Artists Describing Their Art:
Gill Bustamante - My name is Gill Bustamante and I paint large colourful semi-abstract magical landscape and wildlife paintings in oil on canvas. Whilst my paintings are mostly inspired by the Sussex landscapes I see around me, I reflect any landscape or seascape I have ever visited. My painting style fuses magical, colourful and ethereal elements along with Impressionist, semi-abstract, Art Nouveau and something I term aEUR~Memory ImpressionismaEURtm. This is where I go walking somewhere rural, look at and absorb the things I see and experience, and then come home and try to capture an echo of the place from memory, including any wildlife I may have seen. My paintings reflect, for me, the spiritual echoes of beautiful places such as those in Sussex and the English countryside generally and it always fascinates me what emerges on to a canvas from a simple memory. All of them have a story attached and are named once I have completed the painting and can see more clearly what the story is I completed a fine art degree in Brighton in 1983 and I have painted since I was three. I love what I do and consider myself very fortunate to have found a ...
Alla Alevtina Volkova - Throughout my whole life I always found myself drawing or painting when i have free time. I was always especially attracted to oil paintings, because they seemed to be alive. Painting has always been my hobby and I feel like it captures me best. I always try my absolute best to convey the beauty and subtlety of our world, nature and life, to capture the most amazing moments in life on a canvas...
Goksen Parlatan - As an artist, mosaic is a very practical way to express my thoughts, feelings and ideas even my hope. Working with the old techniques and giving innovation with creativity makes me happy in this area. Meanwhile mosaic always takes time and it gives me growth and strenght. Sometimes the work wears a different cloth than the first thought of it. So amazement and fun is always there. ...
Chris Walker - I am a painter from England, living and painting in Provence, France. I am passionate about original art, I paint mainly in oils, generally brightly coloured in all sizes and formats. Subjects vary from abstract, through whimsical and enigmatic to classic landscape. Styles also vary considerably depending on, viewpoint, season, surreal, impressionist, cubist. People, animals, trees and urban scenes feature in many of my works. Each painting is entirely original, influenced by my environment and by the masters and classics. My aim is to produce pleasing and thought provoking paintings, that can be lived with. I undertake special commissions. Please see more paintings and sold pieces at my website. New works are regularly added. New ideas are continuously considered. Just contact me....
Heinrich Filter - Dear Friends of African wildlife, Taking inspiration from the bush and my previous experience as a safari guide my creations strive to capture the essence and beauty of the animals I sculpt. A completely self-taught artist, my expertise ranges from figurative, wildlife, bird, abstract to African works. Each piece is exclusively sculpted, chased and finished by myself and available in either solid Sterling silver or bronze and in any size - from coffee table pieces to life-size sculpture. For every purchase a donation is made to a conservation organisation of your choice. Warm regards from the southern hemisphere Heinrich Filter ...