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"Great things do not just happen by impulse but are a succession of small things linked together." Vincent VanGogh
Andrea Pratt
Andrea Pratt describes her work as eclectic. "I have a passion for colour relationships and a strong natural inclination to explore organic forms in my work," she says. Her colorful, award winning art has been exhibited in galleries and art shows throughout western Canada.Andrea Pratt's Artist Page
Ann Baldwin
Ann Baldwin's mixed media landscapes juxtapose manmade structures such as power lines and tv aerials with natural patterns of branches and leaves. Her art is full of texture and a depth that makes you want to step closer for a more detailed look.Ann Baldwin's Artist Page
Ginny Herzog
Architectural imagery has been the inspiration for Ginny Herzog's art for over twenty years. Her previous career in interior design; working with floor plans, elevation drawings and presentation layouts while combining colors, textures and materials has greatly influenced the direction and style of her work.Ginny Herzog's Artist Page
Aaron Jasinski
Aaron Jasinski's paintings are narrative with bold color schemes and a bit of an edge. His work is influenced by 20th century art, pop culture, comic books, contemporary illustration and underground artists. He's received many honors including being chosen as the featured lecturer at the deviantArt Summit in 2005.Aaron Jasinski's Artist Page
Julia Bailey
Julia Bailey's objective is to create critically engaging work that is stimulating to observe and experience. She succeeds beautifully with art that feels playfully "retro," but with a very contemporary color palette and style.Julia Bailey's Artist Page
Charles Sluga
When award winning artist Charles Sluga was 13 years old, he spent every Sunday taking art lessons from an elderly artist in the small Australian village where he grew up.His love of painting never left him and he cannot imagine doing anything else. "I paint what I paint, not because it fits into any category or school of painting, but simply because it is how I see, feel and wish to communicate," he says.
Charles Sluga's Artist Page
Mike Moran
Mike Moran's montages merge several areas of interest for him - love of paper and paint, collecting imagery through photography, image manipulation and travel. His pieces have been exhibited throughout England and in Australia.Mike Moran's Artist Page
Henry Sides
Henry Sides works from his studio in San Francisco's Hunters Point Shipyard. About his work he says, "I want the work to make people think about the strangeness of life and perhaps its brevity. For me, both the process of painting and the viewing of the painting are a meditation on life."Henry Sides' Artist Page
Lori Lukasewich
Lori Lukasewich's paintings invite the viewer into a moment of contemplation or stillness. Her pieces are created with oils in a traditional manner, beginning with a tonal underpainting and painting thin layers of transparency until finished.Lori Lukasewich's Artist Page
Michael Bullas
One part of Michael Bullas' fascinating diptychs depict land, skyscapes, floral and vegetable matter. The other part is more schematic, documenting a process of evolving mark making, collection and meditation.Michael Bullas' Artist Page
Nishan Akgulian
Nishan Akgulian's art is a product of his love for gestural drawing and the minimalist aesthetic. It's clean, modern and always makes me smile.Nishan Akgulian's Artist Page
Marilyn Sears Bourbon
In both her abstracts and figure paintings Marilyn Sears Bourbon explores women's voices through color and design.Marilyn Sears Bourbon's Artist Page
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Carol Golden
Carol Golden is a Clio Award winning artist. Her work has appeared in national magazines and is exhibited in private and international corporate collections.Carol Golden's Artist Page
Deborah Garber
Deborah Garber "takes liberties" with her pastel landscapes, both with color and composition. "I am not interested in making a literal rendition of an actual place," she says. "Rather I am creating something new by using landscape as a jumping off point."Deborah Garber's Artist Page
Jeanne Lydon
Jeanne Lydon's art combines drawing, printing and painting on canvas and wood panels. Her paintings often focuses on retro subjects with a contemporary twist. Her work has been shown in many galleries in and around San Francisco, including an installation at the Hearts in San Francisco exhibit.Jeanne Lydon's Artist Page
Nathaniel Gold
New Yorker, Nathaniel Gold says that the events of 9-11 inspired him to push his energy into what he loves most to paint.Nathaniel Gold's Artist Page
Nina Wisniewski
American Nina Wisniewski has been a professional painter and art teacher for over 30 years. She holds an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. She has taught, painted and exhibited in the small artist community of San Miguel de Allende Mexico since 1997.Nina Wisniewski's Artist Page
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David Durward
