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January 2008 MELANIE WINSTEAD Art, like dance, is the movement of the soul. The execution of movement or resounding stillness, demands response. Whether literal or abstract , it is a message from the heart of the artist to the senses of the viewer. Greatness and joy are not always found in the complication of a composition, it is in the details….the simple things.
February BOBBIE ADAMS I am most interested in examining and pondering, and portraying aspects of the physical world. I have come to love the subjects of my childhood that I ignored back then – anatomy, physics, mathematics – and am intrigued with the challenge of portraying an essence or idea, of fundamental natural phenomena. My abstractions are intended to capture moments, movement, or place, and to create connections amongst seemingly disparate or unrelated elements
March BURNELL YOW! Burnell Yow! (the exclamation point is part of the name) is an intuitive artist who works in the varied media of painting, collage, assemblage, sculpture, photography and digital art. I am an intuitive artist in that I work from the heart, not the head. The unforseen event, the “accident,” the unexpected all play a very large part in my creative play. Seldom is anything planned. I prefer to let the materials suggest the direction of a work.
April ANNE SAINT PETER We look at life through a series of layers. Very little is one-dimensional. Therefore, when we look at things, it’s important to imagine what lies beneath that which is actually being seen. My artwork is comprised of gradations—layers of what my eye is imagining. As an artist, it is my responsibility to capture and translate them for others. For instance, if we take something so commonplace as the concrete on the sidewalk, sit and stare at it for a moment, we will begin to see movement unraveling before our eyes. And as the pieces begin to peel, we notice that what was seemingly there has disappeared I see beauty in the simplest things in life. The warmth of the people, the spices, the colors, the history & cosmos, and of course the wonderful nature that surrounds them. When I mesh all these elements, I come up with a organic energy sphere, kind of like an aura of the place I have been. I want others to feel the energy I feel thru visual contact. The eyes are the windows to the soul, with that in mind, expression thru my art is like going on a journey with me June IRA STARK A self taught artist, grew up in the 60’s on Long Island, NY. He lives in South Jersey and started painting in his garage in 2005. He experimented for years with oils and plaster developing his unique technique, a mixed media Technique that incorporates both painting with oils and relief wall sculpture. He calls this technique,4-Dimenional Serpiginous Abstraction. Three dimensions are achieved by deep snake-like lines which are sculptured into thick plaster on the surface of the canvas. The fourth dimension is his liberal use of bright colors, which helps define the lines
July NICHOLAS SKALLY "For acrylic painter Nicholas Skally, art isn't about recreating an image that already exists, it's about adding layer upon layer of colors to create something unique and new. His canvases are covered with thick slabs of paint, overlapping and dripping into swirls and bursts, creating abstract designs that can look like a flower, the sea or nothing but a carefully sculpted barrage of color. These abstract examinations of color and form incorporate water, clear medium, paint, and ink, using a palette knife to enhance and affect lines, forms, and texture. Each painting is developed layer by layer, over several weeks and develops “organically” as the medium and water are forced across the canvas throughout each stage of the drying process."
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2008 Artist of the Month Jan-June |
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Art is frozen Zen.
~Reginald H. Blyth |
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Zeus Loves Balance! |
