Still Life (112)

Artists Describing Their Art:

Lenira Dosreis - Thinking, Dreaming, Seeing, Imagining, Speaking, Feeling, Expressing, Wishing, is the way we live, and "Art is my choice of living." My goal is to be able to pass on to the world, my reflection of happiness, love, sorrow, and life style, through my work....

I. Joseph - Journey with me through past and present with my special blending of brilliant oils on canvas and watercolors on paper. With these eclectic views of people, nature, animals, and scenes, I have attempted to capture for the viewer what the eye can behold yet only the mind and spirit can interpret....

Tupper Malone - I have come to painting by a circuitous route having worked for over 25 years as a sculptor. In 2000, I took up watercolor and collage as my creative outlets. In recent work, I am creating Journies. In the Terra Series I am using imaginary mapping and symbols to focus on exploration. I have done ten of the pieces to date and intend to continue adding definition to this work. In Sacred Words Imperfect, I am employing two primary techniques--air brush and watercolor pours. I use airbrush to create and array of angles criss-crossing the jumble of letters creating words and mystery. In Technicolor Cows and the Opus Series, I use a "watercolor pour"-- permitting a spontaneous reaction to the color as it is set down on paper. Using watercolor crayons along with negative painting draws the subject off of the paper as I work on the painting. Using the watercolor crayons on top of a pour, the colors layer on top of one another in an ever changing the dimension. The layering of the crayon, pour and negative painting adds a depth to the visual work that creates excitement. I enjoy working in these styles and feel ...

Dana Zivanovits - Dana Zivanovits was born in 1958 in Columbus, Ohio and received his art training from the Columbus College of Art and Design (1978 to 1982). After art school, he went abroad for a year and studied the art of the old masters in London, Paris, Madrid, Rome and Venice. Returning to his studio in Columbus to develop these influences into a new body of work, he then traveled to Mexico and studied the sculpture and painting of that country for an extended period. The unique and vivid colors of Palenque and Vera Cruz intensified his palette. After a period in Ohio, he then moved to Venice Beach, California where the brilliant light of the region reinforced his desire to capture effects of sunlight and atmosphere. Returning to Ohio in 1995, he has continued to paint themes deriving inspiration form sources such as world mythology, classic and B-grade cinema, literature and dreams. However his primary inspiration is direct observation from nature, versus an approach based in art theories or cultural critique. Dana has been widely represented by galleries and exhibition projects including Julie Rico and Mega Boom in Los Angeles, the Venice Art Detour, Around the Coyote Festival in Chicago ...

Leyla Munteanu - ARTIST'S STATEMENT Leyla Munteanu I have always felt a special connection with textural surfaces and the human figure. The beauty and strength in human features was a preferred subject in my work. Now I am focusing on the nostalgic. My love for the human figure has evolved into an interest in what they leave behind. Human marks left on objects and surfaces over time become more important than representation of the people who made the marks. I find my inspiration in immediate surroundings, and I hope that my work will lead the viewer to see the beauty that I see. First impressions are everything. Most often my depictions of those experiences are simply my way of saying "you should see what I saw!" Each piece has special meaning to me, which will not necessarily be the same meaning the viewer may attach to it. Art tells us something about ourselves and my work is the world as I see it, a world that brings back memories. I grew up in Bucharest Romania, a town marked by a long history; every place was worn by time or human nature. I'm still amazed by my memories of these places. All ...

Plee Pinto - I have been working as a free-lance illustrator for 3 years and worked for publications inside and outside the United States. I created this page so I could show some of my non commercial art. I enjoy doing still life, portraits and landscapes on watercolors, oils and graphite. Specializations * Advertising * Caricatures * Character Design * Children * Editorial * People * Portrait * Sports * Storyboards * Watercolor Recent Clients * Financial Executives International Magazine * Playboy Enterprises, Inc * Jazziz Magazine * Revista Saude (Brazil) Awards * 2001 Society of Illustrators Scholarship Contest * 2001 RSVP "HOT" competition Education: Ringling School of Arts and Design, BFA in Illustration. ...

Carol Griffith - My oil paintings are meditations triggered by places or situations in my memory, arrived at through a sort of daydreaming state of mind. I attempt to evoke that mood in the handling of the formal elements of the painting, especially the color and the perspectival point of view. I wish to create both a believable place and the sense of something more significant behind it. The viewer, in contact with the painting and their own memories, may then project into the space and experience the significance that I sensed. This approach has led me to an interest in souvenirs. I see them as an attempt to capture a special place or experience in concrete or symbolic form. By doing paintings of my own remembered places and experiences, I have been following a parallel path. I like the comparison with one purpose of art. I use borders in some of the paintings to function simultaneously as framing devices and as an arena in which to create a dialogue with the internal painting. The borders also extend the meaning of the internal subject. Memories often consist of simultaneous kaleidoscopic vignettes that, in combination, embody the whole, original experience. Each vignette is also ...