DIMA DOLLS - Dmitry Petrovich Zhurylkyn

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DIMA - Dmitry Petrovich Zhurylkyn - Дмитрий Петрович Журилкин

Dima PJ-known in Russia and abroad puppet artist, graduate of the Moscow school of arts and crafts. Professionally engaged dolls for over 20 years. His works are in private collections in Russia, the U.S., Switzerland, Italy, famous invention, the direction "without doll dolls", winner of numerous international prizes and awards, has participated in many prestigious exhibitions and popular dolls in Russia, USA, England, etc. Exhibited Doll Gallery Vahtanov 1998.

the full name of Dmitry Petrovich Zhurilkin. One of the most paradoxical of contemporary artists. With the doll it can simulate the most incredible situation, so much so that real-life woes seem just toys

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Eric van Straaten

December 6, 2013, 7:09 am

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Eric van Straaten

"I was born in 1969 in the Dutch city of Leiden and grew up in Haarlem. From the age of about 17 I have always wanted to be an ‘artist’, and after a career that we call in Dutch ’12 trades, 13 accidents’ (more or less successful photographer, musician, actor, journalist, entrepreneur and sculptor in wax and resin) at 40 years of age, I suddenly started to sell my 3D-printed artworks through a couple of galleries that believed in my works. - quote and more about the artist

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João Cutileiro

December 6, 2013, 7:58 am

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João Cutileiro

João Cutileiro, OSE (born 26 June 1937, at Lisbon) is a Portuguese sculptor.He is famous around the world for his works depicting women's torsos in marble.

He's also the author of several pieces of modern public sculpture, being the most famous, his statue of Sebastian of Portugal, inaugurated in 1973, in Lagos. This work marks the end of the academic historical sculpture of the Estado Novo, and the beginning of a new era of contemporaneity in the Portuguese public sculpture.

João Cutileiro

João Pires Cutileiro é um escultor português, nascido em Lisboa a 26 de Junho de 1937. Sua mãe, de nome Amália era de Pavia, no Alto Alentejo, e foi viver para Évora, onde se casou com José Cutileiro, um médico da Organização Mundial da Saúde aí sediado. Dos três filhos do casal, João Cutileiro é o do meio.

Aos quatro anos, Cutileiro muda-se para os Açores, para a ilha Terceira, onde se sitiava o novo posto de seu pai, e regressa ao continente em 1943.

Aí, em Lisboa, a sua casa foi frequentada pela chamada intelligentsia, um grupo de personalidades da época. António Pedro, um deles, trá-lo para desenhar no seu atelier, em 1946. Durante os dois anos que aí trabalhou, foi fortemente influenciado pelo Surrealismo.

Entre 1949 e 1951, passa a frequentar o estúdio de Jorge Barradas onde executa trabalhos de modelismo e de pintura, para além de vidrados de cerâmica. Descontente, muda-se para o atelier de António Duarte, onde é assistente de canteiro, voluntário, durante dois anos. Lá se dá o seu contacto com a pedra, pois tinha como trabalho ampliar os modelos do mestre canteiro, passá-los a gesso e, a esses últimos, metamorfoseá-los no mármore.

Com apenas catorze anos, no ano de 1951, Cutileiro apresenta a sua primeira exposição individual em Reguengos de Monsaraz, numa loja de máquinas de costura, mostrando esculturas, pinturas, aguarelas e cerâmicas.

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A Caminho de Cabul, para visitar o seu pai que lá ficaria um ano, passou por Florença, onde se encantou pela obra de Miguel Ângelo e confirmou a certeza da fixação na escultura, que existia desde os seus seis anos, quando esculpiu um presépio. Na volta, inscreve-se na Escola Superior de Belas Artes de Lisboa sendo aluno de Leopoldo de Almeida.

Não passa mais do que dois anos na referida Escola Superior, entre 1953 e 1954, por perceber que em Portugal o único material considerado prestável era o bronze e as pesquisas eram travadas. Sai do país e dirige-se a Londres, à Slade School of Art. Nesse curso desenvolveu a sua capacidade com o seu mestre escultor Reg Butler e no final recebeu três prémios: Composição, figura e cabeça.

