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Patrick Lee

ALLEGORY FOR WINTER (THE HIDDEN FACE). Oil on linen. 66" x 60"

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CONTENTS

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Artists to ArtistsBAREBRUSH BARES ALL

by Lilianne Milgrom 6

Fine ArtDick Bobnick 8Olivia Boa 9Debbi Chan 10

Gabi Domenig 11Joachim Gerschler 12Edvard Ghazaryan 13

CJ Hungerman 14Semproniu Iclozan 15Marina Izrailevich 16

Jack Jasper 17Darlene Kaplan 18

Brandy Kraft 19Paula Laflamme 20

Patrick Lee 21K. A. Letts 22Jim Lumpp 23

Mike Menius 24

Lilianne Milgrom 25Zlatko Milakovic 26

Mila Ryk 27Carol Staub 28Sara Swan 29

Amy B. Trosino 30Patricia Tuglus 31

Mixed Media•JewelryLynn Bell 32

Irena Orlov 33Marcie Wolf-Hubbard 34

Sandy Den Hartog 35

Photography•Digital Art

Melvin Harris 36Arthur Jacob 38

Daniel R. Johnson 39Keith Parks 40

Yasmine Samiry 41Max Tzinman 42

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Art & Beyond Magazine is the bridge betweenartists and the art world. It is an essentialmarketing and promotional tool every artistneeds to have when exhibiting their work,whether at art shows, art expos, or smallexhibitions.

Art & Beyond Magazine is proud to present theincredible artists featured on the pages of thisissue. Each possessing their own style, uniqueideas and vision of the world around us. Fromscratch they are able to create things thatinspire and enhance our lives.

For this issue Art & Beyond held a CoverCompetition for 2 covers, the amount of talentpresented to us made it very difficult to choosetwo winners, so at the end we had to add twomore Publisher choice award for a Back Coverand Inside Back Cover as well.

Congratulations to K.A. Letts, her work “Two-Faced Odalisque" was chosen as this months Artand Beyond Front Cover Competition winner.

The Inside Front Cover was awarded to PatrickLee for artwork “Allegory for Winter(The Hidden Face)”.

The Back Cover was awarded to James Lumpp forwork “Ivy Statue” and the Inside Back Cover hasbeen awarded to Mike Menius for work “VerticalAbstract Landscape” as a Publisher Choice.

We would also like to congratulate those artistswho bave been chosen as Publishers ChoiceAward winners in this issue for their outstandingartwork: Dick Bobnick, Edvard Ghazaryan, GabiDomenig, Carol Staub, Patricia Tuglus, MarcieWolf-Hubbard, Amy B. Trosino, Brandy Kraft,Lynn Bell, CJ Hungerman, Zlatko Milakovic.

Art & Beyond would like to send a specialcongratulations to one of our featured artists,Melvin Harris for winnign Best in Competition inthe Abstractions 2013 contest fro his work“Harvest” (p. 36).

We thank all of the amazing and talentedartists who participated in this competition.

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James Lumpp

Inside Back Cover

Mike Menius

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Patrick Lee

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K.A. Letts.

6 • Art&Beyond • March/April 2013

M ore than ever before, art representing the nude is

showing up in galleries and museum exhibitions, but

there is still a ways to go before garnering a broad

cultural acceptance of the nude as a legitimate subject for public

consumption.

No-one knows this better than Ilene Skeen, founder of

Barebrush.com, a website dedicated to showcase those artists

whose practice focuses on the nude figure. Although founded in

2006, Ilene’s interest in drawing from the model dates back several

decades; hers is a story come full circle. After completing a

disappointing stint at art school in the 60’s, New Yorker Ilene

Skeen’s path led her into a world of business and computers far

removed from the art scene. Nonetheless, over the years Skeen

continued drawing from the model, producing thousands of

watercolor sketches of the nude and successfully selling them

online in the days before eBay or etsy.

After leaving the business world behind, Skeen’s interest in art

veered her towards the anthropology of art, where she completed

a Master’s thesis on how gallery owners reconcile commercial

success while keeping true to their artistic aesthetic. Following this

endeavor and facing retirement, Skeen’s decision to open her

website up to other artists seemed like a natural development.

Armed with a spontaneous logo sketched out on a napkin and a

year's worth of advertising in the New york Gallery Guide,

Barebrush.com was launched.

LM: What inspires you to draw and paint the nude figure?

IS: I really don’t believe in the saying: “Beauty is only skin deep”.Quite the opposite – skin deep beauty is actually irrelevant. I aminterested in getting into the soul and letting the spirit come through.In my mind, a successful painting or sketch conveys dignity, graceand poise. I enjoy making ordinary people look beautiful! I think aboutmy work as celebrating the uniqueness of people. Every model istotally unique; I can look back at a drawing of a quick one-minute

pose and immediately identify the model – the stance, the figurecouldn’t be anyone else but that model.

LM: What is it you hope to provide artists on Barebrush.com?

IS: Validation, exposure and opportunity. Artists get their ownpage on Barebrush where they can upload new images andupdate their profile. Artwork for the monthly calendars areselected from the artists’ pages by independent curators, givingthe Barebrush artists a great way to be seen and critiqued by artprofessionals. The concept of the calendars also gives the art a

Article and interview by Lilianne Milgromwww.liliannemilgrom.com

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BAREBRUSH BARES ALL

Barebrush founder, Ilene Skeen, bares all to Art & Beyond – her personal journey in the arts,the inspiration behind the site, its goals, and what lies ahead.

FOUR HAND COMPOSITION by Ilene Skeen

http://barebrush.com/


temporal context; when collectors come to the site, they continuallysee fresh work. I’m also very excited about the launch of e-commerceon the Artists’ Market. Artists whose work is repeatedly selected byinvited curators can now sell their work through Barebrush, andcollectors can feel confident that they are purchasing consistentlyhigh-standard, quality work.

