Sandra Maarhuis

Sandra Maarhuis (1972) born in Rotterdam. In 2001 she graduated to the art academy Kampen, the Netherlands. This was the place where she started to paint and make it here own.

This nevertheless with some success as a result she was invited after gaining her diploma, to obtain a Master in Fine Arts. During this two-year study she got lesson of Peter Struyken and Emo Verkerk (diploma gained 2003).

Beside assignments and private sale goes her attention especially to further developing of her free work.

A returning topic in her expressive work is the beauty which hid in everyday common world. An amazement concerning detail, situation or persons. And correctly this amazement is the departure of each painting.

By painting in the figurative style (inclined towards realism) she can paint a subject so recognizable possible.

The eventual aim is express the painting above a 'picture'.Seized by firstly and then realise that it is a image on a limited flattened level.

Sandra inhabited the former synagogue at Hilversum, the Netherlands. Because of this she has an unique exhibition room. These are rather accessible if there in advance an appointment have been made.

David Macaluso

As effect emerges from cause, so is my work emerging in constant artistic transformation and development from previous incarnations of forms that blossom into ever new and distinct forms.

Immersed in a global transformation currently underway, this art is a conduit of energies manifesting. The voice in my work is in transformation concurrent with this global process, and by perseverance my voice continues in the discovery of itself. My work going forward will seek to align itself more deeply with these currents of transition by looking outward and by looking inward...

Bound to no artistic persona, styles span photo-realism to abstraction. Sometimes I approach a work knowingly, and some times I approach it from a void. In works on paper or canvas, I alternately utilize a variety of media ranging from Used Motor Oil-- which gets recycled into visual form-- to collage to traditional oil paint and more.

These works generally include subject matter derived from a variety of sources: from the world at hand to the world in photographs; social concerns to biological structures to economic numerical data; from any seemingly disparate force that impresses upon an individual, to what we as individuals exert and pour forth into the collective mix.

The interconnectedness of the whole and the sense of separation felt by the self is of primary interest. Of space and the moment. Of time and perception. Of how perceptions alter, and perhaps create, realities....

Joanne MacDonnell

J.Mac is a Canadian sculptor whose work encompasses the human element. Through the sculptural medium she reflects what she sees around her whether it be the politics of living, social ramifications of the environment, or humour derived from our human fragilities. J. Mac’s current series uncovers the truth behind our most intimate interpersonal relationships. By casting her forms in fiberglass she creates a base where she can apply rope or nails to its surface to create the desired effect.

Daniel Mace

When I was 12 years old, I spent long hours exploring throughout the forest, and following each and every stream upward towards its source...These were occupations which opened the imagination, while bringing instruction about the ways and infinite variety of nature... There was one enormous boulder near our home...a block of granite transported by glaciers in another time...which resembled a giant rabbit or frog... I remember thinking that it would be a marvelous joke to come, undiscovered, to this place and to sculpt that boulder to emphasize it's animal nature...What a surprise to any and all who might come upon it in the future...To see this frozen giant of a creature, crouched on the verge of movement in the deep forest...Unmoving to the time-bound eye, but perhaps jumping in some other dimension of timeless evolution... This vision of an artistic expression which does not concern itself with the immediate results of its efforts, but which visualizes a long-reaching effect...an effect which calls one back to the very essence of being...has remained one of the axes of my work... Time and the mysterious influence of the spirit's inner dimensions is another... My wish is that each one of us might experience, if but for a fraction of a second, the interconnectedness of all things, the unity of world and being, so we can evolve toward a sane and compassionate world...

Annick Ploquin dit Madiot

Annick Ploquin dit MADIOT is an french-born artist who studied Beaux-Arts and portraiture. In 1990, she moved to Canada where she still lives. Madiot does colorful paintings, mainly inspired by fauvism and expressionism, where the human body, often a naked woman, has the main role. She also does erotic art and portrait.

Didier Maghe

After this academic formation the work of Didier Maghe evolved of painting the naked ones according to models alive to deformed imaginary figures painted in colours sharp, with the disproportionate members and the features charged with strong emotion. "The world of the Eves and the Maghians" generates questions more distressing the ones that the others and does not give any answer, which would reassure us perhaps!

The Maghians' creator, intense and vital, reaches extremes with his particularly mutated expressionism. Maghe has developed from a first class painter into a first class interpreter of his own emotions; full of suffering and internal anxiety. His emotional nudes have no need to be sexual or even sensual. But their tortured masses of bulging colour decry their fates in the "human" universe. Maghe explores an intimacy that shatters all notions of limitation, and bares his subjects, completely, to an all-encompassing scrutiny. The Maghians' pain and complacent suffering emerge from the ultimate 'shock' - the 'face-to-face' of the Earth-bound expressionist with the existence of his fantasist models - an existence that can only be described as 'fantastic' in his very special dimensionally-convoluted reality.

Frank Maguire

Welcome to my new site. IrishDaze which celebrates in Acrylic Paintings the love I hold in my heart not just for Dingle town but for the whole county of Kerry and Ireland. I know West Kerry best and thats where I got my images.

Ralph Tigus Maingrette

The result of my work is a journey through an ancient past. It narrates the evolution of life on earth and the importance to save and protect our planet. Recycled materials such as wood and metal are elements of my art. I project a conscious and unconscious expression of my past ancestral beliefs mixed with my haitian voodoo culture. Masks are used as a first communication in my canvas. They protrait man's life cycle, from birth through his spiritual being. In my creations, form and color are unified to reflect nature. My images express emotions. There are no set limits since these images come from the soul. My art is self-affirming, which helps me to better understand the true meaning of our nature and our relationship with All.

Lola Mallea

Lola Mallea's paintings are about life and emotion. Her canvases are alive with color and shapes creating a style which is eclectic and diverse. Mallea's paintings are sometimes abstract or impressionistic, others reflect indigenous cultures from around the world. Regardless of style or subject, you can be certain that Mallea's bold, strong strokes and dramatic mixture of swirling color will unequivacally evoke emotion.

Ulf Malmgren

Swedish painter. Primarily realistic nude paintings from special, authentic surroundings, such as Stockholm downtown and the Red Light District in Amsterdam (Walletjes). Also, for instance, a number of satirical paraphrases with political implications, which are not being appreciated at all in Sweden because of political incorrectness. Technical statement (U.M.): The paintings on my website are oil paintings on canvas in a realistic manner, made with a special technique of my own. When reduced to "screen size" the mostly large pictures may seem "photorealistic" - but, in fact, they are not. My ambition, on the contrary, has been to avoid the rigid and artificial impression, typical of most photorealistic and hyperrealistic works so far.