Canadian artist David Durward creates paintings digitally as if he were using traditional mediums. Instead of a canvas he begins with a blank screen and proceeds without the use of photographs or other aids.David Durward's Artist Page
Peter Howe
Peter Howe has exhibited in Europe and throughout England. He is now retired and lives in Burnham on Sea where he paints full time.Peter Howe's Artist Page
Barbara Crisp
Crisp describes her mixed media work as a marriage between a traditional approach and a more modern application.Barbara Crisp's Artist Page
Julie Paschkis
Julie Paschkis' paintings are full of life and rich colors. She has had solo exhibitions throughout Northwest and is an award winning illustrator of children's books.Julie Paschkis' Artist Page
Mary Jo Beswick
Mary Jo Beswick began painting watercolors while living for 5 years in the south of France. She is an award winning signature member of the Virginia Watercolor Society. Her paintings and monotypes are in private collections throughout the U.S. and France.Mary Jo Beswick's Artist Page
Michael Lasoff
Contemporary artist Michael Lasoff paints luscious figures within colorful abstracts. Although his style is clean and modern, the more I look at one of his paintings, the more I feel I'm being invited into an intriguing, complex story.Michael Lasoff's Artist Page
Susan Knaap
Susan Knaap lives and works in New Zealand, Her lush abstracts focus on concepts of time and timelessness, concealment and revelation, divine connection, mystery and transformation.Susan Knaap's Artist Page
Yevgenia Nayberg
Yevgenia Nayberg is an award winning painter, scenic and costume designer and illustrator. She has exhibited her paintings at shows and galleries internationally and has designed sets and costumes for over twenty theatrical productions.Yevgenia Nayberg's Artist Page
Richard Lewis
Richard Lewis began painting photorealistic watercolor paintings of classic automobiles and hood ornaments simply because he liked cars. He spends over 200 hours on a single painting to get all of the forms, shapes and reflections just right.Richard Lewis' Artist Page
Dianne Neuman
Dianne Neuman approaches her canvases with what she calls the "Eastern thought of no mind.""A running theme throughout my work is the recognition of the separation and coming together of two universes - the spiritual and the physical," she says.
Dianne Neuman's Artist Page
Ken Prescott
For the past three decades, Canadian artist Ken Prescott has been exhibiting in solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally. Much of his art has been inspired by his travels throughout the Far East, Southeast Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia, & the South Pacific. During one trip he began experimenting with collage, which became his chosen medium.Ken Prescott's Artist Page
Nilsen Turan-Kennedy
Nilsen Turan-Kennedy is primarily known for her contemporary figurative abstractions over maps and architectural plans. Born in Istanbul Turkey, she currently works and lives in the U.S. and exhibits her work internationally.Nilsen Turan-Kennedy's Artist Page
Bob Heatly
"I am a product of the 60's and have my roots in abstract expressionism," Bob Heatly says. "Over the years, my work under the influence of architecture had gotten larger and more intellectual and analytical."Recently he has returned to his roots of gesture and emotion. "Heart and soul without so much head," he explains. "I reintroduced myself to the knife and the pure pleasure of the creative process."
Bob Heatly's Artist Page
Michael Schlicting
Doors and passageways - what lies behind, ahead, within are ongoing themes for Michael Schlicting. His paintings often use an iconic house shape to signify house, home, both literally and metaphorically.According to Schlicting, it is not so much what you see that counts, but what you sense.
Michael Schlicting's Artist Page
Lynne Taetzsch
Lynne Taetzsch says her vision was changed forever by New York's action painters. ""For me, creating art is to travel the line between abandon and control, a process that demands a loose playfulness in the early stages of a painting," she says. "In later sessions I work to bring the chaotic elements into an aesthetic harmony without losing the wild side."Lynne Taetzsch's Artist Page
Ines Kramer
Using a combination of acrylics and watercolor, Ines Kramer works on textured wood or paper, applying paint in layers - often dozens of layers to achieve the depth and color her work is known for.Kramer's paintings have been exhibited in solo and group shows in galleries and museums all across the United States.
Ines Kramer's Artist Page
Cynthia Louden
Cynthia Louden paints and draws on her photographs to create soft, tranquil mixed media pieces. She's traveled frequently to photograph, including taking a trip up the Amazon River in a small boat, photographing mystical healers in Brazil, salsa dancers in Cuba, country gardens of England and the farmers' markets of Provence.Cynthia Louden's Artist Page
Carla Tudor
Carla Tudor has exhibited in numerous shows throughout Pennsylvannia. Her paintings are an introspective look at people engaged in the routine tasks, errands, and activities of daily life.Carla Tudor's Artist Page
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