Ao começar a utilizar máquinas eléctricas para executar o trabalho, dedica-se ao mármore e surgem as figuras , as paisagens as caixas e as árvores. Nos dez anos seguintes a 1961 faz cinco exposições em Lisboa e uma no Porto

Em 1970 regressa à pátria e instala-se em Lagos e é lá que executa a sua obra mais polémica, D.Sebastião, eregida nessa mesma cidade.

Essa obra confontou o academicismo do Estado Novo e recebeu fortes críticas e diz, numa frase irónica, que desistia da escultura, passando a ser apenas «um fazedor de objectos destinados à burguesia intelectual do ocidente» espantando os escultores por, segundo ele próprio, ser essa mesma a função de um escultor, a de criador de peças decorativas. Esta frase pretende também menosprezar as críticas de quem o achava escultor menor.

Conquistou uma menção honrosa no Prémio Soquil no ano de 1971 e, cinco anos mais tarde as suas esculturas e mosaicos foram expostos em Wuppertal na Alemanha, seguindo-se exposições em Évora (1979, 80 e 81) e, no ano de 1980, a sua obra volta à Alemanha, mas a Dortmund. Nesse mesmo ano, expões em Washington D.C. e na Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes. No ano seguinte participou no Simpósio da Escultura em Pedra, na cidade de Évora e numa exposição na Jones Gallery em Nova Iorque.

A sua costela alentejana impulsiona-o a mudar-se para Évora no ano de 1985 e aí está exposta, na sua casa, uma grande parte do seu leque de obras.

As Meninas de Cutileiro, ironicamente chamadas, são provavelmente o tema mais famoso de Cutileiro e valeram-lhe (e valem) a mais distinta glória e dinheiro, mas também desprezo da parte de alguns.

No ano de 88, Cutileiro realiza exposições em Almansil, Macau e Lisboa e no ano seguinte faz novas exposições em Almansil e na Capital de Portugal. Em 1990 elabora uma exposição que se apresenta como a retrospectiva da sua arte em Lisboa, na Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. Daí resultou a armagura de só ver mostrada parte da sua obra e que não irira conseguir reunir todos os seus trabalhos de uma só vez.

Nos anos de 1992 e 93, o mestre realiza mais exposições em Bruxelas, Luxemburgo, Évora, Guimarães, Lagos, Almansil e Lisboa. Faz nos anos seguintes mais exposições.

Embora de grande prestígio e muito cobiçadas, poucas foram as suas peças edificadas publicamente após o D. Sebastião.

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Nick Moffett

December 6, 2013, 8:50 am

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Nick Moffett

Moffett art pieces are created with a standard of excellence praised by some of the most prestigious galleries and discerning collectors in the world. His bronzes exemplify a standard of creativity, beauty, and quality that is unsurpassed.

Moffett's experience of over 35 years, coupled with his Masters Degree in Art and true artistic ability, gives him all the tools to create prized bronze sculptures. Pieces range from small, delicate feathers to more-than-life-size monuments, stylized pipes and bowls, portrait busts, and wildlife figures. Moffett believes that it is only through originality and risk that growth continues for an artist. "Over the years I have been innovative and at times risky but that just comes with the territory."

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Artist Statement
Thirty-five years ago my vision of sculpting began with a Masters thesis entitled A Juxtaposition of Dissimilar Media Expressing a Human Condition. That vision continues today with variation, but none the less, still exemplifies those human conditions. Although not exclusively limited to the human figure, it continues to be my subject of choice. My sculptures depict multiple emotions; the figures maintain an expression of inner
power. It is extremely important that each sculpture exhibits the beauty that specifically deals with the aesthetics of fine art.

My style often borrows Native American trappings to enhance and give balance to sculptures. To create a proper aesthetic, correct compositional and design principles must be used. My final statement with a sculpture must incorporate the physical beauty of the human form with all of the correct design components for the piece to be successful. I market my art to individuals with an inquisitive, intellectual, and discerning mind.

