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Yesterday & Tomorrow

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Rita Dianni-Kaleel

Irena Orlov

PEACOCK. 40” x 30”. Mixed Media

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Point of InterestLatin American art trove in the

Middle East? by Lilianne Milgrom 6

From Artist to ArtistOpen letter to artists by Debbi Chan 8

Fine ArtMichelle Agin 10

Olivia Boa 11Debbi Chan 12

Rae Chichilnitsky 13Kris Courtney 14

Rita Dianni-Kaleel 15Joachim Gerschler 16

Tom Heflin 17Semproniu Iclozan 18Marina Izrailevich 19

Jack Jasper 20Darlene Kaplan 21Paula Laflamme 22

Jette van der Lende 23James Keeton Lively 24

Mike Menius 25

Lilianne Milgrom 26Peyton Rack 27

Tatiana Roulin 28Mila Ryk 29

Anne Goffin Smith 30Sara Swan 31

Seth D. Tuska 32Aaron Wooten 33

Sculpture• Mixed Media•JewelryKeri Colestock 34

Sandy Den Hartog 35Irena Orlov 36

Photography•Digital Art

Guy Belair 38Troy Eittreim 39Laurie Freitag 40Eduardo Fujii 41Arthur Jacob 42

Daniel R. Johnson 43Keith Parks 44

Yasmine Samiry 45Max Tzinman 46

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Art & Beyond Magazine is proud to present theincredible artists featured on the pages of thisissue. Each possessing their own style, uniqueideas and vision of the world around us. Fromscratch they are able to create things thatinspire and enhance our lives.

For this issue Art & Beyond held a CoverCompetition for 2 covers, the amount of talentpresented to us made it very difficult to choosetwo winners, so at the end we had to add twomore Publisher choice award for a Back Coverand Inside Back Cover as well.

Congratulations to Rita Dianni-Kaleel, her work"Yesterday & Tomorrow" was chosen as thismonths Art and Beyond Front CoverCompetition winner.

The Inside Front Cover was awarded to IrenaOrlov for artwork “Peacock”.

The Back Cover was awarded to Rae Chichilnitskyfor work “Fruits of Labor (Virgo)” and the InsideBack Cover has been awarded to Eduardo Fujii forwork “Floral Portrait N. 13” as a Publisher Choice.

We would also like to congratulate those artistswho bave been chosen as Publishers ChoiceAward winners in this issue for their outstandingartwork: Anne Goffin Smith, Michelle Agin, TomHeflin, James Keeton Lively, Laurie Freitag,Tatiana Roulin, Seth D. Tuska, Peyton Rack, TroyEittreim, Kris Courtney, Keri Colestock, AaronWooten and Jette van der Lende.

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RaeChichilnitsky.Fruits of Labor (Virgo)

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Eduardo Fujii. Floral Portrait N. 1.

Inside Front Cover

IrenaOrlov. Peacock

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Rita Dianni-Kaleel.Yesterday & Tomorrow.

was surprised when I saw a picture of this painting hanging

in President Johnson's office..." explained the artist. TheRunner was exhibited in the president's office in 1967 as part

of the Smithsonian Loan to the White House Program. Perhaps the

painting was chosen for the president's personal recollections.

Lyndon Johnson was famous for extravagant political efforts: after a

grueling schedule running for office in 1937, a throbbing pain became

so great in his abdomen that Johnson collapsed. He was operated on

for a ruptured appendix; when he revived, Lady Bird appeared at his

bedside and told him he was now a Congressman. He eventually

became president by the tragedy of November 3, 1964.

A runner can be identified as one whomoves quickly, passes at a swift

pace as in a race, one whomust overcome hurdles, flees, or to become

a candidate when running for Congress. The artist fixes what is fleeting;

this is the power of mind, that captures and fixes the order of

somebody who acts as a surrogate for the spectators who participate

in the life of the artwork. Harry Rand, author of The Genius of AmericanPainting, and Curator of Political History at the Smithsonian's NationalMuseum of American Art, said The Runner "... has been chronicled asnot quite comprehensible, but obviously eloquent..." 1

The gray figure at the top, beyond the horizon, has rays emanating

from below in a burst of soft blue light like unfolding energy, or

perhaps in celebrity lights. The sky, finite or infinite, has no definition

as to time, or space, or place, and there seems to be no established

vanishing point. The detritus below appears to be in a burial yard,

memorial, or archeological grave field, with what seem to be tomb-

chambers, mastabas, slabs, mounds, pits, and other "incomprehensible

but eloquent" items. An allusion to a return to Mother Earth?

Many of the objects have black geometric shapes, lozenges,

diagonals, etc., surrounded by an environment of colors of low

saturation: yellow, orange, and red - or is it Texas earth-brown?

Some bits and pieces of the objects are in semi-perspective that

may or may not relate to the radiating vectors above.

Like Giacometti's elongated figures in open spaces, the

activities of Hultberg's bodies in Flags, coming and going,running, flying, standing, gesturing, and other behavioral acts

are far removed from gesticulations in traditional art, Classical,

Renaissance, or Baroque, much less the modern

decomposition of the classical nude. The personages seem to float

or swim in ethereal blue space above mysterious accumulations.

The relationship between figures, neither nude nor naked but not

necessarily clothed, are vehicles of specific emotions for the artist,

a habit of right feeling. For the last 500 years Western culture has

exalted the human body as a subject of unlimited interest; this mind-

set has become so entrenched that it appeared the norm down to

the beginning of the twentieth century. Hultberg was not tied to

controls of the past; the three-dimensional reality of the human form

seemed superfluous, and anatomy was ignored by the artist.

His frozen figures are not too dissimilar in their silhouette-slenderness,

actions, and balletic gestures from pre-historic rock pictographs in

by Martin Rieswww.MartinRies.com

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JOHN HULTBERG'S UNINTERRUPTED STATE OFPRAYER AND NEW YORK ANGST

THE RUNNER 1964, oil on canvas, 50” x 67¾ “. Courtesy of Portland Museumof Art, Portland Maine, Gift of the artist, 1982

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FLAGS, 1980, acrylic and crayon on board, 30” x 40”.Courtesy of Anita Shapolsky Gallery Collection.

I wanted to return to human figures frozen assculptures in unforgettable balletic gestures ...

- John Hultberg

If you desire to reach out into the infinite,Move in all directions in the infinite.

- J.W. von Goethe, Gott, Gemüt, und Welt, 1815.


Africa, Aboriginal Australia, and the Americas. Their configurations are

what Aeschylus might call "the shadow of a shade." His portrayal of the

human body does not of itself prove a purely artistic intention but it is

characterized by a startling freshness of observation as well as an

accuracy suggesting visual memory - the practice of correct sensitivity.

Are the persons in Flags viewed through a symbolic window? Is it a paint-framed picture, or is it both opening and panel, with or without the

significance of "perspective"? Are the persons the flags? Or are they

surrogates for the spectators who participate in the internal life of the

work? What are they holding? Are they hovering, or being blown away as

in battle? Flags connote patriotism and/or themilitary. Originally flagswere

used to assistmilitary coordination on battlefields; they have since evolved

into a general tool for signaling and identification as in the maritime

environment where semaphore is used. John Hultberg was a Lieutenant

(j.g.) in theNavy duringWorldWar II. He said, "I have put something like this

in more than one painting ... having men become flags in a battle ..." 2

The setting of Apocalypsia is not dissimilar to the

depiction of the space ship in his 1969 SpacePollution: The artist described Apocalypsia in

revealing personal terms: “These were bad times for

me mentally; I was already in a state of crisis and

then everything broke down... Apocalypsia." An

Apocalypse [Greek: "lifting of the veil" or

"revelation"] is a disclosure; by extension apocalypse

can refer to the end of the world, or cosmic collapse.

