QUARTERLY ART REVIEW An Examination Of Current Trends And Original Practices In Visual Art
S P R I N G 2 0 1 8 ARIANE AHLMANN • JEFFREY APOIAN • SANDRINE ARONS • NOEL ATTARD (NATTARDO) • ANDREA BECKERS • ANDREW BINDER • ELISABETH BOLZA • PATRIZIA BURRA • HATTY BUTLER • GERARD BYRNE • ARMANDO CABBA • ALEX CARRILLO (ALEXATI) • PARTY IN THE 21ST CENTURY • LYNN CHEN • PHOEBE CHEN • PETER.A.CLARKE • PAOLA CONSONNI • FRANCES COOLEY • JAMES CROSS • DANIELA DANOVA • DDIARTE • CLAUDIO DELL’OSA • KEXIN DI • MARY DI IORIO • JOSIANE DIAS • DONELLI J. DIMARIA • SAM DODSON • ANNAMARIE DZENDROWSKYJ • EML • ANDREW ETHERIDGE • ASTRID FESTOR • STACIE FLINT • LIZZY FORRESTER • ELIZABETH FRANK • BEA GARDING SCHUBERT • RITVA GEORGIADES • CARIN GERARD • GOLDYN • VICTORIA GOMEZ MAYOL • CONSTANTIN GORELOV • MICHAEL IAN GOULDING • ELLEN GRAEL • NANCY L. GRECO • CLAUDIA GRIMM • VICTOR HAGEA • MIYA HANNAN • GARRY D HARLEY • THOMAS PATRICK HEFLIN • ZEPHYR GREYHAVEN • YODOM HIRATA • ANTON FRANZ HOEGER • HSI CHUN HUANG • ELKE HUBMANN-KNIELY • PATTON HUNTER • PHUNG HUYNH • JANEHELENM • BERTA JAYO • IRENA JURCA • CHRIS KLEIN • SHIGERU K • HENK KORBEE • TIM LAING • TRISHA LAMBI • JINGFENG LI • LINA LEONI • SARA LISCH • SCOTT MACLEAY • PIRKKO MÄKELÄHAAPALINNA • FRANCO MARGARI • PASCAL MARLIN • PABLO MARQUEZ • GUY-ANNE MASSICOTTE • PERTTI MATIKAINEN • MIREILLE MINGARELLI • MARYAM MOSHIRY • DANIEL MUNTEANU • PAUL PLUMADORE • CANDACE PRIMACK • SIMON PUSCHMANN • GUSTAVO RAMOS • GERHARD RASSER • KRISTIN REED • JETTE REINERT • PETER RISS • MARIA ROGERS • VASILISA ROMANENKO • WAYNE CHARLES ROTH • ANDREAS SAGMEISTER • MOLLY SCANNELL • PAUL SCERRI • KANDRA SCHEFFLER • JOEY SCHMIDT-MULLER • GRETA SCHNALL • BRIAN SMITH • AMY STONE • MIREK STRUZIK • STUDIO BRISKO • VICKY TALWAR • TEJBIR • PEISY TING • COURTNEY TOWNSEND • POL TURGEON • MARIE-JEANNE VAN HÖVELL TOT WESTERFLIER • PAUL WANS • YVONNE WELMAN • JOYCE WERWIE PERRY • MICHAEL B WILSON • MAURO ZUCCHI
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Quarterly Art Review
SPRING2018
Artists On Feature ARIANE AHLMANN • JEFFREY APOIAN • SANDRINE ARONS • NOEL ATTARD (NATTARDO) • BAERENZCAO • ANDREA BECKERS • ANDREW BINDER • ELISABETH BOLZA • PATRIZIA BURRA • HATTY BUTLER • GERARD BYRNE • ARMANDO CABBA • ALEX CARRILLO (ALEXATI) • PARTY IN THE 21ST CENTURY • LYNN CHEN • PHOEBE CHEN • PETER.A.CLARKE • PAOLA CONSONNI • FRANCES COOLEY • JAMES CROSS • DANIELA DANOVA • DDIARTE • CLAUDIO DELL’OSA • KEXIN DI • MARY DI IORIO • JOSIANE DIAS • DONELLI J. DIMARIA • SAM DODSON • ANNAMARIE DZENDROWSKYJ • EML • ANDREW ETHERIDGE • ASTRID FESTOR • STACIE FLINT • LIZZY FORRESTER • ELIZABETH FRANK • BEA GARDING SCHUBERT • RITVA GEORGIADES • CARIN GERARD • GOLDYN • VICTORIA GOMEZ MAYOL • CONSTANTIN GORELOV • MICHAEL IAN GOULDING • ELLEN GRAEL • NANCY L. GRECO • CLAUDIA GRIMM • VICTOR HAGEA • MIYA HANNAN • GARRY D HARLEY • THOMAS PATRICK HEFLIN • ZEPHYR GREYHAVEN • YODOM HIRATA • ANTON FRANZ HOEGER • HSI CHUN HUANG • ELKE HUBMANN-KNIELY • PATTON HUNTER • PHUNG HUYNH • JANEHELENM • BERTA JAYO • IRENA JURCA • CHRIS KLEIN • SHIGERU K • HENK KORBEE • TIM LAING • TRISHA LAMBI • JINGFENG LI • LINA LEONI • SARA LISCH • SCOTT MACLEAY • PIRKKO MÄKELÄ-HAAPALINNA • FRANCO MARGARI • PASCAL MARLIN • PABLO MARQUEZ • GUY-ANNE MASSICOTTE • PERTTI MATIKAINEN • MIREILLE MINGARELLI • MARYAM MOSHIRY • DANIEL MUNTEANU • PAUL PLUMADORE • CANDACE PRIMACK • SIMON PUSCHMANN • GUSTAVO RAMOS • GERHARD RASSER • KRISTIN REED • JETTE REINERT • PETER RISS • MARIA ROGERS • VASILISA ROMANENKO • WAYNE CHARLES ROTH • ANDREAS SAGMEISTER • MOLLY SCANNELL • PAUL SCERRI • KANDRA SCHEFFLER • JOEY SCHMIDTMULLER • GRETA SCHNALL • BRIAN SMITH • AMY STONE • MIREK STRUZIK • STUDIO BRISKO • VICKY TALWAR • TEJBIR • PEISY TING • COURTNEY TOWNSEND • POL TURGEON • MARIE-JEANNE VAN HÖVELL TOT WESTERFLIER • PAUL WANS • YVONNE WELMAN • JOYCE WERWIE PERRY • MICHAEL B WILSON • MAURO ZUCCHI
Andrew Binder / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 6 ▫︎
Iron Digital painting/pigmented ink on canvas 24 x 24 in. $325
“My work is created by digital painting and/or photo-manipulation and often combined with other elements such as, traditional painting mediums, India ink, drawing, 3D rendering, textures and other elements; all of which are combined through digital media. I seek to create imagery that conveys mood, emotion or metaphor that speaks to the subconscious or simply leaves an emotional impression that allows room for the imagination of the viewer to interpret their own personal meaning, feelings or ideas.”
