Cheng-Khee Chee

March 13, 2013, 5:01 pm

Cheng-Khee Chee, Associate Professor Emeritus of the University of Minnesota, is a Dolphin Fellow of the American Watercolor Society, signature member of the National Watercolor Society, Transparent Watercolor Society of America (Master Status), Watercolor USA Honor Society and many others. He is listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Art, Who’s Who in American Education, and Dictionary of World Chinese Artists Achievements. He has been represented in numerous national juried exhibitions and captured over 200 honors, including the American Watercolor Society Silver Medal, Transparent Watercolor Society of America Skyledge Award (First Place), Allied Artists of America Gold Medal, and Knickerbocker Artists USA Grand Award Gold Medal and Purchase Prize for Excellence. His solo exhibitions include the Tweed Museum of Art of the University of Minnesota, Duluth, 1982; China traveling exhibition, 1987; Singapore Art Museum, 1997; and Bloomington Art Center Inez Greenberg Gallery Inaugural Exhibition, 2003. Among his publications are The Watercolor World of Cheng-Khee Chee (book 1997), The Work of Cheng-Khee Chee (instructional manual 2003), Old Turtle (illustration 1992), Swing Around the Sun (illustration 2003), Noel (illustration 2005), and numerous contributions to books and magazines. He was featured in the Artist’s Magazine (December 1997), Watercolor Magic (summer 2000) and Watercolor Magazine (An American Artist Publication, winter 2002). The Creative Catalysts Productions of Oregon produced his 6-volume instructional DVDs based upon his workshop and were released in 2005.

“Human life is but a grain of dust in the boundless universe and one kshana in the eternities of time. Ordinary people only know how to utilize limited time to do deeds; therefore their lives are like a wave swiftly disappearing in the ocean. Only extraordinary people know how to use great deeds to fill the time; therefore they can transform limit into limitless and a kshana into eternity.”

Cheng-Khee Chee Thoughts on college graduation, 1960In 2007 Chee coordinated with the Jiangsu Watercolor Research Institute in Nanjing, China to organize the first Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary International Watermedia Masters. 68 artists representing 13 countries worldwide were included. The exhibition was held in Nanjing from November 19 through December 2, 2007, and later traveled to other cities.

Chee was the recipient of the 1994 University of Minnesota system-wide University College Distinguished Teaching Award and the 1994 University of Minnesota, Duluth Campus Chancellor’s Distinguished Services Award. In 2004 the Duluth Depot Foundation honored him with the Art and Culture Community Enrichment Award. In 2008 his Alma Mater Nanyang Technological University in Singapore honored him the Alumni Achievement Award. In 2009 the University of Minnesota, Duluth School of Fine Arts honored him the membership of the society of Prometheans, recognizing his outstanding artistic accomplishments. He is a popular workshop instructor and national show juror. His breakthroughs in concepts and processes have greatly influenced the direction of watermedia painting.

Both East and West experiences and influences have shaped Chee’s artistic career. Over the years he has explored and experimented with ways to synthesize the concepts and processes of both traditions. His work comprises many styles from traditional to nonobjective. Chee’s ultimate goal in painting is to achieve the essence of Tao, the state of effortless creation. He hopes to produce paintings that are the synthesis of East and West, realism and abstraction, and the visual realization of his inner being.

"Human life is but a grain of dust in the boundless universe and one kshana in the eternities of time. Ordinary people only know how to utilize limited time to do deeds; therefore their lives are like a wave swiftly disappearing in the ocean. Only extraordinary people know how to use great deeds to fill the time; therefore they can transform limit into limitless and a kshana into eternity.”

Cheng-Khee Chee Thoughts on college graduation, 1960

"What inspires me to paint is my strong inner world’s subjective response to the outer world’s objective reality. My subjective response is influenced by my diverse East-West experiences, tradition, knowledge, and personal cultivation.

paintingMy creative process is strongly influenced by Taoist philosophy, finding the most natural and effortless way to express the essence of a specific subject for which I have deep feelings. Over the years, I have faithfully adhered to the following principles:

Thorough knowledge of the subject matter

I paint only subjects of which I have knowledge. The subjects include all things, all beings, and their environment and activities. They are the objective reality of the outer world.

Strong feelings toward the subject matter

My feeling could be an aesthetic response to design elements, a spiritual awakening to an extraordinary phenomenon, a hostile sentiment to social injustice, a melancholic sensibility of human tragedies, a nostalgic remembrance of places, or a tenderness of relationships. These feelings are the inner world’s subjective response to the outer world’s objective reality.

