Ricardo Chavez Mendez

February 22, 2014, 1:30 am

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Ricardo Chavez Mendez

BIOGRAPHY
Born in Torréon, Coahuila, Mexico, self-taught artist, Ricardo Chávez-Méndez has earned the nickname, 'Dali of the Desert,' by Airbrush Action Magazine. Currently he is introducing the style 'Curvismo™' or curvism by way of teaching and gaining a following into the movement.

ARTIST STATEMENT
'Art presents itself with a certain kind of energy proceeding from our innermost being where logic nor intellect can be art. At the present time there are many people who believe themselves to be artists, just because they are able to paint on a piece of fabric. Art demands discipline and dedication. Art is the most beautiful way to express the talents that man has inherited; that is why it should not be taken as a means of satisfying the 'ego', nor a 'pose' in regard to society. Consequently Art should only have one purpose in mind: to create. ~ Ricardo Chávez-Méndez

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Masaaki Sasamoto

February 22, 2014, 2:51 am

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Masaaki Sasamoto

Sasamoto graduated from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1989 and has been exhibiting across Japan ever since.

1966 Born in Tokyo
1989 Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music Japanese painting Graduated
Inten's first winners of the 1990 Spring (exhibition until '09)
　　　Inten first prize (exhibition until '09)
1991 Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Japanese Painting Department completed
Kai Japan Exhibition of 1992 East ( Ikebukuro Tobu Department Store)

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Anna Baibakova - Anna Baybakova - Анна Байбакова

February 22, 2014, 3:48 am

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Anna Baibakova

Born in St. Petersburg, studied and lived in Moscow.
Studied at the Faculty of VGIK artistic director of animated films

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CP Wyatt - Christina Wyatt

February 22, 2014, 7:11 am

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CP Wyatt - Christina Wyatt

"Florida is my native home. After growing up in Miami I lived for four wonderful years in Caribou Maine beginning my formal education in fine art at the University of Maine at Presque Isle. I then relocated to Richmond Virginia. It was there where I raised my son while earning my BFA in Painting and Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Fine Art.Later,I returned to South Florida to live and work full time on my art.

My paintings are my poetry. They are inspired by grace found in the natural world and by the reverence inherent in the sanctuary of peace. I take refuge in the making of my art...it's my intention to create for the viewer a connection to that place "Where dreams live and poets speak"."

Peace to you.

CP Wyatt

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Terry Wise

February 22, 2014, 3:32 pm

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Terry Wise

"My paintings hover somewhere between reality and fantasy.
Still life remains my favorite, though not only, genre. My love of textiles, and training as a textile designer, is often apparent, especially in my use of block printed repeat patterns throughout my paintings as a means of creating texture and warmth and depth of color.

There is so much in our contemporary world to make us feel terrible, and yet there is so much beauty, as well. I want my paintings to make me and all viewers feel some joy."

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Stockbridge, MA October 2011

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Ann Getsinger

February 22, 2014, 3:48 pm

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Ann Getsinger

STUDIED

Paier School of Art, New Haven, CT 1975, 1976

San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 1979

Artist, Sheldon Fink, Alford, MA 1980

AWARDS and GRANTS

First Prize, Landscape- Images From The Field. HVAL, Sheffield, MA 2010

Award- Artist Designed Garden Gates. The Norman Rockwell Museum, Glendale, MA 2009

Honorable Mention-Housatonic River Summer. The Norman Rockwell Museum, Glendale, MA 2004

The Artist's Resource Trust Grant-The Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Great Barrington, MA 1998

Award of Distinction- The American Academy of Equine Artists. Lexington, KY 1995

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Tina Sotis

February 22, 2014, 4:31 pm

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Tina Sotis

"Although I have some formal education in painting and drawing techniques, my conceptual approach comes from within. The paintings are built like stage sets in an attempt to draw the viewer in and decide what it means. I pit light against dark, echoing that same tension within each of us. I've also begun to incorporate imagery based on my love of all that is wild; including our own inner wilderness...

My work is about transformation and reflects my own growth and experiences. Within the past few years I have gone through enormous personal change and I have embraced this in my new paintings: I am now including imagery of the seas, influenced by a new passion for diving. Recent works also reflect my new-found sense of exhilaration, optimism and an appetite for adventure and exploring the world. My intention with each painting is to offer the viewer a sense that they can enter into the image and wander there alone - and in wonder, like I am now at this stage of my life, at the mystery and drama unfolding in every second we are alive.

