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 Jane Calvin
Jane Calvin uses documentary connotations of photography to thicken the aura of mystique she creates in her strange but beautiful color photographs. Toys, garments and everyday objects are layered with projected texts to address issues of female identity and pop culture. "It interests me that when you put text in a picture, the verbal material changes the visual, and the visual changes the verbal." Calvin received her MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago, and her work is a part of many cultural institutions, including the Polaroid International Collection, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Photography, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the Detroit Institute of Arts. |
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Vladimir Agapov
Singing cats, meditating dogs and quarreling finches are the characters cast in Vladimir Agapov's hilariously funny, oil-painted anecdotes. The Russian-born artist's affinity for animals and wittiness come together in his playful compositions of household pets. "I want to make everybody a little bit happier with my paintings." Agapov received his training at the Moscow Art Academy, and has shown his work extensively throughout Russia.
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James Flanagan
Formerly a commercial photographer for the cosmetic industry, James Flanagan's minimal black and white compositions are a departure from his commercial work. The artist's portfolio on PaintingsDIRECT includes landscape, architectural and botanical still-lifes, images that reveal his eye for elegant lines and desire for spontaneous inspiration. "I shoot for myself. It's a journey of my thoughts and feelings. View them through your own experiences." Flanagan studied at the Germain School of Photography.
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Jack Martinelli
Geometry expresses emotion according to abstract painter Jack Martinelli. "The basic shapes--squares, circles, triangles, zigzag lines--in singular or rhythmic pattern, express feelings." Preparatory line drawings help the artist to create a balance in color and composition. "It is a challenge to transform these elements so that each painting has a quality of emotion or stillness." Martinelli received his MFA from Pacific Western University, and his work belongs to the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Smithsonian Institution and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
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 Deborah Worthington Dorsey
Deborah Worthington Dorsey relishes the seductive, human form. Her figurative oil paintings integrate the shapes and contours of the body, treating the subject as a creative element as well as a meaningful image. The artist also captures vistas in Italy, the Adirondacks and New Mexico in her watercolors. Dorsey received her Masters of Philosophy from Columbia University and has exhibited at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh.
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