Artists Describing Their Art:
Lisa Zilker - Basic elements of organic form and the passionate use of color make these works distinctive. Nature interests me & I think that trees represent & symbolize so much; i.e. life, death, strength, shelter & growth. From reaching 4 the sky 2 rooting deeply in2 the earth. I believe that these meanings R typified & conveyed in my tree paintings. ...
Dave Martsolf - Dave Martsolf Dave Martsolf was born in 1949 in Kansas, moved to Western Pennsylvania in early childhood and at age 12 moved to New Hampshire where he resides today. MartsolfaEURtms father and grandfather were architects and his mother a professional photographer. Martsolf attended MIT and later UNH where he earned a degree in Fine Arts. His early work was influenced by the great masters and others such as the post-impressionists Miro, Matisse, Kandinsky, Klee, Picasso, and the surrealist Salvador Dali. Architectural instincts developed due to his close association with architecture in his youth. DaveaEURtms focus has been in visual arts his entire life. His style extends from realism to surrealistic to fantasy and abstraction. His work uses the mediums of oils, watercolors, inks and pencils, to the more technically-oriented media of computer-based art. Beginning in the late 80aEURtms Martsolf spent productive time with the tools of Bryce, Poser, KaiaEURtms Power Tools, and similar photo editing and photo manipulation products. He was creator, owner and artistic director of Damsel Software Group in the 1990aEUR2s as a producer and manufacturer of original content screen savers. Today, Dave has returned to handmade art. He continues ...
Lynch Xabier - I have always been interested in the metaphysical aspects of creation. The journey of researching and exploring different cultures' philosophies and religions in an attempt to classify my unique vision of the world I live, led me to explore different ways of communicating my experience to the world. I tried writing, but I needed thousand of pages to describe the simplest things. I try poetry, and found surrealism to be the perfect instrument of communication. Learning from the surrealist movement the art of depicting the impossible, I started painting my dreams, experiences, and ideas using the double image technique. In my language you will find images of alchemical significance, Hinduism philosophy, Celtic and Afro Caribbean pantheon figures, and most recently TAROT cards and Kabbalah. I think of art as an instrument at the service of a major purpose. ...