Artists Describing Their Art:
Carolyn Judge - My name is Carolyn. I am an Auckland based Artist. I am a full time watercolourist. This is the only medium I work in as I find it beautiful, challenging, exasperating and magical. I love to paint still life, portraits and landscapes. I have adopted a methodology for painting still life and portraits and that gives me great control of my painting. I build up each layer until I'm happy with the richness of colour, form and depth. Painting landscapes requires a freer approach, a little more impressionistic but still with the ability to call out the details of a building or plant etc. I work mainly with transparent watercolours. This allows each layer of colour to be seen. Great effects and depth of colour can be achieved this way, but it also means any mistakes cannot be hidden! I occasionally use opaque pigments if I want a textural effect such as painting the bark on a tree, or some old flaking paint on a house. I try to paint everyday. I am very passionate about my work and paint even when away from home. I recently won two awards, a merit award for a portrait at the Mairangi ...
Anna Zarshin - I put my thoughts on a canvas with no premeditated plan and directionaEUR|.. I donaEURtmt know exactly where I should write my name in order not to be spilled out. Since the earth is recently flattened, the field of human vision should be widenedaEUR|.. The line that connects our heaven and earth togetheraEUR|. We all are moving towards the same direction... and gradually join to the color of lightaEUR|.. But the humans are ejecting out of the canvas as far as the eyes can reach....
Igor Moshkin - Artist Moshkin Igor I wish to participate in the competition For this I represent the Arctic territory, sea territory in my authors paintings in watercolor technique. In my paintings you can see birds and animals in the Arctic zone, forests, mountains. You can see the streets and houses of small Russian cities. I invite you to watch...
Herman Van Bon - Keep investing in your childlike imagination is one of Hermans many quotes. He once traveled around the world as a technical photojournalist, nowadays he has been enjoying the beautiful, untouched nature in South Africa for almost 18 years now. Herman finds inspiration in the same nature. The perfect photo in the early morning is just the beginning of his creative journey I like to explore the possibilities and limits of digital art, I just let it flow to see where it can go, sometimes the end result appears quickly, sometimes the creative process takes months and other times the creation dies in its own beauty. Some reviews aEURoeBorn in the Netherlands and currently living in Napier, South Africa, Herman van Bon explores the poetic qualities of photography aEUR" sometimes literally, like in his series of photo haiku. His images highlight the ethereal beauty of the landscapes around him, and the above photo is no exception we loved how so much of the visual action takes place in the sky, with terrestrial life aEUR" trees, grass aEUR" merely a secondary character in a much bigger storyaEUR. aEUR" Ben Huberman WordPress aEURoeWat T.T. Cloete in sy gedig sAa is waar aEUR~die aarde is deur een ...
Evelyn Espinoza - Travel is the fount of my inspiration Most days, the beauty in this world is overwhelming. I canaEURtmt help but respond with gratitude to the Lord through recording all things that take my breath away. I love to explore and immerse myself in different spaces different cultures, architecture, landscape. ItaEURtms a wonderful adventure, which Id love to share with you. I paint in watercolor or oil. My paintings are inspired from my photos by the people and places I travel to and live in. Currently, I live in Tokyo, and many of my paintings are influenced by all things Japanese. Born into a military family, IaEURtmve been moving every few years. The longest I lived in one country was 13 years. Every few years is a new adventure, a new language, new friends to make, and many visual delights to absorb. As an adult, Ive kept on traveling. The more traveling I did, the more photos I took. My interest in Photography started in high school with my dadaEURtms SLR camera. This progressed into digital photography. I love my photos. TheyaEURtmre my memory of being in that place. Nobody elseaEURtms. I know thousands of...
Tal Dvir - Painting contemporary impressionism and realism, the artist Tal Dvir is grounded in the classic approach inspired by the masters Velasquez, Rembrandt, Murillo, El Greco and Pissaro. Tal's work is a reflection of life and its surroundings. Moved by his childhood memories of his grandfather's work, Joseph Gusdin (1899 - 1980), Tal developed an affinity for landscapes, flowers, portraits and figures. From the beginning, Tal sought perfection in his art supported by sketches, deep contrasts and smooth to loose random blending and rendering with soft and abstract brush strokes. While exhibiting a natural talent by as a young kid, Tal started early and never stopped following his passion to draw and paint. At 16, Tal was admitted to the prestigious Witzo School of Art in Tel Aviv. Under the tutelage of Professor Pinchas Rosin, he acquired the technical skills to channel his natural talents. From 1989-1994, Tal attended Meimad and Kalisher visual art schools, also located in Tel Aviv. He studied under accomplished local artists Harold Rubin, Maya Cohen-Levi, Michael Segen-Cohen and others. In 2006, Tal moved with his family to the US, opening a new chapter in his career. Influenced by American artists John Singer Sargent, ...