Artists Describing Their Art:
Sabir Haque - Artist statements MY CANVAS IS THE MIRROR THAT LOOKS INSIDE MY INNER WORLD Pursuing the long winding trail of a humble artists career, I have had to sketch and draw many thing . Flora and fauna, animals and humans and also human habitations.I have always found that it is not an easy task to keep one self on the trail of creativity,it always amazes one how Nature has decorated herself with stones in particular. The balancing stone or hoodoos stir me deeply.I amaze and amaze at the artistry of nature to have balanced such great boulders, one upon the other. Become my obsession, I have fallen in love with stone. Thus stone has become a main subject in my paintings. When I see and touch them, I feel they have life, human shape and characters with their words, they are performing like actors sometimes my stones fly with the clouds, sometimes my stones floating in the water, my stones can love like couple, sometime do some other things. Imagination fantastical is ingrained in to us and we love to fantacise so we long for unattainable to attains. A bard adorns his ditty with the words beautiful and creates...
Tatiana Siedlova - To me this transient existence between two worlds seems to evokes a deep almost spiritual yearning for ideals and wholeness. I believe we all live through this in our own way, and each strive for different ideals of perfection which can never be reached. Religion, beauty, love, sex, success, popularity, material possessions etc. all provide a set of ideals for us to strive towards in an attempt to feel complete. We are swept along in the ever-changing moment on a journey which ultimately leads to death. We are discontinuous beings yearning for continuity aEUR" looking for certainty within the fluid ever aEUR" changing experience of life. ...
Nina Polunina - I like to make things bright. This is a very exciting activity to take an object person, car, building and pull out something that is not visible at first glance. It can be a story or a bright spot, or an unexpected form. In each of us lies the individuality and brightness. Over time, they fade over worries and life experiences. But they are. I want you, looking at my pictures, to be able to see it in yourself. This is what I am trying to bring to my adult students in the studio as well. That they are not afraid of life, bright colors and unexpected decisions....
Yue Zeng - Yue Zeng is a Chinese-American self-taught artist, mother, and wife, who has been living in the United States since 2008 and currently resides in Woodbury, Minnesota. ZengaEURtms artistic practice focuses on oil painting, with her subjects mainly being mythical creatures and animals. With a style between impressionism and fantasy, she explores the vividness of their spirit in saturated colors and organic forms. ZengaEURtms interest in the arts started in elementary school, sparking her desire to create later in life. In her twenties she obtained her Masters in Science from SUNY-ESF in Syracuse, New York. In 2017 due to physical complications, Zeng had to leave the chemistry industry. Transformed by the experience, she decided to revisit her art practice and make it her career regardless of the obstacles she would face. Since then, Zeng has flourished in her artistic expression, finding her true passion in oil painting. Although Zeng explores other painting mediums such as gouache, pastel, and digital, oil and canvas feels the most natural. This medium allows her to relax and be free with the changeability of the material and exploration of color within the subjects she paints....
Neal Alicakos - I always had a passion for abstract art and did many doodles when I was young. Through my school years I tried to design the year books. In college I minored in art but my majors were more geared for the business world. Although I was not in the art world for many years I always did my doodles to relieve my stress and fill in free time that I had. Now I am semi retired and want to take more of an interest in the things I like most, my doodles and abstract art work. I believe art is an expression of ones soul and mood behaviors. I used to draw mostly black and whites but find I like using colors now. Once in a while I like to combine black and whites, and the use of color in the same abstract drawing. Most times the viewer may not consider that as appealing, but I like to break boundaries as part of expression. Another medium I focus on time to time is photography. I like pictures of landscapes, seascapes, floral, and building structures. I find beauty in nature and architecture. ...