Medium: Acrylic on Wood
Size: 19.7″ x 19.7″
Year: 2009
$ 2400
Archive for May, 2009
Wired Color
On May - 31 - 2009
In Memory of John Lennon
On May - 31 - 2009
Medium: Oil on CanvasVilijus Vaisvila
On May - 31 - 2009
Vilijus Vaisvila is a well-known painter not only in the Scandinavia and Baltic Countries, but in the whole Europe too. If we take a look at Vilijus Vaisvila’s art history, we would find many big and small sizes, exhibition and decorative paintings, wooden, stone and metal sculptures, frescoes, mosaics.
All of artist’s paintings, for all their concreteness and authenticity are well built with the occasional,
unimportant details carefully weeded out. The composition is usually conceived parallel to the surface of the canvas, so as offer the viewer an integral and clear perception of the entire peace. Master’s works are based on the contrast between outward traquillity and internal tension. Vilijus Vaisvila’s artistic progress is a fine example of the consecutive and purposeful development of the spiritual world and humanistic aspirations of an artist in our own day.
Today we find churches, cathedrals, universities and other social institutions decorated by the brilliant hands of Lithuanian Master. Vilijus Vaisvila is popular in business and entertainment world as well. Many hotels, jewellery shops, restaurants, entertainment centres are decorated with canvases, frescoes, sculptures…
The latest exhibition called “Portraits” was displayed by the end of 2003 in Siauliai, Lithuania. Other
paintings were exhibited in London (UK), Bromella (Sweden), Oslo (Norway) galleries during past 2 years.
In the end of 2002 Vilijus Vaisvila was invited to Marbella (Spain) to accomplish a special order - few wall frescoes. European art collectors are fond of Vilijus Vaisvila’s arts.
As a great member of the American Society of Portrait Artists (ASOPA) the artist was invited to many famous people houses, because they wanted to have their family’s portraits made by him.
One of the the biggest masterpieces was made in year 2000 in Denmark. “Scandlines Co” have chosen Lithuanian artist from many European painters to decorate huge, amusement ferry boat “Sjaland”, locating in the centre of Copenhagen City. In two months Vilijus Vaisvila have painted a fresco of 142 meters in length and 2 meters in height on the wall of the biggest of the restaurant. The artist has painted an underwater town, drowned ships, lots of mermaids and fishes, and none of them repeated itself in the fresco. Hundreds of tourists visiting that time Copenhagen had a chance to take a look how the dark walls were becoming an amazing “underwater” fresco…
Girl With Guardian Angel
On May - 27 - 2009
Medium: Oil on CanvasLouise Gibler
On May - 27 - 2009
I believe in guardian angels. I started thinking about good people and evil People and if the good person prevails - not always. I started with a sort of bad girl and the angel just appeared - really it was like magic.
Studied at Art Students League under America DeFranza, Hilary Holmes and David Leffel. Presently, I paint mostly portraits and figures and still lifes. I am a member of the Portrait Society of America and the California Art Club. While I lived in Canada, I had solo exhibitions in Waterloo and Toronto and was represented by the Graystone Gallery.
Tribe Series
On May - 26 - 2009
Medium: Vintage PaperJames Kaminski
On May - 25 - 2009
-Tutored in sculpture by Marshall Fredricks, sculptor, in mid 1960s
-BFA, Fine Arts and Interior Architecture, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.
-Studied with Detroit notables, such as John Hillberry, Architect and Alden Smith, sculptor,
Robert Wilbert and Pat Quinlan, Painters.
-Historic, Preservation Wayne project, Detroit, Mi. An early program towards preserving historical buildings in Detroit’s inner city.
Detroit based artist, affiliated with the early ‘Cass Corridor’ school of art in the early 1970s.
-Co founder of ‘The Artist Guild of Detroit’, 1972, an experimental coop gallery featuring the early urban contemporary art scene in Detroit, MI.
-Received Beautification Award from city of Detroit for urban design project.
-Member of Detroit Scarab Club, arts league 1973.
-University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, graduate studies, 1976.
-Minnesota Museum of Art , Award recipient for Drawings USA exhibition.
-Studies at Project Arcosanti in Arizona with focus on alternative living design.
-Studies in decorative arts, Florence and Rome, Italy.
Consultant/Artist/designer for several development firms;
-Pine Knob Music Theater and Country Club, Clarkston, Mi.