LM: What’s next for Barebrush.com?

IS: I can’t give the details away yet, but it’s related to my theory of theFour Classes of Art Buyers, gleaned from years of experience.

LM: Can you explain your theory? Sounds intriguing!

IS: In a nutshell, at the top of the hierarchy are the Collectors. Thesebuyers are dedicated to a particular artist and are committed topurchasing that artist’s creative output. Below the Collectors are theArt Decorators – the ones who buy art that go over the couch. Thenext rung down is what I call the Art Tourist. Art Tourists don’t buyart but they go to see art and want to take away a souvenir of theirart experience, like a catalogue or a postcard. At the bottom of theheap are the Voyeurs. I call them Art Voyeurs because they don’tmake any effort to come out and see art. But just like real voyeurs,they do enjoy looking. I can build on that. Wouldn’t it be a wonderfulthing to transform Art Voyeurs into Art Tourists, transform ArtTourists into Art Decorators, and ultimately transform Art Decoratorsinto Collectors….?

Today, Barebrush.com has expanded to include other genres besides

the nude to show the depth and breadth of its artists. Barebrush has

built up a loyal collector base and a robust membership; the site

gets a few thousand hits a day and counting. Included at the bottom

of Barebrush’s Home Page are the following words: “Online since

2006. Proving it's OKAY to enjoy the art of the nude.” We couldn’t

agree more.

BLUE LEAH #5by Barebrush artistDaniel Maidman

ENTWINED by Barebrush artist Terry Hinckle

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Dick BobnickI am a nationally published illustrator and portrait artist havingproduced award winning illustration for over 30 years. I liveand work in the Twin Cities of St. Paul/Minneapolis in thesuburb city of Burnsville, Minnesota. I have produced art formany national ad agencies, corporations, publishers andproducers of collectibles since opening my own studio in 1990.Prior to that I was lead illustrator at four major graphic artsstudios in Minneapolis where I had to produce realistic

illustration for every imaginable subject you could guess:Portraits, people, aircraft, food, maps, landscapes, products,product usage and historical to name just a few. I started myown studio to create the subject matter I most enjoyed doingnamely people, celebrities and show business sujects.

www.dickbobnick.com

MARILYN MONROEportrait, published as a cover forthe Franklin Mint special collectors'edition of Joyce Carole Oates'novel, BLONDE.Rendered in gouache.17" x 21"


Olivia BoaOlivia Boa was born in 1981 in Yvelines in France. At a young age Boawas attracted to the world of the art and in particular, painting.

Boa began her formation into an artist at the age of 10 with thehelp of Yves Armani, an artist who taught her the basiscs. From theage of her 14, Boa pursued her work and her research in paintingin a self-taught way.

In 1998, Boa decided to release hersefl from conventional structuresof the academic painting, by turning on the abstract art.

In 2011, she worked the concept of "generations" in art, namely topaint a subject on various energy perceptions. For example of alandscape, Olivia Boa is going to draw all the energy yin and totransmit it on a work, while realizing simultaneously another workof the same landscape but in an energy yang, so forming a linen

couple representing the same landscape and being entitled: thefirst generation.

In addition to her work as an artist, Olivia is also a therapist andin 2012 she proposed a subtle mixture of her work in therapymixed with her work in abstract art.

Olivia Boa declines us a whole pallet of feelings, sensations,observations and makes in consultation and retranscribes it in theform of colors, of movement, of textures and of forms on a painting.

A French/English bilingual catalog of its work:« psychological works » will be available from the end of thissummer. For any order please get in touch directly with theartist who will dedicate it to you personally.

www.oliviaboa.sitew.com • [email protected]

ON THE LIFE, WE ARE LOOKING FOR. Acrylic on canvas. 80cm x100cm

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Debbi ChanOn the cusp of two creative signs, the tiger and the rabbit, I wasborn in Houston, Texas. With a creative push from day one, Itook up the brush by age ten. In my early years as a buddingartist I decided that oil painting was not my thing butwatercolor and ink were. That really never changed but thestyle vacillated from realism to fantasy throughout thoseformative years. It was not until a bit of aging wisdom came tome that I sought out a teacher and found Frank Chiu, a masterartist in traditional Chinese painting. He mentored me for overa decade and was later joined by his wife, Judy.

They showed me that just taking Sumi lessons was not enough.I involved myself in Chinese culture, philosophy, and art until itcoursed through my veins and I saw the world throughdifferent eyes. My teacher gave me an artist name – Sosum.

He said I always do what I say I will do and SOSUM was the Hechose. What He did not know is that the main reason I got in totraditional Chinese art was to paint on silk. Sosum also means,

through the root character, threads of silk. I learned muchfrom this wise teacher. then I took an invitation to visit Idahofor a three weeks vacation.

Four days before my departure for home, I decided to live hereand when I went back home it was only to pack my apartmentand say two goodbyes: one to the Buddhist Temple where I wasan ordained nun; the other, to the Chiu's, my mentors andteachers who had become family. Frank Chiu threw the IChingwithout my knowledge and four days later in my new home hetold me what the sticks had said..... GO TO THE WESTERNMOUNTAINS...so now a decade has passed. I own a farm on tenacres of paradise, and my heart and art are reaching heightsnot reached by many... I can truly say that I am rich – rich withno money. And art is still as exciting as it was when I picked upthat paintbrush fifty years ago.

http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/s/sosum/[email protected]

ELEPHANTS TO WARVWITHOUT CREDIT. Watercolor/ink on yun long rice paper. 29" x 19"

Gabi DomenigPictures of man fascinate me since I can remember. I am mainly inspired by light, shadows, colors, emotions and human forms.The eyes are playing a special role in my paintings. I try to capture moments (not only) with the brush, try to breathe soul intothem and I want to build up emotional tensions. I want to convey mood and emotion with my paintings, want to bringsomething in motion. My great wish is that a spark jumps over to the viewer and touches him in his heart and in his soul.

http://www.domenigartdesign.at/


FIRST SNOW AT THE BIRCH FOREST. Acrylic on wood. 85cm x 60cm.


