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Tom Ashbourne SSC SCA OSA
& Light
92 x 20 x 20 cm

Tom Ashbourne

Light & Energy

Bronze 92 x 20 x 20 cm

Canadian sculptor, Tom Ashbourne uses the natural energy and natural colour of the medium to create beautiful contemporary abstract sculptures. Like all exceptional art, Tom’s sculptures communicate meaning through form and emotion. His signature style is sensuous curves, touchable textures, and compelling tension between positive and negative space.

His natural talent and outstanding work mean that Tom is the only artist currently an elected member in all three of Canada’s top professional art associations: Sculptors Society of Canada (SSC), Society of Canadian Artists (SCA) and Ontario Society of Artists (OSA).

Tom has received many national and international awards, including ATIM’s “Top 60 Masters” (2022), American Art Awards “Best Non-Representational Sculptor” (2021, 2022), DESTIG Best Artists of 2020. In 2021, Tom exhibited his sculptures in two of the world’s most respected art exhibitions – the London (UK) and Florence (Italy) Biennales.

www.tomashbourne.com

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Featured ARTISTS

LIZ ALDERMAN ∙ CELIA CARL ANDERSON ∙ BRIAN ANDERSON ∙

TOM ASHBOURNE ∙ PAT AUGSBURGER ∙ ALISON BARROWS-YOUNG ∙

GORDON BECKER ∙ KENNETH BLAKEMORE ∙ WERONIKA BRAUN ∙

TROY BUNCH ∙ JOAN CAHILL ∙ ASTA CAPLAN ∙ MARTA CARCELLER ∙

ROBI CHAKRABORTY ∙ CHRISTY CHOR ∙ NIRA CHOREV ∙ NADAV COHEN ∙

WENDY COHEN ∙ CHARLES COMPO ∙ BOB CONGE ∙ BRUCE COWELL ∙

JENNIFER DE KLAVER ∙ JOHN JOSEPH DENIS ∙ MITRA N DEVON ∙

RIKA MAJA DUEVEL ∙ EĨSABELLE ∙ ROBERT ELLISON ∙ FAB ∙

ULLA FERDINANDSEN ∙ FAI FONG ∙ PIER FORLANO ∙ ROBERT FRANKEL ∙

JIAWEI FU ∙ CHERYLE G GALLOWAY ∙ KELLY GARST ∙

JORDANA RAE GASSNER ∙ DAMAN GILL-TUR ∙ MICHAEL IAN GOULDING ∙

VERONICA M GRANTHAM ∙ SYLVIA GRAUER ∙ JANET GRISSOM ∙

JACOB HARBECK ∙ RONNA S. HARRIS ∙ FRANK SOENKE HASELOFF ∙

GRO HEINING ∙ MONICA HILARIO ∙ LEILA HOLBERG ∙ LINDA HOLLINGER ∙ REZAUL HOQUE ∙ EVELYN HÖRMANN ∙ TATSUNORI HOSOI ∙ ATOM HOVHANESYAN ∙ KATE HUANG ∙ GERARD HUBER ∙

DITA JACOBOVITZ ∙ BARBARA JARDINE ∙ CARINA “CAJO” JOHANSSON ∙

JOLIC ∙ MARCEL JOMPHE ∙ SAMAR KAMEL ∙ ERIKO KANIWASENSEGRAPHIA ∙ DIANE KAZAKIS ∙ LEILI KHABIRI ∙ JILL KRASNER ∙ ELMER LAAHNE ∙ REINER LANGER ∙ LATANA ∙ CHUCK LEMBO ∙ VICKI LEON ∙ ANSON LIAW ∙ DIANE LIGUORI ∙ CÉCILE LOBERT ∙ ELLIOT LOVELL ∙ LAURA MARZOLA ∙ TREVOR MERCER ∙ TATIANA MESA PAJÁN ∙ KAEKO MIZUTANI ∙ DEREK MORRIS ∙ JULIA MUENCH ∙ TIMOTHY MULLIGAN ∙ BARBARA MÜNSTERMANN ∙ GABRIELE MUSEBRINK ∙

MARJU MUST ∙ KEIKO NABILA YAMAZAKI ∙ MIEKO NAKAMURA ∙

JULIO NAZARIO ∙ RIITTA NELIMARKKA ∙ JOHN A. O’CONNOR ∙ BRIGITTE OBERLIK-BURTSCHER ∙ VLADAS ORZEKAUSKAS ∙ WAYNE PAIGE ∙ GUY PAIZY ∙ ANNA PAZDALSKA ∙ SUSAN PLATT ∙ ANTONELLA QUACCHIA ∙ GERHARD RABE ∙ DANIEL REYMONDIN ∙ ILGONIS RINKIS ∙ LINDA RISELEY ∙ PATTY RODGERS ∙ NATALIA ROSE ∙ CR ROUSSEAU ∙ B. SANTEGOEDS ∙

