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KAren ceolla tylec

“Piazza della Rotonda II” Watercolor and Ink on d’Arches 140 lb Watercolor Paper, 24” x 18”

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ACUÑA, MARIANA .................…………..42AIHARA, MISA ........................................33ASIJA, SHEEFALI …...…25 & Back CoverBARNETT, LENORE ..............................41BEAUFREMEZ, MIREILLE .....................36BILLICH, CHARLES ....................…......8-9BOYD, CAROLE .......………………...….41CATANIA, PHILIP ......………………........39CHILD-VILLIERS, CONSUELO .........10-11CHIUSANO, PENELOPE.........................40CRONEMEYER, CORA ....................14-15DALLOS, PETER ..............................16-17D’ARLEANS, ISA ..............………….......24DRISKELL, LUCILE ............………….....22DULE, J. .................…………………..….32HAUGER, ANNE ...................................38HARRIS, ANDREA .....………........23 & 43HICKEY, ALICE “DAENA” ……………….29HOLLAND, DIANE .……..............….......37JACOBS, ASTRID ..................................30JONES, TIFFANY .............................…..34KAHL, ANGELIKA ..................................42KENTZ, PAUL ........................................41KOS, SUSIE ........................................... 42KYROS, ADRIENNE .........……………...26LEE, THERESA ….……………………....36

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MARTLAND, TED ...………….............37MERCER, FRANCES de Courcy .......28MUERNER MARIONI, MANUELLA ....20MURRAY, JANE ELLEN .…………18-19OBRANT, SUSAN ………………..……27PETERS, JOHN ............................12-13PLOUGMAND, ULLA .........................31RUDDY, SALLY ………..….................40TERZIAN, MISSAK ...….……………....39TYLEC, KAREN CEOLLA ……….2 & 21UYEHARA, PAUL ......................….....38WENTZ, EDWIN R. .....…...................35WINT, FLORENCE ................…….....40WU, WILLOW ...….….4-7 & Front Cover

The Gathering at Amsterdam Whitney GalleryDigital/Brush - Beeswax & Pigmented Inks on Canvas, 30” x 40”

his painting celebrates the elegant and glamor-ous Gala Champagne Opening Receptions at Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, “the most beautiful Gallery in Chelsea,” New York City. Featured in

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Willow Wuichard Pousette-Dart once de-clared, “I strive to express the spiri-tual nature of the Universe. Paint-ing for me is a dy-

namic balance and wholeness of life; it is mysterious and tran-scending, yet solid and real.” Contemporary artist Willow Wu catapults our visual percep-tion towards the outer reaches of our imagination through his chromatic oil and mixed media paintings. His large scale works express the sublime essence of man’s relation to the boundless possibilities of our universe.

“The Voyage of Space Series 4”Mixed Media on Canvas, 51.2” x 63.8”

“The Voyage of Space Series 3”Mixed Media on Canvas, 35.8” x 46”

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His diverse subject matter ranges from the far reaches of the fauna and wildlife popu-lating the depths of the ocean floors to the infinite expanse of outer space. Mr. Wu’s paintings combine reality with the imagination and are inspired by the ultimate sub-lime vistas visible to the eye: the ocean and outer space. Space exceeds even our im-peccable bounds in scientific progress; this infinity and the quest to map origins is conveyed through Mr. Wu’s predominant use of circular forms that symbolically ex-press the cosmic energies of our universe through cyclonic brushwork, swirling shapes and undulating forms.

“Freedom”Oil on Canvas, 35.4” x 46”

“The Voyage of Time and Space”Mixed Media on Canvas, 71.7” x 89.4”

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Willow Wu

he continuity of abstract spiraling shapes, forms and forces circumnavi-gating figurative expres-sions ranging from lu-minescent jelly fish to rotating planets symboli-cally represents the cycli-

cal nature of expiration to regeneration in our universe. Mr. Wu transposes the vibrant energy of the cosmic world and expresses the heartfelt wellbeing of ex-periencing the dynamism of a sublime vista into his brilliantly hued, vibrant creations. Exceeding human limita-tions by expressing the underlying cosmic cycles of the universe, Mr. Wu’s oeuvre elicits the regenerative powers of both Nature and Humankind.

Willow Wu’s paintings recant an ethos of heroic navigation through the boundless expanses of the universe in order to map unfamiliar territories. Mr. Wu’s paintings prompt adventurous navigations and al-low contemporary viewers to visually ex-perience the majestic energy of explora-tion, illuminating that lives can still be heroic odysseys filled with fascinating ventures for individuals to explore and enjoy. In his paintings, a fantasy-like world, filled with mystery, can be seen through out the unique characteristics of nature. Mr. Wu’s paintings contemplate the issue of time and space, and how hu-man civilization ought to be humble when our rapid appearance is compared to the limitless history of the our universe.

“Lotus”Oil on Canvas, 35.8” x 28.5”

“Tairoko Scenery 2”Mixed Media on Canvas, 45.9” x 31.5”

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Mr. Willow Wu, www.willow-wu-gallery.com

“Tairoko Scenery 1”Mixed Media on Canvas, 51.2” x 63.8”

Award-winning artist Willow Wu works and resides in Taiwan. He showcases his artwork internationally in group and solo exhibitions throughout Asia, Europe and the United States. His recent exhibitions include the Salon Independent Exhibi-tion in Grand Palais (Paris, France), the Florence Biennale (Florence, Italy), the Taiwan Art Festival (Taipei, Taiwan), and his solo exhibition “Mystery, Truth” at the Chan Liu Art Museum (Taipei, Taiwan). His artwork is treasured in many public and private collections world-wide, and Amsterdam Whitney Gallery is proud to showcase the paintings of this contem-porary star.

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ax Ernst stated, “Painting is for me neither decorative amusement, nor the plastic inven-tion of felt reality; it must be every time: invention,

discovery, revelation.” Contempo-rary painter Charles Billich appro-priates Avant-Garde techniques by posing oppositional genres of abstraction and figurative repre-sentation against one another as a way to symbolize continual ten-sions between our contemporary identity and our historical past. His monumental mixed media paintings present heterogeneous scenarios between expressive figures all interacting within far reaching Classical Greek inspired hallways disconnected from an architectural context.

Mr. Billich’s technique alludes to Avant-Garde movements including cubism and futurism by transforming images into geometric simplicity to express speed and movement through layering and delicate color gradation between shapes. Through his tech-nique “Agravitationism” he uses geo-metric shapes and forced perspectives to invite the viewer on a journey into his compositions in order to explore the juxtapositions between art histor-ical references.

The artworks behold a vast data-base of imagery reminiscent of the past through his Greek inspired fig-ures, but very tied to our present age through his expansive amalgamation of imagery that seems haphazard and disconnected. Explosions of analo-gous colors provides a visual imagery of spiritual revelation and creates an exciting artistic drama on canvas, in-spiring viewers to contemplatively re-flect on their inner being.