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Joachim GerschlerJoachim Gerschler is 67 years old. He has been working for afew decades as the top restorer on historical buildings inBerlin doing analysis of the building`s history, the technicalrequirements of restoring them in the original sense anddoing the restoration work himself and with his staff. Since2010 he has begun to paint oil on canvas in rakel (spatula)technique and has produced up to now more than 100 suchpaintings, mostly in sizes of one to two m2, some in smaller

sizes and some up to 10 m2. In this field of art he is up tonow completely unknown. He is still most busily producingnew paintings. Now it seems to be time to get knowninternationally and he is looking for a competent partywhich is best suited to promote his works. Representing himis Dr. Hergen Heinemann who may be contacted [email protected].

F3-W07-2011-II. Oil on canvas. 180cm x160cm

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Edvard GhazaryanMy painting style is original; I paint free and do not hung up witha definite painting style, but have been impressed by the stylesand techniques of European painters of all eras: those are 19thcentury several French painters that did paint under open sky,reviving gorgeous color gamma - giving absolutely naturalimpression of the air and sun light … 1890`s post impressionists(Paul Gauguin, Van Gogh…), abstract painters Wassily Kandinsky,Kazimir Malevich in the end of 19th century and beginning of20th. I have created this painting style and technique by revisingrealistic fine art and international art - from Egypt to 21st century.

Currentely painter-designer, Armenian National Survey of SeismicProtection living in Armenia and crate paintings for the fans of his art.

http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/edvard-ghazaryan.html

OCEAN. Watercolor. 21.5cm x 16.3cm

CLAY VASE. Oil painting on grounded cardboard. 14” x 11”

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CJ HungermanCJ is originally from Pittsburgh. He attendedWest Liberty State College and West VirginiaUniversity. Upon completion of eachundergraduate college he received a B.S. inGraphic Design and a B.F.A. in Painting,respectively.

CJ went on to graduate school at NorthernIllinois University receiving his Masters inPainting studying under Gordon Dorn, JoshKind, and Ben Mahmoud. CJ is currently anexhibiting/selling artist in Chicagorepresented by FM Gallery creating fine artas well as installation sculptures and muralsthroughout the city and nationally.

www.bluecanvas.com/randomrobot

COSMO ROBOTICA REAPERMADNESS.Painting. 40" x 60"

COSMO ROBOTICA NIP RIPPER BOTS. Painting. 40" x 60"


Semproniu Iclozanis an intentionally known American artist, born inTransilvania, Romania. He received his MFA from NicolaieGrigorescu Art Academy, Bucharest, Romania. His work hasbeen shown at more than 51 exhibitions in Europe andUnited States.

Iclozan’s art was published in many European books and catalogsaround the world. Iclozan’s work is in the permanent collectionsat the Chicago History Museum, National Museum of Art inBucharest, Romania, Museum of Contemporary Art, Poland,Royal Art Collection in Stockholm, Sweden and many others.

For almost two decades, Iclozan was exhibited as a solo artist innumerous galleries around the world including; Ambassador

Gallery, NY, Portals Gallery and Hansen Gallery, Chicago,Fontanella Borghese Gallery, Rome, Italy, Accademia diRomania, Rome, Italy, Craiova Museum of Art, Romania,Drottinnggatan 100 Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden.

Iclozan has also participated in numerous of Art Expos,including the Vancouver, Chicago and Miami InternationalExhibitions. Iclozan’s artwork is also in many private artcollections in United States, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany,Great Britain, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, The Netherlands,Romania, Serbia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

[email protected] http://www.iclozan.com

DALMATIAN HIGHTS.Oil on canvas.

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Marina IzrailevichThe roots of my life and work are steeped in Russian art andculture. My earlier works had a whiff of Russian Constructivism(purely unconsciously; I was thrilled when it was pointed out tome). I am still searching for a way to express the breadth offeelings and emotions and the struggle for meaning and life’sanchor. My major influences are Mark Rothko, WassilyKandinsky and Marc Chagall. My heart leaps when I see theirwork and I think ‘how do I do THAT’.

My work is color, texture, and flow. Movement of pencil onpaper, brush on canvas, and lines and shapes on a surface, anysurface. The excitement of watching hot metal bending underacetylene torch and the flow of melting metal as two pieces are

joined together and a sculpture emerges. It's about theimpossible, the discovery of a potential, and the excitement ofseeing a completed work. And I continue the search.

I like to work with almost all media: oil on canvas; watercolor,chalk, charcoal, and pastel on paper; occasional painting ordrawing in acrylic; welded steel sculpture. I earned myBachelor of Fine Arts at LIU in New York. I have had severalshows in galleries in Manhattan and Long Island, and one ofmy shows was featured in the New York Times. I currently liveand work in Santa Cruz, California.

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UNTITLED.Oil on canvas.24” x 32”.


Jack Jasperstudied at the School of the Art Institute ofChicago. He received a BFA in painting in 1970and an MFA in 1975. He concentrated onpainting in graduate school, but he also studiedperformance. His work in the time arts led himto explore the use of the body in conjunctionwith other media such as sound and film.

After receiving his MFA, he moved to Helena,Montana to pursue freelance design workwith his brother. He eventually joined thestaff of the Printers, Inc., as a designer. Hecontinued painting and exhibited locally andregionally. In 1982 he received a grant fromthe Helena Film Society Grant to ArtistsProgram. He collaborated with Montanapoet, Rick Newby to design and produce thebook, The Man in the Green Loden Overcoat,a juxtaposition of words and images.