Hultberg added the suffix -ia, meaning related to, orlike. "I did this painting in [his wife's] studio on 23rdStreet ... it was a shambles. I couldn't even move in

there it was so messy. I was in bad trouble myself

with alcohol and was about to go away somewhere

to a sanitarium. I'm surprised I could work at all.

When I did this picture I wasn't involved in it. I was

just putting things down. I didn't have many paints,

so I used a lot of drawing and I used some chalk and

then I put some fixative on it. Apocalypsia - the end

of the world - the end of my world as I knew it."3

Rimbaud-like, Hultberg reasoned that he "... wasn't

involved in it, I was just putting things down..."

The painting is in deep polychrome flurries of distressed, agitated

strokes; a mauve upper segment with alien craft hangs over a vast

metropolis. Eye-like orbs, as well as rectangular ones, stare out at us

from the city and from individuals. A female shape stands at left, a male

figure delineated in red enters right. A dark tenuous body, outlined in

electric blue pastel line ("I used some chalk"), in Orant pose, gestures

toward an unseen being with two dead-black, Pantocrator-Eyes in a

threatening, violet colored heaven. Orant is an act, in antiquity, of

praying with outstretched, raised arms. Is the Orant practitioner lifting

the veil? Or is it the signal that tarmac attendants make to guide in the

an airplane, but here guiding in an alien space ship? Or is it a sign of

surrender of what seems to be a garrison town, teeming with

congested hovels, as chaos becomes almost perceptible?

John Hultberg's father immigrated to California from Sweden, and his

mother was a first-generation Swedish émigré; they lived in poverty

during the Depression years but were always interested in the arts. His

mother took him to many churches when he was a boy, but he never

embraced any organized religion. He had a tragic view of life, a vision of

an essentially revered human being destined to collapse by the operation

of inner weakness. Søren Kierkegaard's insights into the consequences of

self-consciousness anticipated Freud by half a century. Self-awareness,

as Kierkegaard wrote, is born of man’s despair when the soul faces its

fear of annihilation, “struggles with death,” and comes to know torment

as a prelude to the acceptance of its indestructible obligations.4

The artist differed from Kierkegaard in his estimate of the aesthetic or

moral components of life. According to the philosopher’s definition,

“the subjective thinker” is one who “seeks to understand the abstract

determination of being human in terms of this particular existing human

being.”5 Hultberg's “struggles with death” reached the level of total

anxiety, he found his acute self-consciousness an essential element in

his final selfrealization. In JOHN DONNE’S LAST WORDS, Hultberg'spoem of 1984, he wrote:

APOCALYPSIA, 1971-72, oil and pastel on canvas, 50” x 68”. Private collection.

SPACE POLLUTION, 1969, oil on canvas, 39” x 50”. Private collection.

names to remember


When I float my frail sins upon the holy buoyancy of unasked-for wellbeing,

My allotted gift of bestial continuation and nothing more, I know at last

That just to be alive is to be in an uninterrupted state of prayer;

...

You who are still outside of my peculiar pale of torments ...

Blessed are the meek, the stuff of the Milky Way's compassion.6

Putting his life together after a stay in an alcoholic sanitarium, the

"subjective thinker" spent three months at the MacDowal Colony in New

Hampshire. "Sudden peace and extension of hope after New York's

degradation and despair," he wrote in his journal, "I hear a Mahler slow

movement, sense fleetingly the presence of my benign protector."

As in The Runner, thesprinter in Running toParadise dashes in from

the left, but toward a

distant otherworldly

horizon, all in delicate

hues. In the foreground is

a dark structural design

with the vision of an angel

in one entryway. Paradise

is a realm, physical or

transcendental, in which

there is only peace, where existence is positive, harmonious, and

timeless; often described as a holy place, accessible by people

according to various standards of divinity, goodness, faith, or other

virtues. 1968 was the year Nixon was inaugurated, American troops

reached peak levels in Vietnam, and Hultberg painted Running ToParadise. “I was thinking of the Yeats’ poem the artist explained:

As I came over the Windy Gap,

they threw a half-penny in my cap,

for I am running to Paradise.

Rather than a place of contentment, prosperity, and happiness, Yeats'

poem conveyed his own chaotic era, the struggle for Irish

Independence, and the passionate sense of his individual life.

“Everyone was fighting about the Vietnam war!" said Hultberg, "I must

have been upset because that’s when I put in one of my angels with

wings.”7 There are many different ranks of angels cited in scripture

(Archangels, Angels, Cherubim, Seraphim, etc); now we have Hultberg-

angels. However, angels (even without halos) are supposedly agents of

a divine will, symbols of invisible forces between the Life-Source and

the world of phenomena. Angels did not fly over Vietnam. In the deep

lunar background of Running To Paradise are window-like tilted

rectangles similar to the windows in Space Pollution. Is the runnerfleeing " his chaotic era" or is he running toward the angel for salvation?

The Book of Genesis speaks of the "Angel" bringing forth the

Apocalypse. IsHultberg's Shabby Angel, with wings impaired by wear,attrition and over-use, showingconspicuous signs of erosion and

neglect? This angel strides within a delineated squarein the midst of a

series of geometric shapes, in perspective, and outlined in black.

Aportentous earth-brown cloud drifts above. With no theme of

resurrection and rapture,judgment of the wicked, nor the destiny of the

righteous, angels also act as a seer'sguide. In JOHN DONNE’S LASTWORDS, Hultberg continued ...

... my private soul sickness

Tallies at last with all the world’s injustices, and I have at last the pain

Of everyone to feed on in case my own runs out...

...

Do they dare to comewith me on this dreaded voyage tomy innermost zones?

Angst embodies the fear that encompasses alienation, isolation, despair

and death. Having reached a level of metaphysical angst and seen death

as a component rather than an end of life, the artist finds his acute self-

consciousness an essential element in his self-realization. The Self is the

source of aspirations or dreams and often appears as a major figure in

images, with the ability to guide one in the present. In a world system all

parts of which are interconnected, with no single human being possessing

an existence independent of the cosmos, man's position can be humbling.

Western man has difficulty convincing himself that he has any special

assigned status in the cosmos. Hultberg, as seer, seems to ask himself: Is

the cosmos, "the Milky Way's compassion," challenging us to continue

bearing the title Homo Sapiens? The artist seeks to understand the

abstract determination of being human, in terms of this particular existing

human being, in the dreaded voyage to his "innermost zones."

NOTES

1. Harry Rand, The Martha Jackson Memorial Collection, Washington DC: The

Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985, p.9.

2. Shirley Jacks, John Hultberg: Painter of the In-Between, catalog, Fred L. Emerson

Gallery, Hamilton College, Clinton N.Y., p.10

3. Jacks, p.60.

4. Søren Kierkegaard, Sickness Unto Death, trans. Walter Lowrie (New York, 1954),

pp. 148-154.]

