I seek a visual discourse combining physical realism and figurative imagery in order to critically engage the viewer. Through my work, I attempt to communicate with the audience within a broader multicultural context.
Featured Artist Cecilia Calderon
My latest creations are tapestries made of a combination of fabric, rope, oil paints, copper, gem stones, beads and other natural materials. They have an ancient quality, abstract, but at the same time representing animals which reflects my concern and love of nature and our deepest roots.
Featured Artist Nancy Lane
I want viewers to sense in my paintings the enveloping presence of the landscape—its rolling hills, its creatures, the water, the wind and the sunlight. I want them to feel a part of the paintings, remembering their own experiences with the outdoors.
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Featured Artist Ellen Jean Diederich
I use my whole body to paint. In watercolor, to avoid fussiness (which will show up), I use a one-inch flat for almost all of my painting. It’s in my effort to twist and turn the brush so you can’t tell what brush I used that has affected my style the most.
Featured Artist Nathalie Marcotte
My art is a hymn to nature and to life. I share my perception of all the beauty that surrounds me, a beauty that is both powerful and fragile, and invite you to join me in this journey as an observer.
Featured Artist Megan Woodard Johnson
My process combines meticulous piecing of materials with gestural, intuitive mark making—just as our lives contain moments of structure and periods of chaos. Ultimately, I aim for a balance between these two factors, creating a celebration of the complexity of our experiences.
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Featured Artist Jonathan Brooks
I think the most important images are those that capture your attention and remain embedded in your mind. I believe space, aesthetics, and composition are vital elements of a great photograph.
Featured Artist Richard Rosebery
My lyricism of line and often-intense colour are intended to accentuate the otherness and beauty of the Australian bush. I paint and draw on canvas, board or paper using oils, acrylics, pastels, ink and charcoal.
Featured Artist Kathy Ferguson
My current body of work illustrates the beauty of people working together on global issues to create positive change. It addresses ideas about community, collaboration, interconnection, building bridges and uniting together for a brighter future.
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Featured Artist Eduardo Vilchez
Art and painting give the soul it’s wings to be free and soar.
Featured Artist Renee St. Peter
Learning the medium has been a life lesson in letting things happen as they will–the magic of watercolor is not what it does in the first five minutes, but what occurs as the paint has time to react with other colors around it to create new shades and tones.
