★★ Obsession ★★
Eva Zucker’s artistic career is on a rapid rise. Most recently, there was an article about her in Japan in November 2024, on Aatonau.com. The artist can also proudly present exhibitions in Basel, Zurich, Klink (Germany), Göhren-Lebbin (Germany), and soon in Palma. There was also an article about her artistic abilities in Turkey in the summer of 2024, on Lolipoli.com. Her works of art are now being sold to art collectors outside of Germany. This all only started at the end of 2023 and people already seem to be enthusiastic about her way of expressing herself through art. Eva Zucker’s art enchants a wide audience, so you can be sure that you will hear a lot more from this artist.
What drives and concerns me is life, people, and the psyche, as well as socially critical topics.
After an eventful childhood and very formative and traumatic experiences in my youth, I have now found a tool to process and express my problems, but also to give the viewer of my works food for thought. When you look at the world and your own behavior from the perspective of a child or from a distance, you see things differently. Often more simple. This leads to solutions for so many seemingly hopeless situations.
I enjoy looking at things from a different perspective and openly asking questions or questioning something. For me, many things are not set in stone, because I have kept the child in me and have never stopped being curious. Much in this world, in our society, is based on theories and beliefs. Asking questions and thinking about how things could be different. That is what I like to do, and that is reflected in some of my works.
The combination of realistic film characters and characters from fairy tales or cartoons/animations is new to my development. It is a special way of retelling stories and opening up new ways of looking at things. I am apparently unique in this way and have already been able to inspire many people with it. My constant sales outside of Germany prove this.
Join me on a journey into a special world between fantasy and reality, where everything seems to be connected.
★★ Penumbra ★★
Milwaukee-based artist Dennis Felber has created indoor and outdoor sculptures since 2015. Inspired by nature’s unique shapes and textures, his sculptures incorporate a combination of stone, steel, and copper that mimic the organic forms observed around him. Utilizing specific welding techniques he creates sculptures that reveal a sense of movement and flow yet show a balance between the materials of metal and stone giving the sense they are alive and growing. From large-scale commissions to smaller wall pieces, his art elicits a want to touch it and experience the texture created. His work has won numerous awards and has been shown in galleries across the US.
I find myself inspired by nature’s unique patterns and distinctive shapes. Metal originates from rock and I play with the juxtaposition and balance of their connection.
Through my art, I demonstrate a common bond between the two, whether it be mimicking an organic shape, implied movement, or merging the two elements back into one. I want to reveal an alternative perspective of the natural world as I see it showing something familiar and common yet providing the viewer with a diverse and unique visual experience.
★★ Reverie ★★
Rachael is a self-taught stippling and impressionistic painter. A small-town “mountain girl” at heart, after living in the Midwest and the San Francisco Bay Area, she proudly makes her home in the foothills of Colorado. Rachael combines her love for this beautiful world, the outdoors, and organic textures with her vibrant use of color and meticulous mark-making with “dots” to create her artworks.
Rachael had many inspirations for art and creativity in her family and life. She earned a B.S. in Business from the University of Colorado and a Master of Science in Information Systems from the University of San Francisco. After fifteen years in the corporate and higher education sectors as an HR and Information Systems specialist, Rachael began to focus on her passion for creating impressionistic, detailed, month-spanning artworks in themes of nature, texture, and the bold use of color. Rachael’s artwork has been shown in a number of exhibitions in the Rocky Mountain Foothills (and once on a Jumbotron in Times Square).
I’ve consistently integrated art and creativity into everything I do. I’m attracted to opportunities to express these qualities, and when they do not exist, I create my own. Using fine-line pens and acrylic paint, I find joy and calm in capturing the intricate details of nature. My art practice allows me to channel, express, and celebrate my neurodiversity.
Nature, with its mesmerizing patterns—from ordinary trees to breathtaking rock formations—inspires me. I love translating these elements into my art using acrylic dots, bold colors, and intriguing contrasts. Why landscapes and nature? They are soothing, accepting, and rich with beauty and intricacy. In nature, I can be my true self, free from judgment. The moments I experience there resonate with me and inform my artwork, allowing me to share those feelings and experiences with others.
My art celebrates the beauty in details, revealing that a million tiny components create a complete picture. I aim to delight viewers through the intricacies of my work and the emotional impact of vibrant scenes.
★★ Serenity And Feline Companions ★★
Leigh Witherell has carved a unique and profound niche for herself in the world of art. Her use of unconventional technologies combined with an ear for hearing emotions as she listens to people has provided her with an opportunity to give voice to her art.