LUSIE SCHELLENBERG ∙ CHRISTA SCHMID-EHRLINGER ∙ ULIE SCHWAB ∙

ANN SEALE ∙ LETTA SED ∙ SHERYL’S VIRTUAL GARDEN ∙

CHARLOTTE SHROYER ∙ JOEL S SIMPSON ∙ CLIFFORD SINGER ∙

INGRID STECKELBERG ∙ KATHLEEN STEEGMANS ∙ BETSY STEWART ∙

ARLIN SUKARLIN ∙ SUSMAR ∙ ALLAN SWITZER ∙ ILSE TAYLOR HABLE ∙

MARK THIBEAULT ∙ DINA TORRANS ∙ ISTVÁN VÁGÓ ∙ TIM VAHLE ∙ NILOOFAR VEJDANI ∙ MARIA AMELIA VIANNA ∙ GARY WAGNER ∙

LOUISE WANNIER ∙ JASON WATTS ∙ LIN WEI ∙ VANESSA WENWIESER ∙

MAX WERNER ∙ WIDMER TASSINARI ∙ KIMBERLY WURSTER ∙ JUNRU XIE ∙

HSIUNG YU ∙ GERARDO ZAMBRANO ∙ EWA ZELLER ∙ JEONG-AH ZHANG

“I use a technique consisting of burning paper through heat convection. I begin with an oil pastel drawing which I burn in a controlled manner that involves sleight of hand as well as the application of paper, is an expression of my feelings around human emotions and inequalities in our daily life.”

REZAUL HOQUE

Spotlight 31 Linda Hollinger

“I strive to capture my subjects in a classical, sensual way, presenting the human form as an extension of or in juxtaposition to nature and urban surroundings. The fragility of the human form against luminous, rugged and desolate landscapes creates a mood of sensuality and beauty existing within the contrasting context of textures and tones between the two elements.”

LINDA HOLLINGER

www.lindahollinger.photography

Joshua Tree
Digital Inkjet print 20 x 20 in.

Acrylic, metallic pigments and water-soluble oils on stretched linen 42 x 60 in.

Just as a bird collects and interlocks the material debris of their environment to weave a nest, a painter plucks colors from her palette and layers them in brushstrokes until a satisfying composition is achieved. Likewise, Alderman builds her “nest” paintings line by swooping line until a warp and weft of hundreds of marks create an inverted explosion of color. The results are unresolvable, psychedelic burls that limn an inner void while appearing fervently, almost painfully, full.

LIZ ALDERMAN

Galapripingreexy

Jeljulbrobluoracredam
Acrylic, copper dust, metallic pigments and water-soluble oils on stretched canvas 48 x 36 in.

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“An electrical engineer by trade, painting frees me of the rigid constraints of engineering. Through painting, I explore the connections between myself

BRIAN ANDERSON

Number
Acrylic on canvas 10 x 8 in.
Brian Anderson

“I use images, particularly the human form, often with sociopolitical overtones, to express emotions, ideas, present questions and promote dialogue. My

CELIA CARL ANDERSON

Acrylic on canvas 28 x 40 in.
13 Spotlight 31 Celia Carl Anderson

“In my dance series of carved and constructed portrayals of living dance performers, I strive

GORDON BECKER

The Bow
White maple poplar and yew wood 170 x 82 x 50 cm

explore the synergy between the subjects and the environment with hopes of relaying their stories. It is also a way to share the uniqueness and humanity of our communities with a wider audience. If my pataugsburger.net 15 Spotlight 31 Pat Augsburger

PAT AUGSBURGER

Cynderella Oil on linen 38 x 48 in.

“I have come to believe that I require art. For me art is a compelling way of life, it promotes essential selfexpression as well as inter-relational and intercultural connection. It is for me the most powerful way to articulate my quandaries as well as my discoveries, passions, and dreams.”

ALISON BARROWS-YOUNG

https://barrowsyoung.com

Alison Barrows-Young
Oil on canvas 36 x 48 in.
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element of color, having vast dimensions and proceeding form, is my devotion. My process evolves around strong emotional human response, regardless of the style that is depicted.”

KENNETH BLAKEMORE

Acrylic and epoxy on wood panel 28 x 22 in.

WERONIKA BRAUN

19 Spotlight 31 Weronika Braun

fantasy, or even surrealism. It is also important for me to create paintings that have some personal meaning and http://troybunch.com

TROY BUNCH

Third Eye Oil on stretched linen 24 x 30 in.

JOAN CAHILL

Llàgrimes de Manila, 2021

on canvas 100 x 100 cm

the artist approaches the shapes of the Spanish realism that emerged during the 1980s through a broad

MARTA CARCELLER

http://martacarcellerart.com

Acrylic
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“The interiors in my paintings are often an imaginary space with real elements from several existing locations composed together to create an atmosphere in light and shadow. They are paintings of the space and time in between. Composed windows to ephemeral, with an invitation to the viewer to step in and contemplate in deep time.”

yet present the image with an appreciation of how an outsider’s eye may see the peoples and on presenting the humanity in my subjects.”

