Born March 25, 1964 in Brooklyn, New York, I am Darrell Urban Black, an American visual artist presently living in Frankfurt, Germany. I work in a variety of formats that include pen and ink drawings, acrylic paintings on canvas wood, and mixed-media objects. My creative process is a mixture of works on paper, acrylic paint, found objects and non-toxic hot glue. My technique … [Read more...]
the right of the people peaceably to assemble: an image-text sequence by Chris Gavaler
The image-text sequence "the right of the people peaceably to assemble" combines digitally manipulated photography, graphic design, and found language in a hybrid form that suits the technical definition of comics while violating comics' conventions and connotations. The eight-piece sequence is part of a larger book-length project, Words Fail. … [Read more...]
Abstract Musings: Kelly Schaub’s mixed media collages
A theatre artist and administrator for over 25 years, two main influences from the theatre guide Schaub’s work in the visual arts arena. First, she has always been moved by the ephemeral aspect of a theatre experience. Each performance is different and will never be duplicated exactly ever again. Second is the collaborative nature of the theatre, where artists with a range of … [Read more...]
Certain People by Lita Kenyon
Lita Kenyon’s mixed media pieces offer hints at humanity translated through persistent, abstract shapes. Living and working in Tacoma, WA near Seattle, collage and drawing is a search for form and how to make forms with an element of surprise becalming the inexplicable, urgent and awkward. With a keen interest in process, particularly the process of exploring the space … [Read more...]
Silas Plum: Cardboard Primitives
The question of value underpins everything. A decent meal. A romantic partner. Expressing vulnerability in an unfamiliar way. The right brand of rechargeable batteries. In every consideration, from the mundane to the profound, a risk/reward ratio is calculated. My work expresses and quantifies the subtle and insidious nature of constant calculation. By the conscious … [Read more...]
Artworks by Doren Robbins
My work is connected to the folk, DADA, and Surrealist traditions of collage, photomontage, and mixed-media works discussed in Herta Wescher's book Collage and Robert Motherwell's The DADA Painters and Poets. Duende is an incident of imagination. … [Read more...]
No Inherent Existence: mixed-media pieces by Hildy Maze
None of us can escape the habit of projecting thoughts and concepts onto reality itself— what Buddhists would call “pure perception”. But if we can access awareness of our inner, deeply ingrained conceptual biases, we can open new windows onto our mind. By contrast, when mind is immersed in uncontrolled emotions and mistaken, often self-preserving beliefs, we’re unable to see … [Read more...]
Mixed-media pieces by Cynthia Yachtman
I work primarily with acrylic and latex paints, inks, papers and charcoal. My images contain many diverse layers of meaning from the universal to the specific and personal. My works are often abstract. I am frequently interested in pattern and/or creating a rich sensual surface by making layer upon layer of marks. There is often an unseen history within these layers as images … [Read more...]
Divine Decay by Kon Markogiannis
Divine Decay is a series of photographic/mixed media constructions informed and inspired by holy texts, illuminated manuscripts, death memorials, sacred geometry, religious icons, and Renaissance panel paintings. The work deals with memory, remembrance, and decay and tackles issues such as spirituality which is often neglected but also essential for the well-being and inner … [Read more...]
The Roman Arch: paintings by Anna Carina Sinocchi
The Roman arch is the central theme and subject matter of the following works. Historically the arch is the foundation of Roman architecture and is hailed as a triumph of antiquity. It persisted in Italy and proceeds to be embraced by its utilization in today’s world. The Roman arch continues to circulate its meaning and grandeur. The works both on paper and muslin are a … [Read more...]
9 mixed-media pieces by Mardi de Veuve Alexis
Mardi’s current body of work is inspired by an evolving local urban environment, urbanization as a condition, and contemporary culture. Working for several years from her Venice, CA studio, she was viscerally impacted by the changing neighborhood and demographics, including the noise and energy of new construction- space-saving new buildings, now vertically constructed to … [Read more...]
All These Sensations: 11 artworks by Lita Kenyon
Painting With abstract painting I'm interested in a process which operates within a personal narrative in concert with the unexpected. I paint, remove paint and repaint striving to bring forward forms, strokes and colors that singularly are incomplete but adjoined constitute a truth about their incongruity. Each painting has its own individualism. Mixed Media/Collage My … [Read more...]
12 new collages by Gary Cummiskey
Five Pieces by Rose Knapp
These abstract mixed-media art works deal with contemporary social issues while leaving interpretations up to the viewer rather than taking hard line either/or stances. Themes include the disintegrating middle-classes, who has power and access in society, the continuing demonization and marginalization of communities created by the War on Drugs, and the blurring line between … [Read more...]
eye the beholder
“eye the beholder” is a mixed media digitally manipulated project that presents visual experiences through layering. The layered pieces are composed of both opaques and transparencies, colours, blacks, whites and greys. The result is a visual experience that explores the depth of perception, vision and the reflections of what we see and want to see as our mind plays … [Read more...]
Thirteen mixed-media artworks by Hildy Maze
Artist's statement: My work is driven by a curiosity into the investigation of mind thru art. None of us can avoid thoughts, but through awareness of our pitfalls, beauty, strengths and weaknesses we can open windows into the mind. The core of my contemplative art practice is to visually embody our blind spots as a result of our thoughts. I’m interested in the study of how the … [Read more...]
Insignia: Collages by Jeffrey Cyphers Wright
Artist's statement: Mail Art first influenced my artistic direction. In the 80s I began creating collages using found images, rubber stamps and stickers. I also practiced graffiti, using markers, stencils and spraypaint. I’ve retained some of those "outlaw" elements and techniques while adding drawing and environmental themes, to establish a personal style that is reflective of … [Read more...]
Mixed Media Paintings by Tina Garvin
Artist's statement: This collection of mixed media paintings is inspired by the tension between the nature that surrounds us and our own inherent natures.These paintings are a series of communications. The symbolism, color, and movement in each artwork conveys a truly unique exchange and one that cannot be replicated. … [Read more...]
Burning Factories: Art by Sander Steins
It was the summer of 1980 when I was seven years old that I sat in the back seat of my father’s blue Opel Kadett coupé and saw the first smoking chimneys of the German Ruhrgebiet. Those were the declining years of one of Europe’s biggest and heaviest industrial areas and I will never forget the impression it left imprinted on my retina. As a child I rebuilt entire cities … [Read more...]
Six Mixed Media Pieces by Donna Kuhn
I make art because that is the only way life makes sense to me. A recurrent theme in my work is the face: semi-abstract, colorful and emotional. I don't choose to draw these faces. Their forms just come to me. They jump off the page and stare at you. Dare to stare back. I have tried to choose between media. I cannot. I feel fully engaged and alive when I'm creating. I'm a … [Read more...]
Meditations by Kurt Rostek
Kurt Rostek says: education I have for the most part been self educated, with the exception of doing a visual arts diploma from Centennial College, and two years in the Fine Arts program at York University. In a slightly different discipline I have an Architectural Technologist Certificate, from Ryerson Polytechnical University. avocation As far as being a serious … [Read more...]
