World Wide Art Magazine #9

Curated by Despina Tunberg

Cover Image GABRIELL Solidarity Oil on canvas 24 x 36 in.

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INDEX Tamara Balenko Sylvia Bandyke Bikkel Isabelle Bouchard – IB Gunny Brørby Michael J. Cavanagh Linda Chido Greg Cliffe Andrea Collante Jewell Edward Cundiff

Elisabetta De Maria Julie Denoncourt Rich DiSilvio Tjeerd Doosje Maksim Echein James Ellison Richard Ferguson Jordyn Fullaway GABRIELL Giovanni Gambasin

Netta Ganor Elena Gaston Nicolas Anne Gro Starefoss Greve John Jaster Dr. Natalia Jezova Sonnhild Kost Ai-Wen Wu Kratz Ashton Lally

Victoria Elizabeth Lucy Landers

Margie Lewis

Curated by Despina Tunberg Wendy J McLaughlin Robert Lee Mejer Gabriele Musebrink Dwight Myers Peter Kristin Maija Peterson Antonella Pintauro Cher Pruys Ramón Rivas Veronica Russo

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Robin Jack Sarner Molly Scannell Leif Sohlman Hank Spirek Livia Doina Stanciu Luana Stebule Ulla Strandberg Nadezda Stupina Dr. Aranka Székely Kirsten Todd, Art at Vixen Garry Scott Wheeler

KRISTIN MAIJA PETERSON https://terrakindstudio.com hello@terrakindstudio.com

Kristin received her B.A. in Studio Fine Arts and Art History at the University of Minnesota, Morris in 1984. While she continued to practice fine art, she ran her own graphic design business, Grand Ciel Design Co. for 25 years. In 2019, Kristin attended St. Catherine University’s Women Art Institute. She transitioned to full-time visual artist in 2020, creating works on paper dedicated to environmental issues and climate change, currently exhibiting her work regionally. She lives in Minnesota.

River Divination Watercolor 36 x 30.5 in.

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TAMARA BALENKO http://tamarabalenko.com artkb56@yahoo.com

“My artworks merge reality with fantasy; sentiment with sarcasm; romantic and philosophical ideas with rationalism. Using symbolism, I correspond to the contemporary perception of the world.”

Born in the village of Uzin in Ukraine, Tamara Balenko graduated from Odessa State Art College with a degree in painting and earned her Master’s in Illustration and Book Design from the National University of Printing Production. She completed additional studies at Los Angeles Valley College, following her immigration to the United States in 1998. Her award-winning art has been exhibited in numerous countries, including Canada, Portugal, Poland, Belgium and the U.S and in esteemed venues such as Memorial Museum of aul Verlain in Metz, France; Brunico Graphic Museum of Art in Brunico, Italy and others.

Tamara Balenko is the owner and Director of Education at Golden Key Art school.

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Broken home Painting 30 x 20 in.

TAMARA BALENKO

http://tamarabalenko.com/ artkb56@yahoo.com

Tears of War in Ukraine Painting 26 x 12 in.

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SYLVIA BANDYKE

facebook.com/bandykephotocollage/ sylviabandyke@hotmail.com Sylvia Bandyke was born in 1946 in Detroit, MI, USA and now lives in Royal Oak, MI, USA. She took art classes in college and is largely a self-taught photographer. She has been juried into more than 100 group exhibitions in 22 states and has been accepted into numerous online international exhibitions. She is an awarded artist and belongs to the Artists’ Society of Dearborn, Northville Art House and Three Cities Art Club in the metro Detroit area.

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Girl on the Front Porch Digital photograph 12 x 12 in.

BIKKEL

bikkelartist@outlook.com

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A Big Hug Mixed media on canvas 200 x 200 cm

ISABELLE BOUCHARD -IB-

www.isabellebouchardartiste.com isabelle.bouchard.artiste@gmail.com Isabelle Bouchard was born in 1980 in Canada and lives in Quebec City and Petite-Rivière-Saint François. As a multidisciplinary artist, her art range from figurative to abstract deepening her sources of inspiration differently. Isabelle received various international awards and certificates and her works has been published in the Émergence Magazine Québec and the Spotlight Magazine. One of his works will be presented in the collection Les Temps Présents to be published in the summer of 2022.

She graduated from Université Laval in industrial relations, plastic arts and artist’s book creation. She has 29 group participations and her works belong to private collections.

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Enzo, l’ange gardien Pyrography and acrylic painting 36 x 24 in.

GUNNY BRØRBY

gunnybrorby.wordpress,com

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Tree of life 80 x 80 cm

MICHAEL J. CAVANAGH

https://www.artavita.com/ artists/22548-michael-j-cavanagh

Angels of Mercy 30 x 40 in

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MICHAEL J. CAVANAGH

https://www.artavita.com/ artists/22548-michael-j-cavanagh

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Lady in Lace Mantilla 24 x 18 in

LINDA CHIDO

www.lindachido.com linda@lindachido.com Linda Chido was born in Buffalo, NY in 1968. She graduated in 1994 from the State University of New York at Buffalo with a Master of Architecture and a Master of Urban Planning. In her 30’s, Linda traveled to Europe three times to study classical painting techniques under Philip Rubinov Jacobson, Michael Fuchs, and Ernst Fuchs. From 2001 to 2005, Linda participated in 21 group exhibits both in the States and internationally.