Andrew Binder www.andrewbinder.com
▫︎ 7 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Andrew Binder Skull Study Against Black I digital painting/pigmented ink on canvas 24 x 24 in. $325
Andrea Beckers Fine Art and Design / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 8 ▫︎
Agony I, 2018 Mixed media/photography 24 x 19 in. €650
“When I create new artwork, I create a change within myself. Experimenting, photographing and painting has always been an avenue to reveal my deepest emotions, allowing me to understand myself better. For me, it’s important to create this change for the viewer as well while looking at my work. Painting and photographing is a time of reflection, I have found emotional expression to be directly tied to my ability to create abstract pieces and portraits, so I decided to mix the two of them.”
Andrea Beckers www.andreabeckersfineartanddesign.com
▫︎ 9 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Andreas Sagmeister Wendung VIII Steel 150 x 150 x 150 cm €8.500
Sagmeister’s artwork is very close to concrete art and minimalism. Establishing volumes, inventing forms and defining spaces is the main motivation and inspiration. Each form is consistently composed and developed to the very last detail. He fundamentally avoids chance occurrences, especially when working with steel. The sculptures formed this way stand for themselves, they are independent structures, and in their geometrical clarity always follow a concrete, formal purpose.
Andreas Sagmeister www.sagmeister.kunststueck.at
Sandrine Arons / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 10 ▫︎
Moroccan Mirage Archival pigment print 24 x 60 in. $625
“This series is a visual representation of my experience of multiculturalism, depicting an inner world of multiple languages, religions and cultural landscapes embedded in the mind as fragmented memories in search of wholeness. When home is everywhere and nowhere there is an incessant mental revision that makes reality ambiguous and the search for coherence becomes an instinctual reconstruction of memory through the fusion of place and time.”
Sandrine Arons www.sandrinearons.com
▫︎ 11 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Sandrine Arons Le Chat Voit Tout Archival pigment print 28 x 42 in. $675
Gerard Byrne / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 12 ▫︎
Shoulder Bacon Oil on canvas 110 x 155 cm €12.000
London-based, Irish artist Gerard Byrne’s extensive practice represents a versatility in contemporary painting. Through figurative social scenes and demonstrative landscapes, Byrne offers an insightful journey through international locations. Gerard’s works hang in the Irish Government’s Art Collections and in numerous commercial and private collections worldwide. In 2017 he established The Gerard Byrne Studio, Fine Art Gallery in Dublin.
Gerard Byrne www.gerardbyrneartist.com
▫︎ 13 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Gerard Byrne The Fall Oil on canvas 100 x 150 cm €10.000
Lizzy Forrester / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 14 ▫︎
Flower Power for A Mural Oil on board 40 x 50 cm £5,000
“I believe creative works, through images and color, have the power to heal, nurture & harmonize our surrounding space, rebalancing energy. Some works can provide an individual with a key to allow ‘self-healing’, giving a person access to somewhere deep inside where healing can take place naturally.”
Lizzy Forrester www.lizzyforrestergallery.com
▫︎ 15 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Alex Carrillo (Alexati) The Little Charlotte Oil on canvas 60 x 90 cm $770
Alex (Alexati) Carrillo’s work is a peculiar interpretation of everyday life and the different scenarios of the world through flamboyant and theatrical images that explore glamour, androgyny, eroticism, queer culture, autobiographical themes, and conclusions from the world. All his portrayed characters are part of a parallel world that represents a refuge from the dull side of reality.
Alex Carrillo (Alexati) www.alexati.net | IG: alexatipainter | Fb: alexaticarrillo
Armando Cabba / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 16 ▫︎
Charlie, 2018 Oil on canvas 73 x 116 cm (cropped here) Price upon request
“Exploring technique and the one on one bond between artist and model, through figurative representation, has remained part of my practice since the beginning. A portrait goes beyond capturing the physical appearance of the subject. The sitter’s identity and their relationship with the painter become intertwined thus depicting an intimate reality on canvas.”
Armando Cabba http://www.armando-cabba.com
▫︎ 17 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Berta Jayo From Color Sea Series Photograph 1/3 40 x 60 in $140,000
Berta Jayo is a nonconformist, critical and continuously evolving talented creator whose clearest language is conceptual art developed on a large variety of media. Her clear and concise ideas encourage reflection, which is also disturbing and provoking our intellect. Her original, power-charged projects awakening our anesthetized and banal existence to offer us their far from stereotypical visions of life.
Berta Jayo www.bertajayo.com
Andrew Etheridge / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 18 ▫︎
Deconstructed Portraiture Silicone, acrylic, fiber glass, leather, steel 4 x 3 x 6 ft $25,000
“Throughout history, the human has tried to explore his skin in order to understand, cope, and advance his existence. The focus of my work re-imagines the body as a new creative form by morphing its individual parts. The intent of the work is to question our physical self and how this relates to our humanity. This piece, Deconstructed Portraiture, is a hyper-surrealistic pseudo-classical take on contemporary life.”
Andrew Etheridge www.andrewetheridgeart.com
▫︎ 19 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / GOLDYN Maria Magdalena, 2018 Photograph (1/3 on museum quality etching Hahnemühler paper) 130 x 81 cm €7.000
“My art is connecting tradition with new age visual semiotics. My art is a countermovement to the material culture of our times. I am re-imagining Christian Tradition. I am replacing the male apostle with the female apostle. Authenticity and artificiality, reality and deception, consumption and religion; these are the subjects I am dealing with.”
GOLDYN www.goldyn.de
Amy Stone / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 20 ▫︎
The Woman I’ve Become Acrylic, pastel, graphite & spray paint on canvas 30 x 48 in. $1,800
“One can say that an artist’s work is never done, and mine is certainly never perfect, but we should all seek to find beauty in life’s imperfections.”
Amy Stone www.amystoneart.com
▫︎ 21 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Amy Stone Blah, Blah, Blah Acrylic and pastel on canvas 30 x 24 in. $900
Joyce Werwie Perry / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 22 ▫︎
A Little Birdie Told Me Oil with knives on canvas 48 x 48 in. $3,500
“My work reveals a tug of war between realistic and abstract elements. This conflict results in the background challenging the foreground. The application and detraction of thick paint with knives enables me to inject emotion. My need to bring the human element to the work remains constant and my desire to pull emotion from the viewer vital.”
Joyce Werwie Perry www.joycewerwieperry.com
▫︎ 23 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Joyce Werwie Perry Stuck in the Kitchen Oil with knives on canvas 56 x 42 in. $3,800
Hatty Butler / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 24 ▫︎
I Stand Strong Oil, pastel and spray paint on canvas 98 x 98 cm £2,500
“My work is about people. Exploring their vulnerability, capturing an honest and exposed resemblance, creating a vivid and forceful image. My portraits are not about the face alone, they portray and question the emotions and experiences behind it. Highlighting and embracing those who may normally be overlooked or criticised for being different. We live in a society where the abnormal is laughed at and my aim is to alter these outdated views.”