5. Kierkegaard, Concluding Unscientific Postscript, trans. David F. Swenson and

Walter Lowrie (Princeton, 1944) p. 315.

6. John Hultberg, Sole Witness, WWP Press, New York, 1994, p.46.

7. Jacks, p.45.

Martin Ries, emeritus professor of art and art history at Long Island

University, is an artist who has exhibited in this country and abroad, and

published widely, including "John Hultberg's Abstract Perspectivism,"

[Art Criticism, spring 2006]. This paper was written with the help of aRelease-Time Research Grant from Long Island University.

www.MartinRies.com

RUNNING TO PARADISE, 1968, oil oncanvas, 50” x 68”. Private collection.

SHABBY ANGEL, 1968, c.1980, gouache and acrylic on foam board,14” x 22½”. Courtesy of Doug and Alice Boynton Collection.

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Michelle AginBeing gifted in art since childhood, I have won numerouscontests and awards. I began taking formal instruction incollege to which I was a very difficult student. In the comingyears I would dabble in many different art mediums andeventually settle on one medium to focus on, oil painting.I continue my studies and it is my hope to continue on thepath of becoming recognized as a professional artist. I have

always been a fan of the Masters and very traditional atheart. I strive to incorporate a bit of that style into my own,to masterfully blend the old with the new. I will also add alittle color to my world as my last series of paintings have allbeen in black and white. I am excited to start a new series!

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THE HATTER(after unknown photographer).Oil on canvas. 24" x 36"


Olivia BoaOlivia Boawas born in 1981 in Yvelines in France. At a young age Boawas attracted to the world of the art and in particular, painting.

Boa began her formation into an artist at the age of 10 with thehelp of Yves Armani, an artist who taught her the basiscs. From theage of her 14, Boa pursued her work and her research in paintingin a self-taught way.

In 1998, Boa decided to release hersefl from conventional structuresof the academic painting, by turning on the abstract art.

In 2011, she worked the concept of "generations" in art, namely topaint a subject on various energy perceptions. For example of alandscape, Olivia Boa is going to draw all the energy yin and totransmit it on a work, while realizing simultaneously another workof the same landscape but in an energy yang, so forming a linen

couple representing the same landscape and being entitled: thefirst generation.

In addition to her work as an artist, Olivia is also a therapist andin 2012 she proposed a subtle mixture of her work in therapymixed with her work in abstract art.

Olivia Boa declines us a whole pallet of feelings, sensations,observations andmakes in consultation and retranscribes it in theform of colors, of movement, of textures and of forms on a painting.

A French/English bilingual catalog of its work:« psychological works » will be available from the end of thissummer. For any order please get in touch directly with theartist who will dedicate it to you personally.

www.oliviaboa.sitew.com • [email protected]

BIG BANG... IN THE BEGINNING.Acrylic on paper. 40 cm x 50 cm

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Debbi ChanOn the cusp of two creative signs, the tiger and the rabbit, I wasborn in Houston, Texas. With a creative push from day one, Itook up the brush by age ten. In my early years as a buddingartist I decided that oil painting was not my thing butwatercolor and ink were. That really never changed but thestyle vacillated from realism to fantasy throughout thoseformative years. It was not until a bit of aging wisdom came tome that I sought out a teacher and found Frank Chiu, a masterartist in traditional Chinese painting. He mentored me for overa decade and was later joined by his wife, Judy.

They showed me that just taking Sumi lessons was not enough.I involved myself in Chinese culture, philosophy, and art until itcoursed through my veins and I saw the world throughdifferent eyes. My teacher gave me an artist name – Sosum.

He said I always do what I say I will do and SOSUM was the Hechose. What He did not know is that the main reason I got in totraditional Chinese art was to paint on silk. Sosum also means,

through the root character, threads of silk. I learned muchfrom this wise teacher. then I took an invitation to visit Idahofor a three weeks vacation.

Four days before my departure for home, I decided to live hereand when I went back home it was only to pack my apartmentand say two goodbyes: one to the Buddhist Temple where I wasan ordained nun; the other, to the Chiu's, my mentors andteachers who had become family. Frank Chiu threw the IChingwithout my knowledge and four days later in my new home hetold me what the sticks had said..... GO TO THE WESTERNMOUNTAINS...so now a decade has passed. I own a farm on tenacres of paradise, and my heart and art are reaching heightsnot reached by many... I can truly say that I am rich – rich withno money. And art is still as exciting as it was when I picked upthat paintbrush fifty years ago.

http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/s/sosum/[email protected]

LOGGING IN THE PACIFIC NW ALBUM. Watercolor and ink on silk. 33" x 21".

Rae ChichilnitskyRae is a self-taught and self-represnting local artist. She was bornin Kishinev (Moldova) during the Soviet era. There she studiedclassical music at the Kishinev Institute of Art, earning herdegree in Musicology and worked as a freelance book illustrator.

Upon coming to the United States in 1976, Rae settled in NewYork, where she lived for nearly thirty years. During this period,she had a successful corporate career, took part in several artexhibits and freelanced as illustrator for The Long Island JewishPress (bi-weekly publication). In 2006, Rae rellocated toPennsylvania and now resides with her family in Churchville,focusing on her art full-time.

Today Rae’s artwork resides in private collections nationwide andabroad and images she’s created are being used by numerousonline magazines, blogs, websites, and various religious andcultural organizations worldwide. Rae is a member of the Society

of Children Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) and acontributing artist to the Literacy.org. Several of her art imageshave won awards in juried online competions.

Rae is a multi-fauceted artist. Her work encompasses differentgenres, media, styles and covers a wide range of subjects – fromdeeply philosophical to humorous, from symbolic to simpledecorative. Some of her artwork was created with children inmind, while other is more adult-oriented. Rae is equallycomfortable with monochrome and color and fluent insketching, illustration, painting and crafts. She uses her ownimagination as a primary source and while one might find someeclectic influences in her art, it is truly unique, as she nevermimics anyone or anything.

[email protected]


CONTEMPLATION.Mixed Media.18"x18"


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Kris CourtneyAmerican Artist & Author Kris Allen Courtney, drawnto benevolence and disability awareness by his ownpersonal experience. An artist in spirit and gift,Courtney is dedicated to service and participationbeyond disabilities. His canvas derives from imagesthat move him to allow freedom of spirit in bothpaint and words.

In recent, Courtney has traveled, displayed & livedin Santa Fe, New Mexico only to find himselfresiding in Paducah Kentucky. Formally fromSouthwestern Ohio, Courtney has established toopen a new Gallery & Studio in Lowertown ArtsDistrict and announce the opening of CC Gallery onMay 17th, 2013 during the Lowertown Arts & Musicevent. His talents include National award &recognition that includes private & publiccollections in artistry. In addition, Norma Jean’s Sunis a True Story Memoir published in 2009 which hasreceived International exposure and praise for hisaccomplishments.

