Art & Beyond January/February 2017 Online

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Linzi Lynn

WINDSWEPT. Acrylic on Canvas, 20" x 20"

oil • acrylic • watercolor • mixed media • photography • digital art • sculpture • glass • ceramic • jewelry

Istvan Gal

SEASHORE. Oil On Canvas, 36" x 36"

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art&beyond

CONTENTS

In This issue:

Happy New Year 2017!

Cover

Back Cover

Linzi Lynn

Nicholas Teetelli

Inside Front Cover

Inside Back Cover

In this first January/February issue Art & Beyond covered an International Art Fairs under our column Point of Interest. Here you will find a pictorial article Memorable Moments from the Spectrum and Red Dot Miami 2016.

In this issue you will also find continued introductory column where you will read about the DABI (Detroit Art & Business Institute) founded by Andrea Rosenfeld under Tips and Opportunities section.

Art & Beyond is proud to announce the following winners published in this issue.

Art & Beyond team would like to congratulate Linzi Lynn her artwork “Windswept” won the Front Cover for January/February Online issue.

The Inside Front Cover won Istvan Gal for his work "Seashore".

The Back Cover won the artwork “Timeless Panache” by Nicholas Teetelli.

And the Inside Back Cover was awarded to Laelanie Larach for her work “Hawaiian Heavenly Flower ”.

Istvan Gal The Publisher Choice Award to be published and promoted in the Art & Beyond Janury/February Online issue was given to following artists: Point of Interest Sandy Den Hartog, Brigitte Balbinot,

Spectrum and Red Dot 6 Debbi Chan, Kathy Dee, Maruka Carvajal,

Nira Chorev, Steven Lustig, Barbara Walder, Tip and Opportunities

Krish Krishnan, Virginia Stephan, Robert

DABI Tokley, Sima Schloss, Keri Colestock with

by Andrea Rosenfeld 8 One Page article and Anna Maria Giordano, Yorka Ralwins, Hui-ju Chen, Joye Moon,

Lizzy Forrester with Two Pages article.

Fine Art

We thank all of the amazing and talented artists who participated in the competition and wish

you all great success in your journey.

Congratulations to all!

Publisher Art Director Interview Editor

Mila Ryk Mila Ryk Justin Hoffman Alina Lampert

Art & Beyond published 8 times a year.

Six (6) Online issues and Two (2) printed issues.

Distributed to the galleries, museumes and other

Linzi Lynn Istvan Gal Brigitte Balbinot Maruka Carvajal Hui-ju Chen Anna Maria Giordano Lizzy Forrester Debbi Chan Nira Chorev Krish Krishnan Joye Moon

10 11 12 13 14 16 18 20 21 24 26

Laelanie Larach

Laelanie Larach Yorka Ralwins Virginia Stephan Robert Tokley Sima Schloss Barbara Walder

28 30 32 33 34 36

Sculpture • Jewelry Keri Colestock Sandy Den Hartog Steven Lustig

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Photography • Digital Art Kathy Dee Nicholas Teetelli

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point of interest

The Memorable Moments from the Spectrum and Red Dot Miami 2016 with Art & Beyond Magazine VIP Opening Night!

Red Wood Media Group. Spectrum Miami 2016.

Photo by Robert J Hibbs.

Red Wood Media Group. The Cadillac Collectors' Lounge. Photo by Robert J Hibbs. Red Dot VIP Lounge

ArtSpot and Spectrum Miami 2016. Red Wood Media Group. Photo by Robert J Hibbs.

Red Wood Media Group. Yubal Márquez Fleites of Arte Collective. Spectrum Miami 2016.

Photo by Robert J Hibbs

Helen Kagan, PhD - ArtSynergism© with Art & Beyond at Spectrum Booth 111.

you are born to create "YouIf work very hard.

If you work very hard You have to share it!

If you have to share it This is the place where all the Magic happens!

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MALCOLM SMITH. Red Wood Media Group. Spectrum Miami 2016.

Photo by Robert J Hibbs

MECNAVIE GALLERY. Red Wood Media Group. Spectrum Miami 2016.

Photo by Robert J Hibbs.

Artist Skyla Wayrynen with Art & Beyond at Red Dot Mimai 2016.

Presinted by Novem Fine Art Gallery.

Artist Kirsten K NASH with Art & Beyond at Red Dot Mimai 2016.

Presinted by Novem Fine Art Gallery.

Novem Fine Art Gallery. Red Dot Mimai 2016. Red Wood Media Group. CONTEMPORARY ART PROJECTS USA. Red Wood Media Group.

Photo by Robert J Hibbs.

Spectrum Miami 2016. Photo by Robert J Hibbs.

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tips and opportunities

W

ell, the holidays are over and the new year is upon us. As you’re still digesting your festive meals and enjoying a slow period after a full and prosperous year (yes?) don’t let your malaise and fuzzy head keep you from fully preparing for an even better new year, business-wise.

Remember that not EVERYTHING has slowed down. You still have overhead and taxes to pay in the next few months and although your strong, season sales may allow you to breathe easy for now, keeping your eyes open to the reality of the months ahead is imperative as a business owner.

Take this opportunity of slower internet sales and customer shipping to do more than find time in your studio (which is absolutely necessary, I know!).

