Volume 3, #3 January 16, 2001    

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To begin the New Year, PaintingsDIRECT.com presents an exhibition of four artists whose insight and artistic inspiration come from retracing history.
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Introducing this week's PaintingsDIRECT.com artists.
  M.F. Rosenthal
Music is the impetus for M.F. Rosenthal’s new collages. An avid listener of jazz and blues, the artist collages torn sheets of music, drawn over by graceful lines that are made in time to music. Landscapes composed of layered tissue-paper and photographs are also part of the artist’s new portfolio. Rosenthal studied at the Carnegie Institute of Technology and has exhibited her work throughout Massachusetts.
 
  Rosalind Tobias
Rosalind Tobias’ new oils continue her exploration of color and light in country-landscapes and on the city streets of New York. The artist’s beautiful impressionist style is produced using the technique of the late 19th century masters, who delineated shapes using color instead of line. Tobias received her Bachelors degree in Fine Art at Radcliffe and her Master of Arts at New York University.
 
  Donald Davis
Donald Davis was inspired to paint after spending time in France. “Every village, every church, every hayfield seemed paintable, so I plunged into painting as an avocation.” The artist’s portfolio includes Cape Cod seascapes, West Coast sunsets and Barbados beaches. Davis studied at Rutgers University in New Jersey.
 
  Garry Nichols
Garry Nichols’ oil paintings reflect memories of his childhood. A native of Tasmania, the artist's choices of subject range from beautifully colored vegetation to surveys of the Australian landscape and still-lifes that feature indigenous objects. Nichols studied at the National Art School in Sydney and the Skowhegan School of Art, and his work is part of several public collections including the National Gallery of Victoria, the Burnie Museum and the Samuel P. Harn Museum of the University of Florida.

 
  Lisa Sandler
Lisa Sandler’s works on paper combine painting and design to create colorful patterns in gouache and hand-carved rubber stamps. “These paintings fall somewhere in between craft and textile design. I work a lot with pleasing colors and a repetitive symmetry.” Sandler studied at the San Francisco Art Institute, Otis College and U.C.L.A., and has exhibited her work on the West Coast and in New York.

 
  Yolanda Mesa
Yolanda Mesa’s playful narratives depict a happy crowd geared-up for summer at the beach. Cheerful families and bathing suit-clad ladies pose for portraits on the yellow sand. “For me the figure is very important…My work is like a big theater set.” Mesa studied at the Instituto de Artes in Colombia, the Pratt Graphic Art Center and the Academia de San Fernando in Spain. Her work belongs to the collections of the Museo de Universitario del Chopo in Mexico, the Museo de Art Moderno de Bogotà, the Museo de Arte Moderno de Cartagena and Museo RAYO in Colombia.

 
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