Category: About The Artist

About The Artist, LGTQ, Plays

The Play ‘Bisexual Sadness’ Explores What a Bi Person Sacrifices When it Looks Like They’re Going Straight

Despite its title, the provocative play “Bisexual Sadness” is more funny than sad. It will get you thinking, but it won’t make you cry. And, I guarantee it will make you laugh. “I wanted to show what it means for a bi person to be open in a heterosexual relationship, and how some people in the community react,” says playwright India Kotis, who is 26, … Continue reading The Play ‘Bisexual Sadness’ Explores What a Bi Person Sacrifices When it Looks Like They’re Going Straight

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Artist Diego Marcial Rios An Artist On A Quest For Social Justice

Diego Marcial Rios lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and paints in acrylics. He graduated with honors with an M.A./M.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Department of Fine Arts Graduate School and a B.F.A. from University of California at Berkeley. Diego has a C.L.P. from the University of San Francisco. He received a number of fellowships for his Academic study. His artwork … Continue reading Artist Diego Marcial Rios An Artist On A Quest For Social Justice

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The Shining Talent of Artist Peter Beck

Peter Beck is an extraordinarily talented 17 year old artist and woodworker from Long Beach Ca. He seems like any ordinary Wilson High School teenager who likes surfing, running and basketball, but go to his garage which was converted into his workshop and you will see the genius of this young man. There you will fine the unbelievable beauty of his talent which are model … Continue reading The Shining Talent of Artist Peter Beck

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Brian McClean An Artist Of The Light

Brian McClean is a self taught fine art photographer of extraordinary landscapes, coastalscapes, nightscapes, and cityscapes. He is an exceptionally gifted artist who resides in San Diego California with an astonishing talent for creating emotionally moving photographs which takes an individual on a sublime journey. Brian McClean has always had a vivid imagination, a love for the arts, an eye for beauty. He did not … Continue reading Brian McClean An Artist Of The Light

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William Winbush: An Artist Who Paints Wonders

  Sometimes you have the honor of meeting a person of such profound abilities and insight that words simply can not express the total meaning of who they are. The talented artist William Winbush is that kind of person. So we will let artist William Winbush tell you his story. I am from East Chicago, Indiana. I started paintings early in life, in my teens. … Continue reading William Winbush: An Artist Who Paints Wonders

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A glimpse of the Works Of Artist Andre Pace

As an artist and poet Andre Pace’s art is a series of contemporary and abstract works based in the styles of French oils painting and American soft pastels on paper. His favorite colors in some of his works are plum reds and smooth blacks with an edge handle on the artist brush. Andre Pace studies in Lower Manhattan 26 st., for drawing & etching, small … Continue reading A glimpse of the Works Of Artist Andre Pace

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Melissa Solis: Displaying The Reality Of Expression

  Growing up in Los Angeles  Melissa Solis has always wished to be a part of her community in some way. Los Angeles is full of vibrant people and opportunity around every corner. Melissa Solis is looking forward to putting her works out into the world and finally becoming a part of her home town’s culture. Art has always been my number one form of … Continue reading Melissa Solis: Displaying The Reality Of Expression

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Joe Ded: An Artist Of The Inner World

Joe Ded (aka Joe Walsh ) who was born in 1982 in Montclair California is a self taught artist. It is not surprising because where could one possibly learn such an extraordinary style? Joe Ded is a strange man who possesses a mysterious and boundless imagination. His inner world is full of fantastical images which he exorises onto the canvas. He captures them brilliantly with … Continue reading Joe Ded: An Artist Of The Inner World

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Rebecca Heinicke: An Artist Building Compassion Within Humanity

    Rebecca Heinicke studied special needs education and abnormal psychology in Grand Rapids, Michigan and spent several years working with children and adults who have various physical and mental development delays or disorders. Through this experience, she became passionate about spreading awareness and equalizing the views between people of the same flesh. Rebecca Heinicke has since combined her dedication for pursuing human equality and … Continue reading Rebecca Heinicke: An Artist Building Compassion Within Humanity

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Mohan Sundaresan: An Artist With An Invitation To Openness.

  I paint like a pig playing in a pool of mud. “In India, we eat with our fingers. We basically do everything with our hands. So why not paint? It gives me more of a tactile connection with my medium. Artist Mohan Sundaresan works around La Jolla,California, restoring and refinishing the interior of many fine houses. When he comes home, he goes out to … Continue reading Mohan Sundaresan: An Artist With An Invitation To Openness.