“Salon Des Fashionistas”Mixed Media on Canvas, 39.5” x 39.5”

“Black Angels White Demons”Mixed Media on Canvas, 39.5” x 39.5”

Charles Billich

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“Paintings in Conflictual Dance” Mixed Media on Canvas, 36.5” x 48”

“A Furtive Tear” Mixed Media on Canvas, 30” x 45”

His paintings purposefully overwhelm through his cavernous juxtaposi-tions of figurative forms and geomet-ric shapes, with the artist stating, “I manipulate reality. I turn it into some kind of symbolic analysis, which works on several levels of meaning. There is a touch of irony in what I paint, as there is in all contemporary surreal art.” He employs the term “Ex-pressivism” to describe his work, and he aims to evoke emotion from view-ers. Rather than passive bystanders, viewers become active agents required to personally investigate the diverse imagery within each surreal composi-tion.

The award-winning artist Charles Bil-lich was born in Lovran, in what was Italy, but now Croatia. He now works and resides in Australia. He exhibits worldwide in group and solo exhibi-tions throughout Australia, China, Japan, U.A.E., Africa, Croatia, Eng-land, Italy, and the United States.

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CONSUELO CHILD-VILLIERSarc Chagall once de-clared, “In our life there is a single color, as on an artist’s pal-ette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love.” Contempo-rary artist Consuelo Child-Villiers bathes

her fantastical portraits in saturated pools of gem-like colors, creating lux-urious dreamscapes exuding surreal fantasy and intrigue. Ms. Child-Villiers reconceptualizes Avant-Garde move-ments including German Expression-ism, specifically the animal inspired creations of Der Blaue Reiter founder Franz Marc, intermingled with French Fauvism in order to explore the exotic interaction of humans’ fanciful wonder-ment with the natural world. A fin-de-siècle dynamism explodes through her opulent use of richly saturated hues.

“Venezia”Oil on Canvas, 25.5” x 19.5”

Her diverse oeuvre captures subject matters including odalisque women, blissful acrobats and sublime animals, capitulating the Avant-Garde opposition between society and nature by express-ing the harmonious love and carefree existence between these two kingdoms. Ms. Child-Villiers paints color to al-most float effervescently atop the can-vas, creating an atmospheric haze as if her dancing and embracing subjects were surrounded by billowing clouds on a misty day. Her eloquent portraits emphasize romantic characteristics, including sleek, elongated odalisque necks and over-sized eyes transformed into portals reaching the far depths of the soul.

“White Hare”Oil on Canvas, 16” x 16”

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“Acrobat 2” Oil on Canvas, 31.5” x 31.5”

Award-winning artist Consuelo Child-Villiers works and re-sides in London, where she re-cently restored a former Chapel into her studio. Before moving to London, this British artist of Italian and Spanish origin spent years working in the South of France. She studied sculpture and painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence and the History of Art in London. Ms. Child-Villiers exhibits her art-work internationally with group and solo exhibitions frequently in France, England, Italy and the United States. Her artwork is treasured in many public and private collections world-wide, and Amsterdam Whitney Gal-lery is proud to showcase this contemporary star.

“Leda”Oil on Canvas, 23.5” x 29”

The artist’s subjects are bathed in abstracted gem-colored backgrounds comprised of a color palette including emerald green, fuchsia and deep violet hues, creating a synaesthetic phenomenon that both empha-sizes and energizes the playful figures in the foreground. Ms. Child-Villiers expresses the se-rene beauty of the female form and transforms her models into demure statues of desire, time-lessly presenting the heartfelt beauty and demeanor of age-less femininity. Abstracted to simplified lines coalescing into picturesque subjects en-thralled within a kaleidoscopic dreamscape, Ms. Child-Villiers leaves much to the imagina-tion and allows viewers to en-tertain narratives surrounding the portraits or just admire her painted spaces for their aes-thetic beauty and opulence.

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John Peters

“Autumn Sentinel”Oil on Canvas, 24” x 24”

“Go For It”Oil on Canvas, 28” x 22”

John Peters renders landscapes in a style combining expressionism and surrealism, stating, “Each painting has a representa-tional tone, and a style that is expressive, with surreal subtext. My favorite tools are organic sculptural forms and bright primary colors.” His artistic license em-bellishes the vistas and exaggerates the shapes of the views to organically undu-lating forms mirroring the surrealist lines of Joan Miro. His opulent palette exag-gerates the luscious colors of the world to brilliantly saturated hues illuminating the scenes to emphasize the natural light of the sun during a brilliant day or the moon in a clear night’s sky. Mr. Peters shows that a luscious mountain scape and even a still life of succulent sunflowers all equally engage visual interest, showing that if one takes the time to examine the natural surroundings, one can find beau-ty in all parts of contemporary society. He brilliantly reminds his viewers to always appreciate our given surroundings, be-cause nature, in all its manifestations, is a pleasurable scene to experience.

aul Gauguin declared, “I plunged eagerly and passionately into the wilderness, as if in the hope of thus penetrat-ing into the very heart of this Nature, powerful and maternal, there to blend with her living el-

ements. Don’t copy nature too closely. Art is an abstraction.” Contemporary painter John Peters enhances frontiers spanning the United States through his masterful use of saturated hues by transforming sublime vistas through his organically soft brushwork into wonderfully illustrat-ed scenes beaming with brilliant illumi-nation.

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“An Early Season Run”Oil on Canvas, 24” x 24”

Award-winning artist John Peters works and resides in Detroit, Mich-igan. Mr. Peters was awarded his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire. Along with his talent as a fine artist, af-ter finishing his degree Mr. Peters worked as a University Professor, teaching sculpture in the Resi-dents Program at the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio. He exhib-its nationally, showcasing his art in solo and group exhibitions in states including Michigan, Florida and New York. His artwork hangs in many public and private collec-tions world-wide, and Amsterdam Whitney Gallery is proud to show-case this Master artist.

“Mount Chocorua”Oil on Canvas, 24” x 36”

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Cora Cronemeyer

“Summer Hill”Acrylic on Paper, 30” x 16.5”

“Spring”Acrylic on Paper, 40” x 30”

incent van Gogh de-clared, “If one really loves nature, one can find beauty every-where.” Contemporary artist Cora Cronemeyer takes inspiration from nature, channeling her

beautiful impressions of the world into imaginative dreamscapes illuminated by saturated colors and brimming with fanciful imagery. Her acrylic on paper series chronicles the four seasons of nature, transforming the development of earth at each phase into timeless scenes during an intimate moment of sublime regeneration.

From winter to spring, Ms. Crone-meyer captures the spiritual essence of the cycles nature develops through time, expressing the underlying ce-lestial powers that fuel the wonderful elements of the world. She channels her personal interpretations through her imagination and transforms our outside world into abstract canvases composed of undulating forms and opulent colors symbolic of nature. She utilizes an expressive palette filled with soft pastel color fields, rang-ing from lemony yellows, light pinks and deep violet hues illuminated by touches of sun-kissed highlights.

