Portal Of Opportunities III

I have always possessed a great affinity to nature, thirst for knowledge, and a deep appreciation of beauty in all of its forms. These innate qualities have found expresssion in many areas. In my paintings, I have seen patterns emerge that express harmony, joy, order, and beauty. My belief in the fundamental unity of all cultures and peoples has led me to create art pieces that relflect the depth of our collective souls, the beauty of our beings, and the ability to expand to fully embrace our lives.

I was born and raised in a small city in the northern region of Iran called Rezahyieh. In 1978 I moved to the United States to attend college and received a business degree from California State University Sacramento. I then traveled extensively for several years encountering various cultures in different countries. I developed a feeling of expansion that included all of humanity. While living in Brazil, I was inspired by the European and Brazilian artists I met, so began creating one of a kind garments and bags that were sold through high end boutiques in Los Angeles. While working with fabric dyes on hemp canvas, I shifted my artistic direction towards painting. Over the years, I have experimented with a wide variety of mediums and cherish the discovery of something new. My work has evolved over time, allowing me to switch forms of expression as I feel inclined. My most recent pieces I call Nouveau Surrealism - ordinary printed photos that have been transformed to reflect unseen realms. Over the past four years, I have shown in the Topanga Artist Studio Tour and have participated in numerous shows in various venues around LA. The most recent show was called Down the Rabbit Hole, representing portals into the mysteries within each of us.

My journeys inspire me to search for new form of art. In my pictures, the light is the most important, because it is the symbol of energy and life.

I was born in July 4th, 1967. I was studying graphic in The Fine Arts Institute at Warminsko – Mazurski University in 2003 – 2008. I am working in graphics, oil and watercolour painting, drawing and photography. I travel a lot and I use my journeys to do my works.

I do my art practice at Institute of J. Pilsudski in New York.

I participate in international symposia in Poland and foreign countries .

Last exhibitions:

2008 - New Century Artists Gallery - Manhattan NY (USA)

2008 – Polish National Home - Hartford (USA)

2009 – Gallery MOK Spichlerz - Olsztyn, POLAND

2009 – Gallery Amfilada – Olsztyn, POLAND

2009 - Gallery BWA Olsztyn,POLAND

My journey as an artist began over 30 years ago painting colorful semi-abstract Southwest landscapes in oils and watercolor.

Captured by collage and mixed media, the direction of my work has changed dramatically over the years. And, although I still paint, my "paint brush" is now often through the lens of a camera or iPhone. My photo collages allow me to meld together captured images of light and shadows, architectural elements and the mood inducing landscapes of L.A. and DTLA. Day or night, freeway blurs, building facades, distorted landscapes, graffiti, billboards, glitches, store windows, reflections are translated into seductive, colorful virtual reality-scapes.

Susanne Belcher, a native Californian, and award winning mixed media semi-abstract artist, began incorporating photography into her paintings and collages several years ago. Her experimentation with transparency film, scanning images, layering, overlaying and collaging these elements into her creations extended her visual language. Her images, always compelling, whether minimal or complex, retain a consistent emotional narrative component that is unique, sophisticated and often surreal and mysterious. Her innate ability to distill images through layers of reduction and compilation in mixed media provided a natural transition to digital photography.

She has exhibited in Germany and galleries throughout So. California in both solo and group exhibitions since 1991. The recipient of numerous awards, her work is held in private and corporate collections in the U.S. and Europe. She was a founding partner and represented artist of the former Abbot Kinney Art Gallery (Venice, CA), is currently represented by Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts Gallery (DTLA). She is an active member of Women Painters West, Thousand Oaks Art Association, California Art League and currently sits on the Board of Collage Artists of America and The Fine Arts Club of Pasadena. She is also co-author of an art/nature essay book “Looking for 527” about the journeys of a Yellowstone Wolf killed in 2009 during the first Montana wolf hunt (available on Amazon.com)

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

Self expression and awareness, inspired by others, by ideas; by the effects of light, color, and texture, is satisfied within me by the creation of paintings. I have always been attracted to patterns of color more then the detail of objects, explaining my attraction to abstraction.

While painting, I often find myself taking my eyes out of focus in order to simplify the work. Paint is applied in a thick and forceful manner in order to convey energy and movement. I choose light and temperature of color as a tool to create a specific fee.ling. Acrylic, metallic, permanent marker, and oil paint are combined as a means to achieve contrast.

By painting impressions and abstractions, I believe the viewer becomes involved in a process to understand the work, to contribute to the work, making a connection between my art and the viewer.

2013 Sulkin/Secant Gallery, Bergamot Station, group show. Curated by lark. 2012 Harveys Gallery, L.A., 3 person show. Curated by Mr. Tony Clark. 2012 Love Birds Gallery, solo show. Curated by Star and Martha Higgins. 2010 - 2011 Disneyland, Anaheim, created an exterior mural.