Philip Malpass

Born to a large family in London, in 1953, ( son of a country boy and a city girl ), I grew up mostly in Harrow, Middlesex, England, save for a brief spell in the early 60's spent in the USA. My entire family left England then, and upon the fast liner, the S.S. United States, we crossed the Atlantic in mid-winter. For me, that was an unforgettable experience. A seemingly endless grey ocean, strong gales that felt like they might blow a small boy off the decks at any moment, and the strangeness of living on a beautiful piece of metal, in the middle of nowhere. I can still remember the statue of Liberty, shrouded in mist, on that cold morning we arrived in New York City.

Kris Manalien

To be loved by cleaners and hated by experts, to care nothing for art history, even as something to react against, is surely the very definition of kitsch. If rebelling against the previous generation is a time-honoured European tradition, then Manalien stands somewhere out in the cold, alienated from the tradition.

Mang

I was born in a shelter of the French hospital in Nha Trang, a small peaceful city with turquoise water , in edge of the Pacific Ocean. In February 1948, Vietnam was still under the flames of war. My nickname Mang, given by my godmother, a friend of my mother, will remain my signature. Boat people, refugee of a fatal war , I arrived to Paris at the beginning of the seventies, without papers, nor precise goals.

Riaz Mangi

The man who uses chisels and Hammer with ease and fluency gives figurative forms to life less blocks of wood.

Ella Manor

I am a Multi Media Artist, creating in the mediums of drawing, painting and etching with a focus on photography, both digital, film and alternative processes. I create my art because I have to. It gives me freedom to express intense emotions like my fears and fantasies in a raw and organic way.

Diego Manuel

Diego is true native from South of America as he lives in Argentina. So, his Art belongs to his soul and mind. He goes far away in his thoughts to create paintings. His imagination continuously nourishes his Art with his specific regard on the world, which brings paintings about landscapes, people, and more... So, he experiences the arts in different styles: Landscapes, interior, style-a-life, portrait, etc. that have enhanced his skills in painting. He has, for sure, a great talent and we like his Pop Art style. All his Art is a mix together of thoughts and ideas, which bring creative paintings.

Wendy Manzo

Wendy Manzo is an Australian artist who works intuitively with powerful vibrant colour and intriguing abstract images. Her work reflects the nature of creation, within which she unveils an adventure in luminosity, texture and intensity.

Wendy has an innate sense of design and balance, approaching the canvas with the freedom that speaks of an artist of great integrity, confidence and dedication. Her natural sensory ability has absorbed the influences of extensive travel, study and the artistic experiences of her daily world, and this is captured in vividly rendered images, visually dense rhythms and harmonious fragility.

Wendy says, “There is a hidden thread and mystery in each painting for those with eyes to see. In my work I love to impart a sense of relationship between the viewer and the creator."

Michael Marek

Started out as a photographer I became a painter. In my work I try to let you see how envirement, person and time are part of the same wholeness. I repeatedly asked myself if what we do and become is coincidence or if it is our envirement that made us become what we are. We tend to care more for things that happen to us if we can relate to it. Ten different people will interprete one happening in ten different ways. The works that you will see are only my interpretation of the world. Painting is for me the ultimate way of expression because one can start to build from zero without enoying protheses as a camera or computer.

Bernado Marigmen

Bernardo Marigmen is a figurative mixed media artist. He uses non traditional paints with traditional techniques. The figures are solely the subjects and the background becomes the playground. He utilizes his strength in materials and techniques and using poetry as the driving elements of the mood of the paintings.

MariNaomi

Born in Texas and raised in Northern California, self-taught painter, storyteller, and illustrator MariNaomi began her career in 1997, when her autobiographical comics were published in the New York-based anthology, Action Girl Comics. since then, she has continued on to be featured in many publications, including The Comics Journal, Not My Small Diary, indieFLY, her own self-published zine, Estrus, and many others. She has been exhibiting her paintings, illustrations and collages since 2002, and has collectors worldwide. Her studio is located in San Francisco, California.

harriet regina marion

harriet regina marion got her MFA from Maryland Institute in 1976 and has been living and working in NYC ever since. She exhibits continuosly, belongs to many fine arts organizations and her work can be found in numerous museums and private collections around the world. Her motto is, "You can't have no fun if you don't take no chances".

Jamie Marks

I graduated with a B.F.A. in Drawing from Arizona State University (go SunDevils!), and was producing artwork at my leisure until 1998 when, at the urging of friends and family, I decided to take a chance and pursue art as a career. JamieMarks, LLC, the official business venture, was launched. I started by displaying my floorcloth and placemat designs in the Southeast United States at a variety of art and craft shows. Since then, I have expanded my business to include artwork such as murals, sculptures and a variety of unique commissioned pieces. I work mostly with water-based paint mediums, but I am experienced and willing to work in just about any form of art!

Brigid Marlin

Brigid Marlin was born in Washington, D.C., studied at the National College of Art, Dublin, the Centre d'Art Sacre, and the Atelier André L'Hote, Paris, the Beaux-arts, Montreal, and the Arts Students League of New York. Later she went to Vienna to learn the 'Mische' technique, a process of painting which was a carefully guarded secret of the Flemish and Italian Renaissance painters, and revived after painstaking research by Ernst Fuchs.

Rakefet Natanson Marom

A modern artist creates sculpture and prints. Mixed media and bronze figure sculpture. Provide portfolio, works selection and a contact form.

Chris Mars

From my hands, my mission: To free the oppressed; to champion the persecuted, and the submissive; to liberate through revelation the actualized Self in those proposed by some to have no self at all. It’s in every single one of us, somewhere underneath that word on our chest.

In my hands, my version: All art is political in some sense, be it through conformity, reflection, propaganda or rebellion. My paintings are rallies and trials, photographs of a moment when Truth was made public, and Mercy known.

This work you see, it’s my Truth. But please don’t take my word for it.

Martha Brooks Marshall

Martha Brooks Marshall has been a working artist for more than thirty years. Her mother was a painter and a teacher. As a child, Martha was given her own brushes, paints, and easel, and was encouraged to paint right alongside her mother, who was a landscape painter. Therefore, from the beginning, the creative process was an integral part of her existence, as natural as breathing.

Chris Marshall

I took up art as my New Year's resolution for the new millenium, having worked in Information Technology for many years. Most of the artworks that I exhibit and sell are acrylic or mixed media paintings or collage but recently, 2003/4, I have started mixing my media even more by combining my paintings, drawings and photographs and producing digital prints. I am inspired by colour and texture and the world around me and love to abstract from it and weave different aspects together to produce an integrated idea,view or statement. Recently I am getting more and more into digital art as this brings together different strands of my life (computing background and love of art and photography).

Steve Marshall

I've had a camera almost ever since I can remember, most of the time a 35mm single-lens-reflex of one make or another. I've always tried to take something more than "snapshots", without really knowing in a systematic way what I was doing.