My sculptures often tell a story and aim to enhance the imagination. Many of my sculptures are multifaceted and can be seen as both simple and complex at the same time. They are designed to enhance one's interest at any angle. The use of masks and fragmentation depict my vision of the world.
Many of our every day occurrences make for a metaphorically fragmented existence. The collector will quickly notice that some of my sculptures' exotic female faces wear masks of many designs. I believe most all people hide behind masks; if not in a physical sense at least in a symbolic way.

My sculptures are created with a standard of excellence praised by some of the most prestigious galleries and discerning collectors in the world. I demand that my bronzes exemplify a standard of creativity, beauty, and quality that is unsurpassed. My work can be found in private, corporate and public collections around the world including Martin Marietta Corporation, Denver, Colorado, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, Tyson Foods,
Springdale, Arkansas and The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Internationally, pieces can be found in Canada, England, Holland, Korea, and Mexico.

I have participated in several important juried and invitational shows such as The Haley Memorial Library Art Show and Sale in Midland, Texas; The Peppertree Ranch Art Show in Santa Ynez, California and am proud to be one of seven artists who have participated in every Sculpture in the
Park show held in Loveland, Colorado since its inception. I have also participated in the Nebraskaand Colorado Governor's Invitational Shows.

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David Walker

December 6, 2013, 9:30 am

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David Walker

Working in portraiture, painting freehand, using only spray paint and without the aid of brushes David has developed a signature multi-layered style. Incorporating both sophisticated and dumb mark making he creates countless scrawled lines and abstract areas that weave through clashing colours, translucent drips and decaying letterforms, the results are visually rich portraits that fuse photo realism, abstraction and graffiti art sensibilities with a raw energy that comes from the medium.
His work is Exhibited in the UK and Internationally and aims to challenge preconceptions about fine art and urban art painting within the gallery confines and the public domain.

Over recent years David has shown work in Berlin, Hong Kong, LA, Lisbon, London, New York and Paris amongst others and his paintings have been shown alongside the leading figures in the urban contemporary and street art movement.

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Victoria Francisco

December 6, 2013, 10:05 am

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Victoria Francisco

Victoria Francisco lives and works in Prague,Czech republic.My main interest and passion is oil painting Victoria Francisco found inspiration in the great Dutch masters,and was fascinated by Hieronymous Bosch,Jan van Eyck,Johannes Vermeer and Pieter Bruegel the Elder. In 1997 she was awarded the Masaryk prize for her artistic achievements.Victoria's passion for painting springs from her Spanish temperament,which she inherited from her father.

Victoria Francisco attended Art Academy.Her works in oil are slowly and carefully painted,in an extremely detailed style.Themes that frequently occur in her art are the theatre,actors and actresses.puppets,and solitary human beings.Victoria Francisco lives and works in Prague,Czech republic.My main interest and passion is oil painting

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Ed Byers

December 6, 2013, 11:17 am

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Ed Byers

"Using earthenware, I am striving to make narrative representations that all have a unique, human story to tell - usually of peace and hope - helping to connect to others through our differences."

Ed began working in clay in 2003 and soon found himself with an intense interest in figurative sculpture. Heads, torsos, bodies: all expressing gesture, beauty and spirit through texture, color, and form.

All of Ed's work is hand built with red earthenware clay. He use various textures and sometime tools that he may find. The sculptures are multiple-fired with oxide washes, slips and underglazes layered on each piece.

Ed is originally from Huntsville, Alabama and a graduate of Auburn University and has completed post graduate studies in ceramic sculpture in Asheville, NC and Santa Fe, NM.

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Arija Paikule

December 6, 2013, 1:01 pm

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Arija Paikule

Latvian artist

Arija Paikule-Kimm born on 16.07.1955. in Riga.

Graduated from Estonian Institute of Arts.
Student of professor Ilmar Krimm.

Her paintings are exhibited in different galleries in Riga and Tallinn. There are over 600 paintings in private collections, most of which are in Europe and America.

All works presented in “Two Painters Gallery” virtual gallery are exhibited in Tallinn, Vabaduse Square 6.