While he was in Montana, he completed three years of coursework in Medical Technology, pursuing a combined degree inchemistry and biology at Carroll College in Helena. He maintainedhis interest in the time arts by studying percussion.

After twelve years in Montana, he decided to return to a moreurban environment. In 1988 he moved back to Chicago tofurther his joint careers in graphic design and painting.

He worked as a book designer at a small Chicago press for fouryears, working extensively with the Macintosh. After completionof a kindergarten through eighth grade series of books for thepress, he pursued freelance graphic design work. At one point heworked for a company creating medical illustrations for doctors,nurses and hospitals. Currently, he is freelancing. He continues to

paint and periodically pursued courses in electronic design andimaging at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

He is represented by Amsterdam Whitney Gallery in New Yorkcity and shows his work in group shows. His work has been soldto various collectors.

From the experience of being surrounded by the powerfulpresence of nature in Montana, coupled with the study of lifesciences and the Australian aborigines, he is drawn toexperimenting with combinations of elements, sometimesalluding to air, earth, fire and water. He strives to representnature’s electron dance that presupposes an ambientunderlying sexuality, unfolding as a shimmering becoming, asynchronicity between disparate elements.

http://www.jackjasperart.com/

PRIMEVALAcrylic on canvas.

52" x 40"


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Darlene KaplanDarlene Kaplan is an award-winning artist who has beencaptivating art lovers worldwide with her energetic OrientalBrush Paintings using Chinese watercolors for more than 40years. Her many awards include First place at the CampagnaCenter, Alexandria, VA, First place at Green Spring Gardens,Annandale, VA, and Finalist at the 27th Annual ArtsCompetitions-Artist Magazine.

She grew up in the country in Tennessee and states, "All of myspare time was spent walking in the woods searching out bugs,plants and anything else that was alive. Those childhood daysspent with nature is brought alive every time I put a brushstroke down on paper. All of my paintings are derived fromnature." Darlene paints in the Lingnan style of Oriental BrushPainting which is a combination of Western and East Asian art.She has been studying with Henry Wo Yue-Kee from 1994 tillpresent. Mr. Wo paints and teaches this freestyle of ink andcolor on rice paper that originated in China centuries ago. "Formany years I painted realism in oils before making the changeto oriental brush painting. Studying martial arts/Tai Chi’ foryears inspired me to try this medium, which I fell in love with

right away. The calming effect of grinding the ink beforepainting, the energy that is put into throwing ink on paper isjust the greatest of pleasures that only this style of art allowsme to feel." In her paintings Darlene attempts “to show purityin painting the snow, brightness in the moon, fragrance in theflower, sounds in the waterfall and spirit in people.” Beforebeginning, she has a vision in mind. "The mind has the planand the hand follows. Once started, the brush and ink requirefull attention. Without the mood, brush and ink do not haveanything to attach to; without brush and ink, the mood cannotbe expressed. These are inseparable elements.” The artist hashad many solo and group exhibitions throughout the UnitedStates including an exhibition of over 100 paintingsrepresenting Oriental Brush Painting during the CherryBlossom Festival 2012 in Washington, DC. Her work has beenexhibited in many galleries and museums including CharlesSumner School Museum in Washington, DC, SoHo District in NYCity, and many, many more locations. Her art may be viewed atSoft Brush Studio in Alexandria, VA and The Workhouse ArtsCenter in Lorton, VA, and on her on-line at

www.darlenekaplan.com.

CALM NIGHT. Oriental Brush Painting. 15” x 24”.


Brandy KraftI am an artist from south Florida. Igrew up with a strong fondness andyearning towards the arts but as achild, always doodling on my classpapers and notebooks, but neverthought it could be a seriousprofession. I was wrong. It’s been yearssince I was that misinformed little girland now there is no turning back.

My artwork is an exploration. I have chosen the phenomena oflight to interact with most recently and its constant variationpresents innumerable challenges. I attended community collegeright after high school and moved to Chicago shortly after that topursue an art degree at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.After a year there, I took a leave of absence and went to Californiaupon hearing that a favorite painter of mine needed an intern.Half a year there and then back to Chicago, but not for long. Soon Ihad met my husband and he uprooted me again. Sweden is a longway away, but nowhere is too far when you are in love. Whileabroad I studied at the Swedish Academy for Realist Art, where I

examined techniques of the old masters and spent my daysdrawing from life.

The painting I submitted for consideration by Art & Beyond is aportrayal of where love can take you. In the multi-media image Ireference my own life through light and shadow. The prominentyellow and blue are the national colors of Sweden.

Today you can find me happily back in Chicago (with my husband)continuing my pursuit of education (back at SAIC) and in thestudio, painting away as usual.

www.brandykraft.com

HESITATION.multimedia on canvas:

newspaper, wax and oil paint.3’ x 4’

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Paula LaflammeBorn in Montreal in 1964, Paula Laflamme is a self taught artistand began painting in 1992.

Paula spent her childhood between land and sea, the slums ofMontreal, and the richness of her ancestors, from Gaspé. Herpaintings are her own compositions, they are her work.

Using her emotions and the expressions of the people shemeets, she lives in interesting situations and moves deep intoher characters and those who contemplate.

The everyday life, the mood of our society, the character andactions of the "Almighty" and others, those who make theirlittle daily routine living their lives without anyone`s notice, area valuable sources of inspiration for Paula.

Paula allows herself to be carried away by her foolishness, shelets it be sweet, bitter or violent. She lets her brushes guide heruntil the darkness reaches the light.

Gold Medal Winner CAPSQ 1996, 1997, 1998Winner of Gold Medal Krolin Tcheck Republik, Mutiple GoldMedal Winning painting 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2002.