Born and raised along the Hudson River Valley, I moved to Phoenix, AZ in my late 20's and lived there for approximately 10 years. Even though I now live in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, I have spent much of my time in recent years traveling, always to be near the sea. And I have made many friends around the world whom I consider my family."

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Richard Britell

February 22, 2014, 5:05 pm

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Richard Britell

Born Utica, New York, 1944

Education
1962 – 1964 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1964 – 1966 Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY B.F.A.
1970 – 1972 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, M.F.A.

Solo Exhibitions

Grants and Awards

1985 Artist in Residence, Darthmouth College, Hanover NH

Richard Britell, a career painter, studied at Pratt Institute with Philip Pearlstein and Walter Erlebacher. His first show in NYC at Staempfli Gallery was sold out, and reviewed in the New York Times. Britell’s new works revolve around large, dreamy cityscapes tending toward abstraction. The artist currently lives in Pittsfield, MA.

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Vera Rockline - Вера Николаевна Рохлина

February 23, 2014, 4:59 am

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Vera Rockline -1896-1934

Vera Schlezinger Rockline was born in Moscow in 1896.
She was a student of Alexandra Exter in Kiev before
moving to Paris.

Rockline arrived in Paris shortly after World War One, and settled in the Montparnasse district. She began exhibiting in Paris in 1922 at the Salon des Indépendants. She also exhibited at the Salon d’Automne, and the Salon des Tuileries.

Rockline’s early work shows the influence of Cubism, obviously influenced by her mentor Alexandra Exter, but her coloration was more subtle; more in the manner of Cezanne. She almost exclusively painted nudes and a few portraits. She incorporated her cubist tendencies into her unique postimpressionist style; with use of bold brush strokes and rich colors she created stunning works of modern beauty.

In Montparnasse at this time there was a large Russian community with which Rockline was certainly familiar. She died at the young age of 38 years old, cutting short a brilliant career.

As with many women artists of her generation she is now finding her place in history, she was recently included the an exhibition at the Musée du Montparnasse called “Elles de Montparnasse.” Here her paintings were exhibited along side Tamara de Lempicka, Jacqueline Marval, Maria Blanchard, Natalia Gontcharova, Popova, and many more of her contemporaries.

Vera Rockline - Вера Николаевна Рохлина

Véra Rockline (en russe : Вера Николаевна Рохлина, Vera Nikolaïevna Rokhline) est une peintre née à Moscou en 1896 et décédée à Paris le 4 avril 1934.

De père russe et de mère française Vera Rockline (ou Rokhline), née Vera Schlezinger, commence sa carrière à Moscou où elle étudie dans l'atelier de Ilia Machkov et devient plus tard l'étudiante d'Alexandra Exter à Kiev en Ukraine.

En 1918 - 1919 elle expose, sous le nom de Schlezinger, à l'Union des Peintres Russes, l'exposition des Peintres et Sculpteurs Juifs, la 24ème Exposition de l’Association des Artistes Moscovites et à la 5e exposition nationale de peinture « De l’Impressionnisme à l’Abstraction ».

Vera Rockline part en Georgie à Tiflis en 1919, où elle vit avec son mari M. Rokhlin qu'elle quittera pour la France

D'abord installée dans la maison familiale de Bourgogne dont sa mère et originaire elle s'établit ensuite à Paris en 1921 à Montparnasse et dès 1922 elle reçoit honneurs et succès lors des expositions aux Salon des indépendants, des Tuileries et d'Automne où le couturier Paul Poiret lui achète quatre de ses œuvres.

Très appréciée du milieu intellectuel, elle est exposée 11 rue de Seine dans la galerie du poète Charles Vildrac en 1925. Paul Poiret écrit à cette occasion la préface de son catalogue dans lequel on peut lire « J'aime la peinture de Vera Rockline. Je plains ceux qui ne l'aiment pas. Que dire à ceux qui n'ont pas encore compris ? »

Lorsque Paul Poiret expose sa collection privée chez Barbazanges, Rockline est présentée en autres avec les oeuvres de Kees van Dongen, Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse et Jacqueline Marval.

En 1926, elle expose à la galerie Bernheim, en 1929 elle expose à la galerie Le Studio, en 1930 à la galerie Barreiro qui la produira les quatre années suivantes.

Elle reçut régulièrement les louanges des critiques d'art Raymond Escholier et Marius-Ary Leblond.

Elle était amie avec Zinaïda Serebriakova

En 1934, à 38 ans et encore au sommet de la gloire, elle décide de mettre fin à ces jours.

