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Portraits Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Shari Vogt Fountain Valley, Ca Fragments Oil Painting Artist Statement Painting is my refuge. When I begin to feel stressed with life, I know that it’s time to begin a new work. The moment that my brush touches canvas, I feel the world begin to melt away, and that emotion comes through to the canvas. Painting is my refuge. When I begin to feel stressed with life, I know that it’s time to begin a new work. The moment that my brush touches canvas, I feel the world begin to melt away, and that emotion comes through toRead More →

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Portraits Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Marc Schimsky New York Randy’s Janus Oil Painting Artist Statement I was born in Brooklyn, NY, but I was raised on Long Island. I’m a product of a middle-class suburban family. My life was normal…even rather boring and then my father died suddenly about a week before my 13th birthday. Everything changed abruptly. My childhood vanished. I became an adult over night – a “parentified child.” Filling my father’s shoes was an impossible task. I missed being a kid. I learned that life is fleeting. People come and go. Time passes quickly. Events occur in a heartbeat. SoRead More →

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Portraits Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Randi Lorber Los Angeles, Ca The World in Color Fine Art Photography   I grew up completely fascinated by images and imagination. As a child in the southwest I often wished I could capture the beauty as I saw it. The technology was not there at the time but now, with the aid of computers, software and an exceptional camera, I am finally able to print not only what my eyes see, but also what my mind sees. This portrait was a hidden gem. I was setting up for a shoot for another Idea and needed to checkRead More →

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Portraits Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Linda Iorio Evansville, In Timothy Acrylic Painting Artist Statement Linda IorioI have known from age 7 I would be an artist. My parents saw my interest and started me in private art classes in the second grade. I live in the mid west with my husband and four children and we love it. I enjoy the fresh air and the great outdoors. Plus we are not far from Chicago and enjoy the excitement of the city. I really have the inspiration of both worlds.. country and city. I have a background in fine arts and graphic design fromRead More →

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Portraits Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Andrew Covell Los Angeles, CA Square Acrylic on Canvas Geometry is ever-present in our world. In my paintings I use geometry to try and communicate something deeper about the moment depicted. The shapes and lines fracture reality and at the same time reveal greater meaning in each image. This can be the radiant energy of a bright shining moon, the flight path of a flock of birds or the inner world of a portrait subject’s mind. I began exploring the medium of acrylic paint in 2002. My early paintings were pure abstractions that became more rigidly designed as IRead More →

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Portraits Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Andrew Covell Los Angeles, CA Broken Bravado Acrylic on Canvas   Artist Statement Geometry is ever-present in our world. In my paintings I use geometry to try and communicate something deeper about the moment depicted. The shapes and lines fracture reality and at the same time reveal greater meaning in each image. This can be the radiant energy of a bright shining moon, the flight path of a flock of birds or the inner world of a portrait subject’s mind. I began exploring the medium of acrylic paint in 2002. My early paintings were pure abstractions that becameRead More →

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Portraits Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Aishwarya Bavle Louisville, Kentucky Untitled 2 Oil Painting I love glass as a medium because it is versatile and malleable to my needs. It is very interactive both with the artist and the viewer. It is perfectly inert underneath my paints, but it has a life of its own in areas untouched by my brush. I finished my Bachelors in Architecture in India in 2010. My training as an architect has helped me evolve as a painter in the use of space and perspectives. I now love playing with geometry and angles in my paintings. While my styleRead More →

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Portraits Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Aishwarya Bavle Louisville, Kentucky Untitled 1 Oil Painting I love glass as a medium because it is versatile and malleable to my needs. It is very interactive both with the artist and the viewer. It is perfectly inert underneath my paints, but it has a life of its own in areas untouched by my brush. I finished my Bachelors in Architecture in India in 2010. My training as an architect has helped me evolve as a painter in the use of space and perspectives. I now love playing with geometry and angles in my paintings. While my styleRead More →

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Portraits Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Arlene Whiting Novato, California Almost a Man Oil Painting Artist Statement I am a representational artist By that I mean I use color and drawing to represent natural elements. I paint from live subjects. A typical portrait required three 3 hour sessions. The portrait “Almost a Man” was done as a demo for a group of artists. It went very fast (a one hour pose) with a fidgety, uncomfortable but still adorable 16 year old grandson.I begin with the “idea” of subject matter. I design the skeleton of the painting by placing acrylic light and dark covering theRead More →

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Portraits Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist James Tablerion Burbank, Ca Beethoven Mixed Media Artist Statement Ludwig Van Beethoven, made with oil paint and heavy body acrylic paint on linen canvas, inspired by Joseph Karl Stieler’s 1820 portrait. A native of Germany, the red, gold, and black represent Beethoven’s national colors. The blue skin hints at Beethoven’s melancholy life with deafness as a professional pianist and composer in Vienna, Austria, the classical music capital of the world. Beethoven’s unkept white hair shows the stress and strain of being a musical genius unable to hear his own beautiful music.Read More →