After a 15 year hiatus to care for and home educate her children, Linda returned to her fine art practice in 2020. Since then, she has participated in five group exhibits, won two prestigious art awards, secured gallery representation, and in April 2022, had her first solo art exhibit. Her work is widely collected. Linda currently lives in Austin, TX with her husband and four children.

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Reemergence Oil on canvas mounted onto wood 55.25 x 37 in.

GREG CLIFFE

www.gregcliffeartist.com https://bluethumb.com.au/greg-cliffe cliffepaint@bigpond.com Greg Cliffe was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 09/02/1956 and now lives in the Blue Mountains, 100 kilometres from Sydney. Over 25 years my studio painting research has evolved to embrace the concept of totalized time and the stratification of memory. I explore historical references in my paintings, creating a mixture of philosophical and ideological threads through time.

I have always been interested in how social values and cultural history can be transmitted by folk narrative, fables, and absurd “yarns” and what these say about group cohesion, conformity, and shared presumptions. I like to collect a range of humorous stories and anecdotes, images of historical artefacts and documents from which to base subjects for my current fictional/factual narrative paintings.

My recent work has been focused on the significance of location, my family history and social history through more traditional genres and techniques such as landscape, still life and portraiture. It is extending the subject matter I have explored with group figurative compositions over the last 20 years into the places associated with the stories I have explored.

My painting technique having evolved from linear expressionist landscape paintings in the 1990’s to montaged compositions of family and social history images. This was previously executed in Alkyd mediums to my more recent traditional solvent-free oil painting processes used by the Baroque masters, C19th Romanticists and Pre-Raphaelites.

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Devotion Oil on canvas 122 x 137 x 2.5 cm

ANDREA COLLANTE

https://www.artavita.com/ artists/27666-andrea-collante The artist creates mixed media works in which she combines a range of materials into sculptures.

Currently she uses techniques borrowed from traditional textile embroidery, focusing on organic movement, the simplification of forms, and the use of prefabricated and removable modules. Her degree in architecture influences her work as she explores concepts such as space, order, shadow, volume, and geometry. These concepts and ideas are translated into pieces that have been conceived harmoniously and in symmetrical balance.​

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Crowns, river and maloka Mixed media 40 x 60 x 8 cm

JEWELL EDWARD CUNDIFF

www.artavita.com/artists/27206jewell-edward-cundiff The artist has been painting continuously since high school, practicing Architecture designing fine homes for over 30 years seeing the two passions as innately related forms of artistic expression. The bold, sweeping strokes of ETHEREAL suggest a powerful medley of energized elements unbridled by the paper on which they appear.

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Black Lightening 20 x 16 in.

ELISABETTA DE MARIA www.elisabettademariaartist.com info@elisabettademariaartist.com

Born in Italy, she graduated in piano in just 5 years with honors (10/10) at the Verdi Conservatory in Turin. Later she began to attend courses with Italian and Spanish painting teachers, discovering a true and deep passion for portraits with pastels. In 2019, she was awarded the CDA: Certificated Decorative Artist, USA. She is part of the American magazines Pixelated Palette, Painting Ezine, Painting World Magazine, Colored Pencils Magazine and of the Canadian magazine Coup de Pinceau. She has done several exhibitions in Italy including L’Expo di Milano.

She currently teaches Online, in collaboration with important American organizations.

Elisabetta tells of a world made of layers of buttery mines that overlap to form faithful hyper-realistic portraits.

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Don’t Cry Baby Pastel pencils 50 x 70 cm

ELISABETTA DE MARIA www.elisabettademariaartist.com info@elisabettademariaartist.com

Haki Pastel pencils 40 x 50 cm

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JULIE

DENONCOURT www.juliedenoncourt.ca/creations juliedenoncourt@hotmail.com

Born in 1974 in Drummondville, Canada and now lives in Gatineau, Ca. She studied in Arts at Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières and worked as school teacher for a few years, and as a teacher in acrylic painting for nearly 15 years.

She explored and mastered many mediums over time: stained glass, mosaic, and tufted rugs, and finally focussed on acrylic painting.

She exhibited her paintings at Gallery MP Tresart in 2021, and her work earned multiple bronze, silver and gold awards from Camelback Gallery in 20212022.

Mood Acrylic on canvas 18 x 24 in.

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JULIE

DENONCOURT www.juliedenoncourt.ca/creations juliedenoncourt@hotmail.com

Discovery Acrylic on canvas 18 x 24 in.

