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 »
Nudes Still Life Ron Schwerin is a painter of young female nudes and sensual still lives. Awarded the Prix de Rome in 1963, he went on to teach at his alma mater, Pratt Institute, as well as the New York Institute of Technology and the University of Rhode Island. He has exhibited in group… 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 »
METALLIC CONSTRUCTIONS SCULPTURE I see my work as expressing both male and female elements within a lively tension. Pulling from the opposite polls; negative, positive, space and form, inner and outer. Often in my recent works I discern an inner form that contradicts the outer shape. This suggests to me a coming together of new… 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
My art is the tangible manifestation of a deeply conscious effort to capture personality, corporal existence, and human vigor with my hands. I shape sculptures of the human form that my mind’s eye sees. After completing a sculpture through this very private experience, I place it on a pedestal for the world to observe, daring… 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 »
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 »
I create sculpture from stone. My work is found in private collections, gardens, and public spaces from Washington, D.C. to New York to Nova Scotia. My sculptures are an abstract take on ancient symbols. My carving represents external influences that wear on the soul of an object but never take it all away. There is… Read more »
A feeling of emotional purity comes over me while in the process of painting abstractly. Purity in the sense that there is no filter; my emotions unhinged from my ego flow freely from painting to painting. All mistakes are embraced as they are perceived to be opportunities expanding my range of expression. No matter the… 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 »