As stated by the artist; Free Expression is the themebehindmost of artistic efforts. As my artistry leanstowards a Primitive Literalism (Avant-garde), theheart andmind continue to expand in colorexpressionism that allowsmy spirit and soul comfort.For more information, prints & books, please visit:

www.kriscourtney.com

EMANON.Gouache. 16” x 20”

ARIZONA. Oil on Canvas. 18” x 24”

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Rita Dianni-KaleelRita was born and raised in Chicago and has been intriguedwith Art from her earliest memories. She studied privately formany years learning traditional skills in painting and sculpture.Her work is influenced by many philosophies and techniquesand being a contemporary artist, inspiration derives from thebeauty of Nature, not only the exterior, but that which liveswithin. She attempts to visualize the unseen fractal growth byusing abstract/realism in her work, believing the colors of ourworld are colors of ourselves and although we are uniquely

different, we are also the same. The line of gold leaf in much ofher work represents the value of life and our link to the future.Presently, she is working on an extension of her LifethreadSeries (which is ongoing) incorporating The Seen & Unseen andNatural Patterns, (the abstract expression of this work). Rita'swork is included in corporate and private collections as well asmany publications.

http://www.diannifineart.com/

KEEPERS OF THE FLAME. Oil/g.leaf/canvas. 24” x 24"

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Joachim GerschlerJoachim Gerschler is 67 years old. He has been working for afew decades as the top restorer on historical buildings inBerlin doing analysis of the building`s history, the technicalrequirements of restoring them in the original sense anddoing the restoration work himself and with his staff. Since2010 he has begun to paint oil on canvas in rakel (spatula)technique and has produced up to now more than 100 suchpaintings, mostly in sizes of one to two m2, some in smaller

sizes and some up to 10 m2. In this field of art he is up tonow completely unknown. He is still most busily producingnew paintings. Now it seems to be time to get knowninternationally and he is looking for a competent partywhich is best suited to promote his works. Representing himis Dr. Hergen Heinemann who may be contacted [email protected].

W06.2010-10.Oil on canvas.120cm x100cm.


tom heflinhave been a full time artist for over 40 years and have wonnational and international awards. He is a member of the NationalWatercolor Society and the National Oil and Acrylic PaintersSociety. Tom continue to paint daily and have a show once a yearin his studio/ gallery.

“The painting "Try to Remember" was inspired by an oldphotograph I found in an abandoned house. Don't know who theladies are but that is what made this vintage image interesting to

me. the picture of the World War 1 soldier was found in an antiqueshop and I painted him fading out because he would not be alivetoday. The front porch is the old farm house that becamemystudio. In a small way I felt I was resurrecting and paying homageto these forgotten souls.”

http://tomheflin.com/

TRY TO REMEMBER. Acrylic on panel.

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Semproniu Iclozanis an intentionally known American artist, born inTransilvania, Romania. He received his MFA from NicolaieGrigorescu Art Academy, Bucharest, Romania. His work hasbeen shown at more than 51 exhibitions in Europe andUnited States.

Iclozan’s art was published in many European books and catalogsaround the world. Iclozan’s work is in the permanent collectionsat the Chicago History Museum, National Museum of Art inBucharest, Romania, Museum of Contemporary Art, Poland,Royal Art Collection in Stockholm, Sweden and many others.

For almost two decades, Iclozan was exhibited as a solo artist innumerous galleries around the world including; Ambassador

Gallery, NY, Portals Gallery and Hansen Gallery, Chicago,Fontanella Borghese Gallery, Rome, Italy, Accademia diRomania, Rome, Italy, Craiova Museum of Art, Romania,Drottinnggatan 100 Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden.

Iclozan has also participated in numerous of Art Expos,including the Vancouver, Chicago and Miami InternationalExhibitions. Iclozan’s artwork is also in many private artcollections in United States, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany,Great Britain, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, The Netherlands,Romania, Serbia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

[email protected] http://www.iclozan.com

MUTATIONS.Oil on canvas.


MarinaIzrailevichThe roots of my life and work are steeped in Russian art andculture. My earlier works had a whiff of Russian Constructivism(purely unconsciously; I was thrilled when it was pointed out tome). I am still searching for a way to express the breadth offeelings and emotions and the struggle for meaning and life’sanchor. My major influences are Mark Rothko, WassilyKandinsky and Marc Chagall. My heart leaps when I see theirwork and I think ‘how do I do THAT’.

My work is color, texture, and flow. Movement of pencil onpaper, brush on canvas, and lines and shapes on a surface, anysurface. The excitement of watching hot metal bending underacetylene torch and the flow of melting metal as two pieces arejoined together and a sculpture emerges. It's about the

impossible, the discovery of a potential, and the excitement ofseeing a completed work. And I continue the search.

I like to work with almost all media: oil on canvas; watercolor,chalk, charcoal, and pastel on paper; occasional painting ordrawing in acrylic; welded steel sculpture. I earned myBachelor of Fine Arts at LIU in New York. I have had severalshows in galleries in Manhattan and Long Island, and one ofmy shows was featured in the New York Times. I currently liveand work in Santa Cruz, California.

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UNTITLED.Oil on canvas.

24” x 32”.


fine art

Jack Jasperstudied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He received aBFA in painting in 1970 and an MFA in 1975. He concentrated onpainting in graduate school, but he also studied performance.His work in the time arts led him to explore the use of the bodyin conjunction with other media such as sound and film.

After receiving his MFA, he moved to Helena, Montana topursue freelance design work with his brother. He eventuallyjoined the staff of the Printers, Inc., as a designer. He continuedpainting and exhibited locally and regionally. In 1982 hereceived a grant from the Helena Film Society Grant to ArtistsProgram. He collaborated with Montana poet, Rick Newby todesign and produce the book, The Man in the Green LodenOvercoat, a juxtaposition of words and images.

While he was in Montana, he completed threeyears of course work in Medical Technology,pursuing a combined degree in chemistry andbiology at Carroll College in Helena. He maintainedhis interest in the time arts by studying percussion.

After twelve years in Montana, he decided toreturn to a more urban environment. In 1988 hemoved back to Chicago to further his jointcareers in graphic design and painting.

He worked as a book designer at a small Chicagopress for four years, working extensively with theMacintosh. After completion of a kindergartenthrough eighth grade series of books for the press,he pursued freelance graphic design work. At onepoint he worked for a company creating medicalillustrations for doctors, nurses and hospitals.Currently, he is freelancing. He continues to paintand periodically pursued courses in electronic

design and imaging at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

He is represented by Amsterdam Whitney Gallery in New Yorkcity and shows his work in group shows. His work has been soldto various collectors.

From the experience of being surrounded by the powerfulpresence of nature in Montana, coupled with the study of lifesciences and the Australian aborigines, he is drawn toexperimenting with combinations of elements, sometimesalluding to air, earth, fire and water. He strives to representnature’s electron dance that presupposes an ambientunderlying sexuality, unfolding as a shimmering becoming, asynchronicity between disparate elements.

http://www.jackjasperart.com/

ZYGOTE.Acrylic on canvas.52" x 38"


RAINEY DAY.Oriental Brush Painting.

Darlene KaplanDarlene Kaplan is an award-winning artist who hasbeen captivating art lovers worldwide with herenergetic Oriental Brush Paintings using Chinesewatercolors for more than 40 years. Her many awardsinclude First place at the Campagna Center,Alexandria, VA, First place at Green Spring Gardens,Annandale, VA, and Finalist at the 27th Annual ArtsCompetitions-Artist Magazine.

