Artists Describing Their Art:
Dick Drechsler - I have had a lifelong interest in photography. As a child, my best friends father owned a chain of photo processing plants, providing me the opportunity to learn much about the art. At the ripe old age of 14, I set up a darkroom in my bathroom. I even played around with my own primitive version of Photoshop by using an Exacto knife to cut negatives and merge images. Having spent most of my career in the resort development industry, I retired from that career in 2007 and have been posting quality images, doing commercial photography and photojournalism ever since. I am an active press member of the Los Angeles Press Club and accredited by the United States Press Agencys editorial board as a photojournalist and sports writer and am a member of the United States Press Association. I am also a Roving Reporter for Latitude 38, a contributor to the National Press Club, a photographer for Currents Magazine, Ventura County , CA, a contributor to Seven Seas Sailing Association and a photographer - contributor to Sharon, Ink, Public Relations. ...
Shmuela Padnos - ARE YA READY TA GET THE BIG LEG BLUES FROM THE GAS MAN AS THE SPECIAL RIDER MAKES YOU MISSISSIPPI MOAN? ARE YA GONNA RIDE THE NEW HAMHOUND CRAVES A BLACK SNAKE MOAN WITH THE LITTLE LEG OUTSIDE WOMAN BLUES? WELL TAKE A LITTLE WALK WITH ME AS i TELL YOU ABOUT THAT CHERRY WOMAN ARTIST SHMUEL A PADNOS. AS THE DEVIL SENT THE RAIN TA N'AWLINS SHMUEL A WAS CONCEIVED DURING MARTI GRAS FUN OF LE BON TON ROULET. 9 MONTHS LATER IN THE FOOT HILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA, LAND OF RATTLE SNAKIN DADDY& STEP IT UP & GO, SHMUEL A WAS BORN. ALTHOUGH EXPOSED TO THE EAST COAST PICKIN OF BLIND BOOY FULLER, BUDDY MOSS& JOSH WHITE BY HER GRANDPARENTS, SHMUELA WAS ALWAYS FOUND WITH A PAINTBRUSH IN HER HAND INSTEAD OF A GUITAR. SHE FOUND THE MOVING OF THE BRUSH CREATED ITS OWN FUNKY SOUND&RHYTHM....
Jamie Voigt - My goal to provide a truly unique original piece of artwork to my clients, so that they may own an origianl work of art. With every picture that I paint for a customer - there is a story that goes with the work of art. "Without a story - It's just a picture". ...
Terri Flowers - God given creativity and love of nature inspire me to continue to make, paint, carve, sculpt, and draw from what we have been given on our planet to enjoy. It's all a gift, not to be taken for granted. I appreciate what we have and hope to add a little color of my own....
Janet Glatz - Janet Glatz paints in water soluble oils on linen canvas exclusively. Her genre is realistic naturalism, while her favorite subjects are coastlines and shores. Though she has ventured briefly into tonalism and a looser style, she gravitated back to her careful, faithfully realistic depiction of Maines most beautiful landscapes and seascapes. ...