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<\/a>"Hoisting Our Dreams Into the Light of Another Sun" by Paul Bond - 36" x 48" oil on canvas - 2011 - inspired from a line from a poem Paul wrote: "Ladened with the weight of a thousand squandered opportunities, we hoisted our dreams intot he light of another sun." It is about the dichotomy of our dreams as both the burdens, as well as the things that make our lives worth living. Every one of us has unrealized desires. When they are ignored or not followed out of fear that we cannot achieve or don't deserve them, our lives are tethered to an unfulfilled burden. On the contrary, when we pursue those dreams they immediately lift our spirits and give new meaning to our lives in unimaginably miraculous ways." <\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>"Birthing A New God" - Paul Bond - oil on canvas - 48"x48"<\/p><\/div>\n
Paul Bond’s images can evoke immediate responses of happiness and mysterious wonderment putting the viewer in touch with the spiritual aspect of life creating a pure communication between artist and viewer.\u00a0 His painterly style is similar to Norman Rockwell yet Bond incorporates symbolic images with less components in the overall composition.\u00a0 I have kicked myself time and again when I once had the opportunity to purchase an original painting when I first met Paul in the late 1990’s in Colorado during a dinner party for local artists in the area.\u00a0 For larger views of the above images and read about Paul, please visit his website at:\u00a0 www.paulbondart.com<\/a><\/p>\n "Blue Horses" - Franz Marc - oil on canvas - 1911<\/p><\/div>\n "Rain" - Franz Marc - oil on canvas<\/p><\/div>\n Cubist artist Franz Marc was born in Munich, Germany in 1880.\u00a0 He is best known for the intense nature mysticism of his colorful oil paintings of animals. Marc’s “Blue Horses” is one of my favorite images with the powerfully simplified, rounded outlines of the horses echoed in the rhythms of the landscape background creating a unified composition.\u00a0 I was first introduced to Marc’s work when I visited a museum in New York City and was struck by his magnificent original painting, “Stalls.”\u00a0 I immediately bought a book of his work; Franz Marc inspired me to paint!\u00a0 A few years later, for an art class painting assignment, we were given the task of reproducing our favorite artist’s work on canvas.\u00a0 I chose to paint “Rain.”\u00a0 In the process, I learned so much about cubist design concept, choice and blending of colors, how to create textures and to play with technique to evoke emotion and mystery.<\/p>\n "Fusion Series 3054ct11" - Cecil Touchon - mixed media collage - 7"x5"<\/p><\/div>\n "Fusion Series 2999ct10a" - Cecil Touchon - 2010 - mixed media collage - 8" x 12"<\/p><\/div>\n Cecil Touchon mixed-media collages employ the use of new and antique papers and posters, maps, reject art prints and antique scripted ledgers, with a touch of color pencil or paints for shading and depth.\u00a0\u00a0 His bold, graphic style and playfulness lends one to believe that “hey, I can do this too!” (it worked on me…) – and this is the basis of his intent; he wants to show the world that what he can do, anyone can do too and actually make an income!\u00a0 Cecil also works in acrylics on canvas, sometimes painting very large murals in a modern cubist style.\u00a0 He recommends artist create at least one piece of art per day even if it is just a simple sketch; it is part of his philosophy and the way he sees it, you just never know when the work will\u00a0 eventually put the bread and butter on the table.\u00a0\u00a0 It was Cecil’s\u00a0 encouragement with my first painting lesson that led me into the world of becoming a painter.\u00a0 You may visit Cecil’s extensive website at:\u00a0 www.ceciltouchon.com<\/a><\/p>\n "Subtle Forms II" - Teodoro Reque Liza - oil on canvas - 39.4" w x 31.5" h - 2010<\/p><\/div>\n "They're Off" - Teodoro Reque Liza - 28.7" x 46.5" - oil on canvas - 2010<\/p><\/div>\n Teodoro Reque Liza’s work invokes a “coming home to” emotion with spirituality.\u00a0 It’s as if his paintings reflect a world that actually exists all the time, we are just not aware of it like this painter.\u00a0 He definitely employs a simple graphic sense profound in color, tones, hues and shafts of light – always with shafts of light!\u00a0 Each image has a focal point, a vantage point or a horizon, simple in context and composition yet powerfully moving.\u00a0 I discovered Teodoro’s work on line as I was roaming the internet (which I rarely ever do) to see what other modern cubist-influenced artists are out there.\u00a0 Teodoro is from the land of the Andes.\u00a0 His images reflect the cross-cultural influences of this modern day.\u00a0 Yes, I aspire to meet this artist one day as I aspire to learn more how to paint in his style.<\/p>\n "What We Have Become" - Nicholas Galanin - book pages - 2008<\/p><\/div>\n "Imaginary Indian" - Nicholas Galanin - porcelain, wall paper, red cedar bark - 2010<\/p><\/div>\n Nick Galanin is one of the few young, Northwest Coast Native artists who is taking the art form style into another dimension and modality.\u00a0 Strong in his quiet and modest mannerisms, his work always twists the minds of fellow artists, the Native community members, collectors, gallery owners and museum staff. \u00a0 His work is true to Northwest Coast style and form combining traditional materials with non-traditional as in the mask made with book pages or the use of wall paper.\u00a0 Nick was one of our artist panel speakers at our Northwest Coast Artists’ Gathering 2008 in Juneau, Alaska.\u00a0 His manner of speaking is as eloquent as his works in any medium he works.\u00a0 You may visit Nick at:\u00a0 www.nicholasgalanin.com<\/a><\/p>\n "Oyster Catcher" - Preston Singletary - 20" - 2005<\/p><\/div>\n "Bentwood Box" - Preston Singletary - approximately 28"w x 20"h x 11"d - 2004<\/p><\/div>\n Back in 1980, Preston Singletary’s glass “cedar hat” hit magazines and newspapers throughout Alaska and Washington State.\u00a0 He takes traditional art forms and creates them in glass.\u00a0 Nobody had ever done this before.\u00a0 Like Galanin, he too has expertise in the traditional form line art as well as the medium he chooses to work; his design work always has a story to tell – the process of how he creates his work, in itself, is always a story to tell!\u00a0 Preston’s glassblown images reflect the innovation of modern-day influences using a modality not customarily traditional.\u00a0 The photographs of Singletary’s work is a work of art in itself with the directional lighting casting shadows where need be to provide the viewer the depth of the “carved” surfaces of the glass work. \u00a0 You may visit Preston’s work at:\u00a0 www.prestonsingletary.com<\/a><\/p>\n Below are all works completed between 2000 – 2005.\u00a0 They are my very first paintings on canvas (except for the traditional button robe which is shown as example of traditional art inspiring the contemporary painting).\u00a0 Again, the intentions of including my works in this exhibit is to show my audience the variety of influences from other artists.<\/p>\n "Emergence" acrylic on curved canvas - Clarissa Rizal - based on button blanket robe of the same name - 2000 <\/p><\/div>\n "Emergence" button blanket ceremonial robe - wool appliqued on wool w\/mother-of-pearl buttons - 1992<\/p><\/div>\n "Totem Theory I & II" - acrylic on canvasses (there are two identical) free-standing "totem pole" - Clarissa Rizal - 6' h x 28" w - 2001<\/p><\/div>\n "Tlingit World Series (TWS) #052 - Clarissa Rizal - mixed media collage - 7"w x 9" h - 2001<\/p><\/div>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>