Artists Describing Their Art:
Henning Von Berg - "Provocative photos for people who understand the fine difference between sex and sensuality!" (r) IN-Magazine, Hollywood: Noted photographer Henning von Berg is the guy whose photos of 6 nude men in the German parliament'Reichstag' made the front pages of 46 international newspapers. Famous for bizarre group shoots in unique locations, the former architect likes to combine all kinds of bodies & buildings. Henning von Berg is the last male descendent of a traditional German family (477 years old). He took his first nude photos at the tender age of 12, and today the 6'5" tall giant has earned world wide recognition as a trend setter and a fearless lensman. He is willing to break all the rules to achieve startling photos of women and men in great settings, public and private. To date, the work of'HvB' is known on all five continents. His material has been published in a variety of high-profile periodicals, on greeting cards, calendars and lithograph posters, as well as all kinds of art books. Von Berg lives and creates in Amsterdam, Hollywood and Berlin. His artistic motto (r) is: "Provocative photos for people who understand the fine difference between sex and sensuality!"(r)...
Richard Wynne - Richard is an acclaimed International Artist recently returned to the USA. Richard has lived in many Countries. "The last being Thailland. He started his art studies at a very young age at the John Herron Art Institute In Indianapolis, Indiana and then later at the Art Institute of Chicago Richard has lived in many countries, painting, and playing music. Mr Wynne has exhibited in Thailand, the United States, Spain, Argentina, Kuwait, Korea, Ihdia, and other Countries. Sometimes perhaps I say too much about my self but maybe it helps people understand what motivates my work. For your information I've lived in 8 different countries and have been around the world 5 times. I speak a few different languages, some very well; others not so well. By the way I am not a workaholic as I don't consider what I do work. I enjoy life too much. I forgot to say I am also a weight lifter as lifting weights is my Zen. When I am troubled the concentration it takes to lift makes me calm. I guess my page will probably be a little different from what people expect. Sorry I have not been uploading new work as ...
Philip Winestone - The image is EVERYTHING - so words should never be needed to define it or what it says. The photographs, drawings and monotypes of Philip Winestone are thoroughly minimalist and non-contextual, relying only on the play of light on the subject and the strength of the subject itself to communicate their respective messages....
Ward George - Ward George is a contemporary representational artist interested primarily in the female nude. Having made off with his mother's paint box at the age of nine, Mr. George received his training privately and, formally, at the University of Wisconsin. Although deeply influenced by modern art and its philosophies, he soon embarked on a deeper study of the whole of Western Art. As a result, he has built a foundation drawing from the depth of western tradition as well as more contemporary sources. Mr. George has chosen the nude as an expressive vehicle for three reasons: * first, it is the foundation of Western Art; * second, it is an art form in and of itself; * third, and most importantly, because of his natural sympathies for the human figure and the enduring source of challenges and opportunities it presents. Believing that an artist must bring intellect, emotion and technique to his work, he has taken what he considers of greatest aesthetic value from artists as varied as Rembrandt and Picasso, de Kooning and Ingres, Rodin and Welliver, Matisse, Wyeth, Rubens and Pearlstein. Mr. George's work hangs in private collections throughout the world. ...
Ken Smith - The ongoing theme of my work is the recognition of natural forces, shapes, gestures. When I choose my subjects to work with I feel a sense of belonging to those innate forms I know them as my own destiny. It is satisfying for me to attempt to identify the most basic truths, that are common denominators of life's dynamic both in humans and in the rest of the natural world. My role as an artist is to say, "Look at this it is what I feel is true do you feel it also?" My creative life began as a freelance writer, and a commercial and editorial photographer. Since 1991, I've been concentrating on the fine art side of the work, and for the past eight years I've been working primarily in still life. Most of my work is split-toned black & white silver prints, although I sometimes handcolor the work. Recently my work has evolved towards color, and printing with archival pigment ink on fine papers. This change has imbued me with exciting new possibilities for creative expression and presentation. My work has been exhibited in international venues is in corporate and private collections in the United...
Bruce Naigles - From a philosophical standpoint, all that we perceive in the world of form is an outer expression of an inner dynamic. Though my work is predominantly figurative, I find it to be the art of giving form to the formless; ideas, emotions, relationships, events. These are by their very nature intangible and essentially abstract, though they continually alter and effect our physical reality. We read them through our intuitive understanding of body language, much as snow blown about on a winter's day reveals the invisible movement and form of the wind. To 'clothe' these subliminal qualities in human figures and bring them forth in a sculpture, whether it be a simple figure inspired by a model's beauty or an allegory of our human condition, is the basic goal and driving force in my work. ...
