Creative Edge

My work is politically based and emerges from a place of inspiration and social concerns. I must be inspired by the subject I am compelled to recreate upon canvas. It may be the stance of the person; the color of their skin; the shape of their body or what they are wearing. The best portraits are when the soul of that person emerges from behind his eyes. Even when I paint a tree or a rock, I become one with the object. Whatever it is, when I paint, I become excited, sometimes frustrated and finally satisfied as I see what I have created with the help of my ancestors, long deceased. I believe being an artist involves a social responsibility to incite change, and transform consciousness. It also to bring peace to a troubled soul. I believe if I had started oil painting at 13 instead of 63, I would have been a fashion designer. I love the lines that form the shape of the human body, and the texture of cloth and it's movement upon that body like a human tree fascinates me. When I was young, there were not many images of young, defiant, black women like the ones were described in the poetry of Maya Angelou such as "I'll Rise"...she writes, Does mu haughtiness offend you? .... .You may shoot me with your word, you may cut me with your eyes,, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise. Does my Sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise that I danced like I've got diamonds at the meeting of my things." I love my work to be powerful!

I was born in N. Little Rock, Ark in 1938. When I was six years old I moved to New Brunswick, N.J., home of Rutgers University, so college has always been in my blood, but I would not get my degree from Otis College of Art and Design in 2007 until I was 69 years old. I began oil painting when I was about 63 at the El Camino Jr. College. Today I still take classes there. I went started College when I was 19 and but after a few sessions my disease took control of my life. I moved to Los Angeles in 1961, married, lost babies at birth and most of my life was darkness until Jan 4, 1971 when I stopped drinking. I worked as a secretary, and a Medical transcriber in the day time and took every course I loved until even today. When I started oil painting at age 63, I finally matriculated. I applied to Otis College of Art and Design and graduated on the Dean's list in 2007. The great African American artist of LA took me under their wings and invited me join them in many of their exhibits. I have been extremely blessed to know these gifted life-time artist. I am the new kid on the block. I have been in the CA African Art Museum and with many other groups that are well know with great professional artist. I am grateful for their friendship and knowledge. I have been in the exhibit Day of the Dead in Los Angeles and many exhibits.

Metascapes explore the transitional space between realism and abstraction where a dream-like inner meditative quality can emerge. Metascapes are certainly, on one level, seascapes, and yet again they are not, for the images are created without reference to any actually viewed scene, and the horizon line can be perceived to be the illusory boundary for what may be above and below the surface of our awareness.

I have painted Metascapes for 30 years. I also make intimate videos that capture in-the-moment movement and ambient sound and I draw and paint expressive portrait and figurative imagery.

EXHIBITS

2015 bG, Bergamot Station Santa Monica

2015 Hale Arts Space, Santa Monica

2015 Nitespa, Venice

2014 Brand Library, Glendale

2001 Odalisque Fine Art, Venice

1999 Tom Binder Fine Art, Marina del Rey

1996 Odalisque Fine Art, Venice

1988 Gallery 409, Marina del Rey

1987 James Turcoutte Gallery, Los Angeles

1984 Comeback Inn, Venice

1984 Santa Monica City Spring Art Show

1983 Pacific Art Guild

SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

Robinson-May Department Stores (Office of the CEO), Los Angeles

Water and Power Federal Credit Union, Los Angeles

Friedman, Hahn and Rheingold, CPAs, Encino

SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Dr. Barbara De Angelis, Brentwood

Dr. Bret Lyon, Santa Cruz

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wilson, Dana Point

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Finch, San Clemente

Ms. Stevie Stewart, Beverly Hills

Michael Baroff's works are reminiscent of the paintings of Mark Rothko. The works have a mystical and spiritual quality, painted on the small scale – and are to be held and appreciated in an intimate relationship between the image and the viewer.

Scott Canty, Director/Curator

Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery

Presently painting abstracts on canvas using acrylics. Other art work ranges from painting on silk using French dyes, mix media using found objects, drawing with pastels, photography when time allows and creating wall hangings by manipulating fabric in various ways (was a member of the Missouri Fiber Artists until September 2014). I simply love the creative process - whether starting with a blank canvas, a blank sheet of paper, a piece of fabric and ending with a wonderful work of art!

