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APÉRO CATALOGUE Fine Art Collection Depth August 2019

Katy Tackes

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Created by APERO, Inc. Curated by E.E. Jacks Designed by Jeremy E. Grayson Orange County, California, USA

Depth August 2019 ‘Depth’ is a catalogue of art that expresses expanse, intensity, and deepness. The artwork is both literal and cerebral.

The work is comprised of drawings, paintings, photography, mixed media, digital, and sculpture both representational and abstract in nature.

Ekaterina Adelskaya Paradise Lost, 2019 Clay, Polyester Textile 3000 x 1500 x 950 mm NFS

Ekaterina Adelskaya Moscow, Moscow, Russia adelsk@mail.ru https://adelskaya.crevado.com/

Ekaterina Adelskaya Ekaterina Adelskaya is a Russian multimedia artist, born in Moscow in 1988. In her artistic practice, she often experiments with transformative reactions of materials through fire techniques. Psychology, philosophy and the natural process of physical decay are her main sources of inspiration. In 2012 Ekaterina graduated from the Russian State University of Cinematography and worked in a number of film studios including ‘Mosfilm’. Gradually, alongside work in films, she began working on art projects. The desire to develop art skills helped her to enter the BA (Hons) Fine Art course at the University of Hertfordshire & BHSAD, from which she graduated in 2019. Throughout the Fine Art course, Ekaterina’s outcomes won first prizes, including a competition ‘Space’ at the Winzavod Contemporary Art Center as well as a competition ‘Urban Landscape’ at the IZO Art Gallery in Moscow. Also, she has participated in exhibitions in Russia and Europe, among them the ArtPlay Centre and the Espacio Gallery in London, United Kingdom. On top of that, her works have been publishing in art magazines worldwide.

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Julia Angot Train’s Feelings, 2018 Charcoal, Photo And New Medias 12.74 x 22.61 cm POR

Julia Angot Rennes, ille-et-villaine, France julia-togna@live.com https://julia-togna.wixsite.com/monsite

Julia Angot Born in 1999, I live in Paris and Rennes to study sculpture and synthetic materials at the National School of Applied Arts and Crafts, Olivier de Serres. ( Ensaama). I sculpt, illustrate and photograph. It is part of my logic of tension and poeticized the body. The body, the animal cry and the manipulation using materials are themes that animate me. If my creations want to be vectors of messages regarding the vision of the woman, the fragility of nature, or the manipulation between men, I also wish to leave a large place to the aesthetics of the work so that the public has the freedom to be moved as he wishes: in an intellectual or sensory way.

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Kordian Bogdanski Wspomnienie/The Remembrance, 2014 Two Types Of Limestone 54 x 106 x 35 cm POR

Kordian Bogdanski Cracow, Malopolska, Poland kordian.bogdanski@gmail.com

Kordian Bogdanski The past is an immanent part of us. The Sculpture is a space for me, where the agency of my thoughts and actions has a tangible effect in contrast to everyday life. Kordian Bogdanski is a young artist from Poland. Born in Rzeszรณw in 1989. In the years 2005-2009 he attended and then defended his woodcarving diploma at the art high school in Lublin. /LP im C.K. Norwida w Lublinie/ In 2017 he graduated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow at the Faculty of Sculpture.

His works have been presented in various parts of Poland. Participant of international symposia and sculpture workshops.

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Lauren Bradshaw Primordial, 2019 Stoneware, Glaze, Underglaze, Oxide 8 x 6 x 4 in NFS

Lauren Bradshaw Clemson, South Carolina, USA laurenbradshawceramics@gmail.com https://laurenbradshawceramics.com

Lauren Bradshaw Lauren Bradshaw earned her BA in Studio Art at the University of North Georgia and is currently a first year MFA candidate at Clemson University. Last summer, she was awarded the Mudslinger Ceramics Scholarship to attend a workshop at Peters Valley School of Craft in Layton, New Jersey. She has been included in over a dozen juried shows including Clay: A Southern Census at the Clay Center of New Orleans, Off Center: An International Ceramic Art Competition at Blue Line Gallery in Roseville, California, and multiple exhibitions at Athens Institute for Contemporary Art in Athens, Georgia.