Hatty Butler www.hattybutler.com
▫︎ 25 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Brian Smith Old and New Watercolor 65 x 80cm £1,900
“I strive to capture the atmosphere and light of this industrial subject. My aim is to create a narrative to hold the viewer’s interest on the image. On this occasion, the old, proud cranes from another era lie dormant. The storage sheds have been transformed into a museum of culture. The buskers are the link from today’s modern youth as daily life passes by.”
Brian Smith www.briansmithartist.com
James Cross / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 26 ▫︎
For What It’s Worth Oak, jesmonite, resin 30 x 12 x 15 cm Price upon request
“Much of my practice is a reflection on the repetition of forms within visual culture that contribute to the development of identity. I am interested in how objects and images can be resonant in reinforcing our idea of identity, and how the distortion of such forms could provide an alternative outcome. Each work seeks to provide an atmosphere, a basis for questions to arise.”
James Cross www.james-cross.co.uk
▫︎ 27 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / James Cross Bird In Hands Oil on canvas 36 x 36 cm Price upon request
Courtney Townsend / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 28 ▫︎
Vulnerable 35mm film photograph 16 x 24 in. $250
Courtney Epona is a Canadian artist who is influenced by nature, animals, archetypes, and dreams. She is interested in the relationships visually and symbolically between nature and people. A self-taught photographer, she draws inspiration from the world around her, finding beauty in the abstract, always attempting to capture the spirit of whatever may lie in front of her.
Courtney Townsend https://www.etsy.com/shop/KeepMeWild
▫︎ 29 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Daniela Danova
“I completed the Academy of Fine Arts and despite it being difficult to survive as a painter, I continue to paint. Art is precisely the means by which this soul expresses itself. I believe that the human being must remain within the human dimension and not become technocratic, digital, robotic, mercantile, etc. We cannot go beyond our bodily and spiritual boundaries, for this reason, painting remains and will remain forever and expression of the human soul.”
Daniela Danova https://ddanova.oneminutesite.it
Marie-Jeanne van Hövell tot Westerflier / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 30 ▫︎
Marie-Jeanne van Hövell tot Westerflier creates photographs which place time in a new light. In her most recent series, “At The Window” the beauty of historic interiors and the incidentally staged figures come together as a matter of course. She creates emotionally charged environments where beauty rules and the past finds expression in an elusive pure form.
Marie-Jeanne van Hövell tot Westerflier www.marie-jeannefotografie.nl
▫︎ 31 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Mireille Mingarelli “SM, Scandale M..” Scandale Fleurs et Épines, 2015 Glased earthenware 20 x 12 x 16,5 cm Photographed by © Frédéric Duclos
Sculptor and Ceramicist, Mireille Mingarelli invites us to travel between worlds, from the spiritual and dream-like to the tangible and concrete. Her ceramic sandals and corsets sweep us away to her secret feminine universe where the carnal and sensual mingle with rebellious humor and provocation Are they weapons of seduction, or frame and protection?
Mireille Mingarelli www.mireillemingarelli.com
Simon Puschmann / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 32 ▫︎
Assaulted Flowers: Papaver C Print laminated under 2 mm acrylic glass, on alu dibond, frameless 150 x 112 cm €2.000
Simon Puschmann is an award-winning photographer and director who defies all categories. For over 28 years, he has been creating his own brand of dramatic, unexpected imagery.
Simon Puschmann www.simonpuschmann.com
▫︎ 33 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Simon Puschmann Assaulted Flowers: Rosa C Print laminated under 2 mm acrylic glass, on alu dibond, frameless 150 x 112 cm €2.000
Paul Scerri / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 34 ▫︎
A Self Proclaimed King
“I am an artist of a few words; my works are my voice. These may be triggered by a personal experience, an eccentric character or my way of sending a satirical message. However, my sculptures are narrative in nature and free to individual interpretation.”
Paul Scerri www.paulscerri.com
▫︎ 35 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Paul Scerri
The Liar’s Fetish
Paul Scerri / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 36 ▫︎
Setting Your Priorities
Paul Scerri www.paulscerri.com
▫︎ 37 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Patton Hunter Blue Nude Acrylic 36 x 36 in. $3,800
“Life experiences, memories, and emotions inform my work. Painting communicates on the most personal level and I think of it as a conversation with the viewer. It is my hope that the viewer can connect with the spirit of the work and interpret it through his or her own experiences. The “meaning” of the work then grows with each layer of interpretation. I wish I could somehow speak with my paintings after many people have viewed and commented on them so they could then tell me what they have come to mean.”
Patton Hunter www.pattonhunter.com
Mirek Struzik / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 38 ▫︎
Walk Acid-resistant, electropolished stainless steel 105 x 49 x 32 in. $45,000
“I am interested in sculpture as an attempt to dematerialize the solid. To achieve this, I often use the structures of Nature, transferring them from microscale to macroscale. I want my sculptures to only suggest the form, leaving the final creation and interpretation to the spectator.”
Mirek Struzik www.struzik-art.com
▫︎ 39 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Molly Scannell Crab Girl Digital collage 11 x 14 in. $90
“When I look at an image, I see it for what it can become. Realism is riddled with anxiety-induced pressure. I prefer collage. I manipulate to expand the story, creating digitally and in real life with keys and clicks and scissors and glue. I often distort or erase faces. Replace identity with landscapes, color, and shape. This allows viewers to bring their own impressions.”
Molly Scannell instagram.com/a_collage/
Astrid Festor / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 40 ▫︎
POUSSIERE (DUST) Acrylic on canvas 100 x 100 cm
Astrid Festor https://astridfestor.puzl.com
▫︎ 41 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Peter Riss Terra Nova Wood, plaster, polyester resin, automotive paint 70 x 40 x 150 cm $9,800
“My spatial works and installations comment on the dual nature of mankind. The apparent natural order is disrupted by the organic, raw shapes of stuffed animals-showing horns and bones. The natural upsets the culturally constructed order. The contrast between smooth and raw, order and chaos, culture and nature is inherent to mankind. We all carry a ‘dark side’’ within ourselves. My sculptures represent this tension between co-existing inner forces that clash and complement each other at the same time.”
Peter Riss www.peter-riss.de
Ariane Ahlmann / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 42 ▫︎
The Huntress Mixed media (Image courtesy of Tom Powel Imaging) 11,5 x 9,5 x 4 in. $600
German-born, Brooklyn-based artist, Ariane Ahlmann works in sculpture and painting. The protagonists of her work navigate through an incomprehensible and bizarre world where nothing is stable or absolute. Ahlmann doesn’t tell a story, instead, she juggles fragments and codes of our complicated world and of the challenges that we face as humans.
Ariane Ahlmann http://www.arianeahlmann.com
▫︎ 43 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Ariane Ahlmann Blindness’ Triumph Mixed media 25 x 9,5 x 24,5 in.