ROBI CHAKRABORTY

https://robiphotography.com

Robi Chakraborty
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NIRA CHOREV

Nira Chorev

CHRISTY CHOR

Long Days

Digital color photograph 102 x 137 cm

Nadav is an abstract water photographer based in Eilat, a small town located on the shores of the Red Sea. Inspired by the views of his surroundings, Nadav’s work explores the ability of seawater to generate an ever-changing and ever-evolving image of the world they mirror. His work captures brief and transient moments in the movement of light on water surfaces and presents them in natural, unedited photographs. www.liquidreflect.com

NADAV COHEN

Nadav Cohen Spotlight

Wendy Cohen’s art practice depicts energy and movement that rotates with an interplay of various shapes, tones of color, and light. The viewer is invited to a result, her works are imbued with a sense of curiosity, wonderment, and intrigue.

WENDY COHEN

CHARLES COMPO

1000 x 630 mm

immediately relevant information but also contain those meaningful and deeply human insights into the most context and ultimately improve our understanding of who we are and why we are here.”

BRUCE COWELL

https://brccow.wixsite.com/fine-art-photography

Photograph
Bruce Cowell

De Klaver’s work explores what is most connected to our soul and considers emotive textures, marks, and movement in its raw and meditative energy. Through a hybrid form of abstract expressionism, de Klaver paints on canvas with a gradation of blacks, blues, pinks and white inspired by the dramatic ocean and beautiful light of the east end of Long Island. She has described painting as a form of storytelling, self-evident in both expressive movement and calligraphic forms within her work.

JENNIFER DE KLAVER

“Glass sculpture is not a common medium. The translucency of the material adds depth, light and vitality nature that can be pulled up and used as a point of reference for composition.”

JOHN JOSEPH DENIS

Glass and acrylic 72 x 21 x 21 in.

MITRA N DEVON

idea of capturing the moment. She allows herself to embrace or let go of each experience by sharing a piece of it with others. Her wish is that the observer might be able to pull their own experience from each piece. She often uses vibrant colors and patterns.

RIKA MAJA DUEVEL

Acrylic painting on canvas, wire, glue, Gorilla duct tape 109 x 116 cm

Oil, poetic text and video 240 x 120 cm https://youtu.be/MH3vm8pmXcE)

searches for links, resonances between faces, colors and shapes. And each painting becomes a universe on its own... “La beauté du monde est entre nos mains” (Zundel)

https://eisabelle.dictionnairedesartistescotes.com

“Abstract art is a reality that does not exist, a product of thought, momentary feelings, and

Acrylic on canvas 40 x 30 in.

“My paintings do not represent anything recognizable only geometric shapes. The color has its own tone, the empathy and passion I display in the use of the color in relation to form and space, I hope, opens up the experience of space as unpredictable and a movement towards freedom.” www.ullaferdinandsen.dk

ULLA FERDINANDSEN

Acrylic on canvas 60 x 50 cm
Acrylic on canvas 100 x 120 x 4 cm

“In 1991, I tried to put my sensory impressions on paper and canvas canvas. I have both solo and joint exhibitions at home and abroad and

ULLA FERDINANDSEN

www.ullaferdinandsen.dk

Spotlight 31 Fab

Digital photograph, Limited Edition 11 x 14 in.

“I am a California-based digital photographer and art historian. Using photography as a primary form of artistic expression, I discovered a passion for nature photography and illuminating the hidden world environmental awareness through aesthetic perceptions, and re-interpretations.”

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(Fabienne Sowa - Dobkowski)

meaning. I pay attention to composition and try to tell a story that can be personal or political. Thus, assemblage, bas-relief and even the introduction of real objects onto the pieces.”

PIER FORLANO

https://boxilla.wixsite.com/artbyboxilla

Acrylic on canvas 102 x 66 cm
Acrylic on canvas 24 x 24 x 1.5 in.
ROBERT FRANKEL

this process by wearing away and rebuilding the surfaces of her art. Kelly is a graduate of Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle. She also studied at the Atlanta College of Art and the Heatherley School of Art in London.

KELLY GARST

www.artworkarchive.com/profile/kelly-18eb8c0e-fa40-411d-8716-2b9f0dd514b5

Acrylic on canvas 36 x 36 in.

Charging Acrylic with egg yolk on canvas 24 x 18 in.

Design from Pratt Institute, NY. Currently, she works as an Interior Design in Los Angeles, CA. Jiawei’s and galleries. Her work is available for purchase through Artsy, Artnet & Foundwork.

http://www.jiawei-fu.com

B&W photograph 20 x 30 in.

