Artists Describing Their Art:
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' ...
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 ...
Kevin Eason - Kevin is an award winning artist from North Jersey. His primary studies are editorial cartooning and illustrations. His witty and satirically crafted pieces have amused and inspired many. You can find his work published in publications of North Jersey Media Group, Inc. and Gannet to name a couple. He attributes his success to his ambition, professionalism and desire to tailor his talents to his clients needs. He resides in Woodbridge, NJ with wife and daughter-...
Timothy King - ARTIST STATEMENT and BIOGRAPHY STATEMENT I find painting goes beyond the notion that painted reality is "nothing but " a precursor to a photographic realism. Painting is a phenomenological experiment. There is a synthesis between the visual and the kinesthetic that forms a powerful third range of human perception. Human space and form are not purely optical manifestations. The painting of mass and line can provoke a muscle sense, a physical ness between viewer and the painted relationships. Hans Hoffman called this "Push-Pull". Matisse referred to this as the convexity of pictorial space. In this "meta-vision" or "minds-eye" the painter is not freed from the experience of perspective and local color and the naturalistic geometry of the objects and scenes. Rather, the painter can be liberated by the experience and knowledge of the defining aspects of human reality. Vision encompasses the obvious factors of sight along with other less obvious paths to sensing reality. Human vision is based on a plasticity of structures that tell us more than what a photograph can convey. The visual system, governed by layers of logical relationships, goes much further than a photo interpretation of reality. Painters like Courbet and Cezanne understood ...
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. ...
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 ...