Roxana Werner Sarnath Devoción III Mixed media 79 x 59 cm
Roxana Werner
Sarnath Devoción III
Mixed media 79 x 59 cm
Chilean artist, Roxana Werner has been actively creating and exhibiting her work in group and solo shows in Chile and abroad. An especially meaningful event was her project “El Porqué de Valparaíso” held at UNESCO in Paris, France as well as XII Florence Biennale, XIII Florence Biennale. Her work is included in prestigious art books that are internationally distributed in museums and galleries and sold online.
“Experiencing in situ the geographical and ethnographic spaces is vital to connect emotionally and intellectually with the painting. I have traversed the Atacama Desert, the Saltpeter Towns, Valparaíso, India and the Southeast Asian to later recreate and interpret them in the solitude of my studio. My work consists of four major projects developed throughout my career: ‘El Porqué de Valparaíso’, ‘La Huella del Tiempo’, ‘Del Salitre a Iquique’ and ‘Vivencias mas Aca y mas Alla de la Frontera’.”
www.roxanawerner.cl
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Roxana Werner
Sarnath Devoción III Mixed media 79 x 59 cm www.roxanawerner.cl
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Amethyst Dream Acrylic and spray on canvas 130 x 100 x 4 cm www.freakerstudio.com
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“My wall sculptures explore my fascination with three-dimensional geometric forms, inspired by my lifelong passion for abstract art, architecture, color and light. Each piece is intriguing when considered as a whole, create spaces that invite the imagination to enter and explore as if they were actual structures.”
KURT PALMQUIST
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and sculpture. Her work deals with the interweaving of memory and perception of time and typically shows fragmented artifacts, myths and words that are partially reconstructed using tactile traditional materials such as paper, plaster and inks. The creations are animist, infused with spirits of the past that persist not only in form but also in ancestral and historical memory.
CHRISTINE PALAMIDESSI
Vessels
#2, Cartapesta Ea. 57 x 12 x 9 in.
something of our current situation. The human form is usually the storyteller in my work. I am particularly interested in struggles, tensions and triumphs of those around me. As a result my work often exhibits either animated brushwork and or emotive color.”
Emerge
Acrylic on canvas 42 x 42 in.
Celia Carl Anderson
CELIA CARL ANDERSON
The Veins of Dreams
Acrylic and collage 120 x 120 cm
“My painting dwells between the mundane, distorted space in which we live and the poetic dimension of that same space, tracing back memories and dreams. Is also an act of liberation, realized through the act of painting.” www.andriadou.gr
JULIA ANDRIADOU
is a contemporary realist painter who currently lives and works in Boston, MA. Later and American landscape, Kirill moves on to consider new forms and concepts. His distinctive personal style emanates joy and peace and expresses the vibrant spirit and atmosphere of the life around him.
Kirill Abrosimov
Norway Oil on canvas 12 x 9 in.
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More Than A Bad Feeling
“As an artist I shall defend to the utmost, whilst I still have the strength, the values of my painting, independently of my female condition. I have a strong and original temperament, an immense artistic sensitivity, am pathologically emotional, alternate between states of happiness and living sadness drowned in misery, am very conscious of my surroundings, and to create expressions of the outside which describe the essential, I look inside.”
MARIA APARICI
Canadian sculptor, Tom Ashbourne primarily works in stone, using its natural energy and colors to create beautiful contemporary abstract sculptures. Like all exceptional art, Tom’s sculptures communicate meaning through form and energy. His signature style is sensuous curves, touchable textures, and compelling tension between positive and negative space.
TOM ASHBOURNE
Red Moon Rising Tuscan Alabaster, metal found object, paint 28 x 36 x 10 cm
6 - Ethiopian Opal
“Metals and minerals have vibrational and healing energy,” a buyer pointed out, “and you need to educate yourself about that aspect.”
used for self-healing and development. Ethiopia is one of the sources of opal mineral. Fascinated by the variety and beauty of opals and their “play of color,” I was inspired to paint three abstracts of Ethiopian Opal: Mineralogy 6, Mineralogy 7, and Mineralogy 11.”
