Life As A Human Art Gallery

Green Bun

Guest Artist — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:58:47 +0000

Look who scampered into the gallery. It’s Green Bun Squirrel! She is forever sophisticated in her gold evening gown, green upswept hairdo with matching necklace, and white gloves. She’s also a misfit – strange and uniquely beautiful, hiding behind an animated persona.

A sister squirrel called Romance Squirrel. She lives for romance and castles in the sky.
She is forever living in a magical world where dreams do come true.
(This painting is available for sale at the Victoria Emerging Art Gallery).

Steam Punk Squirrel has adopted the style of 19th century sci-fi romance and sensibilities.
He can also be found on the cover of a novel by Flemish author Bart Koubaa called
De Brooklynclub (Querido Publishing), 2012.

Image Credits

All Images Are © Carollyne Yardley

Carollyne Yardley Artist Bio

Raised in Victoria, British Columbia, Carollyne Yardley completed two years in the Faculty of Fine Arts, and is a graduate of the University of Victoria, where she completed a double major in Psychology and History in Art.

Most recently, she has taken art classes at the Victoria College of Art and studied with Tony Ryder at The Ryder Studio School in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Since 1997, she has been the founder, business owner and creative director of a software application & web development company which provided her with a strong foundation in the visual communications industry.

In September 2010, Carollyne launched her new business as a visual artist, and began to remove the mask of technology to emerge as her true self, standing with her hands on her hips, yelling and laughing at the squirrels in her yard.

Her paintings are in private and corporate collections, and three galleries in Victoria, BC. Carollyne’s images have also been licensed for book covers and wine labels. If you are a retailer, licensee, or manufacturer and would like to inquire about licensing imagery for prints, cards, clothing, toys and merchandise, please visit my website.

Blog / Website: http://www.carollyne.com

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Rural South Australia

Guest Artist — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:27:14 +0000

Power Struggle

Progress marches through South Australia’s Mid-North with the blades of wind turbines sweeping in the winds that cross the Gawler Ranges to drive a rusting galvanised iron windmill, an icon of Australia’s rural past.

Reflections

An old freestone building at the Terowie railway siding in South Australia’s Mid-North.

Abandoned

An old farmhouse in South Australia’s Mid North, on northern Yorke Peninsula.

Image Credits

All Images Are © Vincent Ross

Vincent Ross Artist Bio

Vincent Ross has been a journalist for more than 30 years, working in newspapers and public relations, and over the past ten years as a freelance travel writer and photojournalist. He is 53, married to Lee-Anne, has three sons aged 23, 20 and 17 and lives in Adelaide, South Australia – known commonly as the driest state on the driest continent, Australia. Which isn’t quite true, because Antarctica is, in fact, the driest continent on Earth, having far less rainfall than any other land mass. People and places visited, written about and photographed over the past 30 years cover countries including Turkey, Thailand, Laos, Borneo, Bali, Sri Lanka, Israel, Greece, Britain, Scotland, France, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Singapore, Malaysia, North Korea, South Korea, Tahiti, Fiji, Samoa, India, New Caledonia, Vietnam, New Zealand, Macau, the Philippines, Argentina, Australia, the Falkland Islands and Antarctica. Vincent is a sub editor on a daily metropolitan newspaper, Regional Editor Asia Pacific for Unusual and Unique Hotels of the World and Managing Editor of the online humanitarian photographic gallery travelart.org. He is also past President of the Australian Society of Travel Writers and in 2004, won the Best Travel Feature Award, presented by the Korea National Tourism Organisation, for his feature article on a stay in a South Korean Buddhist temple.

Blog / Website: http://www.travelart.org

Emma Ruth

Guest Artist — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:56:45 +0000

Emma Ruth was seldom seen without Pink Bunny, especially at bedtime.

Emma’s a now an adolescent, and Pink Bunny is no longer pink. But the love that she had for
Pink Bunny still shines through this moment in time.

Image Credits

All Images Are © Shannon Grissom

Shannon Grissom Artist Bio

Shannon Grissom has been called the Sock Monkey Lady. Maybe that’s because Shannon has a line of Sock Monkey golf club headcovers that are carried on tour by six LPGA pros. But that’s only one color in her crayon box, and Shannon likes to create with them all. The rest of the time, Shannon is an artist, television producer/host, songwriter, author and goofball who carries her camera with her everywhere she goes.

Blog / Website: http://shannongrissom.info

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Visionary Paintings

Guest Artist — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:08:05 +0000

A painting of an actual vision I had in 1997. Lying awake late at night, I saw hands hold up a bronze tablet bearing a spiral engraving of animals. I heard an incantation, possibly in a Native American Language, and then a voice said “prepare to teleport.” Everything went black except for a luminous number six, and I found myself in a bare chamber whose walls glowed slightly, hearing humming machinery. Suddenly waves of energy coursed through my body. Everything went black, and I came to in my own room. I have painted this vision as animal creation spiraling up out of the waters of chaos, held by the hands of the Creator and led by the dove of peace.