Use this time to view your past year (successes and failures) and invent potential possibilities in the new year. These are some items I check off my Detroit Art & Business Institute, “take advantage of the slow time” list. I hope you find them helpful (let me know in the comment section below!)

1. I re-organize my contact list. If you’re like me, I use my phone as my business lifeline and have add contacts almost weekly. That adds up to hundreds of new contacts this past year. Who are these people? Do I need to keep them all? What area of my business do they belong in? Who are clients? Personal? Organizations? Who are potential workshop hosts? Do I REALLY need to hold onto the contact info from my past hosting company or the contact who’s information is no longer correct and I can reach out to them through social media? Nope – delete. Organizing your contacts into lists is important too. If you have every contact in one, long general list, begin to see patterns and place contacts in lists that best represent them.

My lists consist of basic; friends, family, organizations, artists, architects, networking, PR and more. Keeping them grouped in this way helps me find who I need easily plus I can migrate specific lists to my CRM (Customer Relationship Management) software (that’s a blog post for another day).

2. I actually CONTACT my newly organized, contact list. Now that my contacts are easy to understand and find, I begin to scour the different groups for people and organizations I want to re-introduce myself to in order to build a stronger relationship and teaching opportunities for the new year. My email or phone call will include our past conversation, new benefits I may be offering as well as a congratulations for something the person or organization has accomplished in the past year. Being a coach and buyer of art, I can say with absolute truth that artists do NOT do a good job with follow up – I know because I’ve purchased items from artists and don’t get a thank you note or information of their new products or events. The slow time is a great time to get to know your clients better and share your upcoming line or past successes. Even if it’s been a while since you’ve connected with them, remember, they showed interest once, they may show it again AND knowing whether they are still a key customer or not can help you weed out your final client list. Keep your eyes wide open in your business and your life.

3. I look towards mid to end-year opportunities. I use this time to research new non-profits in Michigan and beyond that would be a good fit for Mind Your Art Business education. I also shrug off my strong lean towards hibernation and get out of my office to meet artists so I can continue to learn about them and their needs. There are Winter networking events, art openings and markets for me to attend. I begin to plan monthly workshops and networking events, reaching out to host businesses and sponsors.

As a creative business, you can also use the off season to prepare your production calendar, set up trunk show opportunities, find new fairs and festivalsor trade shows and begin applying. You can also use this time to create marketing materials for upcoming retail and gallery introductions.

4. I overhaul my website. No not a complete overhaul, but it’s important that my content and images are current and that the site isn’t too cluttered.

I may delete very old images and skim down my events page. I’ll add new

client recommendations and update my bio if necessary. Also, this blog won’t write itself so I and my assistant, Natalie contact guest bloggers and I revamp my yearly, post list. You can certainly go through your online gallery, removing sold pieces and making sure that your images are clear and descriptions understandable. How are your price points? Do they need modifications after changes in your variables or overheard or your own, increased per-hour rate? *make sure you’re still in line with the prices your work commands outside of your online gallery. Check your links and change or delete the ones that are no longer working.

5. I recharge and reboot. As I’m always working to stay “balanced” I plan vacations or bring my children in to visit me and their Michigan family. I usually take time off of work to have adventures with the people I love.

I may read, sketch or paint more often than normal as I find that these necessary activities rejuvenate me and give me the mental strength to tackle big projects when mid-January hits. Also giving to others doesn’t stop after the holidays end. Who can you help and how? Having a healthy life and business is very important to your success in both. Over stressing or doing nothing at all during this slow period (any period) isn’t going to move your business forward in this new year. Take this time to do something you’ve never done before, help others and/or pick up a new playtime habit (volunteering, reading, join a theatre group, mentor students…)

6. I make sense of my office and studio. Just like my overstuffed and moderately organized contact list, my office and studio end up being a blasted mess which keeps me from being as productive as I’d like. I enter the stacks and stacks of loose business cards into my contact list, make sure that my monthly expenses/income paperwork is organized and I file important forms and papers that seem to be scattered everywhere, so I can find them more easily. I back up my computer (BACK UP YOUR COMPUTER!) and remove unimportant or unused folders and files (leaving them on my backup disk for easy reference). I check my current contracts and agreements to see when they end. My art supplies are put where they belong (by category – jewelry, drawing, fiber, painting) and I make sure that my workspace is clear so I won’t trip (it’s been known to happen). I take a quick glance at the labels on each material and label new items I picked up throughout the year.

You can do all of this as well as continue or begin your costing sheets and reorder materials you’ll need for upcoming production. Organizing your studio/office will allow you to begin your new projects with vigor and not get sidetracked looking for tools when you should be progressing!

For most people it can be challenging to get back-to-work after their break, but for me, I find that I have to force myself to take a break… I tend to work hard every day of the year which isn’t as much of an asset as you may think.

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Linzi Lynn

THE AWAKENING. Acrylic on Canvas, 30" x 30"

"My current works consist of large paintings, 5’ x 4’, but still keeping my unique technique of brilliant color combinations that present a kaleidoscopic collision of art and life. My goal is to dazzle the eye and lift the soul using a contrast between my bright colors and a world of untold drama, drawing you into stories from my dreams."

A native of London, Linzi Lynn’s professional career began at an early age in the performing arts as a singer and dancer.

After getting married and quitting show business to raise a family, Linzi, looking for an artistic outlet, tried her hand at painting.

