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With paintings, I investigate this concept through the use of color, form and texture. With the 3D pieces, I strive to articulate, in an abstract, minimalist manner, the result of personal choices we make in our lives, that consciously, or unconsciously create both structure and chaos. In the field of architecture, the most exciting element of design tends to be the point at which dissimilar materials intersect. These very intersections are also the most problematic and, in many cases, the most litigious. I have found this attribute to be consistent in all areas of life, from architecture to fine art to relationships. I believe that whether the medium is architecture, art or social experiences, whenever opposite, or merely dissimilar entities coexist, choices initiating both chaos and structure are called forth. My work explores that balance. Born and raised just outside of Chicago Illinois, Rachel has played an active role in the artist community for a long as she can remember. After winning her first art award at age 6, she has taken classes in the arts all the way through community college. Rachel's personal art is done in acrylic and is an array of mischievous creatures that come in all sorts of colors and personalities. While in Illinois, Rachel and a group of artists ran a non-profit gallery that consisted of painters, sculptures, dancers, poets and musicians. It is that love for art that has brought Rachel out to California to share similar displays of creativity. Along with friend Deanna Hallum, a belly dance instructor here at the High Studio, Rachel has established the Artscritter Crew, a bi-annual one day festival of the Arts. The most current show was held here at the High Studio in October 2007.
Only Original Paintings. Entertaining, happy, bright, colorful shapes and symbols, Framed sizes: 10" x 8" to 48" x 33
Departing from her typical portrait work, this latest series, "Reflections on the Spirit," was inspired by her bible study and her love of God. She explores reflections in common objects as a metaphor for God's reflected image in us. The images have a life and beauty of their own that leave us curious about what is creating the reflection. When we reflect the selfless love of Christ, we display one of God's greatest glories. Theodora Ilowitz "Teddy" is a prolific creator of timeless art now and for the last 50 years. Teddy trained and showed her art among the leaders in New York with printmaker Delamonica, brush painter Shou Ping Liao, and sculptor Luis Montoya. This widely exhibited artist has had numerous one-person shows in New York and New Jersey galleries and museums and has shown in the Conejo Valley over the last decade. The "Abstract Art from the Soul" show will feature mixed media paintings and stone sculptor created in "rainbow stone". A well known New York Times critic praised her work as follows, "Theodora Ilowitz's works posses an unsuspected strength in their delicacy, fineness, and craftsmanship." Later in the year in the "Landscape" exhibit Theodora will present additions to her a series of mixed media works titled "field of freedom". These works are a response to the Conejo Valley surroundings expressed in large scale color, texture and transparencies using painting with rice paper. "Art of Music and Dance" will spotlight the bronze dancers and colorful paintings of Teddy's personal love of music and dance. A well known jazz pianist, for 25 years, years, she toured the world and started her own jazz band "Teddy Mack and Her All-Girl Orchestra". She strives to create artworks that convey the beauty of life. Think of joining the other many individuals and corporate collectors of Theodora Illowitz "an artist of skill and grace". We are proud to offer her work over the year, enjoy.
"My figurative paintings are purely impressionist or influenced by the American post-impressionism or just classical realistic. I paint with all I know and all I feel - I paint with my very being", says Jablonski. Buyers have found Irena’s figure paintings here at High Studio in our landscape shows and now in this event “The Art of Music and Dance” where here theatrical figures of times past and present mix with today. Next year Irena is excited to be creating for a portrait show “Faces Up-close One.” Take a look at her web site for more selection of paintings that can be viewed here at High Studio by appointment. In addition, Irena is available for commissioned portraits.
Today I am a teacher at Community High School in Moorpark and love this job. I teach algebra and art classes but have little time during the week to paint. Instead I dream my painting every night and live for the weekends when I have time to make my dreams come true. Summer would normally be devoted to painting, but six years ago I volunteered for the Israeli army and every summer since have spent a month as an American volunteer in Israel's army. This experience inspires many of my paintings along with the many beautiful sites in California. I want to paint the world on paper as an interpretive documentation of my surroundings. I hope my paintings bring others serenity and memories of special places in their lives.
So I went to Brigham Young University in Rexburg, Idaho to study. The first day of freshman orientation I sat in a classroom and the teachers showed us slides of past student's work. I was overwhelmed. I looked at my meager capabilities and thought that there was no earthly way I could ever create that kind of work. Big tears fell, and I got up and walked home. I asked God, "Is there any way that I can be an artist?" and I felt an unmistakable "Yes, Jenedy." "How?" I questioned. "I will direct your hand." And so I went back to school the next day and went to work. And that's what I've been doing ever since… working hard and praying hard that the Lord will help me. Help me to paint the feelings in my heart and in such a way that others will be able to receive them.