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“Early Spring”Acrylic on Paper, 36” x 27”

“Flowers in a Storm”Acrylic on Paper, 30” x 16.5”

Ms. Cronemeyer captures the cycles of nature and the delicate transitions of earth into cherished paintings that inspire viewers through their spiri-tual beauty. Award-winning artist Cora Cronemeyer works and resides in her native New York City. This ac-claimed artist has a career spanning decades, with group and solo exhibi-tions throughout the United States. Ms. Cronemeyer’s art is treasured in many public and private collections worldwide, and Amsterdam Whitney Gallery is proud to showcase the art of this Contemporary Master.

She draws her inspiration from the landscapes and flowers in nature, ab-stracting the forms found in our ev-eryday world to organic shapes that billow throughout her compositions. Ms. Cronemeyer’s desolate vistas are populated with illustrative trees, flow-ers and foliage that mimic the undulat-ing curves and imaginative scenarios painted by Surrealist artist Salvador Dali. Geometric shapes and curving lines weave together to form beauti-ful flowers, fluttering butterflies and falling snowflakes that create scenes inspired by reality and brimming with imagination. Saturated colors and whimsical shapes swirl together to create opulent vistas symbolic of tran-quil imagery one would experience in dreams.

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peter dallosonstantin Brancusi stated, “That which they call abstract is the most realistic, because what is real is not the exterior but the idea, the essence of things.” Con-temporary artist Peter Dallos’s mixed media sculptures are cre-

ated through welding metals and found ma-terials into a dynamic arena that manipulates familiar objects into surreal and uncanny sce-narios. His artwork acts as symbolic expres-sions that reference the existential psyche of contemporary individuals as they consider their place in a global world order. Mr. Dallos grew up in mid-century Europe, a time of po-litical turmoil, economic upheaval and social oppression. He spent his early years under the Hungarian fascist regime and later under Soviet Occupation until he immigrated to the United States after the Hungarian Revolution.

“Struggle No. 34 Exploitation”Welded Painted Steel, Copper, Tree Trunks & Figurines, 36.5” x 20” x 23”

“End of the Road No. 3” Surface-treated Welded Steel with Glass Tile & Figurine, 24” x 31” x 27”

Alongside a historical remembrance of mid-century political opposition during the rise of fascism in Europe surrounding WWII, his mixed media welded sculptures symbolically reflect ethical conflicts that continue to af-fect humankind. He describes his “Struggle Series” as a reflection on elemental conflicts affecting present day society, stating, “One struggle is between Western Civilization and the forces of nihilism and anarchy; the other is environmental destruction vs. the reaction of the wounded earth.” Mr. Dallos represents through his use of bricolage construction, in-tegrating numerous materials together into a single sculpture, the reality of oppositional dualism prevalent in our society today.

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Order as well as disorder, natural preserva-tion as well as environmental demolition, all equations are formalities caused by the pro-gressive ethos of globalism, and Mr. Dallos intricately expresses these oppositional dual-isms in his dynamic mixed media and metal sculptures. Award-winning artist Peter Dallos works and resides in North Carolina. He stud-ied painting in Budapest with György Kádár, one of Hungary’s foremost artists. Aside from his fine art career, Mr. Dallos has a success-ful professional life as the John Evans Profes-sor Emeritus of Neuroscience at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. He exhibits nation-ally in group and solo exhibitions throughout the United States, including North Carolina and New York. His artwork is housed in pres-tigious public and private collections world-wide. His “War Series” of nine sculptures is in the permanent collection of the U.S. Holo-caust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Amsterdam Whitney Gallery is proud to show-case the artwork of this contemporary star.

“Struggle No. 25” Welded Steel, Copper, Machined Aluminum, Gears & Figurine, 32.5” x 19” x 16”

“Struggle No. 18”2 Part Wall-Hanging: Welded steel, Aluminum & Brass, 21” x 12” x 10”17

“Flag Ship”Oil on Canvas, 24” x 24

enri Matisse stated, “What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity - a soothing, calm-ing influence on the mind.” Chicago artist Jane Ellen Murray

paints transformative colorful ex-pressionist compositions in her re-cent “Art Decor” series, going beyond the requirements of everyday reality to create a world without time, with-out limits, and with endless space. In canvases replete with intense pri-mary tones and rich lines and forms, she synthesizes the perfect aesthetic environment where color and move-ment in space crystallize to create entirely new vistas that invite the viewer to look beyond what is seen to an imaginative world.

JANE ELLEN MURRAY

“You Get The Point”Oil on Canvas, 24” x 24”

Visceral expression is cen-tral to this gifted artist’s compositions. Color is the testimony of feeling and a passion for color holds a prominent place in her tableaux featuring forms which metamorphose into tangible structures. Vivid hues ranging from lemon yellow, tangerine orange, and robin’s egg blue inter-mix with dramatic shades and brilliant highlights to dynamically create en-ergetic forms that curve and spiral throughout the composition. The explo-sion of colors provides a visual imagery of spiritual revelation and creates an exciting artistic drama on canvas, inspiring viewers to contemplatively reflect on their inner being.

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“Two White Roses”Oil on Canvas, 24” x 20”

The artist’s paintings utilize design ele-ments including composition, color, line and shape to create a sensational feeling of nature. The eye dramatically moves around her canvases, mimicking child-hood curiosity on a warm summer’s day. Ms. Murray’s oeuvre attends to the flux experience of daily existence, and her opulent oil on canvas paintings call at-tention to the simple pleasure of sensa-tionally meditating on her wondrous cre-ative imagination.

Ms. Murray’s compelling artworks pro-vide an intimate look at our world as a sphere of the imagination, where the mind is free to daydream of fantasies and inspirations. Showcased worldwide, both in Europe and the U.S., Jane Ellen Murray’s stellar art is featured in pres-tigious corporate and private collections and is widely acclaimed for her master-ful diverse styles.

“The Stock Market”Oil on Canvas, 23” x 24”

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MANUELLA MUERNER MARIONI

“Courtesy of Jadelynn” Mixed Media Sculpture, 20.5 x 8.7 x 12.5 inch, 52 x 22 x 32 cm

“CD-Head” Acrylic & Mixed Media on Canvas, 40 x 30 inch, 100 x 75 cm

Lyrically colored undulating forms bring to life the artist’s love affair with the female form where luminescent figures composed of glass intermixed with saturated acrylic hues metamorphose into glowing visions of feminine natural beauty. Ms. Marioni pays homage to the intelligence, beauty and ad-mirable strength of a women living in con-temporary society. She draws inspiration for her work from her own experiences, visual-ly presenting and allowing viewers to take into consideration a cosmopolitan perspec-tive. Ms. Marioni’s return to the body and its subsequent emotional and physical ex-pressions is a return to an investigation of modern man’s primordial relationship with his fellow comrades, an almost lost reality amidst our contemporary society’s global existence, a product of advanced technologi-cal communication.

uguste Rodin declared, “I grant you that the artist does not see Nature as she appears, because his emo-tion reveals to him the hid-den truths beneath appear-ances.” Swiss-based artist Manuella Muerner Marioni

creates mixed-media compositions out of reflective material in order to comment on the contemporary body amidst a global soci-ety. Ms. Marioni seeks to push the audience to question one’s existential existence as an individual among many, stating, “Through my art I convey messages to people and make them call attention to abuses in the world.” By adding glass, the audience be-comes a part of her art installations and her work extends beyond her compositions by engaging the actual body in space through the addition of reflective surfaces.

