Artists

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My style is characterized by a realistic representation of the subject matter, but with a unique twist of incorporating elements of storytelling to convey a deeper message or narrative. I believe that art should not only be visually pleasing but also meaningful and thought-provoking

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My work focuses on the art of storytelling and the tools in which stories are documented. For Mythmaker, I used an 1920’s Underwood typewriter which I drew from observation.

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The individual mark—the essential dot—and how it merges with other marks to contribute to the whole, comprises a fundamental aspect of the Counting Grid series. The handmade aesthetic injects a feeling of life into each image, separating it from similar, stale images that a software program could make.

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My still lifes focus on objects with similar color palettes, tones and values. I am interested in the relationship to the objects and the feelings and emotions they project.

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Presented on folded paper, “embedded” shows four trailer parks surrounded by newer residential developments. It offers an unsentimental aerial view of how urban communities are created and organized in America today.

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I grew up in Southern India and am now a resident of Jersey City. I was trained in the traditional Sumi-e painting technique. My practice draws inspiration from Indian, Japanese, and Western aesthetics.

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An engraving based on Albrecht Dürer’s “The Little Fortune” from 1495-1496, putting my own twist on the theme, changing the head to a goat, and changing the flower to a begonia, symbolizing bad luck or misfortune.

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I am a southern West Virginian artist whose current fixation is on printmaking, partially working with linoleum blocks.