“I love the instinctual creative process of street photography, which is about sensing the moment and interpreting the experience of that feeling for the viewer. The allure is being the unobtrusive art stems from a deep desire to connect with our humanity and the humanity of others.”

CHERYLE G GALLOWAY

Cheryle

experiences have changed. Interconnectedness has become a guiding principle and scenic, sacred nature was integral to my world.”

JORDANA RAE GASSNER

www.jordanarae.com

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loses its visual acuity, clarity and sharpness; suddenly the lines become blurred, distorted and one loses their sense vision, it spans out pieces that would otherwise have not been created if not for my distorted vision.”

DAMAN GILL-TUR

Digital media 2046 x 2046 px
Daman Gill-Tur Spotlight

“In my paintings, colour is the most important means of artistic expression. I create universes of colours and try to

SYLVIA GRAUER

Acrylic on canvas 80 x 100 cm

“I strive for my art to uplift the spirit and inspire appreciation for the beauty of life. My aesthetic sense springs from a wonder at the variety and mystery of the body’s physical reality as well as its ability to be transformed number of subjects, all with the purpose of creating something beautiful. Ultimately, that journey led me to focus on the beauty of the female form

MICHAEL IAN GOULDING

www.gouldingphotography.com

Red Panda XXVI
Digital photograph 14 x 11 in.
Aileen CCV
Digital photograph 11 x 14 in.
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Michael Ian Goulding

“This is an oil painting of my lovely niece Ava trying on a vintage capture this snapshot of time on canvas. I am having a lot of fun on my artistic journey and am excited to see where it leads me next.”

VERONICA M GRANTHAM

that simultaneously touch creator and viewer. Thick texture and sophisticated color palettes are signature elements in her evocative, unique paintings.

JANET GRISSOM

Fire Red Oil on canvas 30 x 30 in.
Janet Grissom
Moving On Oil on canvas 24 x 18 in.
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JACOB HARBECK

“By combining two divergent forces and approaches: realism and abstract expression, my paintings communicate conveying my concern of man’s impact on our environment from climate change.”

RONNA S. HARRIS

production. It’s fascinating how people have a way of personalizing inanimate objects.”

FRANK SOENKE HASELOFF

“Nature is my primary source of inspiration. Painting for me is a meditative state of being, where I connect to of doing art is to be able to communicate that all things are connected to one another and to the universe. The

https://gro-heining.no

Acrylic and collage on canvas 76 x 102 cm

Beginning Oil 24 x 36 in.

Originally from Portugal, Monica Hilario came to the U.S.A. to pursue a Ph.D. in Neuroscience, studying habits and addiction. After an academic career as a research scientist, she is now directing her interests believing both to be complementary in the understanding and creation of beauty.

MONICA HILARIO

https://www.monicahilario.com

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Three Peonies Oil on linen 84 x 100 cm

Dream Big 1, 2022

Mixed media on canvas 60 x 60 x 4,5 cm

diverse in media and approach. Her works display complex rich surfaces and she employs a variety of techniques. Her experimental practice includes painting and printmaking techniques. As her work

EVELYN HÖRMANN

www.kunstatelier-hoermann.de

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Trimming V

Archival pigment print 9 x 16 in.

audience into a space that oscillates between life and death. Since childhood, I have had a deep interest in the spiritual correlation between the world of the living and the dead, a universe I call “0.5”. My curiosity grew while having my own experiences of

TATSUNORI HOSOI

Tatsunori Hosoi

pigment print 9 x 16 in.

Trimming VI
Archival
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Kate was born in 1983 in Kaohsiung City, Republic of China and graduated in 2011 from the Taipei National and computer graphics. Most of her work is based on the theme of brain cells, illustration of interpersonal

KATE HUANG

facebook.com/HuangPinHsuanArtworks

Acrylic D. 70 cm

painting not so much in a narrative sense, Atom painted bits and pieces of thoughts or emotions/memories, at times incidental, at times directed

ATOM HOVHANESYAN

Conte crayon, Prismacolor pencil on charcoal paper 30 x 24 in.
Conte crayon, Prismacolor pencil on charcoal paper 30 x 24 in.
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crayon, Prismacolor pencil on charcoal paper 21 x 30 in.

it is thought to be at best—embarrassing, and at worst—indecent. My exploration involves placing homoerotic male nudes in intimate domestic locations, which engage the viewer either as voyeur or resolve for themselves the question of good and evil about male nudity in particular.”

GERARD HUBER

Conte
Gerard Huber

TRASHURE

Treasure the beauty of the undesirable. Let the discarded revive in its own way, with its own temper. While creating custom-designed immaculate plates for Michelin-starred restaurants, Swedish ceramicist CAJO wanted to pay attention to the entire mass of clay; to explore with reverence the waste coming to life.