Carin Gerard / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 44 ▫︎
Connectivity Oil 60 x 46 in. SOLD
Carin Gerard www.caringerard.com
▫︎ 45 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Carin Gerard Gardenia Whisper Oil 72 x 84 in. SOLD
“Exaggerating nature’s beauty is a principal quality of my work and a compelling aspect of my inspiration. My perception of the world we live in is emboldened and vivified through large-scale canvases, where seemingly simple, natural objects are graphically and dramatically brought to life. While the shapes, shadows, and textures are less perceptibly real, they take on both magical and majestic features. To create this effect, I balance the classical realism of the Renaissance era with the spirit and spontaneity of contemporary art.”
Maryam Moshiry / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 46 ▫︎
Magnolia Oil on canvas 40 x 30 in. $2,500
Maryam Moshiry
▫︎ 47 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Mauro Zucchi Casa di Bambola Oil on canvas 125 x 100 cm €1.500
“Art is something sacred for me, something that first of all must make me grow as a human. Instinct is my guide, initially, I had little awareness and I let it guide me. Now it is my precise will that guides me, with a significant difference that instinct has become something that I cultivate and in some way I try to drive so I can dig into my most hidden parts.”
Mauro Zucchi www.zmauro.it
Kristin Reed / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 48 ▫︎
Twin Flames Acrylic, collage, gold leaf on wood panel 39 x 48 x 3 in. Price upon request
“In my work, I process an inner reality within a very large cosmic reality. I’m exploring human consciousness in micro and macro universes while balancing the wild and chaotic with serenity and peace. Expressionistic use of light and luminous color, violently splattered, softly sprayed and dripped on photo transfers is juxtaposed with the collaged flotsam and jetsam of daily contemporary life. The sacred geometries of circles are woven in layers of dream and meditation space, anchoring an even deeper meaning.”
Kristin Reed www.kristinreed.com
▫︎ 49 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Victoria Gomez Mayol Into the Deep Mixed media on canvas 48 x 48 in. $4,500
“In my work, there is a distinct presence of the natural world. Fish, flowers, birds, butterflies, leaves, and intuitive graphics such as dots, lines, and signs inhabit my work. My work is wrapped around itself, it embraces itself. All elements are intertwined intuitively in the paintings and are an expression of that search for meaning.”
Victoria Gomez Mayol www.victoriagomezmayol.com
Elke Hubmann-Kniely / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 50 ▫︎
Zweite Haut Mixed media 80 x 100 cm €1.800
“My art is influenced by design and aesthetics, a love to experiment with color and the pleasure and joy of painting in itself. These positive, happy feelings, which I feel when painting I would like to transfer on the canvas.”
Elke Hubmann-Kniely www.sichtpunkt.at
▫︎ 51 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Ritva Georgiades Flower Mixed media collage Diameter 29,5 cm Framed 43 x 43 cm
“The image began as a traditional flower, and then developed into something different.”
Ritva Georgiades
Henk Korbee / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 52 ▫︎
Chernobyl Boy Oil on canvas 40 x 40 cm €400
“The way people are looking into the world, people are living against their background and are expecting something will come into their lives.”
Henk Korbee kunstinzicht.nl.henk.korbee
▫︎ 53 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Paola Consonni Study Of A Woman Portrait IV Charcoal, oil bar and acrylics 26 x 25 x 0.3 cm
“In this portrait, the face and the look are drawn with charcoal, and then with acrylics and oil bars, the intervention of the color, depending on the instance, softens or sharpens the strength of the sign.”
Paola Consonni paola-consonni.myportfolio.com
Ellen Grael / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 54 ▫︎
Sounds of Nature: The Pink Bells, 2018 Pastel painting 120 x 160 cm Price upon request
“Since my time at art school, my affinity is with paper because the specific characteristics of paper I cannot translate directly to other materials. My drawings are a mix of Eastern and Western techniques that yield picturesque effects. The material I work with is in summery: ink, water, acrylic, and chalk”
Ellen Grael www.ellengrael.nl
▫︎ 55 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Ellen Grael Sounds of Nature: The Wild Flower Pastel painting 78 x 118 cm Price upon request
Guy-Anne Massicotte / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 56 ▫︎
Le Commencement Oil on canvas 36 x 60 in. $8,500 CAD
Member of IGOR and GOT, Guy-Anne Massicotte’s work is regularly selected in international shows/publications such as ARC Salon, MEAM, International Artist Magazine and is part of corporate and private collections around the world. Massicotte developed a personal painting style to enhance impressions of reality. The purpose is to connect the viewer sensually to the subject, find beauty and order, create a connection between traditions and modernity. “Painting is a process of seeing and feeling.”
Guy-Anne Massicotte www.guyannemassicotte.com
▫︎ 57 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Guy-Anne Massicotte Pommes Vertes et Drapé Métallique Oil on canvas 36 x 36 in. $5,500 CAD
Franco Margari / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 58 ▫︎
TRACCE DI PAROLE Mixed media 100 x 80 cm
Franco Margari www.francomargari.com
▫︎ 59 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Pertti Matikainen Losing My Mind on Paper 7 Mixed media on paper 42 x 29 5 cm €285
“My work ranges from representational or purely abstract, expressionist, minimal to surreal. I don’t usually paint or draw human-made things, but there are no exact borders in my work. I often have to be near madness, because I think I can’t create anything great from normality. You don’t need to know what to do; you need to understand what you are doing.”
Pertti Matikainen www.xvanillax.suntuubi.com
Irena Jurca / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 60 ▫︎
Endless Dream #4 Digital print on archival paper 60 x 40 cm Price upon request
Through a self-reflective approach, Irena Jurca is seeking to understand invisible links between an intimate experience of the world and the external social reality. Her work enquires themes reflecting on the human condition - existential quest, identity, transiency. She is interested in how visual images transmit ideas, internal experiences, unconsciousness, and how they influence our understanding of the world we live in.
Irena Jurca https://www.irenajurca.com
▫︎ 61 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art / Lynn Chen
VOGUE Oil on canvas 116.5 x 91 cm $16,666
“When I’m reading a picture, do I also become a picture? It is the gate between Real and illusory which Abstract colliding Concrete. Live in the realm of what you love, and therefore also make yourself into a picture.”
Lynn Chen http://www.celesteprize.com/member/idu:96810/
Kandra Scheffler / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 62 ▫︎
Fertility Of Nature Oil on canvas 52.5 x 41 $5,500
“My paintings emphasize the depth and complexity of stroke and form, reflecting human nature by combining strength and softness. Through the precise application of color and paint, I strive to infuse control with an emotional velocity that moves the dynamic beyond the canvas. Backed with self-built frames and hand-stretched canvas, I hope that the physicality within my compositions remind the viewer of my process and transcends mere visuality.”
