Artists Describing Their Art:
Dario Impini - Serenity, Beauty, Harmony. In a perennially troubled world an artist has, generally speaking, two options in their creative process reflect the chaos or wallpaper over it. I have trouble imagining my living space decorated with turbulent images of despair and misery. Doesnt enough of the outside world invade ones life despite our best intentions Instead I offer images that inspire something more serene and calming to the soul. Visual anesthetic if you will. Imbued in me during my formative years was an amalgam of form and function that was definitive 60s and 70s. A focus on the yin yang of feminine flowing curves and masculine angles permeated that time span. It was the era of the road-borne starship Lamborghini, the gold dot Movado watch, the Chanel perfume that encouraged you to share the fantasy on the manicured lawns of a fabulous mansion, and the sound barrier piercing icons of flight - the Concorde and SR71 Blackbird. This brew of influences inspired the following collection of photographic artworks which have been published nationally and seen in art galleries coast to coast. Each one of these artworks is pre-visualized, crafted in dreams or visions, carefully planned, archived for the right moment, ...
Victor Sheleg - Victor Sheleg is a contemporary Latvian artist. His personal viewpoint, which examines the conformist culture of the society he encounters before transforming it into a fascinating artistic aesthetic, serves as the foundation for his creative outlook. His shadowy, suggestive portrayals of women strike an intriguing mix between conformity and freedom in both form and content. Victor Sheleg was born in 1962. He lives and works in Latvia. Sheleg exhibited his works in Latvia, Russia, Finland, USA, Czech Republic, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, Polan, Italy, and has taken part in numerous important art fairs, including Art Ireland, Dublin, Art Zurich International, Art Edinburgh, The Affordable Art Fair, London, Art Melbourne, Affordable Art Fair, Paris, Glasgow Art Fair, Edinburgh Art Fair, Affordable Art Fair Brussels, AAF NYC, AAF Amsterdam. Over the years from 1990 to 2023, Viktor Sheleg created more than 2300 paintings, and almost all of them are in private collections. ...
Nina Tokhtaman - Originally from South Urals in Russia, Nina Tokhtaman Valetova is New York based american-russian artist. Holding Masters degree in Art from University BGPU in Ufa, she has been working as a painter since 1982. Nina is award winner of Premio ALBA 2009, Certificate and Medal, Casa Editrice Alba, Ferrara, Italy in 2009. Nina is American Art Award winner in category Cubism in 2018. Many of paintings are in public and private collections in Russia, United States, in Denmark, Germany. Ninas works explore the relationship between ancient cultures, mythologies, fantasy, metaphysics and philosophy. The theme of science is also presented in artworks, like a homotopy and mobius strip. Nina Tokhtaman Valetova is an established artist in the current wave of bold, experimental artists. Exploration of synthesis different styles has been a recurring feature in her work. Her paintings and drawings cannot be driven into a certain framework of definitions and stamps. In general, Ninas art does not fall into the one category and style. Often each piece is created in several styles. This may be a combination of surrealism, geometric style,A suprematism, surrealism with abstract and figurative arts. Searching new way in creating art, Nina establishes Synthesis Painting Style in...
Kevin Philippe - Kevin Philippe (ixnivek) In my illustrations I depict ebony, chocolate-dipped, sun kissed, high melanated, copper-tone, moorish black women who have a healthy relationship with the Sun and the universe thanks to the particle of melanin within her. Melanin is one of the best gift from the Creator and the fact that the original women posses this pigment is a reflection of the dark matter that holds the expandable dark universe, just like the Black Women is the holder (mother) of civilizations. Melanin gives color, melanin is beauty, melanin is life since a person strong in melanin was needed to absorb the intense sun rays in order to survive and procreate humanity (Adam & Eve). My illustrations are done with Inkscape 0.48, which is a Vector drawing program. ...
Robert Haifley - I chose the medium of toothpicks in which to express myself with after a myriad of life changing events that occured within my personal and professional life within a short period of time over 30-years ago. No models, diagrams, or photos are ever referred to or utilized in any of my sculptures. The image, thought, or idea that comes into my heart and mind is simply acted on by what I sculpt. What has helped me get over the greatest loss in my personal life is this simple saying that came to me shortly after loosing that which meant the world to me and that is simply this When we forgive others and ourselves we live, When we dont, we cease living Robert Haifley, Artist, Sculptor, Author...