Welcome to Volume 3, #35 of True Colors, where PaintingsDIRECT.com brings
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W H E R E I S I T ?-----MyGallery It could be anywhere in the world! Use your travel experience and geographic know-how to figure out what places these artists depict.
A N O L D P A I R O F J E A N S----- Art Around the World An international dispute of who owns the oldest pair of jeans is played out between a museum in Rome and one in San Francisco.
Victoria Rosenblatt Victoria Rosenblatt's composition, color and even themes are classical, yet her approach is distinctively modern and humorous. In an image of a lobster resting on top of old testament text, she connects the cultural with the visceral. Using rich sepias, crimson, and sap greens, Rosenblatt transforms a canvas into an homage to an artichoke. Her landscapes and cityscapes are chosen as places not only for visual interest but for personal historical importance. Taking on large themes, Rosenblatt conveys the monumental in modern life.
Dawn Campbell Campbell's art shows her interest in the balancing act of emotions, spirituality, and physicality. Many of her visions evoke mobiles, the motion of her color indicated by thick black outlines. Her work, which recollects some art deco motifs, is strong like the adjectives she uses to describe it: "direct", or "dancing, pulsing" and shifting. Campbell studied at the University of Wisconsin and at the Art Therapies program at The New School in New York City.
Mary Maran The area around Mary Maran's rural New York home provides ample inspiration for her oil paintings, watercolors and colored pencil works. Her cozy interior scenes remind us that art exists in our own lives and the history of our families: a handmade quilt, a home cooked meal, a wood burning stove, collected flowers. In the warmer months, Maran turns to landscapes, taking full advantage of the wetlands, forests, and rivers edges. Whether it is warm fires and blankets or people ice boating under blue skies her imagery memorializes life in a loved place.
Wyona Diskin Print making is a time consuming and varied process. Wynona Diskin specializes in linoleum and mono prints. Linoleum prints are made by a process which includes carving imagery into a plate, while mono prints are created using paint on plexi glass. According to Diskin, printmaking is quite an adventure, with a different outcome every time. She uses a lot of texture and color combinations in her latest series. Also a painter, Diskin enjoys exploring different media "I am enthusiastic about all kinds of art.".
