Artists Describing Their Art:
Kevin P. Hendon - An understanding of stained glass and its beauty is to take a walk back in time. Reflections of art, and the painted qualities of color in stained glass, WAS the essence of Louis Comfort Tiffany. Tiffany and his European colorists left behind works of incogitable beauty and authenticity that stands frozen in time and among the greatest works of art. Although far from the Tiffany era, my work and love for stained glass has become an integral part of my life. My study of, and devotion to, the Tiffany era is the impact of my work. The Tiffany lamps that you see are true authentic reproductions of museum-quality. The glass, craftsmanship, and materials ARE the finest example in production today. My study and devotion remains active as a long standing member and consultant to the Association of Stained Glass Artists located in Gig Harbor, Wa. PLEASE NOTE : All shades 22" or larger are reinforced with at least three(3) 12g copper wires soldered from the ring aperture to the lower rim aperture. Price is based on shade only. Complimenting base is available upon request. The finials (vase caps), bases, and all hardware, used in the construction of these lamp ...
Frank Shifreen - My art is about the power of the image to bypass the limitations of the self, controlled through language and its paradigms. The image is a life raft. The connection of the seer to the seen is the same as self to other , or me to you. Images, whether they be paintings, digital works or videos are gestalts, and embody identity. My art is about figure and ground that is transformed in many ways- materials, subject and meaning. I am a situationist and believe that art can create new paradigms for the future. It is a protected frame of content that can carry meaning, experimental ideas and projections. I have been a painter and sculptor, and still work in those media, but my primary form is now digital art and video, or hybrid combination. Besides being an artist, I have curated and organized many exhibitions, in New York. The Monumental Shows, Terminal Show (Co-curator), Pan Arts, Plexus. Recently curated "From the Ashes" 911 Memorials and "Ground Zero" at the Detroit Museum of New Art, and Freyberger Gallery - Penn State Berks Campus I am a Doctoral Candidate in Art and Art Education at Columbia University Teachers College...
Jose Luis Lazaro Ferre - I think the easiest way to define my activity as an artist and my intellectual approach to art would be to quote Apollinaire's thesis in his Les Peintres cubistes: meditations esthetiques, especially the following sections: ... Therefore, as an offer to the spirit, in the plastic arts, the fourth dimension should be generated by the three known dimensions: represented by the immensity of space eternally present in all the dimensions of a given moment ... Cubism differs from the painting that came before it because it is not the art of imitation, but the art of thought raised to the level of creation ... Scientific cubism is one of the pure trends. It is the art of painting new compositions with elements taken not from visual reality, but from the reality of knowledge ... Physical cubism is the art of painting compositions with elements taken primarily from virtual reality In my painting, I work with geometric figures arranged on different planes that overlap one another and blend into real shapes (bottles, cats, birds, fruit), fabricated objects (small origami birds and paper boats) and everyday things (hats, shoes, etc.) to create a world of mystery and sensuality. The lines I draw are ...
Rachel Schneider - Rachel Schneider is an American Photographer well received by the American artistic community. Ms. Schneider's works have been regularly exhibited in galleries throughout the state of Texas. Her academic credentials include 5 years of formal study at Sam Houston State University in Texas as well as training at the Texas School for Professional Photography. Ms. Schneider prefers to photograph in Black and White; however, she also uses color film. Her images yield a very different and crisp vantage point of life. A trained eye will find her images to be high in contrast and highly detailed. When photographing, Ms. Schneider contemplates every technical and artistic aspect of the image in her mind before she even considers pushing the shutter. She believes in finding the subject, determining the tonal values, then taking the picture that completely utilizes the negative's space. Ms. Schneider does not believe in wasting any silver on the negative, and therefore, does not crop her images during the printing process. Critics have noted that her photographic style has the characteristics of Straight Photography and Documentary Photography. Ms. Schneider's portfolio contains images from her travels around the United States, England, Singapore, Tokyo and Malaysia. Her passion ...
Ghassan Rached - I am a geoscientist. I paint, but painting is only a hobby. I paint, whenever I can spare the time, what is relaxing, touches my heart and pleasant to me for enjoyment. I love to use oil and watercolor as media to express beauty. Comments of visitors would be appreciated....
Jean-Louis Mireault - Je suis membre de la Surface Design Association (USA), de la Guild of Silk Painters of UK, du SPIN (Association des peintres sur soie des USA), du CMAQ (Centrale des Metiers d'Art du Quebec) du CCM (Conseil Culturel de la Monteregie) et du Cercle des Artistes Peintres et Sculpteurs du Quebec. Je peinds sur la soie depuis 1978. Je realise des oeuvres uniques et des foulards. Je reproduis certaines de mes oeuvres sur des supports differents tels que : chandails, tapis d'ordinateur, cartes de voeux, broches, bougies... D'autres sont tirees en serigraphies a tirage limite. J'accepte les comandes specifiques pour des individus et des corporations. Je peux travailler a partir de photos ou de diapositives. ----- Member of Surface Design Association, of The Guild of Silk Painters of United Kingdom, of the SPIN (Silk Painters International News of USA), of the CMAQ (Centrale des Metiers d'Art du Quebec), of the CCM (Conseil Culturel de la Monteregie), of Le Cercle des Artistes Peintres et Sculpteurs du Quebec . I paint on silk since 1978. Some of my silk paintings are reproduce on greetings cards, on posters and on T-Shirts, even on glass candle to serve as corporate gifts. ...
Massimo Zilioli - I am born in the' 53, to Turin (Italy), but I consider an italian stateless person. To the age of 19 years I take the sea, beginning to furrow the blue of the world with the uniform of official of the Italian merchant marine, and under - activity, amatorial and not, like astrologer, painter, musician; for last the activity of goldsmith with which I will stop sailing for the seas of the world, I had 40 years. In the'99 I take artistic diploma to the L.S. " P. Klee ", one beautiful experience, enriching. Currently I have a employment that concurs me to survive, with the rest I alive. I have collected into this site my meta-phisical paintings with a sure thematic order, not temporal since to times the " topics ", during my artistic production, were overlapped. Good vision...