Danisa Glusevic Ferreira

"My images are a process of self-discovery, of many elements which help to create our inner world. Nature and its symbols are represented in some of my works. I take fragments of images from landscapes and use those memories, which are very important, to create my art with a new vision."

Danisa Glusevic Ferreira was born in 1965 born in Santiago de Chile and since 2017 she lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany. Danisa earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts, at the University of Chile (1996) and obtained a scholarship, from DAAD to the Hochschule der Kunst Berlin. She worked on a project integrating different materials, techniques and formats. Her artwork has been represented in different exhibitions and art fairs in Chile, Argentine, the USA, Amsterdam, Paris. 

Between 2007-13, the artist worked as a Specialty Teacher of Painting and Drawing at the Secondary Art School, Santiago Chile and between 2006-15 she was Assistant Professor for Engraving at the Art Faculty of the University of Chile in Santiago.


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Larry Garmezy

"My photographs chronicle what I find visually and intellectually intriguing in the natural world. Understanding the physical processes that create patterns in nature allows me to capture unusual impressions/abstractions of the visual landscape."

Passageway - Photograph 11.5 x 17.25 in., $250

“The common thread across my work is the effect created by the distortion of light, color, and shape created either by ripples in a spring, surface tension around a leaf, the convoluted fracturing on a cliff, or the impurities in a 400-year-old pane of glass.”

A graduate of Amherst College, Penn State University and a lifelong photographer, Garmezy has had four solo shows since becoming a member artist at Archway Gallery in Houston. His work has been in a number of juried shows across the U.S. and Europe and hangs in homes, offices and public spaces across the U.S and Great Britain, and has been published in Spotlight Magazine Issues 15 & 17.

Education
Ph.D. Geology, The Pennsylvania State University
M.S. Geology, The Pennsylvania State University
B.A. Geology, Amherst College

Amethyst #1, Afterglow - Photograph 11.5 x 17.25 in., $250
Afterglow - Photograph 11.5 x 17.25 in., $250
Garden Path - Photograph 11.5 x 17.25 in., $250
Angel of San Miguel - Photograph 11.5 x 17.25 in., $250

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Hsiung Yu

"My works involve the past, present, and future, echoing the connection of distant things in time and space. My creative construction is based on future primitivism, combining symbols, philosophy, literature, music, and mechanical installation art. I blend and weave a world of strange fantasy.

I don't aim to paint realistic surfaces of various species; the lines do not necessarily need to be delicate. Sometimes they are blurred, and sometimes clear. What I am depicting is the beautiful atmosphere of life. If I can lead the way, I'm sure I'll receive feedback too."

Yushan, Taiwan - Acrylic on canvas 72.5 x 91 cm €8,000

Hsiung Yu, a visionary Taiwanese artist, is renowned for their exceptional canvas paintings. They employ abstract brushstrokes to construct intricate layers that captivate viewers with their meticulous attention to detail, boundless creativity, and a profound sense of warmth. Hsiung Yu's artistry has earned them numerous prestigious awards both in Taiwan and on the global stage.

With an array of impressive and exhilarating exhibitions, Hsiung Yu's masterpieces have resonated with audiences across the world, captivating art enthusiasts in Italy, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Spain, and their native Taiwan. The ultimate aspiration is to see their work proudly displayed within the hallowed halls of renowned museums, as they prepare for a future filled with continued success and a luminous presence in the international art realm.

Alchemy Ⅰ&Ⅱ&Ⅲ - Acrylic on canvas 72.5 x 159 cm €12,000
Grand Celebration - Acrylic on canvas 72.5 x 181.5 cm €8,000
Computers in Human Behaviors - Acrylic on canvas 91 x 72.5 cm €8,000
Curio Cabinets - Acrylic on canvas 100 x 72.5 cm €8,000

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Rainer K. Lampinen

FRPS, MPA, ASMP-Photojournalist

Mt. Ararat

Professional photographer, FRPS, MPA, ASMP-photojournalist, Rainer K. Lampinen was born in 1947. He began his career in 1952 and graduated from Aalto university in 1973. Rainer has worked for music videos (Klezmer, Trad. New Orleans Jazz, Astor Piazzolla, Chuvash music) and TV programs. He has had exhibitions of his fine photography in Finland and abroad and has been a visiting university lecturer. Rainer's work has been in all Finnish photo magazines and 31 international photo magazines. He does stock and assignment photography for Leica images and panoramas. He is specialized also for 360° VR Panoramas including 3D sounds.

Baltic Lady
Finnmaid
Great China Wall
Finnmaid
Finnlines
Finnlines
Helsinki harbour Finland
US West coast
Caesar´s Palace, Las Vegas, NV USA
Bosphorus Istanbul
India Mumbai Hindu Wedding
Locomotives over Mountain
China school
Turkish Baker
Kul-Sharif, Kazan
Moscow Kremlin
Synagoga, Kazan
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia
Finnmaid sunset
Lake District Finland
Sunset vessel
Pisa
Larissa Moscow
Lake in Finland

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Tracy Love

"I paint portraits, landscapes, and still life—inspired by the people I meet, the places I visit, and the things I like. I'm inspired as well as challenged by creating something interesting, even beautiful, out of what can be perceived as mundane."