CARINA “CAJO” JOHANSSON

Ceramics H. 30 cm
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“My art has the

DITA JACOBOVITZ

Moon Magic, Circa 1990 Mixed media ring Private collection

75 Spotlight 31 Barbara Jardine, M.A. RCA
BARBARA JARDINE

Jolic’s creative process follows a consistent pattern: she begins with three black canvases to ensure that she is inspired by the forms developing before her eyes, 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.

eyes can rest. She moves from one canvas to the next with passion and excitement to bring them to a phase she calls “detachment.” When she reaches that point, it is time for her to let go. Only then can she reach for a new canvas and feel the euphoria of creation once again.

http://www.artistejolic.ca

mechanical reproduction of what nature produces. Nature is rather associated with my creative process in which I favor aesthetic validity.”

MARCEL JOMPHE

https://marceljomphe.art

Samar Kamel is an Egyptian artist, curator, and author, with two published books and also the recipient of the Maliha Award in short story writing that was held in Sharjah in 2019. Samar has been marked as an author known for works that examine cultural attitudes towards women and aim to transform stereotypes through vibrant depictions of the modern woman. With over 70 international art exhibitions and art fairs across the world, Kamel has exhibited in China, Oxford, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Tokyo, Oman, Egypt and more. Samar has worked as a curator at since 2019. Instagram@ArtBySamar

SAMAR KAMEL

La Vie
Mixed media and acrylic on canvas 120 x 120 cm
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I put forward a philosophy and creative activities that reestablish the essential unity between people and nature, even within the context of today’s highly advanced science and technology.”

ERIKO KANIWA - SENSEGRAPHIA

https://sensegraphia.jp

Wave Ripples

Card, bronze leaf, wood 30 x 30 x 6 cm

“Selecting elements and capturing the transience and fragility of our natural world. Translucent

DIANE KAZAKIS

https://linktr.ee/dartemisia

Diane Kazakis Spotlight

interest is the symbolism of process—how a work possesses energy through the making rather than from the use of visuals. Khabiri avoids exerting conceptual or emotional ideas upon the viewer. Her aim is to create pieces that are quiet in nature.

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moment. There is no past in my studio, no future. There is just now — and now is where layered. I use a variety of media to narrate my story.”

JILL KRASNER

Jill Krasner

“I have been photographing since I was 13 years old, often using my father’s

ELMER LAAHNE

Mixed media collage and watercolor on paper 11 x 16 cm

“I stand for freedom with my Mail Art Project. I have been against war reinerlanger.org

REINER LANGER

not in control of my life, and a remembrance of where I have been and how far I have come.”

Digital infrared photograph

allows the camera to capture subjects illuminated with light that the human eye is incapable of seeing naturally. My subject matter is typically natural landscapes or architecture.”

CHUCK LEMBO

https://chucklembophotography.com

Chuck Lembo

“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

www.vickileonartist.com

unabashed introduction to the exquisite vulnerability and idiosyncrasies of a dahlia at the crux of her personal metamorphosis. She is compelled into transition, with no choice but to go forward into change www.dliguoriartandstory.com

DIANE LIGUORI

that people go through, from childhood to adulthood, which in many ways is full of chaos and hardship, are sometimes nightmares are the birthplace of some of the best ideas for an artist.”

ANSON LIAW

Pencil, ink and digital 17 x 20 in.
Chalk pastels on archival BFK Rives paper 16 x 18 in.

Cécile Lobert is a neurodiverse, non-verbal visual abstract expressionist who addresses consciousness in its raw form. Her style is perhaps best-known for its emancipation from normative outlooks and our true self; untouched by our histories and social, cultural and educational upbringings, Lobert highlights who we may truly be without the conditioning we continuously undergo.

CÉCILE LOBERT

www.cecilelobert.com

Flux UV Acrylic on canvas 160 x 120 cm
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creative imagination and a camera is what I use to bridge together question and answer.” Digital photograph

ELLIOT LOVELL

Collage on paper 9 x 12 in. https://theusedlife.com

work uses elements of fantasy, nostalgia, and dream in order to contemplate the extraordinary in everyday life. She is based in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.

LAURA MARZOLA

Laura Marzola Spotlight

“My vision moves outside boundaries established by the rationality and empiricism underpinning science

TREVOR

Foam core board, rebar wire, piece of wood 38.2 x 18 x 23 cm

Island, 2021-2022

Installation with found mirrors and pictures

Tatiana Mesa Paján (b. 1981) is from Havana, Cuba and currently lives and works in Tampa, Florida. Mesa is a process-based artist fascinated by relationships, experience as a language, and solitude or introspection as nature. A poet of everyday gestures, she works with installations, found objects, artist books, collections, creative writing, public interventions. Mesa’s art has been displayed in Cuba, https://www.tatianamesapajanartevida.com

TATIANA MESA PAJÁN

Tatiana Mesa Paján
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Pen, black ink, watercolor 100 x 148 mm

personal darkness. She uses universal motifs and embraces people who respect and fear creatures like moths and internal organs. She works with pens, brushes and black ink.

