Born and raised on Staten Island, New York, my early interest in art was encouraged by teachers and by members of my family who pursued professional careers in art. Although I chose not to pursue a career in art, it is a lifelong passion. While completing a degree in Mathematics at Wagner College, I had…
Brittany James grew up painting along the New Jersey Shore. She works primarily in oil paint and holds a BFA from Montclair State University. Her paintings typically reflect women’s relationships with nature and society. Much of her work focuses on gender stereotypes, inequality, objectification and oppression of women. In addition to painting, Brittany teaches art…
My ideas are born from simple events and observations, such as the bright blue of the sky on a clear summer day. This art is fed from musical and ethereal forces that weave through my soul. I use a lot of texture, layers, and thoroughly build the compositions of my acrylic paintings. My landscapes are…
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Sven Widen grew up in the small medieval town Vastervik on Sweden’s Eastcoast. After graduating University, he obtained classical art training at the School for Industrial Art & Design, KV Art School, Hovedskou, Gustavus Primus and Studio Litografik in Gothenburg. He won scholarships to study advanced lithography, copper and intaglio techniques in Invitational Courses held…
Sculptor – Minimal. I like to break it down to almost nothing with basic and found materials. www.xxsculptures.com
My work focuses on the struggles women, face. I focus on the strengths, beauty, and mystery of the female form. These aspects are apparent to me every single day. After all, aren’t we all goddesses, faeries, gypsies, mermaids, maidens, sirens, enchantresses, mothers, lovers, and friends? My work consists of many layers, layers of color and…
Beginning with the word as abstraction, “Zounds!” (c.1978) presented onomatopoeia into the conceptual field. These investigations went from the Derridean influenced architectonic (“Gramr” 1985) to image/poetic to Deleuzean diagrammatic (“Mine + Yours = Ours” 2007). Synthesis has been a recurring theme that brings together a morphology and ideology that has evolved into not only conceptual,…
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After an interest in art making beginning in childhood, Elaine Shor studied fine art at Brooklyn College, where she earned her baccalaureate degree in 1979. She then earned a Masters Degree from New York University and practiced art therapy for 27 years. Ms. Shor’s preferred medium is oil paint, and her focus is on the…
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