Pick of the Day – John McKinlay
Marina Abramovi?:The Artist Is Present
Mala Gaonkar appointed Tate Trustee
Apples and Oranges
Pick of the Day – Richard Fowler
Narrowboat by Beth Edwards
Telling the Edward Hopper Story
Tate Modern is 10
WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT – Fear Contest
In this contest we dealt with Fear. We looked for images that contained human beings portraying FEAR.
WINNER
Skeleton in the Closet by Lynet McDonald
My favorite topic to draw and paint has always been women’s faces. That was what I first remember drawing when I was a child. Early in childhood, I figured out that I could express myself through my drawings. I could transfer all my feelings to the girls or women in my sketches. Their facial expressions would show exactly how I felt at that moment in time. This was a very empowering tool for me. If I felt sad, I would sketch a sad woman and she would end up carrying the sadness in the end. I would get a sense of relief afterwards because I had spoken through my drawing. I continued drawing and painting women until my senior year in high school. I stopped doing art when I went to college. After I graduated, my focus shifted to my programming career. Many years went by and my art work became a mere memory. Finally in 2006, after I had left my career to take care of my daughter, I started painting again. It felt wonderful to once again enter that other world where anything is possible. The world where you can create whatever you want and you can be whoever you wish to be. I had forgotten about that place for many years, but thankfully, I found it again.
SECOND
Scared Speechless by Byron Fli Walker
Measuring in at 6 ft. & a muscular 225 lbs.. with a laid back, low key personality, from Detroit, Michigan – Byron (Fli) Walker! At first glance Byron would appear anything but a passionate painter of color & emotions. Contrarily, he’s a self-taught, creative, courageous and confident artist committed to dynamic and forceful portrait compositions displaying fiery earth-tone colors. His style is Impressionism. His given name denotes creativity, courage & confidence. To inspire himself more he cleverly changed the spelling of his nickname ‘Fly’- synonym: sharp to, ‘Fli’- acronym: F.eel the L.ove & I.nspiration, infusing both terms which he signs his paintings to symbolize his standards of positive attitude and superior craftsmanship. To become more efficient at his work, he says his aim is to take his mixed emotions to the canvas and force them to coexist by means of vibrant, infused cool and warm colors creating a positive balance. More than technique or design, it is vibrant color that makes his paintings step off the walls into the heart of the viewer, evoking positive energy of emotions. Byron says, ‘ Color is another universal language that speaks to everyone’.
THIRD
Haleys Apparition by Peter Piatt
I was raised in Long Beach CA in 1965, I presently live in Chico CA along with my three cats. I was born with brittle bone disease that prevented me from physically participating with others my age. I spent most of my childhood in casts (88 bones broken so far), putting me in the shadow of others and forced to watch the world go by. As a child I would draw what I saw around me over and over again until it was correct. I would quick-sketch on napkins and homework and copy scenes from National Geographic. I loved National Geographic because it gave me a chance to experience the world while I was stuck in mine.
I had dabbled in photography and drawing as most people do, clicking the shutters of several different point and shoot cameras throughout my years and dabble with pencils on doodles and quick sketches. It wasn’t until in 1992, when I bought my first SLR camera, a Canon AE-1 with a telephoto lens that I started to ‘focus’ on what was important.
In the year 2000 after several mild heart attacks and a triple-by-pass surgery, I decided to calm my life down some and take art classes to sooth my soul.
I have always been interested in scenic photography. I had captured sunsets and scenic views in the past, but never took photography seriously until 2000. I decided to pursue a long passionate adoration for photography, a medium that has always been close to my heart but was never pursued. Scenic landscapes have a calming effect on ones soul and mind, and these tranquil images that I had allowed to pass me by in the past, were just what I needed in my life.
After graduation, I created a home based business creating computer 3D model images for artists and designers. Here I focused on photorealism, it is essential that I create concept imagery that is close to reality.
With having background in scenic photography, where I photograph only the essential part of what I see around me, I try to portray that photographic style within my sketches.
Although I try to push the limits of photorealism within a monochromatic medium, imitating a moment or mood is my goal.
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