Thorough understanding of design elements and principles

This helps me orchestrate the design elements to compose an abstract structure for my paintings.

Competent craftsmanship for expressing the subject matter in a natural way

This includes the drawing skill, the ability to handle specific media, and the willingness to explore the natural ways to express the subject matter.

The synthesis of the outer and inner world becomes the inspirational basis and contents of my work. The design and craftsmanship form the process for my expression.

My creative principles remain constant, but contents and processes are constantly evolving, broadening, and developing. Contents diversify with the expansion of experience and knowledge. Processes continue to evolve and expand as I constantly explore the most natural way to express new subject matter.

Painting in watercolor I feel that feelings and energy from my heart are most directly transmitted through the brush and medium to the sensitive paper surface, transforming into the most direct, honest, and true visual marks.

My approach to watercolor painting is a dynamic process and an effort to harmonize opposite elements: yin and yang, intuition and contemplation, emotion and reasoning, incident and intention, subjectivity and objectivity, imagination and reality, abstraction and realism. The end result is the visual realization of my inner being that I hope will communicate on a universal and timeless level."

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Joseph Alleman

March 13, 2013, 6:10 pm

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"For artist Joseph Alleman, an important motive to paint lies in understanding his surroundings. "I'm visually compelled by various forms of shape, value, pattern, etc. Through the process of painting, I gain new and deeper insight into my subject and its surroundings as these elements combine and communicate."

Working in both watercolor and oil, Joseph Alleman's paintings have become highly recognized and collected for their visionary portrayals of the West. As a signature member of both the American and National Watercolor Societies, he exhibits regularly through gallery, juried, and invitational shows, and has been a featured artist in the majority of contemporary fine art publications.

Residing in Northern Utah, Joseph finds a great deal of inspiration in the regions land, towns, and people which make it unique. "There is a beauty within the everyday and ordinary that only painting can reveal. I'm drawn to these subjects in hopes of making and sharing such discoveries."

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Parviz Payghamy

March 13, 2013, 7:02 pm

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PARVIZ PAYGHAMY — Parviz Payghamy’s paintings depict abstracted landscapes weaving together and creating a simulated motion. The rich tapestry of patterns curve and bend through the picture plane. The landscapes are poetic, which is appropriate as Parviz was dubbed “the poet painter” by his friends, professors, and colleagues at the Tehran University where he studied. His fascination with poetry provides his paintings with the fleeting beauty of life and the melodic quality of color.

At eight years old, Parviz Payghamy discovered his talent and love for painting and by the age of sixteen started working professionally as a painter. His early realization of his life’s passion could have been inspired by other artists in his family. Parviz says that both his older brother and his grandfather were artistic. Crediting Paul Klee as one of the key painters to have inspired him and Fedrico Garcia Lorca as one of his favorite poets, Parviz explains that art helps him to express the way that he looks at and thinks about the world and about his life. Parviz says about his work, “Painting is a visualization of life and sadness, happiness, and all emotions are translated by means of lines, shape, color, and take actual form. A picture is made and that is how the artist communicates with his inner self and with the viewer. The expression of the subject is what is important not the actual subject itself. For it is the expression that is worthy of thought and reflection. Whether it is an apple or a bottle, a face or a figure, I ask the viewer to view my art within that context. It is the singer, not the song.”

Parviz Payghamy was born in Tehran in 1961 and studied fine arts, receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree at the Tehran University. His work has been shown in Iran, Europe, Canada, and the United States. He lives and works currently in California.

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Sarah Buell Dowling

March 13, 2013, 7:22 pm

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Sarah Buell Dowling is an award-winning artist and illustrator. After

earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Massachusetts College of Art

in Boston, she continued her post-graduate studies at Montserrat College

of Art in Beverly, Massachusetts, and with numerous nationally recognized

artists in Savannah, Georgia.

Recognitions for Sarah’s art include awards from The Georgia Watercolor

Society, The Southern Watercolor Society, The Watercolor Society of Alabama, The Jekyll Island (Georgia) Art Association, the Glynn Art Association

(St. Simons Island, GA), and The Mount Dora (Florida) Art Association.

Sarah has illustrated three books and several children’s toys. Her most popular

book, Flip Along Fun, won the Mom’s Choice Award designating it among the

best of family-friendly products. It can be seen at FlipAlongFun.com. One of

the toys she illustrated received the Toys of the Year award from Parenting

Magazine; another was chosen as Children’s Book of the Month Club Main

Selection.

