Ranchland
Kylo-Patrick Hart is an award-winning photographer (Budapest International Foto Awards, European Photography Awards, Global Photography Awards, Golden Shot International Photography Awards, London Photography Awards, Pollux Awards, Tokyo International Foto Awards, etc.) and chair of the Department of Film, Television and Digital Media at Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, Texas, USA). He received his formal training in digital media arts while a student at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University, with additional instruction provided by offerings of the Maine Media Workshops and Santa Fe Workshops. His photographs have been exhibited in numerous cities throughout the United States and in several countries abroad.
Photography has been my passion since early childhood. My motivation is to discover and capture the beauty, even when it is not always readily self-evident, that surrounds us continuously in all areas of our everyday lives. I believe the finest images are those that are serious yet playful, aesthetically appealing yet a bit quirky. As both an artist and an admirer, my favorite photographs tend to be ones whose contents speak loudly for themselves — even when it is not immediately clear exactly what they are saying. They seek to inspire their viewers to wrestle with their intriguing contents and, as a result, ponder various aspects of our surrounding world in new and unique ways.
Random Art
Messiah is a creative artist residing in Brooklyn, NY. He first discovered his interest in oil painting while studying art in college, where his journey as an artist began. He had always been an expressive individual who knew how to project his ideas and imagination for others to experience. Messiah loves literature, he enjoys writing poetry and making his own quotes. He said when he passes he hopes to have a ton of quotes that people can pick from when they need a witty or inspirational saying. You can also quote him in that sentence as well. Messiah has had his ups and downs, but he never allowed anything to prevent him from blooming. The artist believes we create the beauty we want others to see and then flourish into that identity.
Painting sometimes feels like you’re creating a visual melody. The eyes see different tones, these tones are the visual melodies that sing through the colors and imagery of the portrait. It’s a total surrealistic symphony.
Ranunculus Glory
Born in Iran, I left for college on the cusp of the Iranian Revolution to the United States when I was 18 years old. I received my B.A. in Studio Art from Smith College in Northampton, MA. During my tenure at Smith, I focused mainly on painting, design, and color theory. After earning my degree from Smith, I left for France and lived in Paris for a few years during which I took courses at the Ecole du Louvre and Sorbonne.
I eventually moved back to the US and settled in the Washington DC area. I worked in different entrepreneurial capacities. Once my children were older and had left for college, I started working professionally on my art. I established my studio and started receiving commissions. I began exhibiting both solo and in group shows.
List of the most recent shows:
March – April 2024 – Artomatic 2024, Washington, DC
February 2024 – Gallery B, Bethesda, MD – Threads of Connection
January 2024 – D’Art Center, Norfolk, VA – Art of the Arts
May – June 2023 – Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC, Persian Perspectives; Celebrating Iranian Women Artists of DC.
May – June 2023 – D’Art Center, Norfolk, VA – Delectable Exhibition.
March 2023 – 1912 Gallery in Georgetown with two other artists.
February 2023 – Gallery B in Bethesda, MD – Group show with Art4US.
November 2022 – Fall Salon 2022, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA
September 2022 – Asilo Filangieri Napoli, Naples, Italy – Group show.
March 2022- Studio 1469, Washington, DC – Group show with Art4US.
August 2020 – Fred Schnider Gallery of Art – Arlington, VA – Solo show.
December 2018 – Fred Schnider Gallery of Art – Arlington, VA – Solo show.
Online Exhibits:
Sept – Oct 2022 – Dodomu Gallery – New Contemporaries, Brooklyn, NY
May – June 2022 – Dodomu Gallery – Geometric Gestures, Brooklyn, NY
My art is an existentialist expression of my state of mind and emotions. More often, it depicts positive energy and happiness as I like to bring joy to a wall. My style is a whimsical cross between the Impressionists and Expressionists. Color and texture drive me, and evoke my compositions. I work in layers, and it is through the application of layers that I build my paintings. Often when I start, I’m completely blank and by applying layers of color, I begin to build a composition. Sometimes, I’m influenced by current events; however, I usually draw my inspiration from nature which is an integral part of my life. At times, art becomes merely a physical process as the application of paint energizes me to create. I find life beautiful and like to make art its mirror image.