Jeff Martin

Jeff Martin is a painter based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. His work is figurative and has best been described by one of Melbourne art critic's, as lyrical. Martin is an inspired traveller, with much of his work originating from his many visits to Sicily, Italy. His Sicilian works often seem dark or sinister at first glance, this technique only highlights the colour or brightness of his topics. These topics are mostly about the sea and the men that make their living from her. Martin is represented in private collections in Brisbane, London, Melbourne, Rome, Sicily, Sweden and Sydney.

Soraida Martinez

Soraida's painting genre is a form of hard-edge abstraction and consists of two distinct, yet integral parts: the visual component and the written commentary. Created by Soraida Martinez in 1992.

Yuri Martinez

Yuri Martinez is a cuban born professional artist now living in United States. My figurative oil paintings depict the reality, fantasies and dreams of the cuban society as well as the american expression . Through magical realism elements I talk ironically and satirically about the experiences of every day life.

Raquel Martins

The most important thing in Art is the Feeling. It is the emotional. What we all live, but no one can really explain.

Kristi Mashburn

Pop Artist

Kristina Maskarin

As applied artist I have a traditional art background in traditional drawing and painting and applied art techniques but as the conditions and means of artistic creation have changed drasticly through development of technology and usage of numerouse tech-tools and with the transition to new virtual territory, I also moved to another media and work now as a new genre artist. Since 2000 I work primarily in digital media for the internet and am interested in exploring visual rhetorics and the intersections of art, activism and new technology.

Cynthia Massey

Creative Images by Cynthia is more than just another photography business; it’s the culmination of a long and difficult personal journey. For more than 10 years, I built a successful career in wedding, sports and animal photography. I lived life in the fast lane. Then in 1992, my life changed forever, when I was in a near-fatal automobile accident that left me with traumatic brain injury. The experience was a wake-up call that forced me to deal with a loss of memory and many basic motor functions. It gave me the chance to take a long, hard look at who I was and why I was given a second chance to begin a new life with a greater appreciation of the beauty of our earth and its creatures.

The road to recovery meant re-learning simple tasks like walking, talking, eating, reading and even photography. And, it led to a new direction in the way I approach life. As soon as my physical recovery allowed, I took a long road trip across the country, with my little dog, Star and my camera. I wanted to capture the enduring beauty that I knew was out there.

As I stood on a cliff, over-looking the Grand Canyon, I was stirred by a genuine sense of gratitude and awe, an experience that was pivotal in my recovery from traumatic brain injury. After I got home, it came to me when praying, that the hundreds of photos I had taken were very healing for me, and could be a blessing to others. Creative Images by Cynthia is an idea born from a spiritual awakening that I took and turned into the website you see today.

Julio Mateo

My paintings are part of a continuing series of painting cycles executed since 1984 that explores diverse aspects of universal creation. They deal in part with the evolution of universally significant pictorial systems from elemental marks and shapes into signs, symbols and images with complex associative meanings.

The connections between basic spatial configurations in nature and art were some of the starting points of my explorations on how the grammar of energy, rhythm and process determines structure and form. The implications of these explorations led to my interest in how meaning emerges in abstract art providing insight into the nature of life.

Bob Matheny

"Flash Gallery Online," shows the work of Almost Maybe alias Almost Anonymous alias Bob Matheny, AND other artists, dilettantes, eccentrics and outsiders of Almost Maybe's choice. If you click on "Internet Exhibitions" or "Guest Artists" you will find links to the shows.

Satoshi Matsuyama

"My greatest desire is to offer my whole heart, soul, mind and strength to honor and worship God and to be mightily used to declare his glory through my paintings."

Emil Matulewicz

Emil Matulewicz produces in his studio in Delft (Netherlands) a variety of figurative paintings. Portraits form the main part of his contemporary fine art portfolio. Flowers, still lifes, ballet and landscapes are also painted in a typical and recognisable stroke. His works are created in his own style based on own experience and personality. To keep strength and power in his paintings Emil prefers to use acrylic based paint on canvas. In general a central theme, subject or person is chosen, this selection is emphasized by the background which only serves to complete the painting. In the paintings this gives a surprising approach of the object.

Belikov Vasilij Matveevich

Born in Svishchevka, Tambov Province, Russia in 1921. Studied at the Astrakhan Art School between 1938 and 1941. Served in the armed forces as a sailor between 1941 and 1947 and participated in the Second World War. After leaving the navy he continued his studies at the Penza Art School between 1947 and 1950.

Sandra Matzeit

Sandra Matzeit is a young artist,living in germany. Six years ago, she found her love on painting in oil, aquarell and pastell colours. She learned drawing by herself and on studying any functional literature. Since this year she still studys drawing and painting on a distance academy. Her preferred motifs are landscapes and pets.

Christine Maudy

I received my best guidance by meeting all these creators, visiting exhibitions and museums and traveling. I always knew that one day I would dedicate myself to my passion.

GarE Maxton

Maxton's Puzzle
If you want art work with a LOT more to it than just something to look at, these puzzling and colorful geometric metal sculptures provoke interaction by the viewer and make great gifts for the eclectic.

Colin Mayne

Colin Mayne grew up in Whitehead, N Ireland and attended Rupert Stanley School of Art and Design in Belfast. Traveling to Canada in 1999 he studied at Sheridan College of Applied Arts and Animation in Ontario. Colin is a book illustrator and also works on private commissions and portraits.

Elena Maza

I often feel that, like many exiled Cubans, my native city of Havana haunts me, or perhaps it is I who haunt it? I often paint it from photographs, and project myself into its streets to revisit it even after 44 years. In this piece, the beautiful mulata represents all of Cuban womanhood in its youthful flower, sitting alone on a classical balcony looking back at you, the viewer, in a stark contrast to the captive city slowly disintegrating around her.

Matthew McCarthy

My work is my surroundings.? I try to see beyond the mundane and familiar in order to explore society?s relationship with nature. Although the scenes are real places, similar scenes might be found across the United States or elsewhere.? In this way, the paintings are meant to be both specific and universal.?

Dan McCormack

I photograph the nude using a round Oatmeal box pinhole camera, shooting B&W 8"x10" film. The negative is then scanned into Photoshop. I use the distortions of the pinhole camera and the colorizations created in Photoshop to create a series of visceral images that probe the unconscious mind. These images step away from the literal reality choosing instead to speak with a Jungian expressionism. Objects juxtaposed with the model trigger a response that I react to while colorizing each image. Through successive pulling of curves B&W values are replaced with color that ultimately connect with the dreamlike state of the finished image.

Eric Patrick McCormack

Eric Patrick McCormack is a self taught artist. He has always been drawn to abstract imagery. In his images there are hints of concrete items to ground the viewer, however there is enough mystery as to allow the viewer to wander through. Eric is an artist living in Portland, OR. Prior to Portland, Eric had spent 7 years in Jackson, Wyoming. He was born and raised in Michigan.