Ms. Dowling also has designed whimsical stuffed animals and women’s wear.

Her creations have been featured in numerous publications, including

House Beautiful, Town and Country, Mademoiselle, Vogue, and USA Today.

Sarah lives in St. Simons Island, Georgia with her husband, one of their three

children, one dog, and two finches!

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Kalina Toneva

March 14, 2013, 4:59 am

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Kalina Toneva

Artist from Bulgaria

Education
National Academy of Arts, Sofia

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Robert Bateman

March 14, 2013, 5:42 am

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Born in Toronto, Canada, 1930; son of Joseph Wilber & Annie Maria (McLellan)

Bateman

Marriage to Suzanne Bowerman, June 1961

Children: Alan, Sarah & John

Married Birgit Freybe, August 1975

Children: Christopher & Rob

High School art/geography teacher 20 years

Thornhill High School, Thornhill, Ontario: 1955-57

Nelson High School, Burlington, Ontario: 1958-63; 1965-69

Government College, Umuahia, Nigeria: 1963-65

Lord Elgin High School, Burlington, Ontario: 1970-76

Lifelong lecturer & resource person in art, photography, nature & conservation

Resident of Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada

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Victor Kinus

March 14, 2013, 6:38 am

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Victor Kinus

"Victor Kinus is an accomplished Russian painter who has created a considerable body of work with musical themes. His cubist inspired paintings contain intertwined elements of representationalism and symbolic abstraction that capture the multidimensional way in which we experience music. The listener watches the performer and hears with their ears, their hearts, their memory and their dreams all at the same time."

Victor was born in Russia in 1957. He graduated from St. Petersburg Art Academy names after Muchina Victor Kinus Follows the traditions of Russia silver century art and the traditions of the St. Petersburg Art School that are characterized by deep sense of tact.

The artist stands for vitality of figurative art natural image as the basic elements of the artistic transformable process. Colour and light in his landscapes and still life pictures are reflected in the breakable facets of volumes and flats forming a multi colourful integrity of picturesque images that are far from the dull everyday reality. A festive feeling, being the basis of his art, brings people the quietist, the happiness of meeting with the beauty extracted from the world changed by the artistic imagination of the artist.

Kinus works as a school teacher and a set painter at the Habina theatre, so art has always been the main deal of his life. The work for himself turned to be the creation for his people.

His inner sight has become sharper. The themes of Jerusalem, nature, and flowers, have occupied the dominating place in his pictures. The artist remains faithful to his way and dose not try to follow the modern tendencies or cruel laws of the market.

Kinus holds a Masters degree in Art; His works are to be found in private collections in Russia, Israel, Europe and U.S.A. He is also a member of the Israel Association of painters and sculptors.

Victor Kinus

Vistor Kinus nació en Rusia en 1957. Graduado de la Academia de Arte de San Petersburgo nombrada luego que Muchina Victor Kinas siguiera las tradiciones artísticas rusas Siglo de Plata y la tradición de la Escuela de arte de San Petersburgo que se caracterizan por el profundo sentido del tacto.

Entiende las bases artísticas de vitalidad de las imagines de la naturaleza artística de las figures como elementos base del proceso de transformación artística. Luz y color en sus paisajes y aún pinturas de vida son reflejados en las frágiles facetas de volúmenes y planos formando una todo colorido de imagines que se encuentran lejos de la embotada realidad de todos los días. Un festivo sentimiento, es la base de su arte, da a las personas tranquilidad, la alegría de encontrarse con la belleza extraída del mundo pero cambiada por la imaginación del artista.

Kinus ha trabajado como profesor y pintor de escenarios para el Teatro Habina, el arte ha sido siempre el principal asunto en su vida. El trabajo para él mismo pasó a ser la creación para su gente.

Su visión interna a llagado a agudizarse. Temas como Jerusalén, la naturaleza y las flores han ocupado un lugar preponderante en sus obras. El artista sigue siendo fiel a su trayectoria y no intenta seguir las nuevas tendencias modernas o las leyes crueles del mercado.

Kinus ha obtenido un Diploma de Maestro en Artes; sus trabajos pueden ser encontrados en colecciones privadas de Rusia, Israel, Europa y Estados Unidos. Es también miembro de la Asociación de Pintores y Escultores de Israel.