Rapture
Walter Jakubowski is a photographic artist specializing in abstract imagery that suggests a story. The story is that which is created in the mind of the viewer in response to the “painterly images that spark the imagination. The compositions intimate an ambiance that is emotionally vibrant, mysterious, and full of drama, blurring the distinction between photography and compositional poetic design. They are purely abstract, presenting elements of color, texture, and ambiguous forms.”
Walter attended Alfred State College where he received a degree in Engineering Science. Later he briefly attended Alfred University to study Painting and Photography. Using the camera to capture compositional studies he realized that the power of photography as a creative medium was quite compelling. Eventually, his professional career in the engineering field took an abrupt turn as an Industrial Design Surface Sculptor which was more artistically creative. Post-retirement he intently pursues his first love, Photographic Art. He has over the years transitioned his nature landscape work into an exploration of the abstract. His work has been exhibited in numerous national and international juried exhibitions where he has won several awards.
Having always been fascinated with life’s mysteries that often lie outside of our culture’s established norms, I find that abstraction departs from the prosaic to challenge our perceptions of our everyday world. My passion is to create images that are compelling, both emotionally and visually, creating a portal for transmuting the temporal to the empyreal. As an explorer in a landscape barren of familiarity, I am free to journey through my own mindful metaphors. The viewer is invited to as well. Part of an ongoing series entitled “A Stranger in a Strange Land” these are, initially, photographic image captures of paint deteriorating on rusting metal. The textures are inherent. The colors, tonality, and final composition are the result of my subsequent response to the subject matter.
Rapture
Susan Bagrationoff is a professional surrealist whose body of work focuses on mythology and mysterious creatures. Faeries and folklore are the subjects of her creations using the beauty of nature for realistic reference. She works with multiple layers of acrylic paint in brilliant hues, using metallic mediums to give a magickal ‘vibe’ to her creations.
Susan graduated with her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2002 from Florida International University in Miami, Florida. In 2013, Susan started her own art education studio, Artsy Fartsy Art Lessons, which relocated to Kent, WA in 2016. As an active member of her community, she designed the “Hands of Unity” mural in Downtown Kent. Susan is a member of ARTrails, which is an annual art show that takes place in Centralia, Washington in late September. Recently, Susan has displayed works in exhibitions at Gallery B612 in Seattle. She also exhibits her art online through various organizations such as Biafarin and Las Laguna Art Gallery.
In a world of so much chaos, a brief trip into the realm of faeries brings beauty, peace, and magick into our dimension. I find our world to be a magical and mysterious place. Faeries have always held my fascination and I believe they thrive within our realm. Like us, they have many faces and many cultures. I utilize my artistic talents to summon these creatures so that everyone can experience their beauty and magick and inspire others to believe in what they cannot see.
My work is conjured onto canvas using acrylic paints with multiple layers and washes, often with metallic hues. Brilliant colors are used to enable the faeries to give off the feeling of their `vibe`, inspiring the viewer to discover the essence of these beings. The texture of their skin, hair, and backgrounds are vital to conveying the elemental qualities of each fae. I am constantly discovering new ways to bring my faeries to life so they can gaze upon us humans as we admire their portraits.
Reaching For The Light
A native of Philadelphia, Gail attended Tyler School of Art (Temple University) on full scholarship, graduating with a BFA and certification in education. Subsequently, she earned an MA ed and 60 additional graduate credits from Arcadia University. The first part of her professional career was spent as a teacher of art to young students. In recent years, she has been fully focused on making and exhibiting her own art. her award-winning paintings have been exhibited both regionally and nationally in virtual and physical exhibitions. Gail is fortunate to have traveled extensively domestically and internationally. Extended stays in Southeast Asia and a two-year sojourn in Italy have opened her mind to alternate visions of the world, adding depth to her work and allowing new creative impulses to further her continuing journey as a painter.