KAEKO MIZUTANI

Kaeko Mizutani
Pen, black ink, watercolor
100 x 148 mm
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Mixed media quilt 28 x 30 in.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEv_blaUYiDinUy8l4rwiJg

JULIA MUENCH

www.artworkarchive.com/profile/julia-muench

Muench

European Modernist Constructed Art. My interests in medieval church architecture, limestone landscape and certain elements of geometric construction have developed over time into wall sculptures that constructed from best fair-faced plywood, beech strip wood, silver leaf and acrylic paint.” www.derekmorrissculptor.co.uk

DEREK MORRIS

“I have always felt that painting is what I was meant to do. Inspired by French Impressionism that seem to call out to me. Rather than replicating what I see, I re-imagine it, and incorporate new painting ideas and techniques to express a unique perspective of the subject.”

Acrylic on canvas 5 x 4 ft
TIMOTHY MULLIGAN

determines my themes in painting. I move between representationalism and abstraction. It is

BARBARA MÜNSTERMANN

Maniola
Acrylic on canvas 60 x 80 cm

Fresco-limestone, pigments on canvas 80 x 100 cm

An expression of transformation, morphology in painting, birth and natural life processes and scents out in the process of painting the www.gabriele-musebrink.de

GABRIELE MUSEBRINK

Gabriele Musebrink

“My paintings explore the relationship between a person’s feelings and their emotional memories. The moments in my paintings are depicted in my own visual vocabulary, where self-expression is limitless. By highlighting aesthetics,

MARJU MUST

Oil on canvas 75 x 115

by the Society of Illustrators and American Illustration and has been featured in numerous publications, such as Forbes and www.knyamazaki.com

KEIKO NABILA YAMAZAKI

Digital media 11 x 14 in.
Keiko Nabila Yamazaki
MIEKO NAKAMURA

my state of mind and interpretation of a particular location and time. The Grand

JULIO NAZARIO

https://www.julionazario.com/

Julio Nazario

“Fall’s Alarm” is plate #42 in John O’Connor’s book, White Lies Matter: Decoding American Deceptionalism (iUniverse Publishing, 2020).

society of his time, ‘ is a visual history of American hypocrisy. This series of and the accompanying essays were created to reveal the deceptions, lies, and cynicism of America and the

JOHN A. O’CONNOR

She has exhibited work and received awards throughout Finland and internationally in England, Sweden, including several museums like FIDM Los Angeles, and Hallwyl Stockholm.

RIITTA NELIMARKKA

Acrylic on canvas 55 x 65 x 2 cm
Riitta Nelimarkka
Wool relief 150 x 90 x 3 cm
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“The challenge is to paint pictures out of emotion. That’s much harder than painting them out of my head. To face the emotion and reveal it is more courageous than to show thoughts and constructs.”

BRIGITTE OBERLIK-BURTSCHER

www.oberlik-burtscher.at

Acrylic on canvas 100 x 140 cm

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“This is an image of an animal and a person at the same time. A fragment of a drawing of da Vinci’s internal organs is applied to the body of a cow, which is considered a sacred animal in India. There I met this particular cow in the city of Varanasi.”

http://vladas-orzekauskas.artistwebsites.com

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Vladas Orzekauskas
Digital print on silk 100 x 133 cm
WAYNE PAIGE
Acrylic on canvas 50 x 65 cm
Paizy GUY

Digital photograph 32 x 22 in.

“My photography, my art, encompasses everything. It is about landscapes, people, street scenes, wildlife, abstracts, mundane objects, and my everyday observations, from MY daily experiences. My photography, my art, has no season.”

SUSAN PLATT

Emmanuel & Raja Cast bronze, patina 68 x 22 x 30 cm 117 Spotlight 31 Anna Pazdalska

with various materials; wood, and bronze and the forms I create are sometimes abstract, sometimes more realistic. Nature is an inexhaustible source of beauty.” https://anna-pazdalska.com

ANNA PAZDALSKA

ANTONELLA QUACCHIA

“The painting captures a moment that cannot be repeated. There is

ILGONIS RINKIS

www.instagram.com/ilgonis_rinkis

Note shapes collage (digitized/printed), Permanent marker and acrylic on paper 22 x 23 cm

“My picture compositions unite aspects of the naturalistic areas with abstract elements. Visual art allows me to bring my innermost to the outside. My art always oscillates on the border between objectivity and abstraction.”

