Randy Covey crafts gleaming, elegant sculptures that transcend the confinements of line and space to convey energetic movement and dynamic spirit

“The Other Side of Reality”

Copper

6″ x 6″

Randy Covey crafts gleaming, elegant abstract sculptures out of bronze and copper. His sleek edges and minimalistic approach creates balance to the passion with which he creates his artwork.  Both masterful and thoroughly modern, his sculptures possess a purity that touches upon basic human emotions by means of a harmonious and sophisticated style. Bursting with vitality, his abstract oeuvre has startling, dynamic results where his lush, three dimensional forms have an incredible force of vision as they leap with a perpetually shifting choreographed balance. Applying his aesthetic to various mediums and shapes, he blends the precise, slender lines, resulting in minimalism with the more expressive, saturated and generous tones and proportions of Expressionist sculpture.

Utilizing empty space, such as the underside of a curving shape, his masterful work highlights the three-dimensionality of the sculpture and density of the medium.  The smooth texture of his sculptures convey to the viewer harmony by means of the polished surface, clean lines and refined compositions. Creating introspective works of art that examine the soul of the media, he reveals concepts and emotions that reflect the invisible within the visible.  His sculptures symbolize the confines and dimensions of our world as viewed through the revelation of carved lines, contours and volume. As he dismantles original forms, he streamlines his work into his own particular vision of contemporary language, transposing the beauty, social meaning, balance and proportions that compose our modern world.

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British artist David Noel channels his fascination with color into a visceral tableaux as he conjures figurative and landscape emotional vistas that create a sense of intrigue and fantasy which transcend the distractions of everyday life.

“King & Queen”
Acrylic on Canvas
40″ x 20″

British artist David Noel seeks to unmask the deep inner core  as he unearths the mysteries of life. Blending the fantastical with the real, this contemporary Master creates expressionistic semi-abstracted acrylic canvases that articulate the essence of emotion and celebrate the human spirit.   Channeling his fascination with the figure into an emotional tableaux, Mr. Noel conjures figurative and landscape kaleidoscopic vistas that create a sense of intrigue and fantasy which transcend the distractions of everyday life.

Guided by a sense of freedom, spontaneity and attention to process, David Noel’s creative process explores a plethora of themes.  With the intention of creating artworks that are both compelling and aesthetic, his goal is to express through color and images drawn from the subconscious and everyday experiences. Texture is a distinctive hallmark of his oeuvre as he creates layers of texturing and allows the forms to evolve.  Inspired by many sources, his primary focus is nature and the elements and how they connect with human spirit. Translating his passion into dynamic canvases that exude heartfelt beauty, his powerful colors and balanced compositions breathe life into his compositions.  Boldly revealing the reality of the invisible within the visible and the intangible within the tangible, the artist invites us on a visual odyssey. Defined by a special sense of harmony and rhythm, there is a choreography and a visual melody between the lines and the forms that dance into unique compositions that mirror the human soul.

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ELISIANA ALVES’ huetopian “Sofia’s Forest” series reveals semi-abstracted magical realms with a contemporary expressionistic perspective.

“The Sofia’s Forest 3”

Acrylic on canvas

29” x 29”

 

Brazilian artist Elisiana Alves brilliantly conveys the complexity and profundity of nature in her ravishing, vividly colored nature series entitled “Sofia’s Forest.”   Orchestrating an amalgam of abstract themes into her landscape paintings, this gifted artist simultaneously reveals the acuity of sensation juxtaposed with the delicacy of sensibility.   United by a sense of beauty and mystery of the natural environs, Ms. Alves reveals semi-abstracted reveries of magical realms and adds a contemporary expressionistic perspective. Her powerfully hued lyrical dreamscapes convey the spiritual mysteries and wonderment of our universe as the trees metamorphose into sublime objects of beauty