Painting on exposition in Prague, Mexico, New York, Florida,California, Montreal, Canada, Domenican Republic, Costa Ricaand Chicago.

ART WORK “THE CHILD WITHIN ME FROM THE ROOTS OF LIFECOLLECTION” WINNER COVER PAGE ART & BEYOND MAGAZINESUMMER EDITION 2012.

Note that the interpretation of these works, are as intimate asthey could be, I sincerely hope you can discover the deepemotions that lie dormant within us all.

- Paula Laflamme

www.paulalaflamme.com

THESE WALLS DANCE AS WELL.Oil on Canvas. 20” x 24”


Patrick LeePatrick Lee is a professional artist and teacher who hasexhibited work at the Butler Institute of American Art inYoungstown, OH. , the State Museum of Pennsylvania, and theWestmoreland Museum of American Art. He has been involvedin numerous group exhibitions, including the Hoyt Institute ofFine Arts' 2009 Mid-Atlantic Juried Art Exhibition in which hereceived the “Best in Show” honor. In 2011, he was selected as

one of fifty finalists in the America China Oil Painting Artist'sLeague's nationwide competition, Exhibition of ContemporaryAmerican and Chinese Realism. His work is included in manyprivate collections as well as the permanent collection of theSaint Vincent College and Archabbey. He currently resides inPittsburgh, PA with his wife, Krista and their son, Tiernan.

www.patrickleefineart.com

ALLEGORY FOR SPRING(The Song Of Moses).

Oil on linen. 66" x 60"

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K.A.LettsI began my creative life in the theater. I am a graduate (MFA) from Yale Drama School, where I studied set and costume design. I havecreated sets and costumes for Juilliard School, Yale Repertory Theater, Alaska Repertory Theater and Wayside Theater in Virginia,among others. Although I no longer work in the theater, many of the skills and techniques I learned there have been useful to me inthe studio.

My work features strong narrative content, much of which is based on myth, fable and fairy tale. My aesthetic has also beeninfluenced by my interest in the Chicago Imagists, aboriginal art, Persian miniatures and “outsider” art.

http://www.arborart.com/

CAFFE STREETS.Acrylic on panel.22” x 30”


James LumppBeing born and raised on Long Island New York has played a largerole in Jim’s landscape paintings. From swimming to surf castingwith his father off Montauk Point, he has always loved the waterand the ocean waves with its ever changing dynamic shapes andenergy. He was educated at Villanova University as a Civil Engineer.He was always sketching and drawing but didn’t turn to paintinguntil later in his career. He has studied at the Nassau CountyMuseum of Art in Roslyn, NY; The Teaching Studios of Art in Oyster

Bay, NY and with friend and mentor Gianni (John) Monteleone. Heis a current member of the Gold Coast Artist Guild in Glen Cove, NY.Jim always strives to push the realism in his artwork; fromportraits, to landscapes and to capture depth in his still life.

[email protected]://jameslumpp.fineartstudioonline.com/

ORANGE AND NUTS. Oil on panel. 12" x 16"

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Mike Meniuslives in the wine country of Northern California. He is a plein airpainter of the entire California coastal area. As a member of the"Monday Morning Painters" group, he goes outdoors to paintocean side vistas, vineyard settings, the lagoon of Santa Rosa, etc.He also paints architectural interiors, as well as abstract work. Arttraining has included the Corcoran School of Art in Washington,DC the Torpedo Factory School in Alexandria, VA; the SebastopolCenter for the Arts, in Sebastopol, CA

He is a member ofLaguna Plein Air Painters AssociationSouthern California Plein Air Painters AssociationSonoma Plein Air FoundationFormer President, San Francisco Chapter, Colored Pencil Societyof America

http://www.mikemenius.com/index.html

FLOATING COLUMNS II.Oil on wood panel. 36" x 24"

Lilianne MilgromResistence Through ArtA group exhibition in honor ofHolocaust Memorial Day

February 12 – April 15, 2013

Bodzin Gallery NVJCChttp://www.jccnv.org/visual/exhibits/

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Zlatko Milakovicis a professional artistic painter. His artworks adorn walls ofEuropean collectors. Milaković can be reached exclusively viareferrals. His artworks are taken directly in Milakovic’s studio.His art pursue many different topics, but preference is given tothe woman and her beauty. Milakovic’s work is on the borderbetween abstraction and realism. If it works with oil on canvas,on one picture, topic he works for about a year. In theEuropean galleries it is hard to come by to his work. The reasonis simple. He works on one picture for a long time, and afterexposure in the Gallery, picture quickly founds a buyer.

Milakovic taught sculpture in Zagreb (Croatia, Center forContemporary Art) and painting in studios of several world-renowned artists - teachers.

Zlatko Milakovic was born 53 yearsago and has been living in verydynamic way. In his youth he was atop athlete (javelin thrower,champion), later manager of the

famous banking group, insurance company, nationalassociation of business managers etc. By the age of 18, he hasmoved with his family (his father was a colonel in the army)and has been living in nine different cities in 4 differentcountries. He has a master's degree in political science and hasbeen additionally trained by programs of world-renownedbusiness schools. Nowadays, Milakovic wants to continue hiscareer painting somewhere outside Europe. Recently, he islooking for a gallery which will recruited him and representhim. His working energy and sense for artistic motifs thatdraws attention are a guarantee that he will succeed.

Today he lives and works in Zagreb, the capital city of theRepublic of Croatia.

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PROPHECY.Oil on canvasl.120cm x 90 cm


Mila Rykis a 3rd generation artist born in the Ukraine, she immigratedto United States in 1991.

Shortly after moving to Chicago, she was introduced to LeonOks, an artist whose work has inspired her greatly. She hasbeen taking art lessons in his studio for several years. “Leon hashelped me free my mind and express myself in ways I neverthought possible” she said.