GERHARD RABE

www.gerhard-rabe.de

Note shapes collage (digitized/printed), Permanent marker and acrylic on paper 50 x 40 cm

121 Spotlight 31 Gerhard Rabe
Mind Games

“My paintings do not depict things which I actually observe, but rather what I recall from the past, and more accurately, what I wish to see. From historical and cultural imagery I draw an identity map that conversation between motion and shape, I transcribe life’s events through hue, shape and motion and

Vegan Dream
Acrylic on canvas 120 x 120 x 4 cm
Natalia Rose

Balance and nature through impactful, yet subtle emotional color, Rousseau creates dreamlike abstracts that are playful and bright. Informally referred to as the Eighth of “The Group of Seven”, Rousseau is privileged to be referred to as an American cousin to the distinctive style. Elegantly world with twists of imbued color wrapped into abstract forms, like a memory of a dream.

CR ROUSSEAU

CR Rousseau
Oil on canvas 48 x 36 in.
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Lusie Schellenberg is an award-winning professional artist based in Contemporary Art. She creates her paintings by combining various techniques.

LUSIE SCHELLENBERG

www.lusieschell.art

Madonna Oil on canvas 60 x 80 cm Lusie Schellenberg

“My art shows how I am doing and what I dream about. The need to express something without having to put it in words is what causes colors, shapes and stories to appear on the canvas. I start without a

B. SANTEGOEDS

Frühe

Acrylic on canvas 100 x 100 cm

“Movement - line - eyes - gaze searching for lines, in the inanimate and in living nature. www.schmid-ehrlinger.de

CHRISTA SCHMID-EHRLINGER

Various sizes and print surfaces available

Sheryl is an emerging nature photographer primarily focused on botanicals response to the gentle curve of a petal, for example, is a source of joy

selective focus, black and white conversion, and intentional camera movement (ICM). Sheryl uses creative digital darkroom technologies to enhance an image based on her artistic vision.

www.sherylsvirtualgarden.com

Pigments, acrylic, different structures, pumice mortar, gold pigments, nacre and cold wax 90 x 90 x 2 cm

www.peinture-moderne-ulie.ch

Ulie Schwab

Pigments, acrylic, different structures, pumice mortar, walnut stain, gold and silver pigments, nacre and cold wax 90 x 90 x 2 cm

“Any human activity leaves traces that will stay engraved in the memory of our earth. I am inspired by of a Federal Councillor (President of Switzerland in 2021) at the government in Bern.”

133 Spotlight 31 Ulie Schwab

“I give all credit to God for blessing me with artistic ability. It is my desire to give participate. I have loved to paint, draw and create from an early age, and I am

Monotype with oil and pen 8 x 8 in.

“My journey into the art world was completely unexpected. I had little or no exposure to painting as a child, but a project in an elementary education art methods class at Ohio State was the serendipitous trip to Taos, New Mexico for the “art seed” to sprout. Today I paint, weave, and write and

CHARLOTTE SHROYER

Charlotte Shroyer, Ph.D.

Mechanical Universe, 2001-2020

Acrylic on canvas 58 1/2 x 108 x 2 in.

York on May 19, 1955. Having been an original New York Soho-based artist for most of his life now lives and works in Henderson, Nevada. Singer is a skilled and well-known artist who is celebrated for his unique geometry-inspired artworks. He has created paintings, sculptures, prints, and front covers that are inspired by geometric thought and vision in excess of 45 years.

CLIFFORD SINGER

www.cliffordsinger.net

139 Spotlight 31 Ingrid Steckelberg

Ingrid Steckelberg draws her inspiration mostly from objects and landscapes. She is fascinated by the aesthetics of decay, such as rusting iron or the morbid beauty of rotting wood and crumbling walls. She views her paintings as metaphors, rearrangements, transformations from one state to another (political and social).

INGRID STECKELBERG

www.ingrid-steckelberg.de

I’ve learned on my personal development and spirituality journey. It’s my goal to inspire my collectors to follow their

KATHLEEN STEEGMANS

“I create paintings of microscopic and macroscopic nature: origins of life from a drop of water to systems in the vast cosmos. I honor the words of that it is attached to the rest of the world.”

BETSY STEWART

Acrylic 120 x 150 cm

painting, confronting political tropes and social justice issues.”

www.allanswitzer.com

Ink and acrylic on canvas 101 x 76 cm

“My practice extends across painting, music and lutherie. I am inspired by the natural environment, and how it and change, adaptation and improvisation is part of my creative process. My paintings are an intuitive unveiling or revealing of the inherent linear compositions woven through our perception of the world and our interactions within it.”

MARK THIBEAULT

https://www.markthibeault.com

cleanse oneself of troubling thoughts. My recent landscapes are the result of the inspiration I feel while “bathing.” Through these expressive plein-air and studio paintings, I strive to capture the emotions and responses I experience while bathing in evocative locations around the country.” https://timvahlefineart.com

TIM VAHLE

Praise Oil on linen 18 x 24 in.

personal mythology. This process continues to inspire me to action and to dialoguing about our evolving world and human belief systems, personal and planetary evolution and our ultimate interconnectedness.”