David R. McDaniel

In my paintings, I focus on the disenfranchised, the forgotten and neglected, those persons who live on the margins of society. These paintings are candid portraits of America's homeless population, the people city dwellers see 'cluttering' their streets and subways everyday, begging for time and money. When they first started appearing in large numbers over two decades ago, Americans were aghast at their numbers. Today, those same homeless people and many more are not even noticed or are the objects of anger and resentment. We choose not to see them. I want people to see them! And help them. Perhaps we'll look at our own lives as well, and realize how fortunate most of us are. The same can be said of my AIDS series. The AIDS epidemic has been with us for over two decades. Being a city dweller, perhaps I have had more personal contact with persons afflicted with this horrific disease than Americans living in less populated areas. The artistic communities in all major cities of this county have been decimated by it. The paintings in my AIDS Series are portraits of two men I called family. Perhaps these are not comfortable or pleasant images for many, but like the subjects in my Homeless Series, they should be seen. These men and all who are living with this disease, along with the thousands who have succumbed to it, should have their stories told and acknowledged. I want my paintings to encourage people to do what they can to help those already afflicted with AIDS; and educate those who are still healthy to take all precautions to remain that way."

Kaitlin Zorah McDonough

These painted worlds are governed by new rules wherein a kiss or a specific food

Kieran Mcgonnell

The artist defines his work as Post pop conceptual work - technology dependant and exploratory.

Kathie McGregor

She loves France, especially Paris. She loves colours Loves drawing buildings, not complete scenes with people etc, the window, the stairs, a door etc. catches her imagination and the art follows. At 36 years old, Kathie follows her imagination, her Dad taught her to draw and for the past 30 years she has done varied work, with which now the results which now follow.

Francis McIlveen

Francis McIlveen is a ceramic artist whose work is exhibited and collected internationally and was selected for the 1000 Years of Porcelain exhibit in Jingdezhen, China. BA, Northwestern University; MFA, CCA (formerly CCAC).

Kumiko McKee

Kumiko McKee was born in Japan and moved to the United States in 1994. Attending a private high school in Japan as a fine art major, she gained basic techniques and knowledge of art. After moving to the U.S., she continue to develop her creativity and style at the University in US were she obtained a Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA) in painting. Currently she is working on several bodies of work including the "KOTO", "Time on the Earth", and "Power on the Earth" series. Concerning the subjects of my paintings, I am mainly interested in figures, especially female figures. Females are more emotional than males--they tend to express their feelings abundantly while men tend to hide them. I am particularly interested in faces and hands, which exhibit a variety of expressions. Human emotions and feelings are topics of spiritual territory. They are intangible, genuine; you cannot fake them, and they are limited by words. Those human feelings are mysterious to me and I am trying to express them in my paintings. German expressionists such as Ernst Kirchner or Emil Nolde distorted human figures to express strong feelings, but why should I distort shapes or lose the beauty to express feelings. In my art, I am experimenting how much I can express human feelings using realistic elements and my goal is to express strong emotions while maintaining beauty. The paintings are categorized as Symbolism, Realism and Expressive Realism.

Carl McGrady

Having lived art throughout my life, I have developed a seasoned and experienced eye, it is a great time to express myself. I was never ready to paint. Now, I am! It is like writing an autobiography and having something to say. Painting is my exercise to the soul. I hope that others will enjoy my work and use it as a reminder to look beyond the frame.

Art is everywhere and it is how we look at things within our environment. Scenic and Nature Scenes are my favorites; however, I also enjoy Cityscapes, Nudes, Still Life and Faces. The use of black and white and strong patterns is influenced from the early Modern Japanese Woodblock Masters. The bold strokes are of the Sumie Artists in Japan and China. These techniques are fused into western style modern oils that give depth and texture.

Gary McLaughlin

Gary McLaughlin has been a freelance illustrator for almost 30 years. Also an artist with Harlequin books were he illustrated many covers over the years. A client list that ranges from Christmas cards,CD covers,prints, Harlequin covers, corporate portraits and years of advertising work. He still paints for the advertising market...but is now focusing on floral art....some massive....some quite small. Versatility has always been his trademark.....it keeps things interesting......

Richard McLean

Public Speaker/Mental Health Advocate/Designer/Artist/Musician/Writer/Consumer Consultant.

Leonore McNamara

I love to paint from life. I am the leader of Plein Air Painters of the Treasure Coast, its so much fun to paint with other artists. I like using a painting knife the best.

Shawn McNulty

All my work is dependent on form, color, and composition. I believe the most complex emotions can be evoked from the simplest of forms. My style explores the relationship between man-made structures and the natural world; the idea of recognizable shapes and structures living within irrational thoughts and emotions. I begin an abstract painting very spontaneously and become more detailed as the composition starts to show itself. Non Objective Art is difficult to fathom, and this keeps the viewer interested. As an artist, I am intrigued by this idea. I believe how the viewer interprets the piece becomes the reality for that person. I would be reluctant to interject another perspective.

Darrel McPherson

My work is paintings landscapes of nature and the surreal. I have painted surrealism for over thirty years and landscapes of nature for the last four years. My influences are of the impressionist painters and the Hudson River School. Of individual artists I respect are Claude Monet and Paul Delvaux. My contemporary associations are with John Torina, Daryl Millard and Alicia Sotherland to name a few of many fellow artists. As I attempt to capture a moment in time as I let my art speak for itself.

Stephen Mead

Stephen Mead is a published artist/writer living in northeastern NY. As an artist he is self-taught, yet has been heavily influenced by both surrealism and expressionism. In the early 1990's he was published in several little literary magazines, but stopped to pursue visual work. It was in the year 2001 that he began seeking publication again. On the web, both his writing and his artwork have been showcased internationally. Presently scars.tv has several title pieces of his e books archived in their art pages at cc & d magazine. These works incorporate both image and text, as does his latest e book "We Are More Than Our Wounds". Currently films of his piece "Blue Heart Diary" can be viewed online.

Hans Meertens

'Mijn werken zijn nooit directe, fotografische weergaven van de werkelijkheid. Vormen, kleuren en figuren verwijzen eerder naar geestetoestanden dan naar de werkelijkheid. In een expressieve schilder- en tekenstijl laat ik (vaak donkere) emoties het levenslicht zien. Hoewel thematische uitgangspunten (zoals verlatenheid, angst, melancholie en verlangen) vaak beladen zijn en de afgebeelde figuren niet zelden een getergde indruk maken, probeer ik met oog voor detail, sfeer en situering de werken een ambivalente tweede indruk mee te geven'.

Peter Meijboom

u kunt een portret bestellen. u krijgt een hoge kwaliteit portret voor een betaalbare prijs. ik schilder ook van foto's (klik links op 'portretten') ook kopieen van (bekende) schilderijen. stuur een email voor nadere info!