She grew up in the country in Tennessee and states,"All of my spare time was spent walking in the woodssearching out bugs, plants and anything else that wasalive. Those childhood days spent with nature isbrought alive every time I put a brush stroke down onpaper. All of my paintings are derived from nature."Darlene paints in the Lingnan style of Oriental BrushPainting which is a combination of Western and EastAsian art. She has been studying with Henry Wo Yue-Kee from 1994 till present. Mr. Wo paints and teachesthis freestyle of ink and color on rice paper thatoriginated in China centuries ago. "For many years Ipainted realism in oils before making the change tooriental brush painting. Studying martial arts/Tai Chi’for years inspired me to try this medium, which I fellin love with right away. The calming effect of grindingthe ink before painting, the energy that is put into throwingink on paper is just the greatest of pleasures that only this styleof art allows me to feel." In her paintings Darlene attempts “toshow purity in painting the snow, brightness in the moon,fragrance in the flower, sounds in the waterfall and spirit inpeople.” Before beginning, she has a vision in mind. "The mindhas the plan and the hand follows. Once started, the brush andink require full attention. Without the mood, brush and ink donot have anything to attach to; without brush and ink, themood cannot be expressed. These are inseparable elements.”

The artist has had many solo and group exhibitions throughoutthe United States including an exhibition of over 100 paintingsrepresenting Oriental Brush Painting during the CherryBlossom Festival 2012 in Washington, DC. Her work has beenexhibited in many galleries and museums including CharlesSumner School Museum in Washington, DC, SoHo District in NYCity, and many, many more locations. Her art may be viewed atSoft Brush Studio in Alexandria, VA and The Workhouse ArtsCenter in Lorton, VA, and on her on-line at

www.darlenekaplan.com.

fine art


Paula LaflammeBorn in Montreal in 1964, Paula Laflamme is a self taught artistand began painting in 1992.

Paula spent her childhood between land and sea, the slums ofMontreal, and the richness of her ancestors, from Gaspé. Herpaintings are her own compositions, they are her work.

Using her emotions and the expressions of the people shemeets, she lives in interesting situations and moves deep intoher characters and those who contemplate.

The everyday life, the mood of our society, the character andactions of the "Almighty" and others, those who make theirlittle daily routine living their lives without anyone`s notice, area valuable sources of inspiration for Paula.

Paula allows herself to be carried away by her foolishness, shelets it be sweet, bitter or violent. She lets her brushes guide heruntil the darkness reaches the light.

Gold Medal Winner CAPSQ 1996, 1997, 1998Winner of Gold Medal Krolin Tcheck Republik, Mutiple GoldMedal Winning painting 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2002.

Painting on exposition in Prague, Mexico, New York, Florida,California, Montreal, Canada, Domenican Republic, Costa Ricaand Chicago.

ART WORK “THE CHILD WITHIN ME FROM THE ROOTS OF LIFECOLLECTION” WINNER COVER PAGE ART & BEYOND MAGAZINESUMMER EDITION 2012.

Note that the interpretation of these works, are as intimate asthey could be, I sincerely hope you can discover the deepemotions that lie dormant within us all.

- Paula Laflamme

www.paulalaflamme.com

HUMAIN HUILE SUR TOILE. 16” x 20”


Jette van der LendesJette van der Lende is borne in Copenhagen, (Denmark) andraised in Oslo, Norway. Nothing is too small or insignificant;nothing is too serious or awful not to be in her paintings. Sheworks with symbolic, and often uses common small things toreplace her thoughts. She gives it all a stage to bee seen. Sheworks with light because the light gives the motif shape. Thelight gets the colours to communicate. The light becomes alivein the meeting with the dark, and in meeting with the dark,the light becomes alive. Her bridge to you goes through thepainting. The motif is her thoughts

She gives the motif her total attention, but she wants the motifto stand alone without her.Her oil paintings on canvas, has been exhibited in severalcountries, where she has been in juried exhibitions andbiennales. She has received several awards for her paintings.She is a member of The Association of Norwegian VisualArtists, Danish association of Visual Artists, CAN, New York, NYand International Guild of Realism, Scottsdale.

http://www.jette.biz

THE BEAUTY OF TRANSITION. Oil on canvas. 70cm x 105cm

fine art


James Keeton LivelyJim’s artworks have been recognized in numerous juried competitions and publications. In addition, he has participated in severalgroup and a solo exhibitions across North America and most recently exhibited in May 2012 in Ferrara, Italy. Jim has published fourbooks containing images of his art including two novels. He is currently the U.S. Art Director and General Counsel for LuminArteGallery in Dallas (www.luminarte.com). His formal education includes a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas and a JurisDoctor from Southern Methodist University.

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AN INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE. Acrylic and crystalline silica on canvas. 30" x 30"


Mike Meniuslives in the wine country of Northern California. He is a plein airpainter of the entire California coastal area. As a member of the"Monday Morning Painters" group, he goes outdoors to paintocean side vistas, vineyard settings, the lagoon of Santa Rosa, etc.He also paints architectural interiors, as well as abstract work. Arttraining has included the Corcoran School of Art in Washington,DC the Torpedo Factory School in Alexandria, VA; the SebastopolCenter for the Arts, in Sebastopol, CA

He is a member ofLaguna Plein Air Painters AssociationSouthern California Plein Air Painters AssociationSonoma Plein Air FoundationFormer President, San Francisco Chapter, Colored Pencil Societyof America

http://www.mikemenius.com/index.html

FLOATING COLUMNS. Oil on wood panel. 36" x 24"

fine art


Lilianne Milgromcan well be described as a “global artist at large.” Born inParis, growing up in Australia and living for extended periodsin Israel and the United States, she now resides in the greaterWashington DC area. She exhibits extensively in local andinternational galleries and museums and her work can befound in private and institutional collections.

Milgrom’s diverse cultural background has been influential inshaping amulti-disciplinary approach to her art. “I resist self-imposed or external limitations. I have found that combiningdifferent art forms allows for the creation of amore complex visuallanguage - as my work has evolved so hasmy palette.” Though theartist’s subject matter is equally eclectic, her body of work is definedby a conscious balance between the conceptual and the aesthetic.

www.liliannemilgrom.com

TERRA ROSA. (Martha Stewart Sereis)


Peyton Rackis a Virginia Beach native who is currently working on her Bachelorof Fine Arts Degree at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Peyton currently works as a painting instructor at Colors andBottles, a paint party business in Chicago. She was previously astudent at the Governor’s School for the Arts in Norfolk, Virginiaand she has been featured in various art shows, including twosolo exhibitions and is currently featured in an exhibition inOntario, Canada.

Payton is currently manifesting her concepts in printmakingand painting. She uses her work to comment and reflect onresearch on women's psychology and role in society. She plansto continue pursuing her passion for painting, by continuingstudy in art therapy due to her interest in psychology.

http://peytonilpittore.wix.com/rack

MIDNIGHT VELVET.Vine charcoal and chalk pastel on paper.

48“ x 23”

fine art


Tatiana Roulinis an award-winning, internationally renowned New Englandrepresentational painter whose primary mediums include oil,acrylic and pastel. She is a juried member of the Oil Paintersof America and Pastel Society of America. She is also a memberof many art associations in New England. Roulin’s approachcombines the classic atelier training of the "Russian AcademicSchool", largely based on techniques used by the Old Masters,with her own personal style expressed through the harmony ofdesign, color and light.