Elle a été inhumée au cimetière de la ville de Recey-sur-Ource dans le département de la Côte-d'Or en Bourgogne4

Il faudra attendre 2002 et la grande exposition « Elles de Montparnasse » au Musée du même nom pour que son oeuvre s'inscrive définitivement dans l'histoire de l'art en France. Rockline est exposée en compagnie des œuvres de Tamara de Lempicka, Marie Laurencin, Chana Orloff, Sonia Delaunay et Nathalie Gontcharoff

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Grace Mehan De Vito

February 23, 2014, 8:14 am

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Grace Mehan De Vito

Grace Mehan DeVito
Grace has a deep appreciation and respect for the insight, power and humanity of the representational realist’s approach to painting. She is particularly aware of composition, the disposition of light and color, and the handling of space. On a deeper level, Grace strives to capture the essential dignity, emotional truth, and beauty of her subject matter providing insight into their unique qualities to engender a relationship between the viewer and the subject.

Education
1983-1987 School of Visual Arts, New York City
2000-2004 Laurel Stern Boeck
2005 Marvin Mattelson
2007 Sarah Lamb workshop at the Grand Central Academy of Art
2007 Travis Schlaht , Edward Minoff, drawing at the Grand Central Academy of Art
2008 Jeremy Lipking workshop at the Grand Central Academy of Art

Awards
ARC Salon 2010 - 2011 Finalist for Still Life.
The David Leffel Award for Excellence in Painting, Best In Show 2011.
American Artist Magazine Cover Contest Finalist 2011.
Portrait Society of America Annual Member’s Competition 2010, 1st place commissioned portraits.
Portrait Society of America Annual Member’s Competition 2010, 3rd place still life
Award of Honor, Inspiring Figures, Butler Museum of American Art, 2010
Semi-Finalist for Still Life Category, ARC Annual Salon Competition, 2009
Semi-Finalist for Still Life Category, ARC Annual Salon Competition, 2008
1st Place CT Society of Portrait Artists Annual Show 2003
2nd Place CT Society of Portrait Artists Annual Show 2004
Honorable Mention CT Society of Portrait Artists Annual Show 2005
Gold Addy award 2001
Best in Show- Spectrum 2001, New Canaan CT.
Silver Medal-1998 Society of Illustrators Annual Show

Grace Mehan De Vito

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Graham Little

February 23, 2014, 8:56 am

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Graham Little

Graham Little (b. Dundee, UK, 1972) studied at Goldsmiths College, London, MA (1997); Research Associate (1998). He has exhibited widely internationally including a solo exhibition at Camden Arts Centre, London (2001); Drawing Now: Eight Propositions, MoMA, New York (2002); Images of Society, Kunstmuseum, Thun (2003); Attention to Detail, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York (2008); The Associates, Dundee Contemporary Art Centre, Dundee (2009); and Lebenslust & Totentanz, Kunsthalle, Krems (2010).

Little's work is owned by various international collections including the Guggenheim Museum, New York; MoMA, New York; Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, LA; Olbricht Collection, Berlin and the Zabludowicz Collection, London.

GRAHAM LITTLE

Born 1972 in Glasgow, Scotland
Lives and works in London, UK

EDUCATION

1997 – 1998 Associate Research, Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
1996 – 1997 MA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
1990 – 1995 BA Fine Art (1st Class Painting), Duncan of Jordanstone College, Dundee,
Scotland

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Darren Thompson

February 23, 2014, 1:04 pm

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Darren Thompson

Before I became a painter I spent 15 years honing my skills in the field of illustration. Doing editorial work for various publications. I began to transition to fine art in 2003. At that time I rented studio space to a great painter named C.W. Mundy. It was a great learning experience to have someone of his caliber right down the hall. I learned quite a bit which leads me to where I am today. My paintings are urban scenes taken from here in Chicago. I also use my art skills in the classroom as well. I use it as a visual aid for teaching students in special education for the Chicago Public Schools.

Education - BFA Savannah College of art and Design 1991

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Jenny Scobel

February 23, 2014, 2:41 pm

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Jenny Scobel

Jenny Scobel (born 1955) is an American painter who lives and works in New York. She makes paintings of women and children weaving a sense of innocence with foreboding or darkness. Her works, compared to Romaine Brooks, have been auctioned at Christie's and Sotheby's.

Jenny Scobel was born in Orrville, Ohio. At Cleveland Institute of Art, Scobel received her Bachelor of Fine Arts. She received her Master of Fine Arts from Pratt Institute.

She lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

Scobel makes portraits or figurative paintings of children and women that blend a scene of innocent-like faces with images that suggest an underlying dark or disturbing story. The subtle mixed messages creates a "disarming perspective" and "present a mature approach to creating complex and disarming works. Family tree of a young girl in the foreground, hands in her pockets and a disturbing background of a tree and running blood is one example. She often works in wax and graphite.Journalist Kristin Capp likened her work to that of Romaine Brooks.

Raphael Rubinstein of Art In America said "Scobel is an artist whose attention to detail reaches manic (and sublime) proportions. She poses her subjects - in this show, pensive young women - against wallpaper per whose intricate motifs would exhaust a less patient artist. These backgrounds often seem to reveal the subjects' thoughts, as if the women had dreamed the allegorical scenes into existence."

She gives lectures, such as the April 7, 2010 engagement at the School of Art at Illinois State.

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Hovsep Pushman

February 23, 2014, 3:35 pm

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Hovsep Pushman (1877 - 1966)

Hovsep Pushman was an American artist of Armenian background. He was known for his contemplative still lifes and sensitive portraits of women, often in exotic dress. He was most closely associated during his lifetime with the Grand Central Art Galleries, which represented him from its opening in 1922 until his death in 1966.

Hovsep Pushman was born in 1877 and grew up in the town of Dikranagerd in Asia Minor, where his family, originally "Pushmanian," was in the carpet business. Pushman showed artistic ability early, and at age 11 was the youngest student ever admitted to Istanbul's Imperial School of Fine Arts.

In 1896 Pushman's family emigrated to Chicago, where he studied Chinese culture, immersing himself in Asian art, and began to teach at the age of 17. He then moved to Paris and studied at the Académie Julian under Jules Joseph Lefebvre, Tony Robert-Fleury and Adolphe Déchenaud Pushman exhibited his work at the Salon des Artistes Français, where he won medals in 1914 and 1921. Pushman returned to the United States in 1914, and in 1916 moved to Riverside, California, living at the city's Mission Inn until 1919. There he accepted some portrait commissions, including one that still hangs at the inn. In 1918 Pushman and a group of California painters founded the Laguna Beach Art Association; the same year he was awarded the California Art Club's Ackerman Prize.

After his time in California Pushman spent several years in Paris. He opened his own studio in 1921 and, with the encouragement of Robert-Fleury, concentrated his efforts on exotic portraits and still lifes of carefully arranged objects he had collected. According to James Cox, former director of the Grand Central Art Galleries, which represented Pushman for much of his life:

"[Pushman's] paintings typically featured oriental idols, pottery and glassware, all glowing duskily as if illuminated by candlelight. They were symbolic, spiritual paintings, and were sometimes accompanied by readings, which help explain their allegorical significance. Most important, they were exquisitely beautiful, executed with technical precision."

In 1923 Pushman returned yet again to the United States and settled in New York City. His connection to the Grand Central Art Galleries began when he befriended Erwin Barrie, who once managed Carson Pirie Scott's art collection. Barrie introduced the artist to Walter Leighton Clark, who was in the process of establishing the Galleries. When Clark secured space in New York City's Grand Central Terminal, Barrie was hired as director and he encouraged Pushman to join the Grand Central Art Galleries. Pushman set up his studio in the Carnegie Hall building, where he created the remarkable works he showed at the Galleries:

"Erwin Barrie maintained a separate velvet-walled salon for the exclusive use of Pushman. The only illumination allowed on his paintings were specially designed reflector lights attached to the rear of his carefully selected antique frames. The 'Pushman Room' is a legend in the American art world."

In 1932 Pushman was honored with a one-man show at the Galleries.Sixteen paintings were on display and all sold the opening day.The prices ranged from $3,500 up to $10,000 (the equivalent of more than $150,000 in 2009).The same year his painting "The Daughter of the Sheykh," which had won a silver medal in Paris in 1921, was purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The winner of the 1936 art drawing at the Grand Central Art Galleries, Walter S. Gifford of AT&T, selected a Pushman still life of a Chinese statuette.

The 1940s and 1950s brought controversy and change to Pushman's world. In 1940 he sued the New York Graphic Society for reproducing a painting without his permission. While initially the ruling went against the painter, it was eventually reversed; the decision now protects artists' creative worksHe had often turned down buyers interested in his work, reportedly once refusing an offer of $6,000 for a small canvas; in 1942 became only the second painter in 117 years to refuse entry into the National Academy. In 1958 the Grand Central Art Galleries, which had been Pushman's home since they opened in 1923, were forced out of the Grand Central Terminal. Eighty-one-year-old Pushman was present at the final reception at the Galleries' Terminal location, which was attended by more than 400 people.