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Marina Burana Memories From My First Home, 2019 Oil on linen 91 x 72.5 cm POR

Marina Burana La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina marinaburana@gmail.com https://www.marinaburana.com/

Marina Burana Marina Burana is an Argentinian visual artist based in Taiwan. She is also a writer, a puppeteer and a facilitator of participatory community arts projects, for which she has worked with different types of communities using art as a vehicle to further explore our place in the environment and in our broken societal systems. Her plays in English and in Spanish have had readings and productions in the U.S., UK, Taiwan, Canada, Peru, Uruguay and Argentina. She has published 3 books of short stories and has collaborated with essays, poetry, narrative, illustrations and designs for books and magazines from numerous countries. Marina plays the violin, the ukulele and has a deep interest in painting anything related to the sea, with a strong approach to color and abstraction. She studied at the Art Students League of New York and got her BFA with a Painting Major from Taipei National University of the Arts. You can visit her work here: www.marinaburana.com. The Painting Center, NY: https://www.thepaintingcenter.org/marina-burana INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/marinaburana. “My work often centers around poetry and memory. Taking inspiration from poems that have a profound impact on me and from intimate memories, I try to weave a personal visual literacy reinvented and rearranged by rich and full colors and by a constant search of a narrative derived from movement.�

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Amy Gibson Learning, 2019 Oil 10 x 8 in $500

Amy Gibson Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, USA Amygibsonart@me.com https://www.amygibsonart.com

Amy Gibson My work depicts a strong reverence for the natural world around us. I am interested and inspired by nature and how it relates to spirituality and humanity. We live in a world of excess and constant attachment to our phones. My paintings are meant to bring your attention back to a moment of calm, mindfulness and minimalism.

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Stefania Grasso In Depth, 2018 Photography 20 x 30 cm €5

Stefania Grasso Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy aktis.a@alice.it https://www.stefaniafoto.altervista.org

Stefania Grasso Stefania Grasso was born in Vercelli Italy in 1977. She started to photograph in 1990. In 2006 among 1172 photographers she won the 4th price in a nature competition in Valle d’Aosta. Her favourite themes are travel photography, nature, landscapes and arts with photos of churches and monuments. She has gained some prices in contests related to nature and arts and several covers for rewievs, Markos but also fotografare.com, N-photography, Photography Masterclass, Landscape Photography magazine. Some of her portfolios have been selected by CNN, BBC and National Geographics Italia. In July a book Himmelblau published in Germany and Scotland will contain other her pictures of Cervino with clouds.

Recently some her pictures of mountain donkeys have been mentioned as editor choice for National Geographics and Vogue. The portfolio about “Valtournenche Mercatini” was published for World of Art Magazine Issue 2 Vol 8 and presented in Venice for the Biennale. She is available for travel reportages, events and portraitures.

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Eva C. Heim Submontane, 2019 Fitted Contour Sheet, White Acrylic Paint, Canvas 100 x 100 cm POR

Eva C. Heim near Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Eva.doelkerheim@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/evachrismare/

Eva C. Heim Eva Heim was born in a village in South West Germany, in 1973. She has loved anything that has to do with drawing, painting, art and creativity for as long as she can remember. This interest was further developed when she opted to do a BTEC Diploma in Foundation Studies in Art and Design at the Norfolk Institute of Art and Design in Norwich in 1993.

After completing her degree in England, she went on to study fashion design in Pforzheim, Germany and finished her studies there in 1998 with a diploma on the theme of „Natural Patterns“. This question on „Natural Patterns“ and how all things are connected still features prominently in Eva’s work to the present day. “What is the pattern that connects the crab to the lobster and the orchid to the primrose, and all four of them to me? And me to you?” Gregory Bateson Eva worked as a Designer and Product manager for several years in the fashion industry and is now partner of a lingerie business together with her two sisters. She combines the work for the family business with an intense research into her fine art projects.

