Artists Describing Their Art:
Paul Carbo - I started messing round with wood in 1999 while still working as a graphic artist for the Los Angeles Times. We all worked on computers at that time and I was craving to do art with my hands like we used to back in the "dim time" before computers. I initially started to build small functional art pieces for children. Things like paper and pencil holders. I then progressed to larger caricatures of famous people I thought kids should be aware of like Abe Lincoln and Mark Twain, still intended as furniture for children. I would store the finished cabinets in my living room. They mingled well with my other furniture and and found I using them to store CD's,books ans such. At that point I said to myself " Why wouldn't grown-ups like this kinda thing"? I left my job at the newspaper, forged on and continued to build....
Pedro Ramon Rodriguez Quintana - Hi,my name is Pedro Ramon,I'm a painter of Spain,I work in Spain,and I'm work in art since a know the plastic art and concrete the paint plastic art,but I'm a artis to touch more form of expressions,sculpture,video,computer,photograf,and other temes,my referent idols in the paint work there are so mutch,and i'm have another idols to bright to me i'm my inspirations,like other artist of all genered of music overthere of modern musik,or cinema stars ,or films that all epoques, however I don't real in agree with all of they think and some postures and forms of live acctions,I'm don't considere me that a right or left political,I'm in the middel of some possitions in the world political,somewere I conffusion in this auctitudes,beacouse I don't have a great resolutions. I like painting in american and european styles,expressionism abstract,pop art and conceptual art,and some times I painting in all styles of the world.I'm living in Alcorcon, Madrid when I study and work with art since 1991,I compart my ...
Ken Hillberry - In art and in life, dynamics of balance, integrity and tolerant interaction of all elements or participants ought to be see, experienced and maintained. At the same time, the challenge of affecting this balance is creatively encountering all changes and adapt accordingly. For some, the destination or pre-determined outcomes are sought more often than not. Then there are some who savor the journey, thus witnessing and enjoying developments along the way. I fall into the latter category. It's like watching the film develop in a darkroom. the image takes form a little at a time right before my eyes. The creative process, for me, is void of pressure and timeless. The ability and practice and discipline are central in my approach. My creative intent is to engage a viewer in thought and emotion, as well as, with their eyes. Using imagination, retrospect or model, my range of composition can be conceptual, perhaps impressionistic or abstract in application, but always developed to evoke an awareness and appreciation for the relative conditions in life experience and art form as I incisively or playfully interpret my experiences along the way. ...
Melcha C - Artistic approach My paintings reflect pieces of collective intimate memory inspired by pop art retro music. Ii?1/2m also painting live nude contemporary models where the colors and movements live along. Collection My paintings are spread through many private collections in USA New-York, California, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Georgia, in India, in Belgique, in Montreal in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges area ...
Bernhard Luettmer - The project is to create the image with a short composition as I wanted at times I took in here. Timing and movements of the camera or the machinery are important resources. Photography is listen to the world as we hear a beloved piece of music. For example: I see a tree just in vegetation, the wind gentle caresses the new leaves, the light shines and you hear all this on the skin. Now take a picture with the knowledge that this concentration and on the negative is something of the feeling....
David Mihaly - The first series here represents notable historical and pop culture figures, many with Ohio roots, presented in a contemporary style. Each portrait can be seen as a celebration of the individual depicted as well as a meditation on the difference between the bygone era of actual achievement in the arts versus todays culture of instant celebrity. Also included here is a series of textured jazz musician portraits. Each musician painting was made using a layered acrylic technique, evoking the smoky atmosphere of the clubs where the music was born....
Mary V. Williams - With a background in dance and graphic art, I want to capture and transform life with line, light, movement and expression. My favorite subjects are dancers, faces of all kinds, and figurative work. If "one picture is worth a thousand words" I want my paintings and drawings to illuminate, illustrate, and reflect the essence of the subject. I want to discover that nuance, that tiny highlight or line, that brings character and life into a face or form. ...
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 ...
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Rafi Perez - Rafi is an established artist whose sense of adventure and constant experimentation in his studio has led him to develop a painting technique with unique characteristics. His ambition with his paintings is to use symbolic shapes, figures, texture and colors to express his deepest emotions and passion for life. This leads him to apply paint to the canvas in unusual and interesting ways. His paintings also require layers upon layers of paint to create a sensuous and turbulent surface texture that is as vital and as complex as life itself. He uses color to allure an imaginative and emotional response from the viewer. His dynamic depictions of the human experience and expressions are the product of many days of working and reworking....
Brijesh Bhavsar - Hello Dear friends I am Artist Brijesh Bhavsar. I m work with art work field since 35 years . In past with blessings of my grandfather I m work on his way to creat art work than my father and his brother blessings work this field with good lifetime memories portraits paintings visit our website for more beautiful work done www.brijnportraitart.com ...