Kenny Mencher

Citing literature, television, film, and stage drama, as major influence's on his work, Mencher’s objective is to present a figurative composition divorced from its context that forces viewers to create their own interpretation of the narrative. By combining calligraphic gestural brushstrokes with passages of tight traditional glazing techniques, Mencher's work explores the thread of human connection that is woven into our experiences. Collaged from posed photographs and pop-culture, Mencher's paintings are frozen moments in a play. Sometimes these moments are outrageous or surreal and the figures in his paintings are character actors caught up in the action.

Olivier Menu

Since my childhood, I have been very sensitive to vibrant colors and harmonious shapes.
As a self-taught artist and being very much involved in what has become a true addiction, he is very proud today to offer an intimate work, made of bright shades and strong contrasts. Working on different series enables him to explore his deepest emotions. Thanks to that, various questions continuously rise.
“Must life enslave the human being?
Or must he be aware of the world which surrounds him?
These questions are the guidelines to his artistic approach, which consists of creating a link between what is organic and what is spiritual.

“The recurring themes in the current work of Olivier have something essential. They deal with the individual identity, and it in a vast way, all the aspects of our being are represented here. According to the paintings, we find ourselves facing our deep personality, our relationship to the world and others, as well as to our spirituality. The artistic process that we proposed is a figurative abstract style that not only puts our intellect in the best state, but also without imposing our logical thinking, seems to talk directly to our soul.” M.-H. Béart

Franck de Las Mercedes

Franck was born in Masaya, Nicaragua to a family of dancers, musicians and teachers. In the mid-eighties the Sandinista/Contra war forced the family to immigrate to the United States. Franck would then grow up in New York City. In the late nineties, with an impressive resume in both music and stage, FdLM began to experiment with an undying fascination with visual arts. This experimentation quickly evolved into a promising career. Completely self taught, FdLM has developed a style that is bold, spontaneous and colorful.

“Painting has allowed me to embark on a journey into self-discovery. Each work represents a different stage in this journey, a constant exploration of my life, my psyche, my emotions and the experiences that have shaped my existence.”

Ezio Merlante

I like to paint mainly urban and sea landscapes, using the warm colours of the nightfall or the vivid colours of the sun’s days. The places that mainly inspired me are Turin, my town, Venice with its masks, and the Mediterranean islands like Santorini,, with its blue and white houses on the sea.

I also like to compare the life and the costumes of today and of the past centuries in a theatre that can be an Italian square like S.Carlo square in Turin, or to compare some films scenes and cinema actors of today and yesterday. Sometimes I like to stop an emotion on the canvas, like a moment of unhappiness, melancholy, desperation or joy, with the most adequates colours.

Arno Mertens

Vanaf 19 februari tot en met 15 april exposeert Arno Mertens non-figuratieve schilderijen in de Prof. Brummelkamp Galerij. Met deze werken breekt een nieuwe periode voor de kunstenaar aan, die lange tijd overwegend figuratief schilderde. In die fase bracht Mertens verschillende elementen die niets met elkaar te maken hadden bijeen in een schilderij, waardoor een beeld ontstond dat op meer dan een manier geinterpreteerd kon worden.

Celestino Mesa

One of Tenerife’s most prolific artists, the work of Celestino Mesa graces the walls of many private collections throughout the world. Nowadays however, an artist can’t survive by brush and canvas alone.

To Celestino Mesa, light is life; the world he sees and the world he portrays merely expressions of varying intensities. Without it his world would cease to exist. A world impassioned with the subtle tones and shades of a land’s culture and aura. This vividness varies from country to country and although Celestino Mesa now bathes permanently in the intense luminosity of Tenerife, his travels in pursuit of mastering his art have seen him hang his canvas in England and Germany. Although labelled as hyper-realist by critics, “art speak for extreme impressionist,” explains Celestino, he prefers to consider himself as figurative, re-creating what he sees but tinged with the nuances of whatever light he’s working in. It was in England under the rueful eye of Mr James of the Royal Society of British Artists that Celestino continued to perfect the difficult technique of using watercolours whilst exhibiting at London street galleries. A softness synonymous with England’s cloudy climate is evident in much of his work from that period:“It was like painting through fog much of the time,” says Celestino, “and even more so in Scotland where the colours are so subtle. Not like in Tenerife and Andalusia where the light and colours are so intense.” From England he travelled to Germany to work for the prestigious magazine Vogue as a layout artist but despite a passion for most genres in design he found the world of fashion too short lived: “You’ve got to be forever changing your style,” he claims. Change is necessary when needs must however. The economic difficulties of the current climate have affected the art world as well. Now, having returned to Tenerife he combines the disciplines of design and painting, exhibiting his work at many different galleries while developing web sites for prestigious clients. “When times are hard the first thing that people cut back on is luxuries such as art,” says Celestino. Thankfully subsidies and funding are available and the Tenerife authorities are usually very accommodating, “especially Puerto de la Cruz and La Orotava,” but as he explains the situation is not as easy as it used to be: “Today there is too much competition for grants. The world is now full of painters - but not many artists.”
Rather than martyr himself to the cruel world of the struggling artist, Celestino has extended his talents into other design fields such as magazine design, websites and even engineering design. “I recently designed a hinge for a rollercoaster ride in a Danish theme park,” he boasts proudly.

Sonja Benskin Mesher

Chosen and found media lead the work into a place where memory is revived, and allowed to breathe. The space between the work and remembrance is seamless.

Sondra Metzger

My passion for painting started as a child. My love of animals also started as a child. How lucky can I get? Well, now I spend my life doing both...painting the wonderful uniqueness of each and every dog and cat.

MichaelA

The daughter of a painter, I lived in Paris for some years. I met Picasso during that time, but rather than developing a desire to paint abstractly, I trained myself to paint to a high degree of realism. To the inner most part of me, art is a language, and as the "Divine Child" artist paints, harmonies are born and the language becomes a Song of Love and Light.

Mickie

For me, the creative process begins with the act of placing objects next to one another. I seek to establish a composition in which those objects compliment and strengthen each other through light, form, value and harmony of colour. Like characters in a play these objects tell stories that are magically endless. I am filled with gratitude for the ability to live the artist's life. In my studio, being an artist, everyday.

Mikoto

I was born in 1983 in Japan. I am expressing feelings,the sense, and the thought by poetry and the picture. My works are made by thinking the moment to be important.

Chris Miles

I usually like to have some kind of narrative in my paintings. I get ideas and inspiration from reading, from old master and contemporary paintings, from nature, and from delving into my own imagination. I like to include images that have symbolic meaning that viewers can interpret in some personal way.

Alissa Miller

My work portrays a compilation of ideas in a surrealist composition. A compulsive daydreamer, painter, creator of images to inspire and entertain. To provoke random acts of thought through a simplistic form of oil on canvas.