Kandra Scheffler www.kandrascheffler.com
▫︎ 63 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Michael Ian Goulding Luna XXXIV Gelatin Silver Print 11 x 14 in. $300
“While my aesthetic sense springs from wonder at the variety and mystery of the body’s physical reality, my photographs are primarily aimed at recording the beauty of the female form from an abstract point of view.”
Michael Ian Goulding www.gouldingphotography.com
Chris Klein / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 64 ▫︎
Cinderella’s Ball Acrylic on canvas 84 x 54 in. NFS
Chris is a British artist, currently sharing his time between Quebec and Ontario in Canada. Besides producing his own work, he is also a scenic artist for film and theatre. For 10 years he has served as the head of scenic art at both the Stratford Festival and the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. Chris has worked on many sets, creating backdrops and related artwork and has contributed to major productions in London’s West End and Broadway. In Canada, he has painted for many major Hollywood films and many shows for the Cirque du Soleil.
Chris Klein www.chrisklein.ca
▫︎ 65 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Chris Klein Costumes from the Stratford Warehouse No. 20 Acrylic on cavnas 34 x 34 in. NFS
Claudio Dell’Osa / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 66 ▫︎
Grapevine C-print on fine art paper 40 x 40 cm €400
The main “actors” of Claudio Dell’Osa’s shots are some of the most recurrent foods in the Mediterranean diet: they are humble, common and, at the same time, essential products of the cuisine. This photo shows a series of sections describing the whole plant, from its fruit and leaves to its roots, soil included. Dell’Osa’s photos ask the observer to consider any perfect and natural “miracle” that every day we are glad to consume at mealtimes.
Claudio Dell’Osa www.claudiodellosa.it
▫︎ 67 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Greta Schnall White Village Digital media / Canvas print 80 x 70 cm €540
“My main focus is photography with extreme digital editing processing. This means that I am creating pictures and graphics from architectural, natural and abstract subjects with often surreal components. My favorite themes are front facades of modern buildings or parts of them, which I’m digitally editing and finally changing it into an abstract digital creation.”
Greta Schnall http://portfolio.fotocommunity.de/greta-schnalls-portfolio
Lina Leoni / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 68 ▫︎
MAMMELLE from the Globalization Series Object, installation 25 x 53 x 25 cm and 60 x 40 x 30 cm
Lina Leoni www.lina-leoni.eu
▫︎ 69 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Pablo Márquez ORIGEN 1 Archival pigment print 1/8 39 x 24 in. €2.300
“All my new work is about the connection between nature and human being. I left México City on a journey to nature. Without fear and the risk of not knowing what I would find, far from everything, pure exploration. In the process my ego dissolved became none, the risk was high. When I discovered the bones, sat there with nature as one connected whole, no mind, to give way to creation. The work was done in the flow of the present limitless moment, with the experience of dissolving into nature. I knew in my being I had found Truth.”
Pablo Márquez pablomarquez.com.mx
Vasilisa Romanenko / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 70 ▫︎
Blue Forest Wanderer Acrylic on canvas 60 x 72 in. $10,000
Connecticut-based illustrator, designer, and fine artist, Vasilisa Romanenko creates figurative paintings inspired by nature, mythology, fashion, and folk art. She depicts the strength and fragility of nature through her images of powerful women, goddesses, good and evil woodland spirits, and the places that they inhabit. Vasilisa earned her BFA in Illustration at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.
Vasilisa Romanenko www.VasilisaArt.com
▫︎ 71 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Trisha Lambi Free Falling Oil on linen 60 x 60 cm $1,800 AUD
“Each painting takes me on a journey, sometimes unwelcome and heartbreaking, sometimes joyous, but always illuminating.”
Trisha Lambi www.trishalambi.com
DDiArte / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 72 ▫︎
Fátima Digital media printed on DIASEC 80 x 53 cm $600
“We are two Portuguese photographers from Madeira known as DDiArte. We discovered the ideal means to express our creativity - Digital Photography artistically touched up. Regardless of what our inspiration is the simple fruits of our creativity, remain full of detail, of symbols, of images, in an attempt to captivate as well as stimulate critical thought in viewers. We have been awarded all around the world.”
DDiArte www.ddiarte.photography
▫︎ 73 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / DDiArte Nightmare Digital media printed on DIASEC 80 x 66 cm $2,000
Noel Attard (Nattardo) / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 74 ▫︎
It Tarag Monumental sculpture Steel and Concrete N/A
“It Tarag reflects our strong united society and its acquisitions in recent times, the concrete slabs are representative of Malta’s past historical struggles and formations. Taraġ separates at the apex symbolizing the society’s social-political divides in practically every existent issue on the island. Judging a public artwork means making a public statement which requires intellectual, artistic knowledge. It Tarag was exhibited at Valletta City Gate 2016-2017, presently it is at the Esplora, Kalkara roundabout. “
Noel Attard (Nattardo) https://www.facebook.com/Arti-Nattardo-112593205454104/
▫︎ 75 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Patrizia Burra Lost Digital media 100 x 100 cm €5.000
From Italy, Patrizia Burra is a Master Qualified European Photographer (MQEP).
Patrizia Burra www.patriziaburra.com
Pascal Marlin / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 76 ▫︎
Démons et Merveilles Mixed media on canvas 62 x 114 cm €3.500
Pascal Marlin www.pascalmarlin.com
▫︎ 77 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Joey Schmidt-Muller Monkey Oil pastel on paper canvas 105 x 140 cm
“The Basel artist Joey Schmidt-Muller drives his traumatic objectivity to a grotesque point and confronts us on this painting with its own abysses, with the unfinished existence of its own existence. We painfully recognize that we are born human, but we still have to become “human beings”.” - Wernfried Hübschmann (German poet and essayist)
Joey Schmidt-Muller https://www.joey-schmidt-muller.de
EML / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 78 ▫︎
Ohne Worte Pen on paper
“Where do I get my inspiration from? Out of life! It is a human trait to translate observable actions into self-determination.”
EML ludwig-art.com
▫︎ 79 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Candace Primack
Grit and Grace V Mixed media on canvas
Taking inspiration from the graffiti painted garage doors on a recent trip to Barcelona, Candace Primack has titled this series, “Grit and Grace,” celebrating both the luscious color palettes as well as the edgier marks. Candace has participated in numerous art competitions throughout the United States, including several in NYC. Her works appear in public and private collections throughout the USA, Europe, and Asia.
Candace Primack www.candaceprimack.com
Gerhard Rasser / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 80 ▫︎
The Letter Mixed media 30 x 21 cm NFS
“Engaged in arts for many years and attempting different artistic techniques I finally ended up with mixed media for the enormously wide range of possibilities it offers. I have since created and continuously do lots of little “illusory worlds” which invite the observer to take a close look.”