Have been creative as long as I can remember. Received a BA in Fine Art 1980 from UMass Boston. Additionally, I have taken silk painting classes at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), New York City in 1997. Have done many arts and crafts venues over the years. My art work has been exhibited in MA, NY,and MO. Since retirement, I have been free to create more art uninterrupted. I was one of the founders of a Women's art gallery in St. Louis, MO, 2010. I am now looking forward to experiencing the art community here in the California area.

Highly influenced by artists like Hopper, Warhol, Lichtenstein, and Diebenkorn, I paints multicultural urban Los Angeles with all its contradictions and poetry.

I am trying to blend my classical European artistic background with contemporary conceptual approach. In the LA urban environment I am looking for and finding manifestations of eternal human values, such as love, faith, longing, and the strife for a better life. I try to see real people and their life through the facades of the buildings depicted with much love and connection.

Born in Moscow , Russia /f. USSR/

Moscow's Art School at Kropotkin St.

MA graphic design from Stroganovskaya School of Art and Design, Moscow.

Graphic Design Workshop Artist Union USSR

Group Show at Bienalle/ Chekhoslovakia, Praga

1989- Came to USA, Los Angeles

1990-2009 Decorative painted furniture and murals

2008-1st Solo show TALK TO ME LA1 Modern Art Gallery

2010-2nd Solo show TALK TO ME LA 2 at Modern Art gallery

2012 Group show at Santa Monica Art Studios

2013 Group show "Seen and Unseen"Downtown LA

Phantom Gallery

curator and artist

2013 Group show "Oneness"Phantom Gallery

2015 Group show at Civitella d'Agliano

2015 Group show at Nuremberg ,Germany

2016 Solo show at Lark Gallery Hawthorne

and curator for CALIFORNIA show

Painting allows me freedom to address some of the social ills that plague our modern society and to paint what I feel, not necessarily what I see. Having worked with drug addicts, the homeless, victims of sexual abuse, young people who have been incarcerated, and having friends in the porn industry, I have definitely seen some of the seedier side of life. I’ve seen how people can make a bad decision and get trapped in that decision. They are unable to figure out how to get out of the situation in which they find themselves. With that in mind, I aspire to achieve social change with my art.

Preston, who is a published artist, writer and educator originally from Louisiana, earned an M.F.A. (with honors) in Illustration from the Academy of Art in San Francisco and a B.A. in Applied Arts from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He freelances as an illustrator, digital/graphic design artist, fine artist, educator and voice over actor in the Los Angeles area. An avid artist rights advocate, he has been recognized by the Los Angeles City Council for his volunteer work and contribution to the growth of the arts in L.A. His award winning work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. He has traveled extensively; living & working at times in Norway, England and Japan as an illustrator, computer graphic artist and scenic artist.

Art is a part of me I see everything as art, feel art live art. Painting is a process like life is a process.

Art is perception, intuition, a state of mind with convictions, which will all reflect art back to the individual as a representation of their own inner form.

LIVING IN ART IS A PROCESS BETWEEN LIVING THE DREAM AND BEING IN THE MOMENT.

LULA FLORES

Lula Flores is an Artist born in Chile that resides in USA, Sherman Oaks, California.

Lula spent her adult childhood studying painting, and drawing at the University of Chile and Valparaiso. After immigrating to the United States , she attended Pierce College to continue her studies. She was awarded by the Dean's List Honors. Also she was honored by professors from other Universities winning first price for her work in both abstract and life drawing categories as well as painting.

Nature’s infinite pallet of color and diversity awaken our hearts and mind.

*** The Law of the Universe:

No matter how dark the night gets, the sun will rise. It always does.