Dominic Miller

This is one image of a series of graphite, conte, and charcoal drawings sized at eleven by fourteen inches. These particular works deal with narration and the collection as exemplified by both pictorial and ironic formalism. The text present in the work references concepts ranging from mock diary entries to cliche pulp literature. As a whole the written script touches upon a portrayal of interiority as it falls within public experience or expression. The sketch of classical drawing is utilized as a visual exploration of process which is ultimately realized by the viewer as they move from one piece to the next, drawing connections themselves.

While the individual works may record certain objects or spaces, that reference is demoted in the face of contextual reference. Ideally the work would be shown as a group (post-Minimalist grid), giving primary attention to a multi-vocal reading. What remains contradictory, however, is the authorial voice. Technically it is rendered as the ghost of that presence. This allegorical dipslay of history (the account of the artist as producer and autobiographical subject of the work) is both constructed and impossible.

Pamela Miller

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Ray Miller

I approach my work with a commitment to being accessible and evocative, while injecting a sense of joy, executed with exacting craftsmanship. Looking at my work brings a smile to the viewer or a sense of appreciation for the interpretation presented. To me art is fun and an expression of who I am, not a dire pursuit. I see art as a symbiosis between the artist and the patron, a conversation, a partnership. The patron should see a connection between themselves and the work, either as a participant in its design, or reflected in the images created.

Dan Mills

I've always been interested in fantasy and science fiction artwork, but I also paint wildlife, portraits, and caricatures (Twisted Portraits). I like to work in oils, acrylics, watercolor and pencil. I am accepting commission work at this time if anyone is interested.

Sara Mills

Sara Mills, originally from Britain and now living in Canada, has been a practicing ceramist since 1973. She apprenticed with well-known potters in both England and Canada and studied Fine Arts at Concordia University in Montreal. She has gained her professionalism through multiple experiences: teaching, group and solo exhibitions as well as various shows in Europe and Canada.

Currently she works with the Raku firing technique with its multi-faceted results finding that it particularly suits her ‘hand-hewn’ style of working with clay. Her imagination and sensitivity appear in her original works where day-to-day references juxtapose the metaphoric.

Richard Milo

Richard Milo is an accomplished artist residing in the Northeastern United States, with his wife Lisa who is also an artist and short story writer. Richard has been painting since childhood. He has developed a technique using a combination of air brush / handbrush applied in a series of thin glazes to achieve the depth of realism which is seen in his work. He considers himself a conceptual realist who pays an obvious attention to detail. Richard chooses to work on a large format, typically 48" x 54" or larger. He spends an excess of over 200 hours on each piece. His original canvas' have been viewed at numerous art shows throughout the United States and the images have created such a high demand that various works such as "Instructions", the canvas featured on the Home Page, as well as other works of art have been released as limited edition prints. What makes Richard Milo's work even more incredible is that he is basically a self taught artist and also suffers from Tourette's Syndrome since childhood.

Uli Minoggio

I have always been very interested in drawing the figure while at the same time I like to create and compose shapes and forms and relate them to each other. Usually the abstract composition comes first and I place the figures into/onto it, so that all becomes merged and develops into something narrative.

Occasionally I come upon a poem and that I would like to visualize, sometimes the painting comes first and I happen to read a poem and find my painting in it.

My figures or faces sometimes seem caricaturesque, and I love compositions that depict the mostly unconscious warped and strange sides of life, not lacking, however, a sense of (at times dark) humor.

I don’t believe in L’Art Pour L’Art for myself; I want a story, a recollection, a connection with life, with society, and with current events to unfold. I also like to make a statement with a picture, but would want the viewers to freely come up with completely different ideas than mine or with interpretations if not stories of their own.

Kirk Mints

Ink or color illustrations of homes from Kirk Mints Studio: I've been drawing houses for home owners and realtors since 1978. Makes a great gift idea all year round!

Minya

In the paintings of Minya Mikic more than the colours deliberately monochromatic, are the surfaces, processed with the expertise, to impose themselves powerfully: rough and carved with archaic animals, polished in pearly transparence with fluctuating Egyptian alphabets, excavated like archaeological discoveries, structured by lines and pixels of the video screen, they narrate the communication of man, himself reduced to an archaic symbol. Surfaces that separate to reassemble staggered and to fall apart again, where the magic of light transforms the symbols in visual stimulus which interact with our sensibility, modern and problematic. Surfaces submerged in a meditative silence which contemplates eternal presence of those messages, signs of our precariousness of existence. Claudio Perri

Roland Miseta

I am 29, I have painted for 2 years. I never studied art, but for my birthday I received an aquarelle-set from my girlfriend. I like to paint colorful streets and cityscapes in sunshine or in darkness.

Marie Anna Missen

She is self trained and loves the freedom of expressing herself with all forms of art. Experimental photography is also a great love of hers and she adores creating the surreal! Her influences come from the modern art movement and the great surrealists.

Lynda Mitchell

The best way I can describe my art is it is a mixture of optical illusion, this abstract form of art is to another elevation of light and movement culminating the points, within my art. It is what some one connects to within the art.

Osnat Moalam

The canvas was and still is a media that helps me deal with my struggles as a human in our society. While working on my paintings, I am frequently cutting and stitching the canvas. The subjects that appear in my paintings and sculptures are at times clear and easy to recognize, and at other times, more of a pattern of colors and letters.
Give yourself some time to view my work, if you can do it more then once, you could find stories behind the collages, (stories of my life). My work is like pages out of my diary, its hold secrets that are there for you to find.

Moin

I like every bit of Artwork that I do and am happy in it as each painting elevates the other. The best compliments I get is when these are accepted and appreciated and are a positive addition to this world. Over the years I have developed my personal and unique style. My work has unusual color selection creating figurative and other art forms giving my paintings a unique touch and aura. I find expressing myself in the expressionist style very meaningful.

Karin Momberg

Chilean Spanish artist born on January 10th, 1976. Karin studied Industrial Design at University of La Serena, Chile. Art was always present in her life and it was in 1999 when she had her first solo exhibition, in La Serena, Chile. After that she started painting even more, experimenting with new materials, such as grounds, gels, gold leafing and others.

Chantal Monte

I began painting in early 2006. For me, painting is a form of self expression and personal expansion. It is the one thing I have found in life where I feel like I am in the zone. Connected to all that is Living in moment And dreaming

WHY TRIBAL? I paint landscapes with acrylics. I have had no schooling or training in this area. My eyes have always been able to see composition, design and different perspectives. I use water as my guide and main element and see where it wants to take me. I have borrowed the traditional painting style of the Aboriginals. I have an admiration for their dot technique because it creates movement within the image – creating an energy all it's own.

I have a very diverse ancestral heritage and have been discovering bits and pieces throughout my life. At this time in my life I am very drawn to tribal cultures. They have not lost their sense of self, by continuing to embrace the old ways and their traditions. They honor that we are all brothers and sisters. As time and technology are moving forward, I feel as if I am going back in history and wanting just the basics. Keeping it simple.