GABRIELLE BAKER
17 Spotlight 29 Gabrielle Baker Art
Mineralogy 11 - Ethiopian Opal
Underwater Songs Oil on canvas 110 x 90 cm
“There are similarities in the process of painting and meditation: I give myself away to nature, discovering over and excitement which I have. I hope, in simplicity and honesty, to share these moments of immersions with people.”
NATASHA BAKOVIC
Intuition
Mixed media on canvas 36 x 36 in.
“As an abstract expressionist in this complex world, traditional approaches in creating are often ignored highlighting an eclectic yet minimalist style. Inspiration comes from life experience and the many years of practice in mental health. While often submerged in a meditative state, the intuitive process is a vehicle for emotional release and self-care to strengthen resilience and drive transcendence.”
KYLA BALKE
www.instagram.com/kbalkestudio
Kyla Balke
“In my work, I strive to create imagery that invites the viewer to have their own subjective experience representation. Instead, I use my art as an expressive outlet where I seek to convey a sense of feeling, atmosphere, transitory memory and the existential experience of the individual.” www.andrewbinder.com
ANDREW BINDER
New Earth,2022
Acrylic on canvas 100 x 120 cm
“I believe that art is a form of energy and the artist’s role is to materialize this energy; to give it shape. It’s a kind of a stream of information that passes through the artist as if through a portal. Abstract art gives me unlimited freedom to use various techniques and materials to create my own world of symbols and forms. Like a jazz musician during an improvisation, I let my hands and imagination compose on the canvas until it reverberates with beautiful music.”
BOGDAN
http://bogdansartwork.com
Bogdan
Deep in the Rabbit Hole
Drawing, hatching technique, airbrush on paper 77 x 50 cm
“My work deals with people and all facets of the question of existence—the mystery of being human. I am inspired by The strongest driving force for my work is the blatant discrepancy between my idealistic image of a world worth striving for, with harmony, beauty and innocence versus the contradicting reality of violence and alienation.” www.thorsten-boehm.com
Happy Hour Ink on paper 36 x 60 in.
“Much of my emphasis on patterns and precision comes from having Asperger Syndrome, which presents itself as an ability to do repetitive line work for hours on end. Through the use of simple, repetitive ink lines, I explore the balance between calming and disorienting patterns. At times, my ink lines meander freely, creating a sense of calm. Other times, my lines are frenetic, verging on the chaotic. In each mode, I remind myself to slow down, and discover complexity within simplicity.”
JEFFREY M BRACKETT
Spotlight 29 Karina
Secret Garden: Sanctuary
Acrylic on paper 46 x 61 cm
comfort by focusing on the present. My paintings act as a visual diary, a way to exorcise the past, as well as to celebrate love and growth. Lush colours and female depictions, inspired by my dreams and personal experiences; transport the viewer to a metaphorical place or situation. My work is rooted in emotions, a quest about love and loss, identity, femininity, memory and overall a path to healing.”
KARINA BRZOSTOWSKI
https://karinabrzostowski.com
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inspire me; I have always been drawn to items that are worn by time and made weary with use. In a previous life, I had a camera in hand, but over time it was replaced with a paintbrush. Transitioning from Still Life Photographer to Still Life Oil Painter has been a natural progression for me, one I truly enjoy.”
KAREN BURNS
www.karenburnsfineart.com
Aunt Bernice’s Pickle Fork Oil on archival panel 20 x 16 in.
Burns
As a commentary on the current era of digital technology, Arlene Buster’s paintings expose the loss of privacy in our society. She calls to our attention the privacy violations we experience from webcams and other forms of surveillance technology. Several of
ARLENE BUSTER
My pond, My Thoughts from Pond Life Series Oil on canvas 100 x 70 cm
the subject. During the process, the image will undergo a series of transformations as I apply intuition. Often, gestural movement will dominate the entire rhythm of the artwork. I want the
DIANA CAPSTICK
www.saatchiart.com/dianacapstick
Be An Outside Voice, 2021 Digital collage 133 x 100 cm
“I create digital collages with a strong contrast between b&w vintage photographs and ultra-modern elements. The aim is to capture the observer’s attention, starting from the sense of “disturbance” arising from the coexistence of very distant images, both in terms of color and time. My collages are strictly related to Jung’s Universe and his theory of archetypes. The “physical” production of digital collages takes place through the use of 3D synthetic panels.”