He received his BA (Hons) from Dartington College of Arts, then left England to come to the US where he was awarded a Masters in Fine Arts in Theatrical Design from the University of Southern California. To support his studies he worked as a circus performer, fire thrower and sidewalk performance artist. Recently, he completed a PhD at Plymouth University, England, submitting a dissertation on Neolithic British ritual art and architecture. His landscape installations "Stone Labyrinth," "Solar Cross," "Out of the Box" and "Turf Labyrinth" connect his work to his childhood experience of stone circles and long barrows. The work is marked by the use of the symbolic, male and female imageries and celestial references. He makes use of natural elements and materials, pebbles and nettle fibres, a d ecomposed snake. The installations echo the stone circles, not only with regard to scale, but also through their focus on alignment. Through the subtle placement of artefacts within the installation, he establishes correspondences between life and death, the masculine and the feminine, the sun and the earth. His creative influences lie with the Renaissance artists such as Caravaggio, the German artist Cranach, the British artist Francis Bacon, and installation artists Joseph Beuys and Robert Smithson. A travelling man, he regularly returns to the West of England, where he walks the stone circles, to reconnect his work with his old inspiration. These experiences refresh not only his art but also his teaching, bringing new life to his exchanges with his students. Through imagining the rituals that took place in the Neolithic, before there was any recorded history, he wishes to take us back to the origin of our culture and of civilisation. Expressing correspondences between the Neolithic and contemporary societies, he points a way for art to move forward. Michael Pearce is an educator and an advocate for public art. At the Kwan Fong Gallery at California Lutheran University, he has curated more than twenty shows, bringing national and international focus to the gallery.
Since graduating from CalArts, Shane has continued to produce both commercial and fine art, and has had his work publicly displayed, exhibited, & published nationally. After working for 8 years in architecture, he formed Shane Pickerill Design LLC as a broader outlet for both his artwork and unique design visions. The piece that he is currently focused on manufacturing is a sculptural art piece called the ODDOMAN. The following is the text from the ODDOMAN catalog, describing it: "The ODDOMAN is a unique, non-functional art piece that blurs the line between art & furniture. Unlike traditional art that is "hands off," the ODDOMAN invites touch. Meticulously sewn vinyl cones & sphere cover 92 individually molded, soft, flexible polyurethane foam cones & sphere/shell. The disparity between the look and feel of the ODDOMAN is sure to surprise and delight viewers! Create a lasting impression in your home or commercial venue. Available in a wide variety of colors & patterns that allow you to make your ODDOMAN as unique as you are! It's art that's totally customizable! Hand signed and numbered by Shane Pickerill. Chrome plated steel stand included." Shane's current work explores the boundary between fine art and product design, and it his personal goal to elevate product design to the level of fine art. Shane enjoys using 3D digital modeling and computer aided drafting in the creation of his work.
Bob Privitt’s works have been juried in over 100 national and regional exhibitions and received awards in over one-third of them. His drawings and sculptures are in many public collections, including those of University of Tulsa, Indiana University, Oklahoma Art Center, University of Arkansas Little Rock, and City of Thousand Oaks, CA. Bob is an established is both an established artist and curator. He continues to create new thought provoking work and be active in Conejos Valleys Art Scene. Take a look at his web site for more detailed information and examples of his work. He is currently showing in the “Art of Music and Dance” Exhibit and we look forward to his work next year in our show “Art of Human Built Constructs." Kathrin Raad-Questenberg currently resides in the Santa Monica mountains near Los Angeles. Born and raised in Austria, she has pursued a comprehensive range of training in order to tense and tune her artistic muse, receiving at various times formal education in drawing, photography, sculpture, mathematics, language and religion. She graduated from the Sigmund Freud Academy of Vienna, then traveled to the United States to complete her university studies at UC Davis. Kathrin has spent the last few years tracing her procrastinated affinity for bronze, a medium which she feels (at least tentatively) best transmits her Jungian artistic impulses. Her goal is to tease out elements of human mystery in the frame of her sculpture, forming what she views as a conversation between resonating spiritual and material myths in the group subconscious. "If even only barely," she says, "I hope my work strums the chords of our shared subliminal memory-one that roots in that nagging somewhere else of our genesis."
With a playful style and rich use of color, Joy Sardisco's paintings invite the viewer to share in celebrating nature's beauty. Plein air painting has become, for Joy, a way to express her passionate concern for conservation of California's natural beauty. Growing up in the Los Angeles area with a deep interest in art, Joy attended California State Northridge, Moorpark Community College, Otis parsons School of Design, and the California Art Institute for the Arts and Sociology receiving a degree in Sociology and teaching credentials. Joy Sardisco's work can be found in private collections and has won awards locally and in Florida.
Terry has shown her work at a number of California galleries including Gallerie Barjur in Mammoth Lakes and High Studio in Moorpark. She has a BA in art from UCLA and a MBA from Loyola-Marymount. Terry is currently on the faculty of California Lutheran University where she teaches drawing, watercolor and art education.
