.

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Untitled [SM11] Painting, Oil Color W:12 H:18 in 2019 Kristy Chettle

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Daniel Clouser Photography

Dan Clouser is an award-winning photographer based in La Mesa, California. An experienced traveler with an inquisitive mind, he enjoys capturing images that inspire others to embark on their own journeys of exploration and discovery.

Honored to be the 2021 Nature/Landscape Photographer of the Year for Professional Photographers of San Diego County (PPSDC), he has images recognized across the competitive spectrum and exhibited in galleries around the country. Additionally, National Geographic selected one of his images for inclusion in a travelling exhibition intended to bring the cultures of Kazakhstan and the United States closer together, by highlighting the similarities between our two nations.

He looks forward to your impressions of his work and is open to suggestions about new experiences to be explored.

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Sunrise Between Storms Photography on Aluminum W:24 H:30 in 2018 Photographic Print on Aluminum Daniel Clouser

As sunrise occurred, a mixture of intense sunlight breaking through the holes in the clouds and gusty winds separating the clouds above from the fog burning off around the base of Mt. Shasta created a haze permeating the Shasta-Trinity National Forest and a colorful sky befitting a massive volcano.

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Zombie Flower Attacked by Ants Photography on Aluminum W:30 H:20 in 2017 Photographic Print on Aluminum Daniel Clouser

Selected color macro photograph of ants searching for nectar on a peony bud in Hershey Gardens.

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Reflections on History Photography W:36 H:24 in 2016 High Gloss Aluminum Exhibit Mount Daniel Clouser

South Pool of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York City on a beautifully lit and colorful winter afternoon. This was captured after a 4-hour tour through the museum, which started on a foggy/ rainy,cold morning. To me, the image embodies the hope that followed the tragedy.

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Charlie Costello

Photographer, Charlie Costello see's travel as his window to the world. Observing other cultures, other people and other ways of life is not only refreshing, but is a good reminder that we are all connected. Despite the uniqueness of each culture, there are universal things that bond us all, be it the passion of sports, music to brighten a village square or the intense colors, taste and smells of a farmers market.In early 2022, "Hanging out in Burma: Laundry Lines and Democracy Hanging in the Balance" will be available to highlight the perseverance and beauty of the people and the cultures and landscapes of Burma. Charlie says, "Each person’s perspective is unique and special. It’s that distinctiveness that helps me appreciate things at home and when I travel. I can see the beauty in the decaying colors of a doorway in Beijing, China, the relationship of a goat with child in the doorway of a home in Baktapour, Nepal, the toothless smile of a hill tribe women in Northern Thailand or the colors, shapes and taste of an heirloom tomato grown in my own garden."I reveled in every moment spent in Burma with hope for the warm people and the country on the verge of democracy. But the struggles have only gotten worse as military coups, fascism and the climate emergency has again brought the realization that everything is connected, from the microbes in our soils to the air we breath. In my photographs, I hope you can see a world full of hope with the richness of the colors, landscapes and people of our world. Minga-laba - loosely translated as – “It is a blessing”

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Burma Bikes Photography on Canvas W:24 H:15 in 2012 Charlie Costello

Cover of the book, Burma Bikes, by Charles S. Costello III Photo taken by the gate of the Schwedagon Paya in Yangon, December 2011 AW127606338

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Balloons Over Bagan Photography on Canvas W:36 H:24 in 2012 Sunrise from the sunrise pagoda in the land of the pagoda forest, Bagan, Burma Charlie Costello

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Bridges of Marin County, Ladder to the Giants Photography W:30 H:20 in 2019 Photo Canvas Print - wrapped on edge Charlie Costello

The Bridges of Marin County can be wet and wild, especially on the pacific ocean side of the trails. Either way you take this ladder (Up or Down) you enter the land of the Green Giants!

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Katie Dahl Digital Arts, Painting

An artwork begins with an emotion, whatever the emotion is makes no difference. Born in Long Beach, CA, Katie finds inspiration within all things. She has been an artist since she was a child, first catching a glimpse of how to draw from an older woman who would draw pictures of people in church during services. She later went to California College of the Arts and Cal State University of Long Beach. She has studied art abroad in Italy and later traveled around Europe and the United States.

Her work today revolves around dreams, memories, randomness, daily encounters with nature, and traveling.

Katie’s landscapes are painted in an impressionistic style with texture and color as the main focus. It is more about the feeling of the painting rather than the actual content. Her dreamscapes are painted in a more surrealistic type of style, more intimate. Her photography and digital collage are carefully selected and altered (if need be) to the way she feels they should look compositionally and emotionally.

She works primarily in oil paint but will venture off into acrylic, gouache and the digital world. An art teacher by day, an artist by night, and a traveler by weekend together creates the wholeness of a person that loves to paint.

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Still Watching Painting, Oil Color on Canvas W:20 H:16 in 2020 Katie Dahl

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Lorraine DarConte

Lorraine A. DarConte studied art and photography at C.W. Post College in New York, with renowned photographer Arthur Leipzig. DarConte owned and operated a portrait and wedding business for a decade (2004-2014) in Tucson, Arizona. After arriving in Santa Barbara (2015), she turned her focus on a number of subjects including, local women, local fauna and the California landscape. Her work has been published in numerous publications including, Shutterbug, The Rangefinder, Studio Photography, The Desert Leaf, AAA Highroads, West Ways, and Newsday.

DarConte's images have been exhibited at numerous venues including: The international Center of Photography (NYC) and Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art (Montecito, CA).

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Salvador Sandpiper Photography W:10 H:14 in 2020 Lorraine DarConte

Sandpiper on beach with cloudy sky.

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Mooney Photography W:11 H:11 in 2021 Abstract head of a brown horse Lorraine DarConte

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Snowy Egret Abstract Photography W:11 H:7 in 2021 Colorful abstract of Snowy Egret Lorraine DarConte

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David de Rousseau Painting, Sculpture

David de Rousseau, B.F.A., Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri; B.A., Benedictine College, Atchison, Kansas, is a Painter/ Sculptor with works in collections throughout the United States and Europe. He has received numerous public and private commissions and has exhibited extensively throughout the United States. With a diverse background in interdisciplinary, environmental, alternative and experiential education, his 30 year teaching career includes instruction in graduate, degree and continuing education programs at a number of distinguished institutions. He has expertise in the fields of landscape architecture, liturgical art, illustration, book design, and art therapy. His publications include National Public Radio, Fox 4 TV News, Kansas City Star, Kansas City Live Magazine and History of the Catholic Archdiocese of KCMO. His work graces parks, churches, schools and public spaces throughout the United States with numerous examples in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Primarily a Painter in oils on canvas, David also sculpts in bronze and stone.

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42nd and Wyoming, KCMO Painting, Oil Color on Canvas W:36 H:48 in 2009 David de Rousseau

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Seascape with Rocks #1 Painting, Oil Color on Canvas W:28 H:22 in 2003 David de Rousseau

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Westside Street Scene #1 Painting, Oil Color on Canvas W:32 H:42 in 2016 David de Rousseau

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John Dobbie

John Dobbie was born and raised in Canada and is a Classical Animation graduate of Sheridan College. After finishing school and doing some travelling, he landed a job in the videogame industry which he has since been working in for over 20 years.

Starting his career as a digital environment artist, his job brought him to the Los Angeles where he worked on some of the biggest franchises in the industry including Call of Duty, Tony Hawk, and God of War. During this time, he also met his wife, became a father as well as a US citizen.