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Carlos Andino

March 14, 2013, 7:52 am

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Carlos Andino

Carlos Andino es un pintor hondureño que llegó a España con la ilusión de dar a conocer su arte. Dejó Honduras guiado por los vientos del progreso y seducido por el embrujo de la mujer española.Él, al igual que lo hicieron grandes maestros de la pintura universal, vino a España por que aquí encuentra "otra inspiración, nuevos colores, nuevos sabores y nuevas formas".Carlos pinta por vocación desde los siete años. A esa edad ya empezaba a ser reconocido en su escuela por sus excelentes dibujos. Ganó varios concursos, lo que le motivó a meterse de lleno en el prestigioso mundo del arte. Al finalizar su carrera de Bellas Artes, ya era un experto dibujante de la figura humana, especialmente la de la mujer.La calidad de su trabajo y su talento le llevaron pronto a trabajar en el principal periódico de circulación de su país como publicista. Allí recibió reconocimiento y se posicionó como uno de los mejores en el medio.Esa vida cambiaría al llegar a España, con la idea de seguir perfeccionando su arte. Poco a poco ha ido logrando sus objetivos.Carlos prepara una exposición de cuadros con técnica de óleo. La temática estará dedicada a la mujer española de etnia gitana.De hecho, Carlos Andino se considera un pintor figurativo."Yo pienso que la mujer es más especial para pintar por su expresión, por el sentimiento. Me encanta detenerme en la mirada de ella, en lo que me dice sin abrir la boca, me hago una historia, creo que una mirada dice mucho, una expresión, los ojos cerrados, la cabeza inclinada, todo."Sus trazos son finos y alargados, suaves y delicados. Sus cuadros inundan la mirada de minúsculos detalles e infinidad de colores. Toda su obra está compuesta por figuras femeninas vestidas para otoño, invierno, primavera y verano."La gente dice que es un estilo diferente, que soy "anti Fernando Botero", pero la verdad es que me encantan sus "Gordas". Y pienso que cada artista pinta de acuerdo a su propia percepción e inspiración que pueden cambiar si amanece lloviendo o haciendo sol, y creo que, al final, todo se vuelve un sentimiento y hay que capturarlo".Actualmente, Carlos Andino está viviendo un gran momento. Por eso concluye con satisfacción que está enamorado de Madrid, una ciudad que le atrapa y le hace vivir: "Tiene algo que me hace estar aquí. Quiero a mi país pero vivo Madrid y lo disfruto".

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Escuela:Simón Bolívar, Tegucigalpa 1977-1982
Instituto:Abelardo R. Fortín, Tegucigalpa 1983-1986
Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes: Tegucigalpa 1986-1990
Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas: México D.F. 1991-1993
Base Naval de Puerto Cortés, Cortés, Honduras

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Ella Du Cane (1874-1943)

March 14, 2013, 8:23 am

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Ella Du Cane (1874-1943) was a British artist best known for her watercolors of landscapes and exotic locales.

Ella Mary Du Cane was the third and youngest daughter of politician and colonial administrator Sir Charles Du Cane. She was born in Hobart, Tasmania in the last year of her father's five-year term as Governor of Tasmania, shortly before the family returned to their country house at Braxted Park, Essex.In Essex, Charles was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George and served as Chairman of the Board of Customs.

Ella Du Cane came into artistic prominence in 1893 when she exhibited at an exhibition of the prestigious New Society of Painters in Water Colours. Queen Victoria took a personal interest in her work, acquiring 26 of Du Cane's works between December 1895 and August 1898.

With success came opportunities for travel. A 1902 exhibition of water color drawings of the West Indieswas followed in 1904 by a show of pictures of Japan.In 1905 Du Cane was hired by A & C Black to provide illustrations for The Italian Lakes (1905), with descriptions by Richard Bagot. The company also used several of her Japan pictures in a book by John Finnemore. Building on her success, Du Cane arranged with Black to do a book on Japanese gardens with text written by her sister, Florence, a book released in 1908 as The Flowers and Gardens of Japan.The following year, the sisters' second book, The Flowers and Gardens of Madeira appeared.

In later years, Ella continued to travel and paint, and never married. She continued to live with her mother and sister in Essex, the family moving to an estate called Mountains, on a hillside site near Maldon, after selling Braxted Park in 1919. Ella Du Cane died of unknown causes on November 25, 1943 at Mountains. She is buried with her sisters at All Saints Church, Great Braxted.

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Jurek Zamoyski

March 14, 2013, 9:17 am

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Jurek Zamoyski

"Every animal has a soul. Since I was a child I have marveled at the grace and beauty of all animals, from the great jungle cats to the four legged friends in our homes. This led me to surround myself with furry creatures of all sorts. Their exquisiteness and unique personalities have deepened my love and respect for each one of them. For this reason, the portraits I paint capture their outer beauty and their inner Soul. I paint so that it comes from the inside and shines out through their eyes.