2008 - 2009 Four Seasons Hotel, Westlake, created murals. 2006 - 2007 Lincoln Library, Illinois, created paintings and murals. 2005 Caesars Palace Hotel/Casino, Vegas, created murals. 2004 Venetian Hotel/Casino, Vegas, created murals. 2003 Disneyland Gran Californian Hotel, Anaheim, created paintings. 2001 - 2002 Disneyland, Japan, created paintings and murals. 2000 Ritz Carlton Hotel, Atlanta, created murals.

Private Collections

Mr. Rod Stewart Ms. Janet Jackson Mr. James Earl Jones Ms. Beverly Harris American Red Cross

Review

Paintings by Nigel Cooper appeared to be seen through the dark prism like Le Sidenier with illuminated figures and buildings in the distance. The technique of painting was very original in that the pigments appeared to be drawn with some force across the surface of the canvas.

Mr. William A. Emboden, PhD, FL.S. Art-to-Art palette Journal, 2013

Education

Attended California Art Institute

Los Angeles-based artist Sandra Cooper is renowned for her distinctive abstract expressionist style. Her paintings and drawings are unique in their ability to stimulate viewers visually and emotionally with both passion and contradiction. Her striking images encourage viewers to use their own mind’s eye to interpret the movement of paint across canvas. Cooper wants to evoke an emotional response to her art, rather than merely object recognition. “If I wanted to recreate exactly what I saw, I would use my camera. My style celebrates the randomness of abstract expressionism.” “Why paint the entire scene when it’s the negative space that fills my imagination with the creative possibilities of ‘What if’” Cooper says.

Cooper’s “Heart Felt Series,” painted under her “nom de art”

R. Vega, is reflective of the powerful abstract nudes for which she is known.

Cooper’s style and technique are reflected in the media she uses. Whether it is watercolors, mono prints, mono types, charcoal line drawings, acrylics or collage, her work is recognized as a consistent signature of talent.

Cooper?

Exhibitions/Tours/Representations

1) Februrary 20th from 3:00-4:00PM (PST) BlogTalkRadio. The ORACLE Speaks, hosted by Denise L. Cook, with special guest Artist Sandra Cooper. UK Songwriter Artie Q\'s single \"Not a Lot of Love\", which was inspired by Cooper\'s \"Out of Control\", will be played.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/denise-lyles-cook

Call In: (805) 285-9772

2) In 2011 Daily Art Calendar, All For Love, www.ArtWanted.com/SandraCooper

3) The Whole 9 Gallery - Culver City, California - The Peace Project

http://www.thewhole9.com/thepeaceproject-merchandise.php

4) In 2010 Artist Sandra Cooper was featured on BlueHighways TV in conjunction with Lark Gallery Online. The show was viewed in over 220 countries.

http://country-cooperative.com/index.php/artists/category/mixed_media .

5) In 2010 Sandra Cooper artwork Out of Control was chosen by internationally renowned UK songwriter and singer Artie Q for LarkGallery Online E-exhibition Colors of Life - Music

6) In 2010 The Whole 9, juried competition, The Peace Project, Culver City, CA

In 2010 The Pop/Lock Gallery, Global Art Exhibition , Los Angeles, CA

Animoto

http://animoto.co/play/kcodPxjQSc56io2yu6LQOA

2009 Woman\'s Club of Hollywood, guest artist, 12th Annual Rose Variety Arts Show, Hollywood, CA

2009 Woman?s Club of Hollywood, featured cover artist for Denise Cook, The ORACLE, Speaks just because, Hollywood, CA

2009 The Hive Gallery, Art & Action, Los Angeles, CA

2009 LarkGalleryOnline.com, featured artist, Sandra Cooper, Santa Monica, CA

2009 Fantasy 2000, Sherman Oaks, CA

2009 Clouds, ?Heart Felt Series? painted under R. Vega, Santa Monica, CA

2008 Malibu Art Assn, Memories and Appreciation, Juried Exhibition, Malibu, CA

2008 Malibu Art Assn, Colors, Colors, Colors, Emeritus College, Juried Exhibition, Santa Monica CA

2008 Beverly Hills Country Club, Rose Breast Cancer Foundation, Visions of Hope, Beverly Hills, CA

2008 No Ho Gallery, Visions, North Hollywood, CA

2008 Haziaz Gallery, Art48, Sun Valley, CA

2008 Finegood Art Council of the Valley Alliance Jewish Federation, Studio Tour, Los Angeles,CA

2008 Malibu Art Association Juried Exhibition, The Challenge of Colors, Pacific

Palisades, CA

2008 APA Art Association Members Only Exhibition, The Washington Convention Center, Washington DC

2008 Art Treasures of Los Angeles, the Hidden Gems Art Collection, curator: Pasqual Bettio,Westmoreland Art Lofts, Los Angeles, CA

2008 Clouds, ?Heart Felt Series? painted under R. Vega, Santa Monica, CA

I am influenced by Hawaiian flora and marine life- the riot of color, the diversity of shape and the primal beauty I see in Hawaii. My art is my path back to this tropical Eden, by recreating through sculpture the plants and animals of those warm waters and lush forests.