Pushman died on February 13, 1966, in New York City. Three months later, Hulia Shaljian Pushman, his widow, followed him.

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Annelies Clarke

February 24, 2014, 1:13 am

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Annelies Clarke

"call me old-fashioned but I love to get my hands dirty

make my own paint and cut my own glass

like values, materials can last for a lifetime and longer"

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Judy Nunno

February 24, 2014, 1:26 am

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Judy Nunno

Judy Nunno is a lifelong Floridian who was born and raised in Miami, graduated from the University of Florida, and now lives in Weston. She is a self-taught painter who began developing her artistic skills after raising her children and early retirement from her business career. In 2006 Judy took watercolor classes at a community center, and watercolor quickly became her favorite medium with its fluid strokes and luminous colors. Judy paints the things she loves including crystal, fruit, flowers, and people. Her paintings of crystal figurines combined with food and other organic objects have been described as realistic fantasies with a sense of humor. Her paintings and commissioned portraits can be found in homes and businesses in the United States and Canada.

Judy is a signature member of Florida Watercolor Society, secretary of Weston Art Guild, and a member of American Watercolor Society, Gold Coast Watercolor Society, Plantation Art Guild, and Palm Beach Watercolor Society. She has exhibited in many shows and received dozens of awards. She won Honorable Mention in Watercolor Aritist magazine's Annual Watercolor Media Showcase Competition in 2011 and again in 2013. Her painting "A Case of Mistaken Identity" was featured in the February 2013 issue of Watercolor Artist as one of the top 34 watermedia paintings of the year.

Recent awards and exhibitions:

2014 Gold Coast Watercolor Society Open Show -- Whitlow Award
2013 Plantation Art Guild Member Show -- First Place
2013 Palm Beach Watercolor Society Member Show -- Second Place
2013 Gold Coast Watercolor Society Member Show -- Second Place
2013 Coral Springs Art Guild Open Show -- Third Place
2013 Florida Watercolor Society Traveling Exhibition -- Only 35 exhibitors accepted
7th Annual Art Kudos International Show -- Finalist (featured in year-long online show)
2013 Florida Watercolor Society Exhibition -- Only 100 exhibitors accepted
2013 Weston Art Guild Black and White Show -- First Place
2013 Plantation Art Guild Volunteers Show -- First Place
2013 Broward Art Guild Landscape & Still Life Show -- Judge's Recognition
2013 Plantation Art Guild Open Show -- First Place
2013 Watercolor Media Showcase Competition -- Honorable Mention (featured in 2/13 Watercolor Artist)
2012 Plantation Art Guild Members Show -- Second Place
2012 Serious Black Show (Rossetti Gallery) -- First Place
2012 Florida Watercolor Society Exhibition -- Only 100 exhibitors accepted
6th Annual Art Kudos International Show -- Finalist (featured in year-long online show)
2012 Palm Beach Watercolor Society Open Show -- First Place
2012 Weston Art Guild Members Show -- Third Place
2012 Plantation Art Guild Open Show -- First Place
2012 Plantation Art Guild Volunteers Show -- Second Place
2011 Florida Watercolor Society Exhibition -- Featured demonstrator
The Artist Magazine's 28th Annual Art Competition -- Finalist
2011 Plantation Art Guild Members Show -- First Place
144th American Watercolor Society Exhibition -- Only 125 exhibitors accepted
2011 Weston Art Guild Members Show -- Honorable Mention
2011 Watercolor Media Showcase Competition -- Honorable Mention (featured in 2/11 Watercolor Artist )
2011 Plantation Art Guild Open Show -- Second Place
2010 Florida Watercolor Society Exhibitiion -- Awarded Signature Membership
2010 Plantation Art Guild Members Show -- First Place
2010 Weston Art Guild Members Show -- First Place
2010 Plantation Art Guild Open Show -- First Place
2009 Florida Watercolor Society Exhibition -- Only 100 exhibitors accepted
2009 Plantation Art Guild Members Show -- Third Place
2009 Weston Art Guild Members Show -- Judge's Recognition
2009 Plantation Art Guild Open Show -- First Place
2008 Florida Watercolor Society Exhibition -- Only 100 exhibitors acce[ted
2008 Plantation Art Guild Members Show -- Judge's Recognition
2008 Plantation Art Guild Open Show -- First Place
2007 Plantation Art Guild Members Show -- Judge's Recognition
2007 Plantation Art Guild Open Show -- Third Place