In 1992 after having moved to America, she decided to enhance her self-taught skills by taking art and photography classes at Montgomery College in Maryland.

Since moving to Los Angeles in 1999, her art has been exhibited in galleries and art festivals throughout California 10 • Art & Beyond • January/February 2017

and her colorful work was featured in an episode of the popular Netflix series “Grace and Frankie”.

Throughout her painting career, Linzi has received numerous commissions and licensed her images to private individuals and businesses. She sells Limited Edition hand-embellished giclees of her original art through her website www.linzilynn. com, and has sold thousands of Open Edition prints through her online publisher. Linzi is the recipient of numerous American Art Awards. www.linzilynn.com

Istvan Gal

FLOWERS. Oil on Canvas, 24" x 30"

Istvan Gal was born in Budapest, Hungary. Gal immigrated to the United States, eventually settling in Chicago, IL about 44 years ago. As a young man full of hopes and ambitions, Gal experienced difficulties early on as an immigrant in a new country but persevered when he received an engineering degree from Midwest Engineering College. Shortly after Gal began his career as a design engineer, a field he worked in for many years.

program at The School of Art at the Art Institute of Chicago where he received a certificate and exhibited his work.

“Now, I’m painting my life away and enjoying it.” stated Gal. His work was published in the School Catalog (2007) of the Art Institute of Chicago.

During his years as an engineer in the Chicago factories, Gal dreamed about becoming a full time artists and painting beautiful pictures.

Over the years Istvan Gal’s work was exhibited at Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Art & Beyond Studio, Morton Grove, IL, Senior Artist Network, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, Pallet & Chisel Gallery, Chicago, IL, Emily Oak Nature Center, Skokie, IL, Devonshire Cultural Center, Skokie, IL.

This dream came true when Gal retired. He began a painting

gal2453@msn.com

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fine art

THALASSA. Oil on Canvas, 30" x 40"

CORAL REEF I. Oil/Resin on Canvas, 24" x 30"

Brigitte Balbinot is of Swiss and Italian decent and was born and raised in Europe. At a young age she had the opportunity to travel extensively and even lived in Africa for some time. These experiences have shaped her as an Artist. Spending a considerable amount of time in Europe each year, Brigitte Balbinot is greatly influenced by Italian history and culture, old architectural structures and objects such as parchment, stones and marble that hold energy. In 2000 she established permanent residence in South Florida. This move has led her to create work that is rich in both color and texture, often evoking the mysteries of the sea. The Artist continuously draws her inspiration from nature and its universal energy.

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amongst modern abstract painters, Balbinot strives for a feeling of depth and balance into her work. Music is a part of Balbinot's creative process to which she equates the movement or pulse that can be felt in her work.

Some of the Artists she admires and that she considers influential include Cy Twombly, Corot, Kiefer, Tiepolo, Titian, Turner and Zao Wou-Ki. Brigitte's work can be found in private collections and commercial spaces in North America and Europe. She works out of her two studios in South Florida and the Province of Quebec. www.brigittebalbinot.com

POLLUTED AREA. Acrylic on Canvas, 24” x 24”

Maruka Carvajal is a contemporary artist based in Washington DC. Born in Bolivia, with Spaniard nationality, an upbringing in Brazil, and after several years living as expat in Asia and the Americas, she brings a multi-cultural perspective of the world and sensations expressed through shapes, patterns and her peculiar use of colors and strokes.

She started painting during college in Brazil, where she graduated as an architect, but with the years she followed her true passions and devoted herself to the visual arts in full. She pursued further studies, including art classes at Chinatown Heritage Centre in Singapore and the Art League in Alexandria, VA. As a member of the Foundry Gallery in Washington DC, the Color8art group, and visiting artist at the Torpedo Factory Gallery in Alexandria VA, Ms Carvajal’s

paintings were displayed in several exhibitions at these and other venues. One of her paintings was acquired by the “Writer’s Center” in the city of Bethesda, MD to be displayed in their permanent collection.

Maruka Carvajal’s work is featured in the cover of the “Art & Beyond” magazine edition of March/April 2014 and also in the back cover of the same magazine in the edition of September/October 2014. More recently, in 2015 her work is also featured in the Studio Visit magazine volume No. 32.

Using different shapes, lines, and vibrant colors Ms Carvajal expresses in canvas recollections of emotions, impressions and experiences different cities caused on her. www.marukacarvajal.com www.artandbeyondpublications.com • 13

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Hui-ju Chen (Mickey)

LITTLE DEVILS. Mixed-Media, 50cm x 70cm

Hui-ju Chen (Mickey) graduated from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1996. Even though she has not been using art and design as her main profession, she has kept her passion of making art until today. Along with her teaching job at Shantou University, she always finds time to create various styles of work. It is interesting to see her work varied from photography, acrylic painting, mixed-media to collage. She hopes to keep being experimental because she 14 • Art & Beyond • January/February 2017

believes in trial and error except in the art world, there are no real errors but different thinking and doing with different outcomes. Without experimenting, art is not art. She gets inspiration from all sorts of things in life. She always hopes to learn and create more different kinds of work through her own different kinds of experiences in life. The real goal for art making for Mickey is the art making itself.

