My Loves

My Loves Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Pelin Avşar Turkey YOU AND ME Mixed Media Artist Statement I was born in Ankara where is the capital city of Turkey and I grew up in Çorum. I have a Bachelor Degree from Arts and Crafts Education Department, Gazi University Faculty of Education and a Master Degree from Department of Social Sciences at the same university. I have completed my PhD degree at Graduate School of Educational Sciences at Anadolu University, Turkey. I was raised in a family who appreciates art and artist when I was a child. At that time, when someone gave paints andRead More →

My Loves Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Louise O’Rourke Philadelphia, Pensylvania Empty Fine Art Photography Artist Statement I have been an artist for the last 8 years. I come from a suburb outside of Philadelphia but am living in Athens, Ohio where I received my MFA from Ohio University. I began as a photographer but work as an interdisciplinary artist where sculptural elements find there way into my art.This body of work revolves around the idea that as humans we place meaning on inanimate objects. These objects help shape our personal memories of past experiences. An object such as a locket often holds aRead More →

My Loves Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Emily Joy Rabinowitz Los Angeles, California Lovers’ Laughter Fine Art Photography Artist Statement In my artwork and in my life, there exists an interconnectivity between disciplines, mediums, and ideas. I recognize the commonality in the arts and sciences, their unique approaches to asking the same questions. When a moment or a thought intrigues me and makes me feel or think something new, I try to understand it, and then I allow myself a freedom in capturing or creating a new experience. My motivation in creating art is to further my own understanding and to be able toRead More →

My Loves Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Emily Joy Rabinowitz Los Angeles, California Of Nature Fine Art Photography Artist Statement In my artwork and in my life, there exists an interconnectivity between disciplines, mediums, and ideas. I recognize the commonality in the arts and sciences, their unique approaches to asking the same questions. When a moment or a thought intrigues me and makes me feel or think something new, I try to understand it, and then I allow myself a freedom in capturing or creating a new experience. My motivation in creating art is to further my own understanding and to be able toRead More →

My Loves Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Jamy Kahn Van Nuys, Ca, , Love I Acrylic Painting Artist Statement I am particularly involved with the idea of how a thought forms, by joining with another thought and then another, becoming a “thought process”. I use abstraction to symbolize thought. Thoughts lead to actions, actions become habits, and habits become customs. If you could change one thought within a sequence, interrupt a thought pattern, you could perhaps then shift the resulting behavior pattern, allowing more of an action of CHOICE to result, versus a habitual expression of the same behavior.I paint bigger canvas surfaces andRead More →

My Loves Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Bruce Erikson Maineville, Ohio The Letter Oil Painting Artist Statement Erikson finds inspiration in capturing the figure lost in thought. The gesture of the figure, as well as the setting in which it is placed, give clues as to what the model might be imagining (recalling, dreaming, remembering) without becoming to literal. It is common for some of the figures to have multiple interpretations (awakening from sleep, relaxing after love-making, etc.) The figure becomes a vessel of experiences that is presented in an idealized and iconic fashion that is informed by a love of art history. ManyRead More →