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Di Conway

December 6, 2013, 1:15 pm

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Di Conway

I work in stoneware clays and caste Bronze ,all unique ,mostly substantial Women celebrating the joys and oys of life .

I have a purpose built studio in the home garden and a kiln installed in the retired bike shed ....total bliss !

I am an elected artist and council member of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts and a foundation and active member of the Pueto Bronze group [in our 22nd year]...Both very important
activities to get me out of my studio !

At times I sketch oil pastel , wash and pencil works on box canvases as a contrast ...

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Corinne Poplimont

December 6, 2013, 11:43 pm

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Corinne Poplimont

Corinne POPLIMONT est née en 1966 à Pontoise. Déjà très jeune, elle se sent attirée par la peinture et effectue des études à l'Ecole Supérieure des Arts Appliqués Duperré à Paris où elle obtient en 1985 un diplôme d'expression visuelle.
Peintre figuratif, Corinne aime les techniques sur papier qui est son support de prédilection. La grande maîtrise de l'aquarelle lui permet de jongler avec toutes les subtilités de la lumière, utilisant une palette très riche en couleurs. Ainsi, cerises en bocaux, confitures, etc..font partager un goût pour la bonne chère et exaltent un art de vivre.
Corinne POPLIMONT ne cesse d'accumuler prix et distinctions. En 1998, elle est nommée Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et lettres par la Fondation Européenne. Partageant sa pratique entre l'atelier et l'enseignement, elle participe à de nombreuses expositions en France.
Les magazines "Pratique des Arts", "Plaisirs de Peindre", et "Artistes Magazine" lui ont consacré de nombreux reportages.
Depuis 2001, elle pose ses pinceaux à le Guerno classé "Bourg du patrimoine rural de Bretagne" dans le sud du Morbihan, à 30 kms de Vannes et à 800 m. du Parc animalier et botanique de Branféré où elle poursuit sa carrière professionnelle dans un environnement particulièrement riche.

Elle enseigne l'aquarelle et diverses techniques (pastel sec, acrylique et dessin) par l'intermédiaire de stages semaine dans le Morbihan et sur demande dans toute la France ainsi que par des cours à la journée dans son atelier de Bretagne.

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Rachel Colllins

December 6, 2013, 11:49 pm

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Rachel Colllins

Rachel Collins considers herself a realistic painter of nature’s abstract form. Although she grew up in a home in New York State where her mother taught oil painting, design and composition, she did not pursue art on her own until she reached her mid-thirties. By then she had graduated from Middlebury College with a degree in French, obtained a masters degree in library science from the University of Wisconsin, and worked for several years as librarian, archivist and museum curator at the Baha’i World Centre in Haifa, Israel.

Upon her return to the States in 1990, an interest in natural science illustration led her to an internship in the Department of Entomology at the Museum of Natural History. But eventually watercolor, originally taken up as a once-a-week hobby in Israel, became her primary medium. Her interest in natural science subjects has continued, but with a fine arts focus. Her work has hung and taken awards in a variety of nationally competitive watercolor exhibits, and she has had solo shows in galleries at art centers, colleges and universities, and other institutions in the Washington, DC area. She has been awarded signature membership in the National Watercolor Society, the Watercolor USA Honor Society, the Transparent Watercolor Society of America, the Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Society, Southern Watercolor Society, and the Philadelphia and Baltimore Watercolor Societies, among others. An extensive article about her series of paintings of animal vertebrae appeared in the June 2009 issue of Watercolor Artist magazine.

Rachel Collins is a juried member of the Torpedo Factory Artists Association, and as such paints regularly in her studio in the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, VA. She teaches classes and workshops in watercolor at The Art League School in Alexandria. From 2003 to 2005 she served as the president of the Potomac Valley Watercolorists, a juried organization of watercolor painters in the metropolitan Washington area, and in 2009 was a co-president of the Virginia Watercolor Society. She has regularly spoken about and given demonstrations of her watercolor approach and technique in the Washington area and elsewhere, mostly notably at the Library of Congress and at the Baha’i Academy for the Arts in England.

