Artists Describing Their Art:
Daniel Rabinovich - OCEAN IMPRESSIONS - the fine art of underwater photography. This website contains a sample of images from the long term Ocean Impressions project, presented in galleries and public venues. Limited edition, signed & numbered gallery quality prints are available. Please contact me directly for other images, custom work and special projects. danrabfoto-at-yahoo-dot-ca view exhibition video here:
Reuben Njaa - All my work is dependent on form, color, and composition. I believe the most complex emotions can be evoked from the simplest of forms. My style explores the relationship between man-made structures and the digital world; the idea of recognizable shapes and structures living within irrational thoughts and emotions. I find beauty in things that are cast off. When I find a surface I am intrigued by I bring it back to my studio where I paint on it or scrape parts of the surface and then scan it into Photoshop and begin the transformation process. Occasional I paint directly on to the photograph before scanning using a combination of materials such as pencils, acrylic paint, Marshal Oils or watercolors anything to provide more texture to the surface. I work spontaneously and become more detailed as the composition starts to show itself. I think of my photo-paintings as two separate components, one part non-objective abstract art and one part traditional photography, brought together to fashion something new. As an artist, this combining of two different medias intrigues me. Texture is of primary importance in my pieces. I think of the surface of my photo-paintings as the ...
Andrew Stanford - My images are about discovering the dynamic world of energy, light and colour. After many years of experimenting with photographic film, my primary elements are grain, blur and colour. All of which are created in the camera and then hand printed in my own colour darkroom. No digital work, no photoshop. The wake of movement and energy is all I need. And it's found in so many places, and it reveals so many surprises. Letting the moment being recorded, and not manipulated by the digital. Work is mainly photographed on 35mm film, processed by the artist and also hand printed onto fuji archival paper. ...
Beatrice Van Winden - Artist statement For the last twelve years, Beatrice Van Winden, has lived on Vancouver Island, and has always had an interest in photography and the Arts, for as far back as she can remember the arts. Beatrice studied art and photography throughout her school years, and has continued to do so, on the island: - Traditional photography with Mitch Stringer and Susan Mulgreine-Professional photographers & teachers at various local colleges of photography. - Darkroom processing, & B/W photography with Professional photographer Bradford Stevenson & teacher at the Victoria college of photography. - Digital darkroom with professional photographer Andrew Ciesielski. - She studied art with Wendy Welsh, John Drake, Xane St-Francis at the Vancouver College of art, Camosun . - She studied Art Marketing with Alice Cormier, a well-known Vancouver Art Marketing Consultant. Beatrice combined her knowledge of traditional photography and art to create unique photos. The website Arts of Canada has described her photos as "Photos with a digital edge". Her photos are often thought of as beautiful paintings. She is known for her ability to see and capture colors with her traditional camera in a unique way. She is a member of the: - She is a member of the Canadian Association for Photographic Art. -...
Lynda Lester - I am on a search for hidden feelings. Abstract images that reveal unknown emotions lurking inside myself and within those who view my work. Like the cacti and succulents featured in this series, we are shielded with tough exteriors. From a distance, and at a comfortable scale, we seem protected and strong, self-sufficient and safe. But a closer look reveals a tempest of unmet needs and conflicting drives. Fear. Aggression. Tenderness. Humor. Tension. Sensuality. This series began with a single photograph. An image that was initially overlooked. Not an accurate representation of a cactus. But I found myself unable to set it aside. Eventually, I realized that it was a very accurate representation of something else. Of passion and sexuality. Of daring and risk. As I worked with the image, it became more than just a plant. And I knew that one photograph was not enough. Employing unconventional composition, seeking stark contrast between light and dark, and using digital techniques to preserve the classic look of film, a single image inspired a series. In the most parched, most alien life forms; I found something undeniably fluid and unavoidably human. In looking at these images, I found I was looking ...
Corrie Ancone - Artist statement : "I don't care for the certainty of what's in front of my lens, but the creativity, the fantasy, the invention, that can gush from a thought before or thereafter. Between the certain and the uncertain there is a possible space, as in dreams and fables. Heavily influenced by mythology, nature and the techniques and working styles of the early European Dadaists, Impressionists and Baroque artists, my creativity stems from my lust for finding and exploring sympathies between the human body, the landscape and its textures. Oscillating between transparency and opacity, colours and images collide in my work, creating new visual and emotional images, often painterly and somewhat surreal, which affect perceptions of natural reality. This is sometimes described as 'synthetic realism'." Corrie Ancone ...
Ellen Rosenberg - aEURoeWhen you approach something to photograph, first be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence. Then donaEURtmt leave until you have captured its essence.aEUR Minor White Art is neither a profession nor a hobby. Art is a way of being. It is an expression of the human spirit and an integral part of all beings. My creative passion is expressed through the art of photography, allowing for a vocabulary of imagery that is my own. These photographs arise out of my own spirituality, a practice of mindfullness and being fully awake to the present moment. As my journey has taken me deeper into the study of Dharma I have recognized that the camera becomes an extension of my being. I bring the camera to my eyes and aEURoefeelaEUR the image that appears in front of me with a heightened awareness. An opening to the world precisely as it is, offering up all the richness and beauty that is present within this moment of time. I seek to create an intimacy with my photographs, allowing for the viewer to feel the art form, not as a two dimensional visual archive of a moment, but to...