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karen ceolla tylec

“Sansepolcro Perch”Watercolor and Ink on d’Arches Watercolor Paper, 8” x 6”

“Piazza della Rotonda I” Watercolor and Ink on d’Arches Watercolor Paper, 24” x 18”

sensuality, Italy transcends time and touches the soul through the incongruent, yet peacefully coexisting combinations of simplicity and extravagance, serenity and uninhibited emotion. This collection of Karen Ceolla Tylec’s paintings captures these qualities through her careful selec-tion of hues applied in transparent, pure, unmixed glazes that interpret the rich tonalities of both the land and the time- and weather-worn stones that glow in the soft warm light that bathes this part of the world. Such are the seductions that have lured both this artist and a litany of others through the centuries, and whom Italy still welcomes and challenges them to capture through their art her many elu-sive qualities. By bringing a fresh insight to the most commonplace occurrences, Karen Ceolla Tylec’s paintings exude the joyous serenity that embodies the daily rhythms of la dolce vita.

taly’s undeniable charm has long fueled the creative pas-sions of artists, offering an endless array of subjects which artists have long at-tempted to capture, from her magnificent architecture to the ever-changing moods of her

picturesque, gentle, lush countryside. What makes this collection of Karen Ceolla Tylec’s paintings both special and unique is that the recognizable locations are not the true sub-jects of these paintings. They instead serve as the settings for capturing the narrative of the randomly occurring moments of interaction between the natural and the manmade.

Presenting a seductively seamless combina-tion of the classical, the medieval, the Renais-sance, and the contemporary with an elevated

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Ms. Driskell expresses sculpture as both a single harmonious object as well as a construction of parts, creating a com-plex relationship between the individual and the image that totally engages with its surrounding context. The award-win-ning artist Lucile Driskell works and re-sides in Pennsylvania, and her artworks are included in the permanent collection of the Woodmere Art Museum in Philadel-phia and is in the corporate collections of Verizon, Dupont Corp., Blue Cross, First Union Bank, Macy’s, Exxon Mobile Corp., Rockefeller Center Management Corp., Hoffman LaRoche and Subaru to name a few. Amsterdam Whitney Gallery is proud to showcase the art of this leading Con-temporary Master artist.

“Deco”Wood and Aluminum, 49” x 24” x 12”

“Zocolo”Bronze Relief, 27” x 18” x 4”

LUCILE DRISKELLouise Nevelson declared, “Art is ev-erywhere, except it has to pass through a creative mind.” Contempo-rary artist Lucile Driskell constructs dimensional sculptures out of simple shapes and expressive colors, juxta-posing organic forms in order to cre-ate complex relationships between

undulating shapes and spaces. Ms. Driskell chan-nels the early Avant-Garde movements Purism and Surrealism through a contemporary lens. She ex-plains her art as an aesthetic expression channeled through precise design elements, stating that her abstract work is always “created with the Beauty of Shape in mind.” In “Deco,” wood and aluminum come together to create an environment from sim-ple shapes including convex curves and strait lines, all joining together to create an organic spherical presence.

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Andrea Harris

“South of France”Oil & Cold Wax on Canvas, 24” x 24”

aul Cezanne de-clared, “One is nei-ther too scrupulous nor too sincere nor too submissive to nature; but one is more or less master of one’s model, and,

above all, of the means of expres-sion.” Chicago artist Andrea Harris creates geo-spiritual canvases that communicate the poetic harmony of nature. Blending her passion for na-ture into the realm of the fantastical with the real, Ms. Harris mystically translates ethereal trees to metamor-phose into sublimely elegant colorful anthropomorphic shapes. Celebrat-ing the symbiotic union between the natural realm and the human realm, her seductive and intriguing land-scapes inspire a profoundly personal significance as they evoke a visceral sense-of-life emotion.

“Homage to Cezanne”Oil & Cold Wax on Canvas, 24” x 24”

Tonal combinations such as sky blues, tender greens and smoky greys and soft whites exist in tan-dem with her other-worldly shapes to become metaphorical symbols of the elements of nature: earth, water and sky. These colors and shapes add balance to her compositions as they emphasize the spiritual quali-ties of her nature-inspired subjects and gently reveal the mystery of the invisible within the visible. This gifted artist has enjoyed substantial critical acclaim and has been show-cased in exhibitions in France, Italy, as well as New York. Her artwork is treasured in both public and private collections and Amsterdam Whitney Gallery is proud to shine the spot-light on this contemporary star!

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ISA D’ARLEANS

“Angel” IAcrylic on Canvas, 36” x 18”

“Angel” II Acrylic on Canvas, 36” x 18”

ablo Picasso declared, “What I want is that my picture should evoke nothing but emotion.” Con-temporary artist Isa D’Arleans’ close-up portraits of men and women simplify individualism for betterment of the community by allowing all to interact with these angelic faces and experience com-

munal bonds by sharing universal feelings and emotions. Ms. D’Arleans defines art as a uniting force, stating, “The depth and power of some ex-traordinary emotions can propel us into places where colors, space and time take on a whole new and significant meaning. My pictures come from that world, communicating values that make a difference in our communities - values such as optimism, the appreciation of beauty, caring, sharing regardless of religion or race.”

Ms. D’Arleans acrylic on canvas “Angel” portraits interject universal experiences, dispelling seclu-sion by allowing all to consciously realize indi-vidual thoughts towards art and the emotional appreciation of that beauty as communal ideas mutually shared by all walks of life. She cre-ates a Heaven on Earth by proclaiming portraits of common people one could easily come across throughout daily activities as “Angels.” Painted amidst midnight backgrounds and bathed in at-mospheric morning mists, her “Angels” genuine faces acknowledge viewers through kind and wel-coming gestures, gently invoking communal con-versation between art and audience. Their delicate faces and angelic stares allow all to appreciate the stoic beauty of their omnipresence, and their gen-eralized features interject audience participation, where any one person can easily enact the just characteristics of an Angel.

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Sheefali asijaavid Hock-ney declared, “Faces are the most interest-ing things we see; other peo-ple fascinate me, and the most interest-

ing aspect of other people – the point where we go inside them – is the face. It tells all.” Contemporary painter Shee-fali Asija uniquely portrays faces of children around the world to capture the multitude of traits and characteristics defining our diverse human race in her “Forgotten Child” series, harmoniously uniting physical and emotional char-acteristics to engender an ex-ceptional portrait of an indi-vidual soul. Sheefali Asija is inspired by individualism and seeks to explore the beauty within all, stating, “My paint-ings are an attempt to tell the story of ordinary lives made extraordinary by courage and determination.” Defining traits are most prevalent through portrai-

ture, with the face serving as the epicenter for visualizing cues to the inner depths of one’s multifaceted personal-ity. At the heart of her oeu-vre is her ability to capture the hidden emotions, unseen attitudes and strong person-alities of children all over the world. Her portraits resemble popular media art forms in-cluding comic and graphic novel illustration through her overemphasis of line on the children’s faces. Ms. Asija expresses a contemplative sense of innocence in her softly subtle forms by cap-turing the spirit and soul of her subjects in the detailed rendering of the eyes as she invokes an emotional and in-timate connection.