FEDERICA CASTOLDI
Spotlight 29 Federica Castoldi Art
Alcohol ink 11 x 14 in.
“I have always been a creative person with art and nature being my refuge. I create with just a color palette and no subject matter in mind working, layer by layer, for true spontaneity. My work is a culmination of almost 60 years of painting in all kinds of mediums and styles. After retiring, I dove back in to art full time and have found Abstract Expressionism to be the song I’ve always wanted to sing.”
VALERI CRANSTON
Valeri Cranston
“My work in ceramics and sculpture for the past 36 years has centered on macro-level themes, progression, and patterns of human life. As time relentlessly moves forward, human society evolves, new and unfamiliar concepts emerge, and traditions are both revered and abandoned. These elements ebb
MYONGSIN CHOI
Dreams Cast No Shadows
Watercolor on paper 38 x 56 cm
“I work with the concept of “migration”, looking for new facets of a multicultural and multiethnic world community. Dynamic perception, rejection of settled life, migration - these are my tools for a “mental map” re-actualization—a way to see more clearly, dropping the automaticity of perception. Nomadism as an instrument of cognition and
DELNARA EL
Delnara
“I don’t stop with the pleasure of aesthetics I like to make a statement on the concept of defending ecology. I’m not conveying propaganda I just want a clear example about what we all have to face up to.”
RAFAEL DE ARMAS
Circe Oil on canvas 100 x 68 cm
Young Ghosts Escaping from Conservatorio di Venezia Oil and tempera on canvas 60 x 75 cm with the themes of city cores; time, magic, and space between buildings. “The tragic history of the industry. The echoes of forgotten cries in agony reverberate in the courtyard.”
PAUL DETTWILER
https://thincso.wordpress.com
Fairytale II
Mixed media on canvas
“A philosophical view on the meaning of life and on the human’s pursuit of happiness is building the basis paintings have many layers. Sometimes I hide the previous layers completely, but in most cases, I let the viewer recognize my symbolic idea of the complexity of our multilayered life.”
“We all have a voice, my art is mine.”
Antti Eklund paints to illuminate injustice, expose the abuse of power and highlight happiness. His goal is to encourage and inspire people to act for a positive change. He believes that freedom is a choice, happiness is free and nothing in life is as permanent as change.
ANTTI EKLUND
Time Goes By
“Abstract art is a reality that does not exist, a product of thought, momentary feelings, and music melody... all that could be my inspiration to create. Artists works are often inseparable use the rhythm of calligraphy, color strokes, to create my work.”
Acrylic on canvas 48 x 36 in.
PAUL FOROPOULOS
“Led by the fragility of life, my practice examines our connectivity to nature and one another, while questioning the perceptions of what it means to be human, and how it shapes our lives. Delving into our world and our inner selves, intimate and vulnerable moments become stories told through drawing, paint and mark making. My abstract expressions echo our complexity and mystery, as we navigate through contemporary culture.”
MAUREEN GOLGATA
www.maureengolgata.com
PATRICK EGGER
“A more or less pronounced touch of hyperrealism characterizes my work but above all, my source of inspiration is an incessant quest for sensations linked to the beauty of the places I paint. From the faithful reproduction of a landscape to a subject partly or totally out of my imagination, I am constantly looking for any contrasting atmosphere through the play of shadows, lights and colors.” artpegger.jimdofree.com 41 Spotlight 29 Patrick Egger
Lumière Furtive sur les Cimes (Stealth Light on the Peaks)
Acrylic 80 x 60 cm
Cabin Fever
Acrylic and oil on paper and canvas 180 x 150 cm
contains themes that could just as easily be applied to the current global political arena. With large words and thoughts in an examination of the space between reality and the sub-conscious.” www.sallygordon.com
SALLY GORDON
“Many people are infatuated with the charm and verve of autumn. The leaves of trees, by the tender and incomparable green of spring gradually become mature and red. Kind of bleak, kind of drunk. I in their hearts. I wish the world no disease, no disaster, no war, only peace and warmth!”