With a sense of poetic freedom and fantasy, Elisiana Alves visually transforms visceral vistas where the magic of the imagination dominates. Ignoring conventions of realism and the classic perspectives of space and time, this gifted artist reveals portals of wonderment as she examines the sensorial universe.  A proponent of mesmerizing color, her transluminescent canvases reflect a spectrum of dazzling hues which honor the resplendence of nature. At the heart of Ms. Alves’ tableaux is her ability to capture the timeless eternity of the natural world.  The resulting impression is one of reverie along with a sense of joie de vivre, lending each composition a striking, haunting beauty.  Visually captivating and emotionally uplifting, Elisiana Alves’s artistic dialogue communicates a rich tapestry of luscious textures and atmospheric hues.where her dense brush strokes leap across the canvas lending depth and texture to the overall effect.

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MELISSA AYR’s color intensive non-representational oeuvre reflects thickly textured abstract paintings where energized color is her primary tool as it defines the emotional narrative of each work resonating with cascading, swirling tones that result in a dynamic color-filled chiaroscuro tableaux.

“Buttergirl”
3D Acrylic on Mannequin
17” x 14” x 10

Melissa Ayr creates spectacular huetopian paintings which are thoroughly expressive in their startling brushwork and pure, electric color. Her visible impasto application lends her art rich texture and three dimensionality where the eye is guided from point to point by a pulling force, which like gravity, draws one’s attention to the center. The spectator experiences a vibrant kaleidoscopic diffusion and a spiritual awakening when viewing her  vertical “Eighths” series which leaves one mesmerized by her splendid oil, acrylic and mixed media canvases.  As a complement to her riveting “Eighths” Series, she also offers an intriguing 3D Mannequin torso entitled “Buttergirl” whose painted surface echoes the same vibrancy of brushstrokes as her vertical paintings.

Inspired by the Abstract Expressionists, her work reflects a passionate palette with vivid explosions of pigment and form. In her color intensive oeuvre, Ms. Ayr applies oil paints to the canvas freely, finding communion with her spirit through color as it permeates her art with warmth and timelessness. Her dynamic paintings thrill the senses through her expressive application of paint and charismatic compositions. Accordingly, her artworks virtually sing with resonant color, vigorous line and dynamic motion.   Therefore, all the senses are tantalized as one may seemingly feel the shapes, inhale the emotional energy and hear the sonorous color all the while viewing her stunning masterpieces.

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Greek Sculptor Christos Georgoudakis creates introspective works of art that examine the soul of steel and wood media, revealing concepts that draw on inspiration both from the past and the present as he translates his expressive forms into his own contemporary lexicon.

“The Gordian Knot IV”
Steel
14” x 16” x 29.5”

Christos Georgoudakis’s four metal sculpture series entitled “The Gordian Knot,” echo the confines and dimensions of connubial bliss as viewed through the revelation of carved curvilinear lines, contours and volume. As he dismantles original forms, he streamlines his work into his own particular vision of contemporary language, transposing the beauty, social meaning, balance and proportions that compose our modern world.

Although contemporary, Christos Georgoudakis’s sculptures have a timeless quality and reflect his classic Greek heritage, as viewed in his “Polyprosopia” series of three resplendent wood sculptures on steel stands.  Radiating universal themes, he draws on inspiration both from the past and the present as he translates his expressive forms into his own contemporary lexicon. Carving streamlined, visceral shapes, he juxtaposes the majestic splendor of natural wood with sophisticated worldly themes and offers his own personal vision which bursts with excitement and vitality.

Although contemporary, Christos Georgoudakis’s sculptures have a timeless quality and reflect his classic Greek heritage, as viewed in his “Polyprosopia” series of three resplendent wood sculptures on steel stands.  Radiating universal themes, he draws on inspiration both from the past and the present as he translates his expressive forms into his own contemporary lexicon. Carving streamlined, visceral shapes, he juxtaposes the majestic splendor of natural wood with sophisticated worldly themes and offers his own personal vision which bursts with excitement and vitality. By replacing sharp corers with round ones, this gifted artist combines a smooth and textured surface which is physically complex and creates a compelling three-dimensionality.  These unembellished metaphorical vessels of emotion celebrate the magnificence of humanity while providing the viewer with contemplative moments of joy and stimulating discourse.