John and his family now call the Capital Region in New York their home. This is where he has been finally able to create art for himself that he hopes other people will be able to enjoy without having to use a game controller.

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Atomic Sediment (Regular Edition) Printmaking, Screen Print W:18 H:18 in 2021 John Dobbie

By going further and further into a still image, I explore this alien microcosm and discover strange forms and potential life. Through value, line, and color, I try to document this new universe where the viewer should be able to explore multiple times and discover new things too.

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Sammi Dougherty

Sammi Dougherty’s collection of work takes deep inquiry into mathematical patterns in nature and their relationship to matter sonically; along with the involuntary occurring mental effects in viewers. Dougherty’s research explores the combined findings of Benoit Mandelbrot and Physicist Richard Taylor, and the evidence of this 'subliminal' visual language of fractal patterns. Her continued studies involve immersive investigations into the complexity of fractal layers naturally occurring on earth and subject's reactions, within the microcosm and to the macrocosmic structures.

Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including solo and group exhibitions at The Modern Visual Arts Gallery (Bethlehem, PA), The Academy Center of the Arts, (Lynchburg, VA), The Toledo Art Museum (Toledo, OH), The Miller Gallery (Blacksburg, VA), The Floyd Center of the Arts (Floyd, VA). She has also been invited to several juried international publications including the Canadian based Observica Art Magazine, and awarded a variety of honors including awards of merit and distinction, Artist of the Year (Sylvania, OH), and an award of Recognition of Excellence from US Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, for contribution to the city of Toledo, OH. A considerable amount of Dougherty’s work is permanently installed in the form of murals or ‘beautification’ wraps, scattered throughout the downtown district of Toledo, OH and ranging to Traverse, MI. Dougherty’s teaching utilizes motivational strategies to engage students willingness, confidence, and curiosity into their own potentials. She has taught Arts Foundations at Radford University (2018-2020), she also has experience instructing Advanced Watercolor, Chalk Pastels, Murals, Painting, Drawing and Advanced Drawing at the collegiate level. Currently, Dougherty is teaching private art lessons at all levels of learning. Her philosophy of expressive art for mental health, and mechanical skill building through observation, provides a successful timeline of learning and refinement of artistic knowledge while strengthening kinesthetic responses; motivating a well-rounded evolution of artistry.

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Anna's Hummingbird Painting, Watercolor, Ink W:22 H:22 in 2019 Sammi Dougherty

Watercolor, Ink, and Precipitation Watercolor left out in the rain to form natural background. Based on research by Physicist Richard Taylor, which proves fractal patterns in art and nature calm the hippocampus region of the brain by 60. Nature imagery layered over rain/ink background.

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Julie England

Julie England is an oil painter who grew up in Wisconsin, Florida and Texas. In 2018 she was honored with the SMU Mary Vernon Painting Prize from the Southern Methodist University Meadows Art faculty. Her artwork was included in New Texas Talent XXVII in 2020 and the Texas National 2018 Art Competition & Exhibition. She has exhibited extensively in Texas and elsewhere in the US. She participated in an art residency at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont in 2018. She is represented by Strata Gallery Santa Fe, a non-profit artist member gallery, located in Santa Fe, NM. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX. After a career in the semiconductor industry, England earned an Associates of Arts degree in 2015 at Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, Texas. In 2018 she earned a Bachelor’s of Fine Art degree from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. England is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Julie’s community service is extensive; she is a former board member with the Dallas Museum of Art, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts Advisory Board and Dallas Arboretum in Dallas, TX and the board of trustees of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, NM. She currently serves on the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center’s Art For Advocacy curatorial committee. Julie lives in Flower Mound, Texas with her husband and works in a studio in Dallas, TX.

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Summer Leaves 1 Painting, Ink, Acrylic, Oil Color W:26 H:20 in 2020 Julie England

Ink, Acrylic and Oil on Yupo Paper My paintings are inspired by experiences of places. I was raised on a pine tree farm and trees beckoned to me as imaginary childhood friends. In 2020 there is comfort and safety when outside in Nature. Natural, organic imagery is complemented with a focus on painting itself, mark-making and color.

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Parsley Garden Painting, Mixed Media on Paper W:40 H:26 in 2021 Julie England

Mixed Media on Yupo Paper My paintings are experiences of outdoor places from observation, memories or imagination. Since March, 2020 we spent more time outside during the global pandemic to seek safety and connection to neighbors to overcome isolation. Outdoor rooms in yards or the street were our gathering places.

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Driftwood 2 Painting, Oil Color on Paper W:26 H:20 in 2020 Julie England

Oil on Yupo Paper My paintings are inspired by experiences of places. I was raised on a pine tree farm and trees beckoned to me as imaginary childhood friends. In 2020, a 10' driftwood piece stands outside a shuttered steak house nearby during the pandemic. A zoom in on driftwood detail can border on abstraction.

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Wayne Ensrud

Wayne Ensrud was born in Minnesota where local artists in his hometown inspired and encouraged him to pursue the study of art. He enrolled at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design where his teachers included Oskar Kokoschka, Vaclav Vytlacil, Buckminster Fuller, Ben Shahn, Jacques Lipchitz and Josef Albers. Most importantly and life-changing, he met the Austrian painter, Oskar Kokoschka with whom he felt a strong kinship. Their relationship was a magical one where they both shared the idea of complete integrity to their art and the unwillingness to allow modern artistic fashion to alter their beliefs that art should be an expression of the spirit of love, beauty and the divinity inherent in a person’s soul. They shared a life-long friendship bound by the deepest respect.

After graduation, Ensrud became the youngest Art Director of Motion Pictures and Television for the University of California at Berkeley. During this time, he was also a juror on the San Francisco International Film Festival and Art Director for KQED in San Francisco where he animated and designed the award-winning IBM series The Computer and the Mind of Man. Ensrud’s groundbreaking designs brought him to the attention of the major television networks who invited him to New York City where he was Art Director of programs for ABC, CBS and NBC. He was then appointed Executive Art Director of PBS-TV Channel 13 in New York City where he instituted innovative approaches to programming, among them the original ‘Live at Lincoln Center’ series and the opera series in collaboration with producer Jac Venza. Ensrud designed and animated the Gemini Space Programs for worldwide viewing on ABCTV. These achievements at an early age left Ensrud dissatisfied and he felt compelled to seek out guidance from Oskar Kokoschka by traveling to his home in Switzerland, which then developed into more than 25 years of a guru-disciple relationship.

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Firefly Painting, Acrylic on Canvas W:30 H:40 in 2019 Wayne Ensrud

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Horse And Rider Painting, Acrylic on Canvas W:50 H:40 in 2018 Wayne Ensrud

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Dreamscape Painting, Fabric, Acrylic on Canvas W:40 H:30 in 2018 Wayne Ensrud

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Ni Feng

Ni Feng is an illustration major studying at Savannah College of Art and Design. Her Major Concentration is Concept design/Animation & Games. She is from Beijing, China. Influenced by her parents, she grew up with a great passion for painting. Because her parents also work in the arts, she received support and affirmation from them that she also wanted to become an artist. She came to the United States to study illustration in college. She created a lot of works in college and met a lot of great professors. Grew a lot with the help of her professors. Her inspiration comes from the people or things she meets in her daily life. She likes to portray some characters. She won a lot of awards before college and also in the national category, but has not participated in competitions during college for the time being. Her goal is to become a concept designer.