Gerhard Rasser www.blickfang-gerhardrasser.com
▫︎ 81 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Gerhard Rasser The Way Up Mixed media 22 x 36 cm NFS
Gerhard Rasser / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 82 ▫︎
Nordic Landscape Transfer print 39 x 29 cm NFS
Gerhard Rasser www.blickfang-gerhardrasser.com
▫︎ 83 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Gerhard Rasser Landscape Transfer print 42 x 30 cm NFS
Bea Garding Schubert / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 84 ▫︎
Garden of Eden I Mxed media 50 x 50 cm SOLD
“To create art, for me, is power and confidence. My paintings should be a carrier of hope. How does an artist handle the unpleasantness the world sometimes brings? Showing it is one possibility or making it even more unpleasant than it is. Instead, I decided to show beauty and hope.”
Bea Garding Schubert www.garding-schubert.de
▫︎ 85 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Gustavo Ramos Hell Hath No Fury Graphite on paper 12.5 x 16 in. NFS
Gustavo Ramos’ portraits explore the individuality and inner life of the subject. A slight downward glance, a subtle parting of the lips, or an inclination of the neck are observed carefully by the artist and recorded with a unique sensitivity to reflect hidden feelings. Ramos’ awareness of these subtle physical indicators arises from his experiences as a Brazilian immigrant moving to the United States with no English fluency. For a while, his understanding of others depended more on body language than words. This non-verbal period refined Ramos’ sensitivity to the subtleties of facial and other physical expressions, which now become the focus of his portraits.
Gustavo Ramos www.gustavoramosart.com
Pirkko Mäkelä-Haapalinna / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 86 ▫︎
Suddenly We Met Pastel and ink 70 x 90 cm €1.900
“I search for the tangible surface between the inner and the observable world by introspection during the painting process. I get ignited when something gets a metaphorical meaning. Memories of beholding beauty, empowering experiences, and things that people have an overwhelming relationship with, inspire my works. I study the core of identity through the key experiences in the surroundings and environment. I bridge the soul and reason within the concept of time. Through imagery, I consider the complexities of these dualities.”
Pirkko Mäkelä-Haapalinna www.pirkkomakela.fi
▫︎ 87 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Jeffrey Apoian
Issey Miyake Folding Paper Dress
Self-taught and practicing photography since childhood, Jeffrey Apoian has been shooting for magazines and advertising agencies in Europe and the USA. Currently using alternative methods for the infancy of photography: Bromoil, Photogravure, Wet Plate/Tintype/Ambrotype, Cyanotype, Daguerreotype, Silver Gelatin.
Jeffrey Apoian www.jeffreyapoian.com
Jette Reinert / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 88 ▫︎
New Bat? Do You Want To Play Rounders? Acrylic and gold leave on linen 65 x 80 cm SOLD
“My work is a kind of order out of chaos. The paint runs into organic shapes. Within these shapes, birds, animals, people or parts of them emerge. They’re never “perfect”! But it is important to see the beauty in the imperfections. The contrast to the organic shapes and figures are the static graphic patterns: order out of chaos.”
Jette Reinert www.reinert.dk
▫︎ 89 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Josiane Dias Flora XXV Digital photograph Print dimensions may vary
Josiane Dias is a Brazilian photographer whose work is inspired by the urban and natural landscape but not in a straightforward sense. She looks for the unnoticed and the unexpected detail of these landscapes, for something ephemeral yet permanent. Dias studied at the International Center of Photography (ICP) and at the National Academy School in New York, NY.
Josiane Dias www.josianedias.com
Peter.A.Clarke / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 90 ▫︎
Angels Over Milan Oil 81 x 107 cm £1,200
“I am a veteran figurative painter who is still trying to find something different to depict from the world around me. “Angels Over Milan” started off as an ordinary cityscape picture, but the Wim Wenders film “Wings of Desire” came into play also.”
Peter.A.Clarke www.frescosdefrance.com
▫︎ 91 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Shigeru K GREEN DAYS 1980 Digital print (1/100) 55 x 40 cm $200
Shigeru K (b.1959) is influenced by comics such as works by Osamu Tezuka. He taught science for 30 years in Japanese schools and retired to become an artist. He draws ordinary people in their daily life and natural landscapes with pens and then scans them into digital copies to paint them digitally.
Shigeru K https://www.shigeruk.com
JaneHelenM / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 92 ▫︎
Peruvian Horse Oil on canvas board 12 x 9 in. $850 CAD
“ Art allows me to remind myself of the positive things in life, which I hope to pass on.”
JaneHelenM JaneHelenM.com
▫︎ 93 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Vicky Talwar Colours Of Worship Acrylic and mixed media on canvas 30 x 40 in. $2,200
“Inspired by what lies beneath the surface, I experiment with mixed media to unravel hidden layers, creating an illusion of depth. Layering and texturing is a key element of my work, exposing the intricacy in the natural world and in ourselves. My paintings are a process of discovery: I begin an unchartered path, with intuition as a guide, transforming and juxtaposing layers which evolve instinctively, eventually shaping what aspects of the subject remain apparent, and what becomes hidden.”
Vicky Talwar
Yodom Hirata / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 94 ▫︎
Fail Acrylic on panel 606 × 910 mm $900
“I am a delusion painter in Japan. I use oils and acrylics mainly. My works are from the miniature garden on the back of my knees.”
Yodom Hirata www.dadenism.com
▫︎ 95 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Phoebe Chen Predator & Prey Philosophy Hand- drawn outline with digital finish 21 x 30 cm, 30 x 42 cm, 50 x 70 cm €30 €45 €60
“What do I do? I observe and absorb. What do I see? Routine and daydreams, contradictions and intensity, simplicity and originality. Who am I? Feminine, millennial, Asian, nothing and maybe everything in something.”
Phoebe Chen www.phoebechenartist.com
Scott MacLeay / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 96 ▫︎
Postcard From Paris N°4 (Series: Hemispheres) Mixed digital media 80 x 148 cm $3,500 (Edition of 1 print and 1 AP)
“I believe in the importance of being lost, in the sense of having little or no idea of exactly where we are or where we might be headed - the objective not being to find ourselves (for this is quite impossible), but rather to learn to manage and exploit this state, to embark on voyages of discovery that inevitably lead us to places we never could have imagined. When comfort sets in, we must dare to lose ourselves once more.”
Scott MacLeay www.scottmacleay.com
▫︎ 97 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Thomas Patrick Heflin August Night Egg tempera on panel 24 x 24 in.
“I spent 28 years working in an abandoned farm house returning to my home on weekends. This image is where I had my easel by the window. On summer nights the moths would come to the light and thump against the screen as I painted.”
Thomas Patrick Heflin www.tomheflin.com
Annamarie Dzendrowskyj / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 98 ▫︎
Transient - XI Oil & inkjet print on synthetic vellum 20 x 26.5 cm £300
Annamarie Dzendrowskyj seeks to examine the indeterminate nature of ‘ways of seeing’ and ‘being.’ She investigates the ambiguous ‘grey area’ between presence and absence by exploring the uncanny in fleeting moments of a world in constant flux. Moments she sees as suggesting a space, rather than defining a space, existing between what is seen and unseen, a zone of indiscernibility. Exploring
Annamarie Dzendrowskyj www.annamariedzendrowskyj.com
▫︎ 99 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Victor Hagea The Gate of Time, 2017 Oil on canvas 100 x 130 cm €28.000
“As artifacts of a statically eternal life, statues are but a means of expression in a more philosophical context of the work of art, by opposition to the dynamic of living things. These two opposites are nevertheless linked by means of the hero category, for heroes are protagonists of a matrix which shapes human destinies. Old myths become live again in the destinies of today’s heroes.”