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EVA FRISKMAN’s unique fused glass on steel plate paintings resonate with an organic luminescence as her texturally bold two dimensional works are evocative of natural subjects matter utilizing transluminescent colors which externalize the magnificence of everyday objects, people and events of nature.

“The Red Lady”
Fused Glass on Plate Steel
15” x 11”

Contemporary  Swedish Artist Eva Friskman’s unique fused glass on steel plate paintings express the powerful emotions from her heart through her balanced compositions and expressive use of color, line, light and opacity.  Utilizing an innovative artistic process, Ms. Friskman’s cut colored glass pieces are doubled layered and then melted together incorporating screen printed texts and patterns. The glass artwork is then mounted on black sheet, plexiglas or stainless steel which is subsequently mat lacquered to form dynamic paintings. Conveying a sense of brilliant emotion and adventure to the dazzled viewer, her exuberant brushstrokes cascade and morph into visually exciting tableaux which exude vivacity and strength.  The viewer feels an innate life force emanating from Ms. Friskman’s oeuvre where texture and movement emote a vibrant sense of dynamic action and fascinating unpredictability. 

An organic luminescence radiates an aura of joie de vivre and vivacity as her  forms are evocative of natural subjects matter such as woman’s faces, birds, flowers, jars etc. . Her texturally bold two-dimensional works illustrate the charisma of the artist’s unique artistic vision and have a mesmerizing effect on the spectator.  Creating compositions which resonate with beguiling forms, Eva Friskman’s resplendent works metamorphose into visceral metaphorical portals which illuminate the sublime majesty of the artistic process.  Externalizing the magnificence of everyday objects, people and events of nature, her fused glass paintings are not a direct reflection of reality but rather are an emotive expression of captured time and inner spiritual space.  Creating a sense of motion, her glass pieces are layered one on top of the other to indicate that the tangible is only the preface to the intangible story.

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BEATRICE HÄNNI synthesizes the perfect aesthetic environment where color along with oil, wood and acrylic glass crystallize to create new semi-abstract vistas that are a catalyst to inner feelings of being drawn into another universe

“We are the World”
25.5” x 25.5”
Oil & Wood

Swiss artist, Beatrice Hanni paints evanescent organic expressionist compositions, transcending the requirements of everyday reality to create a world without time, without limits, and with endless space.  Created with oil on wood and acrylic glass, her semi-abstracted forms often incorporate figures which are both structurally spontaneous and explode into a powerful two-dimensionality. Drawing on influences from the many physical and metaphysical layers of existence found in the natural and man-made world, the catalyst for her art can be found in her challenging dichotomies of mediums, utilizing the solid and the void.  In compositions replete with intense colors and rich textures that metamorphose into lines and forms, she synthesizes the perfect aesthetic environment where color and movement crystallize to create entirely new semi-abstract vistas that invite the viewer to look beyond what is seen. 

 Her paintings such as “We Are The World” are visual poetry which capture the complexity of the human experience through the artist’s employment of beautiful color, dynamic lighting and vivid forms.  Integrating this together, Ms. Hanni creates a new artistic vision that illustrates an inner feeling of being drawn into another universe, a new dimension reflecting dynamic, swirling galaxies of the soul. Each work has its own strong gravitational pull, with different color choices and styles of application creating an incredible layering of contrasting forms that reach a powerful kind of harmony.  Her stunning painted universes expand constantly with expressionistic brushstrokes which dance atop the rolling color forms.

