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The "light of the World" I perceived 1971 in Salzburg/Austria.
After spending 15 years of Youth in Bad Gastein I was moving to Salzburg City in 1986.
Already in my earlier Youth I felt the smouldering ember of my artistic desire, waiting for one breath of air to ignite the passion burning within me.
The increasing pressure to compete in the corporate world lead me in July 1995 to Australia from my native Austria.
Here amongst the chatter of cicadas and the cry of the Kookaburra the ember ignited.
It was the realization of my need to express myself through painting. After my return to Austria it continued and started to burn.
My predilection for wild animals I found on the 6months journey in South Africa in 1996/7. There my first exhibitions followed.
The urge for new inspiration has brought me in March 2000 in the caleidoscopic world of Amsterdam where the Yin Yang completed.
After a little baby-break in 2003/4 I am now back to neW roAds.
With pride I see myself autodidact with no formal art school influence and express my artistic feelings without compromising style, design or technique.
It is my desire that the enthusiasm engendered in my pictures will ignite a flame of passion in the heart of the observer.
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Shelley Xie is a self-taught artist. Creating art is her Hobby, creating creative
art that conveys mindwork is her passion. Her works have been shown in various internet
web site, such as art.com, absolutearts.com gallery ... etc. She specializes in
pressed flower art, digital art and acrylic painting
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My work is inspired by the remains of the Neolithic era of Maltese pre-history.
Malta's Neolithic past is among its most precious heritages. I focus mainly on the
female figure with its obvious manifestation of fertility and on emotions and
relationships emerging from this archetype. I have based my philosophy of art on this
figure because it highlights the maternal aspect of our Maltese civilization where the
figure of the female principle has been a recurrent leitmotif, not least in the
religious sphere. While my sculpture is rooted in the fertile soil of my country's
prehistory, it tries to transcend this basic heritage by treating universal themes such
as love, protection, unity and fecundity arising naturally from its premises. My
subconscious plays a central role in my artistic philosophy. I have been influenced by
certain basic themes which recur in my thoughts even my dreams and which inspire my
oeuvre.
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