Paul Behnke
Statement
The desire to capture space, time, emotion and experience cannot be fully realized on canvas. As a result my works are suggestive rather than representational.
Through my painting process I create a unique pictorial vocabulary--- using color to impart a strong emotional charge.
The way in which the paintings are made varies ...Jean-Paul Cattin
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Artist Statement In the series "Fingerprints" I'm looking for a reinterpretation of reality, namely urban elements taken from the places I explore. Walls, floors, garbage trucks or any other terrestrial material, which are the basis for my work, are reviewed and contrasted to the extreme, sometimes highly detailed or ...Becky Yazdan
Artist Statement
Each of my paintings tells a story. They are based on things I see, read about, and watch on TV, as well as memories of events, feelings and colors – the pink of my favorite childhood bathing suit, the first time I told a lie. Color, form and pattern ...Lisa Corinne Davis
Artist Statement
Stemming from my own experience as an African American woman of mixed heritage, my work has been an exploration of the divisions and relationships between contemporary ethnic groups. Signs, representations, and abstractions reveal themselves in implied geography, cartoonish shapes, exoskeletal forms, spores, cancer cells, flora, fauna, and so on. ...Brian Dupont
Equation Study (Field), 18” x 26”; Oil, paintstick, wax, and alkyd on linen. 2008
Particle, 8” x 10”; Oil and alkyd on aluminum. 2009
Shoji I, 21 ¼” x 17 ½”; Oil, paintstick, wax, and alkyd on aluminum. 2009
Server, 21 ¼” x 17 ½”; Oil, paintstick, wax, and alkyd on aluminum. 2009
Systems ...Jonathan Allmaier
Artist Statement
Objects can be mental states, and mental states can be physical.
Paintings are physical objects. When I make a painting I try to follow this physicality as far as I can, starting with making my own paint from pigment and thinking very specifically about the stretcher and ...Christina Massey
1. Brooklyn: An Art Community, BedStuy, Acrylic and Oil on Canvas and Paper, 34' W x 26' H (framed), 2009.
2. Brooklyn: An Art Community, Bushwick, Acrylic and Oil on Canvas and Paper, 34' W x 26' H (framed), 2009.
3. Brooklyn: An Art Community, Fort Greene, Acrylic and Oil on Canvas ...Daniel McDonald
Visitation, 2009
7 layer/14 impression silk screen
25 x 33 inches
edition of 25
Found, Gowanus, 2009
oil, pastel and wallpaper
18 x 22 inches
Along the Way, 2008
pastel on paper
31.25x 69.25 inches
Horizontal Triptych II, 2009
oil on linen
30 x 36 inches
Book, 2008
7 layer/14 impression silk screen
25 x 33
Artist Statement
The complexity of the art world is curious, it ...Alex Downs, Laura Gibson, Chad Rimer
Exhibit at Sweet Lorraine Gallery, contact artists for viewing information.
Alex Downs - Vessels
Email: downs2681@gmail.com
Web: http://www.flickr.com/photos/downs2681/
Phone: 347-387-2382
Laura Gibson - Drawings
Email: bella.gibson@gmail.com
Phone: 718-775-1557
Chad Rimer - Sculpture
Email: chadrimer@yahoo.com
Phone: 718-775-1556 Steve Riley
Good Morning Universe, 8x9.5', 2009
Brave New World, 8x9' 2008
Broken World, 8x9', 2008
Stream, 10x10', 2008
Artist Statement
I am drawn to everyday objects that are often overlooked or discarded. Using a wide range of disciplines, I transform the materials into small works. With a modern primitive style I balance the positive and negative ...