"I never planned to be a watercolor painter. A self-taught artist, I began painting in oils as a hobby after early
retirement from my job. Watercolor to me was a difficult and unforgiving medium. Then in 2006 I took a few
watercolor classes at a community center, and I was hooked. I found that painting in watercolors allows me
to create beauty out of ordinary objects using light and shadows. The fluid medium mixes in exciting and
often surprising ways on the paper and lets me paint the fine details that I love to capture.

After a friend told me she wanted to stay a while and visit one of my paintings, I realized that my goal as an
artist is to stir emotion within and bring pleasure to those who view my work. The best compliment is when
someone tells me one of my paintings made them smile. I hope you enjoy viewing my paintings as much as
I enjoyed creating them and that you will want to "stay awhile and visit.""

Judy Nunno

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Elaine Hahn

February 24, 2014, 2:41 am

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Elaine Hahn

Elaine Hahn, a native of Kansas City, Missouri, holds a BA and MA in Art from the University of Missouri, and has studied with noted artists throughout the United States, England and Mexico. Her early career was influenced by her experience at Hallmark Cards in Kansas City. She is a Signature member of the Paint America Association Signature Society, the Florida Plein Air Society, a member of the Oil Painters of America, the American Impressionist Society, the International Guild of Realism, and is a Signature member of the American Watercolor and the National Watercolor Societies. Her paintings have achieved prominence through acceptance and awards in major national juried exhibitions.
Her works are included in private and corporate collections throughout the United States. She has taught and conducted Workshops in the US and Europe and has served as a judge in Art Shows on the local, regional and national levels.

Her work has been published by Rockport Publishers in the Best of Watercolor and the Best of Florals. She was also a featured Artist in Watercolor Magic Magazine, published by Artist's Magazine, and in the U. S. Art Magazine-Introductions of 29 Artists Worthy of Collector's Attention. Her work has been included in the publications The Artistic Touch 3, by Creative Art Press, the Southeaster Framer Magazine, Splash 5: Best of Watercolor -The Glory of Color, Splash 6 – The Magic of Texture, and Splash 7 – The Qualities of Light, by North Light Books. In July 2005 she was a featured Artist in Décor Magazine’s Biography Series and the Marine Artist in the March 2006 issue of Art Business News. In 2007 she was included in the book Best of America-Watercolor by Kennedy Publishing Inc. In 2009 she was published as a finalist in the International Artist Magazine Landscape Challenge in the February-March issue. In 2010 she is one of ten artists profiled in The Artist Magazine March issue - Stellar At 60+.

While gaining a national reputation for her Watercolors, her recent work in Plein Air and Studio Oils bring a new dimension to Elaine’s work. She works from her studio on the Gulf of Mexico in Florida, where she focuses her efforts on developing and expanding her Oil painting techniques on Landscapes, Still Life, Miniature Painting and traveling for painting and Plein Air Events throughout the United States and Europe.

Elaine’s images have also been selected through her Art Licensing Program by national firms in the manufacture of gift products including Christmas cards, magnets, notebooks, stationery, gift bags and many other products.