I transform hard and flat into curved and flowing. What begins as plain metal sheet or rod embodies the expression of what is to be. And though my hands move and shape the raw material, the medium determines where we go and where we end. The project takes on its own dynamic and direction, and I am as much fellow traveler as I am director of the work.

I spent most of my adult life as a father, a martial artist, an Aerospace Quality Engineer, and until recently, not noticeably an artist.

Fatherhood teaches many, many things. Two things I learned are: expect the unexpected, and recognize that sometimes boundaries are meant to be crossed.

Martial arts also teaches many things. Two things I learned are discipline to persevere, and to always seek the way to peace.

Aerospace engineering… too many things to even list but essentially, I learned how things go together and how they work (or don’t work) together. Space is an unforgiving environment and to send things there is one of the most challenging of human endeavors. A great deal has to go right.

I have become familiar with and in some cases expert in technologies, processes and procedures governing hardware that once deployed, can never be repaired. Technologies that most people are unaware of yet affect many aspects of everyday life. Very sophisticated, sometimes extremely expensive, and not the environment where you would expect to find artistic expression or inspiration but I’ve learned that life is like that- you find inspiration and opportunity in the most unusual or unlikely places.

Somewhere on this journey I began to feel there was something that I needed to be doing but seemed to have no tangible foundation. Like a feeling one tries to explain but can’t find the right words for, but something that has to come out. And then it started.

Unshin's current preferred mediums are the pen and pencil, and current genre portraiture. Her work is a ballad of fantasy and drama with a tragic disposition. Unshin's art is extremely intricate, and she hopes that with every passing glance, the viewer can discern a new detail unknown to them before.

Unshin is a Los-Angeles-based artist, born and raised in Mongolia, where she attained a BA in Fashion Design and Decorative Art from the College of Arts and Culture. Unshin also owned a fashion house from 1995-98, where she released a series of consecutive avant-garde lines, on top of teaching fashion design and modeling. Although perpetually involved in artistic endeavors, Unshin is a newcomer to the American art scene, having held her first exhibition less than a year prior.

Employing two separate metaphors, my recent work concerns the relationship of our fragile Earth to our own cycles of life and mortality:

The 'Fragments' Series was created following the devastating death of my husband. The images reflect my return to life using my yoga experiences as an inspiration.

The 'Wetlands' Series is an exploration of water in its various forms. I often use multiple perspectives to create an image within a reinvented space permeated by the erasure of a human presence. These landscapes are residues of experiences rather than actual locations.

In my series 'Liquid Assets', the divisions within the canvases flow together with a sequence of cause and effect. They include observations of urban sprawl consuming the last vestiges of what once were rushing mountain streams. Graffiti echoes the primal desire to leave evidence of our brief existence on earth. I challenge myself to express my concerns by depicting the beauty of the Earth with gestures of its degradation.

In my most recent series 'Google It', I use several media to depict a fanciful journey through the miracle of instant access to understanding that Google provides us. Google has changed my life.

I was born into a creative family, which included artists, architects and engineers. Following their lead, oils became my first medium. I was exposed to the works of the Masters at a young age taking my first formal art classes when I was eight years old. I studied art at Kansas University and have continued my education throughout my life.

In addition to oils, I have also worked with pastels, acrylics, watercolors and several area of printmaking. For my sculptures, I have used wood, stone, metal and ceramics. The emotional layers of glazes by Turner and Monet have influenced many of my landscapes. The multi-media commentaries of Robert Rauschenberg on modern culture, along with the meditative graffiti-like markings of his friend Cy Twombly inform my recent pieces.

My studio is located in Los Angeles.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, the art of transforming the delapidated into the beautiful!

Rusted doors and peeling paint are magnified and high- lighted to the point where we begin to see them in a whole new light. Old becomes new, defunct becomes living, and rather than function, it is \"form\" that becomes the purpose of these inanimate subjects and their expired registrations

Biography

Erik Fischer, born in historic Aachen, Germany is a former private chef turned photographer. He used to refer to himself as the "chef in exile" while working and traveling the world for various influential families.

Fischer studied art history and drawing, yet at age 16 decided to pursue the culinary arts which led him to Los Angeles and then New York. With his camera as a constant companion, he captured landscapes all over the world while maintaining up to 15 hour work days.