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Fairy and Girl Digital Arts W:7 H:10 in 2021 Depicts a dreamy wonderland where girls dance with fairy.

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Jeffrey Fletcher

Jeffrey Fletcher is a San Antonio based digital photographer specializing in urban, landscape and contemporary imagery.

Born on February 18th, 1966, he spent his early years living throughout the United States as one of four children of Tyrone and Doris Fletcher. His father, an Army officer who fought in the Viet Nam War, was an avid photographer. Armed with his Pentax K1000 35mm camera, he would frequently send home images of life in Viet Nam. These photos would spark Fletcher’s early interest in photography and travel.

After high school, Fletcher attended Florida A&M University, studying Broadcast Journalism. Although he excelled academically, he knew in his heart that the life of a journalist was not the career he wanted to pursue.

After graduating, Fletcher followed in the footsteps of his father, joining the Army and spending the next 30 years in assignments that afforded him the opportunity to travel across the globe.

Fletcher settled in San Antonio in 2016, and is pursuing his BFA in Digital Photography from the Art Institute in San Antonio. He is a member of the Professional Photographers of America and the Texas Photographic Society.

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Hustle Digital Arts W:11 H:9 in 2019 Jeffrey Fletcher

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New Orleans Street Portrait Digital Arts W:9 H:11 in 2021 Digital Archive Jeffrey Fletcher

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Wait Digital Arts W:7 H:5 in 2020 Jeffrey Fletcher

Bayshore Drive Corpus Christi Texas

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Jill Fraley

I am an Appalachian artist, storyteller, photographer and educator who specializes in creating authentic, engaging, and empowering images that document the essence of places on the brink.

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A Sky Without Her Digital Arts W:10 H:8 in 2021 Graphic Art Jill Fraley

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Where I Belong Digital Arts W:10 H:8 in 2021 Graphic Art Jill Fraley

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Property Digital Arts W:8 H:10 in 2021 Graphic Art Jill Fraley

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Tori Gagne

Tori Gagne’s equine images celebrate the magical world of the horse, there is something very special and spiritual about standing in the high desert in complete silence experiencing the vast US western lands, the land of our beloved wild horses. Tori shares her experiences with wild horses in the wild and in sanctuaries through her soulful photographs in hopes that she can help you bring a bit of that visual magic into your everyday life.

Imagine seeing into the soulful eyes of a wild horse every day, she can’t think of a better way spend time.

She has a special affinity for wild horse photography and is happiest on a dirt road in the western states seeking herds of wild horses to photograph. She has exhibited her work nationally and internationally. She has received International awards for her work and has works in private collections nationally and internationally.

She currently resides in her hometown of Orono, MN. 10% of proceeds from selling her equine work is donated to organizations involved in the protection and education about the plight of the wild horse population in the western US.

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Muskogee Photography W:45 H:22 in 2020 Tori Gagne

Archival Pigment Print on Cotton Rag Paper Young Bachelor Stallion in the McCollough Peaks Herd Management area Wyoming AW127768756

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Donald Gialanella

Donald Gialanella (Jell-a-nella-a) is an artist specializing in the field of public art. Originally from Maplewood, NJ, he now works out of his studio in St Petersburg, Florida. Donald apprenticed with artist Louise Bourgeois after earning a BFA in sculpture from The Cooper Union in New York. Known for his larger-than-life sculptures in public and private collections across the United States, his work is installed in over a dozen cities from California to New York.

His background includes teaching art at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey, and ten years as an Emmy winning television graphics producer in New York City.

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On the Shoulders of Legends Sculpture, Corten Steel on Stainless Steel W:96 H:240 D:96 in 2020 Donald Gialanella

Corten steel, stainless steel The goal of the sculpture is to present an inspiring dreamlike image that represents the multi-generational support of families, athletes, and educators, to achieve peace, love, friendship, and cooperation in the community.

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Parallax Head Sculpture, Corten Steel W:98 H:156 D:98 in 2007 Donald Gialanella

Cor-TEN Steel Parallax Man on the Streets of Albany NY. Commissioned 2007. This technique is ideally suited for urban spaces where movement around the sculpture initiates changes in its perception by the viewer.

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Running Hare Sculpture, Welded Steel on Stainless Steel, Welded Steel W:108 H:144 D:36 in 2015 Donald Gialanella

The Hare is an idealized image of speed and travel, adorable and unassuming. Representing a local inhabitant of the desert, the Hare is a symbol of ambition, energy, and virtue.

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Lexus Giles Sculpture, Installation

Grew up in a small town in Mississippi. Raised by my grandmother, and the oldest of six. I always knew I would be an artist since I was a little girl. Went to College at Mississippi State University where I received my B.F.A in Ceramics. Currently, working on my MFA in Ceramics at the University of Florida.

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She is Broken Sculpture on Ceramic W:16 H:22 D:8 in 2019 Lexus Giles

Hand Built Coiled Bust with African Scarification carving all over the body. The bust is part of a series that narrates a poem I wrote called, "Tribulations of a Black woman". The poem talks about the identity of a black woman from being lost to finding herself.

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Jack Girard Drawing, Painting

Jack Girard is currently a Professor of Art at Transylvania University, in Lexington, KY, USA, where he teaches multi-level drawing, painting, and upper level all-media studios, along with periodic travel courses to Ireland and New York City. Mr. Girard’s work has been extensively exhibited, and is represented in many corporate, institutional, and private collections in the United States and overseas.

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Nurture Mixed Media W:8 H:10 in 2021 Gel transfer over print, Prismacolor Jack Girard

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Lingxue Hao

Lingxue (Luna) Hao is a photographer from China who now studies and lives in Savannah, USA. After working as a food photographer for two years, she turned her focus to telling stories using visual language. She is particularly interested in finding beauty from ordinary and mundane and creating virtual dairy based on every day’s love, loss, and reflection. Besides, she also prefers to use photographic books to display her work and is very experienced in making different handmade books.

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Mi-E 08 Photography, Digital Photography W:27 H:18 in 2020 Lingxue Hao

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Richard Heiens Painting

Dr. Heiens is an accomplished international artist whose colorful abstract expressionist works never fail to solicit an emotional reaction from the viewer. Using color intensity and simplicity of composition, his works make a big impact without crowding the canvas. His paintings have a wonderful balance and handling of the acrylics and are intended to catch the eye of the beholder with their colors and shapes which tell a story. His paintings have a balance of color composition warm/cold/neutral with a mix of different round and edged components. There are clear boundaries filled with soft shifting nuances.

He uses layering of the paints to create the richness in the colors with light and darks being well placed. He picked up gallery presentation in Texas and London after selling his works on Instagram.

Recent Achievements include: Award of Recognition. Artist’s Eye Gallery, Lake Worth, FL “Art Restart” Juried Exhibition March 16-April 11, 2021, Award of Recognition.

Artios Gallery, N.Y.” Empirical Abstraction” Curated online Art Exhibition April 20-June 20, 2021. Award of Recognition.

Featured Artist. Artist’s Eye Gallery, Lake Worth, FL. “Art Insight” Juried show May 18– June 26, 2021.

Featured in the “A Renaissance 2021” Youtube Exhibition presented by Artist of Palm Beach County, Florida Featured in The Working Artist May, 2021 Edition IV of the Average art Magazine, Liverpool, United Kingdom Featured in Corriere dell’Arte / Courrier des Arts Modern and Contemporary Art Magazine July 5 –August 15 Edition, Torino, Italy.