Manolis Tsantakis - The subject "Woman and Nature" which is the title of my photographs, It becomes an endless source of inspiration. Nature is perfect but also so fickle. The lighting and weather interchanges during a day could be unbelievable. Nature some times has a melancholic mood, but it could also elevate your senses. It offers tranquility and happiness, but also fear and insecurity. Woman, as a female gender by nature, matches perfectly with Nature, and it create within me, exactly the same feelings. It is a constant challenge for me, to tie together in perfect harmony these two live elements and create images of dreams and fantasy. ...
Tony Lee - I am an passionate photographer with loads of experience during the past 35 years. Specialities include portraits, beach and artistic nudes, travel and tourism-related imagery, all captured outdoors or interiors by window light. If interested I also have more galleries in different themes my galleries at
Alexandre Nodopaka - 1. To portray ideas in a fresh style, but most important I was Born for Art, I Live for Art and will die for Art. 2. Abstraction in art is the greatest spiritual meditation & an ideal cerebral masturbation. 3. Photography killed representational art some 150 years ago. The computer killed abstract art. Today, thousands abstracts can be created in a day, they may be worth a thousand words but not a penny! 1. Pour peindre des idees dans un style frais, mais plus important je suis ne pour l'Art, je vis pour l'art et mourrai pour l'art. 2. L'abstraction dans l'art est la plus grande meditation spirituelle & une masturbation cerebrale ideale. 3. La photographie a tue l'art figuratif il y a quelques 150 annees et l'ordinateur a tue l'art abstrait. Aujourd'hui, des milliers d'art abstrait peuvent etre crees dans un jour... ils peuvent valoir mille mots mais pas un centime! 1. Para retratar las ideas en un estilo fresco, pero mas importantes de que era nacido para Art, vivo para Art y morire por Art. 2. El caracter abstracto en el ...
Claudia Perez - TO ME, LIFE IS A MISTERY, SOMETIMES OUR EVERYDAY LIVES ARE MORE FASCINATING THAN WE EVEN REALIZE,WETHER IS HAPPINESS, SADNESS OR A BROKEN HEART, ART ALWAYS GIVES US THE CHANCE TO SEE THE WORLD AND OUR LIVES FROM A NEW PERSPECTIVE AND TO APPRECIATE IT'S UNIQUENESS, EVEN WITH DRAWERS FULL OF PROMISES AND DREAMS THAT NEVER WERE, LIFE GOES ON. I STILL REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I HAD A REAL MODEL POSING FOR ME , AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF PAINTING FROM PHOTOS AND IMAGINATION, IT WAS THE MOST UNBELIEVABLE FEELING EVER, VERY REFRESHING, AS AN ARTIST AND AS WOMAN I HAVE THE OUTMOST RESPECT FOR THE HUMAN FORM, PERHAPS THAT IS THE REASON WHY I GREW TO LOVE AND BE INVOLVED WITH ART, MY ART AS A WHOLE IS THE CELEBRATION OF THE BEAUTY OF THE BODY IN MOTION AND AT REST IN A VERY CLASSICAL WAY, IN REALITY THE HUMAN FORM IS ALWAYS BREATHAKING AND BEAUTIFUL IN IT'S SIMPLICITY AND RICHNESS OF LIGHTS AND SHADOWS, THIS REALIZATION HIT ME WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG, THUS BEGINNING MY PASSION FOR ART AND MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH THE HUMAN FORM, DISCOVERING NEW TECHNIQUES WAS VERY EXCITING TOO, BEING A ...
Claudia Nierman - Some words about my work: The images I produce are deliberately enigmatic and multi-layered. They invite the viewer to engage in the process of storytelling whereby dreaming and living are woven together as a tapestry. I find the sources for my work in the urban environment: window displays, torn posters, graffiti, broken architecture. In short, the remains of man. These objects and situations are eventually transformed by rain, sun, reflections, and shadows, as well as additions made by the passerby. Shaped by the forces of chance, these ephemeral visions are captured on film (and now also in bits and bites) and used as raw material that merge one into another forming a new identity. The result? On one hand, a strange amalgam of my preoccupation with time and memory, and on the other, the way in which the deliberate manipulaton through photographic images can give us insight into our personal and collective struggles. Technical information: I usually work in three different formats: 25 cm x 30 cm and 32 cm x 45 cm printed on cibachrome paper; and a large format of 57 cm x 80 cm, digitilizing the final image and printing it on canvas. (Since this latter ...