The following artists were accepted to be a part of the online art exhibit from the Fantasy theme call for entries. Click on Fantasy art to see the artist statements of each artist. [slideshow id=6]Read More →
Fantasy Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Vitaliy Panasyuk Chernivtsi, , Ukraine Sky Way Mixed Media Artist Statement I like the different combinations of the blue and black colors.I love to fantasize. In my art work I’m attracted by mystery topics and surrealism. I like to place material objects in clouds in the sky. From real object I often create unrealistic topics which provoke an unusual state of mind.I have also a great interest in meditation. Vitaliy Panasyuk. UkraineRead More →
Fantasy Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Vitaliy Panasyuk Chernivtsi, , Ukraine Crossing Mixed Media Artist Statement I like the different combinations of the blue and black colors.I love to fantasize. In my art work I’m attracted by mystery topics and surrealism. I like to place material objects in clouds in the sky. From real object I often create unrealistic topics which provoke an unusual state of mind.I have also a great interest in meditation. Vitaliy Panasyuk. UkraineRead More →
Fantasy Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Vitaliy Panasyuk Chernivtsi, , Ukraine Creator Mixed Media Artist Statement I like the different combinations of the blue and black colors.I love to fantasize. In my art work I’m attracted by mystery topics and surrealism. I like to place material objects in clouds in the sky. From real object I often create unrealistic topics which provoke an unusual state of mind.I have also a great interest in meditation. Vitaliy Panasyuk. UkraineRead More →
Fantasy Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Vitaliy Panasyuk Chernivtsi, Ukraine Skyway Mixed MediaRead More →
Fantasy Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Vitality Panasyuk Chernivtsi, Ukraine Crossing Mixed MediaRead More →
Fantasy Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Vitaly Panasyuk Chernivtsi, Ukraine Creator Mixed MediaRead More →
Fantasy Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Brett Henrikson Providence, Rhode Island Rezzan Fine Art Photography Artist Statement I’m interested in the medium of photography itself. In a way it’s the only medium which requires realism. We view a photograph as being indexical of something that must exist in the real world that needs to exist because the paper and the silver recorded it. I want my work to defy this need for realism and be able to create images that are abstract and can be viewed as paintings in the photographic medium. The work is non duplicateable/camera-less photograms in the traditional C-print medium. I’mRead More →
Fantasy Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Brett Henrikson Providence, Rhode Island Sydney Fine Art Photography Artist Statement I’m interested in the medium of photography itself. In a way it’s the only medium which requires realism. We view a photograph as being indexical of something that must exist in the real world that needs to exist because the paper and the silver recorded it. I want my work to defy this need for realism and be able to create images that are abstract and can be viewed as paintings in the photographic medium. The work is non duplicateable/camera-less photograms in the traditional C-print medium. I’mRead More →
Fantasy Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Brett Henrikson Providence, Rhode Island Murphy Fine Art Photography Artist Statement I’m interested in the medium of photography itself. In a way it’s the only medium which requires realism. We view a photograph as being indexical of something that must exist in the real world that needs to exist because the paper and the silver recorded it. I want my work to defy this need for realism and be able to create images that are abstract and can be viewed as paintings in the photographic medium. The work is non duplicateable/camera-less photograms in the traditional C-print medium. I’mRead More →
Fantasy Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Benjamin Finkel Wyncote, Pennsylvania Odyssea Digital Art Artist Statement With this image I attempted to convey a sense of journey. Just as Odysseus sought to return to his homeland of Ithaca, so do the Bathyspheres make their long voyage through the great depths. I’ve always been captivated by fantastic worlds, and the freedom of digital media allows me a much greater degree of experimentation during the creation of these foreign lands. “Odyssea” is the result of a series of happy accidents.Read More →
Fantasy Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Benjamin Finkel Wyncote, Pennsylvania Spider In The Sun Digital Art Artist Statement A study of mood in digitized form, this painting was inspired by the classical myths of the Ashanti people of West Africa and their stories of the trickster spider Ananse. I set out with no clear image in my mind of the finished work, and let the openness of the medium dictate the painting process.Read More →
Fantasy Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Sid Kincaid Hillsboro, Oregon Monkey See Monkey Do Your Face Is Like A Fantasy Too Fine Art Photography Artist Statement I’m not a big fan of city Zoo’s. But, I often visit for shooting photography of the African wild life. The ape and monkeys swing by fast challenging me to snap images of them. One day I found a proud old ape just watching me. What a face this creature has with its eye’s wide open looking right into my camera lens. To add some interesting fantasy to the image I did a mirror effect for both sidesRead More →
Fantasy Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Jeffrey Richter Saint Clair, Missouri The Minute Man Charcoal and Pastels Artist Statement The Minute Man-I am constantly intrigued by WWI. It seems so dark, smoky, and cold,with the lack of medicine and the scary discontinued machines. Againin this drawing I am influenced by the aesthetics of antiquephotographs. After finding the photo to work from, I was instantlystruck by the posture and mood of the man. Thinking of how long thesemen would have lived during this war I incorporated the clock, a simple metaphor of a countdown to his death in The Great War. Theclock is set toRead More →