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RICH DISILVIO www.richdisilvio.com RD@richdisilvio.com

Rich DiSilvio was born in 1957 in NY and currently lives on Long Island. He studied art at college and at the Traditional Academy of Painting under Harold Stevenson, a protégé of Norman Rockwell.

Rich’s work in the music and entertainment industries earned him an international presence, while his award-winning fine art has appeared in galleries across the USA, from New York to California. His works appear in private and corporate collections in various countries, including his painting of the famous composer Peter Tchaikovsky at the Tchaikovsky Estate Museum in Votkinsk, Russia.

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Thinking Outside the Box Digital art 40 x 40 in

RICH DISILVIO www.richdisilvio.com RD@richdisilvio.com

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Liquid Assets Digital art 40 x 40 in

TJEERD DOOSJE

https://www.studiotjeerd.nl/ info@studiotjeerd.nl Tjeerd Doosje was born in 1966, in Harderwijk, the Netherlands and is a self-taught and internationally awarded portrait photographer and retoucher.

Tjeerd studied mathematics and chemistry at the Hogeschool Utrecht to become a teacher. He’s still a math teacher at a high school in Almere and around 2010, he discovered portrait photography. His photos have been shortlisted for The Celeste Contemporary Art Prize 2016 (London) and twice in The Global Art Awards 2018 (Dubai) and 2020 (Shanghai).

Additionally, his photography has been nominated for the Fine Art Photography Awards (2018, 2019, 2020). He received international prizes among them Andrea Mantegna Prize (Mantova, 2017) and International Prize Velázquez (Barcelona, 2019). His work was shown in several exhibitions, mainly digital and mainly group participations, in Italy, Austria, France, Spain, USA, Great Britain, Germany, UAE and China. His work has also been published in several artbooks and magazines.

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Catinca (0102-2), 2018 Color digital photograph 40 x 60 cm

TJEERD DOOSJE

https://www.studiotjeerd.nl/ info@studiotjeerd.nl

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Merlin (0303), 2021 Color digital photograph 40 x 60 cm

MAKSIM ECHEIN

www.saatchiart.com/account/ profile/1604424 maxechein@yandex.ru Maksim Echein was born in 1980 in Saint Peterburg, Russia and now lives in Voronezh. He studied art at the Voronezh Art College and Voronezh State Pedagogical University. He has taken part in 20 regional and national shows and had 6 solo shows.

Since 2020 he has taken part in 15 online exhibitions and his works are in private collections in Russia, Germany and Spain.

Before Bedtime Sepia on paper 55 x 80 cm

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JAMES ELLISON

http://ellisonjamesb.com

A New Life?

Oil on canvas 24 x 18 in.

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JAMES ELLISON

http://ellisonjamesb.com

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Seeing Anew Oil on canvas 24 x 18 in.

RICHARD FERGUSON

fergusonfinearts.jimdofree.com richard@fergusonfinearts.com

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Medusa Oil on linen 24 x 36 in.

JORDYN FULLAWAY

instagram.com/jordynfullawayart jordynfullawayart@gmail.com Jordyn Fullaway was born in 1998 and was raised in Rhode Island, USA. She graduated with a BS in Neuroscience at Saint Michael’s College in 2020 and currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts. She discovered her passion for painting in 2018 and is primarily a self-taught artist, finding inspiration for art through color and emotion. Most of her pieces, such as the painting Boat on Fire, begin with a desired color and develop into impressionistic scenes through movement of the paint. Jordyn is a mixed media artist with a passion for combining abstract and realism, and she is keen on detail. Her goal is to make you stop and look twice at each piece. Jordyn just recently began sharing her art through social media and wants to continue to share her art globally.

She is excitedly entering the art world, with hopes of one day pursuing art full-time.

Boat on Fire Oil paint on canvas 18 x 24 x 1 in.

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GABRIELL www.gabriellavoie.ca gabriel.lavoie@ucm.ca

Gabriell uses art (painting) to manifest and communicate the Light that is in him. He sincerely believes that art allows human beings to manifest the qualities of their soul.

Living modestly and humbly in Quebec, Gabriell grew up in the Lanaudière region. From his infancy, his drawing talents surprised everyone with their quality which seemed to come so naturally to him.

Later, over the years, his love for drawing led to a reputation for excellence in portraiture. In spite of this recognition and success, he felt a great emptiness within and several personal changes set off deep questioning as to the meaning of his life.

During this period, not only did he call into question his need for success and acknowledgment, but also his talent. It became a watershed in his artistic career; a new path opened and new creativity emerged. It was the beginning of his life as an initiatic artist.

Guided by greater confidence in his talent and a more present spirituality, he sketched landscapes inspired by the world of fairies, reflecting his new aspirations.

This experience lasted a few months and proved to be very revealing. Then, oils and acrylics became his new choice of expression. The symbiosis between his personal soul-seeking and his painting gave rise to works of great depth, which allow him to express his immense potential.

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Laurence Oil 24 x 30 in.