After 24 years in the food industry he decided to hang up his chef's coat and pick up the camera full time. He found that while food is created and consumed immediately , a picture lasts a lifetime. He currently resides in Los Angeles, CA and continues to travel the world, collecting photographs for various projects.

Exhibitions

Very Venice Art and Design Gallery, group exhibit September 2011- 2012 \"Metallic & Chrome\" The Happening Gallery, Marina Del Rey. Sept-Oct. 2011

\"HDR\", group exhibit. Ensele Art Gallery, 03/2011

Group show at Monk Space ( chocolate and art fest) 2011

Group show at the Dragonfly club, Hollywood 2011

\"Jeane Andree\'s Bones\", solo exhibit. ECF Gallery, 12/2010

\"LA and what comes after\" solo exhibit at the Doheny, 01/2010

Hope, Courage, Compassion, Wisdom, and Confidence LAFC, LA 2009.

Group art show King King Club, Los Angeles. 2009.

\"Tales of the Heart\" New York Culture Centre, New York. 09/ 2002.

\"Transformations\" Los Angeles Friendship Centre, Los Angeles. 09/2007.

Nina Gabriel’s Artist Statement

“May our walking on Earth be gentle as the Union of a Butterfly and a Flower”

Traditional Buddhist Blessing

Rainbows are the same all over the world, and they are the same at any time we look at them. Our perception of them is however different every time we see them as it is ever – changing, according to our mood, feelings and state of mind.

My earliest recollection and recognition of rainbows goes back to when I was a little girl, sitting beside my grandfather, at his famous desk where he used to make amazingly interesting and beautiful things. At the same time, he taught my brother and me the colors of the rainbow and that is where it all began – my love for beauty, color and art for things of beauty and for things that were left for us to interpret.

I felt connected to nature and its boundless beauty since my childhood. I also enjoyed making things – of clay or any other media. My grandfather taught us many of those techniques and approaches to expression. From my grandmother, I learned crochet, knitting, embroidery and some sewing. Later on, I learned to work with many different media, which I enjoy to this day.

The process of making a thing of beauty through connection with my inner self is the greatest meditation and a gift that I appreciate so much. The ideas and possibilities are endless. Life and nature offer me inspiration and feelings that provide basis for many of my works. Working with that kind of art allows me to connect with nature and the universe. At this stage of my life, the colors of the rainbows beco

Nina Gabriel’s BIO

“Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I –

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.”

Robert Frost

Nina Gabriel is an artist, poet, writer working from her home-based studio in Los Angeles, California, USA.

For many years she worked at several major corporations here in California and in Canada.

In the year 2001 she established her company Nina Gabriel Refinement & Style.

Along with her working career, she always kept studying, majoring in Psychology and Naturopathy, currently doing Masters Degree in Natural Healing/Naturopathy.

Her interests include Music, Art, Poetry, Design, Philosophy, Numerology, Astrology, Esoteric Astrology, Mythology, Metaphysics, Kabbalah, Chinese Calligraphy, Feng Shui and many natural therapies such as Aromatherapy, Healing Touch, Reflexology, Reiki, Yoga, Tai Chi and many more.

Her art represents many philosophies, combining her deep interest in different cultures, beliefs and many forms of expression.

Nina Gabriel’s art has contributed enormously to her own spiritual growth, at the same time testing her patience, persistence and will.

It is her sincere wish that her art brings peace, happiness and joy to anyone that appreciates it, bringing forth many positive feelings such as love, faith, confidence and truly all the good that art has to offer.

Participated in the Fifth Annual International Biennale of Contemporary Art Exhibit, which took place in Fortezza da Basso in Florence, Italy in December/2005- http://www.florencebiennale.orgCollag

Narine Isajanyan was born in Armenian and began drawing and painting at the age of five. During her childhood she visited many museums and galleries in Armenian and St. Petersburg, as well as receiving training in music and dance. In college she continued her training in art and received a Bachelors degree in 1987 from the College of Architecture in Yerevan. She moved to Moscow to study at the Moscow Architectural Institute but found Soviet regulations with architecture too restrictive and sought more freedom to express her ideas through her art. She returned to Armenian and studied art with Manvel Bagdasaryan and Samvel Bagdasaryan and later received a Masters degree in Fine Arts from the Yerevan University of Art and Theater. She first started exhibiting her art in 1990 in Armenia and has participated in numerous shows in Moscow, Beruit, Abu Dhabi, Croatia and Belgium. She came to the United States in 1998 when she was invited to participate in an art exhibition and since then has exhibited her paintings at many galleries in the Los Angeles area.

Inspired by the impressionist painter Monet, Narine's work is expressionist, minimalist and conceptual by turns. Whether on canvas, paper, board, wood or actually made of metal, her pieces become abstract landscapes that are as fluid within as they are consistent and organic as a whole.

