12 posts tagged “art”
Dino Valls is a self-taught artist with an early involvement in drawing. He began painting oil in 1975. During his medical studies at the University of Zaragoza, he continued his painting and submitted his work to various art competitions in Spain and France, where he receive several awards.
His first one-man exhibition was received in Zaragoza in 1981. The following year he was awarded the San Jorge First Place Award in Painting, after receiving his degree in medicine and surgery in 1982, he decided to devote himself exclusively to painting; the kind of painting which would be influenced by the humanistic perspective that brought about the study of man. This kind of attitude is reminiscent of the creative climate of the Renaissance.
His passion for ancient painting moved him to study seriously the techniques of the great masters in the major European museums. ... In 1991 Valls studied the art of egg tempera and the technique of the Italian and Flemish masters of the 16th and 17th centuries. Egg tempera remains his favorite technique for painting. (Biography source)
"Esther Pearl Watson grew up in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Her family moved often, since her father's hobby of building huge flying saucers out of scrap metal and car engines didn't always sit well with the neighbors. Esther's pieces are often overtly narrative, clear but mysterious scenes of houses or figures ornamented with snippets of prose telling just enough to get the viewer's own imagination engaged, wanting to know more. Some are about family, some about places, all have a rich interior life. Her works without words are just as suggestive of story, also exerting a deep emotional pull."
I paint imaginary characters rendered in intricate detail frozen in mid-gesture within airless spaces. By using sumptuous fabrics, laced ruffled collars, black and white checked floors as well as surface treatment, I attempt of further accentuate an illusion of history, balance and permanence.
On initial viewing, my work reads as placidly narrative storytelling. Seemingly simple allegories, my work reveals itself over time. By using a safe and familiar composition my goal is to lull the viewer into a false sense of comfort and familiarity, where they are drawn to images which, upon further viewing, become curious, uncomfortable and perhaps even dangerous. By juxtaposing images from myth and reality, I fulfill my own personal desire to explore the mysterious."
The imaginary world of artist Margo Selski
An article on Sleski from Minnesota Public Radio
Also, her newest body of work, I Cari Estinti