Fantasy Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Phil Andrey Zanoulou Lucerne, Switzerland Poseidon Fighter Fine Art Photography Artist Statement Poseidon FigtherStudio choreography based on a golden bodypainting with computer based fantasy enrichment.UV resistant print behind 2mm acryl glass with 2mm alu dibond backside. Apart from the emphasis from Sci-Fi fantasy worlds and romantic fine art sceneries, the project “The Travelling Tube” is Zanoulou’s most comprehensive and most important one.His work finds in international contests and exhibitions acknowledgment and is published in several books and calendars.Read More →
Fantasy Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Scott Dupree Atlanta, Georgia AT-ST Acrylic Painting Artist Statement This piece was created with my love of fantasy and my love of the South. I built this specific painting in homage to my homeland of the Southern United States, by adding visual cultural elements from my heritage. We all know how out of hand fantasy creations can get, however, so I tethered my AT-ST to a rope to ensure safety of all the dreamers around him.Read More →
Fantasy Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Scott Dupree Atlanta, Georgia Blind Love Acrylic Painting Artist Statement Boats have played a large part in my life as I spent a formative part of my childhood growing up living on a small boat with my family. The concept of ‘blind love’ involves an eccentric character (me), with my eyes closed and wearing a boat I made for myself. My eyes being shut show that I trust life to take me where it will, but I wear an anchor to not go too far off shore.Read More →
Fantasy Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Scott Dupree Atlanta, Georgia The Masquerade Acrylic Painting Artist Statement The image depicted is of three finches wearing masks of other types of more ‘exotic’ birds. The story was inspired by Darwin discovering how finches in the Galapagoes were evolving differently from one another, which lead to his theory of evolution. While creating this piece, the birds I painted were representing themes that were very important in my own life: self-discovery, play, being who you want or choose to be, and exploration.Read More →
Fantasy Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Scott Speck Pasadena, Maryland Electric Valkyrie Needs YOU Fine Art Photography Artist Statement I am a fine art photographer, originally from Pittsburgh, PA, and I now live and work in the Baltimore, MD area. Despite my scientific career, including work with the Hubble Space Telescope Project, my greatest passion in life is in creating photographic art, typically with lensless pinhole film cameras and also with lensed film cameras. I usually shoot on 4×5 sheet film, and I enjoy exploring architectural, landscape, and portrait art. My piece “Electric Valkyrie Needs YOU” is a whimsical retro sci-fi play on theRead More →
Fantasy Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Scott Speck Pasadena, Maryland Elevator To The Moon Fine Art Photography Artist Statement I am a fine art photographer, originally from Pittsburgh, PA, and I now live and work in the Baltimore, MD area. Despite my scientific career, including work with the Hubble Space Telescope Project, my greatest passion in life is in creating photographic art, typically with lensless pinhole film cameras and also with lensed film cameras. I usually shoot on 4×5 sheet film, and I enjoy exploring architectural, landscape, and portrait art. My piece “Elevator To The Moon” is a 4×5 film pinhole photograph depicting theRead More →
Fantasy Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Reese Hilburn Los Angeles, California Bone Daddy Oil Painting Artist Statement Reese is a lowbrow contemporary artist who began exhibiting her works in 2011. Born and raised in San Diego, California, Reese had always been an art enthusiast, but in recent years, she had discovered her artistic talents after moving to Los Angeles. She than began her journey toward becoming a professional oil painter through fine arts training at the Academy of Art University. Her intuitive passion for expressing mood and emotion on canvas and paper along with her mastery of technique in oil and graphite was soonRead More →
Fantasy Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Reese Hilburn Los Angeles, California Nameless Oil Painting Artist Statement Reese is a contemporary surrealist figurative artist who began exhibiting her works in 2010. Born and raised in San Diego, California, Reese had always been an art enthusiast, but in recent years, she had discovered her artistic talents after moving to Los Angeles. She than began her journey toward becoming a professional oil painter through fine arts training at the Academy of Art University. Her intuitive passion for expressing mood and emotion on canvas and paper along with her mastery of technique in oil and graphite was soonRead More →
Fantasy Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Riley, A Arthur Telluride, Colorado Fire Eyes Fine Art Photography Artist Statement Growing up in American Samoa, the third wettest place in the world mold grows on everything including photographs. Losing negatives and photographs for so many years gave me the obsession of documenting. That dedication will take me to Slovenia this fall where I will begin a Fulbright Scholarship documenting and photographing under represented people. I have a degree in photography and another in theatre, and find that my theatre training heavily informs my fine art photography. My fine art photography is nothing like my journalistic photography,Read More →