CHILDISH ME. Mixed-Media, 50cm x 70cm

It is logical to have lots of frustration and doubts going through all the phases of creation; however, the most annoying one to Mickey has been about how she should build and keep up with one particular style in order to be a professional artist. It is true but somehow problematic to Mickey because she thinks that art is about taking chances and taking some risks. If she is satisfied with one style, she

believes that she loses some very important quality of art, the excitement of experiencing different things in the world.

Therefore, she hopes to throw away the practicality behind certain logic and continues working in different ways and styles. Art making to her is not just a way to express herself but a way to define her existence. www.ratgoofy.com

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Anna Maria Giordano

DEPENDENCY. Acrilic on Canvas, 50cm x 40cm. 2016

A neapolitan, Anna moved to Gaeta twenty years ago.

After leaving her previous job in 1999, she dedicated herself entirely to the figurative arts.

She started with making and decorating ceramics (such as jugs, vases, plates, tiles....), and afterwards moved almost naturally to painting. Her first painting experiences were strictly figurative, and then, after gaining more skills, she moved gradually to the abstract paintings. She normally uses acrylic colours on canvas, wood or mason wood, but sometimes also mixed media (inclusion of paper, pumice or gauze integrated with the acrylic paint).

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"The observer should not, and can not, ignore the executive path of this painter of remarkable talent. As the musical composer lives and express himself through the notes, so this virtuoso artist communicates through the colour and significant signs. From what we can see, its tendency is to proceed from the figurative to an informal post cubist with bright colours".

– Paolo Levi ("Eccellenze”, 2015).

"The works by Italian artist Anna Maria Giordano hit with their emotional language . The magical and poetic light reaction in

24 AUGUST. Acrilic on Canvas, 60cm x 80cm. 2016

the artworks of Anna Maria Giordano carries the viewer into the world of emotional language. The artist communicates through her images on an emotional level and allows the viewer to feel the world of feelings. The proximity, security and protection feelings are an important issue in her work.

Sometimes she used elements of Cubism with colour contrasts in her own style and comes with the viewer in a dialogue."

– Heinz Playner (“About Art Magazine”, 2015).

"A great skill in transfiguring the abstract, with very good versatility and astonishment aimed at the research of an emotive project. Anna Giordano creates her characterized and symbolic intuitive projections, by superimposing signs and symbols of rich material drawing up".

– Jean Charles Spina, ("1st Grand Prix Côte d’Azur”, 2015). www.webalice.it/amagiord amagiord@alice.it

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Lizzy Forrester

PETAL STREWN PATHWAY, INTO THE LIGHT. Oil on Canvas, 73cm x 50cm

Working in oils and acrylics, Lizzy Forrester’s landscapes are characterized by a timelessness of place, capturing the marked endurance and beauty inherent in nature. Her creativity was unleashed, and is continually strengthened by, a spiritual awakening and colored by the Buddhist philosophy, which has infused her with the calm and the sense of peace that permeate her work. Colors are harmonious and 18 • Art & Beyond • January/February 2017

serene, rich in hue and yet subtle in tone, and the interplay of light and shadow gives the images an Impressionist feel.

Composition brings a balance to her work that is almost ethereal, but her choice of subject keeps the images firmly grounded on Earth. Although rhythm and movement create a flowing energy in the paintings, its motions are subdued, recalling the poignant tones of the classical music she uses

SILENT HEART, RHAPSODY IN BLUE. Oil on Canvas, 50cm x 40cm

“…I paint because I feel I have to. At times, it’s as if I know nothing but this desire to transfer to canvas what I carry in my soul.”

– Lizzy Forrester

as a springboard for her art.

Living and working on the Balearic Islands off the coast of Spain, Forrester’s art has recently taken a poetic turn, as she has begun exploring the connection between poetic writings and art, seeking to transcend the “barriers” inherent in words and language. www.lizzyforrestergallery.com

When I paint I find complete peace: That is what I hope reaches out to others. I believe certain creative works, through images and colour have the power to heal, nurture, harmonize and re-balance energy, our life energy, “Chi” energy. This is possible on at least 2 levels: intimately touching one’s inner space. Art work also has an effect on the space where it hangs, on our surrounding home space or work space: these paintings would be part of FengShui project or study for one of my clients.

I believe some paintings can provide an individual with a key to allow ‘self- healing’: They can give him or her access to somewhere deep inside, normally blocked, thereby allowing a ‘release,’ to help unblock. I often work in this way, to create an Art piece privately: This would start with a ‘sitting’. I would invite the person to sit with me, in a joint meditation: The work could be completed in one ‘sitting’ or I may work on it later. To enhance and empower the work if I have more time, I will ask that person for their favorite ‘peaceful’ music, Classical Music, or an Aria, any piece that is special, even sacred to them: also important is fragrance: for example, vanilla

for abundance (good for attracting money or wealth), lavender is relaxing and tranquilizing…Rosemary helps concentration, good for areas set aside for study or work, and so the list goes on. The colours associated with and combined with fragrances, enhance and harmonize (or counteract, if the required effective is to reverse or reduce a sensation or feeling of stagnation) doubly some emotion or feeling in a space.

All this to multiply effect: Hence the name–“Fusion Art” fusing the senses. I paint from my heart, allowing my spirituality to guide me, not really ‘seeing’, or using my mind to interpret or analyze, but rather sensing or perceiving the ‘unseen’ in nature: It is for me is a meditation, through which I try to make visible the beauty in the perfection of life that I sense everywhere in the underlying energies that are around us and surround us all.