GABRIELL www.gabriellavoie.ca gabriel.lavoie@ucm.ca

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Mother Earth Oil 36 x 40 in.

GABRIELL www.gabriellavoie.ca gabriel.lavoie@ucm.ca

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The Quest Oil 30 x 30 in.

GABRIELL www.gabriellavoie.ca gabriel.lavoie@ucm.ca

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Today for Tomorrow Oil 30 x 22 in.

GAMBASIN GIOVANNI

https://www.artegambasin.org/ info@artegambasin.org Giovanni Gambasin - ARTEGAMBASIN was born in Veneto Italy in 1951 and is largely self-taught.

With more than 30 solo shows in Italy, Germany and Yugoslavia, Giovanni has participated in over 300 collective exhibits in Italy and abroad in England, Canada and the USA. He has received numerous awards and recognitions and he most recently shows at Erotic Art Exhibition 2022, Bargehouse, OXO Tower Wharf, London, SE1 9PH.

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Erotic numbers - Eight Coloured crayons on fine cardboard 35 x 50 cm

NETTA GANOR

www.nettaganor.com gnetta@gmail.com

At age 15, Netta Ganor’s life changed completely when she became paralyzed from her neck down within less than an hour due to a very rare syndrome called Transverse Myelitis; a neurological phenomenon with no known cure or cause. During a long period in a rehabilitation hospital and after weaning off the ventilator to which she was connected for 18 months, she taught herself how to paint with her mouth. Through lots of practice and hard work that Netta realized she could do anything; her body may be limited, but not her mind.

In 2003, Netta was accepted in the international Association of the Mouth and Foot Painting Artists (AMFPA), which turned her painting therapy and later hobby into a profession. Netta’s work has been recognized and published on the association’s products in countries like the US, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Norway, Finland and France.

In 2012, Netta authored and illustrated her first children’s book, “Who is Wooly?”, published by AMFPA and dedicated to her firstborn son, Itai. In 2017, the AMFPA published her second children’s book, “Sniffy the Shrew”, and in February 2021, her third book, “Secret Door” was out. All of her books have been selling widely in Israel.

In 2015, Netta became an Associate Member of the AMFPA. Her work has been in numerous group exhibitions in Israel and abroad. In early 2018, she held her first solo exhibition at the city hall of her hometown, Rishon Letziyyon, and ever since, she has conducted over twenty more solo shows.

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A Hug Is A Hug Oil on canvas 20 x 25 cm

ELENA GASTON NICOLAS

http://elenagastonicolas.blogspot.com elena.gastonicolas@gmail.com Elena Gastón-Nicolás was born on July 7, 1964, in Spain. She studied art at Barcelona’s Fine Arts University. She is a Multidimensional Artist and Guardian of the planet. She has artworks in private and public collections in several countries. She is an awarded artist and involved in the study, protection and conservation of Natural Biotopes.

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Everyone’s Home Mixed media on canvas 40 x 70 in.

ANNE GRO STAREFOSS GREVE www.annegrogreve.com agsg@kolderup.no

Anne Gro Starefoss Greve (b. 1955) is a Norwegian painter. From her atelier in Bergen, she interprets her native region’s fjords, mountains and inhabitants in acrylic paint on canvas, pastel chalk and watercolour.

Starefoss Greve’s works have been exhibited in several European countries. She continues to explore visual expressions of relationships between humans and nature.

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Sunflower Study 2 Acrylic on canvas 60 x 120 cm

JOHN JASTER

www.johnjasterstudio.com jwjaster@gmail.com John was born in Columbus, Ohio, graduated from Ohio State and lived in the mountains of Southern California for 20 years. Although John learned to draw and paint as a young boy, his degrees are in the computer science field. It wasn’t until 2010, when his wife bought him a large easel and encouraged him to start painting again, that he began to take his art career seriously. Since then he has displayed works in over 135 juried exhibitions including several books and magazines.

Apples and Strawberries Acrylic on canvas 24 x 36 x 1.5 in.

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DR. NATALIA JEZOVA www.nataliajezova.com natalia1jezova.com

Dr. Natalia Jezova is an award-winning, multidisciplinary artist. She achieved her Professional Doctorate in Fine Art at the University of East London in 2021. Natalia’s work has been placed in numerous private collections internationally. Natalia communicates through a wide variety of media, including photography, film and installation. Her art, which has been exhibited internationally, addresses cultural memory, identity and gender issues.

The main theme explored in her work is the ephemeral nature of things and how the mediation of various objects may carry and evoke different meanings, testimonies and memories for the spectator. Her natural curiosity, interest and knowledge of art history, coupled with the use of certain objects from Natalia’s private collection of antique costumes, accessories and armour, have served as an inspiration in the development of her ideas.

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Colour Studies Series, Fig.3 (Pink) Mixed digital media 75 x 95 cm

DR. NATALIA JEZOVA www.nataliajezova.com natalia1jezova.com

Natalia’s work is never quite what first appears to be. Her images depict meticulously controlled compositions characterised by a classical aesthetic, tinged with poetic undertones of timeless desire and romantic.