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Portraits Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Barbara Mehlman Woodland Hills, California Hannah with Teapot Digital Art Artist Statement Precepts:•Orient viewer via physical cues in “reading” the pictorial space of the painting•Leverage physical nonverbal “reading” of the space to provide content about the elements and relationships in the painting•Create a sensation that asks nonverbally about dilemmas of living •Create work about things one does not understand •Compelling on a human level• “Beauty” – clarity of content, craft, and respect for formal ideas•Don’t try to enforce a message•Act like a mad scientist I created a grid of white thread directly on the wall into which IRead More →

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Portraits Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Shari Vogt Fountain Valley, Ca Lost Loves Oil Painting Artist Statement Painting is my refuge. When I begin to feel stressed with life, I know that it’s time to begin a new work. The moment that my brush touches canvas, I feel the world begin to melt away, and that emotion comes through to the canvas. This painting, “Lost Loves”, began when I spotted this photograph. I was immediately drawn in and felt soothed by the simple beauty of the color palette and composition. I contacted the photographer for permission to use her photograph. She was delighted thatRead More →

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Portraits Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Sarina Villareal Salt Lake City, Utah Agenda Acrylic Painting Artist Statement Painting is, for me, an exploration of human thought. The figures in my work, interrupted in private moments, maintain their distance from the viewer. Appearing at the periphery of their own portraits, they seem to keep secrets, evoking in the viewer both intrigue and anxiety. Every piece I complete should be an invitation to its viewers. I hope that they first recognize a beauty that invites them to look further, then find themselves lingering over the unanswered questions the painting provokes. I hope that tension stays withRead More →

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Portraits Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Sarina Villareal Salt Lake City, Utah Incidental Acrylic Painting Artist Statement Painting is, for me, an exploration of human thought. The figures in my work, interrupted in private moments, maintain their distance from the viewer. Appearing at the periphery of their own portraits, they seem to keep secrets, evoking in the viewer both intrigue and anxiety. Every piece I complete should be an invitation to its viewers. I hope that they first recognize a beauty that invites them to look further, then find themselves lingering over the unanswered questions the painting provokes. I hope that tension stays withRead More →

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Portraits Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Linda Iorio Evansville, In THE GOOD SON Acrylic Painting Artist Statement Linda IorioI have known from age 7 I would be an artist. My parents saw my interest and started me in private art classes in the second grade. I live in the mid west with my husband and four children and we love it. I enjoy the fresh air and the great outdoors. Plus we are not far from Chicago and enjoy the excitement of the city. I really have the inspiration of both worlds.. country and city. I have a background in fine arts and graphicRead More →

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Portraits Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Filiale Temecula, Ca Organic Peace Graphite Artist Statement What began as a Devine and personal journey of a silent bond, had translated into images of a relationship, that seemed to resonate to others around me, of the wonders and vastness of God. I am an “untrained” artist. I have not attended traditional art school, and I choose not to in the future. Too much do I enjoy the small whispers of an unknown technique that I seem to just “know” how to use. Too much do I enjoy the sweetness of an image later created that has beenRead More →

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Portraits Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Filiale Temecula, Ca Untitled Graphite Artist Statement This piece is silent. But thoughts are not. What the heart is confessing is scribbled within the lines of an innocent child’s face. Where we all once were…where we wish we could be again. To start over. To do it all one more time. What would you do different? Would you have talked back? Taken another hug? Said goodbye differently? Or, would you have made the right choice in simply saying no? Or accepting and saying yes? What would you do different? Give a sweet kiss to your little one onceRead More →

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Portraits Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Daniel Jared Sorensen Moscow, Idaho Becca Oil Painting Artist Statement My work is an exploration of the dynamics of human interaction. While I recognize that each viewer sees my work differently, the decisions I make in painting represent the way I view the subject, and through deliberate neutrality in expression I allow viewers to find additional and individual significance. Thus I allow viewers to see what I see and what I don’t see. My arrangement of composition, inspired by the subject, combined with paint and canvas reflects the personality of the subject, the viewer, and myself. In thisRead More →

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Portraits Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Tammy Novak Flower Mound, Texas Gaze Fine Art Photography Artist Statement I grew up in Louisiana and Texas and was fortunate to have a talented uncle who documented our lives with his black and white photography. His images were developed in a small dark room in their home, and provided such rich emotions and cherished childhood memories. As a wife and mother of three young adults, two Quarter horses, a Bengal cat and two Boxer pups, I love to be outdoors, active and surrounded by life. I found my artistic passion in photographing my family. Although I loveRead More →