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Chris Hernandez Mass VI, 2017 Acrylic on Heavy Board 100 x 100 cm $2500

Chris Hernandez Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland kri55h@yahoo.com https://chris-hernandez.net

Chris Hernandez He attended Southwest Texas State University where he received his bachelor’s degree in Studio Art, with a dual emphasis in both Metalsmithing and Painting; Magna Cum Laude. Upon graduation, the artist spent the following years living in Austin, Texas, establishing a portfolio of works and adapting his artistic style and subject matter. In 2008 the artist relocated to Warsaw, Poland. Since then, he has taken on a representational and narrative approach to his painting with the themes of geography, entropy, construction and deconstruction as the basis. He has been exhibited numerous times and has been a featured artist in the New American Paintings publication, Vol 60, Western United States Edition. He was recently published again in the New American Paintings, 15 Years issue, 2010. His most recent publication to be featured in is Manifest Gallery’s 3rd International Painting Annual, 2014. In 2018, he will once again be featured in the 7th edition of Manifest’s IPA.

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Ron Kenedi Who Is Blind?, 2014 Oil Paint on Linen 24 x 30 in $850

Ron Kenedi Nevada City, California, California, USA ronkenedi@hotmail.com https://www.ronkenediart.com

Ron Kenedi Born and raised in New York city, Ron received his art degree at the state university of New York at Stonybrook where he studied with well- known New York school artists and art historians such as Nam June Paik, Lawrence Alloway and Allan Kaprow. After graduation he spent a year teaching drawing at the Mediterranean Institute in Mallorca, Spain. Returning to New York, Ron attended the Art Students League to learn printmaking. He moved to Nevada County in 1971 and has maintained a residence there till today. While continuing to paint, draw and show his work both domestically and internationally, Ron became a leading presence in the Solar Power industry and headed up the N. American operations of three major, global, solar panel manufacturers. Today he lives with his wife and two small dogs in Nevada City.

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Heun Jung Kim Melancholia, 2019 Photography, Digital Prints 120 x 80 cm 300 GBP

Heun Jung Kim Seoul, South Korea, Seoul, South Korea heunjung.kim@network.rca.ac.uk https://www.instagram.com/raincityyyyy/

Heun Jung Kim Heun Jung Kim was born In Seoul, South Korea, and currently, lives and works in London, England. She is Bachelors of Art graduate in Architectural Design at Sam yook university, Seoul, South Korea, and Andrews University, Michigan, USA. Currently, she just finished master of arts at Royal College of Art, London. She primarily works with photography and painting and installations. Her work was included in the group exhibition ‘Work-In-Progress Show‘, Photography project space at Royal College of Art in 2017-9, The MAGENTA Suite LLC gallery, USA, winning awards “landscapes” 2019, Art exhibition -Light space & time, Artzone42 gallery, Greece, ‘grad week’ at Artfinder, Photo place gallery ‘Being human’, USA and FETARI studio,UK. Also, get featured on five magazines A5, average art, wotisart, Notrandomart, and SZ3.

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Sandrena Koning Kairos, 2018 Photography 11 x 13 in $200

Sandrena Koning Big Spring, Texas, USA sandrenak@gmail.com https://www.koningartandphotography.com

Sandrena Koning West Texas mixed media artist and photographer, Sandrena Koning creates in both abstract and surreal styles. She works with acrylic, mixed media, sculpture and photography. Her subject matter is drawn from her environment, life experiences, and a fascination for science. Sandrena was born in Anchorage, AK and grew up in Detroit, Michigan. As a child, she was awestruck by eerily beautiful fragments of color and texture amongst the ruins of the abandoned architectural landscape.