Honors and Awards

First in the Marine Category - Fla. Miniature Art Society's 39th Annual International Miniature Art Show - Jan. 2014
Peoples Choice Award - 13th Annual National Miniature Exhibition Renaissance Gallery Huntington WV – Dec 2013
Honorable Mention - 80th Annual International Fine Art in Miniature Exhibit, Bethesda, MD - Nov -Dec 2013
Honorable Mention at the National Society of Artists 29th Juried National Exhibit, at the Brazosport Art League in Clute TX - Sept. 2013
First Place Casper Wyoming Artists' Guild 19th Annual International Miniature Show, Casper Wyoming - August 2013
First Place in Oils at the Richeson75 Landscape, Seascape, and Architectural Exhibit in Kimberly Wisconsin, May 2013
Second Place in the 21st Annual International Miniature Show at the Parklane Gallery in Kirkland, WA - April 2013
Still Life Award, Cider Painters of America, 28th Annual International Exhibit of Miniature Art in Kingston, PA.- Nov. 11- Dec 29 2012
Honorable Mention - Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington DC, 79th Annual Exhibition in Bethesda, MD. - Nov 19 - Dec 29, 2012
Honorable Mention in the Oil Painters of America Online Showcase (Summer 2012)
Best in Show, The Elizabeth Specht Memorial Miniature Show, Mariposa, California, March 2012
Second Place, Seascapes, The Elizabeth Specht Memorial Miniature Show, Mariposa, California, March 2012
Honorable Mention, 11th Annual National Miniature Exhibition, Renaissance Art Gallery, Huntington, WV, November 2011
Second Place Award, Still Life, Miniature Painters, Sculptors,& Gravers Society of Washington, DC, 78th Annual Exhibition, North Bethesda, MD - November 2011
Finalist in the Artist Magazine 28th Annual Art Competition, November 2011
Paint The Parks, 100 Competition, 2011 - Traveling Exhibit - Throughout 2011
Paint The Parks, Mini 50 Competition, 2011 - Traveling Exhibit - Throughout 2011
"Artist of the Month" for March by the Trekell Brush Co. - March 2011
Paint America, 2010 Mini Top 50 Grand Prize Purchase Award, Paint America Association, Topeka, Kansas, January 2011
Second Place Award, Human Figure, 36th Annual International Miniature Art Show, Miniature Art Society of Florida, January 2011
Signature Membership, Paint America Signature Society - July 2010
Paint the Parks, Top 100 Competition, 2010 - Traveling Exhibit - Throughout 2010
Paint the Parks, Mini Top 50 Competition, 2010 - Traveling Exhibit - Throughout 2010
Paint America, Top 100 Competition, 2009 - Traveling Exhibit - Throughout 2010
Paint America, Mini Top 50 Competition, 2009 - Traveling Exhibit - Throughout 2010
Third Place, Artists Choice Award, Crescent Beach Paint Out, Crescent Beach, FL – October 2009
Selected as One of the Top Fifty, Salon International, 2009 Juried Exhibit, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio TX – April 2009
Finalist in the International Artist Magazine, Landscape Challenge #49, February - March 2009
Paint America, Mini Top 50 Competition, 2009 Traveling Exhibit - January 2009
Paint America, Second 100 Competition, 2009 – January 2009
First Place in Oil Painting, Richeson 75 Landscape Competition, Kimberly Wisconsin - September 2008
Selected as a Judge in the National 2008 Paint America, Paint the Parks Competition, - June 2008
Monthly Finalist in the Raymar Art Competition, RaymarArt.com, Phoenix, AZ - July 2008
Monthly Finalist in the Raymar Art Competition, RaymarArt.com, Phoenix, AZ - October 2008
Merit Award in Oil Painting, Mainsail Arts Festival, St. Petersburg, FL - April 2008
Honorable Mention, Tampa Bay Southshore Plein Air Festival, Ruskin, FL - March 2008
First Place, Quick Draw Challenge, Tampa Bay SouthShore Plein Air Festival, Ruskin FL - March 2008
Merit Award in Oil Painting, Mainsail Arts Festival, St. Petersburg, FL - April 2007
Poster Artist, Mainsail Arts Festival, St. Petersburg, FL, - April 2006
Third Place, Punta Gorda Plein Air Event, Punta Gorda, FL - February 2006
First Place, Clearwater Plein Air Paint Out Event, Clearwater, FL - December 2006
Poster Artist, Artigras Arts Festival, North Palm Beach, FL - February 2004
Third Place Award, Whale Head Arts Festival, Corolla, NC - 2003
Award of Excellence, Gosport Arts Festival, Portsmouth, VA - 2003
Second Place Watercolors, Under the Oaks Arts Festival, Vero Beach, FL – March 2003
Merit Award, Mainsail Arts Festival, St. Petersburg, FL – April 2002
Poster Artist, Naples Invitational Arts Festival, Naples FL, - February 2002
Best of Show, Art in the Park Arts Festival, Plantation, FL - 2001
Poster Artist, Coconut Grove Arts Festival, Miami, FL – February 1996
Best of Show, Belgrade Arts Festival, Richmond, VA - 1996

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Birgit O'Connor

February 24, 2014, 3:05 am

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Birgit O'Connor

"I strive to show that watercolor can be bold, rich and dramatic.

I feel that when you are accustomed to seeing something in the same way day after day you seem to forget the beauty that is held within it. I feel as though I have the opportunity to take someone into a place they have seen before and give them a different perspective. I would like people to feel as if they could be part of another world; to see beauty and simplicity, within that complexity.

Everything has a voice that not everyone can hear, the form is the language the content the voice...

