CHALLENGING THE EDGE

I am always intrigued when I follow an artist’s body of work and then see her break away from her comfort zone of familiar materials, color palettes, applications and subject matter. I would always think, “what a courageous and difficult thing to do.” And now here I am, in the midst of my own renaissance, embracing the energy of a new inspiration. My newest series is one of exploration and experimentation and translates as excitement, magic and a new adventure.

My new abstract collection represents this new departure: a fearless sense of unknown territory. I have a fresh appreciation for color, line, texture and movement. Ironically, these abstracts have always existed in my work as a foundation for my mixed media images but now they stand alone vibrating, pulsating, reaching and swirling in a very lyrical way.

As an artist I continue to challenge my edge: In order for me to grow, I must reach beyond the familiar.

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Giclee
Limited edition size=280
Image size=12″w x 16″h

CHALLENGING THE EDGE

I am always intrigued when I follow an artist’s body of work and then see her break away from her comfort zone of familiar materials, color palettes, applications and subject matter. I would always think, “what a courageous and difficult thing to do.” And now here I am, in the midst of my own renaissance, embracing the energy of a new inspiration. My newest series is one of exploration and experimentation and translates as excitement, magic and a new adventure.

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Bernard Hoyes

“I have been a creator of art, symbols of ancestral echoes since a child in Jamaica… The images I convey symbolize a culmination of these ancestral echoes brought to classical form. They are contemporary, eternal in spirit and stand as praise to our existence –past, present and future.”

At the age of nine, Bernard Hoyes’ professional art career began in his home town of Kingston, Jamaica. Bernard’s mother sold his wood carvings and watercolors to visitors at the Jamaica Tourist Board to help maintain the household and support his creative efforts.

Hoyes began his academic art education at the Institute of Jamaica. At age 15, he moved to New York to live with his father, attend school and continue his art endeavors. He studied at the Art Students League and the Vermont Academy in Saxtons River, Vermont. While studying in Vermont, his work was featured in Vermont Life, Stage IV and Vermont 70 Magazines. He was instrumental in the development of a formal art department at the Academy.

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Giclee on Paper
Limited edition size=350
Image size: 24″w x 20″h

Ann Tanksley’s work tells a story. At times it is an autobiography of her inner spirit melded with her experiences and travels; at other times it is about social injustices and the universal plight of rural workers; yet others, she retells stories that have been told by others as she did in her visual interpretations of the prose of Zora Neal Hurston. She sees herself as a ”social commentator” who would like people to understand her through her work and to understand her point of view. This is perhaps why she has chosen to communicate through the figures of the painting rather though abstract expression, even though her method is not unlike that of the Abstract Expressionists.

A resident of Columbus, Ohio, Wendy Kendrick continues to explore and push the boundaries with her collage/mixed- media art.  Although she has resided in Columbus for over 18 years, it is often the place of her birth in Georgetown, Kentucky, which she finds herself retreating to for inspiration. “There’s something about sitting on the front porch with my 83- year old aunt and enjoying the slow pace and loving people of the community in which I was born.” I find that after such a visit my mind is clear and focus has returned to my artwork.

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Blue Set by Andrew Turner
Original on Wood
20 x 42
Retail Price $10,000.00

Andrew Turner was born in l944 in Chester, Pennsylvania. He was a graduate of Temple University’s Tyler School of Art. Andrew’s work has been widely acclaimed, with many solo exhibitions and participation in group exhibitions. He has taught art in grades K-1 2 in the Chester, Pennsylvania Public Schools and in correctional centers. His appointments include Artist-in-Residence and Curator, Deshong Museum, Chester, PA; Lecturer, Widener University; Lecturer, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; and, he toured and lectured in The People’s Republic of China. Collections which hold Andrew’s paintings include Woody Allen, Dr. Maya Angelou, ARCO Chemical Company, Bell Telephone Company, Dr. Constance Clayton, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cosby, Edie Huggins, Eric Lindros, Mr. and Mrs Louis Madonni, Moses Malone, Penn State University, the artist formerly known as Prince, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sorgenti, Swarthmore College, Mrs. Marilyn Wheaton, and Widener University Deshong Museum, just to name a few. He has been featured in numerous solo exhibitions and group exhibitions in the United States and abroad. His Philadelphia commissions include: WDAS FM (1996); Marco Solo, (published by J. Schwinn and G. Harlow, illustrated by Andrew Turner) Reverse Angle Productions, Inc. (I 995); and Robin Hood Dell, Fairmount Park (1985).

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Angel by Charly Palmer

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Mason Archie was born and raised in Dayton, Ohio. He currently resides in Indianapolis, Indiana.  His early art experience came while working as the Art Director and pictorial artist for Lamar Outdoor Advertising, which gave him the opportunity to develop his talent everyday for over fifteen years.

Original Acrylic on Canvas

Image size= 8″h x 10″w

• There is no discount on this original
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