DINA TORRANS

http://www.dinatorrans.art

Dina Torrans
Vermont Danby marble, copper 30 x 38 x 13 cm
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19 x 22 cm

inexpressible”; to point out the correlation of the elements of existence with symbols, to show the ancient the visual signs carry symbolic, emotional meaning but they are not far from reality. They illustrate fascinating topics which are eternal and have a message even for today’s people.” www.istvanvago.com István

17 x 25 cm
151 Spotlight 31 István Vágó

on the verge of change. It is the stage in between, where you left the previous situation but have not fateful decision is made, spaces full of instability, fear, indecisiveness and loneliness.”

Acrylic on canvas 80 x 80 cm

“I am always searching for new paths and visions in photography. There

Spotlight 31 Maria Amelia Vianna
MARIA AMELIA VIANNA

Dune View

Archival pigment print on 100% cotton rag 40 x 50 cm

pay respect to the natural order and beauty of the earth but also to show my vision of the land, sea, and light.”

GARY WAGNER

Color digital photograph

“I am fascinated by observing patterns, noticing closely how light interacts with both nature and our intense, dynamic urban landscapes. I attempt to capture and present visually the energy and spirit I observe and feel in our complex world. Lately, I have become captivated by the presence of abstract patterns within both natural and manmade objects and structures and noticing that some can be

LOUISE WANNIER

Jason Watts’ paintings portray a complex, dynamic world that is grounded in setting scenes, using nostalgic references to blend past, future, and present. Though his paintings have universal relevance, his choice to focus on the American city gives his work a narrative presence. He sees his work as a unique window to the past, yet always with an eye toward telling his own story. As a mid-career artist and muralist, his “When we ruled the world” references the spirit and optimism of youth.

JASON WATTS

https://jwattsart.com

Jason Watts Spotlight

When We Ruled The World

on wood panels 12 x 4 ft.

Diptych, Oil
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Vanessa Wenwieser’s work places the female in the center of her imagination, liberated from an imaginative, beautiful way, displaying transcendence and drawing the viewer in. These artworks, show what particular transformative emotions and feelings could look like. Be it love, metamorphosis, imagination, healing, regaining lost strength and the afterlife.

VANESSA WENWIESER

https://www.kunstfabrikstudio.com

Wenwieser

https://circle-arts.com/widmer-tassinari

Tassinari
WIDMER TASSINARI

the viewer, as often artists are categorized and presented to the public with a “label”. I am not a landscapist, a surrealist, or a realist etc… yet perhaps, I am all those things at the same time.”

MAX WERNER

Acrylic on canvas 93 x 57 cm
Acrylic on canvas 76 x 90 cm

Pastel 14 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.

“Painting birds and their habitat has become a passion of mine. I love the challenge of creating an interesting composition with believable depth and a variety of textures. I use my

KIMBERLY WURSTER

163 Spotlight 31 Junru Xie

Balloon Companion

Silicone, gold-plated brass bracelet

With an interest in storytelling through objects, Junru works from personal experience and focuses with the wearer and stimulates to open-up emotions. Her project ‘Pop! Out of Safety Zone,’ is inspired by her childhood balloon phobia. The balloon is a reoccurring feature in this jewelry collection, which becomes therapy jewelry that allows the artist to embrace her fear.

Hsiung Yu’s latest masterpiece, integrates abstract expressionism with primitive art. The diptych contains more than 300 fantastic totems and symbols which demand careful observation to fully appreciate the power and delicacy of this painting.

HSIUNG YU

Acrylic on canvas 72.5 x 91 cm
Acrylic on canvas 72.5 x 91 cm
165 Spotlight 31 Hsiung Yu

Mixed media 36 x 48 in.

“My most recent piece in the Geometric Graphitti Series, “Parthenope”, is the most evolved painting with a combination of three elements: Aerosol geometric

GERARDO ZAMBRANO

www.uniqueoriginaldesign.com/copy-of-lp-romania

Gerardo Zambrano

landscape oeuvre exemplify her passion for the natural world. Infused with a fresh vision of the magic and allure of the terrestrial realm, the artist engages in an organic response to nature with natural, often fantastic textures and saturated colors to simulate familiar landscape environments.

EWA ZELLER

“My life and art are based on my own philosophical thoughts and experiences. symbols, metaphors and imagery of the metaphysical world to express phenomena such as the nature of life, or the principles of the universe. It consists of philosophical considerations of a visible and invisible world.”

JEONG-AH ZHANG

Acrylic on canvas 53 x 73 cm
Oil and acrylic on canvas 73 x 53 cm
169 Spotlight 31 Jeong-Ah Zhang

Wei

Dove, 2017 Oil on canvas 24 x 18 in.

“I hope that my paintings reveal the pride, sorrow and ideals https://www.art4sfgallery.com

Lin Wei The Dove Oil on canvas 24 x 18 in.

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