Artists Describing Their Art:
Amanda Van Gils - Visit my website www.amandavangils.com or follow me on Facebook for regular interactive updates
Dominique Lecomte - To see a lot more of my work (prints, photos, books and watercolors), read updated resume and statements, learn about the techniques and history of printing relief, please go to lecomtedominique.com. To buy high quality reproductions on paper or canvas or read my blog, please go to ivimarketplace.weebly.com...
Pamela Henry - I am a Photography Artist. My process crosses analog and digital borders. Initially my images are captured on film, slides or digitally. I use a range of techniques from cross-process development and polaroid manipulation to digital painting, collage and layering to create what you see here. If I were to condense my thoughts on photographic expression into a single phrase it would be "in the moment". The moment begins at first sight and is complete when I release the shutter, lift my stylo from the polaroid, or remove my hand from the mouse. I know I will relive that feeling each time I look at the image, like a song or a smell that transports you to another place and time. This photographic expression translates beyond verbal expression and rests in your being, invoking a subjective reaction based on your experiences. Herein lies a collection of such moments. ...
Matt Swinden - A Short Bio... I am an artist that can't paint, draw, or sculpt, therefore I am a photographer. That is why I capture images on film, as an expression of what I think is interesting; what I find humorous; what I think is beautiful; and what I think will tell a story. To me, the world is a boundless photo opportunity. That is my simple philosophy. I have been taking pictures since high school and have traveled throughout North America and Europe to capture my over 5,000 images. In my quest for the great "shot", I have sat with Elk grazing in Yellowstone, produced a smile from an elderly caretaker of a cliff top church in Sicily, sat for hours waiting for a pod of Killer Whales that never appeared only to be spellbound by a lighthouse and a sunset, and to have been licked by a hungry giraffe. I share these images with you in the hopes that you will gain some pleasure in viewing them. Use your imagination, pretend that you are the observer, make up your own story. Please allow me to be your guide Matt Swinden...
Steven Poe - My artwork uses expansive digital technology to represent dreams and other ways of knowing, as I try to understand my world around me. The images represented here in this exhibit are from a "Buddha Nature" series that I am working on. In the process of this series I am asking questions. The global economy and multicultural societies are increasingly accepted norms. Will an integrated spirituality evolve as well? Is polytheism really possible? As artists evolve a global mind, and mature past the self-conscious movement, will art play a responsible role in societies direction? While the technologies I use are complex and the questions I am asking are deep and serious, the goals are simplicity in design and composition with an attitude of fun and adventure. For if I take myself seriously the results would be disastrous. Please visit my website (www.stevenpoe.com) to see more photographic works and read more about my evolving theory of art from a systems perspective. ...