Within the last decade, Roulin has won many prestigious artawards and has had her paintings exhibited internationally inAmerica, Italy, Spain, Austria, Germany, England, Brazil and

Russia. She has had several solo showsand has participated in many juriedgroup shows in the United States andabroad, including “London Art Week” inCanning House of London, “XXXIIIMedusa Aurea Trophy” in CatholicUniversity of Rome, “Art FAIM VI” atPabellon de la Pipa of Madrid, a groupshow at the Cultural Center of Vienna,and “Russian Art Week” in the Moscow

House of Painters. In 2010 Tatiana was a special invited artist atthe Brazilian Art Exhibition at A. Jain Marunouchi Gallery, oneof the oldest galleries in New York City.

Tatiana’s art has been featured in a number of Americanmagazines such as Direct Art, Art is Spectrum, New York ArtsMagazine and Still Point Arts Quarterly. Kennedy Publishingselected her pastels for the Best of Worldwide Charcoal, Pasteland Pencil book vol2. She was also listed in the “Who is Who inVisual Art” and “New Faces in Arts & Design” European artcatalogs. Currently Roulin’s art is represented by Gina MWoodruff Gallery in Long Beach (CA) and Gallery at FramersEdge in Braintree (MA).

www.3dmirror.com

WINTER WALKING.Pastel. 10" x 8"


Mila Rykis a 3rd generation artist born in the Ukraine, she immigratedto United States in 1991.

Shortly after moving to Chicago, she was introduced to LeonOks, an artist whose work has inspired her greatly. She hasbeen taking art lessons in his studio for several years. “Leon hashelped me free my mind and express myself in ways I neverthought possible” she said.

Inspired by Art Nouveau and amazed by the endless beauty ofOrchids, she developed her unique style and technique, whichgave her the ability to share her vision and feelings with aviewers. Mila Ryk unites line work of figures, brushstrokes,colors and nature in one single form of harmony and beauty.

In 2009 Mila’s artwork has been published in the Best ofAmerica Oil Artists, Volume II book. Her art was listed in theInternational Dictionary of Artists 2011.

www.milaryk.com

SPRINGOil on canvas.

16” x 20”.

Anne Goffin SmithI attribute my early love of art to my Belgian grandmother,whose impressionist painting style and encouragementresonates with me still. After graduating from GeorgetownUniversity with a degree in marketing, I attended PrattInstitute’s School of Art and Design in New York City where Iearned a Master’s Degree in Package Design. I worked forseveral years as an art director and a freelance artist.

I took up painting again in my 30’ s and have been paintingever since then! Whether it is to capture the effect of lightfiltering through trees or the sun reflecting off a car, I become

completely absorbed in trying to render, with great detail, theimage through paint. I love color and the passing effects oflight and shadow, as reflected in my latest series: CARS. I feelquite nostalgic when I paint these beautiful, old cars.

My work has been displayed in a variety of venues, mostrecently at the Ceres Art Gallery in NYC, the Montclair ArtMuseum, and the Phillips Lighting Corporation in Somerset, NJ.

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fine art


1965 RED MUSTANG, FRONT VIEW.Oil on Canvas. 30"x40". 2011


Sara SwanSara Swan is a Los Angeles based artist. Her education includesfine art at Whitman College, design at UC Davis, and illustrationat Art Center College of Design.

Sara primarily paints with oils on canvas, but she also useschalk pastels on paper. Saturated and intense colors, unusualcolor combinations and textures characterize her work.

Her career began in illustration where she created pieces forbooks, magazines and newspapers that were humorous andhighly stylized. Her fine art was derivative of her illustrationstyle until a few years ago.

More recently, Sara has been looking at fashion from the 1940’sand 50’s for inspiration. Using vintage images of both

swimwear and formal evening gowns, Sara combines these withher own figure drawings to create paintings and drawings thatcelebrate not only fashion and glamour, but the human figure,body language and emotion as well.

Sara participates in the monthly Art Walk in downtown LosAngeles. She and other artists who have studios at Spring ArtsTower show their work in the mezzanine level gallery on the2nd Thursday night to each month. “There is a wonderfulsynergy among us”, Sara says of this monthly exhibition.

In the coming months, Sara plans to further her examination ofthe human form, incorporating elements from nature, andusing religious icon paintings as a stylistic influence.

www.saraswan.com • [email protected]

RED VELVET.Oil on canvas.

16” x 20”

fine art


JOHN REGIS TUSKA(1931 – 1998)

He asked that his life be shared as an educator.

Born to a Slovakian immigrant, with his early years in aPennsylvania coal mining community, he learned thedetermination and perseverance that distinguishes both thevitality and the sheer volume of his life’s work. The harshrealities of the Depression forced the family to move to NewYork. A childhood exploring the streets of New York filled his

eager mind with the raw experience ofhumanity and the best cultural feast 1940’sAmerica had to offer. It was at theprestigious High School of Music and Art(class of 1950) where he discovered clay andbegan to appreciate the value of education.

After a year at the New York State College ofCeramics at Alfred University, he joined theNavy to serve his mandatory military time.For four years, Tuska ravaged the culturalofferings at every port of call. He finishedhis service in Tokyo, where he discoveredthe work of the great Japanese potters.Tuska returned to Alfred University with arenewed level of respect for the art ofpottery. He resumed his studies, delvinginto glaze technology, ceramic engineeringand design, and began teaching.

John Tuska served as professor of art at theUniversity of Kentucky for thirty five years,from 1963 until his passing in 1998, effectivelyinspiring two generations of students topursue their artistic aspirations. Throughouthis lifetime of teaching and creating Tuskareceived recognition for outstanding work indiversemedia, including pottery, sculpture,collage, paper, graphite, and pastels.

In 1969 Tuska took his first sabbatical, movingto Rome, Italy for the year. Surrounded bythe masters of the human form sculpture,Tuska’s career found themedium of bronzeand the figure the inspiration and directionfor the rest of his life.

His career is bound by four major works, Genesis, 1969, Universityof Kentucky; Flight of Icarus, 1974, Vanderbilt University, Nashville,Tennessee; U.S. Senator John Sherman Cooper Bust, 1985, KentuckyState Capital, Frankfort, Kentucky; And the culmination of Tuska’slifetime fascination with the human form is Illumine, 1995, thelargest art installation at the University of Kentucky in Lexington.

Tuska’s mantra is “Non Basta Una Vita… One Life is Not Enough”and to him one life was not enough for all the things he wantedto say and do, work generated work. His spirit continues.

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SARAH.Charcoal on paper. 47” x 35”. 1973

Aaron Wootena Columbus native, began painting inhis small New York City studio. Limitedby space and cash Aaron picked up andmoved back to Columbus where therewas room to grow. He spent three yearsin his hometown before craving big citylife again. Knowing the limitations of New York he moved toChicago with his wife Tess.

He has spent much of the past five years acquiring andadvancing his style. Acrylic on canvas is his primary medium.He has also works with pen, pencil, watercolor, acrylic and oils.He fashions a beard and rides a brown bike to work everyday,even during the winter.

“There are two emotions that I infuse into all of my work, that ofnostalgia and charisma. Frommy caricatures and Chicagoskylines to my political work and nude femmes, there is a sense

of longing for something lost in time. Doing this allows me to doa number of things. I can incorporate and compare things pastwith things present while also bringing respect to many of myfavorite artists such as those of the 1920’s Ashcan school, ThomasHart Benton and Norman Rockwell. It also allows me to focus onan emotion that is often forgotten during more progressive times.Charisma not only inspires larger groups of people, but it alsoslows the world down slightly so that we can focus on the hereand now and the common bonds that link us all together”.