Heavy Metal - Watercolor on paper 76 x 56 cm, £1,800

"I paint portraits, landscapes, and still life - people, places, and things. Although my work encompasses a rich variety of subject matters and mediums, watercolor landscapes are where I thrive. My artistic intention is to show that the perception of old, abandoned, or mundane subjects can be striking. Strong themes in my landscape compositions explore the space between man-made structures and nature. It is within that space, where nature reclaims the things we've made, that our vulnerability to the process of decay is demonstrated. The passage of time weathers and tarnishes; yet there is beauty in this imperfection I endeavor to capture.

I typically work inside my studio to develop a painting. The ideas come from places I visit, people I see, or scenes I think may make an interesting painting because of the light, color, or composition. I tend to take several photos, which I edit, merge, and use for reference. I decide what size the painting should be, then spend a significant amount of time working out a detailed drawing. Next is color, and sometimes a quick test-painting or study to work out a broad direction with respect to technique or method. With watercolors, I tend to paint in sections using a layered approach, usually from light to dark, to build the image up slowly. In this way, I can react to what the painting may need, problem-solving along the way without feeling I've gone too far; it is crucial to know when to stop. Detail and realism are crucial aspects of my work, and to engage you, the viewer, I like to exaggerate elements of my composition so you feel as though you are part of the scene.

I am an emerging self-taught artist, painting largely by instinct. Since my early twenties, after taking an intermediate drawing class, I knew that I wanted to make art full time. I wanted to see how far I could go and what I could create. One of the best feelings is starting with a blank canvas or paper and seeing a three-dimensional image come to life, one where you feel transported."

Triple Junction - Watercolor on paper 76 x 56 cm, Prints available
Reclamation - Watercolor on paper 56 x 76 cm, £1,300
Brentford Covered Warehouse - Watercolor on paper 56 x 76 cm, Prints available
Birds of a Feather - Pastel on paper 84 x 60 cm, £400

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Cynthia Janssens

"As an artist, I love it when people say that they are touched by my paintings. For me, that means that I did a great job! One of my favorite quotes that I want to share is: 'Life is a work of art. If you don't like what you see, paint over it.'."

Golden Rain - Acrylic on canvas 80 x 80 x 4 cm, €1.695

Although I was very creative as a child, and I could make beautiful things, impactful life events somehow changed the course of my life. Slowly and subconsciously, I distanced myself from that creative part of myself, and over time, I seemed to have forgotten about it. For a long time, I felt content using my creativity in my professional life as a consultant and coach. However, after some time, I felt like something big was missing in my life and found myself estranged from things I used to find so normal and valuable. That made me decide to make a fresh start and give my life a new direction. I consider that time as my rebirth since I found my way back to the things I loved and started to blossom again. With that, I felt an insatiable urge to create things and started making wall decorations using yarn and macrame cord, and other things. My creativity gained momentum when I started painting. It felt like something that had been locked up inside me for a long time had to be released. I followed online painting courses, enrolled in the art academy, read, observed, and experimented. As a result, I created various works of art over the years in my home studio. And so, my story continues.”

Scratched - Acrylic on canvas 50 x 50 x 2 cm, €675
Layered - Acrylic on canvas 50 x 40 x 2 cm, €550
Earthly Mélange - Acrylic on canvas 80 x 60 x 2 cm, €1.395
Blue Streak - Acrylic on canvas 80 x 80 x 4 cm, €1.695

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Bea Last

“I am a professional contemporary artist. My creative practice is process-based and currently, I am exploring drawing in its broadest sense, creating sculptural drawings and art installations. The materials I use are either recycled or upcycled, from plastics to newspaper, found objects & fabrics.”

The Anatomy Lesson 2022 - Revisited, Recycled, Altered Plastics, Rusty Nails

"Based in Scotland, U.K., my creative practice is process-led. Currently, I am exploring drawing in its broadest sense, creating sculptural drawing installations using salvaged, recycled materials, and found objects such as plastics, paper, fabric, iron, and wood.

Installations depend on location, space, and environment and are created or reinvented according to that space. Both a reaction to or a statement of, my installations and sculptural drawings engage via dialogue and conversation on very current global and societal issues. Relationship, Conversation, Connection, Community, Placement, Humanity, and current global issues are my focused interest.

They are subtle and challenging, a contrast between fragility and strength. They have been referred to as both monumental and fragile at the same time.

My creative practice looks at what it is to be human, the fragility, the strength, and is demonstrated in the materials I use. However, salvaged or found though, the aesthetics, the craft that is art is vital to me, allowing me to continually move my practice forward.

My perceptions and relationship to both inner and outer landscapes, I believe, are attributed to this sense of not belonging to – and yet belonging everywhere. It contributes to an outward-looking and broader approach to our global community and to inspiration and connection.

Initially a painter, the creative process has led me to where I am presently merging drawing/painting into sculptural forms, and I am excited to see where this process will also lead me.

