“Fashion is well known as a reliable reflection of cultural trends and historical events. On a personal level, it has become my creative vehicle for exploring mysteries of life. My inspiration arose from contemplating the dichotomy between the perception of women as fragile, delicate creatures, and the reality that most women are defined… Read more »
Kauffman is best known for her abstract yet allusory large-scale paintings that celebrate and exude pleasure. Her gestural brushwork and sensual application of paint reference the figure. Kauffman draws on personal experiences as a source for her images; groups of people sharing meals, listening to music, swimming or lounging on the beach and, recently, peaceably… Read more »
The radiance of nature is audible. So, I listen with my heart and paint what I hear. Night and day dreams filled with rich music and color inspire me to paint visual songs. My landscapes, biomorphic imagery are abstract interpretations. The paintings are emotional attunements to nature’s elements: sun’s fire, the wind, water and… Read more »
Sculpture Neon Furniture I make art because that is who I am. I’ve known this since I was 10 when I started sculpture classes at Rochester Memorial Art Gallery. At GWU I was an art major. After college in 1973, I was one of the first females in America with a complete woodworking… Read more »
Contemplation of time and mortality is not new in my work, but in Neither Mine Nor Yours there is a more inward approach. This series of sculptures uses the form of the self-portrait to investigate identity and my place in a world where the future seems more uncertain than ever. The uncertainty ever-present in life… Read more »
My work is inspired by, and created out of, found objects. I juxtapose old tools and other household items – books, bowls, cutlery, with a tactile evidence of history, and function. I transform them with a variety of media – wax, oil, gold leaf, dry pigment – and in doing so, create a new… Read more »
Born in Falls Church, Va in 1976, self-taught, contemporary artist Lea showed talent from an early age. A natural creative spirit, she spent time taking private art lessons with her mother at home as well as in the mountains of scenic West Virginia with her grandmother, both artists. These strong female influences helped mold and… Read more »
Bronze Sculptures Jewelry Outdoor Sculptures I have always felt that the desire to communicate is one of the great universal reasons why artists create their work. It is certainly the main reason why I love to create participatory art. Many of my sculptures are meant to be touched and moved and are purposefully… Read more »
Large Works Medium Works Small Works My work unchains color from canvas, releasing it to cross dimensions where it is capable of transformation. It travels through painted strands of finely woven mesh, a material perforated with space that provides pathways not only for the transfer of color, but for the infusion of… Read more »
I am a sculptor working in glass. My glass of choice is tempered or plate glass. Unlike bottle glass, which is actively recycled, building glass is not recycled but dumped in landfills. I began my own form of recycling by reusing these materials to create my artwork. I love the soft green tint of this… Read more »
Art is a communication between one’s authentic self and a physical medium. A lover of the written word, I often find myself inspired to create my mosaics after reading a passage in a book or hearing a line in a song. It is a mood or a moment I wish to recreate, both from my… Read more »
My “undressing” of trees reveals both their beauty and their imperfections. Bringing forth rough exteriors and exploring rich hidden interiors, I shape fallen trees into works of art with spirit and structure and timelessness. Mindful connections render my artwork into aesthetic abstractions, offering the potential for the viewer to experience inspiration and meditation. Tree wounds… Read more »
Marcie Wolf Hubbard’s fascination with drawing the figure’s grace in charcoal forms the foundation for her mixed media encaustic paintings. She embeds her drawings in hot wax then adds layers of transparent or opaque color along with other materials such as maps, postcards or handmade paper. Marcie augments her energetic application of the brush-painted wax… Read more »
Paintings Sculptures It is inherent in human nature that one feels the need to take from the natural world. Water, plants, wildlife are often viewed as commodities, free for the taking by humankind. This is a one-sided, unhealthy relationship. In order to successfully coexist WITH, not IN, the environment, one must consciously enter a… Read more »
My paintings come from an unapologetic desire to describe the beauty of the natural world. In these dark times, when our planet and our very existence have never been more threatened, beauty is light and truth. It reminds us of what we have and warns us of what we will lose. It appeals to our… Read more »
PAINTINGS PORTRAITS As a painter I have never known how to describe myself by any one particular phrase or label. Having borrowed from many disciplines, all I have ever tried to be is a school of one as an individual. But when I attempt to describe my work to other people; labels are inescapable…. Read more »
