I drive emotion direct from thought to canvas, with no planning if possible. A painting is my recording of my reaction to an environment. If I do add a recognizable form, it won’t be the color it is in reality, because what I see and feel internally isn’t.
Featured Artist Claude McCoy
With algorithmic art, the artist who is mathematically challenged may have no idea in mind as to what that assembly of mathematical formulas and numbers will create.
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Featured Artist Karen Lee
I would have never predicted the medium that suited me best is one that blends photography with fiber arts, but this unusual mixed media approach has offered me the most authentic expression of my inner voice.
Featured Artist Elaine Florimonte
When I study the work of other painters, I see them as either colorists or tonalists. I am a colorist. I use color to create a “sense” in my paintings—awake-ness, devotion, excitement, tranquility.
Featured Artist Sandra Pearce
I still have much to learn from the great masters, as I do continue to study with the best. I don’t think I shall ever stop learning, reaching and growing–always hungry for more and never satisfied.
Featured Artist Colin Goldberg
Around this time I also began to incorporate Sumi ink painting in my work, inspired by my maternal grandmother Kimiye who had been born in Japan and was an accomplished calligrapher and teacher.
Artist Success: Making a Soul Connection
I think my strength is the willingness to admit my unheroic truths. We connect in the humble and vulnerable spaces that make us mere mortals.
Featured Artist Kate Henderson
My inspiration comes from natural sources ranging from landscapes to microbiology. I think of nature as a continuous flow of energy represented by shifting shapes and patterns. These shapes are the source of what I call naturally-found abstraction.
Featured Artist Shelley Smith
To this day, I’m analytical in my approach to painting and design and I enjoy a great story, seeking subjects that spark the imagination or tickle my funny bone. I love making these gems look good.
Featured Artist Suzanne Yurdin
Be it mountainous, oceanic or atmospheric, I don’t try to convey a specific place and often times don’t title my work for that reason. Instead, I find it more enriching as an artist to connect with my viewer by triggering an emotion, a memory or even a sense of déjà vu.
Featured Artist Curtis Olson
My art continues to evolve, but one concept remains constant—I am interested in creating powerful objects that live in the real, not the digital, world with weight and age.
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Featured Artist Rachele Nyssen
I look for ways to express the movement and quality of the light. Light is always the focus—the main story line.