“Abasi of Arusha”Oil on Canvas, 24” x 30”

“Devi of Fatehpur Sikhri”Oil on Canvas, 42” x 60”

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“Coffee Pot Rock, Sedona, Arizona”Watercolor on Paper, 22” x 30”

“Bougainvillea Magenta”Acrylic on Canvas, 36” x 24”

laude Monet once declared, “I am following Nature with-out being able to grasp her... I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.” Con-temporary painter Adrienne Kyros’s impressionist paint-ings of the brilliant wonders found in our natural world

encapsulate viewers through her luscious color palette filled with gem-colored hues illu-minated with brilliant light. Adrienne Kyros’s oeuvre rediscovers the enchanting bounties of nature, painting luscious scenes of idyl-lic seascapes to captivating still lives over-whelmed by the glorious presence of flowers in bloom. Her luscious paintings radiate with dynamic energy through her use of thickly layered opulent hues and energetic brush-work. The illuminating beauty of her paint-ings pleasures not only the eyes but all the senses; standing in front of this delectable work one is almost able to smell the sweet scent of flowers filling the air.

adrienne kyros

The robust energy found in Mrs. Kyros’s paintings mimic the undulating vig-or of our natural world, capturing the timeless beauty of nature through paint in order to allow all to joyfully experience the wonderful landscapes that surround us within the calm reaches of our interiors. Adrienne Kyros has exhibited her art ex-tensively throughout the United States and is a member of the Illinois Watercolor Society. She has received recognition as a professional sea-scape artist from the Il-linois Watercolor Society and the International So-ciety of Marine Painters. Amsterdam Whitney Gal-lery is proud to showcase this Master artist.

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Susan obrant

“Tiepolo’s Pears”Oil on Linen, 14” x 18”

nspired by Leonardo da Vinci who declared, “The eye encom-passes the beauty of the whole world,” New York Artist Su-san Obrant creates masterful still life compositions inspired by everyday situations as she captures the perfection of a

treasured moment and preserves a special world in all its eternity. By combining impres-sionism with expressionism, Ms. Obrant en-capsulates the essence of pictorial nostalgia, a genre that lures viewers into a gentle dialogue with her painted compositions. Transforming her series into romantic poetic expressions, she invites viewers to engage in individual in-terpretations with her visual narratives. Su-san Obrant states: “Art is about loving life so much you want to freeze the moment forever. My aim is to translate the 360 degree world we live in onto a two dimensional canvas with the magnetism to draw you inside.” Passion-ately inspired by the Italian Renaissance and particularly the work of Leonardo and Botti-celli, Ms. Obrant’s creative spirit is fueled by history and her luminous epic tableaux are infused with power and triumph.

“Silver Chalice”Oil on Linen, 40” x 30”

Translating onto canvas the ephemeral moment and freez-ing it for eternity, her oeuvre radiates the lyrical beauty within commonplace subjects. Cultivating a strong reputation in the global art world, Susan Obrant is also a highly inter-nationally recognized Master Couture Crochet artist and her sophisticated crocheted couture fashions have proud-ly adorned cosmopolite enter-tainers throughout the world. The artist studied at Parsons School of Design, NYC and after graduating she quickly established an international presence. Ms. Obrant exhib-its throughout Europe and the U.S., and the presence of her works in prestigious col-lections worldwide is an affir-mation of her continually ex-panding reputation.

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FRANCES de courcy mercer

“2 AM”Watercolor on Paper, 9” x 12”

Circular forces circum-navigating central Moons and Suns in her designs symbolize the earth’s cycli-cal regenerative nature to allow new, youthful life to flourish. Award-winning artist Frances de Courcy Mercer works and resides in Florida. She earned her B.A. in English Literature and M.A. in Art History at Miami University and her M.F.A. in Painting at the San Francisco Art Insti-tute. Her artwork is trea-sured in many public and private collections world-wide, and Amsterdam Whitney Gallery is proud to showcase the art of this contemporary master.

“Moon Drops”Watercolor on Paper, 9” x 11”

laude Monet de-clared, “Paint what you really see, not what you think you ought to see; not the object isolated as in a test tube, but the

object enveloped in sunlight and atmosphere, with the blue dome of Heaven reflected in the shad-ows.” Frances de Courcy Mercer transposes the vibrant energy of the cosmic world and expresses the heartfelt wellbeing of experi-encing the dynamism of a sublime vista into her brilliantly hued, vi-brant watercolor creations. The cosmic energy of the natural world, overwhelming and infinite when physically present in its totalizing space is transformed into an intimate impression of nature’s dynamism. Her beauti-ful creations equally channel the powerful cosmos of the environ-ment, sampling the far reaches of world’s varying spaces in order to present these dynamic energies in her watercolors.

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alice “daena” hickey

“Butterfly Music”Watercolor on Paper, 21” x 29”

“Purple Centers” Watercolor on Paper, 21” x 29”

enri Rousseau declared, “When I go out into the countryside and see the sun and the green and everything flowering, I say

to myself, Yes indeed, all that belongs to me!” Contemporary painter Alice Hickey’s watercol-or compositions breach canvas boundaries with luminous sub-jects found in the natural world, capturing the delicate beauty of radiant flowers and the whimsi-cal flurry of butterflies through spectral hues and expressive brushstrokes. Ms. Hickey fills her polychrome canvases with opulent animate subjects, visu-ally capturing through curvilin-ear brushstrokes and saturated hues an ecological niche where fluttering mature butterflies tra-verse through brilliant fields of blooming flowers. Her watercolors combine

naturalism with expression-ism, aesthetically creating all-over compositions with play-ful scenes borrowed from our natural world. Painted from a zoomed in bird’s-eye perspec-tive, one views the scene simi-larly to the point of view of a fluttering butterfly, existing freely in close enough prox-imity one is able to feel the springtime air rustle the opu-lent petals while the sumptu-ous aroma of flowers in bloom cheerfully overcome the sens-es. Ms. Hickey transplants a splendid vision of nature onto her energetic canvases, radiat-ing the powerful energy of our wonderful world through her distinctly expressive use of col-or, brushstrokes and all-over compositional style. Treasured in both public and private col-lections, Amsterdam Whitney Gallery is proud to showcase the art of this master.

