Artists Describing Their Art:

Philip Hallawell - I work in various media: oil, watercolor, dry pastels, pen and ink and mixed media. My work is a result of a fragmented view of the world, which gives it a surreal quality. However, my process is not surreal, because I start with a definite theme that I wish to investigate. My main area of interest is people and the human form and I am constantly investigating the physical, intellectual, emotional and spiritual aspects of Man. Over the years I have developed various series, which I revisit periodocally, investigating different aspects. In purely visual terms, what fascinates me is light and form and how I can use diverse visual elements in a complementary way, opposing, for instance, line and form, or rough and smooth textures. The use of diferent materials to achieve diverse expressions, either alone or as mixed media, along with alternating between a graphic representation and a painterly one, or mixing the two, is a very important aspect of the way I materialize my thinking into images. Equally important is the transition from very realistic images to a totally abstract means of expression and alternating between control and expressiveness....

Philip Hallawell - Erik Hoynes - He specialty is creative and fantasy portraits created to his client individual needs and personality. Erik has been a Freelance Photographer in since 1992. I have Experience working in a wide variety of situations and locations from the Philippines, Korea, Japan, Cabo San Lucas, New Orleans, My specialty is location photography - bringing the studio to you. This allows me to use studio lighting and available lighting techniques together. Erik has been a Freelance Photographer since 1992 PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICES: Corporate Events, Business Portraits, Weddings, Family Portraits, Bar & Bat Mitzvahs. Location Portraits, Commercial Brochures, Advertising, Annual Reports, Actors & Modeling Headshots. Clients include: HBO, W-Seattle Hotels, Grand Pacific Hotel, Dilettantes Chocolates, Expediters International, BF Goodrich, Boeing Landing Gear, Bill Gates Center for Technology, IKEA, Seattle Magazine, Seattle Symphony, Mary Bridge Children's Foundation, and more. For information Call ERIK In L.A. & Orange County and Seattle Cell ph 714-362-7527 or 310-497-3978 ...

Amano Masahiro - Masahiro AMANO

Joanne Mac - J.Mac The" Found object Composed" of surrealist theory meets a vigorously tempered treatment at the hands of J.Mac. While her cognizance of "what the contemporary art world was rebelling against and inventing for itself" fuels her view of the extant condition of culture with sardonically cutting and amusing wit J.Mac's appreciation for the traditional lines of classic beauty salves her edges with a relief of grace - Justice tempered with mercy. "I use my talents to reflect what I see in the world around me; whether it be politics of living, or the social ramifications of our environment, or the humor I observe in our human frailties. I translate my theories into the plastic and figurative sculptural form " - Excerpts from "New Art International" Volume IV, Published in U.S.A, New York by Book Art Press, Ltd 1998 ...

Enzo Amato - Documentary in style, with an interest that stems from his chronicling of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the work of Italian photographer Enzo Amato captures his understanding of the correlation between the spontaneity and energy of a fleeting moment between subjects and events. Amato's work is the result of the artist's innate patience, interest and adept ability to witness and capture ephemeral moments in a type of historical archive. Bearing witness to the fall of the Berlin Wall triggered in the mind of the artist the significance and effect of writing on walls - and the impact of seeing messages in the public realm. Street art itself is usually a non-permanent artform executed by unseen, by-night artists, outside of the context of traditional art venues. For Amato, the interest is as much about the artist, and the environment within which it has been painted as it is about the art. Many of his photographs show the artist at work, yet most represent the works themselves after completion, and in the context of everyday life carrying on around them. His work is often juxtaposed against the backdrop of social or political issues, such as his ...

Wayne Quilliam - Adjunct Professor Wayne Quilliam is a professional Australian Aboriginal Photographic artist/film maker/cultural advisor working on the international stage. With more than 20 years experience working in all areas of photography including social documentary, sport, tourism, fashion,weddings, movies, event documentation and exhibitions, Wayne is recognised as a leading contemporary in his field. His work is a fusion of traditional spirituality and contemporary photographic processes,each image represents an interpretation of culture in the modern world. His dream is to work with all races of the world and conduct exhibitions in every country....

Franziska Turek - This painting is individual, without any compromise, it combinates the occurence with intuition. The pictures are intrinsic of a special magic, which is not intended or planned, its resulting out of the painting process. The organic impressioned spaces and worlds of this pictures lead to associations and they will contemplate the art of painting themselves, they open a fascinating spectrum of color, area, line, which combines to mythical compactness. ...

An-Chi Cheng - 'The Longer I Serve Him, the Sweeter It Grows...' I was born in a Christian family with an artistic backgoround; my father and brother are musicians that both art and music is the centre of my life. My mother is a Professor in Education. It has not been easy to have three artists living under the same roof because each one is occupied with one's own world of creativity. It leaves my mother by herself to "clean up" after us to make sure the smooth running of our daily life. Ever since I was four, my parents would take my brother and I to sing gospel songs in different churches on a regular basis. I chose to become a christian and was baptised when I was sixteen. God's love has always been my strength and comfort and without Him I wouldn't have gone this far. Recently we lost our second baby boy Joshua (name according to Joshua 24:15 in the Holy Bible) due to SIDS.. God gave us the very memorable and precious 27 days family time together with him, we treasure every moments of it. A song called "Mourn the Death of a Dream" [(Acts...