*** Innocent and beautiful colors of sun are ready to dance with you at winter solstice, awaken your heart and mind.

*** Sun’s rays are inviting you to the new year journey! Be ready to fly!

** Galina Kovshilovsky’s paintings derive from her Russian origins. One feels the breath and wildness of a massive country and yet the simple handy work of it dedicated population. Galina’s paintings capture the sprawling epic about the erosion of tradition with visually striking exploration of color in its infinite variety and vitality. Her painting, be they large or small, capture the imagination with visually stunning Swirls and movement of the eye, emotion and the imagination. We are left breathless with the fascinating lovingly layered colors where the rules of organized thought clash and intersect with rituals and beliefs. We are moved. We are coaxed. We are seeing and drawn into a study of inclusiveness always before us.

Her color is gorgeous and she paints energy.

Dr. Marion Somers.

The photography bug bit Huss hard in his early years while living in England and dreaming of good light, first playing with a Polaroid instant camera before branching out to 35mm film.

Southern California was the next stop for Huss with a brief move to digital imaging before deciding that anything that can create an image would be his chosen medium. Currently that includes digital, 35mm and medium format film cameras.

Huss’ major influence for his color photography is the work of David Hockney, with the intense colors often becoming the subject matter of the images.

Huss considers himself a documentarian of the personal, the abstract and occasionally the absurd.

BA University of Southern California

Hanger Gallery Santa Monica

Hamilton Galleries Santa Monica

Venice Arts Venice

BG Galleries Santa Monica

Gabba Gallery Los Angeles

huZ Galleries San Pedro

Finalist IPA

Taking "reduce and reuse" principle to the next level I build abstract 2d and 3d compositions with found objects from hi-tech world. Disassembled practical gadgets become pieces of the puzzle that join paint and clay in my artworks. The concept of my current series "Deconstructed" resonates well with "Evolve. Women. Wisdom." theme. It deals with the evolution of knowledge (computers, phones, robot gears, data, concrete) into wisdom (balance, minimalism, harmony, intuitive awareness, abstract).

Lina was born in Kiev, Ukraine, where she graduated from the School of Visual Arts. She has always strived to find balance between her passion for arts and interest in technology. In 2000 she obtained a

masters degree in computer science with a specialization in multimedia and creative technologies from USC, and now enjoys a successful career in software engineering. Lina has pursued her interest in visual art and has studied ceramics and sculpture in Los Angeles since 1996.

Linas clay and mixed media creations have been very well received in exhibitions at the Orlando Gallery, The Style Lounge, Pacific Design Center, VIVA Art Center, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Xiem Gallery, Red Dot Gallery in Palm Springs, Neutra Museum in Silver Lake. Her art is in private and corporate collections nationwide. Lina participates in the Annual California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art in Davis, California, and is a member of Los Angeles Experimental Artists group.

My art is imagination of created things which do not exist in everyday life. The purpose of my life - is creation of the fantasies. I was always attracted to science fiction books and movies. I put my images of my fantasy’s creatures in paintings and sculptures.

Faina Kumpan was moved from Odessa, Ukraine as a political refugee. She graduated from the Theatrical Art College in Odessa. In her not very exciting childhood, she was dreaming of other worlds. She was obsessed with science fiction.

Her emigration to New York opens the new opportunities. She worked as a designer and changed a lot of different professions. After moving to LA she returned to her love for art and Science Fiction. She attended numerous classes at UCLA Extension and many private workshops. She exhibited in many important galleries in LA and NY. She creates a fantasy world that is a once surreal and abstract, whimsical and vibrant. Whether creating painting or sculptures, her subjects are mystical creatures from another world, like fantastic figures stepping out of the pages of the futuristic fairy tale. She was participating in many group exhibitions.

She was awarded as a creative artist by City of LA for working together to celebrate Los Angeles as Creative Capital of the world. Her works are in many private collections.

My art name is Lark - the bird that lingers between the earth and the sky. We artists do it at the moment of inspiration and meditation. That's how I create my art. I meditate and start with the spontaneous movements of my instruments; usually it is not a brush. A brush makes me think. My instruments are usually just pieces of cardboard. I also paint on any surface – canvas, board, plexiglass, glass, wood, etc – and I love to experiment and see what happens. My best creations take place in a state of no mind.

Although I begin the way abstract expressionists do and use some sumi-e techniques, eventually most of my creation starts shaping as abstract or impressionistic landscapes as ocean, sky, trees, flowers and mountain views start appearing from the formless. Nature is my source of inspiration, but instead of landscape details I channel nature's moods, the feeling of being one with nature, and swimming in its atmospheric light.