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CHICAGO, 1960.Acrylic and Ink on Canvas.

36” x 48”. 2011

sculpture • mixed media • jewelry


Keri Joy ColestockI reside in Illinois. Six of my pieces are now published in theContemporary Sculptor table book. My passion is creatingFuNkY eclectic art for those who like whimsy and color. In 2003I began my "Wall Dancers" which are polymer art dolls andsold 1400 of them on Ebay. Since I am making 3D recycledfound object sculptures. Using discarded pieces as my canvasesis just too much fun...trash to treasures and I am having a riot!

I won't forget my "KeRicTures". They are 28 inches highmasonite greeters but so very whimsical and 'different.' My

husband Ric & I collaborate on them. I sketch the faces & Ricwill turn my sketch into 4-6 layers for the faces.Very avant gard!I then paint them & their bodies ala 'Keri style' & wallah!

In 2003 when I was diagnosed with the Lyme Disease I was soseverly damaged (Neurologically so yep the brain!) I was told"art or much of anything "would be impossible" since I havesold 1500 original pieces of art!

http://www.walldancers.com/

THE APPLE DOESN'T FALL FAR...19"H x 16W" x 9"D. Recycled found object sculpture

Some items that I used on this piece: apple shelf, I made 2 polymer faces, dominos, toys, wire, beads, blocks, smalldutch shoes, fuzzy pink hair

Sandy Den HartogSandy has had an interest in stones since childhood. Wherever shewent, even as a young person, whether it was picnics, vacations, orfield trips; she always made sure she had a cup along to collectrocks which were precious to her at the time. Once in high schoolshe took numerous classes in gemology and geology. Then shegraduated, got married, and had children. Rocks and gems had tobe put on hold for a while.

However, she was still able to attend gem shows and art showswhen she had the opportunity. She was looking and learning andeventually was able to travel the globe and reignite her interest ingems and minerals. She was struck by how much stones, rocks,gems, and minerals change from country to country. In bringing

back Ethiopian Crosses from Africa, she made her daughters andgranddaughters necklaces with the crosses.

She was once again hooked with a creative passion for whatshe could now do with these artifacts.

Sandy’s work has been exhibited at Palace Hotel in San Franciscoand the James Ratliff Gallery in Sedona, Arizona. She has alsobeen a part of several juried shows winning a first place medal in2010 and 2012 with a Award of Merit in 2012.

http://www.sandzibarjewelry.com/


PURPLE PASSIONThe pendant is purple jade from Asia. The shell discs are spiney oystershells from the shores of South America. The smaller beads at the topare Sugilite from South Africa, sterling silver, and the closure is sterlingsilver. The sterling silver beads at the Pendant are terra cotta beadswhich are handmade in Greece and triple coated in sterling silver.

SPIRIT OF ISISAfrican Turquoise (the green stones), Old ElephantIvory, sterling silver, and African coral. The pen-dant is a very old Turkaman pendant which comesfrom the nomads of the Sahara. The dangles arefishing lures. The pendant is made from "Gillett"which is metal that can be melted down to makejewelry such as old coins, silverware etc.

sculpture • mixed media • jewelry


Irena Orlovinnovative, contemporary fine artist, architect, designer,illustrator, photographer is known for creating captivatingworks which are full of energy.

Extraordinary versatile in her mediums, Irena could never imaginelife without art. Having a successful carrier in architecture anddesign for quite a long time, she began to deal with fine art. She isan artist whose path in the fine arts has led her to a uniqueexpression of mood and color. The combination of antique and avery clean, crisp modern design sense creates a highly prized,individual art style. Her images begin spontaneously and give

expression to personal creativity and insight. Each piece is uniquein design. Irena often prefers to think of herself as a craftsman,constructing, or interpreting imagery and messages from herconscious and subconscious mind.

Irena has lived in Ukraine, Russia, Israel, Canada, and now livesand works in Los Angeles.

http://www.yessy.com/aneri/gallery.html

SUNNY COLOR BRIGHT. Mixed media.

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photography • digital art

Guy BelairMy passion for photography goes back to thirty years ago during my university education in science and my first and onlyscientific photography class. Since then, I have been pursuing my skills, mainly in nature photography. For the last 7 years, Ihave shifted to digital photography and I have participated regularly in contests on this topic, especially in macro photography.Last year, I participate for the first time in an art & craft exhibition to sell my photos. Recently, I became a member of ArtxTerraweb site (http://artxterra.com/index.php?option=com_mtree&task=viewowner&user_id=645&Itemid=101 ) to spread myartistic work. Since 2010, I have started exploring more creative ways of making nature photography using digital techniques,with the objective of maintaining and expressing the spontaneity and freshness of nature photography.

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OYSTERS IN THE SKY. Digital photography.

Troy EittreimSome of his earliest memories consist ofhim sitting at his Grandparents kitchentable with reams of perforated computerpaper and drawing for hours, in theirsmall town, Iowa home. Even as a smallboy Troy Eittreim displayed naturaltalent, excellent drafting skills withpencil and brush, and a rich, well-developed imagination.

He grew. He watched Tex Avery cartoons,read Don Martin comics and continued todraw and paint and develop his skills. Byage 14 sitting at a pick-nick table in aCincinnati basement painting and making“things” (and probably, but quitecompletely by accident, getting high onmodel airplane glue), he knew he wantedto make art for a living. He finished highschool in Florida with a Governor’s Awardfor Artistic Merit, and a scholarship to theSavannah College of Art and Design. Hestudied painting and art history, and graduated with a BFA inillustration. He moved to Atlanta where he created customlighting and decorative arts for the Design trade. A few years laterhe bought a computer and began to teach himself AdobePhotoshop. Shortly after, he quit and went back to painting (whichhe believed to be far easier). But the challenge was already thereand soon began to investigate Photoshop again.

Now Eittreim fuses highly stylized computer graphics (CG),crisp, clean and precise within painterly imprecision. UsingPhotoshop and Illustrator he creates wry fairytales, and otherfunny little visions. Quirky cartoon-ish characters set in fantasy

landscapes. Apparitions travel, carry loads, and engage in non-sensible activities.

Eittreim recently won first place, Donnie Award 2012 (MOCA –Museum of Computer Art). His work has been written about inArtPapers Magazine, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and theChattahoochee Review.

He’s had eight solo exhibitions. And his work has recently beenadded to the University of North Florida collection.

http://troyeittreim.wordpress.com


MAGRITTE'S NEW RIDE. Digital art (Photoshop/Illustrator). 8.5” x 11”



Laurie FreitagI grew up at the beaches of Rockaway andFlorida. I collected shells, listened to Elvis andtook photos.

Residing in Los Angeles since the late 70's andretired from TV news, you can always find mewith a camera planted firmly between my kneesas I drive. Like a butterfly catcher with a net, themoments are so fragile and I'm awed & ready bywhat the universe presents to me. I'm inspiredeveryday by light and children and design.

www.lauriefreitag.com

THE BIG ROCK.Digital Photography. 11”x14”

WHIMSY. Digital Photography. 11”x14”


FLORAL PORTRAIT N.1.Archival pigment printon watercolor paper.