Inspired by Art Nouveau and amazed by the endless beauty ofOrchids, she developed her unique style and technique, whichgave her the ability to share her vision and feelings with aviewers. Mila Ryk unites line work of figures, brushstrokes,colors and nature in one single form of harmony and beauty.

In 2009 Mila’s artwork has been published in the Best ofAmerica Oil Artists, Volume II book. Her art was listed in theInternational Dictionary of Artists 2011.

www.milaryk.com

SILENT BEAUTY.Oil on linen.18” x 24”

Carol StaubCarol was born and raised in Milford, Delaware and is a self taught artist. She has garnered many awards including the current2012 "Gold" award at the Florida Watercolor Society 41st Annual exhibition in Orlando, Fl. She has been featured in manymagazines and well as books and is in permanent collections throughout the world.

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fine art


MERGED.Acrylic. 30” x 22”


Sara SwanSara Swan is a Los Angeles based artist. Her education includesfine art at Whitman College, design at UC Davis, and illustrationat Art Center College of Design.

Sara primarily paints with oils on canvas, but she also useschalk pastels on paper. Saturated and intense colors, unusualcolor combinations and textures characterize her work.

Her career began in illustration where she created pieces forbooks, magazines and newspapers that were humorous andhighly stylized. Her fine art was derivative of her illustrationstyle until a few years ago.

More recently, Sara has been looking at fashion from the 1940’sand 50’s for inspiration. Using vintage images of both

swimwear and formal evening gowns, Sara combines these withher own figure drawings to create paintings and drawings thatcelebrate not only fashion and glamour, but the human figure,body language and emotion as well.

Sara participates in the monthly Art Walk in downtown LosAngeles. She and other artists who have studios at Spring ArtsTower show their work in the mezzanine level gallery on the2nd Thursday night to each month. “There is a wonderfulsynergy among us”, Sara says of this monthly exhibition.

In the coming months, Sara plans to further her examination ofthe human form, incorporating elements from nature, andusing religious icon paintings as a stylistic influence.

www.saraswan.com • [email protected]

VESPER.Oil on canvas.

16” x 20”

fine art


Amy B.TrosinoAmy B. Trosino is the founder and owner of Artventure Studio,LLC, a private art center in Medina, Ohio. Here, she teaches avariety of adult and children’s classes including illustration,ceramics, bookmaking, creative writing, portfolio, and gallerydesign. Trosino also teaches illustration at the University ofAkron and has worked with various organizations across northeast Ohio including The Medina County Achievement Center,Family First Council, Windfall School's Very Special Arts programfor children with special needs, the Brecksville Center for theArts, the Richfield Art Studio, and the Strongsville, Brunswick,and Medina public school systems. Her work has appeared in ArtBuzz: The 2013 Collection, House Calls, Drink, and Charlestonmagazines, The Crescent Review Literary Journal, The Spectra,The Georgia Guardian newspaper, and at the Annual Children’sBook Fair in Bologna, Italy. In her spare time, Trosino enjoysself-publishing and exhibiting her work in gallery shows acrossthe U.S. In 2010, she founded Odin House Publishing in

Cleveland, Ohio where she creates and distributes UnderObservation, a zine series that fosters awareness of life,humanity, and the importance of living one's true nature.

The drawings entered for Art & Beyond is part of Trosino’sShapemaker series, a body of work inspired by the fields ofchildren's book illustration, biology, and histology. Highlyautobiographical, these pen and ink works invite the viewer tolook closely for hidden and obvious meanings in the detail.Trosino wanted these pieces to look as though she took a samplefrom her life and placed it under a microscope. Only throughmagnification can the viewer see the intricacies of how a lifeworks and the experiences that shape it, intricacies that areunique to the whole of humanity as well as the individual.

amybtrosino.squarespace.com

THE TREASURE SHE IS. Pen and Ink. 6” x 8” IN HER HOME. Pen and Ink. 6” x 8”

Patricia TuglusPatricia Tuglus has been taking classes and workshops formany years and in many mediums. She has earned acertificate in botanical art illustration from the MortonArboretum. Patricia has been a student of well-known oilpastel artist, George Shipperly.

Patricia’s painting style is intuitive. Rarely does she do apreliminary sketch and when she does, it consists of only a fewlines or blocks of color. She finds that conscious planningforms a roadblock. When painting a landscape Patricia allowsthe spirit of nature to soak into her being, where it waits todirect its essence thru the paint and onto the paper. It creates

it's own existence with colors flowing and melding into anagreement of the finished painting.

Her intuitive paintings have been in the LaGrange Art Leaguefor a number of years. More recently, Patricia exhibited withThe Yellow House Artists, Addison Art Guild, Downers GroveArtist’s Guild and Oak Brook Art league and has received manyawards.

Online exhibits include Yellow House Artists(yellowhouseartists.com) and SLMM (slmm.org).

patricia.tuglus.com


MESA ACROSS THE ROAD. Oil Pastel. 12” x 20"


mixed media • jewelry

Lynn L. BellLynn Bell has been creating and experimenting with designand color since childhood. She has enjoyed watercolor,printmaking, collage and drawing, and is interested inexploring the areas from realistic to stylized to abstraction.

Lynn graduated from the University of Georgia with a BA inGraphic Design in 1981. Since then she has been fortunate towork as a graphic designer in jobs that have allowed forcreativity and lots of learning of new and changing technology.She worked at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences inthe early days of the Internet. In that position she learned aboutWeb design and became the department’s senior Web designer.

After spending ten years at UAMS Lynn moved on toMississippi State University, working from home. Projects

included production, illustration and design of curricula forearly childhood educators in Mississippi, as well as designand production of brochures and Web sites. After five yearswith Mississippi State she is now the graphics specialist atMetroplan, a Metropolitan Planning Organization in LittleRock, Arkansas.