Whatever is happening, inside or on the canvas, to be able to communicate creatively is a wonderful gift for which I am most grateful and humbled–so I try to do good with it. www.artandbeyondpublications.com • 19

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NETHERLANDS LANDSCAPE SCROLL. On Rice Paper in a Folding Accordion Album. Done in traditional Chinese Styles with Ink/Watercolor.

Debbi Chan Born and raised in the metropolis of Houston where the glare of sunlit skyscrapers the landscape I was most familiar with did not stop the smooth transition to a landscape of pines and snow in Idaho. What the surprise move did was open my creative mind and allow me to expand and my art to grow.

I took up three new mediums and set my schedule to allow for art to be the focus of my time. The mediums were new but I managed to keep to the traditional Chinese style which I took up almost 15 years ago. Days for me are all about art . Making it keeps me busy and rarely does a day go by without it. If not painting I am gathering for it. Looking out my windows I see the vastness of nature about me and watch wildlife romping that I previously could only have seen in a zoo behind bars. My tight drawings loosened and the subjects I once was afraid of painting flow across the 20 • Art & Beyond • January/February 2017

leaves of 70 ft. Continuous story paintings in jumbo folding albums, my newest passion. They are being shown currently at Magnuson Gallery in Kendrick Idaho while awaiting a future home hopefully with WSU in their art museum. After completion I now publish each album as a wordless magazine and make them available to the public. And now the albums are coming to life in galleries you can carry in your pocket.

The amazing 3-D app EXHIBBIT allows me to have entire albums on the wall. I have two shows open to the public now and a third will be open any day. You will most likely run into my blogs as well. Hopefully the albums will find their way to a permanent museum that appreciates story telling with art and without words. My time is still about making the art. If you don't make it you have nothing for others to see. http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/s/sosum

TRANSITION. Mixed Media on Pape, 22" x 30"

Nira Chorev Painting for me is the process by which I seek Truth, and the constant challenge of finding and portraying the Truth - the Balance - in Nature.

I was taught by both Israeli and American artists, each of whom inspired me and contributed to my artistic development, all of whom urged me to always seek and build my own language, my unique artistic signature. Be determined, they all said: 'seek your own path and a direction that fits your artistic needs; develop each concept in all directions; constantly strive to get better and be more daring because this is the only way you will find your individuality as an artist'. They were right.

Eight years ago, in a moment of insight, I packed up and headed back to Boston. I signed up for courses and went back into the atmosphere of creating, one that was supportive

and welcoming. It helped me to begin the new next phase of my journey in the art world, self-realization- and that led me to the Mixed Media art I create, which is both unique and specific.

My creation process begins with a photo I have taken. Moved by the artistic visions it inspires, I select the paper/s, soft pastels in different forms, threads, and other materials I want to include. This combination of materials coming together in one painting is my way to preserve Nature and give life - and permanence - to the memories I’m collecting.

In finding and portraying the Truth - the Balance - in Nature, my goal is to create artwork that is balanced...that “Plays The Music”, and the music I hear from each painting is different from all the paintings that preceded it. www.nirachorev.wordpress.com www.artandbeyondpublications.com • 21

photography • digital art

Nicholas Teetelli Fine Art Photography

THE 51. Photography, 20” x 24”

Nicholas Teetelli is both a published and international award-winning fine art photographer. He was born in New York City and grew up in lower Manhattan’s Greenwich Village. During the late 1960s, and into the 1970s, the Village was a hotbed of culture and the arts. During this period, Teetelli was introduced to art and photography, developing an interest in what would become his lifelong passion.

While he took some photography courses in college, Nicholas Teetelli is primarily selftaught. Spanning the last four decades, he has learned, developed, and honed his skills 22 • Art & Beyond • January/February 2017

DIURNAL RHYTHMS . Photography, 18” x 24”

QUINTESSENTIAL CUBA IX . Photography, 18” x 24”

independently, becoming an avid and serious amateur photographer who has recently turned professional.

During each journey, with camera in hand, he records much of what he sees, sharing the impression of his mind’s eye through composition, light play, and shape and design.

He has recently brought his portfolio to the public eye and, in short order, has had more than one hundred of his photographs juried and invited into exhibition at dozens of galleries and museums across the United States, receiving many awards for this work. www.teetelli.com • nicholas@teetelli.com

CHANGE IS KNOCKING ON THE DOOR. Photography, 18” x 24”

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SHOULD I TRUST YOU? – BROWN PELICAN, TULUM, MEXICO. Scratchboard, 8" x 10"

Krish V. Krishnan Consumed by insatiable wanderlust and a deep-rooted passion for exploring exotic cultures, acclaimed authorartist-traveler, Krish V. Krishnan has lived in or visited over 70 countries in the world, capturing his impressions through pen and paint.

Krishnan has published 700-plus articles on travel, humor, and culture in various newspapers all over the world, and has also won a Best Travel Writer of the Year award.

