Etchings / Artist Prints

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. ...

Rosalyn M. Gaier - Beauty. Meditative thought. Nuance. These are subjects of my collagraphs. They take on important implications when examined in light of today's American instant gratification culture. While convenience, speed and availability have become hallmarks of our American way of life and our society's progress, there remains a need for something more meaningful. That something is beauty. From my frame of personal artistic reference, "beauty" involves the viewer by initiating the response of taking pause, suddenly, unawares. Arousing the response from deep within, beauty disarms and fulfills at one and the same time. This elusive beauty is vital nourishment for mind and soul. Does today's American art disarm and fulfill? How well are our minds and souls being nourished? Unfortunately, Americans' appreciation and awareness of beauty are partially numbed by their frenzy experience of instant gratification. Beauty falls prey to the mindset of fast food, "Shop till you drop" and instant access to just about everything. We sacrifice refined taste, uniqueness and rewarded perseverance for what often is ephemeral and not quite satisfying. What this means for artists is that their best pieces can be easily overlooked. Unless relevance and nuance of an artwork can be realized immediately, instant ...

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