Lynn has won numerous awards for graphic work andpaintings, including awards in the Arkansas Arts Council’s SmallWorks on Paper competition and the juried MidsouthernWatercolor Society exhibition. She has illustrated children’stextbooks for well-known publishers including World BookPublishing, Macmillan, and Scott Foresman.

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TOURISTSCut paper and digital.18” x 24”


Irena Orlovinnovative, contemporary fine artist, architect, designer,illustrator, photographer is known for creating captivatingworks which are full of energy.

Extraordinary versatile in her mediums, Irena could never imaginelife without art. Having a successful carrier in architecture anddesign for quite a long time, she began to deal with fine art. She isan artist whose path in the fine arts has led her to a uniqueexpression of mood and color. The combination of antique and avery clean, crisp modern design sense creates a highly prized,individual art style. Her images begin spontaneously and give

expression to personal creativity and insight. Each piece is uniquein design. Irena often prefers to think of herself as a craftsman,constructing, or interpreting imagery and messages from herconscious and subconscious mind.

Irena has lived in Ukraine, Russia, Israel, Canada, and now livesand works in Los Angeles.

http://www.yessy.com/aneri/gallery.html

FRESH AIR POPPIES. Mixed media.

mixed media • jewelry


Marcie Wolf-HubbardMs. Wolf-Hubbard received her B.A. from the University ofMaryland, College Park in Studio Art and studied Fine Art &Illustration at the Maryland Institute, College of Art. She hasreceived numerous awards and special recognition from artsorganizations, and has extensive experience working with theschool arts program. Her paintings have been shown in over 40

exhibitions during the last 25 years, and she has illustrated formagazines and books, as well as worked as a courtroomillustrator. Ms. Wolf-Hubbard is an instructor at Glen Echo Parkand teaches art in her studio for children and adults.

hubbardsfinearts.com

FROM WITHIN.Charcoal, encaustic,oilstick on panel.17” H x 13.75” W x 0.5” D


Sandy Den HartogSandy has had an interest in stones since childhood. Wherever shewent, even as a young person, whether it was picnics, vacations, orfield trips; she always made sure she had a cup along to collectrocks which were precious to her at the time. Once in high schoolshe took numerous classes in gemology and geology. Then shegraduated, got married, and had children. Rocks and gems had tobe put on hold for a while.

However, she was still able to attend gem shows and art showswhen she had the opportunity. She was looking and learning andeventually was able to travel the globe and reignite her interest ingems and minerals. She was struck by how much stones, rocks,gems, and minerals change from country to country. In bringing

back Ethiopian Crosses from Africa, she made her daughters andgranddaughters necklaces with the crosses.

She was once again hooked with a creative passion for whatshe could now do with these artifacts.

Sandy’s work has been exhibited at Palace Hotel in San Franciscoand the James Ratliff Gallery in Sedona, Arizona. She has alsobeen a part of several juried shows winning a first place medal in2010 and 2012 with a Award of Merit in 2012.

http://www.sandzibarjewelry.com/

BLUE NILELapis Lazuli Stones, All the Silver Beads are madeusing the Lost Wax Method, from Ghana, Africa.Pendant is an Ancient Turkamen Pendant from asemi nomadic tribe. The metal used in the Pendantis called "Gillett" and is melted down old coins,silver,etc. and made into lovely jewelry. Wouldn'tyou love to know the story about this piece andWHO wore it.

AFRICAN WEDDING NECKLACEAfrican Trade Bead, Krobo Glass, AfricanHandmade Brass, Dzi Beads, Copal Amber,Focal Bead is a LARGE RARE piece of Car-nelian.


photography • digital art

Melvin HarrisI became interested in art at an early age. I remember looking atthe ‘Draw Me’ ads in comic books and various other publications.I started by taking one of their correspondence courses. I took artclasses in Junior High School and was a frequent visitor to theMuseum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art inNew York City after school hours. I intensively studied WaterColor and Acrylic painting, Life Drawing, Graphic Art and Design,Technical Illustration and Airbrush Photo Retouching duringseveral decades that I lived in California. I gave no thought to‘being in the arts’ when I was young. I find creating art to be anoutlet for my thoughts and experiences.

In my work one may perceive a facet of my dream life, catch aglimpse of a thought, experience or wish that I have hadduring my life. I intend for every image to be not only thoughtprovoking but also appealing to the eye. Because I spent manyyears as a graphic artist and illustrator, I started using acomputer to complete some of my work. After a time, I beganusing the computer exclusively for all of my art creations.

My preferred medium of expression is digital landscape andmodeling software. I use these programs to create one-of-a-kind images from photo-realistic landscapes to ‘other-worldly’abstracts. Fantasy may be a term that describes one of severalthemes I depict. Sometimes it is a word concept and othertimes I may follow a more esoteric route. Surreal landscapesand scenes are ‘products’ of my dream-life.

Artists are the ‘visual journalists’ of their time. Through theirwork they tell the story of the world in which we find ourselves.As an artist, I feel it is important to express, through art, mystory of the world’s impact on me.

All my prints are on Somerset Velvet paper using Epson Archivalinks. The prints Robins Nest, Gift Wrapped and Stained Glasswill be on display at the Raw Art Space NYC March 1 - 15.