A painting in Medieval Celtic style, based on the sorrowful and joyful mysteries of the Rosary which are depicted in the large round “beads.” Watercoolor, done in 1981.

Image Credits

All Images Are © Martha Sherwood

Martha Sherwood Artist Bio

Martha Sherwood is a biologist, freelance writer, artist and social commentator, officially retired from all of the above occupations and more but still very active in the community of Eugene, Oregon, where she was born and lived most of her life.

Be sure to visit Martha’s Artists Gallery linked below.

Personal Blog/Website

Alabaster And Soapstone Sculptures

Guest Artist — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 21:41:59 +0000

Polar Bear On An Ice Floe
My father carved this alabaster polar bear sculpture as a gift to me many years ago. It was the first sculpture I received from him and is one of my favorites.
It is also one of the first things he carved!

Riding the Waves
This dolphin was also a gift from my dad. I love the beautiful white iridescence of the alabaster against the deep greens of the soapstone waves.

Sealife
This soapstone seal sculpture is another one he carved for me and also among the first he ever made.

Image Credits

All Images Are © Vivian Pura

Vivian Pura Artist Bio

My father is quite a modest, self effacing man with what I believe is a great deal of talent. I wanted to celebrate his skill and share it with others.

Papua New Guinea

Guest Artist — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:00:04 +0000

A traditional dancer in Rabaul, in the Papua New Guinean province of New Britain, where boar’s tusks are just the thing to give a man that special look.

A young dancer concentrates on his age-old art form in Assei village on Sentani Lake in Jayapura, West Papua.

A kundu drum solo, Kokoda, in the Owen Stanley Ranges of Papua New Guinea. The kundu drum is the preferred musical instrument of the Koiari people. In fact, in the dense, jungle-clad mountains, there are few other musical instruments – except the the harmonies of villagers; men, women and children – which are truly beautiful.

Image Credits

All Images Are © Vincent Ross

Vincent Ross Artist Bio

Blog / Website: http://www.travelart.org

Mickey

Guest Artist — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 23:20:42 +0000

This is a portrait of my Grandmother Maria as a child. (Her name was pronounced like Mariah, the wind.) I always thought she had such a beautiful given name but she didn’t like it, and preferred to be addressed as Mickey.

Our Grandmother had a deep love for us and I feel it each time I paint her portrait.
Hmmm, time to do another one…

Image Credits

All Images Are © Shannon Grissom

Shannon Grissom Artist Bio

Blog / Website: http://shannongrissom.info

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Kokoda Floral Art

Guest Artist — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:31:18 +0000

The vivid red of a perfect hibiscus blossom in the early morning light stands out in a green cathedral of jungle growth on the Kokoda Track in the Owen Stanley Ranges of Papua New Guinea.

Image Credits

Vincent Ross Artist Bio

Blog / Website: http://www.travelart.org

St. Francis

Guest Artist — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:09:58 +0000

I spotted this fellow on New Year’s Day, 2010. He was fishing off the pier in Capitola By The Sea, California. I took one look at his face and knew I had to paint his portrait.
When I asked his permission and his name, he told me it was St. Francis.
And while that sounds funny now, I truly believe him. For he inspired much writing, musical compositions and more paintings. Painting this portrait turned in to a profoundly beautiful experience.

Image Credits

Shannon Grissom Artist Bio

Blog / Website: http://shannongrissom.info

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Bottled Up

Guest Artist — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:50:00 +0000

‘Bottled Up’ depicts the human emotion when we feel the pressures and restraints of everyday life.

Image Credits

Maude McDonald Artist Bio

International and published artist, Maude McDonald, picked up her first paint brush at the age of eight… from a little wooden painter’s box received as a gift (which she still keeps in her studio).

Self taught until the age of 20, she was accepted into the Museum of Fine Arts Academy in Houston. She continued her studies in France and Holland.

“Artists are mercurial. Our two greatest motivators are joy and pain. Emotion, perhaps more than visual stimulation, inspires my work. I want the canvas to speak of our awareness; be it pain, elation, humor, serenity, the surreal, speculation or happiness. Otherwise, it is nothing more than a piece of canvas with colorful brushstrokes.”

Her work is immediately recognized by its strong composition and bold color. She uses the play of light and shadow to inject emotion into her work. Her nudes are often used in surrealistic themes, depicting the human in the most vulnerable and basic existence.

Having studied and practiced all genres of art, her own unique style is a blend of all her favorite aspects of each. Sometimes a simple brush stroke articulates a volume of emotion. Sometimes only the abstract can give voice to what she wants to say.

Her works hang in private homes and businesses throughout North and South America, Mexico and Europe, including governors in the U.S. and Mexico. Although her subjects and genre may change, she remains faithful to the traditional techniques she learned early in her career.

“Creativity is limited only by the imagination”… Maude McDonald

Blog / Website: http://www.maudesart.com

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