From an early age she began combining unconventional materials to create unique pigmentation and composition.

Since moving to West Texas in 2015, she has began regularly showing her work in art fairs, annual group shows, juried art competitions and joint artist exhibitions. ARTIST STATEMENT: “As an artist and photographer, my fundamental goal is to continually create works that intrigue and immerse the viewership on a personal level. Striving to enthusiastically push creative boundaries through traditional methods; alongside the unconventional. My active areas of creative pursuit; photography, art, and leather Working. The considerable majority of my creative work revolves around metamorphosing the forgotten, ordinary, and overall human experience to alter visual perception of the viewer.”

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Nicholas Kozis Depth 2, 2018 Digital 12 x 12 in $250

Nicholas Kozis Redondo Beach, California, USA nkozis@mindspring.com https://www.nickkozis.com

Nicholas Kozis This canvas demonstrate my studies of the concept of depth. Depth is sometimes depicted as a physical distance between objects in a canvas. At other times, depth is depicted as an emotional distance of subject and its surroundings.

The technique is a combination of components forms my numerous sources to create the paintings. Please enjoy.

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Jennifer Landis Reflections, 2018 Acrylic on Canvas 30 x 40 in $1,100

Jennifer Landis Austin, Texas, USA jenlandis72@gmail.com https://www.composedchaosart.com

Jennifer Landis Jennifer Landis is a self-taught artist working with acrylics on canvas. Recently, discovering a love for fluid acrylics, allowing her the freedom as a perfectionist to express herself in abstract form. She sees her abstract artwork as a study in “composed chaos,” inspired by land, water, and sky as well as metallic minerals; nature’s own color palette. She is a nature lover, holding the belief that “beauty is everywhere.” There is no better inspiration for art than the simple beauty of the world around us which is frequently overlooked in this fast-paced world. Jennifer strives to capture this beauty in abstract form through natural color palettes both neutral and with pops of color. Her artwork has a flow that is often described as “relaxing” or “calming” to the senses. At times she adds a bolder element through unexpected color or striking contrast to create a statement piece. Her hope is that her artwork conveys a sense of wonder and inspiration to others.

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Todd Lawson I Am No House Wife, 2007 Acrylic on Wood 18 x 24 in $460 CAD

Todd Lawson Burlington, Ontario, Canada prolific@toddlawson.com https://www.toddlawson.com/artwork/

Todd Lawson Todd Lawson’s artwork has graced many international commercial projects and has been displayed in art galleries throughout North America; including Atlanta, Los Angeles, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Sacramento, San Diego, Seattle, Toronto, Utah, Vancouver and the UK. Born in Canada, Todd grew up in Southern and Central Florida. After a turbulent youth built loud angry music, sketchbooks, skateboarding and friends he left the south to return to Canada where he attended Sheridan College’s Illustration and Post-Graduate Illustration programs. He currently lives in Burlington, Ontario with his wife; fellow artist Elesavet and two twin daughters.

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Linda Louis Short Journey To The Sun, 2019 Oil on Canvas 48 x 36 in $3,750

Linda Louis Huntington, New York, New York, USA linda@lindalouisart.com https://lindalouisart.com

Linda Louis Linda Louis says she is driven to make art every day and that she is always drawn irresistibly to the magnetic pull of the work. Linda says, “In my work, I paint fanciful and mysterious images, metamorphosed from my childhood and my personal history. Without preconception, I take that raw material and construct new visages that take me into an alternative space. I love to be surprised. I hope you do too.” She goes on, “My newest work called ‘Figment’, is a continuation of my life’s creative output. Figment is a virtual ecosphere of abstract images representing a vibrant, yet ultimately fragile Earth presided over by a vast celestial atmosphere. Here Earth, along with our moon, exist as acolytes to the sun as master.

