Landscapes Abstracts Inspired by the quiet of the Virginia country-side and the beauty and force of the Cape Cod lands and waters, my paintings focus on nature and its constant changes. My Spartina series, begun in 2006, concentrates on grasses which grow mostly by the water’s edge and in water. These grasses reflect nature at… Read more »
When creating a piece, I take what is most personal and assume it is universal. I use my own experiences and emotional responses, and turn them into a narrative work that suggests to the viewer a peek into their own life. The stories I tell are about inner worlds revealed – the things that we… Read more »
I create vivid and dramatic metal sculptures from mild and stainless steel. My inspiration is the world and its beauty. My creative process begins with a cerebral concept. I close my eyes and visualize in 3-dimensions – and often in color. I transfer the image to a two-dimensional sketch to set the proportions. Next I… Read more »
Museum Series American Landscapes Europe BRADLEY STEVENS was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1954 and raised in Westport, Connecticut. In 1972, he attended George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1976, and a Master of Fine Arts in 1979. In addition to his formal… Read more »
Guigui Kohon develops her work in a game of depths where nothing is what it seems. We approach and move away from a disturbing structure trying to penetrate the multiple layers in which the artist proposes us to decipher an enigma. But which? Perhaps the key is to invert the terms: light would be shadow,… Read more »
Andrea Fried’s work demonstrates the importance of color in contemporary geometric abstraction. In a non-preconceived order, stripes of fluorescent colors are followed by other colors that play a counterpoint. This turbulence alternates with white stripes that speak of emptiness and plenitude. An oval as the center of the triptych presented here, invites us to meditation…. Read more »
My practice comprises intricate, contemplative mixed-media collages, wall-sculptures, paintings, and works on paper. The work’s concerns evolve on several axes: My experience as a person with low and decreasing vision has heightened my sensitivity to the invisible and ambiguous, the distorted, the grey, and the blurry, as well as the paradoxes of being a visual… Read more »
The African American community is as complex as any other. It has no single voice, no single way of seeing the world, and no single way of producing art, music, literature or theater. My paintings explore and celebrate the beauty, elegance and grace of the black middle class through my personal experience. Much of my… Read more »
I use “organic geometry” to give form to my love of nature and architecture. Space, either encapsulated or activated, and a sense of balance, precarious yet centered, are integral to my work. My sculptures range in size from small maquettes and table-top interior works to large exterior pieces. The sundials and fountains, seamlessly merging form… Read more »
Without any movement, the sculpture must convey the elegance and graceful beauty intended by the artist. When this is achieved, then the other dimension of a Patera Kori Studios sculpture comes into play. The kinetic component introduces movements that communicate the ordered, balanced perfection of spirals in nature. The gentle simplicity and elegant form and… Read more »
Paintings Sculptures The current body of work is a group of paintings that employ a wide variety of materials and processes. These new paintings grow out of an earlier series that was inspired by photographs of galaxies and nebulae seen through the Hubble telescope. The images suggested a connection between deep space and… Read more »
CAROLINE BENCHETRIT is a self-taught painter and sculptor. In 1996, she left behind a business and academic career including an MBA and a Ph.D at Montreal’s Ivy League McGill University to pursue her artistic dream. Her signature style paintings and life size sculptures in both ceramic and bronze, are collected on three continents, exhibiting more… Read more »
I begin each piece by creating a collage background of book pages from various sources. Using late nineteenth century and early twentieth century books for their beautiful intricate engravings, drawings and the golden-brown paper. Including more modern sources also including botanical drawings, mechanical drawings, maps, mathematical/geometric drawings, architectural drawings, medical/anatomical illustrations, non-English texts, illustrations… Read more »
I combine my love of painting and traditional techniques into distinctive still life oil paintings. I choose my subjects from a variety of materials and textures including Madiera cloths, Persian rugs, metal, glass, porcelain, books and fruit. Working in my north light studio, I plan, select and set up objects to produce contrasts of… Read more »
This sculptural format of three-dimensional ceramic art has its roots in 15th century Italy in the style of Luca Della Robbia and his nephew, Andrea. His works fall somewhere between painting and sculpture. Della Robbia’s portraiture showed a strong understanding of drawing and depicted a sense of depth in a shallow plane. His contemporaries considered… Read more »
Painting Sculpture Photography Elizabeth Ashe’s recent sculptures use minimalism – wire and shadow – to examine personal space in our relationship to one another or our environment. Bird sculptures are her metaphor for the migratory nature of living in D.C. or any Sanctuary city. Ashe is the Administrative Director of Zenith Gallery’s… Read more »