She believes in art’s power to reveal the raw, unfiltered emotions and difficult truths of society. Her journey in figurative art has only just begun and she feels that as an artist, it is her goal to master her style and create art that resonates deeply with human emotions and experiences. What sets her apart is her introspection, humility, and a deeply ingrained desire to communicate on a more profound plane through her art. Her canvas is not merely a piece of art; it is a window into the human soul, mirroring the melancholic beauty of truth and life.
I am an emerging artist I’ve always had a love of art. My art is strongly influenced by the Melancholic style which allows people to connect and interpret personally. My inspiration comes from a very personal place of loss and by sharing my story and connecting with other grieving parents to share their stories in my project, “The Invisibility Project” I hope to create what I hope are visions not only of pain but also of hope.
My focus has been to let loose any boundaries I have placed on my creativity and to just create. A famous quote from a favorite artist, Edgar Degas has become my guiding mantra. “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see”. I hope that through my creations I can start a conversation and inspire others to share their grief and their journey so that the veil of invisibility surrounding grieving parents will be lifted and society can better understand how to help parents who have lost part of their hearts to heal.
★★ Shipwreck ★★
Danette Moran, now living in the coastal area of North Carolina, is an abstract artist who receives her inspiration from living near the beach, the mountains in Lake Tahoe, and the Arizona desert. Her paintings are focused on alcohol ink, acrylic ink paint, and other enhancements to bring out the texture of nature. Her goal is to bring out a feeling, a vision, or a thought that is new to the observer; and to find a sense of calm when looking at her work.
I am Danette Moran, The Determined One. I am a self-taught abstract painter who has finally found that I can mix my knowledge of photography, gardening, cooking, and writing with my love for the outdoors. It comes alive and breathes as I use mixes of inks and paints on canvas or paper. I see my soul in the raw and undiluted as my hands and tools play like I’m the conductor of a symphony! I also paint to bring out a feeling, a vision, or a thought that is new in the mind of the observer; to find a sense of calm and connection when looking at my work. When I am not painting, I am at the beach, traveling, or visiting family and friends.
★★ Song Of Angels ★★
Buena Johnson is a Los Angeles based visual artist and art instructor. Most recently, Buena’s work became a part of the permanent collection of the Laguna Art Museum. She has exhibited at the Band of Vices Art Gallery and was a featured artist with the Los Angeles Lakers. Buena’s latest solo exhibitions include TAG Gallery, 2021, and The Los Angeles Art
Association’s GALLERY 825 in 2023. She was also an Artist In Residence in South LA and taught art at UCLA for 8 years. Buena is a graduate of Pratt Institute of Art in NY.
Buena’s art is deeply influenced by the African American experience and reframing black history through positivity and truth. In prior years her work portrayed a visual history of jazz, blues, and gospel music legends. She also produced an inspired Angel and biblical series influenced by her upbringing as a (PK) Preacher’s Kid. Religious and Christian iconography
appears often in Buena’s drawings and paintings. Also, her art echoes visual artists such as Kara Walker and Charles White.
She has received widespread recognition for her realism style of fine art. She primarily uses Pencil to create portraits and highly detailed figurative art, drawn from her own photographed sources and imagination. Buena has worked as a teaching artist for many Southern California libraries and community centers. She had the privilege of instructing unhoused Veterans through UCLA and the Veteran’s Association.
Her artworks were shown at the Brand Library and Art Center, the Los Angeles Art Association, Spectrum-RedDot Miami, ArtShareLA, and a solo exhibition at the Museum of African American Art. Also, Buena’s work has been showcased in the History Collection at the Smithsonian, collected by the Getty Collection, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) LA, and the Laguna Art Museum. Her work has been used by set designers in major studio films and on network television.
Buena’s work exists in the private collections of notables and celebrities such as Arianna Huffington, Halle Berry, Dick Van Dyke, Barbara Sinatra, Oprah Winfrey, Queen Latifah, The Los Angeles Dodgers and United Airlines. She has received many prestigious awards.
I am a fine artist who has taught workshops & exhibited across the country in both fine art & photographic mediums. My passion for art led to the pursuit of further knowledge & earning a degree from Pratt Institute of Art in NYC. As a current resident of LA and experiencing the heart of Hollywood plus having felt the pulse of art in NY, a large body of my work portrays a tribute to music legends who laid the foundation in jazz, blues, gospel, and entertainment fields whose influences throughout time still inspire many of us today.
Being a PK (Preacher’s kid) and being taught that the greatest gift is love for one another, my work evolved to include the spiritual realm with Angels and my interpretation of Bible verses; the aim is to uplift, encourage, heal, and inspire the spirit of the viewer.
My work is often symbolic and crosses boundaries between contemporary and historic subjects. I use a realistic style to compose highly detailed and meticulous portraiture and figurative art drawn from living persons. The media I use is mainly Pencil.
