Artists Describing Their Art:
George Kofas - Throughout history and in all cultures and civilizations, art has reflected either the Earthly or the Spiritual. Specifically in the art of painting, certain artists have attempted to address Spiritual issues and their interrelationship with the Physical, or Natural World. Caspar David Friedrich, Wassily Kandinsky and Mark Rothko were among such artists. All three of these artists were involved in exploratory aesthetic journeys. Such journeys attempted to discover answers relating to questions of origin and state of existence and they sought out such answers within the Spiritual Realm. It is within this tradition, of attempting to explore the Spiritual Realm that my work belongs. It is only through such exploration that answers to fundamental questions related to existence will be found. Art is a vehicle of exploration. It has the capability of exploring the Spiritual and possibly providing for us a greater understanding of our existence. If the only thing art teaches us is related to the world in which we are already aware of, it teaches us nothing. The artist must be capable of discovering aspects of Reality which others are not aware of. Consequently, the artist acts as an intermediary between humanity and the Spiritual. ...
July Preobrazhencki - My style fully reflects me as a person - it is a tense disharmony, in many ways it is about blurring and fuzziness, about chaos. I use materials that capture a unique moment this is instaX after all, what can be more fragile than a photo the size of a credit card, this is printing on transparent paper and then transferring it to something, this is processing the image with salt and acids, this is transferring the image to scotch tape, giving a psychedelic structure with the help of ebru paints, this is tracing paper - like displaying the strings of the soul and breaking glass. I also do aEURoeghost imagesaEUR with the help of a clerical corrector and cyanotype, followed by computer processing....
Leslie Abraham - I celebrate life in painting, finding joy in my continuous development. I discovered myself in painting and learned to use my hand as a tool in each moment that I cant put into words. Through my painting, I make known to others my innermost feelings. I build my own universe in my mind, putting everything I care for in my canvas. Each day I always look forward to painting something new, something beautiful in everything I see, the emotions that come with it. My goal is to inspire others who see my work, to give them the same warm feeling that I feel every time I hold my paintbrushes. ...
Sangeetha Bansal - I am a self taught artist, Public health dentist, a trained Indian classical dancer and love to express myself through my dance and art. I enjoy travel and have lived in different countries. During the course of my travels and work, I have had the privilege of interfacing with people across all levels of society, specially with women. I have heard their many stories. I have heard of their struggles, their joys, their beliefs, their love, their superstitions..and I have wanted to shareable of this. So, my work provides an emotional window to this beautiful creation - woman and is an ode to her. aEUR
Oksana Grineva - Artist Statement: My new paintings celebrate the strength and beauty of women. Women who inspire us by their love, their kindness their vulnerability; Women who love deeply and show great capacity to love eternally no matter the consequence. Color and texture interplay with bold shapes and reflect the positive potential of the human experience. ...