Artworks
Joey Africa
Africa's creations are highly influenced by how he sees life. His subjects are depicted in a non-formally trained rendering yet enlightened in a cohesive portrait of form and color. Textured, and with a higher visual enhancement, his portrayal of how he perceives items and events show life in a lighter stance.
Michael Hedges
My paintings are a synthesis of color, line, form and texture. They begin as a problem of two or more color relationships to be explored through form. The form is loosely defined by a drawing that acts as a skeleton and ecto-skeleton both beneath and above the finished work. The application of the media to the painting surface is of utmost importance to me. The paint is applied with great bursts of energy, creating a surface, if I am successful, that is supercharged with texture and color. I work multiple, usually around 10, paintings at the same time, all centered on the original problem. This multiple approach allows me to go in different directions; very quickly building the energy that is critical to a successful painting. I strive to create intense, even and stunning color relationships that are balanced by form and texture into a controlled elegance. The challenge here is to create a vibration in the work that energizes it without separating.
– Michael Hedges
Kevin Luthardt
I have always been drawn to stories. The most intriguing stories to me are those that creatively reveal truth through words, images, and humor in a way that is peculiarly subtle, yet unmistakable. That is the sentiment that I strive to capture in my work. Using tools of irony, humor, and childlike sappiness; I strive to create images on canvas that read like a storybook to a child, but are weighty enough to provoke deeper levels of sophisticated thought. My paintings are essentially whimsical, childlike parables with a Biblical worldview.
– Kevin Luthardt
TimeOut Chicago, Artist Kevin Luthardt's work appeals to the inner child in all of us
Peter Mars
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Karen Parisian
My focus has been on figurative abstraction and spiritualism in art. My paintings are often layered and textured, relating to raw essentials and at times minimalist purities. Bold and expressive lines as well as refined and specific shapes, reflect the complexities of life, the need for connection and the desire to create balance and equilibrium in the process. The intricacies, simplicities and universalities of human existence are rendered symbolically in an attempt to find balance and hope in an often contradictory world.
– Karen Parisian
Eric Skaggs
My work is figurative because I am fascinated by the human form. I believe the form is very pliable and that there are no barriers. Though there is a universal language to the human form, each individual still brings something to it which is uniquely theirs. This allows me to construct, deconstruct, manipulate, and abstract the form while still conveying an idea, or an emotion that is understandable.
– Eric Skaggs
Zaki
Each work of art has its own psychology. Life is art waiting to be applied to canvas. The stillness of one image allows the viewer to pause and become reflective. Every thought, breath, action, response is just another brush stroke – A presentation of a catalyst for self discovery or analysis. Through its composition and color, a painting can evoke emotions and sensations that were once as hidden as the blankness of the canvas. It's a wonderful power. I am challenged by, the magic of taking a blank white canvas and with a bit of imagination and pigment, creating an image that can emotionally engage the viewer. It's a wonderful power that is within.
– Zaki