Putting into practice the inventive openness and lack of inhibition that I observed in my students I recently adopted the mantra, “Don’t think, just paint!” permitting my heart and my psyche to direct my hand and eye, yielding an unfiltered direct emotional response to ideas in moods ranging from lighthearted and playful to strong and bold. I am, primarily an abstract painter, although a friend once described me as “six artists rolled into one” as I transcribe the many subjects and ideas that fascinate me onto canvas and paper. My recent work, inspired by the unobstructed sky views from my apartment balcony and images from the Hubble and Webb telescopes has been focused on natural phenomena. Using traditional and non-traditional tools for varied methods of paint application, I have created a color-driven body of work. One juror/critic commented that this body of work asks the viewer to contemplate: “Am I seeing something that could be described as aesthetic violence? Or do these works portray a breakthrough into some imagined space beyond the surface of the canvas?” I invite the viewer to embark on a visual journey with me while getting lost in color driven moods of the moment.
Ready To Plant 5
Sylvia Bandyke, Royal Oak, MI, USA, is largely a self-taught photographer, having taken studio and art history classes in college. She began her art career by displaying photo collages in ArtPrize, an independent international art competition in Grand Rapids, MI, from 2014 to 2018. Subsequently, she has been juried into more than 100 group exhibitions in 24 states and accepted into numerous online international exhibitions. An awarded artist, she keeps an eye open for interesting views of a subject while looking for hidden beauty every day. Most recently, she was a caregiver to her elderly mother and was able to create some memorable, unique art as a result of this experience.
I prefer using the collage format to integrate associated images into a cohesive unit that is even more compelling because of the embedded story. Having been a playwright and technical writer, I am accustomed to delivering content with a message. So now, as a visual communicator, I continue to provide meaning via the structure of the collage format, wherein the four photos confirm, augment, or even contradict each other if warranted. I enjoy offering the richness that the multiplicity of images provides, along with the impact gained through thoughtful positioning of them. Ultimately, I intend to have my work act as a doorway to the viewer’s own mental and emotional framework regarding the collection of images, perhaps finding their own very personal meaning in them.
Ready!
For sixty-five years, Malcolm Glass has exhibited his art and photography in exhibitions across the country. His work has won dozens of awards, from honorable mention to Best of Show.
This past year, Glass’s work has been chosen for exhibitions at many galleries, including Art Fluent, Prairie Village Gallery, Black Box Gallery, Exhibizone, Northwind Art, Morean Gallery, The Hilliard Gallery, Verum Ultimum, San Fernando Valley Arts and Cultural Center, and Modern Visual Arts.
The glass was awarded First Place in The Yeiser Art Center’s 2021 Art Through the Lens Salon Exhibition.
A portrait reveals something of the inner self of the subject. It is intimate, and it evokes thought and emotion. I want my photographs to invite a viewer to stop and look again. And then begin to see. The photo will hopefully hold a viewer long enough for the layers below the surface to rise and make an impression. Color, composition, an ambivalent expression, a sense of mystery or narrative – I hope these elements may give the viewer an impression to remember.
Readying My Carriage For The Ball
I am a current MFA 3rd year graduate candidate at Ball State University in Muncie, IN. I have taught in the public schools in eastern Indiana for 8 years and returned to earn my MFA during the first shutdown due to the COVID Pandemic. In my work, I explore ideas and topics relating to family and relationships, care and feminism using a wide range of materials as well as technology to communicate and create my ideas and concepts.
Historically, women were to embrace fashion and beauty as their job. Dresses- typically heavy, conditioned young women into a state of cultural submissiveness. The dress soon became an icon representing the subjugation of women.
In the photographs, the materiality of the garments presents itself with a sense of ethereal quality that gives the illusion of a soft and delicate tone associated with acceptable feminine behavior. The garments, made from dried pig intestines, evoke a sense of repulsiveness and disdain towards the dresses themselves.
Drawing upon mid-century behavior expectations of women, I display myself performing an acceptable action in an unacceptable fashion by dressing in a way that exposes myself almost fully in a public setting. In this performance, I bring forward the absurd subjugation of women by choosing to make and wear garments of an absurd material. The photographs offer a satirical perspective of this absurdity through the lens of feminist liberty discourse.