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Nothing is more spectacular than nature. Artists can only attempt to suggest its wonder and magnificence. To me, to try is joyful. The way light and atmospheric conditions play on land, trees, buildings, and water thrills me. To capture some of its beauty and sense of mystery is my passion. I received the degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts at the San Francisco Art Institute, and a teaching credential with a major in art at California State University, Los Angeles. I have continued studying all my life, whenever the opportunity presented itself to do so. In the professional arena, I applied my art in many directions. Illustration, both traditional and digital, greeting cards, children’s books, graphic design, and show design were all areas in which I worked. I spent many years working for the Walt Disney Company. Designing in their Imagineering department was a fun experience. In 2002, working as an Art Director, I closed out my commercial career to realize my goal of devoting myself to fine art and finally take time to paint Dripping with color and suffused with light, Barbara Behrend’s paintings cohere as playful conspiracies of oil and texture, binding the viewer in ropes of illumination and pulling them into the soft irresistible flesh of her canvases. The warm quotidian momentum of time, space and nature all merge at the tip of her brush, conveying in grand murals and quiescent landscapes her bold infatuation with the surfaces of the world, an infatuation fed by her rooted habitation in California’s mountainous coastline. Raised in the aegis of a European Artist family, Barbara yearned from her youth to move through the world, and embarked finally on streams of travel that ultimately deposited her on the firm piedmont of the Santa Monica mountains in Los Angeles, where she has since lived. Driven as always to tease out and sate her potent artistic muse, Barbara began attending Santa Monica College, studying Art and Art History and graduating with honors in 2004. Barbara Behrend’s work, which includes oil on canvas, acrylic on canvas and ceramic sculpture, can be found in private collections throughout the United States and Europe.
About painting, Brimer says, "Ever since I was a kid, I have loved the ocean and I have loved creating images with pencil or brush. I go to the California shoreline as often as possible. These times allow me to reflect on the important things of life that God has given me and the fortune I have in my family. Painting allows me to have a time alone in the power of nature. I paint quickly in order to make the impression of what I am experiencing find its way to the canvas." Born in Long Beach, CA in 1962, Rich Brimer has his roots well planted in the west. Hunting with his father and going on family camping trips, Brimer gained a respect for the outdoors. In elementary school, he knew he had a talent that made others feel good. The first commissions were received when he re-created Looney Tunes characters on paper-bag book covers for a dollar. Professionally, he has been a commercial illustrator and graphic designer for over 20 years. It has been only recently that he has returned to the outdoors to express himself with plein air painting. Brimer was juried into the Edmonds (WA) Art Festival in 2001. He was represented at "The Artists' Space" in Monroe, WA. His first solo show was in 2003 at the J. London Gallery in Pomona, CA. He has been in many festivals and participated in the San Clemente Plein Air painting competition in 2003 and 2005. A father of three, Rich Brimer and his wife currently live in Simi Valley, CA and he can often be found painting with friends. Brimer found that one of his most valuable opportunities has been his participation in the weekly paint-outs with the Southern California Plein Air Painters Association. He is also a member of the following: Ventura County Art Council, Board Member of the Art Council of the Conejo Valley, California Art Club, as well as the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association and is current Membership Director for the Arts Council of the Conejo Valley
He moved to Newbury Park in 1998. Prior to that, he lived in New Jersey for most of his life. While there, he often visited California and took several trips to Yosemite. There he fell in love with the landscape and he knew he wanted to live in the West to paint. As a child, his ambition was to be an artist, but family circumstances kept him from realizing it. He began painting in earnest twenty years ago, taking courses at local art associations, studying landscape painting with local artist James McGinley and then studying painting on his own. He painted portraits and figures for the first few years and then concentrated on landscape painting, where his true love lies. He painted mostly in the Princeton NJ and Bucks County, PA areas. He became particularly adept at painting snow scenes, perhaps the only thing he misses about East Coast painting. He has had paintings in many shows in the Princeton and Bucks County areas, and, prior to moving west, was represented by the Coryell Gallery in Lambertville, NJ. He has had solo shows at Princeton University and at the Coryell Gallery.
AS A VOCALIST AND MUSICIAN, I SANG MY WAY THROUGH A LONG AND TEDIOUS CANCER TREATMENT, WHILE ANOTHER HEALING PATHWAY OPENED TO ME IN THE FORM OF PAINTING. I AM ALWAYS AMAZED BY HOW THE ART FORMS INTERTWINE!!!
Stemming from the influence of talented parents and blessed by grandparents and great grandparents who are both artistically and musically inclined, he drew well from an early age and was naturally gifted. Gerry has studied in the field of psychology and medicine while polishing his aesthetic skills under the guidance and tutoring of distinctive, accomplished artists in the Philippines including Ramon Cumagon and Reynaldo Dizon. He further enhanced his skills in Los Angeles through extensive formal training in figure painting, gesture drawing, animation, digital imaging and graphic design. He went on to develop his own unique style incorporating impressionism, expressionism, and cubism in his creations, resulting in meticulously executed fine art. Gerry has used oils, acrylics, watercolors, pens, colored pencils, pastels and charcoals. Throughout the years, he has developed a strikingly unique style characterized by strong clean forms, light, shadows and color that creates vibrance within his rendition. His artworks display extraordinary detail while portraying his unique interpretation of the subject. Over the years, his skill and perception have evolved to the point where he is now a true master of line and color. |
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