Victor Hagea www.victor-hagea.de
Claudia Grimm / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 100 ▫︎
Quo Vadis? (Where Are You going?) Gouache 8 x 12.5 in. $2,000
“I dared to think, to feel the way I do I made my choice and steadily I grew, freedom of thought dwells in my mind like a jewel sparkling and bright ...”
Claudia Grimm www.claudia-grimm.net
▫︎ 101 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Constantin Gorelov Foxy from “Shadowed Paths” Watercolor, oil 29 x 39 cm $1,800
“I believe that every artwork should contain moments of eroticism. This is a life-giving moment for all creations. It can be manifested in color, texture or composition. But there is nothing more impressive for me than woman’s look and power. Eroticism is an intonation that awakens the desire to live.”
Constantin Gorelov IG @costagorelov
“Party” in the 21st Century / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 102 ▫︎
CÍFER 1/3 Mixed media 80 x 120 cm €5.040
Party in the 21st Century is a unique joint project of photographers Lubomír Sabo and Zuzana Sénášiová, artist Sarah I. Avni and ethnologist Katarína Chabrečeková. It aims to revive and promote the traditional culture and customs of Slovakia and present them to the today’s generation in a modern way.
“Party” in the 21st Century www.party21art.com
▫︎ 103 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Daniel Munteanu Sparkle In Time Photograph 50 x 50 cm €500
“My goal was to photograph reality in a way that it no longer looks real, palpable, but more like we were made of mist, particles or light waves. Using intentional camera movement (ICM) technique, I found a way to catch light on a chosen material, as light particles in motion, thus combining two motions at the same time: the motion of the photo camera and that of a moving character.”
Daniel Munteanu www.moondash.net
BaerenzCao / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 104 ▫︎
Follow Me, 2018 Oil on canvas 100 x 85 cm
BaerenzCao www.baerenzcao-art.gallery
▫︎ 105 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Elizabeth Frank Migration #3-Migration Series Carved fallen aspen, bronze, acrylic paint, metal leaf, wax, steel stand 18 x 18.5 x 8 in. SOLD
“My artwork is inspired by iconic images found in folk, tribal and primitive art. The themes I choose are personal yet universal. My love for the natural world and my concern for the environment often translate into works about the complex relationship between humans and nature in this modern age.”
Elizabeth Frank elizabethfrank.com
Mary Di Iorio / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 106 ▫︎
Untitled Ceramics Varied dimensions $15,000
Mary Di Iorio https://marydiiorio.wordpress.com/
▫︎ 107 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Miya Hannan The Story of the Sphenoid Bone Ceramics, epoxy, bone ash, ash on paper 6 x 16 x 12 in. NFS
“My experiences working within the medical field as a scientist in Japan, a country with many superstitions, gave me the ability to perceive the world from two contrasting perspectives. My artwork depicts my view of the world as layers and linkages of lives and events. The deceased stay with the living as a form of memory, story, knowledge, and genetic codes creating layers of rich histories that also enhance people’s lives. This installation metaphorically explores changing visual forms.”
Miya Hannan www.miyahannan.com
Nancy L. Greco / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 108 ▫︎
Goddess Graphite 22 x 30 in. Price upon request
“We tend to discard one messenger and replace it with another, thinking that we have turned a new leaf. In fact, none of our messengers go away; rather they cling to the new messengers, creating a far more complex tapestry of communication between all the beings and forces around us.”
Nancy L. Greco nancylgreco.com
▫︎ 109 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Paul Plumadore 7Cut Up #52 Hand cut montage 9.5 x 15.25 in. $850
“Utilizing primarily 19th-century ephemera, my work is all hand cut with surgeon’s scalpels and assembled with acid-free glues. Nothing is computer generated. My early background in theater - from amateur tap dancer to professional modern dancer - provided a wide range of experience in the theatrics of heightened states of being.”
Paul Plumadore paulplumadore.com
Garry D Harley / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 110 ▫︎
RELATED REALITIES NO. 10 Original digital painting archival pigment ink on canvas 30 x 30 in.
“When others speak for me, often now with my grey beard, I find the words are not what my mind, heart, and soul wishes to communicate. Who then has the right and power to misrepresent and describe my heart to others without investigation or knowledge? How can the needy be on the same street with the wealthy and the sunlight appears to care not? Who maintains and understands this symbiotic alternative reality, some with ash and some with gold?”
Garry D Harley www.GarryHarleyStudios.com
▫︎ 111 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Peisy Ting Agree to Disagree Acrylic on canvas 30 x 40 in. $1,190
“Growing up in Malaysia, I was exposed at an early age to a world where there were many differences amongst people, whether it be language, race, food, religion, culture, and ideas. ‘Agree to Disagree’ is my insight into this environment demonstrating that no matter what our differences may be, we can always voice our opinions but still have respect for one another.”
Peisy Ting www.peisyting.com
Elisabeth Bolza / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 112 ▫︎
Steps, 2016 Cotton paper, Iranian ink, gold, watercolour and stucco on solid mount board base 60 x 100 cm Private Collection Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
“The undercurrent of my work is an appeal to our common humanity and shared universal human values. Through my symbiotic artistic expression of two entwined cultures, I hope to reach beyond the socio-political divisions of fundamentalism and Islamophobia and motivate a positive change in the conception of ‘the other’ as culturally or spiritually impermeable. In my works, I aim to appeal to the universal soul of our human condition, that which is within each of us and that transcends time and geographical space.”
Elisabeth Bolza www.elisabethbolza.com
▫︎ 113 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Wayne Charles Roth Broken Light, 2017 New Media 46 x 46 x 1 in. $9,500
“Broken Light is part of the “Kleer” series. I wanted to lighten my work yet still keep the bright colors and energy that is essential to my compositions and statement. I explored a number of new production techniques that allowed me to leave large areas of the composition clear. From these experiments, this new series evolved, which allowed the environment to play a role in my art. Light, shadows and the physical space they inhabit help to make this series visually stunning.”
Wayne Charles Roth www.wcroth.com
Paul Wans / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 114 ▫︎
Go Green Watercolor 135 x 114 cm €6.000
“Almost all his works deal with the subject of agriculture. His technical skills are comparable to those used in the epoch of realism, but his works stand in clear contrast concerning the subject. Animals are placed into these landscapes as if they did not belong to them but into a branch of the food industry. - LDX Artodrome Gallery, Berlin
Paul Wans www.wanskunst.de
▫︎ 115 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Frances Cooley Flamenco Palm Oil 100 x 75 cm £1250
“I have always been fascinated by geometry, form, and color. Nature and the human figure are my inspirations. Travels through Europe and my garden are where I find new spirits of creativity.”