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“The Dance”Acrylic on Canvas, 32” x 32”

“Easy & Breezy”Acrylic on Canvas, 32” x 32”

ASTRID JACOBS

enri Matisse declared, “I am unable to make any distinc-tion between the feeling I get from life and the way I trans-late that feeling into paint-ing.” Contemporary artist Astrid Jacobs’s saturated acrylic on canvas paintings

combine abstraction with expressive figu-ration with compositions recalling illustra-tions in childhood fairy-tales and fantasies. Her loose, gestural brushwork and fantas-tical imagery energetically enlightens curi-ous viewers through the subject matter’s innocence and whimsical intrigue. Astrid Jacobs uses bright, saturated hues span-ning the far reaches of the color spectrum in her compositions, art historically refer-encing the brilliant illumination of French Fauvism and its notable founder Matisse.

Ms. Jacobs’s paintings mirror the naiveté of early Avant-Garde compositions through their innocuous subject matters ranging from abstract dreamscapes composed of lustrous swirling, organic forms to won-drous simplified portraits of figures experi-encing adventurous and entertaining sce-narios. Ms. Jacobs is a published author and illustrator of many children’s books with themes including friendship, courage to face new adventures, and the joy of dis-covering the great wonders of nature. These heartfelt themes encapsulate jovial inno-cence, and these genuine sentiments about the trials and tribulations of maturing to adulthood also inspire her kaleidoscopic paintings. Ms. Jacobs captivates viewers in her imaginative paintings by unearth-ing child-like curiosity through represent-ing the world in perpetual flux, as if we are again children continually experiencing life as a novel intermixture between reality and our fantastical imaginations. Amsterdam Whitney Gallery is proud to showcase this contemporary star.

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“Birth of a Planet”Acrylic on Canvas, 39.5” x 39.5”

“Cosmic Ice Breaking”Acrylic on Canvas, 39.5” x 39.5”

Ms. Plougmand’s current series “My Cos-mos” is inspired by her recent travels around the world; the U.S., Europe, Ire-land, Norway, the Orkney Islands and the Scottish Highlands are a few distant locales the artist spent time exploring. Although Earth is her playground, Ms. Plougmand is interested in expressing frontiers physi-cally unattainable yet rich in imagination, stating, “Although I love our planet Earth I am sometimes finding it increasingly small and therefore I am now expanding my mind and my work into space which has been an obsession of mine since childhood!” Danish born, award-winning artist Ulla Plougmand works and resides in London. She exhibits her artwork internationally in group and solo exhibitions throughout Europe and the United States. Her artwork is treasured in many public and private collections world-wide, and Amsterdam Whitney Gallery is proud to showcase the artwork of this con-temporary star.

ULLA PLOUGMAND

dward Hopper declared, “No amount of skillful in-vention can replace the es-sential element of imagina-tion.” Contemporary painter Ulla Plougmand’s lusciously saturated acrylic on canvas “My Cosmos” series visually

expresses the boundless expanses of our universe by exploring through organic lines and opulent colors the brilliant energies of the greatest unknown frontier to contem-porary society: outer space. An underlying tie between canvases is her fantastic use of saturated hues, with the artist proclaiming, “My life IS color!” Her palette investigates primary hues ranging from sapphire blues, fiery reds, sun-kissed oranges and lemony yellows, all juxtaposing and intermixing to create cyclonic cosmic creations.

“Easy & Breezy”Acrylic on Canvas, 32” x 32”

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“Screaming Blondie 1” Oil on Canvas, 24” x 20”

oan Miro stated, “My charac-ters have undergone the same process of simplification as the colors. Now that they have been simplified, they appear more human and alive than if they had been represented in all their details.” Dr. J. Dule

paints transformative compositions, capturing the complexity of the human experience with a unique artistic vision that seeks to rediscover the secret of finding oneself through art and experience. His figurative work demonstrates a distinctive blend of emotion-ridden themes re-vealing a complex aesthetic. This artistic dra-ma on canvas features fantastical characters composed of simple shapes and bold planes of intense color which heighten the psychologi-cal and dramatic tension. The viewer confronts exciting visual themes of love, loss and life, en-gaging directly with dramatic floating forms and enigmatic compositions.

An electrifying cadence of color explodes through J. Dule’s canvases allowing a meta-phorical expression of emotions which re-flects the deep heart’s core and inspires us to contemplatively reflect on our inner being. Though Dr. Dule’s oeuvre is deeply personal, his dynamic process and expressive themes are universally identifiable and moving. The impact is an aesthetic experience which is al-ways unique and brilliantly intriguing. This gifted artist creates a visual language of emo-tion and expression where spirituality contrib-utes to the sentiments of human life as well as to the exploration of identity. Celebrated both abroad and in the U.S., his mesmer-izing paintings are treasured in both public and private collections. Amsterdam Whitney Gallery is proud to shine the spotlight on this Contemporary Master.

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“Screaming Blondie 3” Oil on Canvas, 20” x 16”

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misa aiharaee Krasner stated, “Paint-ing... in which the inner and the outer man are inseparable, transcends technique, transcends subject and moves into the realm of the inevi-table.” The contemporary

Japanese painter Misa Aihara’s canvases envelope viewers with gem-colored forms that delicately ascend the abstract com-positions through her layered brushwork and textured application. Ms. Aihara’s cre-ations tessellate movement, with swooping organic brushstrokes swirling throughout the compositions paired with pools of lush hues, reflecting the spontaneity involved in joyous motion. This gifted artist pres-ents geometric shapes formed from spon-taneous lines controlled by a simple color palette utilized to highlight the abstracted forms within her compositions. She cre-ates fluid grids amidst delicate color-field backgrounds, exaggerating playful tension involved between colored forms in space.

“Verko 10-2-26”Oil on Canvas, 35.7” x 29.7”

Each composition emphasizes the delicate variations between calming monochromatic color schemes; for example, in “Verko 10-2-26,” sea foam greens compliment cerule-an blues, with cool shades delicately juxta-posed to opaque pools of pastel purples and maroon reds. Bold groups of glistening rec-tilinear forms within her loose grids stream across the composition’s malleable space, annulling the difference between colored forms and enacting complicit appreciation of each individual gem-like hue. Ms. Aihara stirs emotions from viewers with spiraling lines and fluid forms created within her expressive compositions. Award-winning artist Misa Aihara works and resides in Japan. She showcases her art in solo and group exhibitions internationally. Her art hangs in many public and private collec-tions world-wide, and Amsterdam Whitney Gallery is proud to showcase the paintings of this masterful artist.

“Gerko 07-6-5”Oil on Canvas, 39” x 31”

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“Nebular Hypothesis”Acrylic on Canvas, 48” x 30”

“Ghost Orchid”Acrylic on Canvas, 48” x 36”

TIFFANY JONESierre-Auguste Renoir declared, “Art is about emotion; if art needs to be explained it is no longer art.” Tiffany Jones’s ex-pressionist color field canvases explore the expansive possibili-ties of an abstract universal lan-guage. Ms. Jones is very influ-

enced by the style of her famed artist father, Rodney Jones. Their styles seemingly coexist under a single category of abstract exploration allowing their kinship to behold the power of artistic creation through each artist’s expres-sionist style and brilliantly hued color palettes. Rodney Jones’s entrancing abstract images are in a style he defined as Fluidism. Explained by the artist, “Fluidism is a layering of acrylic paints that challenges viewers by tapping into the unchartered territories of the unconscious mind, challenging them, to project their own unconscious, in order to evoke a deep inner ex-perience that is brought upon by the uncon-scious of the artist.”

