Author Archives: jolanta

Danièle M. Marin’s new mixed media Cluster painting series is a visual essay on link and disjunction between image references found on the internet, magazines, etc., and color abstract organization.   Danièle M. Marin’s new mixed media Cluster painting series is a visual essay on link and disjunction between image references found on the internet, magazines, etc., and […]

Pavel Tayber was born in 1940 in Kharkov, Ukraine. Pavel Tayber was born in 1940 in Kharkov, Ukraine. He studied traditional classical painting at Kharkov Art College and received an MFA from the Ukrainian Academy of Fine Arts. A member of the Union of the Artists of the Ukraine, he became an Honored Artist of […]

Rachel Simmons teaches visual and environmental art courses at Rollins College. Rachel Simmons teaches visual and environmental art courses at Rollins College. Her mixed media and installation-based work takes a critical look at environmental issues and ecotourism. In 2008 and 2009, Rachel traveled to Antarctica to research how climate change and ecotourism are affecting the […]

Depicting imaginary landscapes with colors, texture, and movement gives me pause to reflect on youthful exploring. Depicting imaginary landscapes with colors, texture, and movement gives me pause to reflect on youthful exploring.  Treading on cross-bedded sandstone formed from ancient dunes that were uplifted in tumultuous action, eroded and exposed, the geological formations often studied from […]

The family home was my first and best model to draw. The family home was my first and best model to draw. Always available, never tired to pose, easy to obtain its likeness. Hidden between the trees in a big garden. From every angle, according to the season, or time of day and night, it […]

Corinne Whitaker, aka the Digital Giraffe, has been acclaimed for over twenty years as one of the pioneering artists in the field of digital imaging, and more recently in the new field of digital sculpture. Corinne Whitaker, aka the Digital Giraffe, has been acclaimed for over twenty years as one of the pioneering artists in […]

My work is rooted in the American Realist tradition. My work is rooted in the American Realist tradition. However, my paintings communicate a state of controlled chaos as I combine two divergent forces and approaches into my art: realism and abstract expressionism. By a proficient handling of light, a mystery of images, and a skillful […]

Born in Colombia in 1953, Cecilia del Toro is a Colombian and American talented contemporary painter.  Born in Colombia in 1953, Cecilia del Toro is a Colombian and American talented contemporary painter. She is a very versatile artist who masters oil painting, jewelry and metals, pen and ink, glass, ceramic and porcelain painting. A trained physician, Cecilia was a general […]

My work concerns color, process, time, emotion, inner and external stimuli. My work concerns color, process, time, emotion, inner and external stimuli. Creating art is a magical experience–sometimes exhilarating, and always a magnificent obsession. For me, my work is a gateway to the unknown. It is about essence: the core of my being, revealed. The […]

I am inspired by the natural world, humanity with all its’ beauty and mystery. I am inspired by the natural world, humanity with all its’ beauty and mystery. Sometimes it is effortless, like the miracle of light and shadow, sparkle of waves or fog in the trees in the landscape. Other times it is an […]