About her art, Narine says, "When I paint, I feel like I am flying and dancing; I hear music in my mind. Through my art I want to express the freedom I feel in my soul."

As an integral facet of my spiritual and aesthetic practice within the schools of non-dual, intuitive discernment, my intimate engagement with visual art is an instrument for collapsing opaque settlements of the mind. Contemplative in nature, my paintings of geometric formations (yantra) are not considered means to individual self-expression, but reflect an investigation into the essence of perception, awareness, and existence. They probe the mystery of time, space, and Being, which call into question preconceived notions concerning the nature of identity and consciousness.

Translated into visual terms from spiritual intuitions, the contemplative artwork depicts the generative source from which all phenomena manifest, by which all things are sustained, and to which all things reintegrate. Furthermore, my work inquires how the viewer, upon closely contemplating visual relationships, can be incited to penetrate limited perception of time and space such that an open space for direct insight into the basis of Being becomes possible. By revealing inner relationships and processes of perceptual awareness, the works of art aim to trigger the unfolding of spacious and clear recognition. This is fundamental to my investigation of visual media’s capacity to spontaneously evoke an immediate awareness of reality independent of any reasoning process.

I am a southern California based visual artist, writer, educator, and yoga instructor.

Leader of the International Bunker Art group, Kiki is constantly mastering his abstract expressionist techniques.

His art works are on display in the state museums in Germany, Armenia, Estonia, Kazakhstan and constitute an important part of the Nancy and Norton Dodge collection of the Zimmerly Art Museum in New Jersey.

if you think of a canvas as more or less stable plane

in ever-changing multi-dimentional world

flat plane of memory holding imprints of

days and lives

canvas as a

filter, screen, net

placed in streams of memory.

memories passing through the plane will leave imprints

of events, people, images, smells, feelings

sometimes recognizable, mostly – not.

projections of passing objects

are difficult to understand.

SAVVA began his artistic experience in Vasily Surikov’s Art school in Moscow.

From there he was directly admitted

to the renowned Stroganov Institute of Art in Moscow. There he acquired

proficiency in such disciplines as Graphic Design, Illustration, and Production

Processes in addition to continuing his Fine Arts studies.

Upon completing his education, Savva worked in Moscow as an Illustrator, Graphic

Designer, and Art Director for various newspapers, magazines, and a publishing

House. At the same time, he continued his work in the field of Fine Arts painting.

His work was chosen for display at several Moscow galleries,

most notably a single-Artist show at the prestigious gallery Krymskaia Shore

Boardwalk.

He was then invited by the Klasky Csupo animation studio to come work in the

United States as a Development Designer on various television and feature film

projects

Since then he worked in such animation studios as Walt Disney Studios, Warner

Brothers Studios, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Fox Animation and Rough Draft

Studios to name a few.

Savva resumed his artistic career in USA with Apexart gallery of New York in year

2007. Since then he has participated in a large number of shows, which practice

he intends to continue.

Post modern, multimedia art and design

Luka Krstich is Los Angeles based artist, born in Serbia , Yugoslav.

He worked as set designer for Hollywood movies, free lance graphic designer and furniture maker.

Luka's fine art was shown in USA and Korea many times. His paintings were sold at big action house Bonham & Butterfield.

Deep knowledge of art gives artist freedom to create elegance, perfection and great composition in all media.

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.

Life and land forms, layers of space and time and deep nature- drive my work. As environments are changing and balance is turning to discontinuity, a kind of paradox which I believe resides in all deep truth emerges. My work is an exploration of this mystery and energy, and a celebration of the astonishing beauty of life on this planet.

These ideas have always infused my work, in the intaglio etchings that I have done and the new work. Currently I am working on a series of mixed media pieces which are developed with ink drawing, paint and layers of other materials.

I earned a BA in Fine Art at Long Island University and an MA from the University of New York at Stonybrook, where I began a lifelong commitment to printmaking, especially intaglio etching. I studied drawing and painting at the Art Students League in NY, and color intaglio techniques at Pratt Graphics Manhattan Center,and with Ruth Leaf in Douglaston New York. My intaglio editions have been published in Los Angeles, New York and in London.

To Follow

Tibetan Lama

After years of deep meditation in solitude in spiritual wilderness of South India, I was gifted with the most sought after experience of any seeker- to see God/Source with my two eyes. With the guidance of my realized masters as in the journey within to attain wholeness, I woke up to my life purpose- to guide humanity through consciousness as by way of the Vision as in art; as in guiding humanity through Declaration of Consciousness; as in addressing the needs of healthy diet and sharing of food through compassion towards animals by creating global sanctuaries, the Ariven community.