My overall goal is to create an artistic viewpoint that gives way to Hope, Angels, and Personal Well-Being.
★★ Sophie ★★
I Received BFA and MFA from Rochester Institute of Technology. My thesis was “Kviatkev, the Understanding of Abstraction.” I have been drawing since age 4. My background is a BFA and an MFA in painting with minors in ceramics, design, and printmaking. I began my career from 1976 to 1991 and during the dormant years, from 1991 to 2021 I still painted but did not exhibit. Tumultuous times but healing times. During the isolation of COVID, I began to paint again and found a genuine newness and expression in my work. I follow T. S. Elliot’s Objective Correlative. This is a means of expressing emotion in art by using either set objects, a situation, or a chain of events. Through this method, the painting becomes that emotion. My style leans towards abstract painting, because it supplies the necessary tools allowing the portrayal of thoughts and emotions in work. In my work, I do not dictate the emotion found in my paintings; but leave it for the viewer’s own discovery and interpretation. This work subjective in nature, utilizes color to illustrate feelings, dreams and with each piece, there is an underlying core of darkness and a definite area of light. This draws the eye over the piece to core. The lines keep the eyes moving, while the dots scream, “look at me”. The work ranges in sizes from small works on paper to 48×48 inches on canvas. With each piece, there is an underlying core of what could be construed as darkness and a definite area of lightness.” The exchange between colors, lines and shapes tell my story.
My paintings began to unravel and reveal the silence, the fright and the tribulations throughout childhood to the end of a destructive marriage. The screams never heard, the tears never seen, the fear not shown, constant fear, the shame of body and mind. My paintings then became the venue to my self-liberation. My art depicts the evolution from childhood terrors to adult recovery, and brings light to the darkness. In addition, there is growth in my work, reflecting the joy found in other areas of my life. My art was reclusive and hidden for years. During the isolation of COVID, I began to paint again with zealousness and ease and found a genuine newness and expression to my work that began to sing. I found my voice and soul again in painting. Emergence began and exposure of my art was welcoming.
★★ Summer Wave ★★
Treavor Pence is an artist and an educator who has been painting oil landscapes for over 20 years and drawing with charcoal for 24 years. Treavor has won multiple awards including the El Paso International Art Museum and El Paso Art Association awards. His work has been showcased at Bryn Mawr Rehab Center in Malvern PA and Kenny Courage Institute in Minneapolis. Treavor has donated multiple works to animal shelters in Missouri and hundreds of his paintings are held by collectors. Treavor is expanding his art practice, by doing more charities, art markets, and mentoring his art students.
★★ Tashlich ★★
Meir Goukhman was born in Moscow, Russia in 1963. He majored in Fine Arts at the Moscow Fine Arts College and upon graduation taught painting in art school while his works were featured in many regional and national exhibitions.
When Meir Goukhman left the former Soviet Union for the United States in December 1991, he had to leave his expansive works behind. Since then, he has been faced with the challenging task of recreating his artistic world on new soil.
Meir Goukhman works with a broad range of media to evoke the warmth of the long-ago shtetl in his unique Russian futurism style. Inspired by the works of Vladimir Mayakovsky and Hassidic mysticism, Goukhman’s vast body of work is oft-compared to that of the famous modernist Chagall. Goukhman’s art reflects the music and movement found in the every day, as his evocative brushstrokes reveal the melody of nuances inherent in traditional Jewish life.
When I was seven years old, my father, an artist himself, brought me to a ceramic studio for the very first time. I had a severe stutter as a child, and this early exposure to my craft taught me a whole new way to communicate with the world around me. Later in life, I encountered folk art in the form of my grandmother’s heirloom 19th-century Judaica pieces, which depicted old homes, nature, and mythical beasts. I was further inspired by the work of Grandma Moses, because her unique style resonated with me and helped shape the way I imbued my paintings of the long-ago shtetl with warmth.
My final influence happened almost by accident; my background in sculpture and ceramics allowed me to study with the sculptor Lavinsky, who was the great artist Mayakovksy’s son. Lavinsky’s studio was where I experienced Russian futurism first-hand, and saw Miakhovsky’s poetry performed, which taught me how to look at the world around me with both a poet’s and a painter’s eyes.
My art absorbed those influences to form a unique window into a magical Jewish folk world filled with mythical birds, fish, unicorns, swans, lions, and of course, the everyday people who coexist with the Divine in the melody of nuances inherent in traditional Jewish life. Using traditional oil and canvas, I express my inner world – one that is a reflection of a time and place that has been destroyed but lives on in a beautiful culture that survives despite persecution, repression, and Soviet ideology.