All in Painting
My father inspired me. He was a chemical engineer. He had a Laboratory and when I was young I visited on a regular bases and it informed my imagination especially that he drew his formulas from nature to create creams. Recently I had an article in a well known French journal relating to biochemistry about my relationship to my father and my art, that also inspired my journey and finally, studying my peers in the same area did too.
Deep and complete knowledge of my profession are proven by long years during which I was learning and improving myself as a professional.
My creative work is first of all characterized by many exhibitions, publications and positive feedback from students, colleagues and art critics.
The basis of everything still remains academic professionalism. Even it is not a leading value in the arts currently – good master of his handcraft should combine talent and professionalism. It is definitely an advantage and provides additional quality to the work results.
My creative work is too long and varied to be described in one page.
my transition from traditional woodworking to abstract painting is in complete correspondence with my inner search for myself. Since childhood, I have been afraid to be myself, afraid to have a different opinion than my family, which I grew up with. Self-denial led me to alcohol addiction and in therapies I learned the depths of feelings and experiences. This relieved me of my fear and I felt the need to spread these beautiful self-knowledge further. Abstract painting gave me space to explore and spread the energies that every feeling, every emotion and every one you know.
My name is Marie-Ghislaine Beaucé, a French artist currently active in London. Since 2015, I have been creating works of abstract art using luxury textiles and employing various techniques such as weaving and layering strips of fabrics as well as incorporating crochets knitted elements to add varies textures to the pieces.
It´s interesting and challenging to find new ways of telling a story. For me, I try to express the image I have in mind. Of course sometimes it´s frustrating because it takes a lot of effort and time. But when you get the results you look for it´s also very joyful.
Working with different media and exploring boundaries between different media requires a lot of research and several years of practice and experimentation. Sometimes you have to focus on a single medium for some time – as I am now doing with electronic music and poetry – to establish theoretical, practical and technical links to other forms of expression you feel more comfortable with. Combining different artistic languages is always putting yourself in a position of fragility and emotional risk, as if you were understanding the whole universe for the first time. That also involves what is now called an aesthetics of failure.
Although I grew up in Edmonton, Alberta I left the province in 1967 at the age of 23 moving to Toronto where I lived until 1995 when I was country a professorship at Columbia University and then lived in NYC until 2007 thus most of my adult life was spent in large urban environments. I only started to paint at the Art Students League of NYC (ASL) in the late 1990s having been given a set of beginner art supplies by an appreciative house guest who was a cousin and a painter having attained a MFA at the University of Alberta, The very instant the brush with oil paint hit the tiny canvas board I was hooked for life. Having said that living in an extremely urban environment influenced in many ways what I chose to paint where my colourfield paintings were just that - colourfield paintings with little reference to abstract landscapes.
Cher Pruys was born in Regina. Over the years she lived in many places including Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, Fort Frances, settling into her present home in Devlin, on the banks of the Rainy River with her husband Mark, 4 dogs and 2 cats. By age three, Cher was seldom found without a drawing tool in hand. She worked in pencil, charcoal and ink over the years, until, she picked up a paintbrush at the age of 35. Beginning with oil paints, she found her chosen mediums in acrylic, water color and gouache. Although self-taught, her dedication and talent have seen her work juried into 626 International exhibits. She has won 969 awards for her work in International Juried Exhibits.
Patricia Terrell was raised in Nashville, Tennessee. Attended four universities and received her Master’s Degree at the New York Academy of Art (with honors). Studied and influenced by Lewis Cohen, Martha Erlebacker, Vincent Desiderio, Steven Assael, and Carmen Cereceda. She also traveled through Italy and worked in sculpture at the studio “Cooperative in Pietresanta, Italy.
My Mexican heritage has been a fundamental influence on my artistic vision and style, especially in digital art and photography. Growing up in Mexico exposed me to a rich cultural tradition full of vibrant colors, deep symbolism, and a strong connection to spirituality and nature. These influences are evident in my use of color and form, as well as in the themes I explore in my work.
One of my primary approaches is to treat typography and graphic elements as complementary rather than dominant forces within the painting. I see them not as separate additions but as woven threads that are part of the fabric of the artwork. For instance, when incorporating text, I often think of it as a texture or a pattern rather than straightforward lettering. I’ll layer it within the painting, allowing it to merge with the background, fade into the colours, or intertwine with other elements. This way, it becomes a subtle whisper rather than a shout, adding depth without stealing focus.
Ute Bivona is an experienced German painter who has exhibited her work nationally and internationally. As a child, she often felt abandoned and alone and fled into the magical world of colors, painting, drawing and reading to feel better. Through her lively abstract compositions, she tries to express her moods, thoughts, fears, hopes, sadness and joy and to take the viewer into her joyful, peaceful and, above all, colorful world.
The current goal I’m working on is to convey more depth into each piece than ever before. I feel that so many artists get caught up in the technical achievements of art that they forget it is a communication form, first. I want to imbue each work with more meaning that people will appreciate 500 years from now, like the old masters have done.
Xiaorui Huang is a Chinese human rights social commentary artist based in New York. In 2012, she ventured to Ipswich, England, to attend St Joseph's College, where she pursued her A-levels with a major in Fine Art. After that, she moved to New York, earning her B.F.A. before obtaining her MFA from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York in 2023.
Andriette Chrisoleen is an artist whose work blends imagination with reality to create ethereal worlds on canvas. Her art offers a colorful escape from the everyday hustle, inviting viewers to explore vibrant dreamscapes filled with hidden details and surprises. Inspired by the natural beauty and cosmic wonders she has encountered in her travels through Europe, the USA, and Africa, Andriette creates paintings that are both visually stunning and emotionally impactful.
French artist Dominique Deve possesses the artistic talent to vividly portray human beings as we know them: not shiny, sleek and perfect in their mental and physical form, but full of emotional frailty and physical flaws. He has a keen eye for the immense diversity of people who surround us and their unique characteristics. Deve's portraits make us wonder who these people are, what has happened to them and where do they come from. We may not know them personally but we recognise them. An original artist with a deft brush.
"You can only see well with your heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye." from the book , The little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry is the leitmotif for the life and for 20 years, also for the art of Britta Neumärker alias Pilbri.
My creative process is spontaneous, and all occasions are opportunities to create not just in painting. I believe that there are more solutions than problems and so everything becomes possible. I am more opportunistic than a careerist! I dream and when the door opens, I decide whether to go or not, more by instinct than by calculation.
Nastazja Staniszewska is a Polish artist born on February 10th, 1996 in Wroclaw, Poland. She studied Painting and Artistic Education at the Academy of Fine Arts Jan Matejko in Cracow, and later defended her doctorate in Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Eugeniusz Geppert in Wroclaw. Throughout her career, she has been a recipient of multiple scholarships from the rectors of the Cracow and Wrocław Academy of Fine Arts, in recognition of her artistic achievements. She has also participated in numerous individual and collective exhibitions both in Poland and abroad.
Rosie Tretter is german artist living near Stuttgart in the south of Germany. In her colorful artwork, using acrylic paints & acrylic spray in combination with gold leaf, varnish & diamond dust , she expresses the beauty, uniqueness & at the same time transience and destruction of nature & wildlife. She wants to inspire people to protect and save our singular planet, before some species possibly disappear forever.
