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Neil McClelland – Tensions between utopic & dystopic visions

Neil McClelland – Tensions between utopic & dystopic visions My current body of work explores tensions between utopic and dystopic visions. I inquire into notions of human happiness and perfectibility, the creation of edenic paradises, disruption and dissolution of society, alienation and consumption, the monstrous and the beautiful, mythmaking and storytelling. I draw imagery and […]

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Three different takes on female nude figurative painting

Three different takes on female nude figurative painting Three different takes on female nude figurative painting, nudes with red drapery… Raoul Middleman Raoul Middleman must be Baltimore’s biggest artistic champion since John Waters – wait, Middleman’s been at it longer, painting his native city and its colorful denizens in a homegrown expressionist manner for upwards

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Joyce Polance – chaos and control, figurative palette knife painting

Joyce Polance – chaos and control, figurative palette knife painting My current work explores the dichotomy between chaos and control in the physical process of painting. I apply paint very thickly and somewhat abstractly, mostly with a palette knife. When the surface is covered but still wet, I attack the work, throwing myself into it

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Derek Overfield – Bold life drawings of Olympic athletes

Derek Overfield – Bold life drawings of Olympic athletes My work has always been influenced by the potential of the human body. Athletes, in particular, are an inspiration to me – as they were to the ancient Greeks – in that they embody that perfect synthesis of body and mind. Their determination, focus, & prowess

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Victor Wang, brushy sunflowers & people

Victor Wang, brushy sunflowers & people Artist Statement My path through life has been adventurous, exciting, and dream-like. My experience of settling into America in search of better opportunities has been both challenging and inspiring. I use the human face as a vehicle to paint human experiences – worry and wonder, sadness and pleasure –

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Colorful female nudes in figurative fine art

Colorful female nudes in figurative fine art America Martin America Martin is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist based in Los Angeles. America is a painter and a sculptor. The magnetic pull of Martin’s work is authentic, generated by both her ability to express a unique gesture that speaks to a universal truth (thus, we

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Carolyn Schlam, Meaning in the Visual

Carolyn Schlam, Meaning in the Visual I consider myself a perceptual artist, focused on the visual elements of my images – the texture, color, saturation, intensity, flavor, substantiation, quality, shape, etc. of the marks I make on paper or canvas. I also care that all of these elements produce an image that I can call

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Ruslana Levandovska, Impressionism, a romantic figure

Ruslana Levandovska, Impressionism, a romantic figure Ruslana Levandovska practices visual fine art emphasizing on oil on canvas medium as the main approach. The technique takes from various art practices from old Masters, such as Flemish layering technique but also a combination of Impressionism within a romantic figure. The art illustrates sublimity and sensibility of passionate

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