Adriano Monteiro

Adriano Monteiro was born on May,1973, and he has got art formal training essentially by a self-education practice, in spite of to have attended art courses from 10 years old. Most of his technique has been developed by himself as well as the creation of an unique and singular style which you can see on the EROTOPIA series, that is the work collection based on the some of the most famous fairytales. Being his most important work up to now, EROTOPIA brings together surrealism and eroticism (eroto-surrealism), saturnine and lunar magic, and world-wide mythology elements, going to recreating in this way the "childish" fairytales into a non-childish, bizarre, sinister and, even, more beautiful and more "real" manner. His also bizarre work DEMONA LILITA comes "to parody" into a sinister manner the famous masterpiece Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci, and maintaining his usual style. Adriano Monteiro lives with his woman and family and lives among many "odd" books, music, images and "freakish" ideas.

Sasha Montiljo

Sasha Montiljo was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. He has painted his whole life. In the last six years, he has created more than 100 paintings - oil on canvas.

Kelly Moore

Arkansas Native Kelly Moore is a completely Self Taught Artist currently living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His Original, Expressive work has been referred to as Outsider Art, Art Brut, Raw Art and Visionary Art. His intuitive style and technique reflects a raw, primitive quality that is frequently juxtaposed with a startling innocence. "My work is primarily about the integration of the Light and Dark within myself."
Moore began painting at the age of 36 after a career in Real Estate in New York City and Arkansas. Since then, Moore has exhibited Nationally & Internationally in Galleries, Art Centers and Museums. His work has been actively collected in the United States, Canada, & Europe.

Dave Moore

The attached images are part of a new body of photographs that continue my interest in exploring shadowy domains where anonymous figures are displayed, often in the guise of self torment or private ritual. These images are made with a large pinhole camera. Photo paper 20x24” in size is placed in the lensless camera, the image is recorded on the paper, the paper is processed to produce a negative print, and then contact printed to make a positive print. I am excited by this new work because the resulting images look like nothing I’ve seen before.

Scott Moore

I paint in watercolor and oil, incorporating two scales within one image to help me tell a story about my childhood and life growing up in California.

Joe Moorman

I am a self-taught artist from the Mississippi Delta. I think of my art as illustrations or devices for telling stories as opposed to decorations or interior design. All the trotlines, catfish, wisteria and boxcars have religious importance for me. If I've not had a dream about it, or if it hasn't made the hair stand up on the back of my neck, I probably won't paint it.

Andrea Mora

I have worked since 1998 on digital painting and photography. My goal is to add human expression into digital art.

Florbela Moreira

I was born on 28th of July 1956 in the old Belguim colony as a third generation emigrated in Africa. My studies where made in Portugal and I was splited between Portugal and then the independent R. of Zaire : a real abysm of different mentalities. On my twenties I settled in Zaire and for the next 15 years worked for a commercial airline, visited many countries, tried to understand and absorb the meaning of "civilization". On my thirties I married a greek architect who incentivate my frequent needs of drawing. At the time in Brussels I frequented the Academy of Boisfort and since then I found something that I couldn't explain but was missing on me. Last year I decide to make some divulgation about my collage works. If I need to express or create I don't want as a begin negative feellings. Among other technics the "collages" has non limited available material and a permanent searching of variable solutions to an idea. Recently I realised that I want a new approach with more than an atmosphere, I want to tell stories. That will be my next involvement.

Muriel Moret

My art aims to explore various feelings through the impact of (sometimes unexpected) colour combinations of bright colours and strong graphical movements. The effects are extremely varied: mysterious , soothing, intriguing, invigorating... I find inspiration in Colour itself, simply by looking at the world around me and the gorgeous landscapes of Australia: the aqua blues and greens from the amazing views in Bondi Beach or Tamarama , the earthy reds and yellows from tdeserted outback, the vivid and luscious greens from the tropical forest of Queensland, the amazing lights of Sydney city at night… My work is abstract, discreetly hinting at the subject that was on my mind or at the mood I was in when painting. I consider each painting as a ‘window into the mind' where the viewer is invited to let his imagination run free… It is always surprising to hear what people see in my paintings, things that are quite oftendifferent to what the artist sees. My work has always been true to itself, never pretending to be something it isn't. I create it because it makes me feel happy and alive and it exists simply to be enjoyed freely by everyone and without prejudice.

Janet Morgan

She is titled Goddess Releasing Magic. She is a member of my pantheon of painted deities called Morgan's Supreme Beings, up on the site http://janetmorgan.net The site includes writings and poems and art from people all over the world in response to these gods and goddesses, some traditional like the Goddess of Death, and some new like the God of Safe Sex. My other site is of work inspired by my study and performance of Bellydance, http://bellydanceart.com and you can find my landscape art at http://janetmorgan.net/sacredlandscape.html

Terje Adler Mork

Terje Adler Mørk is a norwegian painter working in the tradition of classical realism. Terje's favourite subject is the study of the human figure aiming to recreate it as thinking, psychological beings.

Brian Morrison

If you look at yourself without yourself to look at, you will never look at yourself the same.

Carol Morrison

AMore than any other art form, printmaking gives me freedom to articulate my constant flow of images—some emerging slowly, some rushing almost too fast to catch.

The moment of printing happens after a long process of sketching forms and often cutting intricate stencils to separate color and delineate space (a skill I learned during my ten years as a layout/mechanical artist). I like to combine techniques, such as intaglio and monoprinting, or laying stencils over hand-drawn images. Whatever techniques I use, my primary focus is to imbue my images with life energy, an anima that touches people. I am very particular as to how specific figures, abstract shapes and color work in concert with each other. But, at its best, the composition is accomplished with spontaneity and without inhibition.

For me, the work is a transformational processing of my own experiences, including those as a clinical social worker. People seem to recognize something familiar in my imagery. I think it serves not only as a window into my unique world, but as a window into their world as well—one they may not have looked through before. My work is quite accessible and intimate. The complex layering of the prints may function as an allegorical space where people can make their own meaning.

Branka Moser

Branka Moser, academic painter and sculptor who lives in Switzerland. Status: Accademico di merito, Accademia d'Europa Napoli She eschews the dusty props of traditionel surrealism for her own unique lexicon of personal symbols, employing them to "test the boundaries of existence". She is quite adamant in expressing the primacy of subject matter over the more formal aspects of picture making, declaring, " I express inner, personal emotions in the form of art." She took various prizes awarded by the European Academy for Literature, Science and Art in Naples for classical portrait, avantgarde and surrealism.

Craig Moser

Erwin Moser

Erwin Moser (Winu), Digital-Art. I was born 1954 in Switzerland. The main theme of my Digital-Art is "See nature with different eyes" The pictures contains nature-elements, wood, plants etc. I prefer to work with Photopaint and Photoshop.