Natalia creates portraits and still life that evoke Renaissance painting. She mixes classical and modern aspects and her artworks are multi-layered, containing their own little secrets that viewers are invited to discover. As Natalia says: “What could be more enchanting than a mystery? I suppose, only the love for the mystery and the quest which one embarks on in trying to solve it.”

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Colour Studies Series, Fig.7 (Blue) Mixed digital media 57 x 83 cm

SONNHILD KOST www.energie-in-farben.de INSTAGRAM@sonnhild.kost sonnhild.kost@gmx.de

“My name is Sonnhild Kost. I was born in 1961 in Germany. Art and especially painting interested me from an early age. Many years passed before I picked up the brush myself. First, people liked to hear my criticism of other works. When I was in my early 50s, I began to be self-taught and artistically active. Until then, I had worked as a draftsman in my dream job.

Life showed me a way to balance my inner being with the outer. I am very thankful for that. I started with abstract acrylic painting. But since I always want to develop myself further, I now also use digital media. I can express all my feelings in my art.

I am a member of the Kunstverein Freiberg and have had several joint exhibitions with them. I look back on around 20 solo exhibitions throughout Central Saxony.

I’ve been on Instagram @sonnhild.kost since the beginning of the pandemic and post my works there.

I have participated in several international digital art exhibitions and competitions. I am a member of Artavita and Hansford & Son. Last year, I took part in the Luxembourg Art Prize. I also work closely with M.A.D.S. Milano and the Circle Foundation. I see my strength in new challenges.”

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The Tightrope Walker Mixed media 20 x 19.3 cm

AI-WEN WU KRATZ

www.aiwenwukratzartstudio.com aiwenkratz@mac.com Ai-Wen Wu Kratz lives and works in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area. She is originally from Hong Kong.

She holds an MFA degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art. She is an alumna of Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and of the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture. She finds inspirations in nature, vocal art, classical music, stage design and choreographic lines in ballet and modern dance. Her search is in spirituality, intellectualism and aesthetics. She grew up in one of the high-rise buildings in Hong Kong, a city among the most populated in the world. The skyward expansion in architecture and the twenty-four-seven city activities had fostered her ability to be flexible, with a dutiful sense of community wellness and an appreciation for higher education. Making toys to entertain herself in childhood had given her a rich imagination and association for creativity. In addition to the United States, Wu Kratz has had solo exhibitions in France, Germany, England, Egypt and Austria. Her works are in collections in Canada, Germany, Bangladesh, Argentina and the U.S., including the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum in St. Louis, MO, USA.

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Five Sonnets. No.3 Acrylic on canvas 24 x 24 in.

AI-WEN WU KRATZ

www.aiwenwukratzartstudio.com aiwenkratz@mac.com

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Five Sonnets No.5 Acrylic on canvas 24 x 24 in.

AI-WEN WU KRATZ

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New Find. No.2 Acrylic on canvas 8 x 8 in.

AI-WEN WU KRATZ

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Sing To The Carnival Moon Acrylic on canvas 30 x 32 in.

AI-WEN WU KRATZ

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Masquerade Acrylic on canvas 30 x 32 in.

ASHTON LALLY

https://www.artavita.com/ artists/27621-ashton-lally Ashton started her training when she was able to major in art as a high school student at The Shipley School in Bryn Mawr PA. She then continued her art education at Trinity College in Hartford, CT as a Studio Arts major, with a focus in painting. She studied abroad in Florence where she spent most of her time in the studio, painting and drawing and had a unique experience taking a course in art restoration. She loves to travel, collecting inspiration internationally from places such as Florence, Cape Town, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Paris, St. Tropez, Nice, Eze, Santa Margherita and Santorini.

After graduating in 2008, she became a Buyer for Anthroplogie for six years in their home office in Philadelphia, PA. After Philadelphia, she moved to Boston, MA for two years with her husband and became a Buyer for J.Jill in their home office.

She has now settled down in Avon, CT with her husband and two sons. She currently has her own business in selling her paintings and cheese boards in galleries, exhibitions, local stores and magazines and is currently being represented by Agora gallery in Chelsea, NYC. World Wide Art MAGAZINE 9

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Abstract 5 Acrylic on canvas 48 x 24 in.

VICTORIA ELIZABETH LUCY LANDERS www.victorialanders.com vellanders@gmail.com

Born in the mountain range of Colorado and raised in the southern part of North Carolina, Victoria Elizabeth Lucy Landers’ work is heavily influenced by the people and nature of rural areas. They graduated with a BFA in Studio Art with a concentration in Photography at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in July 2020. She is currently based in Moore County, North Carolina, working with the AmeriCorps non-profit ArtistYear, helping bring art to rural Title 1 schools. They are also the co-founder of the newsletter GOOD FOLK, which celebrates the vast and mighty world of southern art.

