Artists Describing Their Art:
Jean Chevalier - In my work, I am looking for, and finding, metaphors to express the effects of American life on the emotions and psyches of those who live here. Recently, I have been concentrating on portraits and people painted on paper with acrylics. This allows me to push and pull the image, to overstate and erase, to leave traces of what has come before underneath what is fully exposed in the end. Over the years, I have developed a personal iconography, a style of brush-stroke and, essentially, my own personal visual language. This is exciting work for me to make....
Barbara Calascibetta Di S. Nicoḷ E Calascibetta - c.v. Barbara Calascibetta di San Nicolo e Calascibetta is a noble sicilian painter born in Syracuse (Sicily). Studied Engineering, then obtained her Marketing Master and a qualification as Project Manager (2000). Attended a course for Interior Designers in France. Being passionate about Art in each form she attended many different art courses and labs. Art has always accompanied her formative background, leaving indelible traces of moments of life in her works, distinguished by the typical Sicilian passion....
Christopher Brennan - My work typically uses rather barren urban landscapes and interiors as vehicles to portray an introspective and contemplative response to the mundane and commonplace. I put an emphasis on the drama of light and shadow, which serves partly to describe form, but which also becomes a metaphor for the passage of time and of our fleeting existence. Despite a somewhat believable look to the images, I work from a variety of sources, piecing together a range of imagery into a single work, and so the paintings become primarily invented and imagined. ...
Pedro Ramon Rodriguez Quintana - Hi,my name is Pedro Ramon,I'm a painter of Spain,I work in Spain,and I'm work in art since a know the plastic art and concrete the paint plastic art,but I'm a artis to touch more form of expressions,sculpture,video,computer,photograf,and other temes,my referent idols in the paint work there are so mutch,and i'm have another idols to bright to me i'm my inspirations,like other artist of all genered of music overthere of modern musik,or cinema stars ,or films that all epoques, however I don't real in agree with all of they think and some postures and forms of live acctions,I'm don't considere me that a right or left political,I'm in the middel of some possitions in the world political,somewere I conffusion in this auctitudes,beacouse I don't have a great resolutions. I like painting in american and european styles,expressionism abstract,pop art and conceptual art,and some times I painting in all styles of the world.I'm living in Alcorcon, Madrid when I study and work with art since 1991,I compart my ...
Valerie Hoffmann - ARTIST'S STATEMENT: "Having a traditional art background and trained in the exacting disciplines of architectural design, I strive to explore new freedoms in interpreting form in terms of the organic shapes and elements found in nature. I prefer to use paint in a manner which best reflects the tapestry of the many textures exhibited in the earth's landscape. I apply color as a means to unite these features and to show relationships between the vividness and subtleties expressed in every part of our environment, and yet attain visual harmony." ...
Angela Thomson - As you can see I am a simple person painting simple things straight from my heart.What you see is what you get.My work is prodominently figurative.I am greatly inspired by people.I am personally an emotional person and I think that shows through in my work....
Stephanie Vandem - Born and brought up in Brazil and Paris; and educated in France, London, New York and Florence; Stephanie is a contemporary figurative painter inspired by the old masters. She brings a variety of influences to her striking work. From vibrant South American scenes to darker portraits set in snow covered forests, each painting has a unique story to tell. Having started her artistic career as a costume designer at the Sadler's Wells Theatre in London, she also worked in New York and the Cayman Islands before settling in North East Scotland. An accomplished puppet designer, she now focuses her considerable talents on painting and art tuition, and has recently started to take on portrait commissions. ...