Artists Describing Their Art:
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 ...
Anna Possinger - um, please do not buy my artwork from this site, i have no means of shipping at the moment. But i will in due time. instead please link to my website page because it is easier for my costomers and myself. thank you. my statement i guess would have to be, kill your television and learn to love childrens books. If you can't kill your television, at least cut your cable or sattleite and buy the entire box set of the worlds greastest films. you will have inspiration beyond your wildest dreams. or stop being lazy and go for a walk. =)...
Patrice Tullai - A graduate from the University of Washington Patrice received a B.F.A. in Painting, a B.F.A. in Sculpture, and a B.A.in Arts. Since that time Patrice has been painting relentlessly. She is also a recording artist having worked on A&M records. She has several recordings available. You can hear her music at www.cdbaby.com/cd/frownland and www.cdbaby.com/cd/alicedean. Her influences are many but a few of her favorites are Andy Warhol and Vincent VanGogh. "I enjoy pop art and the comedy of art. Art can be fun and funny. For that reason I paint contemporary objects. I also paint traditional plein air landscapes." She has a great love of birds and has been painting them for years. Many subjects are endangered birds. Did you know there are more endangered species on the Hawaiian Islands then anywhere else on the plant at this time? ...
Boban Dosic - My work is inspired by archaeology, both thematically and technically. It is about both building and uncovering layers, using acrylics, plaster, sand, cement and wax, as well as found or constructed elements made of metal and wood. Through this process of constructing and deconstructing the story hidden in the layers is gradually revealed....
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Grace Auyeung - Landscape painting is my artistic gravity, and I mainly use Chinese ink, colour and Xuan paper as media. I like to explore various techniques and styles, but I place strong emphasis on the use of lines to express my feelings and thoughts about the landscape I try to recreate. I see my art as a vision of my inner self and my spiritual self as well....
Koroleva-Prisyazhnaya Anastasia - We are all creators of our own soul. The basic style of my creativity i consider a "romantic" style. In this style those works are made, which are devoted to The Man and The Woman, to their relations : Their Love, Their Passion, Their Pain, Their Hatred ("She broke ", "When Love Goes ", "A Flower of Love" ). However, it is interesting for me to work with texture graphics- the main value of which is the complex, worked in details decor of a picture.("Fish", "A Forest Woman", "The Charming Courtesan"). The great respect i give to a principle of stylization, the idea should work especially creatively its frameworks ("Karabas-Barabas", "Duremar"). I began to learn the Art of Graphics being trained in architecture (1995-1998) and since then from a subject taught within the frameworks of the program of studing, it has turned to a subject of my passion which i cultivated from hobby to a business of my Life. Nevertheless, except graphics, i`m a professional make-up artist, it is my second profession. Working as a make-up artist i like to invent and to create too. Ussually, creative photoshootings and art-sessions are the result of this. By photoshootings ...
Chad A. Carino - A quality which defines the life of any urban artist is the visible entropy surrounding us in the form of decay and despoilation of the desolation defining post-industrial urban America. Simply put, we live in darkness. This quality bends and controls me, defining my work, decaying into darkness and chaos. A solid idea will find itself dissolving into a series of dark scribbles, and a simple concept will belie its ultimate complexity. These images find themselves hovering between unconsiousness and depression; ultimately, cold, dark, and dead, like any planet or person....
Sir Mbonu Christopher Emerem - I conceive life and living in the context of our relationships with the sacred realm. Hence, my artworks and creative efforts place man at the center of function. With the combinations of Western and African motifs my arts are made to rouse the conscience of mankind, reclaim the human race, and restore humanity and the dignity of man. For my Paintings, I use acrylic, oil, watercolor, pencil and mixed media in the execution of my works. For my Digital Arts, I use computer and scanning technology and for my Sculptures, I use cement and fiber. I saturate my works with stunning and imposing sacrosanct by borrowing and using connotative images to show hidden force using themes that emphasize my sufferings as a struggling artist. For me carrying on the old conventions is not enough. Although I take them into account, I also seek inspiration from the life around me in order to make the traditions serve modern times. As life reveals to me its fresh meanings, I find it difficult not to reflect on them. All in all, I am either stimulated by my personal experiences of life or by environmental, touching, mind-purifying and life-consoling experiences to which...
Tamar Sorkin - I have always worked from organic subjects- plants, animals, or the human body, but usually I arrive at an abstract, "zoomorphic" description, that enables me a wider perspective. ...
Sanjay Sen Gupta - The Aesthetic Gesture my attitude towards art _______________________ 1. Life is a splendor. This splendor is manifested through various dimensions all around us, as well as within our self. It is an eternal continuity of harmony - a variable balance between all the contradictions and diversities. It's a journey from the beginning of the end towards the end of the beginning. And we are the blessed, the chosen ones; and life goes on - with and/or without. 2. When we think or/and speak of our 'self', the 'self' becomes highlighted, focused to our consciousness. And thus everything else defuse into a sense of nonexistence, a sense of nothingness, a sense of 'void'. Contrarily, when we think or/and talk about anything else, i.e. the 'sense of other', the 'self' defuses into the whole and becomes a part of the 'void'. And when we focus on 'everything', the 'self' and the 'other' loose their viability and defuse into the whole. Thus the focus gets split and 'everything' becomes synonymous to 'nothingness', the 'void'. Each and every moment, in each and every act that we perform - knowingly or unknowingly - our sense of being keep changing sides. The 'self', the 'other' ...
Amber Lon Maclean - Artist Statement My scroll paintings are a crossbreed of Chinese ink painting and my professional background in traditional 2d cartoon animation. My work reflects my interest in memory, man vs. nature, political and social satire. I'm interested in blurring the lines between the decorative and contemporary arts; asking viewers to question ideas about authenticity and tradition. Selected exhibitions: The Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco 2000 Kellogg Art Museum Cal Poly University, Los Angeles'Best of Ink and Paint' 2003 Adobe Bookshop Gallery, San Francisco'The Peace Show' 2003 Asian American Women Artist Association Showcase, San Francisco 2003 SOEX,'Monster Drawing Rally' San Francisco 2003-2005 Kearny Street Workshop'Remix, SoMarts, San Francisco 2004 UC Davis Gallery,'the dproject' Davis, CA 2004 Eastern Oregon University'La Voix de Femmes' 2006-2009 The Satellite Gallery,'Dollar Menu' 3rd place; curated exhibit w/ The Art Guys, La Grande, Oregon 2008 Work recently highlighted in slide exhibit and lecture on contemporary Asian artists; de Young Museum, San Francisco, 2009 Gallery 140 at The Las Vegas Arts Council, New Mexico'Nature'2010 ...