Tempera Paintings

Artists Describing Their Art:

Theodhoraq Napoloni - Artistic Practice My artistic practice generally is oriented towards painting. In essence the paintings portray theatrical situations created by objects, and for a formal and aesthetic appearance the image that is represented has the quality and attributes of''FICTION REALISM''. What interests me most is the expressing of situations that deal with the unconsciousness, and it is exactly this unconsciouss that gives a lot of importance to the instinctive side and pushes me toward certain actions or pulls my attention towards something. During the realization phase of painting, this''special interest'' becomes more stronger and gives the image more apparent clearness with all the details and characteristics of the object. For me, the content I select to represent is very important. It is a selection that follows intuition primarily, and the psychological stains, putting them all together towards a real ending, that in fact, is an invisible reality whose imprints are hidden deep into fragmentilized moments of our history. All this process for me is the best tool to bring it in surface the deepest content of the truth, and the aesthetic dimension. The nature of the objects that become part of the painting is different. Sometimes the definitive images ...

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 ...

Tapan Kar - Born in 1954. Tapan Kar is an Indian artist who lives and works in Kolkata. He graduated from the Govt. College of Art and Crafts, Kolkata and pursuaded an MA in Bengali in the University of Calcutta. Tapan's favourite medium of work is Tempera, a less used medium of the present time. The matte finish of tempera gives his works a special dimension which reflects the true meaning of his thought.... and the life....

Rebecca Merry - Rebecca takes her inspiration from images of sacred art: primarily Islamic geometry, Christian Orthodox Icons, Indian and Western miniatures and illuminations, and early Italian Renaissance painting. More recently she has been drawing inspiration from Russian folk art, and Art Nouveau. She works primarily in egg tempera and is a member of the Society of Tempera Painters. Tempera is a traditional paint medium still used by the Orthodox Church which combines egg yolk and pigments to make a bright durable paint which is painted on gesso panels. She also makes her own gouache paint from pigments for her works on paper, as used in Indian miniature painting, and some collage work and etchings. The work itself is colourful, intense and with a strong narrative content. All of it depicts an archetypal, symbolic world where the ideals of things exist. To this end, all the pictures are based on geometric patterns that give them their innate harmonious quality. The colours too are carefully chosen, to give a sense of musical composition, an idea drawn from Indian miniature painting, where images are often painted as a mirror of a musical mode. ...

Rebecca Merry - Nancy B Jackson - From the beginning, it has been my intent to look at humanity on a spiritual level, focusing my attention on the Sacred in the Ordinary. Images of movement, change and transformation and a sense of being guarded, protected and nurtured in the transformative process are important to my vision. My understanding of being "guarded, protected and nurtured" does not lead to happiness, comfort and security. Instead, it acknowledges suffering as native to human existence. These visions are pursued within the mid-20th Century understanding of the shallow picture plane, which is particularly well suited to shapes and methods that are natural to iconography & tapestry....

Jean Charles Dicharry - DICHARRY & HARPER Original interiors - Exclusive designs Creation of original frescoes, trompe l'oeil architectural decoration, painted furniture & accessories. International atelier dedicated to creating unique environments for residential and commercial applications. For project proposals CD Rom inter-active presentation of portfolio free on request. Web site: www.jean-charles-dicharry.com Publications: Printed: NEW YORK MAGAZINE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE NEWSDAY MAGAZINE MIRABELLA ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST HOUSE & GARDEN (ORIGINAL, NEW & BRITISH VERSIONS) ELLE DECOR (ITALIAN VERSION) CUMHURIYET METROPOLITAN HOME INTERIOR DESIGN ETC. Multi-media: Japanese broadcast about a frescoe in Soho NY japanese broadcast about a collection in Paris France Broadcast about a frescoe on CNN in New York Design Collaborations (Partial Listing): JID JOHNSON JOHN SALADINO JUAN MONTOYA SAMUEL BOTERO JACQUES GRANGE DAVID HICKS NANCY HUANG HILTON MC CONNICO IKE, KLIEGERMAN & BARKLEY M. GROUP Clients (Partial Listing): STEFANO PILATI, DIRECTOR OF CREATION FOR YVES SAINT LAURENT MRS. EMILY FRICK M. & MRS. MICHAEL & DIANDRA DOUGLAS M. JUAN MONTOYA TIFFANY & COMPANY BERGDORF GOODMAN STUART WEITZMAN - FRETTE - LA PERLA M. & MRS. RESNICK, FRANKLIN MINT MRS DIANA BROOKS, PRESIDENT, SOTHEBY'S THE HON. PERETTY, ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE OF NEW JERSEY M. & MRS. MARWAN BOODAI, JAZEERA AIRWAYS Contact: Cel: 33 6 61 88 95 27 NEW ...

Stephanie Hayden - My work varies in style, i try to capture moments of my life on different canvases, from watercolours, acrylics, to montages, sculpture and my photography. Much of my work is dark & disturbing and i can attribute it to the fact that until recently i was registered blind, legally, having been born with dislocated lenses. The more vibrant & colourful works are from my later period after i had surgery to implant interocular lenses, thus i now see the world in a totally different way. This can be seen across my portfolio....