With my work I want the viewer to maintain that magical connection with animals that have entered their hearts and lives.

I'm just doing my best to depict magic of life. These are my meditations on beauty of Animals and connection we share.

Friend Jasmine wrote:

'I love all your animal portraits. They resonate such a sweet and kind vulnerability. Not only are they absolutely stunning, they capture this innocence that makes you want to cry, they have no walls, no heavily coated veneers, they are just pure and you want to protect them from all the pain in this world. You are a gift.'

I paint on wood board or canvas using variety of water-base paints and inks. I use my own method based on old Mische Technique. "

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"Jurek Zamoyski was born and raised in Poland after the war. His love of art was greatly influenced by Salvador Dali and his mother who was also an artist. She taught him art history and it was through her that he developed his strong love of nature. He was also surrounded by all the incredible European art. Jurek has lived and traveled all over Europe studying his craft.

In 1978, he moved to New York City, the heart of the fashion and art world in the U.S. He originally began his work in America in the fashion industry but his love of painting soon became his focus again. His art was featured on magazine covers and he also spent time painting on airplanes. Today he lives in Maine with his family and continues to paint free of any commercial ties.

His love of nature is now his main focus in his artwork. He believes that wildlife art should make a statement as to why these beautiful creatures should be left alone by man and allowed to live free and wild. His main technique on his paintings is airbrushing. The eyes are the center of all his creations and they come alive with a light that shines from within."

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Alex Carter

March 14, 2013, 9:50 am

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Alex Carter

"I'm first and foremost an artist that never wants to stop learning or creating. Whether creating something new with paint on paper, or with code in a browser, I constantly push myself to make the most of my talents through experimentation and pushing boundaries."

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Thomas W Schaller

March 14, 2013, 12:21 pm

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A registered architect and architectural artist, Thomas Schaller founded Schaller Architectural Design + Presentation in New York City in 1985. Since 2006, he has been based in Los Angeles, California.

He provides concept design, and architectural rendering services to an extensive international clientele.

Widely known for his work in transparent watercolor, Mr. Schaller has authored two books on the subject and has won every major award in the field of architectural illustration. His work has been exhibited around the world and has been featured in numerous publications.

As a fine artist, Mr. Schaller’s watercolor work has become increasingly recognized, published, and exhibited.

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Bottelho a.k.a. Carlos Botelho

March 14, 2013, 3:23 pm

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Entre o Sono e Sonho Entre o sono e sonho,

Entre mim e o que em mim

É o quem eu me suponho

Corre um rio sem fim.

Passou por outras margens,

Diversas mais além,

Naquelas várias viagens

Que todo o rio tem.

Chegou onde hoje habito

A casa que hoje sou.

Passa, se eu me medito;

Se desperto, passou.

E quem me sinto e morre

No que me liga a mim

Dorme onde o rio corre —

Esse rio sem fim.

Fernando Pessoa

Creio nos anjos que andam pelo mundo,

Creio na deusa com olhos de diamantes,

Creio em amores lunares com piano ao fundo,

Creio nas lendas, nas fadas, nos atlantes;

Creio num engenho que falta mais fecundo

De harmonizar as partes dissonantes,

Creio que tudo é eterno num segundo,

Creio num céu futuro que houve dantes,

Creio nos deuses de um astral mais puro,

Na flor humilde que se encosta ao muro,

Creio na carne que enfeitiça o além.

Creio no incrível, nas coisas assombrosas,

Na ocupação do mundo pelas rosas,

Creio que o amor tem asas de ouro. amém.

Natália Correia

Na ilha por vezes habitada

Na ilha por vezes habitada do que somos, há noites,

manhãs e madrugadas em que não precisamos de

morrer.

Então sabemos tudo do que foi e será.

O mundo aparece explicado definitivamente e entra

em nós uma grande serenidade, e dizem-se as

palavras que a significam.

Levantamos um punhado de terra e apertamo-la nas

mãos.

Com doçura.

Aí se contém toda a verdade suportável: o contorno, a

vontade e os limites.

Podemos então dizer que somos livres, com a paz e o

sorriso de quem se reconhece e viajou à roda do

mundo infatigável, porque mordeu a alma até aos

ossos dela.

Libertemos devagar a terra onde acontecem milagres

como a água, a pedra e a raiz.

Cada um de nós é por enquanto a vida.

Isso nos baste.

