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Artist Exhibitions:
Current & Upcoming
Exhibitions:
"Windows to Heaven"
SANDZ Gallery 6 Kent Street,
Frankton, Hamilton, New
Zealand.
From August the 8th (preview
from 3 - 5 pm) - August the
27th 2004.
2004: Semi-permanent
exhibition at DigiPoll® Ltd
18 Von Tempsky St
Hamilton, New Zealand
...The Precision Pollsters who
get it right ... time ...
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Artist Galleries:
Lime Street Gallery
49 S. Lime Street
Lancaster. PA 17602 U.S.A.
717.672.0350
info@limestreetgallery.com
www.limestreetgallery.com...
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Artist Reviews:
Coming Soon!
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Collections:
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Commissions:
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Artist Statement for Cornelis Monsma
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"Cornelis Monsma, a modern day self-professed Christian artist, seeks to create spiritually enriching expressionist art that relates to a broader audience then Christianity only and aims not to “leave behind a religious aftertaste.”
"Frequently regarded as blissfully unaware and displaced from reality, some spiritually inspiring art is seen as tasteless or fully dismissed as ordinary and ignorant.
If religious in nature, preconceptions often hinder the audience from fully realizing the potential effect of the art.
Although directly using terminology associated with Christianity, perhaps limiting those willing to remain open to his intentions, Cornelis Monsma states that,
“True (contemporary) Christian art is not a picture of religious divinity but rather an expression of the Christ presence from within.”
One can see that, in word, Monsma ties his work directly to his spiritual belief system; however, in essence, the work, which he intends to be spiritually inspirational to all his potential audience, is not tied to any one religion, but is an expression of the artist’s own spirituality through his belief system."
Monsma is a Dutch-Frisian born artist-painter residing in New Zealand, showing original oil paintings and offers duplicate Giclee Fine Art Prints of most of the exhibited originals.
Website: http://www.monsmart.com
Definition "Expressionist"
"Expressionism is an artistic style in which the artist seeks to depict not objective reality but rather the subjective emotions and responses that objects and events arouse in him.
He accomplishes his aim through distortion, exaggeration, primitivism, and fantasy and through the vivid, jarring, violent, or dynamic application of formal elements."
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