Artists Describing Their Art:
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....
Laisk Serg - Idioeia. Nae/an y yoi iacuaath - oie/oiaeeoaeu iiaiaaaniuo nee. Oiaaa yoi auee CDA IAI ( Caieoii-daeaoiua aienea idioeaiaicaooiie iaidiiu NNND). An,, /oi iia inoaeinu a ianeaanoai ec oie aeecie, yoi ideau/ea niiodaou a iaai. Iniaaiii ii/uth, eiaaa Nedeon naiei ydeei iadoaieai iaiiieiaao i oii, /oi y aua aeea. Ianoiyuaa. Iunee i Aa/iii. Iinoaiiaea aiidina - aeeou eee ia aeeou, aaconeiaii, neeiiyaony e - AEEOU. Ii oaeia niadoe, a oi/iaa aiidina i aeecie iinea niadoe, a oi/iaa, i oii, /oi aea iaoiaeony ca adaiuth, aa/ii ia aaaae iieiy ethayi ai ana adaiaia. A oii /enea, iiaeao a aieuoae noaiaie, /ai ideiyoi, yoio aiidin ia aaaae iieiy e iia a ia/aea e idiaieaeaao canoaaeyou aidi/aouny ai nia, ii nae aaiu. Iiyoiio y eae au e ia ooaiaeiee, a neidaa denothuee enneaaiaaoaeu nooe auoey. Anoanoaaiii, aeaaiay oaeu ioeduou yoo oaeio. Eiaiii yoi aaiadedoao iaiy aio oaea neidi eae aaaaoaou eao. Aoaouaa. Ideaeeceouny, iieneaou iiaua iooe, dacaidioeou Nouaa, iaiadoaeeou iaaeaaiiia, ideioeduou caaano e acaeyioou /adac iaeaio aa/iinoe a aeaca AIAO. The past. Now I it name - destroyed celestial forces. Then it were CDA air defense (antiaircraft-rocket armies of antiaircraft defense of the USSR). Everything that remains to me in the inheritance from that life, it is a habit to look in the sky. Especially at night when Sirius the bright blinking reminds that I am still live. The present. Thoughts about Eternal. Question statement - to live or not to live, certainly, tends - to LIVE. But secret of death, to be exact a question on life after death, to be exact, that is behind a side, eternally didn't give rest to people at all times. Including, can in a greater degree, than it is accepted, this question didn't give rest and me in the beginning and continues to force to toss and turn, to this day. Therefore I as though and not the artist, and am faster the drawing researcher of an essence of life. Naturally, the overall objective to reveal this secret. It generates me here already soon as twenty years. The future. To come nearer, look for new ways, to stir Real, to find out unprecedented, to slightly open a veil and to look through an eternity...
Thomas Gress - I am 77 years old and started painting at age 12 years old. Won some awards got married had to put art on the hold until 1991 when I started painting full time. Studied art at Pima College and Scottsdale Artist School while learning additional skills from well known successful artist friends. I sell internationally and original painted western and wildlife art. I have in recent years changed my genre to contemporary and abstract art. I paint on gallery wrap upgrade USA made canvas with painted edges. Feature palette knife brush thick impasto technique in key areas with bright colors right out of the tube. Sell my art internationally with most sales on the internet. ...
Mr. Dill - Art has the power to communicate on the deepest levels. The vibration of a space can be raised or lowered depending on the conversation a particular piece may arouse. I strive to initiate that conversation. This seems to be a time for intense color blends and interaction. I'm fascinated by this and it attracts my eye when I see this in art or nature....