This series invites an excursion into the fog of prehistory with watery vegetation just beyond land’s edge to connect with nature and the firmament as it may have been …. unspoiled … unblemished … aboriginal and, at its most elemental, the basis of life at its virgin beginnings. Figment’s objective is to persuade those who would otherwise thoughtlessly disregard the gifts to which Earthlings can become inured … to stimulate a positive influence … inspire an optimistic intention … to increase a feeling of well-being. It strives to reach for the primal kernel of awareness to implore the insensitive to comprehend the value and precariousness of life and the place we call Earth. It is my hope that Figment’s spirit will engender contemplation by those open to the message it brings.“ Linda Louis’s compulsive, commitment to her personal vision, has garnered much praise and attention. Her work hangs in many private and public collections. She is, and has been, represented by prominent New York galleries. Among her many credentials, are curator, art events coordinator, arts organization board member, art teacher and art advisor. Linda received her BA from Adelphi University and MFA from Parson/New School in New York City.

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Elena Miller Volcanic Crater, 2018 Clay 7 X 6.5 in $104

Elena Miller San Diego, CA, USA elenaandnorm@gmail.com https://zenceramics.etsy.com

Elena Miller I am originally from St. Petersburg, Russia. I always had a special interest in art. I have been lucky that after moving to US in 19 98 I could focus more on art and developing my hobby. After taking training in ceramics in the College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning at the University of Cincinnati, I dedicated myself to a new form of artistic expression ceramics. My strongest inspiration comes from Mother nature and its weathering influences on the shape of trees, rocks, plants and animals both on land and underwater. My ceramics are often hand-built or thrown and altered. I am fascinated with shapes and forms and how they work together with color and texture. It is fascinating to take something essentially flat and turn it into organic form with volume creating a synergy between layered color, texture and movement.

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Margaret Minardi Grackle, 2017 Colored Pencil 30 x 22 in $2,000

Margaret Minardi Fort Salonga, New York, USA margaretminardi@yahoo.com https://margaretminardiartist.com

Margaret Minardi Margaret Minardi lived much of her early years in Port of Spain, Trinidad where without television or radio, she was able to foster a vivid imagination. She graduated H.S. in 1978 From Cold Spring Harbor. In her H.S. years she was able to attend The Huntington School Of Fine Arts which gave her a heavy classical, atelier training. She attended S.U.N.Y. Purchase Where she was influenced by the Abstract Expressionists, especially Willem de Kooning. She was a painting major with a minor in lithography. She graduated at the top of her conservatory and in 1982 was awarded the Faculty Award For Drawing And Painting. Minardi received a Masters in Education from Dowling college. The remainder of her eduction has been predominantly self-taught. Margaret Minardi does not have a traditional studio. She works on tables or on the ground wherever she is, sometimes lugging 5 foot canvases around during her work day. She is a an obsessive artist, rarely looking up into the real world. Her series have focused on subjects such as infertility, adoption, identical twins, her upbringing in Trinidad and bi-polar disease. She has struggled through these issues on the substrate in front of her. Most of the time Minardi works in a stream of consciousness, not knowing what a series is about until it is most of the way through it. As a 30 year high school art educator, Minardi has found profound gratification in passing on what she teaches herself to her students. They help to keep her stimulated and excited about art and on top of the latest technology and mediums. She is also a single mother of two of her own, Max and Vanessa. Most of the past 30 years have been spent promoting her students work. Over that time a thousand works of her own art have accumulated in the closet. In January of 2015 a close friend bullied her into taking her work out. Since then she has shown in ver 60 exhibitions that include solo, group, local, national and international venues. Her work continues to win top awards, including Best in Show in many of them. Minardi has also been a panelist and guest speaker at places like the Heckscher Museum and Saint Joseph’s College. She has been a grant recipient, A juror and an Artist in Residence.