These paintings were created within a swift flow of 60-90 minutes after a whole day of meditating. Each painting holds a deep yogic secret with a story behind it to convey the mystical teachings. The paintings are 3 dimensional due to my meditative mind that was able to conceive the art through the state of joy, as in being the Spirit having the human creative experience.

I pray for the well being of all around me and hope that my paintings reach out to convey the immense divine absolute through this artistic expression of the inner journey.

Nandhi is a Siddhar yogi, visionary, artist, teacher, and humanitarian. He was born and raised in South India. Nandhi studied under several enlightened Sages, journeying through the spiritual wilderness of Southern India. Nandhi expresses the meditative secrets, the grace of the masters of higher consciousness and the blessings of the Sages through his art.

Studied at Schiller International University, UK and Loyola College, India.

Lives in Los Angeles

My Art venture started in 1999, when I met the World

Renowned Russian Artist -Ekaterina Grigoryeva in Moscow.She

discovered my talent, taught me and encouraged me

to paint. I was taken by her unique abstract

flair, passionate style and technique. Stylist and

designer in the past, I always wanted to express my

creative nature.

Art became my way to create beauty! I am able to use

my artistic vision, choosing vibrant colors, textures

and transferring them on canvas. I feel my pallet knife

is the extension to my soul.

Flowers are always been my inspiration, I think there

is nothing in the world more beautiful, than flowers.

Colorful, fragrant-soothing our senses, nourishing the

soul and lifting the spirit!

I feel a blank canvas has an endless possibility to

create organic compositions, movement and colors

that I can discover by painting. As an artist I try to transform my ideas on to a beautiful image on

canvas. My half-abstract impressionistic work not quite and motionless, but rather, dynamical

harmony and three dimensional compositions. For me color is a basic language. Each color

represents state of my soul, my moods and my feelings. It surfaces uninhibited by my thoughts.

My creative process is the highest stage of my inspiration; it's an escape, uplifting and healing.

My work is a visual dialogue between the discarded and the resilient. I find beauty in "fragments"—crushed metal, torn envelopes, weathered stamps, and forgotten notes—transforming these remnants of urban life into harmonious compositions.

In the series submitted for "Bridging Through Colors," I use mixed-media assemblage as a metaphor for healing. Just as a crumpled piece of paper or a discarded object can be integrated into a new, balanced whole, our fragmented experiences and diverse backgrounds can find unity through the universal language of art.Each piece serves as a "bridge": between the industrial and the organic, the personal and the collective, the chaotic and the serene. My process involves layering textures and colors to create a space for quiet reflection. By giving a second life to materials that have been cast aside, I invite the viewer to see the possibility of rebirth and transformation in the world around us.

Tatiana Savchenko is a Los Angeles-based mixed-media artist whose practice explores the intersection of urban materiality, personal memory, and emotional resilience. Her work is characterized by a "visual dialogue" between found objects—such as industrial remnants, vintage correspondence, and discarded fragments—and expressive layers of acrylic and watercolor.In 2026, Savchenko’s presence in the Southern California art scene was highlighted by several key exhibitions. She was featured in the "March/Forward" showcase at Shoebox Projects within the Brewery Arts Complex and participated in the StARTup Art Fair at Venice Beach. Her collaborative artist book, LA: Two Voices, One City, created in partnership with Gregory Desgouttes, exemplifies her commitment to exploring unity and connection through shared creative narratives.By transforming everyday debris into layered, atmospheric compositions, Savchenko invites viewers to find tranquility and "healing" within the chaotic textures of modern life. Her work serves as a bridge between the mundane and the spiritual, aligning perfectly with the global call for empathy and connection through the universal language of art.

I am growing through art. I like to experiment with color, movement and light and see what this will bring to the universe in this moment in time.

Biography: Born in St. Petersburg into a very artistic family Peter Shpayer studied in " St. Petersburg Art School" and inherited knowledge of some of the best teachers and creative artists. He lives and works in Los Angeles, California, now. His latest art shows have been "Downtown L.A. Art Walk Show", "Eagle Rock Gallery" (L.A.), and Beverly Hills Art Walk. Art statement: My work depicts and implies the flow of versatile emotions of a human soul, with accents on the edge of feelings and experiences every one of may have at a certain time period of life. One word that would describe my painting is "ENERGY". I exert energy in its purest emotional form upon the colors in my paintings.The bright red colors, dominant in my work, emphasize the deepest emotions one may have, whereas more subtle colors represent hope, love, and faith. Each painting has an "energetically" influenced story that I want to tell.

How color affects me is an important issue in my paintings. Certain color combinations can cause an immediate emotional response. This might happen while looking at flowers, photographs in a magazine, or simply selecting colors of paint that capture my attention at that moment.