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Warmth Color digital photograph 12.3 x 18.5 in.

MARGIE LEWIS

https://margielewisart.ca/ margie@margielewisart.ca Margie Lewis was born and raised in Fleur de Lys, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, on September 9, 1969. Margie works primarily in acrylics and is interested in capturing the essence of a place, object, or person. Whether it is a landscape, still life or portrait, her art has been influenced by growing up in a small outport community, surrounded by ocean, dependent on the fishery and rich in history, culture and family tradition. Through her work she feels she can tell stories of ‘her’ Newfoundland and Labrador, evoking the past and depicting a way of life that is slowly disappearing. Margie draws on childhood memories and, through her art she feels in a small way she is preserving her heritage!

Margie is primarily a self-taught artist however she studied portraiture under Realistic Acrylic Portrait School artist and instructor Matt Philleo and takes online art classes at Acrylic University under artist and instructor Jed Dorsey.

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Splittin’ Cod Acrylic on canvas 16 x 20 in.

WENDY J MCLAUGHLIN WJM-ART.com wjmclaughlin01@gmail.com

Wendy was born in Auburn, New York in 1956.

She grew up in rural upstate NY surrounded by waterfalls, farms, fields of wildflowers and plentiful lakes. Wendy now has lived on Long Island, NY for over 3 decades with her husband of 25 years and her adult son and daughter. Long Island is a constant inspiration for her art with its beaches and wildlife.

She is a self-taught artist with a lifelong interest in artistic pursuits. She retired from the nursing profession after over 42 years in 2020; and started working to establish herself as a visual artist. Wendy enjoys painting landscapes, seascapes, wildlife, and florals. She works in acrylics, watercolor, and pastels, and intends to continue her artistic journey wherever it leads her. Many of her paintings are already hanging in private collections and public buildings.

November Farm, Upstate New York Acrylic on canvas 12 x 16 in.

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ROBERT LEE MEJER www. robertleemejer.com mejerbob@quincy.edu

“I am a Geometric Abstract Intimist that seeks to express various emotional situations and psychic spaces via a layering process that operates out of a collagespace tradition. My watercolors emanate from small 6” x 4” paper collages or monotypes.

As a painter my focus is creating works that unite the modern traditions of Classical formal structure using geometry with the Romantic/Impressionist concern for color and gestural improvisation in order to create a visual drama—via opposites, that equates to the pulse of life. I agree with Kandinsky that the circle is the most peaceful shape and that it represents the human soul.

In my work, I hope TO PRESENT (inside to out) rather than REPRESENT (outside to in).”

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Variant: The Dance Around

GABRIELE MUSEBRINK www.gabriele-musebrink.de

Gabriele Musebrink was born 1955 in Essen, Germany, and has German and Polish roots. After finishing her Art Studies, she has been working as a graphic and visual artist in several German Museums and institutions during 1983 and 1993.

Since 1993 she has been working exclusively as a freelancer artist in her own artists’ studio in Essen.

She works all over Europe, demonstrating her unique working style at public art events, teaching seminars and doing exhibitions in Europe and Japan.

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NORGE STONE No.17 Fresco limestone, pigments on canvas 50 x 50 cm

GABRIELE MUSEBRINK www.gabriele-musebrink.de

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NORGE STONE No.9 Fresco limestone, pigments on canvas 50 x 50 cm

DWIGHT MYERS www.DwightPours.com

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Sunset 30 x 24 in.

ANTONELLA PINTAURO info@antonellapintauro.it Instagram@antonella.pintauro ocatinari@gmail.com

Antonella Pintauro’s artistic activity began at an early age. Self-taught, the artist approaches palettes and brushes by painting the world around her. Among her first creations, a painting depicting her sister who died prematurely, Maria. Flowers, meadows and colors… a lot of colors, because color is the real protagonist present throughout the artist’s production.A soft, full-bodied and at the same time light color, painted with a brush with large hairs, never clean because constantly mixed intuitively with many other colors.It is precisely from this amalgam of elements and these impetuous mixtures that the most beautiful canvases of her production were born.

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La scomposizione dell’essere (The Decomposition of being), 2015 Mixed media on wooden board 75 x 100 cm

ANTONELLA PINTAURO info@antonellapintauro.it Instagram@antonella.pintauro ocatinari@gmail.com

An additional element that certainly characterizes her paintings is spontaneity in creation; indeed, Antonella, mother of three children, between the preparations of porridges and sauces, has never given up painting because, as she says herself: “Painting is my flight, and I never cease to fly away”.Her art, however, has undergone many transformations and has evolved: today, Antonella Pintauro experiments with new pictorial forms where the two-dimensional space of painting is invaded by surrealist objects without of course abandoning the softness and debauchery of colors that make her paintings the perfect expression of her endearing personality: a continuous explosion of energy, of vigor and vitality.

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Amore materno (Maternal Love), 1994 Acrylic and oil on canvas 50 x 60 cm

CHER PRUYS

https://artbycher.ca cher@artbycher.ca “To take my inner visions with my hands and create a work of art for you the viewer .... That is the ultimate in self expression.”