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HARVEST.Digital Print. 18" x 24"

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Arthur JacobRecognition of my work has greatly expanded withparticipation in several solos and many juried and groupexhibitions. Among them is my most recent solo exhibitionat the Bergamot Station Arts Center, Santa Monica, Californiaand hosted by Gallery ArtLA. I have also been the recipient ofseveral awards and have been featured in or as part ofseveral print media articles, among them Professional Artistand Art & Beyond Magazine, that are both national print andelectronic magazines. I have also recently been juried in tothe winning on-line gallery hosted by Manhattan ArtsInternational, New York, New York.My work is a process of discovery, strongly influenced by avery strong visual sense of the world. My work offers aninfinite variety of visual perceptions and interpretations forthe viewer. The viewer is first told what the “real Life” imageis in the title of the piece, but through abstraction andreconstruction of that image, they are then asked toundertake an adventure of discovery and challenged toexplore the shapes, colors, movements and forms, which the

abstraction and reconstruction present. Colors and shapesbecome emotion, while form and movement becomeattitude. Even when a work is easily recognized there is still apredominate thread of color, movement, shape and form.My creative process is a thoughtful and purposeful digitalmanipulation. Using a mouse rather than a brush to achievea powerful medium of expression and communication,creates this style of fine art.

After leaving the work-a-day world, it was in Las Vegas that Ibegan to discover my creative abilities and focus on themediums of photography and digital art. In 2008 I decidedto move to the Portland area where I presently reside, after ashort stay in Coos Bay, Oregon. Believing that it is importantto stay connected with one’s community, I have activelyserved on several community boards and committees, mostrecently, the Contemporary Arts Collective in Las Vegas andthe Coos Bay Art Museum in Oregon.

[email protected] • www.arthur-jacob.com

VEGAS BUILDING. Digital art. 20” x 40”


Daniel R. JohnsonA fascination with art started early with Daniel, but he reallyfound his direction during his first year at Salt Lake CommunityCollege studying Graphic Design. It was then that he wasintroduced to the still-fledgling world of computer art.Graduating from Brigham Young University with a BFA inIllustration, he continued working with digital art andanimation. In addition to freelance illustration, he began hiscareer in computer games, eventually moving to northernCalifornia to pursue further opportunities. Daniel waseventually hired as an onsite digital illustrator for a Sonomacounty design firm, where he honed his skills through years of

commercial art for high tech, construction, infrastructure, andtransportation clients. He also began teaching at collegesthroughout the Bay Area, including the Academy of ArtUniversity in San Francisco. To continue teaching, Danielbecame an Adobe Certified Instructor in Photoshop, Illustrator,and Flash. He has won national awards for his digitalillustration, has been interviewed in industry publications, andhas given presentations where he demonstrates his techniques.Daniel currently resides in Petaluma, California, where heworks as a freelance digital artist, teacher, and author.

http://www.danjohnsonimagery.com/portfolio/

AT THE WINDOW.Digital art.



Keith ParksBorn in Los Angeles, Keith Parks grew up in thelovely town of Oxnard, California, where his fatherconverted an old shed in their backyard into adarkroom to "keep him off the streets" while hewas in high school. Keith began college atCalifornia State University, Northridge as aphotography major, but as graduationapproached and he realized there were no "HelpWanted: Photographer" ads in the classifiedsection, but plenty of entry-level graphics jobs, heswitched his emphasis to graphic art in his finalyear. In 1980 he got his BA in Art.

That led to a 30+ year career in graphic design. In2008, with his daughter about to depart forcollege, and his midlife artistic crisis in fullbloom, he felt the time was right to take a stab atsome purely personal artwork. He devoted acouple of years to building up a body of work,and posted the resulting images to an onlineartist's community, eliciting positive reviews andvaluable feedback. By 2010, with his hard drivefilling up with image files, he took the advice ofone of his old art professors to "enter every showyou can", which lead to pieces being acceptedinto a variety of juried exhibitions around thecountry (thanks to the internet). Now, in his mid-fifties, he's looking for his "big break".

[email protected] •keithparks.daportfolio.com

LITHIUM. Photography. 18” x 30”


YASMINE SAMIRYFashioned by experience, feelings and vision YasmineSamiry is an emerging photographer-artist the world shouldkeep an eye on. Award winning, published and exhibited,she is drawing attention around her.

Her life has been a journey of discoveries. Granddaughter ofan archeologist-photographer, she remembers in herchildhood, being drawn to the technology of the camera.

She was fortunate to be surrounded by different culturesand able to see new places.

At an early age, she was experimenting with her own SLR.Photography was first a form of escaping her traditionaland sheltered environment; she was often characterized asa daydreamer. Drawn to “exotic” lands, her imaginationwould run free.

In her adulthood she went to live and work in China andAsia, an experience that definitely changed the course ofher life along with a year backpacking from Asia to Americaand later tour guiding in Austral-Asia.From then on she could finally fulfill a lifelong ambition: toexplore the world with her camera.Curiosity and creativity have always been her guides; livingin different cultures has been an experience that definitelyenriched her life and that she loves to transmit.

Yasmine is an art sourcer, photographer and artist, graphicdesigner and founder of a photographers’ collective.Yasmine will have an exhibition in London on November 30.You are of course welcome if you are going to be in the city,just send her an email.

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INSECT GIRLS (China). Photography



Max TzinmanMax Tzinman was born in Romania and lived in Israel and Canada, immersing himself in a multitude of cultures thatinfluenced his artistic philosophy. Formerly an architect, since his move to New York City he has returned to his firstlove, art. He has recently participated in art and photography shows at LACDA (Los Angeles Center For Digital Art), TheCenter for Fine Art Photography (Ft. Collins, CO), BAG (Brooklyn Art Gallery), Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital Art Gallery,Moss Rehab/Einstein, Atlantic Gallery, MOCA (Museum of Computer Art), and the William Penn Foundation.

He explains: "I am not a photographer or a conventional painter but an image storyteller. I am not trying to freeze themoment with a beautiful image, but to transform it to reveal the disturbing emotions that are buried beneath thesurface".

www.anthropofagus.net

REALITY. Digital art.

Mike Menius

VERTICAL ABSTRACT LANDSCAPE. Oil on wood panel. 24” x 18”

James Lumpp

IVY STATUE. Oil on panel. 11" x 14"

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