Featured in Troop Art digital gallery in Buenos Aires, Argentina Featured in Emerging Artists Gallery London, England 2020-2021.

Featured in Cotuit Center for the Arts “ All in the Family“ Juried online art Exhibition in Cape Cod, Maine August 14-October 2, 2021.

Finalist in Gray Cube Gallery, Blue Art Show, Juried online art exhibition in Dallas, Texas August 1-August 31, 2021.

Featured in Exhibizone “Love 2021” Art Show, Juried online art exhibition in Ontario, Canada August25September 25, 2021 Featured in “United Through Arts 2021 Art of Japan”, Juried Exhibition Online in Medford Arts, Medford, NJ. September 1-September30, 2021.

Featured in “Art 4 Animals” Juried Virtual Exhibit by Red Bluff ArtGallery, Red Bluff, California, September 1December 1, 2021.

Featured in the Art Market Magazine, Juried Gold List Award for Excellence, Canada, Israel, and Florence XIIIth Edution 23-31 October 2021, Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy, and Artespo, NY, Aoril 2022.

Featured in Exhibizone– “Summer 2021, 06-Sep-2021” Art Show, Juried online exhibition in Ontario, Canada, September 6- October10-2021.

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Forest Fire in Australia Painting, Acrylic on Canvas W:20 H:16 D:1 in 2020 This original abstract expressionist painting was inspired by the fires in Australia.

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Andie Jairam

My name is Andie Jairam and I'm a professional artist from Atlanta, Georgia. I began my art career are Morehouse College where I obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. During my tenure at Morehouse College, I fell in love with the art of printmaking and drawing. I took these passions to New York and honed my art skills.

With the influences of a completely new environment, skilled professors, and a vast range of materials I was able to graduate with a Masters in Fine Arts from University at Buffalo.

It was at the University at Buffalo that I was able to research Afro-futurism, enabling me to express this art through mural and prints. Under my tutelage in Buffalo, I was able to refine my keen eye for detail and create new work. Leveraging my knowledge of the African diaspora, I have taught youths and adults the transformative power of art. In parallel, I have applied to shows, residencies, and new art collaborations spreading awareness across the world.

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Tribal Idenity Printmaking W:17 H:13 in 2018 Two African brothers letting their natural African beauty shine.

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Gregory Kessler

Educated through architecture, Kessler utilizes his knowledge of structure, form, composition, color, and spatial dimension in creating his work. Kessler’s work is inspired from his travels, while also being derived from the immediacy of the local environment. He believes that often the most amazing and wonderful subjects reside directly in front of us.

For Kessler, the pencil epitomizes the natural linkages between paper, fingers, arm and mind. His work is derived through utilizing varying pressure on the pencil while interacting with the texture of the paper. Kessler refers to this as “listening” to the paper. As an educator, Kessler works to help his students understand the importance of drawing as an expressive means of conveying ideas.

Kessler is a professor at Washington State University where he teaches architecture. His courses focus on incorporating the above values and works to guide his students to develop a love for drawing.

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Embarkation Drawing, Pencil Drawing on Paper W:30 H:30 in 2019 Pencil on Stonehenge Paper Gregory Kessler

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Gayle Kirschenbaum

Gayle Kirschenbaum is a creator who expresses herself in many forms. She began life as a visual artist and started taking photos where she loved spending hours in her darkroom. She found herself shooting stories with her photographs and painting them in an impressionist way. Her desire to use words and sound led her to moving images. She became an Emmy award-winning filmmaker whose films and programs have premiered on Netflix, HBO, and Discovery. They include Look At Us Now, Mother!, A Dog’s Life: A Dogamentary, My Nose and Little Parents. Her last film led to an invitation to give a TEDx talk called No More Drama With Mama about forgiveness. She speaks and teaches on this topic.

Gayle has found herself returning to her first love, photography. Her photographs were exhibited in Spain at the Barcelona Foto Biennale in October 2018, she received an honorable mention under landscape for the Pollux Awards 2019, have been in Westbeth group shows and in 2020 had solo show called STILL MOMENTS in NYC at Westbeth. Her photographs have been in several group shows including at ICP (International Center of Photography), Las Laguana Art Gallery, Duluth Art Institute. Most currently her work was selected for a juried exhibit at Carter Burden Gallery in Chelsea, NY. Gayle's photographs have been featured in several publications including the literary journals The Adirondack Review, Please See Me and online press The Village Sun and Medium.

She has been featured widely in the media including New York Times, NBC Today Show, Jerusalem Post and Psychology Today. She is a member of Producers Guild of America (PGA) and a judge for the Emmys and PGA.

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Stark Tree Photography W:13 H:10 in 2020 Gayle Kirschenbaum

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Red River Leaves Photography W:13 H:10 in 2019 Signed limited edition archival print Gayle Kirschenbaum

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My View From My Chair Photography W:13 H:10 in 2020 Gayle Kirschenbaum

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Jeannette Kortz

I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. I have lived in San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, and now Richmond, California. Where I live now is very close to the San Francisco Bay. I love the nature where I live; the birds, the Bay creatures, the beautiful shoreline, and San Francisco Bay itself. I paint to reflect my love of the Bay and its surroundings.

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Madrone Driftwood Painting, Oil Color W:8 H:10 in 2020 The beautiful Madrone tree. Beautiful bark, and sculpted branches. One of my favorite trees.

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Ekaterina Kouznetsova

Ekaterina Kouznetsova was born in the Siberian mountains of the Altai region of Kazakhstan and lived in Russia until the age of seven. The next 20 years were formed living on the other side, and other end, of the world in Argentina.

Having studied linguistics and translation at IES en Lenguas Vivas in Buenos Aires, an international move to the prolific art scene of the United States changed her direction. As a self-taught painter, the styles and techniques of the old masters inspire Ekaterina’s art. Her forte is in the fine details she brings to life with oils, playing with light and a delicate palette of colors.

Naturally, her art has been shaped by the myriad landscapes and cityscapes around the globe. While many different cultures, peoples, architecture always stir Ekaterina’s soul, she also finds a certain peace in coming back to her roots.

Ekaterina’s works can be found at Red Door Gallery in North Little Rock. Accolades include Judges Choice for her work “Coffee in Amsterdam” at the 2020 Water & Seascape Competition, selection in Maryland Federation of Art’s Strokes of Genius show in 2020, bronze award for “Berry Picking” at the 2021 Shades of Green Competition, among many more.

Her insatiable desire for travel never satisfied, Ekaterina is now based in Miami and travels domestically and internationally for her inspiration.

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Enlightenment Painting, Oil Color on Canvas W:12 H:16 in 2020 Oil on canvas mounted on hardboard Ekaterina Kouznetsova

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Bogdan Kravchenko

Bo Kravchenko got his Master’s degree in Book Graphics at Kyiv State Academy of Arts and started painting in 2010 after a long and successful career in creative advertising.

His both parents were artists, and art was the focus at home. After graduation, Bogdan published sixteen books with his book illustrations, and then for many years worked at creative agencies in Europe until he found himself on the East coast of Florida. Under the impression of its beauty, he felt the pull to return to painting and photography. Having spent a life collaborating with galleries, artists, and designers, he had a clear idea of what he wanted to work on. Soon he was able to work full-time as a painter, selling his artworks through festivals and online art galleries, participating in solo and group exhibitions. Today, Bogdan sells his paintings to collectors all over the world and exhibits extensively. After a decade of painting his favorite landscape theme, he has gained confidence and technical skills. Today, he tends to work on a larger scale and abstractly, with a focus on light, textures, and how the landscape works in an abstract context.