Rachel Collins lives with her husband in southeastern Fairfax County, Virginia; they have two adult children. When not involved in painting, Rachel plays the bassoon with the Alexandria Band and various chamber ensembles at Northern Virginia Community College- Alexandria, and currently serves as a member the Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Mount Vernon, Virginia.

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Anne Abgott

December 6, 2013, 11:58 pm

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Anne Abgott

Canadian born, Anne Abgott, maintains studios in Cortez, Florida and Linville, North Carolina. She is the author of the #1 Best Selling Book “Daring Color”, published by North Light Books.

Anne is the past President of the Florida Watercolor Society and the Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society and is a long time member of the Board of Directors of Art Center Manatee in Bradenton, Florida and chairs their Education Department.

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Carrie Waller

December 7, 2013, 12:15 am

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Carrie Waller

ABOUT THE ARTIST
BOLD, DRAMATIC, VIBRANT WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS FULL OF LIGHT AND COLOR.

Carrie Waller is an award winning, Internationally recognized, watercolor artist, military wife and mother to two young boys. With a degree in Interior Design and quest to add beauty into the world, she paints stunning watercolor paintings. Her unique works are bold, vibrant and dramatic. Carrie likes to push the limits of watercolor by having saturated, strong colors and highly detailed works. She takes everyday objects and portrays them in dramatic, extraordinary ways. Compelling compositions and beautiful light are incorporated into each painting whether it be a scene from Europe or a breathtaking still life. A Carrie Waller original or print would be a magnificent addition to any home or business.

"I have always had a fascination with watercolor. The difficulty of the medium challenges me and the transparent layering can not be replicated with any other medium. I challenge myself to push the medium by creating dazzling saturated colors and let the white of the paper sparkle through to create my dramatic lights. I love the process of being a still life painter. Conceptualizing the perfect painting in my head, the hunt for the props, setting up my finds in the perfect dramatic, natural lighting and seeing my idea come to life. I love to make every day objects that I grew up with and have memories of come to life in a new and creative way. My intention is for the viewer to be captivated by the beauty and light of the piece and for it to give them an amazing visual experience bringing their story and memories to the painting."_Carrie Waller

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Linnea Tobias

December 7, 2013, 12:36 am

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Linnea Tobias

COLORFUL PAINTINGS THAT CELEBRATE NATURE

Linnea Tobias - Biography

I enjoy painting modern, colorful interpretations of nature. I’m inspired by my daily walks and the changes I observe from day to day. The birds, trees, plants, light and color that I see emerge later in the paintings I create. I am influenced by textile design, the connection between the physical and spiritual worlds, optical illusions, and the changing of the seasons. I use watercolor and acrylic paint, combining collage and texture with abstract forms and patterns. I also create monotypes when I have access to a printing press. Each painting or print has multiple layers of color to heighten contrasts and create an inner glow. I am inspired by the forms and patterns in my garden, my family and my pets- bits and pieces of my everyday life combining themselves in unique forms.

I have painted for many years and I have also worked with oil, pastel, collage, jewelry, and ceramics. I have marketed my work through galleries, art fairs, and retail and wholesale shows. I live in Spokane, WA with my husband and daughter. I have a BA in fine art from The Evergreen State College in Olympia WA, studied painting, art history and printmaking at The Aegean Center for the Fine Arts in Paros, Greece, graphic design and ceramics at Humboldt State University.

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Vonnie Whitworth

December 7, 2013, 1:02 am

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Vonnie Whitworth

"...Vonnie Whitworth,
Virginia based watercolor artist and signature member of the National Watercolor Society.

Vonnie maintains a working studio/gallery at Norfolk Virginia's d'ART Center, in the Selden Arcade in downtown Norfolk. Visitors to the center can often find Vonnie in her studio at work, painting one of the many exquisite watercolor pieces, for which the artist is so well-known. When not in her Norfolk studio, Vonnie Whitworth travels the U.S. with her husband and business partner,
Tom Whitworth. Together, they exhibit Vonnie's watercolor still lifes, landscapes, figures, and work based on their European travels - at many fine outdoor shows throughout the eastern" ...