Although self taught, Cher Pruys’ dedication and talent has seen her work juried into 178 international exhibits, as well as exhibits in numerous non juried shows. She has won 203 awards for her work in the International Juried Exhibits. Her work has graced the covers of 3 books, 28 magazines, the latest being The Best Of Acrylic Fall 2021, and has-been featured in over 135 international publications. Cher’s works have found a permanent home in private and public collections worldwide.

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Oh Leah Acrylic 9 x 12 in.

RAMÓN RIVAS

http://www.rivismo.com/ ramonrivas-rivismo.blogspot.com ramonrivas2012@yahoo.es Born in Ciudad Real, Spain, Ramón Rivas’ artistic work is based on Rivismo, which is his personal style, developed through his multi-professional activities in Castilla-La Mancha and Madrid. He uses his creativity to be different and look for artistic proposals that surprise and excite. He applies his imagination to develop creative, innovative works that interact with the viewer.

He creates images with great precision, with surprising density and with a depth that is visually captivating. He has made exhibitions individually and collectively, in various countries; Spain, China, South Korea, Italy, the United States, among others.

He has participated in several Art Fairs in the United States. Also, there are works of his in the collection of Museums in Spain, Denmark and South Korea. He has participated in many books and art magazines.

Also, he has received important international awards.

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The Art between the Catapult and Relativity Mixed media - Rivismo 195 x 195 cm

VERONICA RUSSO vrusso125@gmail.com

Born and raised on Long Island, New York, Veronica dreamt of being an artist as a child, but it was many years before she could follow that dream and make it come true. Since studying with artist, Kathi Coyle at her atelier in Gardner NY, she has had four solo shows featuring her oils, pastels and drawings and was named Artist of the month for the Center for Creative Education in Kingston, NY. She has been in 28 group-participation online art exhibits and shows.

Kathi’s Barn Oil 11 x 14 in.

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ROBIN JACK SARNER www.rjackart.com @rjack.art rjackartist@gmail.com

“It’s my goal to create a body of work that visually defines my feelings.”

Robin has always expressed creatively and graduated with a B.S. in Art Education. Her passion for art education continues as she serves local school districts as a presenting artist with a designed curriculum for student art programs grades K-12.

Robin’s abstract work is a visual expression of ideas that are caught in her mind. Her mark-making and line work is an extension of energy and emotion. She uses an intrinsic selection process of materials, basing her decisions on their layering quality, color, texture and how well they harmonize together on canvas.

Robin has exhibited in Spain, Florida, New York, Los Angeles and Orange Counties.

When you stand in front of Robin’s work, it is her intent that the viewer see and feel her emotional narrative and connection to her power.

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Conclusion Acrylic, charcoal, chalk pastel on canvas 36 x 36 x 1.5 in.

MOLLY SCANNELL

http://www.mollyscannell.com

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Hidden Figure Collage 20 x 26 in.

MOLLY SCANNELL

http://www.mollyscannell.com

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Astro Living Collage 20 x 26 in.

LEIF SOHLMAN

https://leif-sohlman.pixels.com/art

Winter day in park Photograph Prints up to 183 x 122 cm

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HANK SPIREK

https://hankspirekartist.com/ hspirek@gmail.com

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At Peace Mixed media on 300gsm paper 100 x 72 cm

LIVIA DOINA STANCIU liviastanciu.mystrikingly.com livia_stanciu@yahoo.com

Artist Livia Doina was born in 1960 in Craiova, Romania and lives in Bucharest. She has devoted herself to painting since 2013, after a career in education and management. She studied art at The National University of Arts in Bucharest and graduated in 2019. For her, painting is primarily a means for exploring and communicating the deeper facets of nature and humanity.

Livia has had two solo exhibitions in Romania (and online) and group participations. Her works belong to private collections in many countries (USA, Canada, Italy, France, Romania). She is an awarded and published artist.

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Ascension (Floating Away) Oil on canvas 100 x 70 cm

LUANA STEBULE

www.luanastebulefineart.co.uk luanastebule@gmail.com

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Partnership Oil on canvas 61 x 46 cm

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STRANDBERG ULLASFORMAT https://konstmappen.se/konstnärer/ ulla-strandberg-43809801 ullae.strandberg@gmail.com

Ulla Strandberg was born in 1945 in Kristianstad, Sweden and studied art at Highschool for Design & Art in Gothenburg, Sweden. She has had several exhibitions nationally and abroad, both solo and with groups. The latest was in 2021 at M.A.D.S Gallery, Milano and in 2022 The Monat Gallery will represent her in Madrid and in Paris Art Fair. She is an awarded artist and a member of the SK (Konstnärsförbundet), Sweden.