-The Hotel Group, Southfield, Mi
-Margoulis mall development, W. Bloomfield, Mi
-Oakland County Development, Project Main Street, MI, rural town and village development and consultation.
-Early design development of the commercially successful City of Royal Oak, Michigan.
-Clarkston Community Center and Cultural Arts Program director and vice president.
-Pontiac and Independence Township Vocational/Technical centers renovation
-Deguilio Kitchens,Birmingham, Mi., consultant and applied arts for high end residential market.
Select Design Projects:
Mark Ridleys Comedy Castle Royal Oak, Mi …City beautification award
Lotus Imports, Royal Oak, MI…….City beautification award
Arianna Gallery, Royal Oak, Mi……City beautification award
CK Diggs, Rochester Hills, Mi
East/West Futon, Royal Oak Mi
French Gourmet, Ferndale, Mi
Stamping Grounds, Royal Oak, Mi
Falcon club AKA motor lounge, Hamtramick, Mi
Star Bakery, Huntington woods, Mi
The Shirt Box, W Bloomfield, MI
Postique film studios, Corporate offices, Detroit Mi
Pearl City, Rochester, Mi
Capelli Spa, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Iroquios club, Bloomfield Hills, Mi
Charlies Restaurants, six restaurant locations in Detroit area
Miramar, W. Bloomfield hills,Mi
Manuels, W. Bloomfield Hills,Mi
Medallions, W. Bloomfield Hills, Mi
Paramount Hotel, Dallas, Texas
St. Regis Hotel, Detroit, Mi.
Ocean Inn, Palm Beach, Fla
Beach Club, Marco Island, Fla
Ramada Inn, Baltimore, Md.
The Hotel Group corporate offices. Newport Beach, Ca.
Project developer for Bitterbush estates, Clarkston ,Mi. an exclusive 300 acre residential development
25 year career in exclusive residential Design and applied arts throughout the country
” Soul”
On May - 25 - 2009
Medium: Oil on CanvasNelly Drell
On May - 25 - 2009
Art painter Nelly Drell was born in 19.10.1979 in Tallinn, Estonia.. Already as a child she was very interested in art and at the same time studding in Pelglinna high school she was also supplementing herself in Kullo art centre and in Kevade street art school. After committing and dedicating herself to art soon became clear that the road what was chosen was right and grow the need and wish to develop her skills and become a real artist. After graduating high school she carried on studying painting in 1998-2000 in Estonian Art Academy, later in Miami International Fine Arts College (2000-2001) she got her bachelors degree and in New York Art Academy (2001-2003) masters degree in painting.
Nelly Drell´s creation catches the eye by being bold and realistic and having lots of figural compositions. She isn’t afraid by experimenting with different art styles. You can find from her paintings hyper-realistic city views, ethnic-romantic celebration and all other possible styles, from baroc to clasitsism. The same diverse is the artist in variation of subjects. Among the work there are at the same time colorful sport events, dramatic scenes from history and vivid landscapes. Usage of art form and choice of motives are varying but the main attention stays on (harmonically depicted) people.
Nelly Drell has exhibited her paintings since 1995 at tens of group and personal exhibitions. She has won in 2001 Miami International Fine Arts College young visual artist award and in 2008 SMV- prize in Estonian Artist Union year exhibition.
From 2005 she has been a member of Estonian Artist Union.
Artist statement
I desire to communicate universally. To capture the beauty of lifes simplest moments
and thrue that have a visual dialogue between my art and audience. I want to express
both the suffering and joy that surrounds all people and be emotionally powerfull.
My paintings are reflection of the present but influenced by what came before me.
They are ment to evoke emotion by representing matters of the soul. Each painting
tells a story and explores, shaped and influenced by the events surrounding my life.
The nude is common motif in my paintings. I paint visual stories of people. I try to
see past the flesh and bone and discover what resides in their depths of their souls and
bring the hidden thoughts of an individual to the surface of the canvas.
I love experimenting with boundary between realism and expressionism. My educational
backround greatly influences the way i paint. My passion is for light and shadow and
how it plays upon the human body.
I use sometimes thick and sometimes thin texture with earthly tones and dramatic use
of light and shadow to enhance the feeling of the subject coming alive.
I would like to show the multiplicity of life ,working with oil, using my work to bring
attention to political, social, religional events and human relationship to nature.
Mountainous Landscape
On May - 25 - 2009
Medium: Veneer