12” x 12”

Eduardo Fujiiis a self-taught fine art photographer living on the MontereyPeninsula in California. At an early age he demonstratedgreat interest in the arts. He started music lessons at the ageof five followed by painting a few years later. It wasn’t untillate 2006, however, that he turned to photography as a formof artistic expression. Classical music and painting have beenpart of most of his life and have certainly contributed to thedevelopment of a lyrical sensibility that underlies hisphotography today. There is always a beautiful preludeplaying on the back of his mind when photographing.

Eduardo draws inspiration from various talented localphotographers and also famous painters like Mondrian,Picasso, Renoir and Modigliani. His images have a painterly

look and reflect his continual pursuit of beauty. He is verycommitted to photography as art and always leaves part ofhimself in every image he makes. He truly believes that everyphotograph is a self portrait.

Notwithstanding his short history as a photographer, Eduardohas participated in gallery exhibitions at the Center for FineArt Photography in Fort Collins, Colorado and the Center forPhotographic Art in Carmel, California and has receivedvarious awards including a Spotlight award from B&W + ColorMagazine, PX3 Prix de la Photographie, Black and WhiteSpider Awards, and the Master’s Cup International Awards.

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Arthur JacobThroughout my life I have always had a greater visual senseabout how the world looked versus other senses. This visualdominance in perceiving the world has profoundly affectedmy work as an artist. My art offers an infinite variety ofvisual perceptions and interpretations for the viewer. Theviewer is told what the “real Life” image is in the title of thepiece, but through abstraction and reconstruction of thatimage, the viewer is then asked and challenged to explorethe shapes, colors, movements and forms, which theabstraction and reconstruction presents. Colors and shapesbecome emotion, while form and movement becomeattitude. Even when a work is easily recognized there is still apredominate thread of color, movement, shape and form.The techniques to achieve these photographic abstractionsand reconstructions are a thoughtful and purposeful digitalmanipulation. Using a mouse rather than a brush to achievea powerful medium of expression and communication,creates this style of fine art.

Prior to retiring in 2000 and devoting all of my time tophotography and digital art, my professional careerencompassed activities from social services to becominginvolved with marketing, promotion and public relations inthree large healthcare corporations. I later became thepublisher of a small publishing house in Minneapolis thatfocused on adult and children’s books that addressed manytypes of family issues. After leaving the work-a-day world, Imoved from Portland to Las Vegas. It was there that I began topromote myself as a serious artist focusing on creativity withphotography and digital art. In 2008 I decided to return to thePortland area via Coos Bay where I presently resides. I alsohave a strong belief that one should be involved in thecommunities I live in. Putting this belief in to action, I haveactively served on several community boards and committees,most recently, the Contemporary Arts Collective in Las Vegasand the Coos Bay Art Museum in Oregon.

[email protected] • www.arthur-jacob.com

GARDEN FLOWERS. Digital art.


Daniel R. JohnsonA fascination with art started early with Daniel, but he reallyfound his direction during his first year at Salt Lake CommunityCollege studying Graphic Design. It was then that he wasintroduced to the still-fledgling world of computer art.Graduating from Brigham Young University with a BFA inIllustration, he continued working with digital art andanimation. In addition to freelance illustration, he began hiscareer in computer games, eventually moving to northernCalifornia to pursue further opportunities. Daniel waseventually hired as an onsite digital illustrator for a Sonomacounty design firm, where he honed his skills through years of

commercial art for high tech, construction, infrastructure, andtransportation clients. He also began teaching at collegesthroughout the Bay Area, including the Academy of ArtUniversity in San Francisco. To continue teaching, Danielbecame an Adobe Certified Instructor in Photoshop, Illustrator,and Flash. He has won national awards for his digitalillustration, has been interviewed in industry publications, andhas given presentations where he demonstrates his techniques.Daniel currently resides in Petaluma, California, where heworks as a freelance digital artist, teacher, and author.

http://www.danjohnsonimagery.com/portfolio/

BROOKLYN BRIDGE. Digital art.

OPEN CELL CONSTRUCTION (Fragment).Digital art.



Keith ParksBorn in Los Angeles, Keith Parks grew up in the lovely town ofOxnard, California, where his father converted an old shed intheir backyard into a darkroom to "keep him off the streets"while he was in high school. Keith began college at CaliforniaState University, Northridge as a photography major, but asgraduation approached and he realized there were no "HelpWanted: Photographer" ads in the classified section, but plentyof entry-level graphics jobs, he switched his emphasis tographic art in his final year. In 1980 he got his BA in Art.

That led to a 30+ year career in graphic design. In 2008, withhis daughter about to depart for college, and his midlife

artistic crisis in full bloom, he felt the time was right to take astab at some purely personal artwork. He devoted a couple ofyears to building up a body of work, and posted the resultingimages to an online artist's community, eliciting positivereviews and valuable feedback. By 2010, with his hard drivefilling up with image files, he took the advice of one of his oldart professors to "enter every show you can", which lead topieces being accepted into a variety of juried exhibitionsaround the country (thanks to the internet). Now, in his mid-fifties, he's looking for his "big break".

[email protected] • keithparks.daportfolio.com

SECURITYDigital Art.


YASMINE SAMIRYFashioned by experience, feelings and vision YasmineSamiry is an emerging photographer-artist the world shouldkeep an eye on. Award winning, published and exhibited,she is drawing attention around her.

Her life has been a journey of discoveries. Granddaughter ofan archeologist-photographer, she remembers in herchildhood, being drawn to the technology of the camera.

She was fortunate to be surrounded by different culturesand able to see new places.

At an early age, she was experimenting with her own SLR.Photography was first a form of escaping her traditionaland sheltered environment; she was often characterized asa daydreamer. Drawn to “exotic” lands, her imaginationwould run free.

In her adulthood she went to live and work in China andAsia, an experience that definitely changed the course ofher life along with a year backpacking from Asia to Americaand later tour guiding in Austral-Asia.From then on she could finally fulfill a lifelong ambition: toexplore the world with her camera.Curiosity and creativity have always been her guides; livingin different cultures has been an experience that definitelyenriched her life and that she loves to transmit.

Yasmine is an art sourcer, photographer and artist, graphicdesigner and founder of a photographers’ collective.Yasmine will have an exhibition in London on November 30.You are of course welcome if you are going to be in the city,just send her an email.

[email protected]

SILVER FEATHERS (London, UK). Photography



Max TzinmanMax Tzinman was born in Romania and lived in Israel and Canada, immersing himself in a multitude of cultures thatinfluenced his artistic philosophy. Formerly an architect, since his move to New York City he has returned to his firstlove, art. He has recently participated in art and photography shows at LACDA (Los Angeles Center For Digital Art), TheCenter for Fine Art Photography (Ft. Collins, CO), BAG (Brooklyn Art Gallery), Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital Art Gallery,Moss Rehab/Einstein, Atlantic Gallery, MOCA (Museum of Computer Art), and the William Penn Foundation.

He explains: "I am not a photographer or a conventional painter but an image storyteller. I am not trying to freeze themoment with a beautiful image, but to transform it to reveal the disturbing emotions that are buried beneath thesurface".

www.anthropofagus.net

WE. Digital art.

Eduardo Fujii v

FLORAL PORTRAIT N. 13. Archival pigment print on watercolor paper. 12” x 18”

Rae Chichilnitsky

FRUITS OF LABOR (VIRGO). Mixed Media. 28" x 41”

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