SANNIE GUO
“As a well-known professional photographer of fashion brands in the Netherlands, France, Belgium opportunity to explore the freedom of artistic photographs. This exceptional opportunity gives me the chance to leave the boundaries of fashion photography and stimulates my imagination.”
MATTHIAS HENRI
Matthias Henri
“One of my strengths as an artist is my unique technique, which I developed over the years. It’s a new, modern approach that is not very common anywhere in the world. My paintings have been shown in three group exhibitions and one solo exhibition, which has given me additional recognition.” https://gyetko.art
MARIETTA GYETKO
Mixed media on canvas 100 x 80 cm
“I am a photorealist painter. My paintings aren’t just about details; it’s the stories that are in the details. Where hands that worked with tools, or played with a toy, or lived with and worked on a car; they leave a mark on these objects of a life lived and an object loved.”
Oil painter, art director, curator and Master student at Henan University, Chenlin Hou is actively involved in the local and international scene. His piece ‘Rubens in Kaleidoscope’ was shown at An An” which was ‘Botticelli in Kaleidoscope’ Allied Artists of America at Samarti Museum of Art, NY.
CHENLIN HOU
the fantastic worlds unfolded in my pictures, one may hope that everything has a higher meaning but it remains mystical and open-ended. This drives us to live on and to want to discover more.”
ERIC HUBBES
The Turning Point Acrylic, mixed media on paper 150 x 150 cm
THE SMARTPHONE, OUR COMPANION
“Observing the STREET, the daily environment, fascinates me. Digital technology is with us every day, everywhere.
https://artjaja.jimdofree.com
Acrylic on canvas 65 x 81 cm
Foliage Caught in the Blue Acrylic and plaster on canvas 30 x 60 in.
pattern: she begins with black canvases, using brush strokes and the palm of her hand, she strives for an overall balance where her colours compromise on one side and are balanced out by forms on the other. Jolic’s artworks are found in private, public and corporate collections throughout North America and Europe.
JOLIC
https://louisejolic.wixsite.com/jolic
to be conveyed next. I’m largely an instrument in this process. I have thoughts and wield my body, moving paint on paper; creating and adjusting patterns geared to convey concepts, I often don’t understand until after they unfold. It’s like dreaming. I’m a participant, semi-conscious of the what or the why of the story unfolding until I see it. Or you do.”
CHUCK JONES
Euclid’s Bird
Acrylic on paper 15 x 22 in.
Chuck Jones, PhD
Spotlight 29 Chuck Jones, PhD
3 Crows
Acrylic on paper 15 x 22 in.
“Tamara talks to our most suppressed unconscious thoughts. Her works are a captivating voyage into our own depths and darkness.” - Karen Lappon, Art Critic exploring strong and turbulent emotions, aiming to provoke and challenge the viewer.”
www.tamarajovandic.com | Instagram@tamarajovandic
Plate - Passing, 2022
problems. I seek deep thought, posing questions of a philosophical and universal nature. With a contemporary worldview and a broad understanding of ceramics, I draw from diverse cultures. I also seek universality using the culture of the blind. I combine utilitarian ceramics and sculpture through the structure of the panel and the technique of mosaic as painting and with strong graphic moments.”
IVAN KANCHEV
https://ivankanchev.cloud
Red clay, reduction, smoking 110 x 110 x 6 cm
55 Spotlight 29 Ivan Kanchev
“Travelling is my source of inspiration: I am guided by memories of a place’s colours, its nature, and particular patterns of light and shadow. My artistic practice is a painted response to the disrespect for the environment and the fast pace of the increasingly digitalized world; an expression of my desire that we develop respect for the surrounding world and that we recognize the urgency of a sustainable protection of nature.”
