The Sea Casts Its Spell: Interview with Oslo, Norway Figurative Painter, Henrik Aarrestad Uldalen
"If you as a child would approve of how you live your life, then you’re doing it right." ~Henrik Aarrestad Uldalen, painter, Oslo, Norway
The Interior Life of the Observer: Interview with Figurative Painter Christina Sealey
"I have often found myself in the position of the observer. This creates a feeling of loneliness that pervades my work."
Gary Briechle, Rockland, Maine: Wet-plate Collodion Camera Slows Life Down Into Intimate Moments
"When I make a photograph, it has the feeling of a miracle. Almost like a zen thing. The good pictures, I can’t take full credit for them. You don’t make a photograph so much as receive it. I wander around with my eyes open, and I’m just hoping for the best. Sometimes things that you’d never think would be special, you just hit upon, not fully understanding at the time why." ~Gary Briechle, photographer, Rockland, Maine
Of Love, Loss and Rebirth: Motoi Yamamoto’s Saltscapes
The former dockyard worker from Hiroshima decided that instead of creating one enduring piece to serve as metaphor for a love never-ending, he would construct a series of temporary installations meticulously fashioned from the painstakingly slow arrangement of so many tiny grains of salt.
Christina Bothwell, Sculptures in Glass and Stone
"I was a little surprised to hear so many people express that they perceive my pieces as being intentionally disturbing. Wanting to explore the workings of the unconscious tends to make people feel uncomfortable. They imagine death...I like to think of insects caught in amber."
The Life Imagined: Interview with Psychotherapist, Andrew Nargolwala
"Every relationship is an interaction. And a healthy relationship is an act of constant creation. That is why I always say that no one can ever know what he or she desires sexually until that individual explores the possibilities with their unique partner."
Beauty Lies In Our Ability to Abandon Ourselves: Interview with Muralist Dante Horoiwa
"After a mural is finished, people will begin to picnic in front of the painting. It is almost impossible not to look at it."
Now We Bow Our Heads: Interview with Poet Ralph Pennel
But I believe that we all, at the very least, should have some. Beauty, that is. Maybe even just a little more. That even in a poem about beauty we must be moved to see its two sure hands and how our own fit perfectly inside them.
The Fertile Ground of New York City Oil Painter Martin Wittfooth
"I'm exploring allegories of rebirth: the notion that we often have to let something die (metaphorically speaking) for something else to be allowed to be realized and flourish."
The Ungraspable Shadow
"If you look at my work, you will notice I hide my models a lot. And because I hide them. I am able to show more.” ~ Photographer Jonathan Mechanicus, Netherlands
Russian-born Maria Kreyn: Artwork focal point in new television drama series “The Catch”
“When you work on something for a long time, magic happens, beauty happens.” ~ Maria Kreyn INTERVIEW WITH MARIA KREYN, FIGURATIVE PAINTER New York City: Deanna Elaine Piowaty: Do...
Beyond the Violence, an Oasis: Interview with Edgar Noe Mendoza Mancillas
"I grew up in a neighborhood where the values of the people were mainly based on a sexist structure. It was also a violent atmosphere where the strongest children stood out. In that environment, it was preferable to keep quiet any artistic or creative inquisitiveness, or risk being judged or banished."
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