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“Animals have always been my survival
tool. Through my profound love and
respect for them I feel I have found my
voice. Animals are completely honest
and through my vision of them I hope to
show the peace and serenity I feel while
living among them.”
Mary-Linn Benning
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“Artist Statement
Steve Brumbaugh
Northern Minnesota has played a huge role in the development of my passion and interest in landscapes. I spent many years exploring the north shore of Lake Superior. I find the rock formations along the water and the rivers that feed the Lake are a continued source of inspiration.
When searching for subject matter to paint, I look for unique shapes and textures within nature. There is an intrinsic flow within nature the way the wind can bend the grass, the twists and turns in a tree trunk and eroded effects of water on a landscape. It is this natural flow that I try to capture in my paintings by exaggerating shape and color to create motion throughout the work. The size of the pieces I create requires greater physicality in the application techniques allowing me to capture the feeling of movement in the end.
The most frequent comment about my work relates to its size, because traditionally watercolors tend to be smaller. During college, I had the privilege of studying under Rob Erdle, whose bold style and large scale changed the way I viewed working with watercolor. Working big allows me to create a portal into the landscape for the viewer. I like to create the feeling that you can walk right into the scene as part of the overall experience.
My style is representational yet it holds an element of abstraction. I like the fact that the nature of watercolor has a life of its own, and this is one of the many reasons why this media continues to excite me. As with all things, my work will continue to change as I evolve and learn through my journeys in life.
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Steve Brumbaugh
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“The act of drawing a squiggle, of brushing fluid color across paper, of watching an image develop from your own hand -- these early childhood thrills, if not stifled by unmindful adults, can develop into the joy of a singing heart.
My heart still sings when I work in the world of paints and brushes, and palettes loaded with color, when time does not demand attention to mundane tasks, or ask me to remember the date or hour. If I can also find new insights, a stirring from inside exposed to my eyes, a self-revelation imaged by my hand -- then, though I may not have finished it, I have begun the song. It is complete when others discover the song in my work and join in the chorus.”
Barbara Dillon
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“Serendipity plays a big part for me, where the action is fast, unexpected or just plain luck. Thus, if the photo can be captured it can not be duplicated, should the photograph let you walk inside, it is with you forever. That is the difference!
Note: Everhard uses a 35 mm Canon, photos are developed from the negative and are not altered. Colored lenses are not used for effect.
Specializing in Fine Art Giclee on Canvas & Photographic Paper.
www.camerapaintings.com Where its more than just a picture”
Frank Everhard
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“Knowing the theme of any subject is essential to understanding what it is expressing without looking to the obvious, literal interpetation. The Artist Edward Hopper once said: "Art is a fact as seen through a personality". WILD WORLD emanates a spiritual energy from it's subject. Interprets that energy in a more dramatic way to best portray the symbolic nature of it's essences. The intensity and emotion of the work is achieved through the use of color, texture and application. WILD WORLD will probably be a continuing confrontation between what I instinctively feel the subject represents and what I literally see.”
Ken Green
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“I paint in the genres of impressionism, abstract expressionism, and a tangent of abstract expressionism that I like to call Color Expressionism. In the latter, without a plan for the final product, I simply let colors and shapes happen. When the painting is finished, the balance and contrast and juxtaposition of colors and shapes usually reveal an image. I cite "Candlelight" and "Fallen Leaves" as examples of this adventure in colors and shapes that breeds titles.
In addition, I show "Birches" and "Notre Dame at Night" as two of my impressionism paintings, and "Night Music" as one of my abstract paintings. ”
Roger Hanson
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“The painting process is a creative force that the artist seeks to plug in to and let it take it where it may.”
Barry Hoppe
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“I study the early European Impressionist masters, primarily Cezanne, the cubists and Picasso, who started to break the artistic perception of the world into fuzzy impressions and then pure abstractions. These were the inventions of the modern masters. Some of my work involves conceptual exploration such as "Primordial Essence" which seeks to interweave what might be called the 'purely abstract' and the associations which mirror the real. My work is ruled by color, relationships, and shapes. The compositions are typical of modernist abstraction even when presented as representational.”
David Michael Jackson
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“The changing seasons and weather and its effect on people is a strong inluence on my street art .My aims are not to particularly capture a split second of nature but to convey the enchantment of subtle tones,atmosphere and peace of that moment.”
Malcolm Mason
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