SONJA KALB
https://sonjakalb.com
Virgin Forest II, 2019
Mixed media on canvas 180 x 120 cm
The main feature of Marc Kennes’ work, is its uncompromised individuality. His profound knowledge of painterly tradition and technique is a mere tool to create his own world. The work of Marc Kennes must be placed within the artistic and intellectual movements of his time. He has created his own position darkest of shades and the most sensitive light. For Kennes, artistic quality is inextricably linked to www.marc-kennes.be
MARC KENNES
Kennes
“My photographic work is uplifting and colourful. Everything is energy. Everything around us moves and vibrates considered to be a healing tool, my photography takes the viewer on a journey of well-being and inner peace.”
MAJA KERIN
Maja Kerin
The Living Stone, No.6 Acrylic and ink 18 x 24 in.
“The ‘Living Stone No.6’ represents the surface and layers of a stone which has historical experience, memory, and endurance. There is also deep and powerful energy within.”
KIEUN KIM
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61 Spotlight 29 Deepa Khanna Sobti
Tropical Abstract 5
Digital photograph 30 x 30 in.
“ ‘Tropical Abstract 5’ is a color-saturated photo found in Bermuda and is from the ongoing series ‘Tropical Abstracts’. This is a single exposure, using a hand-held optical device in conjunction with my camera. I’ve aimed at creating an image that is lush, layered and densely textured.”
TERESA KIRBY SMITH
teresakirbysmith.com | teresakirbysmith@gmail.com
“Through works of art as well as the framework that I am building to foster the mental state as well and have a collaborative experience. The point is, it is about play, about being in the moment. It is a musical thing.” www.qk.gallery
“The ‘Alien Flowers’ project is an experiment with a variety of organic shapes and materials that are hard to etc. The contrast of bright, organic, living forms with cold, static, dead marble gives the works the necessary contradiction. Something alien, strange, but so attractive, as if from another world, found itself in our everyday reality. Something that you want to touch, something you want to look at and relax.”
The Fourth Rung Glass, mixed media 11 x 26 x 3 in.
“I strive for the light, both physically and metaphorically. The ever-changing shifts and momentary nuances of daylight inspire the essence of my sensory style. The artistic process is for me a spiritual immersion. As a sculptor, I surrender myself to the vision and the materials, learning about natural laws. I am interested in balance and paradox, and I try to develop these themes in an abstract search.”
VICKI LEON
Leon
Still Hope Oil pastels on canvas 80 x 110 cm
“Transportation of real emotion is utterly important to me. I focus on themes like femininity, motherhood, and vulnerability. Oil pastels on canvas are often my medium of choice. These colors are vibrant, yet soft.”
BELINDA KRÖLL
www.belindakroell.art
“My landscapes are a combination of the moment, the place, and the hand by which, in some miraculous blend, a composition is built. I am inspired by rhythm and water, the immensity of the space before me, and range of senses, space and time? I enjoy the layering and interplay of edges and forms that occur when my perception plays a visual part with the subject matter. Art needs to breathe.”
KAREN KUCHARSKI
Left: Green Opal Acrylic on panel 44 x 16 in.
Right: Middle Rain Acrylic on panel 44 x 16 in.
A Cohesive Whole Pencil, ink and digital media 20 x 28 in.
Anson Liaw is an illustrator based in Toronto, Canada. Upon graduating from
part of many projects ranging from magazines, book publications, corporate, packaging and advertising communications. His illustrations take on critical views; both light and heavy about life in the world around us and that deals with social, political, cultural issues and lifestyle subject matter.
ANSON LIAW
www.illoz.com/liaw
Anson Liaw
Pencil, ink and digital media
21 x 28 in.
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www.dliguoriartandstory.com all. I am especially drawn to the play of light and color, the strength in vulnerability and the haunting lure of transitions. I believe that living things
DIANE LIGUORI
Princess Parade Oil on canvas 15 x 30 in.
Diane Liguori
Raining Petals Oil on canvas 24 x 24 in.
71 Spotlight 29 Diane Liguori
“Reality tires me. I want to spend time in a world of illusion that exists in my mind. I am comfortable and relaxed in the world of my mind. My work is an attempt to give form to the things in my mind.”
Yuying.lyu16@thorntonacademy.org
Dandelion Melody #2, 2022
Acrylic 45 x 60 cm
Sense of Wonder Monotype 12 x 12 in.