I create my paintings outdoors, under the California sun, where I have the freedom to work physically, without restraint. There is an organic quality to the process, utilizing fluid color to create movement. I never use brushes. Paint is applied to the canvas by dripping, pouring and splashing, with water sprayed onto the surface. Painting for me is about capturing the physical and emotional energy that I experience while being completely lost in the process.

My paintings are open to interpretation. Each person will find their own meaning in the work.

Born St. Petersburg, Russia

Lives and Works in Los Angeles, CA

Education

Bachelor?s Degree in Economics, Institute of Soviet Trade, St. Petersburg, Russia

Fashion Design, Los Angeles Trade Technical College, California

Self-Taught Artist.

Member of Laguna Art.com. Member of LA FAN group of artists

Member of Aleatoric Modern Artists /MAMA/

Solo Exhibitions

2012-2013

Divided Sky bar, South Lake Tahoe, California

2011

Chrysalis, Gallery GoDo, Glendale, California

Elements Restaurant, Santa Barbara, California

Krystal Salon, Studio City, California

Group Exhibitions

2013

Townley Gallery ,Laguna Beach ,California

2012

Laguna Gallery of Contemporary Art, Laguna Beach,California

Gloria Delson Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California

Walk Art Way Gallery GoDo, Glendale, California

January 20th,March 23 rd Gallery Godo, Glendale, California

2011

Florence Biennale Internazionale D?Arte Conetemporanea, Firenze, Italy (catalog)

Happy 2, Gallery Godo, Glendale, California

Spring Brewery Art Walk, Diavolo Theater, Los Angeles, California

Save Japan, Gallery GoDo , Glendale, California

American Art Salon, Finalist, Juried Internet Exhibition, www.artjury.com

Projekt 30, Finalist, Juried Internet Exhibition, www.projekt30.com

Erotica, Gallery GoDo, Glendale, California

2010

Hotter Than July, Gallery GoDo, Glendale, Californ

Egor Sovtsov explores the concept of object-as-it-is, contemplating quotidian thing as a unique phenomenon. He extracts the objects from immediate environment and incorporates them onto the empty canvas to illumine the native perception of them. In the state where subjects have no physical orientation or weight they display the marks and language of their own source. Objects and activities presented in such manner bring viewer back to the infant reminiscences or awaken the experience of ancient cults.

Approaching creation as a visual performance of inner consciousness, he invites spectator to participate in the creative process that depends on viewer?s activities. To achieve this he uses a wide range of techniques and media.

BORN:

1975 Saint-Petersburg, Russia

Lives and works in Los Angeles since 2007

EDUCATION:

1997 Graduated from Saint Petersburg State University, Master in Genetics and Molecular Biology

EXIBITIONS:

United States

2011 Bleicher/Golightly Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2010 Bacchanal Event, Los Angeles, CA

2007 The Summer of Love, Himmelberger Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Private Collections:

Mr. David Himmelberger, San Francisco, CA

Ms. Nancy Larrew, Los Angeles, CA

MISTERIOUSLY ADDICTIVE UNBELIVEABLY INEVITABLE TO QUITE AFTER STARTING.

Spiritual signs, universal symbols, music, numerology, philosophy, astrology, mathematics, cartoons, advertising strongly influenced him daily. Tivetsky is much like a researcher within the context of an ever-changing constantly broadening epistemology. For Tivetsky “visual cues function like a language in which visual signs work to suggest non-visual messages”.

Sergei Tivetsky was born in 1949 in Moscow, Russia. He has been living and working in West LA for more than 20 years.

Sergei's unique life experience and great spirituality made him one of the kind artist, capable to express " life of the soul" in colors and rhythms in his enigmatic paintings.

Any small dot or sparkle of color, movement, layers and fluidity has a Rembrandtesque meaningful depth.

EDUCATION 1961-1967 School of Fine Art (Moscow, Russia) 1972- 1977 Art Institute (Moscow, Russia). EXHIBITIONS:

1979 March- exhibition “GROUP-4” – Academy of Sciences (Moscow).

1981 July- exhibition in Stanford University (California).

1981 November- exhibition in Monterey University (California).

1982 January- exhibition in Parklane Gallery (New York).

1983 February- exhibition in Kuros Gallery (New York).

1984- 1985- exhibition in Miro/ Shpizman Gallery (London).

1986-1987- Anita Neal Contemporary Art Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA).

1987 February- Artist Society International (ASI) Gallery (San Francisco, CA).

1991 September- Center of Contemporary Russian Culture (Paris- New York- Moscow).

1992 October- Personal show in Nina Frost Gallery (Santa Monica, CA).

1994 July- “The Art Speaks for Itself XIV” show in Directors Guild of America (Los Angeles, CA).

1995 February- “First Annual International Art Exhibition”- ADR Fine Arts (Los Angeles, CA). 1997 May- exhibition in Los Angeles Country Museum of Art (Los Angeles, CA).

Currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California.