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For Now Calm On the Sea Painting, Oil Color on Canvas W:20 H:16 in 2018 Bogdan Kravchenko

This project consists of a few artworks, created totally different way, but each one is about what I'm exposed to living on the ocean: salty water, hot sand, fresh breeze, dry lips, and messy hair, with the wind in it.

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Robin Laurinec Drawing, Photography, Sculpture

Robin Laurinec is an emerging artist from Michigan. Her works have been featured in both national and international shows. She is also the co-author and illustrator of The Soldier's Tree, a children's book about the battle of Gettysburg. While varying in medium and theme, many of her works explore questions of identity, society, and mental health, all of which are topics which have featured heavily in her life. She works mainly with graphite, charcoal and chalk pastels, as they allow her to create smooth and expressive drawings and also give her a more hands on approach than more traditional methods of art. Her personal passions also include literature and history, both of which influence the creation of her pieces. She is currently a graduate student in Boston getting both a Master's Degree in History and a Master's Degree in Library Archival Sciences.

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Blind Hope Drawing, Charcoal W:15 H:22 in 2021 Robin Laurinec

Charcoal on Stonehenge If eyes are the windows into the soul, what does the lack of eyes say about us. Part of a larger diptych titled "The Blind Fates," this work plays on notions of "Blind Devotion" and "Blind Hope" to call into question not only how we perceive the world, but also the way we allow others to see us.

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Gary Logan

Gary Logan was born on the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago in 1970 and was raised in the United States.

He attended Boston University, where he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts in Painting.

During his time in Massachusetts, he also developed a career in education and social service while initiating his career as an artist. He later relocated to New York and New Jersey for ten years, where he was employed as an art educator in various public schools, and then he subsequently lived in São Paulo, Brazil, where he advanced his art career while exploring Brazil’s diverse landscape and culture for a period of three years. After returning to the United States, he lived in Miami, Florida, further developed his body of work, and was employed as a visual arts director at a school for the arts. He currently resides in Seattle, Washington and devotes his time to his studio practice and teaching art. Along with his individual and group exhibitions in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, São Paulo, South Florida, St. Louis, and Venice his artwork has been highlighted in periodicals such as "LandEscape Magazine", "All the Art", "Bostonia Magazine", and the literary journals, "Callaloo" and "Agni". In 1999, he was awarded The Phillip Guston Prize along with poet Eric McHenry for their artist collaboration featured in "Agni".

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White Landscape Mixed Media, Acrylic on Canvas W:27 H:51 in 2016 Gary Logan

Acrylic and paper on canvas The dissected terrain of “White Landscape”, replete with incisions and gaping wounds, represents our scarred planet and the devastating consequences of climate change. The image also deconstructs and exposes the destructive nature of systemic racism, historical erasure, and white fragility.

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Raw Cotton in Brown Skin Mixed Media, Collage W:24 H:48 in 2020 Gary Logan

“Raw Cotton in Brown Skin” reveals the commodification of black bodies and the vast wealth that cotton and forced labor provided for America. The piece simultaneously intertwines the psychological impact of racialized trauma with the crippling effects of internalized racism.

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Surge Mixed Media, Acrylic, Resin on Canvas W:48 H:60 in 2021 Gary Logan

Acrylic, polyurethane foam, resin on canvas "Surge" is a topographic map that displays many alarming features of the Anthropocene: such as rising temperatures, forest fires, and the spread of deadly diseases. The piece specifically documents the surge of COVID-19 infections and deaths, due to ignorance, apathy, and disillusionment worldwide.

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Amir Medina

My name is Amir Medina, I'm 20 and I was born in Las Vegas and later moved to Los Angeles at a young age. I became a photographer in my teens after discovering the artist Elliott Erwitt. In order to learn more, I volunteered to shoot for a local newspaper where I sharpened my craft in street photography. While doing this I became enthralled with cinematography and film-making. Discovering the intersection of still and motion pictures has lit a passion within me to capture the world around me as I see it. I'm currently in collage studying film-making and practice the art of composition everyday.

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The Rise In The West Photography W:7 H:5 in 2021 Amir Medina

Lomochrome Purple XR 400 film photography I'm not an early riser personally, but the only way I captured this photo was on my early morning commute to work. I have been thankful for the opportunity to get up early ever since because of the beautiful backdrop the sunrise gives me.

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Lisa Mee

Lisa Mee grew up in Harrington Park, a small suburban New Jersey town north of New York City. Her Koreanborn mother, an architect, and her Irish-American father, a former ballet student and actor turned chiropractor were both passionate about art and collecting. They cultivated her art appreciation by frequently taking her to museums, art fairs and galleries from the time she was a small child. These early outings fostered in her a profound wonder of the mysterious creation of art, spanning the centuries from various cultures world-wide.

During schooling, she devoted time to her artistic creations. She learned the basics of drawing, painting and printmaking from her early education into college. At Fordham University, she decided to pursue a degree in political science. Shortly after entering the university, she met her husband-to-be, the artist, Wayne Ensrud, who is the only living protégée of the Expressionist Austrian artist, Oskar Kokoschka, a student of Gustav Klimt.

After in-depth exploration of ‘plein-air’ drawing and painting techniques, her palette became enlarged by fabric, paper and photo collage elements as well as metallic paint, opening up new creative possibilities.

Her collage paintings integrate papers, fabrics and metals by careful sorting, cutting and assembling. With these materials, they are recycled into works of art. Her purpose is to combine mundane scraps to create a harmonic, intense coherence of all the parts. Inspired by florals, plant-based life and various formations found in the natural environment as well as stone and wood, she creates a cohesion of these natural forms to capture the elusive qualities of nature by using recycled materials in an aesthetic manner. Currently, she integrates metallic paints and pieces to create luminous surface reflections. By using spatial differentiations, she fuses a playful order of shapes and forms. It’s a sustainable artform using various elements to convey a stained-glass effect on canvas.

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Inlet Along The Costa Brava Painting, Acrylic on Canvas W:30 H:24 in 2021 Acrylic, paper and metallic paint on canvas Lisa Mee

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Richard Mittelstadt

Richard has always been interested in mark making. Some of his first art making experiences in elementary school were observational and mechanical drawings for classroom projects or extra credit. He especially enjoyed mechanical drawing—anything to do with precision and accuracy that allowed his imagination to soar.

When his older sister gave him a paint-by-number set, he remembers carefully painting right up to the lines— never once going over the edges!! The effect gave his work a look of a Cezanne painting with tiny canvas spaces showing between the colors. Perhaps it was that attention to detail or perfectionism that attributed to his understanding of mechanical perspective back in his fourth grade class—a skill not over looked by his instructor who proudly displayed his drawings in the school hallway.

Looking back to Richard’s initial mark-making years, he wishes someone could have pointed out those aptitudes to him at an early age. It most likely would have eased his anxiety that he felt regarding his artistic abilities since he always felt that he needed a strong aptitude in imagination to be considered an artist. His strengths were, and continue to be, making observational and mechanical art forms. Precision, accuracy, and craftsmanship are still his calling cards as he uses those aptitudes in remodeling his home or making jewelry with sapphires that his wife and he have mined in Montana.

