Artists Describing Their Art:
Justin Moshaty - "A sketchbook is like a diary; even if there are no words at all, time and situation are glued to every line. Although the intention of the artist may not be to keep a journal, unintentionally a sketchbook becomes one," as said by German artist Wayne Horse. I present a diary to a public through a visual narrative. The images are made up of imaginary characters and environments, but are based on the narrative of daily life events that one might find in a diary. Some of my characters come from teen culture magazines or children's books. It is evident there is a narrative in my work, but it's not necessarily accessible to the viewer, it is coded and keeps the privacy of a diary while being out in plain view. Many diaries and sketch books have been coded. Leonardo da Vinci used his signature mirror writing. It perpetuates the idea of them being mysterious and private. My images have a sense of humor, but it's not direct, so the viewer isn't always completely aware of it. It shows the world we live in a truthful, but expressive and hidden way. The array of mediums I...
Jill M. Armstrong - I love the poetic image and a satisfying leap of imagination. My work is based largely on this premise and for my mixed media sculpture, I juxtapose materials and language with loaded objects (with an existing identity or history), much the same way a poet juxtaposes nouns and verbs. My work often references the body, or suggests its presence. I pull other design forms from plants and animals, but the resulting effect is usually seen as surreal, perhaps because most of the work is made from found objects. Even so, many of my more successful works often look like they grew or evolved organically as opposed to being manufactured. I've often thought that my found-object sculptures are like surreal trinkets. They might be evidence of an unknown culture or someone's personal and private collection of emotionally charged objects. I am inspired by the traditions of Surrealism, Dada, and Arte Povera. As well as building visual art works, I also write poetry. I sometimes merge the two of them and they work well together. ...
Durre Waseem - Durre Waseem of Corona, a native of Pakistan, has a Master of Fine Arts degree from Punjab University and taught for 10 years at various colleges in Pakistan. Durre moved to the United States in 2001 and became a full time painter. She paints portraits and plein air in oils, pastels, watercolor, ink, and acrylics and captures the local colour of both the people and the place of wherever she may be. Her bold, colorful brushwork and loose impressionistic style effectively capture the energy and feeling of her subject and establishes a direct line of communication with the viewer. Her inspiration is usually an ordinary object, how its identity is defined by its environment, and how it becomes apart of its surroundings. Durre has participated in many national and international exhibitions both in Pakistan and the U.S. ...
Ingrid Kamerbeek - As artist in 3rd generation Ingrid grew up with art. It's like breathing to her. She did oils, pastels, acryls, etc. - all that traditional stuff; but when she discovered the computer in 1999 as art tool she became a "freak" and couldn't stop working with this amazing tool. Today she loves to work "Mixed Media" and enjoys her collaboration with the worldwide artists of the "Webism Group of Worldwide Artists". This group has artists from all fields of art. It is a wonderful community working together not only for art but also for peace and understanding worldwide. If you are an active artist knowing what give and take means come join us:
Mrinal Dey - ABOUT MY WORK From my childhood, I and our family live in a rent house, even in which had a single room and we are six family members, parents and my four brothers. But those times I have no obligation to feel that circumstances, because I had my own restriction and don't feel how long space I need. However, I left it midway when I realized that I wanted to be an artist. Once upon a time I thought I would be a'Revolutionary'. But I am found myself helpless. My middle-class identity taught me escapism. This was a saddening prospect. As a painter I thought I would give vent to my sadness and depict my state of mind. I am still trying to fathom as how this could happen. But now when I recall my past and recall those days I feel how many problems we had. And how could my parents face it every moment. What ever, now I have my own language to express myself. The underlying sadness of the funny feelings is now discernible to me. I believe in my sensibilities. I know where I stand as an artist and as an individual. My...
Manolo Roldan Humpierres - MANDO It draws, to draw, always to draw...... With pride and much admiration to my teachers, great sketchers Dr Pedro Centeno Vallenilla and Roberto Gonzalez of those who I learned the safe outline in the drawing for the office, movements and color of lemos professor Elisa. With school, investigation and the constant work I arrived at a full mixed technique from textures and plastic possibilities without limits (fabrics, wood, paper, etc) every day with more discoveries and new encounter. In the process the thematic one has been varied, until in the year of 1,9991 the Argentine artist Fragnito Daisy invites to me to work with her in a titled project "Root" for the commemoration of the Discovery of America (500 Years). Of the Patagonia until Alaska, I initiate and "descubro"un to me fascinating world in the different indigenous ethnic groups, colors, faces, forms, customs, symbols, music, dances, expressions, rites and the magician. The Children of the Moon (yanomamis) shemales, (histories) Vasijas, particular collections of pre-Columbian ceramics, mud Gods, utilitarian ceramics, all this and but as inexhaustible source for my work. Beginning with "FRAGILE" in the year of 1.992. Of the pre-Columbian Art la"Venus...
Dion Mcinnis - Anyone can take a photograph...push a button. The magic is in the seeing...seeing with all your senses. My work, no matter the subject, comes from seeing with all my senses and then creating to share with others. www.PoetVision.com...
Laura Schoonover - I am an artist because I have always been driven to work with my hands - driven to create objects of art, utility, culinary delight or botanical beauty. I am happiest when I am creating and embellishing life. My artwork is an exploration of themes in history, symbolism, music, dance, spirituality, feminism and self. Each piece becomes a fusion of what I feel, think, read and experience transformed into the tangible. ...
Angelo Mazzoleni - ARTISTS ITALIAN CONTEMPORARY: BIOGRAPHY ESSENTIAL ARTIST Angelo Mazzoleni was born in Florence on June 7, 1952 .. It starts soon his artistic activity, cultivated already in the youth, under the guidance of some teachers and attending courses at the Accademia Carrara Bergamo.In these years, participates in the first exhibitions painting in Lombardy and in other Italian regions. Some travel, particularly in Germany and Paris, enrich his artistic and cultural baggage and affect its first part of pittorica.Si also interested in discovering paleontology in particular some important fossils, donated to museums in Milan and Bergamo, including a erionide a generally still unknown and which was given its name in the relevant publications scientifiche.L'interest in the mystery of the past, for history, especially early in his ancestral size, is one of the other elements that characterize the His research also in the field of painting, even before the foundation, with other artists, the group "NEW ART SINCRETICA." "The evolutionary path of the artist, now thirty years, is marked by a personal search for the origins of the world of its vital forces Which, despite the variety of themes and techniques, appears as a single inner journey through time and ...
Juergen W.d. Stieler - Born 1955 in the town of the pied piper in Lower Saxony, Germany. I left my home town when I was 21 and live in Flensburg, the most northern German city, next to the Danish border. Drawing, painting and printmaking are the techniques I work in. Recently I experimented upon "collecting traces" and converted them in prints to achieve authentic references of everyday occurrences or remarkable events, e.g. the Buncefield oil depot desaster in England Nov 2005....