“Referencing nature with instinctual rhythm, my art communicates to the subconscious through freedom of expression with etching press technology from the Renaissance Masters. Educated at Rhode Island School of Design, my love of painting is perfectly expressed in Monotype.”
BARBARA MARCUS-MCKENNA
Three Slashes
intentional purpose than that of the one it has been used for. The series looks at the use of the silicone substance as a form of “paint” having been built over an extensive period of time, using layers to create three-dimensional shapes and textures, sculpting it into a painter’s canvas.” 75 Spotlight 29 Felicity Mawson https://felicitymawson.com
Metamorphosis
Silicone on canvas
102 x 76 cm
After Dinner with Tia, 2022 Oil on canvas 24 x 30 in. imposed restrictions. I am curious about how being together is becoming a new ‘special occasion’ and what the pandemic is teaching us about our humanity and our mutual interdependence.” https://ingridmcmillan.com
INGRID MCMILLAN
KARIN MONSCHAUER
Apertura Oil pastel on paper 34 x 48 cm
“My artwork is about my life’s journey and the joy of living through abstract form and color. The creative process
MARY E. MORGAN
www.marymcdowellmorgan.com
That Girl Mixed media on canvas 60 x 40 in. Mary E. Morgan
Spotlight 29 Mieko Nakamura
“I value a simple daily life. The themes and inspiration for my work are daily life and the universe. I create works based on the aesthetic sense of Japanese culture. The genre, materials, and production process depend on the inspiration and sensibility that comes from the moment. I hope that the brightness, energy, and humor that appear in the work will be conveyed to the viewer and that the world will be calm and peaceful.”
http://miekonakamura.com
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“My abstract art is the desired expression of freedom and staying true to self. Freedom sprouts from freedom of former patterns, freedom to be and become who you are, and freedom as radical responsibility to our next generations to what freedom initially is: listening to your intuition and with being you, you’re leveraging the world with your vision. We all matter. Peace of mind and clarity to understand there is truly enough for everyone to have their spot on this planet and love what you do.”
SIGE NAGELS
https://sigenagels.com
You on Top of Your Game, 2021
Acrylic painting 60 x 43 cm
Sige Nagels Spotlight
Is How
This
Expansion Feels, 2021 Acrylic painting 99 x 83 cm
Freeway City, 2011
Acrylic on canvas 183 x 305 cm
“I am an urban artist drawing my ideas, imagery and colour from the inner city. My paintings are overlays of patterns and geometric shapes derived from found objects that are used as stencils or templates that can be temporarily attached to the canvas surface while colour is applied with a spray gun. These paintings are part of the series ‘The Dynamics Of Urbanization,’ that expresses the technological, architectural, synthetic and human impact on our contemporary urban environment.”
ROBERT NAISH
https://robnaish-art.ca
Robert Naish
Golden City, 1995
Acrylic on canvas
183 x 264 cm
Naish
Game City, 1993
ROBERT NAISH
Acrylic on canvas 122 x 234 cm
Robert Naish Spotlight
Mall City, 2009
Acrylic on canvas
183 x 249 cm
Robert Naish
Red Kaftan
Mixed media on hand-toned paper 61 x 91 cm
My Japanese heritage blended with its diversity inspires me to explore and create a unique artistic
CHIE NAKANO
www.chienakano.com
Chie Nakano
“I paint my surroundings. I am a humanitarian artist who is concerned with prejudices and social injustices. I strongly believe that as an artist, I have social responsibilities and that art can educate and change important and truth is beauty. Figurative art can connect ideas deeply and this is central to me.”
MONICA MENDES
Com-Vida
Mendes
Guardians of the Forest Acrylic on canvas 48 x 36 in.
“My paintings are an expression of my internal journey of discovering and understanding the world. exercising the mind, by connecting abstract ideas, thoughts, feelings into something concrete and that purpose of communicating something positive, something that needs to be embraced and seen.”
CHRISTINE NIGHTINGALE
www.christinenightingale.com
Oberlik-Burtscher
“I rarely follow an idea, every picture is a new dialogue between belly and head, courage and care.”
www.oberlik-burtscher.at
Spuren
Glamortis (Red)
Digital media
“I have always been fascinated by the depth of the dark gloomy aesthetic in music, in intersection of traditional art values and modern technologies. Since then, I have been mixing painting and digital sculpting to bring my ideas to life.”