Over the years Richard has experimented with a variety of materials such as colored pencil, chalks, markers, etc. in combination with watercolor and acrylic paints. During the summers between his teaching assignments, his interests eventually turned to drawing, watercolor landscape painting, and landscape photography. Now that he is retired from 38 years of teaching art education, he is able to explore the realm of abstract and nonobjective acrylic painting.

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Altered Reality Painting, Acrylic on Masonite W:37 H:25 in 2021 Richard Mittelstadt

Original acrylic painting created in 2021 on 24" x 36" x .25" Euca Board and presented in a 25" x 37" x 1" black wood frame.

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You Raise Me Up Painting, Acrylic on Canvas W:32 H:26 in 2020 Original acrylic painting created on 24" x 30" stretched canvas and presented in a purple frame.

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Flow Painting, Acrylic on Cardboard W:19 H:25 in 2020 Richard Mittelstadt

Acrylic painting created in 2020 on 24” x 18”x .5” canvas board and presented in a 25 " x 19" x 1.5” black wood frame.

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June Ni Digital Arts

Born in China, June moved to the US thirty years ago. After studied in Computer Science and worked in the financial industry for many years, June finally picked up brushes to pursue her childhood dream.

Influenced by her technology background, June explored various digital tools and techniques and became a digital artist.

June specializes in colorful and dynamically balanced abstract digital art, including abstract landscape, intuitive abstract, and minimalist abstract art.

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Golden Moment Digital Arts on Canvas W:30 H:40 in 2020 The fleeting seconds when the sunlight hits the trees in twilight is a God-sent gift.

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Sharon Pujol

I am from St. Louis Mo. but have lived in Dallas Texas for most of my adult life. I come from a line of Artistic talent from musician to artist. I am an acrylic artist painter and also creates sculptured art. I have shown my art in shows, solo and attended several Juried Art Exhibitions. My mission is for my Art to be a vision of creativity, uniqueness and boldness.

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Metallic Lava Painting, Acrylic W:24 H:12 in 2021 Sharon Pujol

Acrylic and Metallic fluid painting with circle sculptures made of paperclay. The lava is of copper, silver and gold metallic paints. Circles stand at various heights off the painting to create depth. Resin coating AW127239896

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Gregory Quick

My name is Gregory Quick. As an artist, I go by "Gee Que". I am a fine artist, who was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and raised in Greenville, MS. I would say the city that raised me is the city that made me. I learned many valuable lessons about accepting who you are and relishing in it, by growing up in Greenville. I try to create artwork that reflects self acceptance and being loud about who you are, in this world. I am a graduate of The University of Southern Mississippi, where I obtained my Bachelor's degree in Art with a minor in Graphic Design. Currently, I work as an independent artist, creating original pieces, as well as commissioned custom pieces, for clients across the United States. I’ve recently launched my website, where I sell my artwork, along with my own custom clothing brand, titled “Be More Than Just”. This brand was created to encourage everyone to pursue everything they’ve ever dreamed of and never box themselves into being “just” one thing. I encourage everyone to be the person you are, in your wildest dreams.

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Creative Freedom Painting, Acrylic W:24 H:24 in 2020 Gregory Quick

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Maria Regina Ruiz

I am originally for Lima, Peru. I came to the United States when I was fifteen years old. Art, painting, drawing were my safe and sane place. I became a teacher. I earned my Ph.D from the University of Texas at Austin. I have taught languages, literature and history for 28 years. I now live in Houston, Texas.

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Lechuga Painting, Oil Color on Canvas W:24 H:36 in 2015 Maria Regina

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Juan Restrepo

Born in Medellin, Colombia, Juan Restrepo was first inspired to pursue art while watching his mother paint in her studio. He saw the joy and calmness that it brought her when she was in the process of creating art, and later remembered that feeling when he himself is in need of some peace.

At the age of five, Juan moved to the United States with his mother and brother. It wasn’t long before he began to lose himself in his sketchbooks. Later, he and his mother settled in Orlando, Fl., while his brother moved back to Colombia with their father. After graduating from High School, Juan joined the National Guard and attended community college acquiring his Associate’s in Advertising and Graphic Design from Southwestern Community College. After working as a designer for a few years, Juan continued his education and finished his Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from Appalachian State University.

Today, Juan’s work has evolved and switches between Impressionist portraits and Abstract illustrations using pen and ink in a pointillism technique. He draws inspiration from a wide variety of topics, from our interconnectedness to our relationship with time and space. With his Impressionist drawings, Juan encourages the viewer to remember that we are a part of this world, not above it, through the beauty of its inhabitants.

With his Abstract illustrations, he explores 3D space in a 2D surface, using lines and circles to draw the viewer into a perceived larger space.

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Snake Illustration, Pen, Ink on Paper W:18 H:24 in 2019 It's a snake.

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Anna Samsonova

I have never seen the meaning just in painting (such as still-life paintings or landscape). I always need to see the purpose and the idea, it isn't enough for me just to catch the spirit. That is why after finishing my study I started to work in an advertising field with graphic design turning words into images.

Today I have chosen the way of intellectual art (I am making visual paradoxes, puzzle pictures, in which different images and even stories are concealed). It is important for me, on the one hand, to show different human aspects, on the other hand, to show my own attitude to them, my emotions and mood.

An interesting point in my pictures is that the more you look at them the more details you see and the more you imagine. That is Modern Art for me.

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Covid-19 Digital Arts W:30 H:40 cm 2020 Anna Samsonova

Digital Graphics What have you seen first? And what do you need to find looking at the picture and spinning it for a long time? This chaos of images shows the map of the unique life story of a human being, his or her imprints and experiments.

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Hannah Shipley

Hannah Shipley is a North Carolina based painter who works primarily with acrylics as well as a range of media.

She was introduced to painting at a young age, with a focus on value and the human figure. Since then, Shipley’s style has evolved to abstractly depict the figure with attention to values and colors. Currently, her work is moving towards a looser, abstract technique to represent themes of empathy through body language and actions, and feelings of uncertainty. Over the years, Shipley has completed commissioned work, and has been exhibited both locally and regionally. She has earned a BFA with a concentration in painting from Appalachian State University.

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High Contrast Painting, Acrylic on Canvas W:30 H:40 in 2020 Hannah Shipley

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Bhaswati Sinha

Bhaswati is an artist who expresses her feelings and emotions through glow or light in her paintings which she observes in the realistic world. Bhaswati originates from a place where the love of nature comes in-built in every person. Her father was a sculptor. Bhaswati was influenced by warmth of glowing light surrounded by cool dark background. Her paintings represent spiritual balance of light versus dark and its interdependencies.

She believes that every soul is a light that grounds everyone by illuminating the path of knowledge and righteousness. Light or glow always provides a positive energy and hope despite being surrounded by darkness of the universe.

Bhaswati took an intensive art mastery program studying old master skills and techniques in Milan Art Institute, AZ, USA, possesses a strong sense of creating figurative artistry and forward-thinking that is consistently displayed across all art pieces. All her artwork is based on light/glow and has a strong chiaroscuro style with a definite storyline/message to believe in yourself.

Bhaswati have built her expertise on mixed media which gives her the artistic freedom to experiment with her paintings. She had used an inner layer of collage and texture to bring a mystery to the atmosphere, another layer of acrylic paint to create the foundation of the painting and final layer of oil to bring the balance between brightness of glowing light and darkness of the surrounding.