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Kathrine Lemke Waste

December 7, 2013, 1:17 am

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Kathrine Lemke Waste

Kathrine Lemke Waste optimistically explores the artifacts of modern culture with a pop art sensibility, grounded in her Northern California roots. Her paintings celebrate color, form and light as she finds beauty in common, ordinary objects.

"Waste's visually poetic images have often been described as 'luminous.' Her works are distinctive in the way they capture light and reflections," writes Bonnie Gangelhoff of her work in Southwest Art Magazine. "Simple, ordinary objects like a kitchen toaster are transformed into beautiful shiny objects through her imaginative eye."

Kathrine's paintings and writings about the agricultural riches of the region were a regular feature for the Sacramento Bee in her popular weekly visual column, "One Perfect Thing." She's been highlighted in several issues of Southwest Art Magazine, American Art Collector Magazine and her work was featured in the Sunset Magazine's Arizona Idea House. Kathrine's painting, "Satsuma Mandarins" was selected by California Senate President pro Tem, Darrel Steinberg to hang in the California State Senate's 8th Annual California Contemporary Art Collection.

Waste studied art at the Rhode Island School of Design in the early 1980's, as well as what she describes as a "five year apprenticeship" with Salvatore Casa, winner of the American Watercolor Society's Gold Medal. She has also studied with Charles Reid, Nicholas Simmons, Guy Diehl and Stephen Kaltenbach.

Kathrine teaches watercolor workshops for the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento and throughout the Northern California region. Her teaching background extends to academe, where she spent fifteen years teaching in the California's state college and university system including UC San Diego, Palomar Community College and California State University, Chico. Currently, she brings the art of painting into the workplace through creativity and innovation workshops, recently completing a two month project for Intel.

Kathrine serves on the Board of Directors and is a Signature Member of American Women Artists.

ARTIST'S STATEMENT
With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony
and by the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.
– Wordsworth

It is the essential function of my painting to get the viewer to, as Wordsworth put it, "see into the life of things." In a world that bombards us with thousands of visual messages each day, the enduring challenge for me as an artist is to get the viewer to use an eye made quiet, to hold a particular moment in time as transaction between artist, subject and audience. As Georgia O'Keeffe noted, "objective painting is not good painting unless it is good in the abstract sense." While the subject matter I paint is best described as contemporary realism - pattern, light, color, form and surface are the most important elements to me in the process of making a painting.

– KATHRINE LEMKE WASTE

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Danièle Fabre

December 7, 2013, 1:32 am

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Danièle Fabre

Passionnée de peinture depuis l'enfance, les hasards de la vie m'ont amenée à l'aquarelle. Je peins les "choses" qui m' entourent, avec lesquelles j'ai une histoire commune, je cherche au-delà de l'apparence, les souvenirs, les émotions. Le regard que je porte sur ces sujets est empreint de tendresse.

Mon atelier, situé à Villeneuve-les-Avignon, est ouvert tous les jours sur rendez-vous.

Je viens de faire réaliser des tirages en digigraphie de très belle qualité de quelques unes de mes aquarelles. Les prix vont de 60 à 150 euros selon le format.Je peux vous les faire parvenir rapidement pour les fêtes.

Affiliée à la Maison des Artistes
Membre de la Société Française d'Aquarelle

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Pamela Sackville

December 7, 2013, 1:55 am

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Pamela Sackville

Education
1981-83 City Art Institute, Sydney
Bachelor of Visual Arts
1962-63: Toorak Teachers’ College, Victoria
Trained Infant Teacher’s Certificate

Professional Experience
1995: Published in Australian Arts Diary
1983 to present: Teaching Adult Classes in Drawing & Painting
1986-87: Illustrated 'Australian Garden Guide'
1985: Completed manuscript for 'Flowers for All Seasons'. Published May 1986, Doubleday. First edition 8,000 copies
1983-2007: Adult and secondary school art teacher
1983: Completed manuscript for 'Sydney is a Garden'. Published April 1984, David Bateman Ltd. First edition 6,000 copies
1982-83: Freelance advertising art work
1981-82: 'Flowers' column, Weekend Australian

Other
1977-80: Teaching Director, Hillel College Kindergarten
1976: Overseas Travels – Canada & England
1965-75: Teaching in USA & Australia

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Anders Krisár

December 7, 2013, 2:17 am

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Anders Krisár

Anders Krisár (b. 1973) lives and works in Sweden.