José Saramago

Em todas as ruas te encontro

Em todas as ruas te perco

conheço tão bem o teu corpo

sonhei tanto a tua figura

que é de olhos fechados que eu ando

a limitar a tua altura

e bebo a água e sorvo o ar

que te atravessou a cintura

tanto, tão perto, tão real

que o meu corpo se transfigura

e toca o seu próprio elemento

num corpo que já não é seu

num rio que desapareceu

onde um braço teu me procura

Em todas as ruas te encontro

Em todas as ruas te perco

Mário Cesariny

espaço interior

quando o poema

são restos do naufrágio

do espaço interior

numa furtiva luz

desesperada,

resvalando até

à superfície,

lisa, firme, compacta,

das coisas que todos

os dias agarramos,

quando

o poema as envolve

numa aura verbal

e se incorpora nelas,

ou são elas a impor-lhe

a sua metafísica

e o espaço exterior

que povoam de

temporalidades eriçadas,

luzes cruas, sons ínfimos, poeiras.

Vasco Graça Moura

Adeus

Já gastámos as palavras pela rua, meu amor,

e o que nos ficou não chega

para afastar o frio de quatro paredes.

Gastámos tudo menos o silêncio.

Gastámos os olhos com o sal das lágrimas,

gastámos as mão à força de as apertarmos,

gastámos o relógio e as pedras das esquinas

em esperas inúteis.

Meto as mãos nas algibeiras

e não encontro nada.

Antigamente tínhamos tanto para dar um ao outro!

Era como se todas as coisas fossem minhas:

quanto mais te dava mais tinha para te dar.

Às vezes tu dizias: os teus olhos são peixes verdes!

e eu acreditava.

Acreditava,

porque ao teu lado

todas as coisas eram possíveis.

Mas isso era no tempo dos segredos,

no tempo em que o teu corpo era um aquário,

no tempo em que os meus olhos

eram peixes verdes.

Hoje são apenas os meus olhos.

É pouco, mas é verdade,

uns olhos como todos os outros.

Já gastámos as palavras.

Quando agora digo: meu amor...,

já se não passa absolutamente nada.

E no entanto, antes das palavras gastas,

tenho a certeza

de que todas as coisas estremeciam

só de murmurar o teu nome

no silêncio do meu coração.

Não temos já nada para dar.

Dentro de ti

não há nada que me peça água.

O passado é inútil como um trapo.

E já te disse: as palavras estão gastas.

Adeus

Carlos Botelho ou Bottelho (Chaves, 1964) é um pintor e escultor português.

Nascido no distrito de Vila Real (Trás-os-Montes), na sua infância lê vários livros de medicina do século XIX do seu avô paterno Martiniano Ferreira Botelho, ilustrados com gravuras de anatomia humana que desenhava nas férias de Agosto em Soutelo de Aguiar. É Lereno seu professor primário e irmão de Nadir Afonso que muito contribuiu para o incentivar nos caminhos da arte.

A proximidade da fábrica de tijolo e do barro, as oficinas das artes da forja e do ferro, os ateliers de Arquitectura onde desenhou, e da música que sempre acompanhou o foram influenciando. Aos dezasseis anos expõe pela primeira vez Desenho e Pintura no Museu da Cidade com o apoio da Câmara Municipal de Chaves, acontecimento que teve a presença do General António Ramalho Eanes. Fez estudos secundários no liceu Fernão Magalhães, que interrompeu por inexistência do curso de direito. Em 2006 prossegue os seus estudos na Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias em Ciências da Comunicação e da Cultura - na área de Gestão Cultural.

Aos dezassete ruma para Lisboa. No AR.CO - Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual - estuda os ateliers de Desenho e Pintura sob orientação de Manuel Costa Cabral e Rogério Ribeiro.

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Gregory Gillespie

March 15, 2013, 2:31 am

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Gregory Joseph Gillespie (November 29, 1936 – April 26, 2000) was an American magic realist painter.

He was born in Roselle Park, New Jersey. After graduating from high school, he became a nondegree student at Cooper Union in New York. In 1959 he married Frances Cohen (1939–1998), who was also an artist, and the following year they moved to San Francisco where Gillespie studied at the San Francisco Art Institute.

In 1962 he received the first of two Fulbright-Hays grants, for travel to Italy to study the work of Masaccio. He lived and worked in Florence for two years, and in Rome for six years, studying the works of such Renaissance masters as Carpaccio, Mantegna, and Carlo Crivelli, who was a particular favorite of Gillespie.
During this time he was awarded three Chester Dale Fellowships and a Louis Comfort Tiffany grant.