Moshgan

As an artist, I am fascinated with the world of nature in all of its myriad manifestations. Nature has much to tell us if we were willing to listen; in fact, I consider nature to be my greatest teacher. My interest has been to find beauty and truth in everyday objects that most people would overlook, whether the subject is landscape, figure, or still-life. My still-life arrangements, for example,represemt much more than a group of objects to me. The essence of the arrangement as a composite of color, shape, line, tone, and texture begins to take on a personality of its own, quite apart from the individual elements. Only when I am able to capture the character of the scene ( which often takes time to emerge!) do I feel that my work is successful.

It is this whole or overall mood that I am searching for in all my work. I strive to accomplish this through the medium of oil, which, with its rich impasto and great versatility, allows me to express emotion ranging from powerful outbursts to subtle nuances. It is the time-honored tradition of oil painting that attracts me to the medium as well. Working with the medium gives me a feeling of connection with the old masters, both modern and traditional.

My desire to express the complexities of emotion with paint has led me to a painterly style of application. I have found that loose, strong brushwork as well as the use of intense colors provide me with the boldness and sense of immediacy that I require.

My major artistic influences range from early Modernists such as Cezanne and the Post-Impressionists Van Gogh and Gauguin, to the Fauves and German Expressionists.

Gala van Moskou

The photographic work of Gala van Moskou has roots ranging from a simple youth in Russia to a cosmopolitan lifestyle in Holland where she moved at the age of 17. The new environment filtered though her photographic memory and vision and the duality of the two cultures is visible in the original style of her images. The biggest geographical influence is the sensitive imagination of the artist herself. One of Gala's continuous themes as well as the title of an early project is "Hidden Souls" and these pictures indeed represent parts of the human psyche that usually remain unseen in the real world. Her first work "One Woman, Many Faces" dates from the summer of 2002 and was based on many diverse visual representations of the same model. The artist herself sees photography as a way to escape reality indefinitely and inhabit a dream world that exists between herself and the model during a shoot. Her ambitions, like the styling details in her pictures, are on a grand scale,and professional photography with creative integrity is her main focus.

Laura Mottai

My expressive interpretations and creative processes, as a child, were derived from a strong love of nature and all of it's beauty; colors, shapes, patterns and natural balance. Today my paintings are inspired by the same love of nature along with it's wildlife and it's spiritual balance. Combining these elements, I am able to produce compositions reflecting the harmony, balance, passion and sensual intrigue only love can offer and spiritual balance can open.

Maria Mucharska

…..I started with ceramics went on to photography and finally computer experimentation. Painting, especially in oils is my favourite medium. I can completely lose myself in my art; there are no boundaries, no restrictions….

Adriana Mufarrege

I am a painter born in the city of Córdoba (Argentina) in 1962. I got my degree from the School of Arts at the National University of Córdoba in 1987, but my only true teacher was the painter Marcos Milewski.

Helene Mukhtar

My work reflects the tension, uncertainty and unease permeating our societies today. These feelings are in part generated by international terrorism, violence and militarism.

My photographs are usually at the base of my creative process. I travel extensively and the shots taken on my trips are integrated into my paintings. In recent years, I have been particularly fascinated with graffiti and photographs of graffiti have now become an important visual element in my work.

These images are printed on paper and glued onto the canvas. Graffiti from New York, Paris and Berlin, glass architecture from modern European cities, Mogul buildings from Pakistan, headless mannequins from the streets of Paris are collaged together. They may or may not “fit together”. Out of this visual cacophony, I create a harmonious whole. It is like a puzzle. I use oil or acrylic paint. I proceed through trial and error and constantly build and destroy. Each piece is different with its own unique problems and solutions.

In my latest series “ Veni, Vidi, Sgraffiti”, I started incorporating drawings into my work. This new development has enabled me to inject humor in a serious discussion about war and violence.

Elena Murer

Iam a Venice-born artist, and live and work in Pisa, Italy. I grew up in a large family in the Venetian countryside and, once an adult, I visited and experienced the European cities. But my painting tells of a world without human constructions. I paint what I see when I close my eyes. When I close my eyes, I see all the possible worlds: the one I live in, the one I desire, the one I have never had the chance to see. and it is here that I really live. I have done many jobs for a living, the most satisfying one being publishing graphics, also the world of my typographer father. The great European museums have been my school; all the painters of past centuries, whose work I have been able to admire first-hand, especially the Venetians, Flemish and Spanish. Pisa and Tuscany are a source of perpetual learning, where I can discover the innumerable worlds that art can depict.

Julie Murphy

I view drawing as an expression of the subconscious mind-- the part of the brain that absorbs the eccentricities of our daily lives, then rearranges, reorders and regurgitates these observations in a strange and unpredictable way.

Metta Myers

After studying at the Corcoran School of Art from 1971 to 1973 with notable artists such as Gene Davis and William Christenberry, Metta traveled to Mexico to attend the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes. She was drawn to this peaceful place with its mild climate to concentrate on figure drawing. In 1978 Metta took up residence in Santa Barbara, California. She began to visit ballet studios to get ideas for her work. Eventually she rented a room at the Royal Ballet School of Santa Barbara, so she could study the movement of dancers. The ballet master, Alexander Nigodoff, allowed her to photograph, sketch, and paint the dance troupe, in the studio as well as backstage during rehearsals.

Vicki Myers

Winslow Myers

In a book on Braque, it pleased me to find this statement by Pierre Reverdy: "The poetic image is born of the bringing together of two more or less distant realities, between which only the spirit grasps the relationship." Some works of Braque embody this principle literally, by means of a bisected canvas, which helped inspire my series of diptychs. I call these diptychs 'Passages' because the word has a multiplicity of meanings associated with voyages, change, death, and contrast, like the contrast between tropic and temperate out of which Wallace Stevens made poetry.

David Mwaniki

Painter, Graphic artist, Sculptor

Marc Mylemans

A new piece is started outdoors but developed and completed at home. His main themes are love of nature, Man and the universe. They are worked out in an intuitively evocative way. Although related to impressionism his style turned to tachism. He therefore is especially focused on the use of self prepared canvas as painters did in the 19 th century. The commercially prepared canvases don't allow him to work out his expressive colour-technique to perfection. He's a big fan for the raw materials as a consequence of which certain parts of his compositions get an expressionist cachet. Using some basic colours he manages to illuminate the pure pigments. Through his recent work Marc is known as a sensitive artist, who thanks to an awareness and the above mentioned techniques succeeds in creating a powerful composition and a playful display of colour with little glaze searching for a visual mix of colours and an atmosphere-bound transparency. In his painting Marc evocates a warm affection towards the beauty of nature. The importance of light enables him to create a poetic atmosphere using bright and soft warm colours. In each of his paintings a soul, a message is hidden and is brought to life suggestively. It's upon the viewer to engage an enriching dialogue with both the artist and the painting. With a symphony of colours, rhythm and movement in the composition, a creation of a sensitive atmosphere, Mylemans interprets all his impressions in an aesthetic and authentic lyrical way.

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