Curator Review: Grackle Settled against a dark gray background of mottled paint and paper, a whimsical story unfolds in ‘Grackle’. Minardi’s delicate brushstrokes, sprinkled details and illustrative symbolism is both intimate and affecting. From the merging portrait of the painter, to the blended shadows of the eggs and birds, a visual fusing and method of birth and release is being communicated here. This bold perspective and transfixing piece generously prevails in extending a private peek into the method of the singular artist Margaret Minardi.

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Shelley Stockwell-Nicholas Garden Party, 2016 Water Colors 35 x 25 in $997

Shelley Stockwell-Nicholas Rancho Palos Verdes, California, USA shelleynicholas@cox.net https://hypnosisfederation.com

Shelley Stockwell-Nicholas Creator of “Me Artful Living Deck” Dr Shelley has been painting for 60 years. She teaches creative expression and the zen of art.

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Marija Nikolić Vortex, 2019 Oil on Canvas 100 x 100 cm POR

Marija Nikolić Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia marija.art.nikolic@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/madamundaztood/

Marija Nikolić Enthusiastic, creative, social and passionate about art. I enjoy and excel in the process of honing my aesthetic techniques and abilities through traditional visual arts. Even though I strive to be versatile and honor traditional artistic development, my work is deeply rooted in contemporary and modern visual expression. I explore subjects in cycles never immersing myself in a new subject if the current one has not been completed. Once I’m satisfied with the quality of my work I move on to new challenges. Currently, I am developing and researching the harmony of perfect proportions, colors, tones, and shapes through precise geometry. The cycle is deeply based around the abstract form. I am an emerging visual artist, born in 1989. Obtained Master’s degree in Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade, Serbia, where I live and create.

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Bryan Northup Red Tide, 2017 Found Single Use Plastic and Foam 30 x 40 in $3,800

Bryan Northup Oak Park, Illinois, USA artistbryannorthup@gmail.com https://www.bryannorthup.com

Bryan Northup Bryan Northup is a Chicago based environmental artist who graduated from California College of the Arts in Oakland, California 1998 and since 2008 lives in Chicago. As an environmental artist, Bryan uses single-use plastics and foam that litter our daily lives to create wall relief and sculpture works that mimic and abstract food. His current work forces an interaction with the ubiquitous plastics of modern life, manipulating the viewer’s appetites while recording a material fingerprint that alludes to contemporary social values.

Curator Review: Red Tide This dynamic piece by artist Bryan Northup absolutely bursts with color and texture. A sensation of freedom and cohesion sets in motion his energetic palette and individual forms. Gathered together these intricate elements begin to biomorph within the mind of the viewer, conjuring up thoughts of a ‘cellular sea’ and blooms of algae as the title suggests. Perhaps this highly imaginative and significant work, is a metaphoric reflection on impermanence and change.

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Mallorie Ostrowitz Iguazu Falls, Brazil, 2015 Digital Photo 16 x 24 in $400

Mallorie Ostrowitz Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA info@mallorieostrowitz.net https://www.ostrowitzphotography.com

Mallorie Ostrowitz Mallorie was born and grew up in NYC. She was fortunate enough to study art at the City University of New York; graduating with a B.A. in Fine Arts from Queens College and a Master of Fine Arts in Painting from Herbert Lehman College. She began showing her photography in the late 1990’s throughout the United States and has been an elected member of Artworks Gallery in Hartford, West Hartford Art League, Connecticut Women Artists, and now, Voice of Art Gallery. Mallorie has also exhibited at the Worrell Gallery in Santa Fe in 2012 where her photography and Betsy Ranck’s paintings of abandoned buildings throughout New Mexico were the featured show entitled “Elegy New Mexico”. Mallorie has been teaching photography since 2003 and was privileged to be photographer in residence at the Awasi Hotel in San Pedro, Atacama region of Chile, in the summer of 2010. In pursuit of new and unique images, Mallorie has traveled to South America, Europe, Russia and Scandinavia.