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Timothy Frink : A Natural Born Artist

Born in Rochester, New York in 1960, Timothy Frink always enjoyed drawing as a child. While attending school at East Jr./Sr. High School in Rochester, New York; Tim became interested in painting when he saw the older kids painting pictures during an art class. After convincing the art teacher that he possessed the fundamentals necessary, he was taught the basic skills of painting. Timothy continued … Continue reading Timothy Frink : A Natural Born Artist

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Anniek Verholt: Who’s Wings Of Creativity Inspire Society To look At The world Through The Eyes Of The Heart

Anniek Verholt is a Dutch artist based in London. After years of painting and drawing and having trained and worked as an Art Therapist; she was awarded a scholarship for a MA in Fine Arts in the UK in 2003. The technical and versatile nature of glass made her decide to transfer to the MA Glass course (based at the National Glass Centre in Sunderland) … Continue reading Anniek Verholt: Who’s Wings Of Creativity Inspire Society To look At The world Through The Eyes Of The Heart

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Jorge Luis Sanfiel Cardenas: An Autodidact Artist Of Life

  Artist Jorge Luis Sanfiel Cardenas was born in1963, in Santa Clara City, Cuba. He trained in the Soviet Union as an engineer and cartographer, on his return to Cuba Sanfiel dedicated his life to painting. Jorge Luis Sanfiel Cardenas is a self taught artist and painter. He works in the style of folk art and naive art. His painting are in acrylic, charcoal and pastel on canvas. … Continue reading Jorge Luis Sanfiel Cardenas: An Autodidact Artist Of Life

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Ian Conner: The creator Of Beauty Through The Molding Of Glass

Beauty is my goal, it is uncomplicated, makes no political statements, no obtuse references and does not require the viewer to assign meaning only enjoy what their sight provides them.  Artist Ian Conner Ian Conner is an Arts and Tech Major at California State University in San Marcos. It is only recently he had been introduced to the beauty of stained and fused glass. Ian … Continue reading Ian Conner: The creator Of Beauty Through The Molding Of Glass

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Mary Fashbaugh: An Artist Of The Senses

  The artwork Mary Fashbaugh explores expectations and limitations of the senses in regard to human interaction. As Western culture grows more and more touch-averse, we rely on visual representation to navigate a majority of our communication. Loss of a more physical engagement with others and the world around us provokes her to explore personal boundaries and to question the integrity of sight. Humans have … Continue reading Mary Fashbaugh: An Artist Of The Senses

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Farhad Jafari Kiasaraei: An Artist Of Inter Contemplation

It seems there is no relationship between this course and painting and drawing, but in reality nothing is separated from these two at all.  Farhad Jafari Kiasaraei   Farhad Jafari Kiasaraei was born in a very beautiful and green city which is in the north of Iran named “Lahijan”. He feels his existence belonged to no special time or place during all of his life … Continue reading Farhad Jafari Kiasaraei: An Artist Of Inter Contemplation

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Andrea Monroe: An Artist Of The Universe

  We are all ambassadors of the Universe here to express something larger than ourselves. Andrea Monroe is a very talented self-taught artist and writer who has worked in creative fields all her life. Born and raised in Chicago, IL, her only viable art lesson that she received was as a child for one semester at the Art Institute of Chicago. But during that brief encounter, … Continue reading Andrea Monroe: An Artist Of The Universe

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Daniele Bongiovanni: An Artist Of The Extraordinary

Daniele Bongiovanni is an international painter, historian, poet and illustrator. Daniele Bongiovanni,  was born in Palermo, Italy on 11 April 1986 and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of Palermo. Over the years he realizes several thematic cycles that he presents in museums and galleries of major Italian and foreign cities: in Australia, Ireland, United Kingdom, United States and elsewhere. He exhibits also in … Continue reading Daniele Bongiovanni: An Artist Of The Extraordinary

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Doug Sandelin: An Artist With An Engaging Mind

    Chose wisely what to accept and what to reject. Artist Doug Sandelin Much of Doug Sandelin art is socially engaging. He is for the most part a self taught artist.  Doug Sandelin passion is painting portraits and figures. His work is to him like life, just a series a of mistakes in a process of correction. The  series “Idyllic America” that he is currently … Continue reading Doug Sandelin: An Artist With An Engaging Mind

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Karen Fiorito: An Artists Of The Sacred

  Karen Fiorito strives to make the viewer feel as she does. Which is that all beings are sacred and magical. She combines traditional and modern techniques to produce unique prints and murals with considerable detail. Each work represents a sacred being and is a meditation or prayer for that being. Karen Fiorito combines aspects of different religions, such as Buddhism and Hinduism, to give … Continue reading Karen Fiorito: An Artists Of The Sacred

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