Date With Nature
Kim is a mixed media artist based in the Pacific Northwest where she lives with her naked Sphynx cat, Mister. She is a self-taught artist who learned through research and practice. Her eclectic style of subject matter includes abstract, animals, florals, landscapes, and people. Kim’s collectors show her art on five continents: North America, South America, Asia, Africa, and Australia.
Only recently I have pursued art full-time. Now, I wonder why I’d waited so long since I am never happier than when I am creating. I have put my hand to pen & ink, charcoal, and acrylic; but my first love will always be watercolor.
In the years leading up to this time, I’d worked the daily grind 9-5 and dabbled in art when I had time, which wasn’t enough. A recent cancer diagnosis urged me to ask the question what do I want to do with the many years I have left? In a word: art. I researched and practiced for a couple of years before doing my first in-person show which was successful; I attended a few more and realized it was fun, but my dream was different. My new goal with acrylics is to be a successful licensed textile artist and, with watercolor ink and wash, to be a children’s book illustrator.
In the laid-back meantime, I’m just enjoying the brush and palette, living the dream.
Dawn At Sea
Jason Shih was born in 1972 in Lukang Town, Taiwan, renowned for its traditional crafts. He relocated to Taipei City during his school years and attended art classes at Minzu Elementary School, Minglun Junior High School, and Zhongzheng High School. In 1991, Jason enrolled in the Fine Arts Department of the National Taipei University of the Arts, studying sculpture under Professor Lee Kuang-yu and graduating in 1996. Following his military service, he pursued further education at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York, USA, studying metal sculpture under Leonard A. Urso at the School for American Crafts, where he earned his MFA degree in 2001. Subsequently, he served as an assistant to renowned New York metal sculptor Albert Paley, gaining valuable experience in metal crafts and large-scale public arts.
Returning to Taiwan in 2002, Jason embarked on a prolific career in public art. Over the next two decades, he completed over 80 large-scale public art projects in Taiwan. His international engagements included residencies at the Wangsan Kaitian Festival in South Korea (2003), JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design in Adelaide, Australia (2004), and as the inaugural artist-in-residence at the New Taipei City Gold Museum (2008).
Alongside his creative endeavors, Jason pursued advanced studies in art theory, earning his Ph.D. from the China Academy of Art in 2015 and an MBA from National Taiwan Normal University in 2022. With a diverse cultural background spanning Taiwan, the United States, and mainland China, and extensive professional training in fine arts, crafts, public art, and management, Jason decided in 2022 to refocus on his sculpture creations. He currently resides in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, continuing to explore the diverse realms of sculpture and public art.
Sculpture is to interpret the beauty of light and shadow, rhythm and volume through the visual techniques of color, shape, and texture. The qualities that the creators of sculpture pursue to touch people’s hearts are actually as abstract as temperature and smell, but rich in profound penetrating power. This aura that directly points to people’s hearts, and the aesthetic sense that makes people enter the drama in resonance, may also be like nostalgia, embodied in the nostalgia of seeing things and thinking about them, and the timid expectation of being close to the hometown.
Sea breeze, mountain mist, morning sun, sunset, in addition to shape and color, there is also the memory of temperature. Cooking smoke, hot soup, wooden tables, pottery cups, the echo of the smell is the gradual tone of nostalgia. In people’s daily aesthetic experience, the memory of temperature and smell accompanied by touch often becomes a kind of fuse to revisit the journey of old dreams. The work involved in sculpture creation is to “condense” and record all kinds of beautiful presence in this beautiful time and space in an appropriate way and with true emotions.
As a professional sculptor, Jason likes to experience the taste of life with perceptual observation in the subtle moments and also likes the ever-changing situation of game shapes in the poetic imaginary space. For Jason, art creation is to share various moods and stories in daily life.