Fantasy Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Karen Balon Las Vegas, Nevada The Space Between Oil Painting Artist Statement Karen is an intuitive artist, creating colorful paintings from meditative visions that come to her in split second flashes. Exclusively using a palette knife she creates Contemporary Abstract Fantasy Art. Fantasy Art is entirely about the imagination or the things that have developed the way you dreamed them. Karen has always been creative but felt like she was searching to find her true calling. After many creative endeavors over the years, she finally convinced herself to take a painting class in 2009. She loved mixing colorsRead More →
Fantasy Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Jeffrey Richter Saint Clair, Missouri The Pin Head Charcoal and Pastels Artist Statement The Pin Head-The Pin Head was inspired by the look of antique cabinet photos andthe look of sewing pins stuck into a tomato cushion. When I was achild I would always play with my mother’s tomato pin cushion whileshe sewed our clothes and toys. I always remember my grandfathersmoking a pipe when I saw him and a black pipe sticking out of hismouth was a very defining characteristic of his appearance that hasstayed with me. Using antique cabinet photos as inspiration stems fromshuffling thoughRead More →
Fantasy Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Jeffrey Richter Artist Jeffrey Richter Saint Clair, Missouri The Proposition Charcoal and Pastels Artist Statement The Proposition-He cooks up a story to intrigue her to come to him. Little does sheknow is that he can’t live without her and she will soon be consumedby his need for purpose. Without her he is dead weight. Creating thebond between one needing the other and the tension that comes with itis what drove me to create this piece. Dirt-stained paper, antiquephotography, an old typewriter and a stack of 80 year old paper iswhat went into concocting the imagery of this piece.Read More →
Fantasy Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Trini Schultz Garden Grove, California Red River’s Journey Digital Art Artist Statement I was born in Peru but grew up in Southern California. My love and appreciation for art comes from my grandfather who is a well known poet and artist in his own country of Peru. I loved going to art galleries with him, and watched him paint on canvas. I’ve always loved drawing and painting, but it was my love for photography that intrigued me, especially after my dad bought me my first real camera, a Pentax K1000. I took a couple of photography classes inRead More →
Fantasy Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Trini Schultz Garden Grove, California Coming Out of the Darkness Digital Art Artist Statement I was born in Peru but grew up in Southern California. My love and appreciation for art comes from my grandfather who is a well known poet and artist in his own country of Peru. I loved going to art galleries with him, and watch him paint on canvas. I’ve always loved drawing and painting but it was my love for photography that intrigued me, especially after my dad bought me my first real camera, a Pentax K1000. I took a couple of photographyRead More →
Artist Clara De Gobert United Kingdom Death and the Maiden Fine Art Photography Artist Statement This piece is inspired by Franz Schubert’s lied “Der Tod und das Mädchen” itself inspired by a poem by Matthias Claudius. “Give me thy hand, oh! maiden fair to see,For I’m a friend, hath ne’er distress’d thee.Take courage now, and very soonWithin mine arms shalt softly rest thee!” Born in Paris to a belgian father and a lebanese mother, Clara moved to Japan after high school and now lives in London where she started experimenting with burlesque and drag performing as well as traditional dark room photography. The human obsessionsRead More →
Fantasy Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Andrew Keim Santa Fe, New Mexico After Dürer Pigments Artist Statement Although I was born in Philadelphia, I grew up in Hilo Hawaii. I studied painting with Richard Baker at San Diego State University, where I received my BFA in 1995. In 1997, I received my MFA at New York School of Visual Arts. I currently live in Santa Fe, NM where I work as a fine woodworker, and draw in the evenings and weekends. The piece that is being exhibited reflects my fascination with the German artist Albrecht Dürer. His lyrical line work as well as hisRead More →
Fantasy Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Cynda Valle Willits, California Mermaid Fantasy Oil Painting Artist Statement I started painting at the age of 18, and now, 35 years later, I continue to paint everyday. I paint and teach out of my studio in Willits Ca., with my pet squirrel “Kujo” for company. I live in a vintage Victorian where I have enjoyed many a soak in the old claw foot tub that is original to the house. I got curious about the tub and found out there was a time when, out of modesty, women bathed under a sheet. That sounded like a beautifulRead More →
Fantasy Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Cynda Valle Willits, California Mistress of the Deep Oil Painting Artist Statement I started painting at the age of 18, and now, 35 years later, I continue to paint everyday. I paint and teach out of my studio in Willits Ca., with my pet squirrel “Kujo” for company. I have always been interested in surreal images. I paint them with as much illusion as possible, for I believe the more “realistic” the image the more “believable” the surreal elements in the painting will be. Oil is the medium I use because it best lends itself to highly illusionisticRead More →
Fantasy Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Debbie Mostel Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Meet Me in Paradise Mixed Media Artist Statement …I’m a beach girl. When I was little I would sit on the dunes and think the crashing waves were “Mother Natures Heartbeat”. I remember how motivated I was to create art after an exquisite performance by lightning or watching the delicate & powerful dance of a butterfly… Recently, I’ve developed a fascination for the construct of technology—the intricate designs of motherboards, heat coils and laser pick ups. This came about when my son & his friends were smashing an old transistor radio. WeRead More →
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