Light is what drives me to continue working. My mission is always to bring more light to people around me with my art, poetry and meditations. I know that viewers feel joy, peace and harmony when they look at my work, enter and settle inside it because it heals their emotional wounds and it makes me happy. Being an artist is an opportunity to express the fountain of my creative energy and at the same time serve people's needs in beauty that will heal the world.

When people perceive the light, the high and playful energy that my paintings emanate, they start feeling they are back in the fairy-tale world of their childhood, when their soul was open to transformations and miracles, and they feel like Alice in her enchanting wonderland.

From the beginning of her art career, Lark’s art caught the attention of art lovers and gained recognition from art jurors including LA Weekly critic Peter Frank, Santa Monica Museum Art Director Lisa Melandri and MOCA curator Alma Ruiz.

Fusing classical and contemporary art traditions, Lark's award-winning artworks carry her signature gestural brushstrokes and vibrant color palettes. They have been featured in the many prestigious exhibitions, art catalogs and sold globally in France, Italy, Germany, Japan, Russia, Armenia, Canada, Sweden and many other countries. In 2021 - 2025 Lark's art was exhibited in the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art and the Shiba City Museum of Art In Japan where Lark got two Gold Awards in the group shows.

Human connection is about being of a selfless nature. Over the years, technological advances have surpassed our expectations, and has left both a positive and negative imprint on our lives. In the past, communication was necessary and vital. Today, slowly our ability to look at the world and issues in our relationships seem adversely affected. We, as a society are more isolated than ever. So, indirectly my paintings reflect the need for more unity, togetherness, and equilibrium. To return to a certain level of personable relationships and to have an understanding of what tradition truly means, is my main message. To reach out and use our naturally given senses to make a difference in humanity is also another idea. Ideally together, I wish that we can all gradually produce a small change and confront the concerns of today. My works can be seen as a huge cobweb in it's entirety, which ironically mirrors how technology works. It represents our obsession with networking, and the need to return back to morality, respect and a love for humanity. My wish is for the continuation of inspiration by the mutuality in people and for the reliance or comfort in another human being.

Peggy Lee was born in Seoul, Korea and has lived in the United States for a long period of time. Having been educated with a bachelors of fine arts from Korea, she studied art in the United States as well. Since the beginning of her stay in America, she has been educating art students for over 15 years, while managing an art career for herself. She has a strong work ethic and keeps busy as a full-time artist. Her level of creativity is outstanding, and her stamina to continuously produce works is endless. Peggy's work has influenced both Korean and American culture. While teaching her students throughout the years, she observed a pattern in their lifestyle, which came about through social media. Due to the overload of technological information, she slowly began to see that these students were dissipating into their own world of isolation. Peggy's works can be seen as a huge cobweb in it's entirety, which ironically mirrors how technology works. It represents our obsession with networking, and the need to return back to tradition, unity, and a love for humanity. Her work continues to be inspired by mutuality in people and building relationships.

My work explores connectedness and the fragility of life. The pieces reflect a childhood very rich in family warmth under the Australian sun, stories encountered across countries in adult life, and a desire for more reflection on the place of humans within nature. My main body of work is bright and dark acrylic on small portable wood panels, developed during 13 years at home in three continents. Increasingly I also produce large watercolors on paper, which means one chance in each layer of paint, and sculptures, in order to play with viewers from all perspectives.

Libbet Loughnan spent her childhood in Australia's Barrabool Hills. She has always loved drawing and painting. Having trained at Robert Drummond’s Geelong Fine Art School, Loughnan then worked for a time with a state gallery in Mexico to run an art program among street children.

Loughnan now attends the life drawing classes at the National Arts Club in New York. She is inspired by artists Frida Kahlo, Brett Whitely, John Olsen, Françoise Gilot, Robert Drummond, Hunt Slonem, Brenda Napaltjarri, Robert Ingpen, her family –including its professional and innate artists– and by scuba diving and exploring. Loughnan is also interested in collecting art and dead little (cleaned) sea creatures, to have some inspiration in her Aussie home where she paints.