As a much-exhibited artist he focuses on landscapes and ancient monuments, capturing their essence using a variety of techniques including scratchboards, watercolors, and acrylic mediums. Over the past 30 years, he has participated in several group and solo exhibitions of his artwork in the U.S. and across the world, and has won several art awards. As a member of a number of prestigious artists’ organizations, 24 • Art & Beyond • January/February 2017

including the International Society of Scratchboard Artists and Artists for Conservation, Krishnan regularly exhibits his work in various juried and non-juried shows organized by local art guilds in the Chicagoland area and other U.S. cities.

His first book “Rambles into Sacred Realms” portrayed his experiences in words and pictures—his travel moments ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous, the prosaic to the frightening—was published April 2015.

When not holding a pen, brush, or an airplane ticket, he heads up his global company which has him frequently shifting gears between Thai, Hindi, Thinglish, Hinglish and English.

Krishnan is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology and the Harvard Business School, and lives in Wilmette, Illinois, with his family. http://kvkrishnan.com

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Joye Moon

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"Being an artist is a holistic experience. For me, it combines the world of nature and the actual painting experience.

When this all comes together, the magic of creativity begins.

I feel it’s important for me to continually challenge myself by attempting to paint new subjects, create new techniques and experience different materials. Since I’m always pushing myself to learn more about the painting process, I am inspired to interpret the world in my own personal way. It also reinforces the fact that the world of art is endless and I must 26 • Art & Beyond • January/February 2017

continue on my journey wherever it takes me”. Joye Moon is a Fine Arts Graduate from the University of WisconsinOshkosh. She has earned her signature membership into the National Watercolor Society as well as the Rhode Island, Western Colorado, Wisconsin, Western Colorado and the Mississippi Watercolor Societies. A life long artist, Joye maintains her studio in Wisconsin and has taught over 200 watercolor workshops in Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Maine, Florida, Georgia, Colorado, Connecticut, N. Carolina, Texas,

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Arizona as well as conducting 25 international tours to Italy, France, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Portugal, Mexico, Costa Rica and the Bahamas. She has been invited to feature her work through one woman exhibits and group shows at art galleries, museums throughout the country as well as exhibiting in over 100 National and International Juried Exhibits. Joye’s book, “Exploring Textures in Watercolor” was published by

North Light Books in 2008 and has been a best seller around the world. Her work has been featured in “Splash 8” by North Light Books and “How did you paint that? 100 Ways to Paint Flowers and Gardens,” by International Artist. She has also been published in many articles in art magazines such as American Artist, Watercolor and the Artist Magazine. www.joyemoon.com

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fine art

Laelanie Larach

BLUE FLOWER WITH WATERDROPS. Oil on Canvas, 24" x 36"

Laelanie Larach born in Honduras – a beautiful country that gave her a lot of inspiration. At an early age, she started painting using all types of media, for example pastels, watercolors and charcoal. She remember winning small art contests in school, that meant a lot to the artist. Her first masterpiece in oil painting is called “Mysterious Forrest”.

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All of her pieces are completely different with vibrant colors and concepts. Inspiration comes from a lot of aspects that surround her inner thoughts and emotions, like an open space near the ocean that transports me to a surreal dream with no end. www.laelanielarach.com

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Yorka Ralwins

DOMINA PEACOCK DOLL. Mixed Media, 24" x 30". 2016 Yorka Ralwins (B. 1965, La Romana, Dominican Republic) began her painting life in 1999 when she opened a gift shop of hand-painted art in South Plainfield, New Jersey and set up her first studio next door where she taught painting to children, adults, and mentally challenged persons. Murals were her love during that period. She was also attracted by decorative and faux painting, which she incorporated into 30 • Art & Beyond • January/February 2017

her business as a working painter. Exhibiting her personal artworks was never a consideration as she felt them too intimate to unveil to critics and the public. Moving to Florida changed that. South Florida awoke the artist with a purpose in her, and she was ready to step out of her cocoon.

The figures, strokes, colors, and effects in her paintings are intended to strike an emotional involvement with the piece.

DOMINA AGONY DOLL. Mixed Media, 24" x 30". 2016

Yorka intends to arouse memories and feelings, perhaps spiritual, which compel you to pause and wonder what her story is about. She calls it figurative expressionist work which gives her the freedom to set up a contradiction in the viewer’s mind that asks them to reconcile a familiar image with the sometimes unreal surroundings she places it in.

the United States in 1974 where she lived a number of years in New York City before marrying and moving to nearby New Jersey. She has three charming children and a golden grandson and currently lives in Port Saint Lucie, FL. At the present she is an in-house artist at Studio 17 Highwaymen & Florida Art Gallery in Fort Pierce, FL.

She emigrated from the east coast of Dominican Republic to

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fine art L'HEURE BLEUE / THE BLUE HOUR (2016).

Acrylic and Gem Stones on Canvas, H 80 x W 100 x D 2.5 cm L'Heure Bleue is this hour in the morning where it's not longer dark yet not yet morning and it always stayed with me.

This is my interpretations of L'heure Bleue, otherwise known as The Blue Hour.

It gives that peace, inner tranquility and joy, that in between time, where everything is just fine as it is, may be even, where all is beautiful as it is.

The gem stones I use in this painting are Turquoise, Rhodochrosite, Clear Quartz and Blue Howlite. As always I use a natural porous finishing that allows the stones to breathe (I do not use varnish or glue). I created my own crystal friendly finishing technique.

HOPE PATHWAY / CHEMINEMENT DE L'ESPOIR (2016).

