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	Welcome to Volume 10, # 6 of True Colors, where PaintingsDIRECT.com brings you the latest art events, news and information.
	Three Movie Women Peter Illig   T H E   T E R R I B L E   T O L L   O F   A R T   A N X I E T Y ----- New York Times, February 28, 2008 PaintingsDIRECT customer Joe Higgins, who bought 14 paintings on the PaintingsDIRECT website, was interviewed by the New York Times. Read how he is saying that he finds galleries largely responsible for the anxiety related to purchasing art. Higgins goes on to say that he found "edginess" and "much lower prices" purchasing art on the PaintingsDIRECT website.     A R T I S T S   I N   T H E   N E W S As always, PaintingsDIRECT artists are making news with the power of their works in exhibition.	FEATURED ARTISTS:   Anne Brody   Wyona Diskin   Virginia Hoge   Frank Ramme   Lorna Ritz   Eleni Traganas  Recent Additions
	Anne Brody Drawing is the foundation of Anne Brody's abstract artworks. Brody travelled and studied in Japan where she gained appreciation for Asian aesthetics and a connection to nature. Says the artist: "The act of drawing the repetitive forms is a meditation. The final works are a combination of tone and texture which reflect my perception of the natural world. The paintings are inner landscapes." Brody has exhibited her work primarily in New York State.
	Wyona Diskin Dynamic color contrast, rich texture and geometric form play interrelated roles in the mixed media work of Wyona Diskin. Color redirects the line of vision back to form; texture highlights subtle gradations of color within each hue. Diskin earned a bachelors of arts from Fordham University and a masters of arts from New York University; she has exhibited her work in New York and Connecticut.
	Virginia Hoge Virginia Hoge uses wet paint on wet paper to create a visual flow in her abstract "imagined landscape" paintings. In her From the Long Past into the Long Present series, Hoge creates landscapes, not taken from any specific place. "I would like these paintings to summon up the same kind of mental daydreamedness that happens on long drives, where one is looking at the road, but not thinking about the road. The road might imply a journey, but often a 'journey' in less literal terms, perhaps mulling over, perhaps something deeper." The California native earned a bachelors of fine arts from the University of the Pacific and has exhibited her work in New York and California.
	Frank Ramme The large, surreal paintings of Frank Ramme are filled with icons of religion, numerology, psychology, mathematics, science and other cultural symbols that have impacted the modern thought process. Ramme calls his paintings 'surrealist maps of images in a dialogue'. The Canadian resident studied at California Institute for the Arts and has exhibited his work in California.
	Lorna Ritz Abstract artist Lorna Ritz is a self described "nature painter" who is influenced by the natural world around her to create visual landscapes that reflect her internal workings. Ritz employs color and the relationship of light and shadow to reflect change from day to day and moment to moment. "I am always discovering new colors and color relationships. This is spiritual work, so needed in our material-conscious society."
	Eleni Traganas Lush green plant life, brilliant flowers, larger-than-life insects and vegetables and other still life objects are the subjects of watercolor paintings by Eleni Traganas. The world acclaimed concert pianist applies the same discipline in the visual arts as she does in the performing arts - focus on balance, harmony, rhythm and perfection of technique. The self-taught artist has exhibited her work in New York.

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