Artists Describing Their Art:
Harry Weisburd - Harry Weisburd is an Internationally Represented Artist, including, USA, Expressions Gallery, Berkeley, California,
Lora Vannoord - I am a Florida Artist originally from a small town in Michigan, now painting in Florida. My works are original oil paintings inspired by Mother Nature. I want to communicate my love of nature to help others see and appreciate the natural environment around them. My goal is to give others a calming and imaginative experience in their homes when they contemplate my oil paintings. I enjoy the creative composing of my landscapes using my store of images and my imagination. I combine my sketchbook images and photos to form my imaginary landscape. I then feel excited and fulfilled when my work goes well. Even as a child my happiest times were when I was creating art or attending art activities and museums. I am a member of the Tarpon Springs Art Association, the Creative Artists Guild, and NOAPS. I have been chosen to show my original oil paintings in many of their juried exhibits. I have had solo exhibits in Grand Rapids MI, Dunedin FL, Oldsmar FL and Tarpon Springs FL.. I have shown oil paintings in group exhibits in Clearwater FL, Crystal Beach FL, Tarpon Springs FL, Oldsmar FL, Dunedin FL, Sarasota FL, Safety Harbor FL, Tampa FL...
Michael Garr - I have been drawing and painting since Junior High. I enjoy quick art, impressionistic yet realistic, and minimal. There are interesting subjects all around us. My inspirations are architecture, people, light and shadow, the sea and boats, imagination... and the old masters. Get out and enjoy your surroundings. All my works are available as signed and numbered prints. I also do commission works, some examples of which are in the portfolio. I donate all proceeds to charity, and have recently teamed with SAVE THE BAY, a local Rhode Island eco-advocate organization, which receives 30 PER CENT of my proceeds. My opportunities for artistic expression have included drawing on napkins during airplane rides and waiting during my sons music lessons. In 2012 I took up oil painting for the first time, and my mentor is Lorena Pugh of North Kingstown. Ive done both Plein air and studio work in her presence, and am benefitting from the association. We have an informal group who meet and paint in Lorenas studio on Monday nights throughout the indoor season. I will continue to pursue art on a daily basis, and post the finished works here and on facebook for any and all to ...
Michael Pickett - I donaEURtmt know how IaEURtmm able to do all of this, but somewhere inside me I know that I stand out from the rest, IaEURtmm unique and have some powers that are beyond comprehension. I stay pretty much to myself and I feel like someone who is not from this planet and that there are differences that I readily perceive. All of this makes me self-conscious and also makes me more critical of myself. I judge and criticize myself a lot which I should not, but I do because I feel alienated at times. IaEURtmm vary humble and definitely not better than anyone else. I have so much to achieve, and thataEURtms why I take my own time to do so, there are times when I get irritated and agitated because of keeping a lot of expectations for myself, and when IaEURtmm not able to execute it, I feel low. However, I have to make sure that all these expectations are achievable, not impractical and unfeasible. As a result, I trust my intuition more which allows me to communicate with others. Self-expression and originality are also associated with me. There is a ...
Michael Pickett -
Michael Arnold - Art for me is a creative release, therefore I have no boundaries in my work. I work on what moves me spiritually, visually and creatively. I enjoy many different styles including impressionism, pop art, abstract expressionism, naturalism, post-impressionism, art deco and contemporary. All of these styles influence my work, but do not define my style. I primarily work in acrylics, but have produced works in pastels, graphite, charcoal colored pencils and ink. Artists Affiliations 2005 Leadership Citrus 2007 Visual Arts Award-Central Florida Community College Member of Citrus County Chronicle Editorial Board Member of the Citrus Art Center Florida State University Graduate...