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Etienne Pascal 63°2’N,29°55’W, 2018 Oil on Panel 70 x 50 cm POR

Etienne Pascal Freiburg, Germany, Germany etienne@etiennepascal.de https://www.etiennepascal.de

Etienne Pascal Etienne Pascal (born 1987) lives and works in Freiburg, Germany; With his work he is bending the boundaries of contemporary realist oil painting with an expressive hint of impressionism. Inspired by everyday life his paintings offer light floated streets, dramatic focus, unreal still lifes and the female figure.

Curator Review: 63°2’N,29°55’W In this fantastic piece by artist Pascal Etienne, a quiet contemplation and introspective atmosphere can be felt. This provocative work has been painted with beautifully warm and cool tones, which gives an air of immediacy and spatial equity to the entire composition. An exploration of various techniques both academic and abstract gives this fascinating subject, a wondrous voice and permeating presence.

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Claudia Polese Anna Karenina, 2018 Oil on Canvas 30 x 40 cm POR

Claudia Polese Rome, Italy, Italy claudia.polese87@hotmail.it https://www.instagram.com/cla87insta/

Claudia Polese Figurative painter based in Rome. Master Degree in Conservation Science for Cultural Heritage. Studied figurative art at Arts in Rome.

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Linda L. Roberts Plight Of The Fish, 2018 Acrylic on Canvas 10 x 10 in NFS

Linda L. Roberts San Diego, California, USA llroberts9@gmail.com https://www.etsy.com/shop/LindaLRobertsArt

Linda L. Roberts Linda enjoys using a variety of mediums to create her acrylic paintings and mixed media art. She is passionate about creating and inspired by texture and color.

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Candice Samuelson Apollo, 2019 Oil on Canvas 12 x 12 in POR

Candice Samuelson Dover, Delaware, USA Candice@CandicePaula.com https://www.candicepaula.com

Candice Samuelson Born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida, Candice grew up in the suburbs, having a knack for anything artistic. She has a strong sense of line and color, which drives her to create aesthetics based work. Using abstract expressionism as a means to convey emotion, Candice cuts out shape and form through oil,acrylic, watercolor and digital mediums. She currently lives in Delaware with her husband Michael, and their two daughters, Lily and Ivy.

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Hilary Saner The Last Tree Has Been Cut Down, 2017 Oil on Paper on Board 36 x 24 in $2,400

Hilary Saner Morro Bay, California, USA hilarysaner@sbcglobal.net https://hilarysaner.com

Hilary Saner I was born in South Africa, traveled the world, and come to rest on the Central Coast of California. I paint in oils, on large and small surfaces of many different types of construction, from paper to collage, to wood, canvas and particle board.

My work tries to ask questions that might not otherwise occur, to take us places we might not think to go, to spark connections that may feel subversive but are ultimately a quest for transformative engagement.

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Ira Stein Claudia, 2017 Graphite And Charcoal On Paper 20 x 24 in POR

Ira Stein Los Angeles, California, USA ira@irastein.com https://irastein.com

Ira Stein Listen, I can’t do pretty art. If the world needs more seascapes, landscapes, and still lifes - I’m out! My work concerns big issues that are difficult to talk about – sexual and physical abuse, social responsibility and the dumbing down of society.

I believe in genetic essentialism – that certain human conditions are connected to a particular gene (or set of genes).

This is not a politically correct standpoint, but I ask you, can you think of something that can happen without your genes? You see, my art tells the stories of the relationships between me and my models. Before one brushstroke is put to canvas, I need to know absolutely everything about her. My artistic process requires time and a commitment to paint the unmediated truth discovered during this close relationship. It is an agonizing process but I am compelled to continue asking difficult questions.

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Margaret Stivers First Light, 2015 Oil on Canvas 16 x 20 in NFS

Margaret Stivers Lake Arrowhead, California, USA M.G.Stivers@aol.com https://www.MargaretStivers.com

Margaret Stivers Artist Statement: Light illuminates my physical space and the objects in it, it also inspires an inner enthusiasm that propels me to create and paint. The challenge is to listen to my own unique essence, allow it to flow from my brush and manifest it on canvas, which I hope in turn, touches the viewer.

