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I was born in El Dorado, Arkansas, and earned a BFA in Graphic Design from Louisiana Tech University. Most of my career was spent working in sales for the photography, pre-press, and printing industries, where I specialized in fine art reproductions. I am now working as a full-time artist myself.
Although I’m attracted to all kinds of colorful subjects, a lot of my work is inspired by music. Blues is one of my favorite types of music and I am proud to have been named the official artist for the world-renowned King Biscuit Blues Festival for the years 2021 – 2023 and also produced poster art for two years for the Delta Roots Music Festival. My work was featured in 2022-23 in the Hot Springs Area Cultural Alliance’s Arts & The Park outdoor exhibit, in 2024 as part of the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum’s “Inclusive” exhibit, and I have two paintings in the permanent collection of the Delta Cultural Center Museum. I also have art currently featured in Gallarium’s Food Story 2024 & Portraits 2024 international online group exhibits.
As an artist, I’m attracted to all kinds of colorful subjects, but my main interests are music-related images, cultural iconology, and food subjects. I work in a conventional manner with acrylics on canvas, and although my technique borders on being illustrative, it’s also injected with a sense of whimsy. I grew up learning to draw from Silver Age comic books and that graphic sensibility shows in my paintings as well. I like using strong, pure colors that pop and it’s not uncommon for me to use musical notes, impact marks, star shapes, swirls, and other graphic elements commonly found in comics. They add a touch of fantasy to an image that might be considered somewhat realistically rendered to create what I consider fantasy realism. These are images that offer that whimsy, which I like to call “Fun Art”, rather than “Fine Art”.
Reflection
Shanoor is an American Neo-symbolic expressionist, artist, designer, creative director, photographer, and CEO of Devarj Design Agency, Inc. With a career spanning five decades, he has left an indelible mark on the art world and beyond.
Shanoor’s artistic journey began at a young age. Shanoor pursued his education in advertising design, earning a BFA from London’s Barking College. Upon his arrival in Chicago in 1975, he furthered his studies in film at the Art Institute of Chicago. This blend of artistic and commercial training laid the foundation for a successful career in art direction, branding, and design, where he worked with prestigious agencies such as Leo Burnett and BBDO. In 1984, he founded Devarj Design Agency, marking the beginning of a new chapter in his professional life.
Throughout his career in design, Shanoor never ceased to explore his passion for painting. He began experimenting with unconventional materials, including large unstretched canvases, and found paper, pushing the boundaries of his creative expression. His innovative approach has led to solo exhibitions in both alternative and traditional art spaces, as well as worldwide gallery tours.
Shanoor’s work has been showcased in esteemed galleries worldwide such as Casa Del Arte in Palma, Spain, Thomson Gallery Fine Art in Switzerland, Johnathan Schultz Gallery in Miami, Lelie Gallery in Amsterdam, and New York Art Week. His art has also been featured in exhibitions across Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, South Carolina, North Carolina, Missouri, Indiana, Berlin, Greece, Dubai, and the Venice Biennale.
Art transcends isolation—it becomes a universal language, a bridge to connect us all. For Shanoor, this truth has been a guiding force in his life and work. Arriving in Chicago at 26, Shanoor brought with him a profound passion for visual storytelling. His journey began with formal training in advertising design in London, which led to a successful career as an art director at the esteemed Leo Burnett agency. Yet, his heart always belonged to painting, a practice he has pursued since the age of six.
Born into a family shaped by the pain of displacement, Shanoor’s art is a reflection of his personal history and a powerful statement on the human condition. His work is driven by an urgency to express and disrupt, creating a dialogue that challenges viewers to confront the unfamiliar.
Shanoor describes his unique style as Neo Symbolic Expressionism, a response to the extreme conditions of our time. Inspired by surrealism and the transformative power of Picasso, his art reinvents reality on the canvas. Eyes multiply, lips stretch into otherworldly shapes, and hands transform into fluid, clay-like forms. These extraordinary subjects, set against stark, simple backgrounds, create a provocative interplay between the ordinary and the hyper-real.
The tragedies and triumphs that have marked Shanoor’s life are deeply embedded in his creative process. Drawing from the displacement of his parents and his own sense of dislocation, he crafts characters and worlds that exist on the edge of the real and the imagined. Through his art, he explores themes of identity, memory, and transformation, creating a new reality where free expression reigns.