Creativity and all its attributes are important to me. Part of my creative practice is through mentoring and educating. I have facilitated the Widening Participation Open Studio tutor for Glasgow School of Art (2016-2020) and for Weareupland.com VASS project, including creative drawing workshops and as a visiting creative practitioner for Better Lives - a UK-based autism support charity."

Untitled Site Specific Installation 2023 - Found (onsite) materials, Pottery and Petals , Size variable. NFS
The Red Bags 2023 - 600 hand crafted red bags, repurposed red waterproof canvas, bullet holes, size variable depending on location £10,000
The Red Bags 2022 - 300 hand crafted red bags, Repurposed waterproof canvas, Bullet Holes, Size variable depending on space, £8,000
he Black Scrolls 2019 - Salvaged Lining Paper, Emulsion, Graphite, PVA, Gold Trim. 5'' x 22m each scroll. £4,000

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Max Werner

Yellowstone Lake - Acrylic on canvas 56 x 37.5 in.

Born in Ghent, Belgium and currently residing in the USA, Max Werner studied Fine Art at the Byam Shaw School of Art, London, and the Slade School of Art, University College London where he later taught Printmaking in both schools until 1990 when he set up his own etching workshop in London.

In 1997 Max Werner moved to Argentina, and until 2003 worked in Buenos Aires. Commissioned for 3 years in succession by the Art House Gallery of Buenos Aires, he travelled extensively across the different regions of Argentina, producing a body of work which consisted in its majority of large landscapes painted on canvas, although a lot of those landscapes contain observations of the various rural activities of those regions, such as cattle auctions, gauchos, and their horses, etc…

In 2003, Werner moved to the USA. Two of the most important public commissions Max worked on were in 1991, with the decoration of the Lisbon "Enter Campos" Underground Station, using the unique technique of etching on limestone. The other was a painting for the Household Cavalry (Queen Elizabeth II personal regiment) in 2003 for an event in London called "The Presentation of Standards and Guidons Parade" in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen. Max has exhibited over the years in many countries in Europe, Asia, and North and South America.

The photographer - Acrylic on canvas 76 x 90 cm
Big Chief - Acrylic on canvas 110 x 74 cm
Smouldering Grounds - Acrylic on canvas 54 x 86 cm
Unequal Fight - Acrylic on canvas 93 x 57 cm

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Sona Asemani

“Painting is like visual poetry, and oil makes it smoothly flows on my canvas. I believe creating a painting is the only way to stay motivated. The combination of vivid colours and tempting women's portraits represents the fiery part of me that I usually don't dare to show in society.”

I am your birthday cake - Oil on canvas 30 x 30 cm

Sona Asemani is a self-taught artist born in 1994 in Hormozgan, Iran. She is currently working and living in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Sona began painting as a young girl. After graduating with a bachelor's of economics, she started her professional career in art with acrylic paint and line drawing in 2017. She has a background in embroidery and textile design.

In April 2020, Sona presented her unique embroidery technique through Fashion Open Studio during Fashion Revolution Week. After a creative break in sustainable fashion, in 2021, she moved from Tehran to Rotterdam and started working with oil paint.

Her recent paintings aim to represent characters and stories, which remind her of her childhood and reveal the superiority of women through female figurative portraits and bright colours inspired by nature and the sky.

Let's hug (No.3) - Oil on canvas 80 x 80 cm
Let's hug (N0.2) - Oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm
Sinking into ambitious thoughts - Oil on canvas 24 x 30 cm
Her ocean eyes - Oil on canvas 30 x 30 cm

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Barbara Mierau-Klein

"My digital art images reflect my fascination with the beauty of colors and the moods and emotions they evoke. I love to add complexity and a depth to my images using creative layering of the original photography, colorful elements, rich textures and other effects. "

Golden Fall Walk - Digital photo collage 30 x 30 in.

Barbara Mierau-Klein is a digital artist recognized for her multi-layered, imaginative and colorful fine art images. A native of Germany, Barbara lives in the Washington D.C. area but often travels the world as a passionate landscape and nature photographer since her teenage years. 

Much of Barbara’s work is highly stylized and focuses on beautiful moments and evocative moods across a wide range of subjects. The inspiration for her images comes from many sources, often her own nature photography, but also books, song lyrics, movies, and works of other artists, old masters as well as contemporary digital artists.

Barbara’s work has been exhibited in a number of galleries in the US and Europe and has received numerous awards. Her images also appear regularly in international art magazines. Barbara is represented locally by Waverly Street Gallery in Bethesda, MD.

New York at Night - Digital photo collage 25 x 35 in.
White Tree on Teal - Digital photo collage 30 x 30 in.
Sisters - Framed Archival fine art print 30 x 30 in.
Autumn Tree Colors - Framed Archival fine art print 30 x 30 in.
Purple Forest - Digital photo collage 30 x 30 in.
Orange Central Park - Digital photo collage 25 x 35 in.
Golden Gate Bridge - Framed Archival fine art print 30 x 30 in.
Green and Purple City - Framed Archival fine art print 30 x 30 in.
Blue Tree Collage - Framed Archival fine art print 30 x 30 in.

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