Tiffany Jones’s abstract compositions are concentrated as if a centrifugal force con-tains the colored pigments until unable to withstand, the multicolored hues burst outwards to the far reaches of the can-vas. The result is a cosmic constellation of speckled strokes that intermix to create nebulous layers composed in captivating violet and tangerine hues. The artist re-ceived her B.A. in Psychology from Florida State University and her M.A. from the Georgia School of Professional Psychology. Aside from her burgeoning fine arts ca-reer, Ms. Jones has a successful career as a mental health clinician in Atlanta, Geor-gia. Amsterdam Whitney Gallery is proud to shine the spotlight on this rising con-temporary star.

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EDWIN R. WENTZ

“Florence is a City to Be Lived In”Watercolor on Paper, 9” x 12”

hrough his watercolors and exten-sive travel, Edwin R. Wentz has been able to experi-

ence the natural beauty of many different landscapes, but, he also likes to turn nature into his own indi-vidual approach. “When on location,” he says, “I relocate what I do not like because sometimes less is more. Having freed myself from all the rules, I discov-er a boldness in my work that was never there be-fore.” He keeps his art af-fordable, “because if some-one loves your painting they should have it!”

“Red Yellow Blue”Watercolor on Paper, 11” x 14”

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MIREILLE BEAUFREMEZ

“The Geometric Portals 5: The Sliding Mountain” is one of a series by digital artist Mireille Beaufremez that suggests the sense of the infinite. “We are bound to Space and time and any art work will be created within that Law. However, beyond our space time experience - and this may include a sense of multidi-mensional worlds in the universe we are in – we may aspire to something radically different where the boundaries of Time/space do not exist anymore. I call this the Infinite. This is where the sliding moun-tain aspires to go and by so doing, accepts the fact of a total transformation.”

“Geometric Portals 5: The Sliding Mountain”Inkjet on Photo Paper, 10.6” x 21.6”

THERESA LEEaul Gauguin proclaimed, “As you dream amid nature, extrapolate art from it and concentrate on what you will create as a result.” Theresa Lee modifies visions of nature through abstraction by sim-plifying the landscape to adhere to de-sign qualities including subdued color palettes, simplified shapes, and compo-

sitional space composed to follow a geometric grid. Her paintings transform the shapes of nature to geo-metric simplicity, juxtaposing elongated silhouettes of sprawling tree limbs against dynamic geometric squares and rectangles that speckle the canvases grid-like spaces, acting as an engaging connection between representing nature as a mimetic expres-sion as well as an imaginative abstract collage. Ms. Lee frequently expresses objects of nature through a rectilinear grid structure by binding together mul-tiple canvas boards in order to create one single im-age, a way of combining the rationality of man and the irrationality of nature.

am June Paik de-c l a r e d , “Our life is half natu-ral and half tech-

nological. You cannot deny that high-tech is progress. Yet if you make only high-tech, you make war. So we must have a strong hu-man element to keep modesty and life.”

“Bamboo Series” I Acrylic and Rice Paper on Canvas , 20” x 16”36

ierre Bonard declared, “The artist who paints the emotions creates an en-closed world... the picture... which, like a book, has the same interest no mat-ter where it happens to be.” Diane Hol-land’s paintings transform our world into extraordinary visual metaphors.

Ms. Holland’s cool color palette with luscious warm highlights and rich textures remarkably transfigure her abstract expressionist paintings into imagina-tive portals with lasting narratives. She builds her simple palette comprised of rich hues through lay-ers of opulent, expressive brushwork. Ms. Holland delicately transforms her paintings from an organic play between curvilinear and geometric shapes as well as the juxtaposition of expanded primary colors towards a stronger geometric composition. Looming before our eyes, Ms. Holland’s brilliantly textured non-objective paintings interact and create compel-ling stories that continue to thrill viewers’ wildest imaginations.

“Many Moons” Oil on Canvas, 40” x 30”

DIANE HOLLAND

“Bamboo Series” I Acrylic and Rice Paper on Canvas , 20” x 16”

tED MARTLANDsamu Noguchi declared, “The essence of sculpture is for me the perception of space, the continuum of our existence.” Con-temporary artist Ted Martland creates fanciful

kinetic sculptures that translate the traditional elements of two-dimen-sional painting into dynamic three-di-mensional constructions that engage space. His compounds are composed of undulating forms saturated in op-ulent primary hues, all interconnect-ed through a looping central skeleton partitioned into segments. Rather than sculpting his construction into a single object, Mr. Martland’s mo-biles instead are piecemeal which in turn causes them to whimsically move according to the air currents of the surrounding space. Ted Martland imagines the universe as a space of motion through his colorful, organic mobiles, symbolically expressing the dynamic energy of the world.

“Linnea” Mobile, 30” x 50”, Times Museum in Waterbury, CT

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“Deconstruction Gray”Acrylic on Canvas, 30” x 30”

PAUL UYEHARAassily Kandinsky mused: “The more abstract its form, the more clear and direct its appeal.” The striking abstract works of Paul Uyehara illustrate this sentiment through his visceral non-representa-

tional canvases. Appealing to universal emotions and ideas through their mag-nificent bold color palette and dynam-ic, textural paint application, his prodi-gious oeuvre reflects his inner passions and emotions, providing a sensorial ex-perience for his audience. Ceaselessly captivating the viewer, Paul Uyehara’s diverse, brilliant canvases reveal the breadth of non-objective expression-ism as his work is united by expressive brushstrokes that lend his tableaus an organic, almost primordial, quality. An extension of the artist’s mind and soul, Mr. Uyehara’s acrylic paintings are an emotional magnet to his audience who revel in their beauty, honesty and ex-pressiveness.

ANNE HAUGERierre-Auguste Renoir declared, “An artist, under pain of obliv-ion, must have confidence in himself, and listen only to his real master: Nature.” Contem-porary painter Anne Hauger creates Impressionist land-scapes brimming with dazzling

vitality, painting the vibrant essence of the natural kingdom through her dynamic brushwork and multifaceted application of spectral colored hues. Ms. Hauger al-lows the currents of the world to dictate her transfigured mementos, stating, “I work indoors and outdoors, by observing objects and the color of light and shadows. I create my artwork from my experience of the atmosphere, and often from many pho-tos taken to support my memory.” Bold colors, dynamic brushwork and energetic layers create synaesthetic compositions overwhelming and captivating to viewers’ senses. Ms. Hauger’s compositions provide beauty as she commemorates the splendor of nature.