Frances Cooley www.francescooleyartist.co.uk
Anton Franz Hoeger / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 116 ▫︎
The Yoke Oil on linen 180 x 180 cm €90.000
Anton Hoeger’s paintings are the mirror of our present existence. His work ought to be seen as a part of creative and indicative actualities of our time. In that sense, the deciding factor in his artistic creation full of imagination is not one’s own experience as a consumer of art, but the processes that depend on cognition, which are shown as the essence of truth in modern philosophy.
Anton Franz Hoeger www.antonhoeger.com
▫︎ 117 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Anton Franz Hoeger Small World Oil on linen 180 x 180 cm €90.000
Kexin Di / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 118 ▫︎
The Edge of City Oil on canvas 174 x 145 cm NFS
Kexin Di dikexin.artron.net
▫︎ 119 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Jingfeng Li Déesse Lyon Pen on paper 76.4 x 52.3 cm €66.800
Jingfeng Li
Hsi Chun Huang / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 120 ▫︎
Dolly Watercolor on paper 26 x 18 cm £1,700
Hsi Chun loves to observe and portray moments that touch him in his daily life, obsessed with saving bits of memories. Hsi Chun’s meticulous strokes conjure his delicate senses alive. These everyday sceneries become vibrant under his paintbrush and create an intimacy that engages the audiences to enjoy a world of imagination in their own perspectives.
Hsi Chun Huang www.instagram.com/hsichunh
▫︎ 121 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Hsi Chun Huang Goody & Bubu Watercolor on paper 21 x 29 cm £2,000
Stacie Flint / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 122 ▫︎
Pinks Acrylic on canvas 18 x 14 in. $400
“What is most notable about my oil or acrylic painting is color and energy. My primary interest is in the creative process itself, where there is immediate response to the inner guidance of intuition as the paintings reveal themselves to me. I use accessible imagery, but the way it shows up is unique to me,like a signature. The creative process is alive; it is a living experience.”
Stacie Flint www.stacieflint.com
▫︎ 123 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Tejbir Rest & Piccadily Pens and watercolours 45 x 60 cm $700
“I am an artist/architect currently based in Bahrain. My art and architecture intertwine as in the choice of subjects with strong urban/architectural influences and in the rendering technique which features line work and detailing with pens and infill colors in the form of watercolors, soft pastels, and oils. A lot of my artworks feature urban landscapes and are inspired by my travels all over the world.”
Tejbir tejbir.artspan.com
Sam Dodson / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 124 ▫︎
The Snakes Will Get You In The Imaginarium Collage on canvas 30 x 40 in. £1,750
Trapped in his own collage trying to find a way to break free, Sam Dodson is a professional artist and former musician in Loop Guru and the Transmitters. His art explores collage in varying forms with intervention and construction. Recently three of Sam’s works have been featured in Dada and Surrealism publications. Two of his works have appeared on album sleeves.
Sam Dodson www.samdodsonart.com
▫︎ 125 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Donelli J. DiMaria Starving Artist Oil on canvas 24 x 36 in. $4,320
“In my art, I try to represent objects of beauty that each carries their own story whether the painting is figurative, still life, or landscape. This is accomplished using classical painting techniques with contemporary themes. Impressionist color theory and compositions reminiscent of the modernists are incorporated to further enhance the drama generated by the underlying strong value pattern I use.”
Donelli J. DiMaria https://donelli-dimaria.pixels.com
Michael B Wilson / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 126 ▫︎
Our Invincible Knight Oil on canvas 30 x 40 in. $3,800
Michael B Wilson www.michaelbwilson.com
▫︎ 127 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Sara Lisch Boy/Girl Ceramics/acrylic paint 28 x 12 x 5 in. $3,700
“Much of my work is floating in the uncharted waters of the inner narrative. Interpersonal dynamics between people and their complicated relationships within themselves lead me to a visual exploration of the human psyche. Universal themes such as love, sorrow, hope, humor, and irony are used to navigate and reflect the many facets of emotion.“
Sara Lisch www.saralisch.com
Pol Turgeon / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 128 ▫︎
J.-A.-D Ingres I Oil monoprint, graphite and varnish 37 x 28,5 cm $2,500
“The selected images are part of an ongoing series dealing with human transformations and distortions with; as its main source of inspiration, Ingres’ fantastic work.”
Pol Turgeon http://polturgeon.com
▫︎ 129 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Pol Turgeon Baronne De Rothschild Gouache monoprint, graphite and ink 27 x 30,5 cm $2,000
Tim Laing / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 130 ▫︎
Floating Weeds Pencil on paper 52 x 42 cm
Tim Laing www.timlaing.co.uk
▫︎ 131 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Tim Laing Vévé Pencil and watercolour on paper 42 x 28 cm
Phung Huynh / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 132 ▫︎
Beyond the Garden Oil and enamel on canvas 48 x 48 in.
Phung Huynh is a Los Angeles-based artist and educator whose practice is primarily in drawing and painting. Her most current work probes the questions of cultural perception and authenticity through images of the Asian female body vis-à-vis plastic surgery. Huynh is interested in how contemporary cosmetic surgery has created obscurity in racial identity and amplified the exoticism and Orientalist eroticism of Asian women.
Phung Huynh www.phunghuynh.com
▫︎ 133 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Phung Huynh Tea Party Oil and enamel on canvas 60 x 60 in.
Studio Brisko / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 134 ▫︎
If Wishes Were Horses, Beggars Would Ride Digital Photograph
“My husband Tim and I tell stories of a bygone era through still life photography. Inspired by the dramatic lighting and rich symbolism of European art, we strive to elevate the ordinary and give the viewer a taste of another life.”
Studio Brisko www.studiobrisko.com
▫︎ 135 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Studio Brisko
Before Instagram Digital Photograph
Zephyr Greyhaven / Circle Quarterly Art Review | Spring 2018 ▫︎ 136 ▫︎
Tony Grove Oil and acrylic ink on panel 31 x 36 in. SOLD
“My paintings are an homage to the subtle brilliance of the natural world; they invoke divinity and visualize the unseen energetic forces which harmonize matter, spirit, and consciousness.”
Zephyr Greyhaven www.zephyrgreyhaven.com
▫︎ 137 ▫︎ Spring 2018 | Circle Quarterly Art Review / Yvonne Welman People Are Damaged Everywhere By Lust Of Power, 2016 Acrylic, fine liner, embroidery on canvas 140 x 140 cm
Yvonne Welman creates realistic paintings which tell visual stories about her experiences and ideas. Frequently her personal reaction to social issues is the motivation for her work. Feelings like frustration, anger or admiration start visualization process. Her paintings explore the “Zeitgeist” from a feministic perspective and are at the same time a propaganda for a disappearing world of meaningful pictures.
Yvonne Welman www.yvonne-welman.com
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SPRING2018
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