Dawn Of A New Day
Her artwork has been exhibited throughout the New York metropolitan area as well nationally and internationally. I have shown at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, the Chuck Levitan Gallery, BACA Gallery, and The Rotunda Gallery. In 2016 she won Best in Show in the online juried show sponsored by the National Association of Women Artists. She has also been a participant at the New York University Small Works Show for several years and received an award from Carroll Janis. Most recently, she has been a participant in several groups shows here in Westchester including STRESS, STRUGGLE, AND CHANGE at the College of New Rochelle Gallery, multiple art exhibitions at the Blue Door Gallery, WRAP IT UP and CONNECTIONS at The Vault Gallery Artswestchester, White Plains NY. Her artwork has been selected for the small works show at Upstream Gallery, Dobbs Ferry, and small works at The Mamaroneck Art Center. She was in a solo exhibit at Westchester Community College, Center for Digital Art, Peekskill, NY. Other exhibition venues include Pen and Brush, National Association of Women Artists, Mil Pond Gallery, SpaceWomb, and Brooklyn Artists Gym. She has also been accepted to exhibit at the Union Street Gallery; Chicago, at the Hamilton Street Gallery, the W. Keith & Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery; Museum Juried online show at Digital Arts: California, and winner of the Stellar Art Award. Moving to Dutchess County she has exhibited at BAU Gallery and Howland Cultural Center. As well as being selected to Participate at the Trolley Barn Gallery, Barrett Art Center, Adriance Library, Arts Mid-Hudson, and Cunneen & Hackett Gallery in Poughkeepsie, NY
She has been published in the ASCO Expressions of Hope Calendar, Eli Lily Oncology on Canvas, the Novartis/Creative Center calendar, The New York Times – Westchester Weekly Section, and Westchester Magazine Online.
Through the use of a computer painting program, I can render the nobility of womankind. While working, I employ elements of collage in my paintings to conjure up images created from a mixture of fantasy, mood, and symbolism, blended together in a variety of ways to create my own world. I try to communicate through these images, paintings that reflect these women’s inner stories as well as their inner beauty.
Inspired by Japanese woodblock prints and pre-Raphaelite paintings, I utilize contemporary methods of painting using a computer program as a means of creating art. Working in a pointillist style I am able to depict imagery as in a genre painting to create dream-like portraits. Born out of mythic tales, my art traverses the realms of desires, fantasies, and myths, while maintaining a playful innocence, reflecting back on the female psyche.
Dawns Visitors
Lauri is an artist influenced by magic realism and surrealism. She is currently residing in the inner west of Sydney, Australia. Lauri was born in South Africa and immigrated to Melbourne Australia as a small child where her obsession for Jim Henson’s creatures in the films The Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal influenced her passion for art. She went on to study for a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sydney and then completed a Diploma in Special Effects Makeup and prop making leading to a career in TV, film, and fashion. Collectively, all these experiences guided her to establish her own art practice, delving into her sculpture.
Lauri has been awarded several art awards such as first prize in The Contemporary Art Awards, Art Collectors Prize and winner of Curators Choice Awards, and several Honor Awards.
Throughout the years she has exhibited in solo, group, and finalist exhibitions around Australia, Europe, UK, and Asia. Lauri has an upcoming solo exhibition in Melbourne and New York.
My style is predominately surreal, with a significant influence of hyperrealism and magic realism.
I love to dive into the depths of my subconscious, exploring the intricate relationship between dreams, nightmares, and the waking world. I am usually inspired by my vivid dreams and visions, with a curiosity about these non-physical entities that come from the subconscious imagination and their connection to reality.
My sculptures often combine the physical attributes of humans and animals to create realistic hybrid creatures. She works with materials that mimic realism such as silicones and human hair as well as representations re-created in different stone and resin materials.
The process usually begins with an initial inspiration for the drawing, sculpting, mold-making, casting, painting, and finishing, these creatures take on a life of their own.
Day At Times Square
“I am drawn to universal observations of people and places. With each work, I try to tell a story.”