Loughnan has exhibited in New York, Geelong, Point Lonsdale, Melbourne, London, Berlin, Mexico city and Oaxaca.

Recent/upcoming exhibitions:

• February 2018: Solo exhibition, Ceres Gallery, New York, USA

• February 2017: Solo exhibition, National Arts Club, New York, USA

• October 2016: Ballerine Open Studios, Victoria, Australia

• March – April 2016: Qube Gallery, Cebu, Philippines

• March 2016: Golden Plains Open Studios, Victoria, Australia

• March 2016: Malasimbo Music and Arts Festival, Puerto Galera, Philippines

• February 2016: The Wintergarden Gallery, Geelong, Australia

• October 2015: Obracodobra, Oaxaca, Mexico

• September 2015: Affordable Art Fair NYC, New York, USA

• July 2015: Osaka Art Fair, Osaka, Japan

• May 2015: New York Select Art Fair, New York, USA

• May 2015: Etch Gallery, Geelong, Australia

• April 2015: Toronto Love Art Fair, Toronto, Canada

• April 2015: Gordon Art Gallery, Geelong, Australia

• March 2015: National Arts Club, New York, USA

Awards/Other:

• 13 March 2015: Awarded Prize at the National Arts Club Exhibiting Members Exhibit, National Arts Club, New York, USA

• 1 – 31 March 2015: Starry Night Artists’ Residency, New Mexico

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

Being mercurial by nature, I can’t honestly ever see myself sticking with any one medium, technique or style. My work varies from figurative to totally abstract. I love to paint, but also am compelled to pick up crazy stuff, even garbage, on walks and incorporate these random items into assemblages. I am drawn to old, obsolete, broken or rusted bits of machinery, shattered pottery and glass, driftwood, seed pods, bones—these things hold so much magic and conjure up images of creatures and otherworldly beings. I grew up in the Detroit area and received my BFA from The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. I got into the ad biz and worked as an art director for the better part of my life. Conceptual thinking has always been my strong point, and I find that design and writing skills come very handy in presenting my fine art works.

Horror Vacui - 10th Annual Alumni Exhibition — The University of Michigan - Argus II Gallery / Ann Arbor, MI - July 2016

Collage-O-Rama - Group Show - Cadillac Hotel Gallery / Venice, CA - Sept. 2015

Coldwell Banker Artist Showcase - Three-Man Show - Venice, CA - April 2014

It Came From Venice - Group Show - Sponto Gallery / Venice, CA - March 2014

Vestiges of My Venice - Solo Show - Cadillac Hotel Gallery / Venice, CA - Jan. 2013

Venice Arts Council Presents - Two-Man Show - Hama Sushi / Venice, CA - Oct. 2012

Another Tick on the Timeline - Three-Man Show - Cadillac Hotel Gallery / Venice Beach, CA - Feb. 2012

Solo Show - Venice Art Crawl - The Fig Tree / Venice, CA - September 2011

House Artists - Two-Man Show - Wine Expo Tasting Room / Santa Monica, CA - Sept. 2010 to Sept. 2013

Shifting Paradigms ~ First Prize - VOCA Gallery - Venice, CA - April 2010

Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design - The University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI - BFA 1977

When I was in art school, everyone was transitioning from fine arts to more lucrative applications. Having had a career in creative advertising as both a writer, art director and conceptual visionary, I have come full circle. Once again, I'm face-to-face with my true nature as someone who cannot stop receiving new impulses to create. I work in many mediums: painting, drawing, collage, mixed media, sculpture and mosaic. In short, making stuff is the only way I can bring peace to my restless mind with its popcorn machine of ideas.

My artwork focuses on spiritual, technological and environmental issues. In my art, I deconstruct the American dream, government missteps, the overwhelming presence of the digital age and our effect on the ecosystem that are part of the fabric of our controversial history. Having engaged subjects as diverse as atomic testing, human experimentation and the ever expanding presence of technology, my work reproduces familiar visual signs, arranging them into densely conceptual pieces.