Shanoor’s work is more than an artistic vision—it is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit. Each piece invites viewers into a world that is simultaneously strange and familiar, urging them to reflect on their perceptions and embrace new perspectives.
Through his paintings, Shanoor not only tells his story but also offers a space where others can find meaning, connection, and inspiration.
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Lynne Mizera, a Canadian, self-taught, mixed media artist realized early on in her life that she saw the world around her differently than most and since 2012 she has been sharing her vision on canvas working full-time from her studio in the beautiful Kootenay mountains in British Columbia, Canada. Her work is known for its rich and layered textures, bold, bright color palettes, and simple abstract shapes. She is constantly striving to capture the emotion of the moment behind the image she is painting. A member of the Federation Of Canadian Artists her work has been accepted into many juried shows and has received awards from coast to coast.
I have spent years developing a technique that will capture the way I see the world around me. I am always trying to paint the emotion behind my subject, using simple shapes and vibrant colours to capture a mood. I want to create pieces of art filled with so much colour and texture they not only draw people in but make them want to reach out and touch the painting. The layering technique I use gives so much depth to my pieces that you get lost trying to see through its many layers. Starting with a base of hand-printed collage papers and using acrylic paints to pull out the details, I end up with a richly textured and vibrantly coloured painting.
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Brigitte currently lives in Switzerland. She is a self-taught photographer inspired by her grandfather as a child; thus, she chose to bear his name as an artist to honour him. Travelling the globe with an analog camera in her twenties, she gained experience in landscape, travel, and street life photography. Nowadays, she is also experimenting with abstract and macro. Her work has been published in several art magazines. One of which is a special edition about her photography at Docu Magazin. Her photography was exhibited physically and virtually in the UK, the USA, Italy, Greece, and Switzerland. One of her main exhibitions was at Artexpo New York in April 2025. Today, three shows are on in Zürich, Basel, and Portland, OR. More is to come.
She is also working on three projects that will take several years, The aim is to publish a book.
Photography is painting with light. Even more so with abstract approaches. I usually get out at golden hour, calm, centered, almost in a meditative state. I feel at one with the environment. I take a few landscape shots, and when it feels right, if my emotions take me there, I dive into the abstract. Recently, I have been using ICM. My body, my arms move, it feels like painting, my camera has turned into a brush. I am a kid at play. The colors stretch, I adjust the exposure and the blur strength, and move as I wish. Creation. I feel free.
Reflection
The ornate, flowing forms of Art Nouveau deeply inspire my style. Masters like Alphonse Mucha and Gustav Klimt stir my imagination, guiding me towards creating works that are as contemplative as they are intricate. My creative process, steeped in observation and stillness, allows me to perceive and portray the subtle nuances of nature and the quiet moments of life that often go unnoticed. This deliberate approach is more than a technique; it’s a statement – advocating for patience and mindfulness in a world preoccupied with haste.
My art transcends aesthetic appeal, serving a deeply personal role. Battling Spinal Muscular Atrophy, I encounter relentless pain that weaves through my daily existence. Yet, in my artistic endeavor, I find a powerful form of solace and transformation. The intense focus required in my work becomes a conduit for alleviating pain and converting my struggles into visual poetry. Through each line and curve, I aim to impart a message on the necessity of stillness and patience – in overcoming trials, empathizing with others, and discovering the sacred quietude in nature’s simplest phenomena.
In my art, manifesting as zentangle, zendoodle, and psychedelic line art, I seek a profound communion with the cosmos. My preferred medium, gel pens on black paper, symbolizes the emergence of creation from the abyss – a metaphor for the genesis of celestial bodies. This choice is not merely aesthetic; it’s an integral part of my philosophical and thematic exploration, delving into nature, patience, stillness, spirituality, and meditation.
A core aspect of my artistic expression is the exploration of nature as a metaphor for life’s entirety. Through my art, I seek to illuminate the deep connections that bind us all, the intricate web of life that we are a part of. My pieces often depict how elements in nature – from the smallest leaf to the vast sky – mirror our own existence, reflecting themes of interconnectivity and universal harmony. This exploration reinforces the idea that stillness and patience are not merely virtues but essential elements achievable through observation and meditation. It’s through this quiet contemplation that one can truly appreciate the profound lessons nature offers.