Don studied visual arts at Wesleyan University, the New School and the Koho School of Sumi-E in New York City, and the American Center for the Arts in Paris. He works both with oils and with inks and oil pastels. His paintings have been exhibited in numerous juried group shows and solo shows in New York and Connecticut. Don’s works have earned many awards, including Best in Show and Best in Mixed Media.
Don has served on the boards of JAM Gallery, Artwell, and the Kent Art Association and is a member of the Mamaroneck Artists’ Guild, the Washington Artists’ Association, the Housatonic Valley Art League, the Canton Artists Guild, and The Voice of Art. For more than fifty years, he served on the faculty of Columbia University and was a founding director of Columbia’s Research Center for Arts and Culture.
His paintings are in collections in the United States, Europe, and Australia. He is frequently engaged in commission projects. He lives in the Tribeca neighborhood of New York City and his studio is in Goshen, Connecticut.
“I tell stories.”
Through vibrant colors and thoughtful composition, I try to tell stories of daily life throughout the world.
Manhattan has been my home for six decades. My studio is in Goshen – in northwest Connecticut. For many years, I have lived abroad and I have traveled extensively. No matter where I am, I am drawn to specific – and yet universal – observations of people and places. I try to capture the spirit of a neighborhood and the people who populate it at that moment. My vivid hues often make intriguing what at first glance might seem to be a rather ordinary scene. When I work in the open air, people gather behind me to watch the colors light up my paintings as I employ the unique multi-media technique I have developed.
Day Dream
As much painter as photographer, Jane Gottlieb has used her explosive colorist skills for the past thirty-five years to hand-paint layers of retouching dyes onto her Cibachrome prints, altering reality into a more romantic and fantastic world. Gottlieb now scans her one-of-a-kind hand-painted prints and her lifetime collection of Kodachrome slides and then enhances, collages, and paints them with Photoshop to express her idyllic vision in a voice that is uniquely her own. “I hope”, says Gottlieb, “to create images that surprise and intrigue, drawing the viewer into my idyllic vision, ultimately uplifting them with vibrant color and evocative beauty.”
Over her career, Gottlieb has journeyed to destinations throughout the world taking photographs of the natural and man-made world creating the basis for her artworks. Her multiple series range from classic automobiles to architecture to gardens, cityscapes, monuments, and villas.
In conjunction with an exhibition of Gottlieb’s “The Garden Works” at The Butler Institute of America Art, Director Dr. Louis A. Zona stated: “Channeled through a remarkable imagination and disciplined eye, she delivers to us a visual universe of unparalleled wonders. These are classically beautiful works in theme and composition, but move well beyond tradition in interpretation and critical placement of exuberant color.”
I hope my images surprise and intrigue the viewer, acting as a spring-board into compelling flights of fancy and a new visual reality!
With saturated colors and altered perspective, I can change common points of view into something unique. I introduce the viewer to my contemporary Wonderland with my strong colors and theatrical effects. My artworks show how a classical composition can be turned into a visual challenge, incited by vivid colors.
I have been an artist all of my life. I have been creating artwork over the last 30 years with my lifetime collection of photographs that I have taken traveling all over the world and with the magic of Photoshop.
My art has been exhibited in many galleries and museums all across the US and Europe, featured in numerous magazines, many art shows on the internet, and displayed at many international art expos.
Day Lily #1
I have been drawing and sketching all my life. After retiring from teaching, I began taking lessons in watercolor and studied with some wonderful teachers and artists.
I always try to capture the beauty of the natural world. Flowers reflect the temporary nature of life and its fragility.
Day Of The Dead
John Goodwin studied graphic design at Louisiana Tech University before specializing in limited edition fine art reproductions at a printing company and becoming a full-time artist himself. His “Fun Art” focuses on culture and musical themes and has been featured in many group exhibitions around Arkansas as well as internationally. John’s Blues-related images can be found on Beale Street, at the Delta Blues and Delta Cultural Center Museums, and also at the King Biscuit Blues Festival, where he was chosen as the official poster artist for three years in a row.
