Jenifer Rutherford
www.jenrutherford.com
www.jenrutherford.com
Throughout my life, I have been inspired to capture fragments of the beauty of nature by means of photography. My images reflect the natural peace surrounding us, focusing on light and form. Nature is continually presenting us with visually striking moments which will never be repeated. It is our challenge to notice, appreciate, and preserve…
I always loved using vibrant colors that reflected my happy, fun and cheerful personality… and I still do! My travels throughout the world to exotic places has been a big part of my inspiration. All the sights, colors, tastes and smells contribute to my creativity. Throughout the years my work has been exhibited in New…
Linda Humble Roemer has been creating commissioned portraits since she was in high school and still regards portraiture as her favorite subject. She is one of the few artists who also cut silhouettes free-hand. Many of her recent commissions have been in portraits of dogs, cats and horses. Linda taught herself by observation and some…
Having grown up in Los Angeles in the 50s and 60s, I was influenced by the bright and colorful explosion of art and new ideas that era brought. My earliest memories are of my father’s drawing and painting. A classically trained artist, he was one of the original Walt Disney animators, working on such film…
I love the freedom of Abstract Expressionism; freedom to use any color and create any shape, freedom from the boundaries of representational art. I paint with abandon applying paint with large, loose brush strokes combined with “calligraphy”. My paintings capture the excitement of colors, lines and shapes that represent nothing and everything. Each of my paintings…
My works explores narrative and figurative expressions of time or place and the context of our stories. It is driven primarily through an initial gesture that captures a moment. From that seed, I begin multiple compositions and explore separate layers of images and juxtapositions in each. With this process I mimic the subjectivity, context and…
Growing up in Philadelphia in a bi-cultural setting, my art experience started with a community of Ukrainian artists in ‘diaspora’ @Ukrainian Art Institute in Philadelphia, which then continued at the Tyler School of Art and PAFA. My love for pastels started about 7 years ago here in New Jersey… “I wanted to explore dense color…
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Elmi is a third-year Gund Scholar at the Cleveland Institute of Art, where he is pursuing a BFA degree. Raised in El Salvador by his grandmother, Elmi came to the USA at age eight to join his parents. When the family broke up, drawing became his refuge and passion. Despite being an “A” student, Elmi’s…