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Robert Crum introduces a hint of Springtime in his visually rich plein-air landscape and masterful still life paintings which offer contemporary reinterpretations of classically inspired perceptions that exude radiant light and luscious color as they luminescently echo the timelessness and beauty of our natural world.

“Boscs with Bowl”
Oil on Canvas
16” x 20”

With his own individualistic lexicon of illuminated hues and masterful brushstrokes, Contemporary Master Robert Crum’s gem-like still life and landscape paintings render respect for the magnificence of nature as they commemorate the everlasting joy of our world.  Paying tribute to the little treasures of everyday life as well as honoring the sublime majesty of the natural world, Mr. Crum’s transluminescent compositions shine the spotlight on the splendors of the sensorial realm and take us on a visual odyssey of our environment. Paying homage to the timeless appeal of the world, he creates “diamonds-on-canvas” which are visually rich transplendent bouquets, offering contemporary evanescent reinterpretations of classically inspired still life and landscape perceptions.

 

Transcending the mundane of our everyday world, Mr. Crum’s carefully composed still life oil canvases evoke the abundant tranquility to be found in simple acts of communion with our daily routines. He rediscovers and pays homage to the quiet treasures of our home such as a bowl of fruit and reincarnates it into a graceful, evocative object of beauty. Through these pieces, the artist finds artful eloquence in even the most mundane and common of items or moments, reminding us of the inherent splendor to be found in the prosaic and predictable. Painting in Plein-Air, his ravishing landscape paintings exude radiant light and luscious color while also epitomizing a buoyant joie-de-vivre.   These natural terrain paintings are prismatic portals to nature as he encapsulates his own individualistic lexicon of illuminated hues and masterful brush strokes. Traveling the globe  in order to illustrate the earthly visions of our external universe, his contemporary canvases are eternal glimpses into gardens and other pastoral locations which emblematize the restorative power of nature. 

 

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ANDREA HARRIS Featured MARCH – “ART CALENDAR” Artist

H.E. Ambassador Dr. Alton Louis Amsterdam III, International Ambassador-at-Large showcasing ANDREA HARRIS who is Amsterdam Whitney Gallery’s featured MARCH – “ART CALENDAR” artist.

ANDREA HARRIS’S poetic landscapes harmoniously metamorphose into sublime objects of beauty, becoming rejuvenescent icons to the perfection and lyricism of our environs.  By encapsulating the perfection of nature, Chicago-based Ms. Harris enshrines her heavenly vistas with visions of earthly enchantment as she transports the viewer to glowing reveries of transplendent sensorial realms through an incandescent color palette, tantalizing texture, and radiant luminescence.

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JOSEPH ESCHENBERG’s abstract installation series intermingles urban recycled debris into a brilliant artistic parallax vision.

“Writings On the Wall” Series of 15 Paintings
Mixed Media on Canvas
30″ x 30″ Each

Contemporary Master Joseph Eschenberg fuses recycled elements from our daily lives to create a visually masterful, fifteen-piece installation series, entitled ”Writings on the Wall.”

Working with found objects, highlighting recycled debris, his mixed media on canvas paintings incorporate discarded remnants, which are integrated with wood, steel, copper, aluminum, nails, photos and writings. In a constant quest for understanding the balance in our urban terrain, Joseph Eschenberg wishes to comprehend the human experience through the power of the found object. With a unique artistic vision, he extracts and metaphorically manifests the search for order amidst discarded remains and ultimately discovers a magical realm with magnificent visually intensity.

Skillfully retransfiguring relics of our conscious world into poignant, colorful paintings of astonishing force and dynamic beauty, Mr. Eschenberg explains: ”I explore life from the ground up, from the painful to the playful.  On the street is where I get inspiration and materials for many of my projects.  I work mostly with mixed media and mixed surfaces.”  Through his installation series, the Long Island artist finds artful eloquence in even the most mundane and common of items, reminding us of the inherent splendor to be found in the prosaic and predictable as he extracts objects and then intermingles them into his collage art.

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