“Just Before the Rain” Acrylic on Canvas, 17” x 20”

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MISSAK TERZIANnspired by Hans Hoffman’s philosophy, “Creation is dominated by three abso-lutely different factors: first, nature; second, the artist who creates a spiritual con-tact with nature; third, the

medium of expression through which the artist translates his inner world,” Missak Terzian creates innovative vir-tuosic canvases which spiritually com-municate the harmony of humankind in nature. Blending the realm of the fan-tastical with the real, Mr. Terzian mysti-cally translates ethereal semi-abstracted forms that morph into sublimely elegant figures in motion. Channeling his fas-cination with abstraction, whether it be an entire non-objective canvas or dream-like forms, Mr. Terzian metamorphoses his passion into graceful dreamscapes that exude charm and beauty. His soft colors and compositions emphasize the otherworldly qualities of his subjects as he reveals with great simpatico the real-ity of the invisible within the visible.

“The Garden of your Soul” Oil on Canvas, 34” x 43”

PHILIP CATANIAene Magritte once mused, “Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist.” Contemporary artist Philip Catania’s oil on canvas creations are filled with emblematic imagery fully imbued with imaginatively fulfilling sur-real figures that contemplate the heart, mind and soul of contemporary society.

Residing on a farm in central New York State, Mr. Catania draws inspiration from the wonderful abyss of nature daily delighting his senses. After sketching the flowers and figures that consume his imagina-tion, he transposes his drawings into labyrinthine oil on canvas creations. Mr. Catania states, “For me, painting opens a doorway to a cerebral vision, mak-ing my mind go spiritually deeper which allows me to tap into the essence of my soul. Fantasy opens doors to other worlds where anamorphic shapes and figures rule.” Mr. Catania’s surrealist compositions bar from the mind remembrance of our lived reality in order to present novel imagery never seen before by the naked eye.

“Angler’s Prayer” Oil on Canvas, 24” x 18”

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“Back to Nature”Watercolor & Mixed Media on Paper, 26” x 22”

enelope Chiusano imagines fearless females in comical situations in order to explore feminist empowerment through a satirical lens by trans-forming parables into humorous pastiches cri-tiquing male-centrism. She places at the cen-ter stage the trials and tribulations of strong women navigating daily routines in her mixed-media canvases. Channeling feminist critique through heartfelt situations, the wonderful ac-

tresses of Ms. Chiusano’s canvases amusingly proclaim gender equality through a light-hearted and comical perspective.

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FLORENCE WINT

“Celebrating Children” Acrylic & Fabric Collage, 30” x 24”

lorence Wint’s bold, expressionistic vision is to transpose inner and outer worlds of the human heart. A modern visual vocabulary is transfigured through her visceral language of color and form as she mixes the fantastical with the real. Guiding us to fresh aesthetic sensorial realms, her brilliantly hued figu-rative canvases metamorphose into magical kaleidoscopic mixed media paintings that

resonate with exuberant panes of color. Vibrantly painting from the heart, Florence Wint’s textured collages incorporate acrylic paint and found materials, resulting in compositions of depth and dimensionality, reverberating into imaginative, otherworldly visions of dreamlike realms.

“Yellow Orchid and Violet ”Oil on Canvas, 11” x 14”

sally ruddyally Ruddy transforms the peaceful countrysides that span the frontiers of rural lands into treasured mo-ments that brim with tranquil se-renity by capturing the feeling of the sublime into a timeless and cher-ished painting. She arrests the pas-toral quietude of idyllic countryside

landscapes in her current “Magic Moments” series and her intimate paintings capture the essence of experiencing a transcendent scene. Ms. Ruddy’s paintings mimic the tranquil peace of experiencing these quaint vistas through her cool color palette and delicate highlights.

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PAUL KENTZaul Kentz paints vibrant impressions of New York cityscapes brimming with the spirit of this city that never sleeps. Mr. Kentz fills the specta-tor’s eye with expressive snapshots of this global metropolis’s bustling activities. He captures the essence

of entertainment through his combinatory Im-pressionist and Expressionist style. Mr. Kentz ex-presses the thrill of being part of such a special occasion in his rich compositions dedicated to the vibrancy of New York City.

“Early May, Central Park”Oil on Canvas, 22” x 28”

“Mid Day”Oil on Canvas, 24” x 18”

lenore barnettenore Barnett’s oil on canvas compositions cap-tivate viewers through architectural subjects by presenting a heightened sense of reality filtered through expressive perceptions and imaginations. Her realist canvases of domestic homes and public buildings capture the aesthetic beauty of Archi-tecture. Her naturalism combines close physical observation with a dramatic, even theatrical, use

of chiaroscuro, a technique that emphasizes strong contrasts between light and dark. Ms. Barnett’s dynamic blend of the ac-tual and the imagined mesmerizes viewers through her striking accuracy and expressive compositions.

carole boyd

“Mesa Verde Cliff Dwellings”Digital Painting, 16” x 20”

arole Boyd captures the temporal-ity of nature through technological reproduction. Her digital paintings are symbols by capturing meta-phorical shapes and forces from natural phenomena through tech-nological aims. Her exuberant nat-ural subjects explore the expansive

American frontier, capturing the national essence of the United States by showcasing the cliffs, can-yons and natural phenomenon that majestically define our native soil. Ms. Boyd extracts the dy-namism of natural fauna and digitally interprets its vibrancy.

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MARIANA ACUÑA

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ariana Acuña’s luscious paintings visually combine Primitivism and Abstract Expressionism by mixing color-fields with abstract figuration. Amidst atmospheric pools of bril-liant hues emerge shapes and line drawings of plants, animals and oth-er organisms found in nature. Her

labyrinthine canvases are visually reminiscent to esoteric figure drawings within the depths of the caves in Lascaux, France, allowing viewers to playfully decode the figural symbols throughout her colorful compositions.

ngelika Kahl’s oil on canvas dream-scapes celebrate the timeless essence of Nature. Harmonically capturing the splendor, joy and emotion of charm-ing vistas, her sublime landscapes offer the viewer special meditative moments. Calm, dreamy azure hued skies radiate soft highlights throughout rich beach

scenes while a cavalcade of tranquil cerulean and tur-quoise waters undulate with vitality. Ms. Kahl’s idyllic majestic panoramas elevate nature to a crescendo as a supreme master over civilization.

“Sky and Ocean”Oil on Canvas, 39” x 39”

“A Una Semilla”Oil, Acrylic & Mixed Media on Canvas, 31.5” x 47.3”

“Mongolian Flower” Acrylic on Canvas, 54” x 30”

usie Kos’s incandescent, abstract acrylic paintings are ethereal optical projections to inspire human con-sciousness into thoughtful contemplation of universal desires, emotions and experiences. Gracefully elegant by intermixing a luminous pastel color palette with dy-namic brushstrokes, ranging from fluid organic lines with explosive bursts of color, her oeuvre harmonious-ly morphs into masterful compositions, encapsulat-

ing viewers to examine themes outside of mimetic representation. Ms. Kos’s oeuvre magnetically draws viewers inward, inviting contempla-tion into their mysterious vision and meaning as she reveals the invis-ible within the visible.

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ANDREA HARRIS

“Just For You”Oil & Cold Wax on Canvas, 36” x 36”

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“Apsara of Angkor” Oil on Canvas, 42” x 60”

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