I consider my artwork “Fun Art”, meant to convey a sense of wonder and whimsy, and my influences come mostly from pop culture. I grew up with Marvel comics, Big Daddy Roth, and Peter Max, so my work is very illustrative, and the graphic elements found in those can also be found easily in my paintings.
A lot of my art is inspired by music – all kinds of music –, and I like to visualize it in bright colors and moving shapes, while also paying due respect to the musicians themselves. I’m partial to the blues and love the deep connection to the soul that music has, so a lot of my work features scenes from the Arkansas/Mississippi delta. I’m also fascinated with cultural symbols of all sorts and am attracted to bright, pure colors, extreme detail, and unconventional but familiar subject matter such as food.
These are the things that interest me, and I try to interpret them all in a colorful graphic fashion that will hopefully make people smile.
Daybreak
Gayle Faulkner, with over 35 years of artistic exploration and creativity, stands as a seasoned watercolor, acrylic, and mural artist. Her journey has been marked by constant exploration, a playful engagement with diverse media, and an unwavering commitment to growth in the world of art.
Her academic journey, rooted in a BA in Sociology from William Jewel College in Liberty, Missouri, initially led her to work with children, integrating art into their day-to-day experiences. Gayle’s passion for art eventually pulled her into a more immersive pursuit. She delved into Art and Design courses at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, unlocking her artistic soul. The willingness to ”put herself out there” coupled with years of hard work and a penchant for thinking outside the box, allowed her to undergo a major growth period.
Finally, the challenges posed by the COVID-19 quarantine became a catalyst for Gayle’s artistic metamorphosis, leading her to focus on acrylic paintings on canvas. Engaging in online courses and dedicating countless hours in the studio, has led Gayle to newfound success in her career as an artist.
In her current artistic chapter, Gayle has embraced the multi-dimensional world of layered acrylic painting. These layered landscape paintings pulsate with depth, intricate patterns, and whimsical interpretations, inviting viewers to step into a space that offers a sanctuary from life’s pressures. Her aspiration is clear — to guide everyone towards a place, be it a memory or a dream, where they can meander, savor the fragrance of flowers, feel the gentle breeze, lean against a tree, and simply breathe.
Gayle’s works have graced numerous exhibitions, gallery shows, and juried art festivals, earning accolades and finding homes in corporate and private collections across the globe.
In my art practice, I describe my creations as Textural Acrylics. This term represents the exciting experience of observing paint flow from the palette knife, forming captivating textures and colors. Each stroke channels emotion and every canvas captures a moment of creative inspiration.
My process is spontaneous – I start with a loose outline, sketch the composition, and then fully immerse myself in the act of creating. Throughout the process, music is my closest companion, its volume soaring. I dance to the rhythm, losing myself in the beats, and, on occasion, even letting out a song. My painting process is a multisensory experience, an immersive journey into the fusion of sound and color, where each note becomes a brushstroke and every stroke on the canvas is a dance of creation. I often liken my paintings to cherished children—it’s a relationship that involves nurturing, engaging in heartfelt conversations, and weathering the challenges of creative adolescence with boundless love and patience. With each brushstroke, I invest love, patience, and understanding, allowing the artwork to evolve organically. The end result is akin to witnessing a child mature into a beautiful, fully-formed adult—a testament to the transformative power of artistic expression.
When the viewer engages with my work, I want them to do more than observe; I want them to partake in the sensory journey. Inhale the delicate fragrance of blooming flowers, listen to the subtle rustle of leaves, lean against the painted tree, and simply breathe. My paintings are meant to cease to be static images—they become portals, immersive experiences where anyone is welcome to wander, explore, and connect with the essence of my artistic vision. Through my Textural Acrylics, I aim to create a sanctuary where the boundaries between creator and audience blur, and the shared experience becomes a celebration of art and life.