Finalist in Art Competition Art Room Online Gallery: Open Art Exhibition March 2021 Fusion Art: Into the Wild April 15, 2021 - July 14, 2021 Bronze Medalist - Camelback Gallery: Bronze Medalist in Shades of Blue 2021 Group Award Exhibition - Milan Art Club: “In a New Light” May 2021 contest - Won the first prize in a highly competitive contest.

Solo Exhibition Art Show International

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Safest Place Painting, Mixed Media, Oil Color W:30 H:24 in 2021 Bhaswati Sinha

The beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. Real beauty is defined in the way a woman treats other people, the way she exhibits joy and her confidence in the parts of her that make her unique God gave her immense strength to give birth to a new life. Mother’s womb is the safest place in the world

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Michael Skura

Working primarily with blown glass and video projection, Michael Skura’s work explores materials and technologies with minds of their own and celebrates conventional defects as opportunities for expression of the essence of materials. Instead of fighting the many natural inclinations which are often seen by artisans as imperfections, Skura has been more interested in “coaching” glass to assert itself through distortions, bubbles, debris, stress marks and chemical reactions.

Lighting phenomena and interactive technology are an integral part of his work. In many cases the light itself becomes the central artwork in its own right. His work combines moments of “simple magic” such as headlights reflecting off bent chrome car bumpers with more sophisticated effects generated using motion sensors, 3D video mapping and directionally reflective surfaces.

Originally from Toronto, Canada, Michael Skura’s Studio has been in the Los Angeles area since 2002.

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Blue 1 Sculpture on Glass W:6 H:6 D:6 in 2013 Blown Glass, Cast Metal Michael Skura

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Chanell Skyers

Chanell Angelique Skyers (she/her) is a mixed media artist of Caribbean descent residing in Atlanta, GA. Chanell’s multidisciplinary practice centers the woven energies of diasporic religions, the flora representative of her childhood, and Caribbean heritage. Her work creates an immersive experience by using collage, sculpture, photography, and poetry. Chanell’s most recent body of work includes interwoven colors and figurative images that illustrate narratives of growth.

Chanell has shown work in the group exhibitions Self Liberated (2021) at the Future Dead Artist Gallery, All Planet Earth (2021) Contemporary Art Gallery (virtual), and And So We Begin (2021) a public mural at Atlanta Contemporary. Additionally, Chanell was one of three winners of the MvVO Art Show (2021) displayed inside of the Occulus Westfield World Trade Center in New York City.

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Classic Man Mixed Media, Mixed Media W:36 H:24 in 2021 Chanell Skyers

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Liana Stadelmann

Ever since I could pick up a crayon I have been drawing. This passion continued all throughout my childhood - I remember being in my school classes scribbling away like crazy onto the margins of my notebook! During the same time in my young childhood I became obsessed with art I had another obsession that has also continued with me into adulthood, and that is my love of fantasy - mermaids in particular. I have been drawing on and off all throughout my life, but only until about 3 years ago I discovered watercolor. It honestly hit me out of nowhere my desire to learn and use them, so I went out and bought my first set of the cheapest paints and brushes and quickly went to work. Immediately I fell in love and continued to dabble with different types of subject matter - mainly focusing on nature and animals. It wasn’t until about 2 years ago I came up with what is now my businesses’ main theme - my bunny mermaid hybrids! Only recently have I started branching out and I now have started painting other mythical creature hybrids (i.e. cats with mermaid tails, bunnies with dragon wings, etc.!)

I am completely self taught - the only art classes I have ever taken were required ones during my childhood in school. I want people to feel happy when they see my art. I like my paintings to be very colorful, whimsical and fun - I feel these adjectives describe my personality and I want that expressed through my artwork. As I am still young and new to my business, I am beyond excited to see where my imagination takes me with future paintings and all the amazing people I will meet along my journey!

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Dragon Bunny Painting, Watercolor W:10 H:8 in 2018 Liana Stadelmann

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Nina Temple

Nina Temple was born in Philadelphia, PA into an artistic family. Her mother was a child prodigy violinist and her father, a composer. Early exposure to all facets of the arts included spending hours inside museums and galleries, and attending recitals and concerts that would influence Nina for the rest of her life.

She studied painting and sculpture at the University of Southern Mississippi, attending master classes with Elaine de Kooning, and was one of thirty-two undergraduates chosen nationwide to study in Cortona, Italy, with the University of Georgia. In the ’90s her paintings were shown extensively in West Berlin, Germany. Her passion for color and design led her to open Nina Temple Design - graphic and web design studios in Monterey, CA, and Annapolis, MD. When Nina decided it was time to close her commercial studio doors, she went back to what she loves most the fine arts. Since then, her work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout the US as well as in art fairs and museums. She shows in group collaborations, gives artist talks, and is involved in outreach programs that bring the arts to underserved communities. Her work is included in many private, public and corporate collections.

She recently partnered with her sister Pia Z. Ehrhardt to publish their first book, NOW WE ARE SIXTY, which pairs Pia's short stories with Nina's inks on paper. This led to the sisters forming a publishing company, Sorella Press, and the publication of more collaborative books.

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Always Connected Painting, Ink W:29 H:39 in 2020 Nina Temple

Ink on 300 lb. cold pressed Arches watercolor paper with deckled edges, mounted on archival board in a maple frame.

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Melissa Tychonievich

Melissa Agnes Tychonievich is a queer contemporary figure painter originally from St. Louis, Missouri.

Tychonievich identifies as non-binary in their gender expression, preferring to use both “she/her” and “they/them” pronouns. After completing their Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting and Art History at the Kansas City Art Institute in 2017, they moved to Miami, Florida in the fall of 2018 to pursue their Masters of Fine Arts in Painting. They graduated from the University of Miami with their MFA in the spring of 2021. Her work is rooted in the foundational practice of recording perceptual information from observation, specifically figurative drawing and painting from life, and she holds aspirations of teaching perceptual drawing and painting professionally on the collegiate level.

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White Dress Girl Painting, Oil Color on Canvas W:36 H:48 in 2021 Melissa Tychonievich

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Villo Varga

Villo Varga was born in Budapest, Hungary. Studied drawing and painting at professor Erno Fischer, in the evenings at the Academy of Fine Arts, at the Museum Restorers’ Methodology Center. Worked as an art conservator at the Hungarian National Gallery and at the Budapest Historical Museum before she defected in 1983. Participated in the restoration of a 17th C. church in Siget in der Wart, Austria. Back in the US resided in the greater NY area. Worked as an art conservator at the Alvarez Restoration in Soho, later became selfemployed. Did conservation work for galleries, foundations, and institutes and for private collections. Since 2008 restarted and concentrated on her own painting and photography; painted a series of enlarged, colorful vegetables in a photorealistic style, using abstract arrangement. A series of New York cityscapes, titled Messages of New York, depicting city signs, billboards that carry “messages”, mirrors the thinking of the city – besides the colorfulness and architectural points of interest. Paint both in photorealistic and abstract style.

She’s been exhibiting at Salmagundi Club NY, The National Arts Club NY, galleries, and centers. In 2017 had a solo show of her photographs in the Szepmuhely Gallery in Budapest, Hungary, and the Pictures and Words Gallery, Teignmouth, UK; 2019 a solo show of her photographs at the Bergen Players Theater Oradell, NJ. She’s been an elected member of the Allied Artists of America, the Audubon Artists; member at the Williamsburg Art&Historical Center, Brooklyn; The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition; The Roosevelt Island Artists Alliance. She won the award of the National Painters of Acrylic and Casein in 2014 and 2016; honorary mention of the American Artists of Professional League. Her works in the Yuko Nii Foundation and in private collections in the US and in Hungary, and the UK.