Acrylic and Gem Stones on Canvas, H 840 x W 140 x D 2 cm All the paths chosen on this paintings are path of hope.

It gives a warm boost of confidence, energy, a feel good feeling. While one gets drawn in in all the different paths. Gem stones used: Clear quartz, Brazilian Agatha, Sodalite and Citrine. And as always a friendly porous finishing to let the stones breathe.

Virginia Stephan I create paintings with gem stones (semi precious stones/crystals) using natural products. I create a mix with no glue or varnish but instead a porous finish to let the stones breathe. I aim to create pieces that empower the soul in a cocooning, peaceful and fun way. My inspiration comes from many years of yoga, traveling around the world, the universe, life, emotions, books, films, music and people I admire. I always wanted to paint and incorporate gem stones 32 • Art & Beyond • January/February 2017

(crystals) in my paintings however it took me years to find the right friendly finishing. www.virginiastephan.com

BILLIARDS. Oil on Canvas, 72" x 56"

Robert Tokley Robert Tokley grew up in the small community of Madoc Ontario and now lives with his wife and three children in Belleville Ontario.

His ability to create art was evident at an early age when he won a remembrance day poster contest at the age of 12.

Robert spent some time working in the oil and gas industry in northern Alberta before a work related injury eventually caused him to return home. But that seemingly insignificant injury would turn out to be the catalyst that drove him to where he is today, no longer homeless and 5 years clean and sober.

He is a self taught artist who decided to pick up a paint brush in the winter of 2012 and began showing and selling his work in 2013.

He's had substantial sales of his paintings in shows in Belleville and Prince Edward county. His paintings have also been featured in the Watershed magazine and the online journal The Mud Season Review.

Robert's interpretations of his earlier landscapes can be attributed to his love of the Group of Seven and Tom Thomson with the use of bright and bold colours. But like many artist's his inspirations are continually changing like the Canadian landscape through out their seasons. He believes art is like a living breathing thing that is changing and morphing into it's finale form of a finished piece, only moments before it goes out the door. As an artist he is forever trying to evoke a mood or memory for the viewer of familiar time and place.

CRICKETS . Oil on Canvas, 58" x 72" Beyond any monetary value, inspiration is his biggest factor in creating his art and his ultimate goal is having that piece move or inspire someone else. www.roberttokley.com www.artandbeyondpublications.com • 33

fine art

IT ALL CAME TOGETHER IN THE WEIRDEST WAY. Mixed Media on Vellum and Acetate, 24" x 42". 2017

STANDING IN THE WAY OF CONTROL. Mixed Media on Arches Paper, 24" x 32". 2017

Sima Schloss Sima Schloss grew up in a suburb on the south shore of Long Island and studied art at Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island and graduated in 1993. Sima moved to New York City soon after. Where she says, "My life really began."

Her work is in a number of private and public collections including those of Horned Dorset Inn, Miss Sixty Inc., and various other arenas. She has shown her work in different venues all around the country and Europe. From Prince Street gallery in New York City, National Wet Paint MFA Biennial 2016 at the Zhou B Art Center in Chicago, Illinois to a show at The Arc Gallery in San Francisco. Her work was also featured on the cover of ArtAscent magazine 34 • Art & Beyond • January/February 2017

of December 2013 and was artist of the year 2013 on the website artandartdeadlines.com.

In the summer of 2016, she was an Artist in Residence at the prestigious Vermont Studio School. She is currently an MFA Candidate in Painting at Lehman College.

Sima is also an adjunct professor at Hostos Community College in the Bronx teaching ESL and Art. Currently in 2016, she is in “A show of heads“ show at the Limner Gallery in Hudson, New York. www.simaschloss.com sima@simaschloss.com

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NIRWANA. CollagenMalerei on Canvas, 100 cm x 80 cm. 2016

Barbara Walder Through the light to the matter

My journey of discovery in the artistic use of matter began with the delicate application of pastels. By way of largescale shapes with bold colours in transparent gouache I came to use solidifying acrylic paint and then to my own CollagenMalerei©. This is created layer by layer. Through constant reduction I get answers to my questions about essence and balance.

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MY GUARDIAN ANGEL. Recycled Found Object Sculpture, 25" x 19" x 8"

PUT ON YOUR BIG GIRL PANTIES. Recycled Found Object Sculpture, 34" x 18" x 13"

Keri Colestock I am a Contemporary Artist specializing in a wide-range of art and styles.

My works are described as colorful, thought provoking, unique and original. I currently have artwork online through my website http://www. kerijoy.net/. My artwork is also available in galleries throughout Illinois.

My wish is to continue to create beautiful but also fun works of art fueled by passion and imagination. l recycle found objects in my pieces so one man's garbage is a Keri 'treasure!' The flea markets provide me with the necessary pieces I need for my work. At times I incorporate polymer clay into my piece. My style has been referred to as whimsical, unique and on the funky side like me!

In addition to my website to can stay up to date on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/keri.colestock 38 • Art & Beyond • January/February 2017

TUAREG CROSS, .999 Silver with points of Copper. Gemstones are lovely pieces of Amber surrounded by Sterling silver.

Continuing on to rounds of Beautiful African Amber.

Another Lovely TUAREG PENDANT. Centered with a piece of OLD CARNELIAN. Faceted Column Carnelian spaced with Sterling Silver.

