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ALTERED STATES THROUGH PAINTING!
“My personal search is profoundly linked to colour” says DORIS SAVARD. “Rich, vibrant and pure, my palette is particularly fauve. Even though I am constantly concerned with composition and harmony, spontaneity, sensuality and passion are emotions which are omnipresent in my paintings. I paint from within which allows me to fully express my own true [...]
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THE ARTIST IS ALWAYS OF TOMORROW!
NICOLAS COTTON, WELCOME. Why does one visual artist rather than another, create interest and fascination? Nobody knows. Why is it that at the onset of a young painter’s first showing, can we almost immediately recognize true talent emerging? It is rarely the technique or mastery at this stage as it is only the first steps. [...]
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PERUVIAN FOLK ART & FAIRY TALES!
Growing up in Trujillo, Peru, JOAN LOUIS, has been influenced by art and music since early childhood. His father is also an artist. Joan loved watching his father paint. His desire to paint became so strong in later years that he ultimately gave up teaching and performing music to follow his heart. “With painting, says [...]
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MYSTERIOUS, SENSUAL, IRON & WAX!
Born in Mauricie, SYLVIE SOULARD, has no formal art training other than what she learned in high school. As a young girl, one day a teacher had her grate coloured wax on paper and then melt it with a hot iron. She’s gone from there to developing her own technique in encaustic painting, working with [...]
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DOORWAY TO SPIRITUAL AWARENESS!
Flowers not bombs! ROBIN DE LAVIS has found peace on Hornby Island in British Columbia, Canada. From living in a prefab built on bomb rubble in war torn London, England a few years after the Second World War. To immigrating to Canada, to working with profoundly handicapped children, to raising children in a cabin in [...]
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ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM (2)
BLAKE MCARTHUR: PART 2: Blake says: “I’m from Winnipeg, Manitoba. I’ve lived here my whole life, and every year when it starts getting cold (like it did last week), I question my sanity . ” Well Blake, that makes two of us! His blog for which you’ll find the link at the end of this [...]
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ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM (1)
BLAKE MCARTHUR, from Winnipeg, Manitoba, whose style is labelled as abstract expressionism says that he doesn’t attempt to create abstract representations of particular objects or concepts, but rather simply tries to express himself through colours, shapes and textures. “Musis is an important part of the creation process for me, and I allow myself to be [...]
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PAINTING AND EXTREME SPORTS!
JEAN-YVES LAUTRéDOU is exactly all that we expect from an artist: emotion, humanity, pleasure, authenticity and talent, driven by a feverish and exclusive passion!
“I am a servant to the imaginary… canvas being the cup offered to the public; it may contain very good wine as also an excellent poison. When painting from ourselves and our own [...]
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FROM PLOVDIV, BULGARIA WITH LOVE!
EVGENY DELOV, was born and raised in Eastern Europe, in the town of Plovdiv. His work is part of private collections all over the world. Evgeny is a self-taught artist. He never had any formal art education but rather on his own, attended lectures on famous artists and mostly learned from careful observation of masterpieces. [...]
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INTANGIBLE ESSENCE OF DREAMS!
Anyone who has had the pleasure of going to one of Marc’s art shows can tell you how refreshing it can be to walk into a room and feel your spirit rise as you find yourself surrounded by a sea of vibrant colours and forms and movement and texture that are exactly that : “ Juste beau! “
Marc, [...]
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