He had his first solo show in 1966, at the Forum Gallery in New York. In 1970 he returned to the United States, where he settled in Amherst, Massachusetts. He exhibited in several Whitney Biennials, and in 1977 the Hirshhorn Museum organized a touring retrospective of his work.

Gillespie became known for meticulously painted figurative paintings, landscapes, and self portraits, often with a fantastical element. Many of his early works were made by painting over photographs cut from newspapers or magazines, transforming the scenes through photographic collage and by adding imaginary elements. In his later work he abandoned his early fascination with creating hyper-realized realistic imagery, instead focusing on a looser and more expressive style. He often combined media in an unorthodox way to create shrine-like assemblages.

He was found dead in his studio in Belchertown, Massachusetts, apparently a suicide by hanging, on April 26, 2000.

1936 Born November 29 in Roselle Park, NJ
1954-60 Studied at The Cooper Union for Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY
1960-62 B.A. and M.A., San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1962-63 Lived and worked in Florence, Italy
1964-70 Lived in Rome and at the American Academy in Rome, Italy
1970-2000 Lived and worked in Belchertown, MA

Awards
1994 The Augustus St. Gaudens Award, Cooper Union College, New York, NY
1967 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation
1966 Chester Dale Fellowship
1965 Chester Dale Fellowship
1964 Chester Dale Fellowship
1963 Fullbright-Hays Full Grant
1962 Fullbright-Hays Full Grant

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Javier Mulio

March 15, 2013, 4:39 am

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Javier Mulio

(Spanish b. 1957)

Known for realistic, exquisite reproductions of still life images, it is no coincidence that Javier Julio is simply known as Javier among his international list of collectors. Hailing from the artistically popular Alcoy (Alicante) Spain, Javier was born December 24, 1957 and was inspired by the artists around him at an early age. He started painting at fourteen and quickly began formal training four years later.

From 1962 to 1971, Javier studied at the Virgen de los Lirios in his hometown and remained there while he received a Fourth Degree Certificate. He also studied at the School of Mila Gomez between 1973 and 1976. His personal style and technique blend his interests in photography with the styles he learned under the Classic Master Zurbaran and instructor Mila Gomez. Javier credits his admiration and studies of Salvador Dali with inspiring him to explore the possibilities of art.

Javier discovered great passion and success in depicting his favorite still life subjects – flowers and fruit. His style lends perception, elegance and simplicity to the objects he portrays. By identifying the beauty and small details of the world around him, a magnificent still life takes form in Javier’s paintings.

Upon completing his education, Javier began painting professionally and has since become internationally recognized for the realistic, small details he captures in his still life images. His works are included in private collections throughout Japan, Saudi Arabia, Jakarta, Bahrain, Holland and the United States. Collectors include a Saudi Arabian Prince, and many other important aristocrats and business people throughout the world.

Javier’s style has met with great success, including international exhibitions at the Galeria Sanchez, Granada, Spain in 1982; Galeria Aquado, Logrono, Spain in 1995 and Galeria Soria, Chateauroux, France in 1996. In 1997 his work became available in the United States, where he has enjoyed further recognition at national art shows including the New York Artexpo, International Atlanta Art Buyers Caravan and numerous One Man Shows across the United States.

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Robert Highsmith

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"Robert Highsmith received his art training from New Mexico State University and the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida. Since then he has had many one-man and group shows throughout the country. Critics and collectors alike have liked his work and he is the recipient of over a hundred awards for his work. His watercolors are in numerous corporate and private collections in the US and abroad. Most recently, he was honored with the Governors Award of Excellence in Art. His work has been featured in American Artist magazine, Watercolor Magic, Watercolor Artist, New Mexico, Southwest Art, Art Journey America: Landscapes and others. The desert landscape and canyons of the southwest are his favorite subjects. His paintings are strong, unsentimental statements with equal parts heart and technical virtuosity. What takes them to brilliance is the stark contrasts that make the paintings photorealistic in detail. “A stunning collection of well-conceived and well-executed watercolors, a fresh and vibrant view of the region.”— M. Stephen Doherty, American Artist.

Currently he is a signature member the American Watercolor Society and the New Mexico Watercolor Society, with memberships in the National Watercolor Society, and the San Diego Watercolor Society. His work is represented by Marigold Arts, Santa Fe, NM, the Cutter Gallery, Las Cruces, NM, the Newby Gallery, Tubac, AZ and Four Corners Gallery in Bluffton, SC."

