Artists Describing Their Art:
Yue Zeng - Yue Zeng is a Chinese-American self-taught artist, mother, and wife, who has been living in the United States since 2008 and currently resides in Woodbury, Minnesota. ZengaEURtms artistic practice focuses on oil painting, with her subjects mainly being mythical creatures and animals. With a style between impressionism and fantasy, she explores the vividness of their spirit in saturated colors and organic forms. ZengaEURtms interest in the arts started in elementary school, sparking her desire to create later in life. In her twenties she obtained her Masters in Science from SUNY-ESF in Syracuse, New York. In 2017 due to physical complications, Zeng had to leave the chemistry industry. Transformed by the experience, she decided to revisit her art practice and make it her career regardless of the obstacles she would face. Since then, Zeng has flourished in her artistic expression, finding her true passion in oil painting. Although Zeng explores other painting mediums such as gouache, pastel, and digital, oil and canvas feels the most natural. This medium allows her to relax and be free with the changeability of the material and exploration of color within the subjects she paints....
Benjamin Bauer - Hello Everyone, Im Ben, great caring guy who enjoys expressing myself through art, and creativity. I am romantic, loving, caring heart, and family oriented. I am driven to success, and to push through life with many mistakes that knowing everyday I can get myself better. I love exploring, traveling, learning new things, trying new foods, and getting to know new people. My past was a dark one, I delt with depression most of my life, today, Im a survivor to childhood sexual molestation and I push myself to gain trust, and acceptance in myself. I dont judge others by their looks, a lot of friends call me laid back, and funny at times. I love to smile through the bad times, and cheering up others who are going through a lot is my passion. I express myself deeply, and I was taught that honesty is key in life, without honesty, there is no life, nor relationships. I gain a lot of motivation through who I am and I have a lot of support through friendships, and family. ...
Maja Djokic Mihajlovic - Maja AokiA++ MihajloviA++ is an Academic , award- winning painter , full-time professional artist . Her work is widely collected both nationally and internationally and may be found in numerous private and corporate collections all around the world. Maja AokiA++ MihajloviA++,born in Belgrade in December 1971.,graduated from The Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade,Painting Department,in the class of professor Milica StevanoviA++.She completed her postgraduate studies,with the same professor as her mentor,in 1999. She has been a member of the ULUS since 1997., and obtained the status of the independent artist in 2000. -Seventeen individual exhibitions. -Participated in more than hundred group exhibitions in our country and around,as well as activities of a number of painting colonies. -Five prizes for painting. ...
Jonathan O'Hora - I am a professional visual artist based in Nottingham where I have been living since 2016. My work primarily focuses on nature, the environment and the human condition. Visually my work is conscious of fine art printmaking using often abandoned techniques as a way of asking the viewer to look closer. Recently, I have found using multiple exposures as a way of enhancing the single image, creating movement and encouraging the viewer to look in different ways. Having gained a Masters degree from St Martins College in 2003 I worked for Kodak until they went bankrupt in 2013. Since then I have travelled the world before starting my career as an artist in 2017....