Often times themes are combined into a collage of technology juxtaposed with old world imagery, that may be often embellished with hi-tech details. The juxtaposition of past and future, establishes a dream-like surreal quality and suggests an other worldly realm out of time & space. My personal dream language provides clues to content and visual interpretation.

While I primarily work in the computer for my dream paintings and with found objects for my sculptures, I also incorporate my drawings and photography layering each idea to evoke a new mythology. Although there may not always be visual similarities between the different projects, they are linked by recurring social concerns. The subject matter of each piece determines the colors, textures and the objects used to create it.

Each series often consists of multiple works, grouped around specific themes and meanings. I consistently research varied topics creating new areas of interest from which arises the next body of work.

Born in St. Louis, Vincent Mattina began his love affair with art at a very early age. When he was first able to hold a pencil he knew he loved drawing. Throughout his early years and onto high school his love of art captured his soul. His passion and resolve to educate himself in visual arts led him to Columbus College of Art and Design. There he graduated with a BFA in Fine art & Illustration. In 1990 he moved out of the Midwest and into the Los Angeles area. He gained recognition in the commercial art world by working at companies in the Fashion, Marketing & Advertising industries. Also free-lancing with many companies such as Hanna-Barbera, Disney, Warner Brothers and Activision.

Feeling the need to express himself as well as having a visual story to tell, Vincent decided to follow his first love and branch out into the fine art world. In his first show he was highlighted in a group show at the City of Brea art gallery titled “For Love or Money”. This show was the crossroads between his commercial & fine art career and the first environment to feature his “Entomechanical” series that intertwines nature and machines inspired by photo realism, digital collage and technology.

Since then he also has ventured into the Steam-Punk movement. Vincent was invited to show several of his “Professor Flux Repurposed Ray-Guns” at the Muzeo museum in Anaheim and the San Diego Automotive Museum.

In 2012 his art work “Victorinsect Box 3“ was voted 1st place in the digital category juried art show. Also in 2012 his piece “All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (Adam)” received best of show at the Art for All People Gallery show entitled “Phoenix Rising”.

His richly detailed works transports you to an alternate reality in which science, nature and spirituality evolve. Vincent has shown in galleries throughout the southern California and his works grace the homes of various collectors.

Assuming artists create with their lives as much as with their eyes and hands, often the compelling aspect of a piece of art reveals a significant moment in the life of the artist. When I look through my own body of work, I recognize elements that stem from my psychedelic youth growing up on the Jersey Shore, my hitchhiking exploits around the country that culminated in a run of unbridled years in California, and even my corporate career in advertising. Having viewed the world through an assortment of vantage points, I’ve acquired a wealth of experiences, perceptions and emotions — all of which are reflected in my art.

I avoid figurative subjects unless they play a requisite role in my concept. I find abstract work a much more direct expression of intimate emotions an sensations, as well as a more effective conduit to convey them to others. Whether it be triumph or tranquility, risk or desperation, visual context and the feelings they arouse are left to the interpretation of the viewer.

My diverse personal history makes it hard for me to settle on one style. I am pragmatic, yet my visuals tend to be wild. Traditionally trained and a surrealist at heart, I paint from concepts, visions and dreams. The translation of thought into images is at the core of my work. My technique can exhibit the precision of an engineer or the chaotic spontaneity of a maniac. In all cases, I love to create art through the intentional manipulation of paint.

EXHIBITIONS

My work has been exhibited in galleries in Los Angeles and in Scottsdale Arizona, as well as hotels, restaurants and other public venues.

Coldwell Banker Artist Showcase - Three Man Show - Electric Avenue / Venice, CA - April 2014

It Came From Venice - Group Show - Sponto Gallery / Venice Beach, CA - March 2014

Scottsdale Biennale ~ Best of Show - Group Show - Wee Gallery of Fine Arts / Scottsdale, AZ - November 2013

Cross Sections of Creativity - Group Show - Vision Gallery / Scottsdale, AZ - November 2013

Scottsdale Biennale ~ Best of Show - Group Show - Wee Gallery of Fine Arts / Scottsdale, AZ - October 2012

Venice Arts Council Presents - Two Man Show - Hama Sushi / Venice, CA - October 2012

Scottsdale Biennale ~ 1st Place in Painting Category - Group Show - Wee Gallery of Fine Arts / Scottsdale, AZ - January 2011

Another Tick on the Timeline - Three Man Show - Cadillac Hotel Gallery / Venice Beach, CA - February 2012

House Artists - Two Man Show - Wine Expo Tasting Room / Santa Monica, CA - September 2010 to September 2013

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EDUCATION

I have no degree, but I’ve had thousands of hours of training in Colleges and private lessons. I wound up pursuing a commercial arts career and have worked as a designer and illustrator for twenty five years.

