Artists Describing Their Art:
Jeffrey Dickinson - My work revolves around the figure. Most is drawn directly from a model in a studio setting. Although that sounds simple anyone who has attempted it knows it takes years of practice and effort to produce something worthwhile. I am constantly working towards improving my drawing skills. A few years ago I began doing quick watercolors over my pencil drawings. I like the spontaneity and immediacy achieved in this way. I also paint in oils and acrylics. These paintings are much more planned out and carefully executed. Although the subject matter is often surreal or narrative they still have as there basis a realistically drawn figure. ...
Lisa Mayes - Working in sculpture and painting, I create a narratives that place the viewer as a bystander examining an event that is unfolding. The 'events' occur at intersections where a subject is interacting with an architectural spaces or in a vacant landscape that have been altered by an intervention by industry and nature. My work acknowledges past and contemporary references of culture, class and environment. ...
Thomas Van Horn - I believe in an ongoing creation. All new moments and the events therein, even the thoughts, are evidence of the creation happening. When I work artistically, or any other way, I participate in that creation. I co-create with the mechanism of creation with what I like to call my heart mind hands. Every stroke of the brush is absolutely new to the universe. It's never happened just like that before. Even if I could make the exact same mark twice, which I can't, the surrounding circumstances and environment would be different for each mark. I don't try to plan a work too much because every work seems to take on its own life and guides me more than me guiding it. I jokingly call my genre accidentalism as so many works seem to result from happy accidents. In the balance of intuition and craft, I have leaned towards letting it go rather than making it come. ...
David Eric Gordon - I try to remain open to all images or visual combinations that inspire me. One consistent element is that my paintings usually involve a process of building up layers through numerous revisions. I often paint over canvases several times, leaving portions of the paintings underneath partly visible. Covering an existing painting rather than starting from a blank canvas can lead to more unusual or interesting compositions by forcing me to make certain choices in responding to the material. The built up layers of paint create a rich surface that becomes an active element, revealing the process of experimentation and revision....
Krizia Guerra - I am all about emotions and expression through art. Colors make it key in a work of art. I love to paint what I feel or what I am going through and to reach out to my viewers and connect with them. There are many different situations and personalities a person has or goes through and I like to break that down one by one in my work. The "B" Collection is a surrealism series of women with different characters, attitudes, color, moods and backgrounds. But they are all "Every Woman" in some way. My objective is that everyone can relate to these women and their personalities. The name "B" is politically correct for its real name "B_ _ _ _." The Romantic Series is an abstract series that has to do with relationships, the Good and the Bad of it all. The giving, the pain and the healing are the inspiration for these works to create an intimate connection with the viewer. The Tables are glass table tops that are painted backwards. You are able to have an artwork in your home or business that you can actually use. You may have it as a dining room table, coffee ...
Nelson-Matheson Annette - I'm a self taught oil painter that's still not quite sure how to lable my art work. These recent painting are inspired by nature and the power of humans when in touch with their inner sense of intuition and imagination. I love the ideal of art nouveau figures reflecting the natural forms of nature and I try to include this idea in my latest paintings....
Mike Garibay - Works by this artist consists of random shapes and colors done in oil and oil pastels over large canvases. Other smaller works in oil and canvas/panels represent expressive detail in abstract. The artist Mural size projects are also available as well as very fine portrait detail works. ...
Maria Visser - This is the story of me and the women in my life. This is how I see us - all in black and white, with light and shade, being softcentered , hardcored , subtle , robust, demure and presumptuous for being like this, is the only way a society can be build on us women. This is the story of the women in my life - they are all farmworkers, working with us on a tablegrape farm next to the Orange river. To me . they are pillars of strength by being trustworthy, hardworking, honest , reliable and women .. I simply MUST draw them because I can see their true beauty - I hope you can too! ...
Richard Wynne - Richard is an acclaimed International Artist recently returned to the USA. Richard has lived in many Countries. "The last being Thailland. He started his art studies at a very young age at the John Herron Art Institute In Indianapolis, Indiana and then later at the Art Institute of Chicago Richard has lived in many countries, painting, and playing music. Mr Wynne has exhibited in Thailand, the United States, Spain, Argentina, Kuwait, Korea, Ihdia, and other Countries. Sometimes perhaps I say too much about my self but maybe it helps people understand what motivates my work. For your information I've lived in 8 different countries and have been around the world 5 times. I speak a few different languages, some very well; others not so well. By the way I am not a workaholic as I don't consider what I do work. I enjoy life too much. I forgot to say I am also a weight lifter as lifting weights is my Zen. When I am troubled the concentration it takes to lift makes me calm. I guess my page will probably be a little different from what people expect. Sorry I have not been uploading new work as ...
Rolando Lambiase - Art in general, painting, is feeling & sensations rather than studies, styles & techniques. Any piece of art must convey soul & passion, beauty & everlasting pleasantness. Elite art does not quire convince me, nor do messy & abstruse paintings. Drawing is marginal, chromatic output essential. Land & sea scapes my favourite....
John Entrekin - I have been a professional painter most of my life. This listing shows a brief sample of my current works. I am a portrait and figure painter as well as doing abstracts in a style i have developed over the past several years. If you like what you see here and would like to see more please go to my site at www.johnentrekin.com ...