Reflection Of Love
Subodh Maheshwari was born in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, North India where she learned folk art and classical music. She passionately believes: “In the threshold of my life, my present is the window to the past and a key to the future”. She acquired her degrees and studied art at Agra University, California State University of Fullerton, and the University of California Irvine. Subodh has won numerous awards, including the Regional Fellowship Award at UCI in 1986, the Bharat Gaurav Award in India in 2015, and the 60 Masters Award in 2017, 2018, and 2019. She is also registered in Marquis’s “Who’s Who in America”. the standard in biographical information. Her paintings have also won awards in a variety of categories including landscape, open, all women, nature, elements, seasons, and abstract.
Subodh is a diversified artist who enjoys telling stories through her artwork, whether it is through landscape, flowers, or abstract art. Her art is a fusion of Eastern symbolism and Western composition, influenced by 16th and 17th century Rajasthani and Mogul art, and accented by poetry, passages, and phrases in Hindi, Sanskrit, and English. She admires Georgia O’Keeffe for her floral influence, and Frida Kahlo for her courage. Whether it is the serene beauty of nature, her spirituality, or the current political climate, she finds inspiration. Having a life shared between India and America, she sees the beautiful similarities, like love which transcends all borders. Highly individual in her style, her works are described as emotional, mysterious, personal, spiritual, and humorous.
Reflection Of Time
Sue Grimm is currently from Wooster, Ohio. She started drawing at a very young age as a hobby using charcoal, pen, and ink. In 2003, Susan took up colored pencil classes locally to learn how to draw portraits of her young children and pets. She honed her skills over the years by taking workshops about colored pencils, portraits, and color theory. Her style gravitates towards realism where she enjoys drawing classic cars, portraits, and all things colorful. She has exhibited locally, and nationally and was accepted into the juried Colored Pencil Society of America competitions in 2021, 2022, and 2023. She has now received her Signature Status in this CPSA organization.
I am newly retired from a career in dentistry. With my new free time, I try to draw every day to explore new compositions and other mediums, and most of all to improve my techniques. I really enjoy the texture of the .005 double-sided Grafix drafting film and its ability to erase easily and to apply fewer layers of colored pencil to achieve amazing results. Lately, I am inspired by subject matter that is “reflective” such as old classic cars with their chrome bumpers and mirrored objects such as a gold watch. I attend many car shows looking for great colors and reflective surfaces. I take as many photos as I can from all angles to use for my portraits. I am most proud of the smallest of details I can find in my photos to include in my pieces.
Reflection Off My Windshield – After It Happens
I hold a Doctorate in Philosophy from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, a Masters Degree in Philosophy from SIU-C, and English from Eastern Illinois University. I am a 61-year-old survivor of oral cancer living in Danville, Illinois, who suffers significant complications from surgeries and radiation. As I cannot generally attend festivals, I rely on online submissions to showcase my work. I also was once a reporter for the Danville Commercial News, but my PTSD made it very difficult to write. I took up painting and digital photography to express what I can no longer write about. I taught philosophy for 28 years, 18 years of which were full-time before my inability to swallow or speak for any length of time forced me to retire. In the last few years, I have taught art and film as well.
I have been shown in at least 10 galleries in the U.S., such as Hawaii, Indiana, Illinois, Colorado, and Rhode Island.
I also have been shown in at least 10 online galleries.
I love abstract painting and digital designs. I love to paint, but also have lately taken to digitally manipulating “bad photographs,” structuring the image so that there is an unironic tension in the work between the beautiful and the distressing. This tension is found in all my works – an otherness with a desire for itself (to put it philosophically). This calls into question the artistic object and reference since I drain the referential content of photographs. My influences include Modernist Art – Rothko and Pollack especially – Pop Artists, and the rather unclassifiable Gerhard Richter.
Reflections
Will Jordan is an abstract artist who committed to his art journey in 2015 after enrolling in Hampton University’s art program where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 2019. He acquired knowledge and hands-on experience with several art techniques, with painting being his preferred method of creating. His style is inspired by artists Pablo Picasso and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
The subject of Jordan’s work is influenced by human expression and experience, recreated in an abstract way. This allows him to connect individuals with the use of painted images.
Emotion, expression, and experience are the driving forces that inspire me to create art that people can relate to in more ways than one. I prefer using oil paint because It allows me to take my time while expressing detail within each stroke. The abstract images I paint can be viewed from different perspectives while telling a story or showcasing expressions. My goal is to use creativity to illustrate different aspects of the human experience and connect people with images.