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Hope Mixed digital media 22 x 30 cm

NADEZDA STUPINA www.stupina.com stupina.nadya@yandex.ru

Nadezda Stupina was born in 1967 in Russia and has lived in Norway since 2010. She studied at the Moscow State Textil Akademy and has had 15 solo shows in Russia, the UK, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, France and 20 group participations internationally. Her works are in private and public collection s in many countries and she is an awarded artist who has been covered in the press.

Running away childhood Oil on canvas 80 x 100 cm

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DR. ARANKA SZÉKELY https://www.artsy.net/artist/drdot-szekely-aranka/works-for-sale arankadr@gmail.com

Dr. Aranka Székely was born in 1966 in Transylvania, Romania. Having graduated from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, she relocated to Hungary.

Aranka is a doctor by profession and an artist by her passion and creative mind. She currently runs her private medical practice in Alsózsolca and Miskolc, Hungary.

As a self-taught artist, she tried her hand in different styles of painting from realistic to abstract using pastels, acrylic and watercolours. Aranka’s color palette is very vivid and at the same time very feminine. Aranka has participated to a lot of solo and group international exhibitions and has been awarded many times with international prizes. Her masterpieces are displayed in art magazines and yearbooks. Art gives her a huge joy and helps her cope with everyday stress.

Vortices Mixed media 40 x 50 cm

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DR. ARANKA SZÉKELY https://www.artsy.net/artist/drdot-szekely-aranka/works-for-sale arankadr@gmail.com

Life Paths Mixed media 50 x 60 cm

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KIRSTEN TODD, ART AT VIXEN www.artatvixen.co.uk scribbles@artatvixen.co.uk

Painting and art is Kirsten’s passion, her number one love from being a small child. Lancashire born and bred, She grew up with her Uncle, also an artist, being her biggest influence and mentor.

After gaining a degree in graphic design at art college in Salisbury, she then went on to have a career in the graphic design industry spanning 25 years, whilst continuing to paint. Now concentrating fully on painting professionally, Kirsten specialises in portraits and abstracts with an expressionist style and works mainly in acrylics. She has shown her work and participated in 29 group exhibitions around the UK, had 5 solo exhibitions in the UK since 2018 and gained a couple of emerging artist awards. She has also featured in some magazine articles and 2 art books. She is also a member of the Visual Artists Association in the UK.

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The Divine Feminine – Spring Rebirth Acrylic, spray paint and gold leaf on canvas 100 x 80 cm

KIRSTEN TODD, ART AT VIXEN www.artatvixen.co.uk scribbles@artatvixen.co.uk

Kirsten has always felt the need and drive to paint, draw or create. Painting and creating art for Kirsten is like a release, a freedom, entering an altered state or reality, as she becomes in flow and in tune with the colour, paint and canvas, and bringing a connection to the Divine and all that is. It is as if in divine flow as the piece of work is developed and the creation is born. Art has taken her on so many wonderful journeys of discovery and is continually helping her to expand emotionally and spiritually.

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The Divine Feminine - Resolute Acrylic and spray paint on canvas 90 x 60 cm

GARRY SCOTT WHEELER

https://www.gswheeler.com/ garry@garrywheeler.com Garry Scott Wheeler is a self-taught award-winning international abstract acrylic artist, author and entrepreneur from the Gulf Coast of Florida. He has traveled to over 100 countries searching for inspiration for his work. In the last year, Garry exhibited in Milan, London, Laguna Beach, California and all over Florida. He currently exhibits in six Florida galleries and is the President of the Art Council of Southwest Florida (6,500 members).

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Window to the Soul Acrylic on canvas 40 x 30 in.

PETER

https://www.artavita.com/ artists/27533-peter

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Umbrella Sculpture 8 x 8 x 8 in.

INDEX Tamara Balenko Sylvia Bandyke Bikkel Isabelle Bouchard – IB Gunny Brørby Michael J. Cavanagh Linda Chido Greg Cliffe Andrea Collante Jewell Edward Cundiff

Elisabetta De Maria Julie Denoncourt Rich DiSilvio Tjeerd Doosje Maksim Echein James Ellison Richard Ferguson Jordyn Fullaway GABRIELL Giovanni Gambasin

Netta Ganor Elena Gaston Nicolas Anne Gro Starefoss Greve John Jaster Dr. Natalia Jezova Sonnhild Kost Ai-Wen Wu Kratz Ashton Lally

Victoria Elizabeth Lucy Landers

Margie Lewis

Curated by Despina Tunberg Wendy J McLaughlin Robert Lee Mejer Gabriele Musebrink Dwight Myers Peter Kristin Maija Peterson Antonella Pintauro Cher Pruys Ramón Rivas Veronica Russo

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Robin Jack Sarner Molly Scannell Leif Sohlman Hank Spirek Livia Doina Stanciu Luana Stebule Ulla Strandberg Nadezda Stupina Dr. Aranka Székely Kirsten Todd, Art at Vixen Garry Scott Wheeler

Curated by Despina Tunberg Cover Image Maksim Echein Before Bedtime Sepia on paper 55 x 80 cm

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