LandEscape
ANNA FINE FOER
NATALIE MCGUIRE
NAIMA KARIM
CÉCILE FILIPE
JAKUB PASIERKIEWICZ
DONNA CARNAHAN
ROMINA SCHIMPF
VICTORIA ADKOZALOVA
JOYCE CAMILLERI
The theme of the artist's works is the theme of the Universe ... The parallel lines present on the canvases symbolize the essence of being and the endless flow forward.
Similar to the String theory, which states that the smallest particles are the strings that sound and create our universe. The intention to comprehend the world of emotions and feelings, an attempt to penetrate into the inner world of a viewer to touch the mystery of his soul. The artist mainly paints in oils, but also uses a mixed technique, adding gold foil and acrylic paints. Viktoria chose the grotesque as the main artistic technique with which she creates an integral picture of the world in the image of an animal or a person.
C o n t e m p o r a r y A r t R e v i e w
Recurring themes in my work include scientific discoveries, technology, alternative energy, location, and natural or unnatural disasters, though my output cannot be categorized in terms of specific subject matter; instead, it is my underlying approach and aesthetic that represents the unifying element. When I have an idea, I make many sketches to discover the best way to convey the idea and then search for the images to incorporate into the collage. My work has more than one story to tell. I may be both trying describe the curve of the earth on a flat piece of paper and using collaged images to blur boundaries between the natural and the manufactured/technological world, representing simultaneously land, sky, water and architecture. It is made in a traditional way; constructed with cut paper and adhesive and plays with distortions between visual perspective and surface image.
I’m Donna Carnahan, international photographer from Houston, Texas. I opened my first studio during the worldwide pandemic, here in the Arts District Houston, just west of downtown. Born in Texas, inspired in Italy, I created La Donna Foto in Houston. Ever since my aunt gave me a vintage 1960s camera, I have had a passion for photography. My career path transitioned from finance to photography when in 2015 I traveled to Florence, Italy where I became intrigued with the beauty of Renaissance art. With an eye for composition, I have traveled throughout Europe, and extensively within Italy while immersing myself in learning the language, culture, history and art.
As an artist teacher, my work aims at exploring the experiential value of drawing as a form of critical enquiry characterised by a timeless state of incompleteness recalling mankind’s continuous journey of becoming on paper and beyond its linear boundaries. Theory and practice meet in the drawing process as a visually poetic praxis, nourishing one’s intrinsic sense of wonder for the unknown and bringing about instances of meaningmaking and learning compelled by the artistic process itself. Such applied enquiry is drawn on a personal narrative of becoming both as an artist and researcher; a journey informed by theoretical and practical avenues of thought, which culminate in captivating visual forms that unite thought and action in the creative process.
My three-dimensional textile works are strongly influenced by my birthplace, where the main characteristic of soil and rocks is its unmistakable red color due to the presence of iron-rich laterite minerals.Not only the presence of this mineral and its precious color influence and determine my works, but also the lush flora and fauna of the place, giving rise to a rich symbiosis of organic and inorganic elements that converge simultaneously to establish a homogeneous flow and relationship between the different stages and processes of life in general.My textiles express this fusion between living and non-living organisms, that very repeat of nature in every detail, in every being and object.
Painting is for me a necessity. It allows me to expel my emotions, it’s also a constant inner and aesthetic search for light, depth and balance.
I want to paint what can't be seen, the breath, the wind, the movement, the emotion, the rustle of the leaves, rain, ice seasons.
From a mixed technology linking acrylic paint, pure pigments and collages, in an intuitive manner, I weave my links across lights, traces and footprints.
I work mainly with acrylic on canvas but also with inks and watercolors on paper.
Bangladesh/ The Netherlands
The sky is full of dreams. I discovered this as a child growing up in Bangladesh observing the sky as it constantly changed the colours and the expressions with it. The sunrise, the sunset, the dark night, the rain when it is full of dark clouds all seemed very romantic to me. I have recovered from Guillain Barre Syndrome, a neurological disorder which left me completely paralyzed. It took me one and half year to walk again. When I was lying in bed and couldn’t move any of my limbs, my only dream was to run across the grass field and look at the beautiful sky. After graduating in Fine Arts I moved to the Netherlands and was inspired by the Dutch masters like Van Gogh’s colourful paintings and Ruisdael’s deep, dark yet beautiful clouds.
Jakub Pasierkiewicz
Poland / United Kingdom
My main passion is painting and drawing but I have never lost my interest in the medium of photography, which in some sense, is an essential accomplishment of my artistic language.
I use my camera to transfer and materialise the emotions which develop in my mind, the excitement caused by encountered reality. Sometimes the photos can abstract from reality, showing different aspects of colours and forms, whereas other times they can simply reflect certain situations taking place in front of my camera.
In my practice I try to recreate an idea which appears through thorough observation of the surrounding world.
Victoria Adkozalova
lives and works in Kyiv, Ukraine
Joyce Camilleri
lives and works in Malta
Donna Carnahan
lives and works in Houston, Texas, United States
My images are little mosaics pieces of my memory that I capture and share with the world. Photography is second nature to me and allows me to express how I see things in day to day life. This gift was given to me by my father.My subject matter is driven by my ability to go out shooting with an open mind allowing Mother Nature to show me what she wants to be captured. I look at my scene and decide; am I going for color, texture, lines, mood, or drama? This helps me decide if I shoot color or infrared.My photography is many things, depending on my environment when capturing the image. When shooting infrared, this style of photography brings another worldly look to my photographs, almost a dreamlike state that has a 3D effect. My color images, I primarily use to grab the vibrancy that Mother Nature’s glory offers up to us. I create images that make you feel like you are there with me in the scene.
Romina Schimpf
lives and works in Malaga, Spain
Cécile Filipe
lives and works in Paris, France
Naima Karim
lives and works in Saudi Arabia
Natalie McGuire
lives and works in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Jakub Pasierkiewic
lives and works in Chatham, United Kingdom
Anna Fine Foer
lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Special thanks to Miya Ando, Juerg Luedi, Urte Beyer, Beth Krensky, Rudiger Fischer, Lisa Birke, Haylee Lenkey, Martin Gantman, Ariane Littman, Max Epstein, Nicolas Vionnet, Sapir Kesem Leary, Greg Condon, Jasper Van Loon, Alexandre Dang, Christian Gastaldi, Larry Cwik, Michael Nelson, Dana Taylor, Michael Sweeney, Colette Hosmer, Melissa Moffat, Marinda Scaramanga and Artemis Herber.