Sandy Den Hartog is a Native Californian. She now resides in Lake Havasu City Arizona. Her current home, she and her husband had built for themselves, faces the water with the desert a short distance behind and as a backdrop a dramatic and rather large mountain range. With this view Sandy has taken the time to absorb the impact of this beauty and pieced together jewelry that exemplifies each geographical characteristic, blending them into original jewelry objects.

She is an Award Winning Artist. Sandy has placed in numerous Juried Art Shows throughout Arizona. Her romantic pieces of art continue to be showcased at David Rafaels in the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. Other distinguished pieces of jewelry designed completely from within her personal workshop are in the James Ratliff Gallery in Sedona, Arizona and Africa and Beyond Gallery in La Jolla, CA. Malouf on The Plaza in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is a self taught artist. Her jewelry displays both serene and harmonious qualities that have

been regarded as the highest of models.

Her work covers a wide range of Style, from Ethnic, Classic, to Over the Top and Everyday Chic. She refers to herself as displaying "ARTISTIC FREEDOM." Sandy loves to mix everything up. The old with the new, and the big with the small. Although quite versatile in her design she leans toward the large and Ethnic Style. Many of Her Designs are created as she sleeps. She considers them to be her most excellent art pieces.

Gemstones and Artifacts used in her talented designs have been found in her many World Wide Travels. These and and so much more from the nations she has visited, are incorporated into the designs made by Sandy.

Sandy also feels, "If you can't see your JEWELRY from across the room, why bother." sandzibarjc@hotmail.com www.artandbeyondpublications.com • 39

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YUSCAN-LIGHT

STEVEN LUSTIG Art - Breath - Movement This art is born out of a love of the human form and its natural motion. It is powerful, passionate, and embraces both human and natural forms. Steven was born and raised near the North Shore of Chicago where he began drawing at a age five. In high school he met a regionally known sculptor and began his fine arts education. During that time, Steven was given a copy of Gray’s Anatomy. He became fascinated by what he saw and immediately began to draw directly from the book, changing the course of his life and starting a lifelong study of the human form. Steven received an art scholarship to Bradley University.

He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with an emphasis on Biotechnical Illustration. While at the University of Illinois, Steven began to work for the Biomechanical Engineering department.

His early work combining computers, art, and human motion

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became the genesis of Steven’s fine art, regardless of media. He would go on to draw, paint and sculpt thousands of interpretations of the human form in his own distinctive style. In 1982 Steven moved to Southern California for the opportunity to work at an Olympic research center focused on Sports Medicine and Biomechical Engineering.

Looking to the future, Steve quickly recognized the promise of what computer illustration could bring to traditional graphic design techniques. After seven years of working in corporate presentation graphics, Steven founded BioDesign Communications in 1989. BioDesign was a highly specialized computer graphics company supplying creative illustrations to the Life Science, Medical Device, and Healthcare industries. Steven has produced medical and life science images for companies around the world, and has illustrated four books, completed a series of life science illustrations for the Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California. Throughout this time Steven continued to draw and sculpt, dedicating his life to the arts. His fascination with drawing the human form continues to ignite his creative talent and provides him with an endless supply of material. Steven currently teaches a stone sculpting class at the Laguna College of Art & Design. In addition to working as an Illustrator and fine artist, Steven has been the Cultural Arts Chair for the CA PTA and a leading art advocate Statewide. For the past twelve years Steven has been a volunteer legislative advocate, recruiting and training parents, running legislative junkets to Sacramento and leading parents in the cause of public education. Steven is a volunteer art teacher at a local elementary school and has taught students art privately. Steven has studied Kenpo Karate and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with his son and daughter and practices yoga. He lives in Huntington Beach with his wife and two children. www.stevenlustigfineart.com

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AUTUMN JOURNEY. Photography, 16" x 20"

Kathy Dee You could say photography was always in my blood. My father, Vester Dick, was a master photography and owned his own studio in Santa Cruz, California. Although I had a camera and loved to shoot from an early age, I wanted to go my own way and became a writer, earning a bachelor’s degree in Journalism. But, in 2007, I had a trauma that affected the part of the brain used for words and writing. I had to quit my job and struggled to find a new path. I was at loose ends looking for a creative outlet. Then, after a trip to Costa Rica and some reflection, I realized the most fun I had was taking pictures. I loved the medium because I didn’t have to think in words.

Unfortunately, my father had passed away years prior and wasn’t there when I needed a mentor. Although I learned a lot from him, watching and listening to him throughout the 42 • Art & Beyond • January/February 2017

years, I realized there was much I didn’t know. I began taking endless classes. I also studied award winning photographers.

I analyzed my shots against theirs and learned what mistakes I was making and worked hard to becoming a better photographer.

In the past years, I’ve had close to 1,000 photos accepted on stock websites. I love the challenge of doing stock photography where even ordinary objects can result in sales. I’ve won a couple of contests and had many honorable mentions. Photography is a never ending adventure and I’m excited to see where it brings me in the future. I currently reside in Eastern Washington with my boyfriend and a dog named Sela. www.KathyDeePhoto.com

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HAWAIIAN HEAVENLY FLOWER. Oil on Canvas, 24" x 30"

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TIMELESS PANACHE. Photography,18" x 18”