"The work of Stockholm based artist Anders Krisár often deals with the human body. It is discomfiting, presenting objects of simultaneous horror and beauty. Krisár takes realistic casts of human body parts, torso, arms or faces to modify hem in ways that lend them a surreal quality. His aim is to explore interpersonal relationships and examine the complexities of the human condition."

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Esma Paçal Turam

December 7, 2013, 3:05 am

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Esma Paçal Turam

( paper and silicone )

1963 Born in Istanbul.
1987 Graduating from the University Marmara Fine Arts Faculty, Sculpture Departmant (M.Ü.G.S.F.)
1988 became an academic assistant in the same department.
1990 attended the Department of Arts at the University of Minnesota as a visiting artist where she worked on bronze moulding.
1994, she was given a scholarship by the Austrian Government to study at the Salzburg Internationale Sommer Akademie Für Bildende Kunst for Paper Sculpture at Prof. Andreas Von Weizsacker’s workshop.
1996 PhD in “Paper Sculpture” in Art Examination at the Social Sciences Institute of the Marmara University
1997 she founded the Paper Workshop in the Sculpture Department of the M.Ü.G.S.F.
1998 became an Assistant Professor at the same University
2000, E.P. resigned from the Marmara University.
Since 1999 she has been continuing her work independently in her own workshop in Zekeriyaköy, Istanbul.

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ARTIST STATEMENT

HorizontalI live in a crowded city and have been fascinated with the communication between different people.
Spectators (2002, solo exhibition, paper sculptures) was about this. I was focusing on the individual in its urban surroundings. The interaction between the people through their surroundings: windows and figures were emphasized people were watching and being watched through the windows or the laundry hanging on a balcony was giving away so much about the occupants of that house.

A few years back, I visited Beijing. The crowd was like nothing I had experienced before. I felt like I was not only flowing with the crowd, but I was floating in it. Then, while still being in the crowd, I started seeing the individuals which made the crowd; happy, proud, old, young, dreamer, curious, bored – they were the crowd, but they were so strongly individual at the same time. Floating in it, flowing with it.

This was new to me, almost a shock. I had been living in a crowded city, but obviously I was making space for my self. My experience in Beijing led to the making of the “Curtain” (2004 Silicone Figurines). This work is the expression of the individuals floating in the crowd. Their individuality is expressed by emphasis on the movement and details eyes and hair of the figurines.

I always liked watching the raindrops coming together, flowing down a window a meditative and peaceful movement. Probably with this idea, I had been working with Silicone since 1994. My technique is to use a hot glue gun and therefore the silicone works almost like a pencil for me. The outcome is transparent, flexible. It shimmers like crystal or glass, it is light in weight like paper and it is a direct material. Most important for me is that I can draw directly with this material.

I was looking for a lace type of effect for the curtain, to be able to look at it from both sides. Silicone just clicked in as the right material for the work.

I carried on exploring to expressing individuality and moved on to doing the One of US (solo 2006, paper sculptures). These are large life size busts all standing alone on elevated legs, they interact with each other (arranged in groups) and form a crowd together with the viewer – but the floating feeling, which is unique to the silicone works is not included, emphasis was on the individuality. The effect was that the magic energy which the crowd gives was not there, these works were somewhat more “sad” in comparison, “lonely” is maybe a better word.

I then moved on to mixing both the paper and silicone in my new Projects.
The dome, representing a metaphorical “temple” is the focus of the individuals who come together and create the crowd (a belief, a hope or even a fear which brings them together). The theme of the crowd becomes louder in this project.

Esma Pacal Turam

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