Artists Describing Their Art:

Alain Added - Alain Added est un peintre et sculpteur. Alain Added dessine des le plus jeune age et fait ses premiers vrais dessins vers l'age de 13-14 ans. Il utilise l'encre de Chine pendant plus de 10 ans, puis s'est naturellement dirige vers la couleur. << Le noir et blanc et la couleur sont deux univers vraiment diffe- rents. C'est la meme demarche qu'un romancier qui passerait a la mise en scene. D'un cote on laisse jouer son inspiration, de l'autre on la canalise. >> Peindre est pour lui un besoin, un acte liberatoire et un plaisir detache de la realite de la peinture. L'art a ete pour lui un veritable moyen de s'evader lors de periodes difficiles, cependant il ne peint pas avec une intention et ne peut expliquer une toile qu'a posteriori. Apres plus de 30 ans de peinture, Alain Added se met a la sculpture. << La gestation de 3O annees de peinture a fait que la sculpture s'est concre- tisee presque naturellement. >> Les personnages qu'il sculpte appartiennent a son monde imaginaire. Pour lui le rapport sensuel dans la cre...

Cybele Rowe - If you are looking at one of my artworks whether it is painting or sculpture, be It a figure, a vessel or an abstract form, there is a stream of consciousness that has led me to the last point of movement in my latest work. It is this stream that makes my art. The stream is about managing to ask questions that make life interesting to me as the artist. It is about stretching my mind and emotions into the "What if?" and the" I wonder why's?" My art is not a response to my life lived nor is it a reaction to my present environment. My art is about striving to interpret my past, present and future involving the known and unknown without fear and redelivering age old concepts in brand new husks. My art is an interpretation, a filter of a mind striving to be conscious whilst being creative and imagining the splendid vulnerability of existence in its many forms. By binding myself almost to the point of suffocation and then untangling the crazy web to a simple elegant evocative image is the best way I can describe the process of my art making. As a sculptor...

Niccola Devereaux - About the work Reality sits on shifting sands and often itaEURtms enough to observe. The interplay between the metaphysical and the physical however, pulls me toward art. Art as existential practice encompasses what exists, and what could exist, and their interstitial discourse. Experience is a construct anyway; art constructs and deconstructs addressing the possible, the real, and the gaps between. Anything can be artaEUR"human perspective gives it breath of life. From that initial point however, it must fend for itself. ...

Mark Yale Harris - The purpose of my artwork is to provoke a perceptual, internal, and intellectual response for the viewer, a visual that speaks to life's experiences. To create symbols of universal connection and the relationship that one has to another and to nature. Furthermore, art conveys my nonverbal view of life. An ongoing portrayal of myself, my behavior, adventure, exploration, risk taking, and my non-acceptance of convention and the status quo. I am continually in search of the new, the different, and I am fascinated with the unconventional. Life has a hard, aggressive side, as does much of my work, represented by rigid, angular lines. However, the soft side is also apparent, visible as curves and soft forms. I used the invaluable experience of the mentorship of Bill Prokopiof and Doug Hyde, along with my own vision, to create an evolving body of work in alabaster, marble, limestone, and bronze, often combining different elements to bring forth a duality in the sculpture that I make. My work is included in private and public collections internationally....

Domingo Garcia - Premios / Awards 1967-68 GRANT , Casa del Arte, San Juan, to study/travel throughout Europe and North Africa 1972 Guggenheim GRANT in painting, New York, NY 1977 GRANT , Washington Review of the Arts, for best poster design of the year 1980 SENIOR GRANT for Work Accomplished, National Endowment for the Arts,Washington D.C. 1990 AWARD given for "Year's Best Solo Show", "Iconos de Nuestra Historia", International Art Critics Association (IACA), member of UNESCO 1999 HOMAGE for " Best Exhibition of the Year" and " Best Retrospective Solo Exhibition of the Year", International Art Critics Association (IACA), member of UNESCO 2007 SPECIAL AWARD given for " Best of the Year: 60 Year Retropective Exhibition", International Art Critics Association,(IACA), member of UNESCO 2011 HOMAGE for his contribution to Latin American Art and the adquisition of two of his masterpieces for the permanent collection of Museum of Fine Arts Houston, June 2011 ...

Jack Hill - All of my sculptural work is bronze, cast in the "lost wax" technique. Besides sculpting the original work, I am hands on with all the phases of the casting process, including the molds, waxes, metal, and application of the patinas. My foundry experience allows me to ensure the quality and integrity of each idea, from inspiration to final presentation. The ideas are born from observation of the human existence, in all its splendor and absurdity. The addition of my own whimsy and uncommon approach brings about an expression of life in the permanence of bronze. People are only one part of the whole planet and my anthropomorphic works are an exploration of the blending of man into various parts of the environment. With attention to anatomic detail and a tongue-in-cheek twist I wish to stimulate the imagination and, maybe, tickle the funny bone. Questions? Call me at 305/240-3238 A new line of work has been added that I call "Body Armor". The human form is treated as if skin was an armor that could be put on or removed as needed. If it had been lost long ago and recently rediscovered, what would it look like. ...