As an artist, I find it sometimes difficult to part with my work. My paintings are like my children and I feel that each has its own destiny. I believe that as artists, it is our gift to create and share our creations with others. I also believe that my work will travel where it needs to go and be seen by those who need to see it. Art is a valuable healing experience for both the creator and the observer and my art is what I am here to do.

Within the challenging media of watercolor, I am able to express my interpretation of Nature's unique beauty. I began painting landscapes and have enjoyed painting mist and valleys, homes and gardens. I found that my paintings reflected the way that I viewed the world - as from a distance. As I grew in my art, I became fascinated with the unusual, the odd little corners of a backyard, the world within the flowerbeds. I began studying the intricate details of these hidden places, like the layers of overlapping leaves and petals, the shadows and the water droplets. Retrospectively, I liken this to the increasing complexity of my own thoughts.

Looking at the darkness behind the petals, I became curious; wondering about the things I didn't normally consider when admiring a garden. As I began to scrutinize the backs of the petals and the complex placing of the stems and leaves, I realized that this intricacy was reflecting what I was seeing inside myself. I sensed that this journey was leading me to view a deeper part of my subconscious and imagination. Taking what was complicated and creating a visually simplified form allowed me to find dimensional complexity.

Fascinated with depth, shadow and movement, I found that the watercolor medium gave me a feeling of working with subconscious emotion, that the flower itself became a vehicle for color and form.

My inspiration begins at dawn, watching the sunrise on the cliffs near my home. Bathed in the new beginning of every day gives me a chance to hear my own thoughts and to really see all the true colors of Nature. Nature, represents for me, the design in life. I am intrigued by forms and the values held within. A flower shows everything from the seeds, stem, bud, and blossom, then returning to the earth to begin a new cycle of birth-life-death. Nature is ever changing; there is beauty to behold in every step. Within the bloom, you may travel deeper, into Nature, into yourself. Look under each petal to find the magic that is held within the shadow.

Each of us has the choice of simply seeing a flower or something much more. I am intrigued by the character I find in plants, something most would find unusual in such a traditionally passive subject. I love to take a flower and enhance its drama, which can allow you to view it in a completely different way. A small and delicate blossom, which would normally be unnoticed, can become intimidating or evoke an incredibly passionate response. Sometimes when I am painting the shapes and shadows of something as delicate as a datura, I can actually become uncomfortable with the images. These shadows are my subconscious, the folds under the petals.

"Florals" are what some will see when they look at my work. Does it match my couch? My carpet? Instead, I hope my art speaks to you, that you hear its voice. Everything in nature has a voice but not everyone can hear it. We are caught up in the external pushing and pulling in our lives and don't take the time to hear or see the signals of nature. We can become distracted and confused. I think I eliminate some of this by bringing the essence of the flowers into my paintings.

I am a self taught artist inspired by the stories of my family. I thought that it would not be possible to be a recognized woman artist. I developed my art while having a family, being a full time wife and mother.
Currently I am represented in Hong Kong, Atherton, CO, Palm Desert, CA, Seattle, WA, and have won numerous domestic and international awards, I have been published in numerous magazines. I believe in dreams."

Birgit O'Connor

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Another kind of art ! 2Cellos

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You've to see this! It 's breathtaking ...

Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser of the popular music duo 2CELLOS release their cover of AC/DC's "Thunderstruck". Interpreting Baroque-style musicians with a modern cello expression, they don period costumes provided by the Giostra Society of Croatia.

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Diane Schmidt

February 24, 2014, 5:00 am

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Diane Schmidt

Diane DeLaMater Schmidt

The Artist was raised in Tucson, Arizona and lived in the Kansas city, MO area with her husband Gary and son Mike. She and Gary currently reside in Sarasota, Florida.

Signature Memberships:
Schmidt is a signature member of American Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society,The Watercolor Honor Society, Rocky Mountain Watermedia Society and 12 others.
Awards: selected from over 70 local to international awards
Pennslyvania Watercolor Society 2011, First Place
National Watercolor Society 2010, Hilford award for abstract painting
National Watercolor Society all members 2008, Ejnar Hansen award
Artist’s Magazine contest, 2006 third place experimental, 2012 Honorable Mention

Education:
Schmidt sent herself to art school at age 33, was ranked #1 in her class and recruited by
Hallmark Cards. She also studied sculpture, fine art and art history at the Ringling School of
Art and Design in Sarasota, FL., Commercial and fine art at community colleges, and workshops.

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