DMITRY PARKIN
http://www.dmitryparkin.com
Parkin
GERHARD PETZL
Gerhard
93 Spotlight 29 Henry Pouillon
Shadow 21 Oil on canvas paper 18 x 18 cm
“I have a little trouble being smooth,” says Isabelle Huppert. Me too. Painting rejected perspective as an instrument painters by the new media? The heritage: materiality of painting in its format, its support, the texture of the colors; the bet: the multiple digital combinations, the reversibility of the work, the interpolation of the images.”
HENRY POUILLON
www.henrypouillon.com
White
Shape-Shifters 1
Acrylic on banana paper 42 x 58 cm
“Painting transports me to an other-worldly space where all that matters is what makes itself apparent as I apply paint, pen or pencil to canvas or paper. The materials and I enter a dance, an embrace, full of passion, curiosity and fun. Each piece is the master of its own destiny, I just bring it into being. Line, colour, texture, nature, light and dark are sources of inspiration as are certain ideas
ANNE PILGRIM
Anne Pilgrim
Shape-Shifters
Microcosmos 1 Acrylic on canvas 98 x 98 x 2 cm
Winter Moon
Film photograph 20 x 14.45 in.
“When searching for inspiration for shots, you take more time to notice even the simplest of moments. You start to see the beauty of the every day, from capturing intimate human or animal interactions to the way that early morning light falls on a landscape. This appreciation and wonderment of the world around me is what I carry through with my work; noticing those details and sharing that moment through my images.”
GRAHAM PRECEY
www.grahamprecey.com
99 Spotlight 29 Cher Pruys ASAA SCA, IGOR, AAPL, CSAA, AMS, LMS, OSA, MAA, CFA, NOAPS, AWA
“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
Monstera e Hibiscus
Mixed media 80 x 120 cm
Puche’s paintings stand out for their use of color and elegant composition that evades clichés. He societies and traditional knowledge, where the technique of the trade and the transcendence of the work are fundamental. Puche is a writer, poet and musical composer. https://puche-art.com
“Pop art emerged as a replacement for the serious abstract art of the twentieth century. This style is mostly based on popular culture, so it has become a form of entertainment. The direction developed with the help of advertising, trends, as well as fashion. No philosophy, spirituality. Pop art (portraits) is one of the sections of avant-garde art.”
“I am a full-time working artist represented by Kenneth Paul Lesko Gallery in the US. I graduated with an MFA from the University of San Francisco and have lived and worked in Melbourne, Australia, for contemporary dynamics and relationships.”
Birds
Acrylic on canvas 79 x 118 in.
103 Spotlight 29 Aubrey Rhodes
“My objective as an artist, on a base level, is to create an object of beauty that is pleasing to the eye yet has a depth to it that makes one think about what they are seeing. I use wood, steel and objects to create metaphorical vistas that contain messages within them that are relevant to my beliefs and viewpoints. Yet by using objects that are laden with content or symbolism, I have come to understand that not everybody sees things the same way I do.”
CRAIG ROBB
The Day Wood, acrylic, dried paint, LED lights 16 x 15 x 8 in
roots. Juxtaposing conventional charcoal with vibrant acrylic paint and paper cutouts, this relationship is explored of the change that is to come. Will the lion let cracks in its base get in the way, or will it do its best to hold ground?”
MAGGIE QI
Acrylic paint and charcoal 24 x 18 in.
“Photography is often the essence of my Art. I also love traditional layers and presented in a new way.”
consider the bodily attributes but to view the composition as a whole and question.”
TANYA SALEHIAN
Untitled Struc.Acrylic and pastel 100 x 80 cm
“My work is best described as portraits of complexities of various emotional psychological and philosophical states highlighted in altered ways, imitating the madness and unknown of everyday life. I call this ‘Imitated Pragmatism’,
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concepts but develops her ideas while painting. Intuitions become intentions. Judith has taken intensive courses and various workshops. Hermann Nitsch has helped and strengthen her plans to paint and exhibit her work.