"ME

"I have always been interested in painting, ever since I was a child. I remember getting into my first art show in 2nd or 3rd grade with a watercolor of an eagle sweeping down on a rabbit. In highschool I was in the Art Club, this was in East Anchorage High, in Alaska. My teacher, Carl Appel, got a couple of my watercolors in a show in Canada at that time. I was thrilled. After a couple thousand other painting, I still have the interest.

"I was an "army brat" growing up. We moved 35 times in my first 18 years. We were stationed in the southwest on more than one occasion. When our family moved back "home" to Las Cruces, NM, from Alaska, I attended New Mexico State University. After one year at NMSU, I decided to attend an art school. I told my favorite teacher, Mr. Barrick, that I wanted to become a commercial artist, and make $35,000 a year. He said I would not be happy doing that, but because I was smarter than my teacher, I left anyway. My first assignment in the Commercial Program at the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida was a poster entitled "Its Pumpkin Time". That is when I switched to the Fine Arts program, and had some of the best years of my getting educated life. Several years later after graduating, I went back to my teacher and told him he was right. I had to, because he was.

"I got into a gallery after graduating from Ringling, and started selling my work at that time. I found I need some extra income to supplement my habit of eating and the roof over my head thing. I did several different things, always trying to work with my art in some way. I worked at a couple of frame shops, one in Los Angeles, and another in Connecticut. I also found outdoor art shows as being a way to make some money. I bought a motor home and traveled between New England (in the summer) and Florida (in the winter) doing about 40+ shows a year. I followed the weather. It was a lot of fun and a lot of work, and when it got less fun, I sold the motor home and left the road.

"At around this time I met my wife, Joni, and worked for a company designing educational software. We were living in Winsted, Connecticut at that time. Our two children were born in Sharon, CT and I was painting the countryside around me. I became art director for the software company, and did art and animation on macintosh platform. I continued doing one-man-shows and competition shows as well. I got into four shows in the American Watercolor Society and became signature member. When the computer company moved to Hilton Head Island in South Carolina, I moved with it. There I painted the marshes and South Carolina Low Country landscape.

"During this time, I was always thinking I wanted to move back to New Mexico, and paint the desert southwest. Finally, in 2003 I left the software designing business and moved back to Las Cruces. I feel very fortunate to be painting full time, and doing it in some of the most beautiful country in the country. My wife, Joni, loves it here as well. My son, Dylan, after graduating film school in LA, is working as a film editor in Hollywood. My daughter, Leslie, is in her third year at NMSU and will follow her dreams like I did. Life is good, and I thank all of those who have been following my work and career."

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March 15, 2013, 7:01 am

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Mihaela Ioana Atomei

"I was born on March 13, 1971, in Pascani, in the north of Romania. I spent my beautiful childhood surrounded by my parents, brothers, grandfathers, uncles, aunts and cousins, a big and beautiful family. In 1998 I graduated ''G. Enescu" Academy of Iasi, department of graphics. Important for my career was my marriage with the painter Stelian Ghiga being the one who helped me to develop myself as a painter. We have a daughter 6 years old. Since 2001 I started painting, adopting this style close to that of Netherlands.

Personal exhibitions:

2000 - The German Cultural Center, Iasi, Romania

2001 - ''Orchideea" Art Gallery, Timisoara, Romania

Group exhibitions:

1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2007 -- Wolfsburg, Germany

2005 - 2012 Venice, Italy - Galleria Ravagnan

I also have two participations at Verona Art -- La Fiera Delle Gallerie Italiene di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea.

Painting in private collections:

Prince Paul of Romania

Actrice Sabrina Ferilli

British ambassador to Bucharest - Quinton Quayle

In: Italy, SUA, France, Austria, Switzerland, Russia, Romania, Canada, Australia, Japan, and United Kingdom"

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Lars Lerin

March 15, 2013, 10:25 am

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Lars Lerin

Lars Lerin (1954- )Lars Lerin was born and raised in Munkfors, Värmland. He studied at the school of Gerlesborg 1974-75 and at the Department of Fine Arts, Valand 1980-84. Lars Lerin is considered to be one of Scandinavia’s leading artists in watercolor technique.He has had solo exhibitions and group exhibitions in art museums and galleries in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, France, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Germany, Norway and the United States. Lars Lerin’s work is exhibited in County Councils and Municipalities in Sweden and Norway.

Lars Lerin is also a prolific author and has since his debut book Utpost (1983), written and released more than fifty books.

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