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Messages of New York #2 Painting, Oil Color W:26 H:30 in 2017 Floating #4; Floating #5; photographs Winter Mystery painting Villo Varga

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Peter Ver Brugge Painting

I have always been the creative person. I remember family trips to my aunt's house in Vermont where she owns a pottery studio in creating sculptures of anything that came to mind, one year was a dragon another year a Thanksgiving feast. These sculptures are never more than 10 inches across so a lot of fine detail work which always amused my mom because I have large hands.

In middle school I started playing the upright bass and that remained a large part of my life until many years later. I played in symphonies, jazz bands, ensembles, and ended my music career in a rock band The Breaktone.

I was fortunate enough play a plethora of venues from small restaurants to the largest stage, Carnegie Hall. In college I studied mechanical engineering but did not continue with my music minor which I stopped in sophomore year. The balance of technical and artistic came to a head when I had to decide between continuing with The Breaktone or pursuing engineering as a career. I ended up taking a job in Tulsa OK in 2013 which was the first time I left my hometown of Albuquerque NM. Over the years of my engineering career, most of the time was spent in what I view is the American dilemma. We work because we think we have to and we stay in jobs that we don't really like in order to buy the things we don't really want to save face for people we don't really care about. I still debate with myself whether I would enjoy working at a different company where I agreed more with the values of the company and the final product that was being created or if a “nontraditional” lifestyle is more what I desire.

I started painting in 2014 when my then wife bought me an easel and some paints because I had been talking about jumping over to painting as my creative outlet. I started with random shapes and forms without much intentionality behind the meaning of the brush strokes.

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Confrontation Painting, Acrylic on Canvas W:72 H:48 in 2021 Peter Ver Brugge

The inner energy needed to overcome obstacles and outshine the powers working to put you in your place, make you conform, and keep you in line. The power exists in all of us and can often feel insignificant in our day to day life.

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Qing Wang

I grow up under the nurture of Oriental culture and art. But I took a fancy to sketch and Western Art. I started to draw billboards for stores when I was 15.

In 2002 I was awarded Seventh Artistic Level Authentication from the Xinjiang Painting Academy in China. In 2006 I started work for three galleries as a full time artist. During that time my artworks has been sold to Russia, Arabia, Korea, and US. In 2009 I immigrated to the United States. I stopped paint for few years for raise up my child. I moved from state to state but I never stopped dream of my art. In 2016 I finally pick up my brushes and restarted my art career in North Carolina US. I love to paint everything beautiful I see. I’m really thankful that GOD gave me a natural aptitude for paint.

Through my artworks I want to impress people to love nature what GOD gives, and love our life.

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The Fairyland Painting, Oil Color W:30 H:40 in 2020 Qing Wang

Staniel Kay in Bahamas. The photograph is from my customer who caught this moment at a sunset. I just use my brush to show the real beauty again. I use slightly exaggerated technique to make the colors richer and brighter, and depict the true nature more artistic.

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The Beauty of Loneliness Painting, Oil Color W:30 H:40 in 2020 Beach, sunset, flamingo. This painting completely explains why flamingos are so beautiful.

Qing Wang

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Ocean is my Heaven Painting, Resin W:12 H:12 in 2019 Qing Wang

This is tinted resin pouring on the glass. I applied resin different layers in different time. I use heat gun and hot blow to make it Semi free flow. I add sea turtle before resin gets solidify. At last I applied white waves over first second layers to get 3D result.

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Angels Painting, Mixed Media W:20 H:24 in 2020 Qing Wang

A girl rescued a baby fox in a forest. The fox has a peaceful and happiness life under this girl’s care. She is a angel to the fox, and the fox is her angel.

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QingWang - Moose Painting, Acrylic on Canvas W:24 H:24 in 2018 Qing Wang

I love animals. Even some huge or ugly ones. But don't you see this moose has his strong spirit as a master of the vast grassland?

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Corinne Whitaker

Corinne Whitaker, aka the Digital Giraffe, has been acclaimed for 43 years as a pioneering artist in the fields of digital imaging and sculpture. She has exhibited worldwide in over 80 solo and 260 group exhibitions, including a large solo exhibit, “Corinne Whitaker dot Uncom”, at the San Bernardino County Museum, “No Rules” at the Peninsula Museum in Burlingame, CA., and “CyberSphere” at Stanford University. She has shown at the Austin Museum of Digital Art and the Museum of Computer Art. She has lectured extensively on the radical new iconography offered by the computer, including “Look Ma. No Paintbrush!” at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Ten of her digital sculptures are located in DAAP, the world’s first virtual sculpture park online. In 2021 she is one of 20 international sculptors selected to participate in a digital sculpture exhibition at the Galerie Maitre Albert in Paris.

Whitaker is featured in the CD ROM and book, “Women Artists of the American West”. Her work has won over 30 awards, including “Best in CyberArt” and two Golden Web Awards. She is featured in “Art of the Digital Age”, and “International Digital Sculpture, 2009”. She is also the author of 31 books of digital paintings and poetry. Whitaker’s award-winning Digital Giraffe online journal, now in its 27th year of web publication, has been visited by 203 nations. It presents a changing exhibit of digital sculpture, sculptural renderings, and paintings along with features, critiques and articles, most of them archived online for the free use of scholars, curators, academics, art lovers, and critics.

She is represented by the Paul Mahder Gallery in Healdsburg, CA.

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Pink Lips Digital Arts, Digital Painting W:36 H:36 in 2021 A unique digital painting on mirror with shattered glass frame Corinne Whitaker

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Mindy Lancaster

Mindy Lancaster was born in 1990 in Lafayette, Louisiana. In 2019, she received her BFA in Sculpture from University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Lancaster has been selected for juried exhibitions, group shows, and has been nominated for the International Sculpture Center's Outstanding Student award, Outstanding Graduate award, and the Dean's Scholar award. Currently she lives and works out of her home studio in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Distribution of Red, Orange, Blue, and White Sculpture, Acrylic on Concrete, Nylon, Steel W:42 H:12 D:14 in 2019 Mindy Lancaster

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Shiho Suzuki

SHIhO is a Japanese artist who was born in Akita and raised in Tokyo. She came to New York to study English and Art in 2006 when she was 23 years old. She studied English at Rennert Bilingual. She took a digital photography course at PhotoManhattan in 2008, she also worked at Fragile Productions Inc as an intern in 2009. She photographed many documents in the United States of America, Mexico, Japan and wherever she traveled and lived. In childhood, her mother Chieko Suzuki had made her go to private classes that were Ashihara karate, Amano education center for studying English, Japanese and mathematics, Casa de nino art school and Japanese calligraphy in her hometown Shinjuku, Tokyo. She has been drawing/painting all her life and learned more technique and skill by doing photography, photoshop and seeing art at parties, galleries and museums. The New York art and street scene influenced her artwork wilder. She is always looking forward to taking any offers for commission and painting with your requests.

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New York Space Dolci Painting, Acrylic W:42 H:24 in 2021 Shiho Suzuki

During COVID-19, there was a big support from the US/NYS DOL. “Dolci” is a word for “Desserts” in Italy. The logo design on the rolled cookies are from the DOL seal. In the painting, there are an apple pie tower on the anvil, agriculture, animals, solar energy, music, ice cream, cookies, New York cheesecake, bridges, Statue of Liberty and the buildings in New York City.

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