Paul Cairns - Most of the time my work is rooted in an exploration of structure, by nature and the landscapes of Northern Ireland where I grew up or Essex where I now live. Structurally the handling of the materials is very physical with the stretchers frequently becoming more sculptural or sculptures becoming painterly. Painting can sometimes be seen as passively hanging on the wall out of the way so to counter this viewpoint many of my works inhabit the space much more, from heavy relief to working fully in the round. Nature and landscape is never far away from my thoughts and being part of nature is what has enabled us to develop a sense of culture, so when I paint what may at first look like a conventional portrait, you will soon see that the sitter is a part of the landscape; they have had a hand in forming each other. ...
Arlene Babad - I am a Canadian representational artist. I was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. I have taken courses at university and art schools. I paint with acrylics on canvas. I use thin layers or thick textural strokes of paint. My paintings are influenced by my love of colour. When I paint I try to capture the excitement of colour in light, shadow and atmosphere. My paintings are also influenced by my knowledge of abstract design principles. My paintings are in private collections in Canada and the U.S. I am also listed in the ArtistsinCanada Directory. Click on the link to my website and see my interesting links. Join my email list to keep informed of new paintings, articles and special offers. ...
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....
Kelly Olszyk - Born in Alabama, Kelly had a love of art ever since she was a child. Now, residing in Eastern Pennsylvania, that love has grown into passion. Olszyk is an award winning artist who's education is in Graphic Design. Her work is both analytical and intuitive. Kelly matches her creativity with story telling. Sometimes obvious and sometimes the artist says. "You have to read into the subject and the brush strokes equally to see what is really going on". Her works are taken from everyday life. In the present and the past. " I look at things from a different perspective, sometimes a simple shape can take on a life of it's own and sometimes the complexity of a subject can be broken down into it's purest essence", says the artist....
Tim Tero - i began painting after taking some painting courses w/ jon imber at the museum of fine arts school. jon imbers teacher back in the day was phillip guston. i am currently starting a series of paintings based images from the tokyo metro. i am obviously influenced heavly by contemporary japanese culture. but, also there are many contemporary painters, such as neo rauch and ena swansea that i'm very inspired by. film, espesially asian cinema has also been a big influence. more later......
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....
Luana Stebule - My art specifically includes stages projects in Lithuanian theatres, mural paintings together with 22 solos and 37 shared exhibitions. The majority of my current artworks are traditional, oil on canvas. However, my favourite technique is collages, I use mirrors, wood, textile, sawdust, photos. Different texture and different levels of surface create another level of expression. The pictures physical body juxtapose and suffuse it veritably forming jazz of visual performance. In many aspects my style is conceptual, the idea behind the artworks is very important to me. Also, some of paintings have elements of surrealism and pointillism. Anyway my style is unique In order to achieve particular expression, last few years, I am simplifying forms and like sharp contrasts with too many nuances. Too many artist around me are painting abstractions, I got bored and start paint in this manner. From 2013 until 2017 I was only painting and not participating in any art exhibitions or projects. Only in October 2017 for the first time in the UK exhibited my artworks in Milton Keynes art week. Also, created my profile in Saatchi Art Gallery. ...
Wendy Goerl - Time governs both my subject and my style. I am attracted to subjects in ephemeral states--the fall color that will be gone next week, the carnival that will move on in a few days, the kaleidoscopic sunset that will fade in a few minutes--and often revisit subjects to explore how they change through time. My style comes out of an ongoing negotiation between my desire to capture every hyperrealitisc detail and my fear that I'll rework a painting to destruction trying to resolve miniscule innacuracies that become amplified as I add increasing detail. The point of compromise is as individual as the subjects I paint. I work a la prima as much as I can, because the more time between the first and last strokes of a painting, the more likely I am to change modes at sometime during the creation....
Nina Polunina - I like to make things bright. This is a very exciting activity to take an object person, car, building and pull out something that is not visible at first glance. It can be a story or a bright spot, or an unexpected form. In each of us lies the individuality and brightness. Over time, they fade over worries and life experiences. But they are. I want you, looking at my pictures, to be able to see it in yourself. This is what I am trying to bring to my adult students in the studio as well. That they are not afraid of life, bright colors and unexpected decisions....