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Katy Tackes Still Waters Reflect The Light, 2016 Acrylic on Canvas 24 x 24 in POR

Katy Tackes Laguna, California, USA Inspire.Us.8@gmail.com https://www.saatchiart.com/katytackesart

Katy Tackes I am an artist and author who creates to unite us all through messages of Love. My work, and the messages I receive, come through me—intuitively—while I am painting. I rarely set out to paint a particular piece; rather, I am called to create the specific message that is presented to me at the time. I hope you will find the artwork inspiring. If you see a painting that touches your heart, please read the title and description…the message may be a whisper for the soul. You can find my creations at Katy Tackes Art, my online gallery: www.saatchiart.com/KatyTackesArt

Curator Review: Still Waters Reflect The Light A beautiful interaction between color and form can be seen in this masterful work by artist Katy Tackes. Her eloquent composition swells visually and conveys a wonderfully balanced sense of outer perspective and inner sensation. Tackes expression is both poetic and purely naturalistic. The vibrant gestures and spontaneous movement in this work, most certainly lives within the heart.

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Sachi Yoshimoto Night With A Full Moon, 2019 Oil on Canvas 7 x 5 in POR

Sachi Yoshimoto Nerima-ku, Tokyo, Japan sachiyoshimotoart@gmail.com https://www.sachiyoshimotoart.com

Sachi Yoshimoto Sachi Yoshimoto is a Tokyo based self-taught artist who works mainly in oil medium. She loves the warmth that the medium gives to her work. Artistically inclined from a young age, Sachi has worked diligently to bring her art to life. In 2013, after years of amateur work, Sachi decided to pursue her art wholeheartedly. Sachi’s style of work is “true-to-life,” focusing on the breath she finds in organic and inorganic objects. Her vision is to bring life into the objects she’s attracted to in everyday life. Apart from regular art commissions, Sachi often donates certain pieces and commission profits to animal charities she loves. Like her art, Sachi continues to evolve and improve. Her ultimate aim is to have her artistic journey make everyone’s life a little brighter.

APÉRO Catalogue

Depth - August 2019

62

INDEX Ekaterina Adelskaya

Paradise Lost, 2019. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Julia Angot

Train’s Feelings, 2018. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Kordian Bogdanski

Wspomnienie/The Remembrance, 2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Lauren Bradshaw

Primordial, 2019. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Marina Burana

Memories From My First Home, 2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Amy Gibson

Learning, 2019. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Stefania Grasso

In Depth, 2018. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Eva C. Heim

Submontane, 2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Chris Hernandez

Mass VI, 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Ron Kenedi

Who Is Blind?, 2014. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Heun Jung Kim

Melancholia, 2019. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Sandrena Koning

Kairos, 2018. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Nicholas Kozis

Depth 2, 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Jennifer Landis

Reflections, 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Todd Lawson

I Am No House Wife, 2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Linda Louis

Short Journey To The Sun, 2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Elena Miller

Volcanic Crater, 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Margaret Minardi

Grackle, 2017. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Shelley Stockwell-Nicholas

Garden Party, 2016. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Marija Nikolić

Vortex, 2019. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Bryan Northup

Red Tide, 2017. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Mallorie Ostrowitz

Iguazu Falls, Brazil, 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Etienne Pascal

63°2’N,29°55’W, 2018. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Claudia Polese

Anna Karenina, 2018. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Linda L. Roberts

Plight Of The Fish, 2018. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Candice Samuelson

Apollo, 2019. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Hilary Saner

The Last Tree Has Been Cut Down, 2017. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Ira Stein

Claudia, 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Margaret Stivers

First Light, 2015. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Katy Tackes

Still Waters Reflect The Light, 2016. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Sachi Yoshimoto

Night With A Full Moon, 2019. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

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