I paint about the beauty of change, inspired by my own personal life experiences, and expressed through images of the short-lived butterfly and the progression of its existence. The colors in my paintings symbolize feelings and emotions that cannot be expressed in words while the traces of pure white untouched canvas represent hopes, dreams and desires that are now unknown but will become clearer in the future. The process of painting nourishes my soul by revealing cocooned memories of life. My art is complete once I feel I have recalled certain stories, capturing and preserving them forever in my images. In similar ways, we all recall our feelings, emotions and experiences, reliving and enjoying them again. Holding onto certain aspects of our pasts and sometimes letting go, we dream of tomorrow.

I was born to Armenian parents in 1979, in Beirut Lebanon. At the age of seven I discovered my passion for art and began creative adventures. Surrounded by different cultures, I adopted painting as a universally understood language of expressing my inner thoughts and emotions. While living through the regional and civil wars of Lebanon between the years of 1982 - 2006, I found refuge and beauty in my art as contrasted with the chaos of my circumstances. In 1993, at the age of 14, I won a first prize in painting from the Armenian Cultural Center, which encouraged me to attend academic art courses and to later develop my talents at Emmagoss Art Center. After graduating high school in 1998 with a diploma in Philosophy, I pursued my passion by specializing in Fine Arts at ALBA (Academie Libanaise des Beaux Arts), where I received my Master's Degree in 2003. From 1995 to 2007, I participated in collective art exhibitions in Lebanon. In 2008 I moved to the States with my family, where I currently work and exhibit my art.

THE ZEN OF THE LAND

unites a visual trilogy of country people, their landscapes and lifestyles in humanist, spiritual, pictorial harmony. Willat brings a centered, thoughtful and organic approach to photography and to the living of a purposeful artists' life. The serenity in her images is both pensive and evocative; mirroring her contemplative intellect and ebullient personality. The artist’s best works percolate with a Mandala-full of life forces that emanate from her subjects, which she shoots in situ. Her most interesting pictures linger in the mind's eye. They move the viewer into spaces where we breathe deeper and slower- harmonizing with those who inhabit the visual world that Willat creates.

“I can get lost in the moment. The shutter seems to click on its own when I'm fortunate enough to capture someone at one with their environment. My favorite shots are not portraits and they’re not landscapes. I like to shoot people going about the living of their lives within their lands. They become defined by how and where they live. That’s what I’m known for.”

Jemmaa El Fna, a cityscape of Marrakesh’s town square, is a pageant of humanity where horse drawn carriages, push carts and shoe shine stands are readying the famous marketplace for day’s end. It perfectly expresses the interchangeability of Willat’s desire to characterize those she shoots by the places they inhabit and to portray these places by the persons who populate them.

Felice Willat is an award-winning travel photographer and publisher, whose images from Burma, Morocco, China, Vietnam and Argentina, capture the beauty of the human landscape across cultures. Willat's photographs have been juried into the Los Angeles Center for Photography, Photo LA, Photo Independent, TAG Gallery, Bergamot Station, the Brand Library, Glendale, CA, and numerous other venues across the United States and in London, UK and Italy.In 2010, Felice won First Prize, for her Travel images in the Southern California Council of Camera Clubs’ annual juried exhibition. In 2009 Felice published The Quiet Between, Song of Burma, a book of photography and poems.

Felice sees her camera as providing a sense of time expansion and stillness. She says, “I could capture a moment, something sacred or commonplace, an unconscious gesture, a tattered clothesline, a red plastic pitcher, or a worn prayer book. I like to leave the familiar, travel to far-away places, and find the gift of really being present.”

Selected Exhibitions

2015

LAPhoto – Fabrik Magazine Gallery

Topanga Canyon Gallery – Juried Group Show – Featured Artist

Juror – Michael Zakian, Director, Weisman Museum

2014

Captured 2 – Second Annual Photo Competition – Santa Barbara Tennis Club

“Climbing Cardinals” – Best of Show

Los Angeles Center of Photography – First Annual Member’s Show

Photo Independent – Raleigh Studios – Inaugural Debut - Zen of the Land

LA Photo – Fabrik Magazine Gallery

As an artist I am fascinated with creating a heightened reality.Whether painting recognizable imagery or abstraction, I am always in search for what can't be seen with the 5 senses. I'm looking for the intangible. The space between dreams and the waking state. I am always searching for the poetic,the ethereal and rhythms that create mystery in my work. The paintings take there cues from nature and reflect my inner connections,responses and observations of being part of the human experience. There meanings are not literal, but are meant to evoke a response in the viewer.The paintings are left as an open ended story that the viewer is invited to make his/her own conclusion.

Hal yaskulka was born in Brooklyn Ny.

Studied at School of Visual arts,Taught at Art Center College of Design ,Pasadena