2000 - Solo exhibition at the Interclub Togliatti;

2001 - Personal exhibition in the "Palette" Gallery ;

2001 - Personal exhibition in the Literary Salon of the VAZ House of Culture;

2007 - Group exhibition in the "Palette" Gallery;

2007 - Group exhibition "Artwork of the Year";

2008 - Group exhibition of the Union of Artists of Russia, Togliatti;

2009 - Annual exhibition of Russian Artists Union;

2010 - Group exhibition "Graphic works of 2010", Togliatti;

2010 - Group city exhibition "Artwork of the Year";

2011 - End of the Year Group Exhibition of Russian Union of the Artists;

2011 - End of the Year Final group Exhibition of Russian Artists Union;

2011 - The City of Togliatti exhibition "The City of Artists".

We are all walking Canvases waiting to be revealed and recognized.

Artist and Author of "The Healing Journey Of Spiritual Art" on Amazon worldwide.

Marilyn has never taken a lesson is painting. She just started painting in 1993 and the images flowed from her hands. She calls her art, Art beyond the Brush. 23 of her paintings adorn the walls of a medical clinic in Osaka Japan and has been featured in many magazines in Japan including, Star People magazine. She has traveled worldwide and spend time in Japan teaching about unconditional love and Reiki healing. Marilyn is a Reiki Master, Sound Therapist and has created 5 Cds for meditation and balancing the Chakras where her artwork can be seen on the covers.

Her art book was released in 2006 in Honolulu Hawaii. She was interviewed on Television on KHON2 morning news in Honolulu, seen on Heart Touch in California, and Guided by Spirit in Honolulu.

Besides all of these gifts, she is known as a third generation Clairvoyant Remote Viewer . Seen on Best Physics Directory. She has read for many people by phone and in person internationally.

Her art is referred to as Energy Paintings beyond the veil, and her new book soon to be release is called Art Beyond the Brush. Marilyn with no formal training, just sits down, gets out of her way and proceeds to paint what she sees in her minds eye and on her canvas.

Shows: Smith Center Las Vegas to benefit chiodren's education, Women and music and Art Las Vegas,

Her drawings and oil paintings respect the technique and style of old masters of Renaissance and baroque period of Italian, Flemish, French and Russian masters.

She is sympathetic to the international Kitsch movement that in words of Kaikkonen- student of Odd Nerdrum-"provides an alternative to the institutionalized mainstream contemporary art".

Born in Russia, moved to US in 1990,currently lives in San Diego, Ca

I love the feel of my brush sliding paint that has texture in it. This time I choose to take control of several different textures to make this composition.

Gloria Vitto began her artistic career in the world of professional dance, first on stage in Manhattan and next, starting and running her own dance studio, with seven locations in Rochester, New York. While her artistic career took a hiatus while raising a son and daughter, she returned to her creative side by attending UCLA and starting her own interior design firm. Dayal Interiors was immensely successful in the very competitive landscapes of New York, Connecticut and Los Angeles for over fourteen years.

Finally, determined to pursue her artistic leanings, she began serious painting in 2002. While her primary medium is oil on canvas, she occasionally dabbles in watercolor as well as pen and ink. Her works can be viewed as she is a regular exhibitor at the Beverly Hills Affair In the Garden (where she has been awarded second place honors), the Malibu Art Festival (she was the show organizer for the 2005 and 2006 Malibu Art Association). In 2006 she exhibited in the Sawdust Winter Fantasy in Laguna Beach. She continues to expand her artistic skills at both Santa Monica College and Emeritus Senior College.