Artists Describing Their Art:
Bob Bennett - All my work is done in a *very* simple, traditional darkroom - One enlarger, four trays, and a collection of hand tools made from things you can buy at any art supply, or hardware store. Though I work digitally (making web graphics), nothing in either the assignment or art portfolio has been made by a computer. I print only two or three'original' copies of an image, overwhelmingly on 16x20, in black and white. All color is by hand, a combination of watercolor, and Marshall oils. If you are an assignment client, that's your repro material. ( Everyone who has ever gotten it, has been'tickled pink'.) Art portfolio prints are made from 4x5 copy negatives of the'master/originals'. There are'second' master prints available, but not of every image. I've been doing this work since the early'80's, and I've written quite a few artists' statements about the art portfolio work. The more time goes by, the less aedequate words seem to be, and the less interested I am in trying to talk about the pictures at all. ( If words could'do it' ... I'd be a writer ... but you've noticed, I am not one....) ...
Marilyn Nosewicz - Photography, and Painting are like Magic, Joy , My Birthday, and Christmas all wrapped into one good feeling. I wait for my image to appear in my darkroom,the world stops for that time. I truely live in the moment. Finally I see my images appear before my eyes like magic. I work in Photography Silver Gelatin Black and White primarily and Color Photography. My Painting degree is from Syracuse University. My Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography work is hand printed in the darkroom. I also work in Color Photography, and now also Digital. All my materials are archival. All work is signed and dated. Please Sign my mailing list, or my Guest book, I would like to hear from you. Thank you for looking at my work. ...
Luigi Biagini - Main Publications La Gipsoteca dell1Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara, ed. Lions Club Scultura a Carrara (Ottocento), ed. CRC (Carrara) Architectural Stone, ed. John Wiley & Sons (New York) La Pelle del Monte, ed. Aldus I Laboratori ritrovati, ed. Comune di Carrara Forme dal Bianco, ed. ARS Due scultori nel paese del marmo, ed. Mori La Toscana ad Assisi, ed. Regione Toscana Dalla materia al linguaggio, ed. Mori Yorkshire sculpture park (Igor Mitoraj, sculptures), ed. Clare Lilley (London) Francisco Guerau (Hopkinson Smith), ed. Astree Auvidis (Gentilly France) Gaspar Sanz (Hopkinson Smith), ed. Astree Auvidis (Gentilly France) International Skulptur i Europa, ed. Mori Profili e voci di donne a Carrara, ed. Comune di Carrara Bianco candido marmo, ed. ARS Storie di Genti, Costumi e di Vino della Lunigiana, ed. r.m.e. Tourist book citta di Carrara, ed. Comune di Carrara Torano, notte e giorno, ed. SGF L1Uomo di Marmo, ed. r.m.e. Verso il sogno di Afrodite, ed. SEA TerraViva (bimestrale), ed. r.m.e. Marmi Pietre e Mosaico, ed. Alinea Le vie bianche in Toscana, ed. Petrartedizioni La Storia di Carmo, ed. Ingrassedi, (Sevilla -Espana) - 2003 Il Lardo di Colonnata, ed. F. Motta (MI) - ...
Bernhard Luettmer - The project is to create the image with a short composition as I wanted at times I took in here. Timing and movements of the camera or the machinery are important resources. Photography is listen to the world as we hear a beloved piece of music. For example: I see a tree just in vegetation, the wind gentle caresses the new leaves, the light shines and you hear all this on the skin. Now take a picture with the knowledge that this concentration and on the negative is something of the feeling....
Sandra Maarhuis - For more information about Sandra Maarhuis and to see a online show of all her artworks visit the website: www.sandra-maarhuis.exto.org Info Paintings and Photocollages: Sandra Maarhuis was born in 1972, in Rotterdam. In 2001 she graduated from the Art Academy of Kampen. It was there that she mastered her painting skills. After graduating, the Dutch Art Institute offered her a place in their Master of Fine Arts course. During this two year course she was taught by Peter Struyken and Emo Verkerk, and she obtained her Master's Degree in 2003. Apart from commissioned works and the sale of her work, her main ambition is to further develop her free artwork. A recurring theme in her visual art is the beauty that is concealed in everyday life. In awe of detail, situation or people. And this admiration is the start of each of her paintings. By painting in a figurative-bordering on realistic-way, she is able to portray the subject as recognizable as possible. The final goal is to let the painting exceed the picture. To be captivated first before realising it's a "picture in a frame". Sandra has a new working space ( atelier) ...
Tatiana Parniakova - Cyanotype has been my creative destination for some time, and now I have arrived. My latest work has departed wholly from the confines of film and camera, and paints a broader, luxurious image in cyan blue and warm hues of archival white. I have carefully cultivated a unique niche in the rarefied Cyanotype medium, a mid-19th-century photographic discipline originally used for practical purposes such as proofing and blueprinting, but revisited periodically by photographic artists seeking an alternative to modern media. My new approach to the old process is original and innovative due to the unexpected reversed 'positive' tonality of the prints and their virtually limitless size. I wanted my cyanotype prints -detailed, delicate, and highly individual - to suffuse a sense of antiquity with a fresh, contemporary edge that is powerful and subtle. My work is decidedly feminine, yet forceful and unyielding as I explore the full bloom and withering of the natural cycles of life. I mix floral arrangements with other, coarser and more provocative elements such as snakeskin and fauna to compose symbolic and engaging oeuvres. Although the symbolism and content of my work expands well beyond localized representation, the unusual clarity of each highly detailed print ...