JUDITH SEILER-SCHLOEMMER
facebook.com/judith.seiler.90
Judith Seiler-Schloemmer
Acrylic 80 x 60 cm
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Raymer’s Vision Splendid Colored pencil drawing 11 x 14 in.
“My name is Shelby Lynne, and I’m the artist behind Shaking Bird Art! I’m an artist, an Aspie, a square peg in a world of round holes. Trying to be kind and kind of strange, sometimes making progress, sometimes making a mess, but always trying to improve! I enjoy working in a variety of me with their ability to capture and portray the vivid colors and details of our natural world!”
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Acrylic and mixed media on canvas 100 x 100 x 3,8 cm
“Finding most of my inspiration in nature, my work is translating impressions and emotions onto the canvas. Multiple layers of paint and rough textures at the heart of each artwork are embracing the beauty of decay by including rusty or cracked elements. This essence of my work is largely inspired by the Japanese concept of Wabi-
BARBARA STRATMANN
www.barbarastratmann.art
My
world. I have traveled the world and found my portraits are some of my strongest and powerful works. From course my beloved Sonoran Desert of Tucson Arizona.”
MICHAEL STOKLOS
www.stoklosphotos.com
Brother, Allyn Digital photograph
sculpting her intuitive pen drawings.
LAUREN TILLEY
www.laurentilleyart.com
La Fleur Pen and ink 17 x 14 in.
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natural phenomena with the human life cycle. In this regard, my artworks exert the physicality of colours and the represent the world in its natural form.”’
ANGELA TONGLET
www.angelatongletart.com
Sea Bliss, 2021
Acrylic on canvas D. 60 cm
the studio, where the handwoven tapestries are designed and produced.
DOROTHEA VAN DE WINKEL
www.galerij-theaxus.com
Twilight Whispers
on canvas 24 x 30 in.
“Doing art, for me, is a mystical process, a spiritual work, and an exercise of creativity. When I paint, it is as if the veil of common life is momentarily lifted, allowing me to be embraced by the underlying essence of the universe. My art is the result of sporadic surges of energy that percolate past my consciousness. Using paint, I create images showing the interplay between darkness and light, the interconnected aura of the natural world, I consider my artistic expression a gift to be shared.” https://peternvangiesen.com
PETER NICHOLAS VAN GIESEN
Acrylic
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Green Monotype 2
Color photograph and plant monotype 40 x 30 cm
“I’m always in search of new paths and visions of photography, because there is vast room for experimentation and presentation of new work. This artwork here is a part of my new project called “Monotypes”, which I do with plants and some of my photos. I think creativity is a state of mind on which we can try many ways of art.”
Rest Under Noise, RUN Acrylic and charcoal on canvas 40 x 60 in.
“The work is a confrontation of the self, of the inner chaos and incessant chatter that threatens to dissolve our strength and sanity. To remain on autopilot, to feel anxiety so distinctly in the body because the mind won’t make the time. To take a sober look at what the internal landscape feels like, holding up a black mirror, so to speak, but not without an undertone of humility.”
BRI WENKE
“Art is the relentless search for reality.”
Untitled Acrylic on canvas 80 x 100 cm
L’Abbraccio Che Non C’è, 2022
Mixed media 90 x 130 cm
“If the soul speaks, art does not lie, art is a magic that brings people together because it is read with the heart.”
WIDMER TASSINARI
widmer.tassinari@gmail.com
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Shades of High Gray Oil 48 x 48 in.
Zu Sheng Yu versatility and creative passion led him through life to create a diverse array of innovative work that includes architecture, painting and sculpture, not limited by the skills and techniques acquired throughout his life. He is an
ZU SHENG YU
http://zsyu.com
Zu Sheng Yu
and violent movements, struggle, savage, brutal, which reminded me of the ruthless reality of society. I love expressionist painting, I like to use bold colors and rough powerful brushstrokes.”
spaces where the way paint is applied is equally as whereas others are more suggestive and evocative. These provide a rich tapestry of interwoven processes and a textural quality to the work. There are also more unusual processes generating a sense of nostalgia about moments that are both beautiful and painful.