Portraits Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Joe Calleri Australia THE BOYS Fine Art Photography Artist Statement Joe Calleri is a multiple award-winning Australian photographer who specialises in live performance and fine art photography. His exciting, colourful and dramatic images have been exhibited both in Australia and internationally including in the Brunswick Street Gallery, Darebin Art Show, Melbourne Fringe Festival (Window Frames Exhibition), River to Well exhibition (Kansas, USA), and Circus Oz Big Top Snapshot Competition. Joe’s photograph Rushing Tide won a prize in the Surf Coast Shire Calendar Competition and Exhibition. Joe’s theatre publicity images have featured in Australian publications including The Age, TheRead More →

Portraits Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Nicole Buckingham Baltimore, Md The In-Between Mixed Media Artist Statement Through a series of portraits, self-portraits and still life I examine the experience of living; the events of our lives spanning the years from childhood through maturity. Images that suggest meaning from established cultural symbols and self-developed personal symbolism are arranged into compositions that create a stories where the narrative is left unresolved. The work is very biographical, much of it deals with my own frustrations and struggles, and the frustrations and struggles of those I see around me; friends and family, from all stages of life. TheRead More →

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Portraits Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Randi Lorber Santa Monica, California Untitled Fine Art Photography Artist Statement I grew up completely fascinated by images and imagination. As a child in the southwest I often wished I could capture the beauty as I saw it. The technology was not there at the time but now, with the aid of computers, software and an exceptional camera, I am finally able to print not only what my eyes see, but also what my mind sees. This portrait was a hidden gem. I was setting up for a shoot for another Idea and needed to check camera settings,Read More →

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Portraits Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Chris Walker Evansville, Indiana Eson Fleming; Croswell, Michigan Fine Art Photography Artist Statement I was shooting a project on sustainability when my #1 friends Adam and Sarah suggested I do a visual survey of the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker. Being from a rural Midwestern community, this seemed like a solid enough theme so I went in search of the nearest local butcher shop – one without franchise connections, one that couldn’t be followed on Twitter, one without 37 pieces of flare… Not being a deer hunter, though I do wear a lot of plaid, I’d neverRead More →

Portraits Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Chris Walker Evansville, Indiana Coty and Dylan; Kingston, Michigan Fine Art Photography Artist Statement Me saintly mother and I (bless her Irish heart) had been on a mission to get some dry goods from the local Mennonite bulk foods store; we were on our way home when we ran into these young guys selling strawberries on the roadside, right where the pavement gives way to the gravel. It was sprinkling on and off, but we were between raindrops so we stopped and Mom bought a flat of strawberries – for a whopping 55 cents a quart (eat yourRead More →

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Portraits Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Chris Walker Evansville, Indiana Bob Cutler; Croswell, Michigan Fine Art Photography Artist Statement Bob Cutler was one of two barbers in my hometown. He and his competitor, Tommy Kettlewell, kept the men of Croswell clean-shaven – at least those who preferred to be that way! I recall when my father passed away nearly ten years ago, that he was too ill to go into town but wanted a haircut. Tommy came to the house, gave Dad his final clip, and wouldn’t accept a penny for it. He said he was just visiting a friend… People like these fillRead More →

Portraits Call for Entries Accepted Artists __________________ Artist Steve Brockman-More Hünibach,Switzerland Chris More, Musician Mixed Media Artist Statement I wanted to build a work that you can connect with. So here, for you now, my portrait of an ordinary young man of twenty-one years who works in MacDonald’s as a crew member and who spends his evenings creating music. Music that I mostly really ‘dig’ but also, sometimes, music I do not understand at all but which I try very hard to accept. After all he is my only son and this portrait piece is to publicly express my love and respect for who heRead More →

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Portraits Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Debra Trejo La Habra, Ca Silenced Fine Art Photography Artist Statement My first studio was my living room. Due to the poor lighting, I began working with time exposures and discovered that by using a slow shutter speed I could capture different expressions onto one negative. The image before you is an expression that represents the emotion of silencing oneself due to the fear of harm falling upon you for speaking out.My images have become a way for me to tell the story of not only my life but also the world that surrounds me. Enjoy!Read More →

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Portraits Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Aishwarya Bavle Louisville, Kentucky Laila Oil Painting Artist Statement I love glass as a medium because it is versatile and malleable to my needs. It is very interactive both with the artist and the viewer. It is perfectly inert underneath my paints, but it has a life of its own in areas untouched by my brush. I finished my Bachelors in Architecture in India in 2010. My training as an architect has helped me evolve as a painter in the use of space and perspectives. I now love playing with geometry and angles in my paintings. While myRead More →