Artists Describing Their Art:
Andre Nod - Born 1962 in Alma-Ata now aEUR" Almaty, Kazakhstan, graduated in 1988 from the Alma-Ata State Theatrical and Artistic Institute in 1988 BMF MFA. Over the course of 30 years of active creative work has authored thousands of works of art, including paintings, sculpture, drawings, etchings, photographs, ceramics and contemporary art. Has participated in more than 200 group exhibitions and held more than 30 solo shows. Has published poetry in periodicals, participated in literary seminars and also acted in films. His works have been shown at such major international forums as ArtExpo New York International, AFA Rosemalen, Art Manege Moscow, Accessible de Arte Brussels, Asia Art Tashkent, Art Market Budapest, Art Expo SPb International, Saint. aEUR"Petersburg, Art Shanghai, at Kolner Liste Discovery Art Faire, Cologne, Germany, at the Central ArtistsaEURtm House in Moscow, at UNESCO, Paris, France and also at Sothebys and Christies. His works can be seen in permanent exhibitions at the Kasteyev State Museum of Fine Arts in Almaty, Kazakhstan, at the Museum of Modern Art in Astana, Kazakhstan, at the Museum of Art in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, at the Nevzorov Art Museum in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, at the Pavlodar Art Museum, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan, at the Regional Museum of Art ...
Jamie Boyatsis - Abstract artist who graduated from Keene State College in 2016 with a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art. Painting is my medium of choice, though I find myself using mixed media, I like to recycle materials into my artwork and blend realistic and abstract images into my artwork. ...
Jack Mccarthy - I am basically a story-teller who uses prints as my vocabulary. My approach to printmaking is eclectic. On one hand, I use traditional relief printing methods either a baren or a 1947 Vandercook Press, named Ursula. On the other hand, I experiment using brayers, stencils, natural and found objects, anything that has texture. My work is influenced by life experience and, most importantly, my constant amazement of what human beings believe in and how they choose to live their lives! Many of my prints are allegorical in nature and almost all are visual stories. I am presently working on a variety of projects: One is a series of relief prints based on medieval stories, both secular and religious. One edition is comprised of prints depicting religious beliefs and stories of 8th to 14th century Europe, what is normally but erroneously called "The Dark Ages" and/or the Gothic Period. The stories are delightful and, at times, gruesome. Many are Christian stories based on non-Christian (pagan) myths. The second project is a small edition of handmade books with original prints based on the Old Testament. The third is a book which will be a pictorial depiction of the life ...
Mark Kimberlin - Expression is an act of emotion that is indicative of one's feeling or response. Throughout my body of work is a response to things that interest, intrigue, and disgust me. I am aiming to create a fresh energetic response to questions and worries of social dilemmas, religion, and politics of our time. Motive in my work is often derived as a sum of other forms of communications such as music and film that parallel themselves with these questions and how it manifests in our subconscious. The way that music is perceived and moves through us as well as the way that cinematography creates comfort and discomfort is how I intend my paintings to take hold of my audience. Within each piece I create elaborate fictional scenes that are figurative or sometimes non-representational forms of vivid color to create visual translations of a certain idea of feeling to present to my viewer. As I produce these works I am aware of the balance of formal qualities to create a world of space governed through illusionary depth with blended and flat regions. I am also aware that paint is just a tool of mine and I have no interest in ...