Member Profile - Cheryl D. McClure

http://www.cherylmcclure.com




I am an experienced painter of abstract (mostly land inspired) imagery. I work with acrylic  and mixed media on canvas, panel or paper. I also work with encaustic and collage on wood panels.

I am represented by several commercial galleries in the USA . I also have worked quite well with design professionals for corporate and hospital original work. My work runs the gamut from 12 x 12 inches up to 6 x 12 feet.
References upon request.


Pictured: Little Pieces of Land 31
acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas, 48 x 36"

Member Profile - Mairi Graham

http://www.mairigraham.com/

I am a painter and a sculptor. As a painter I work in acrylic and pastel, specialising in portraits and landscape in the realist tradition. My sculpture uses found metal, recycling it into new forms.

Member Profile - Indigene Gaskin

Website/Blog: http://indigeneart.com
"Illuminating the black and white of life with vivid color"

For Originals, Commissions or illustrations, contact: indigene@indigenart.com
Mugs, Totes & More at: http://www.cafepress.com/indigeneart
For various print sizes, framed Prints and more: http://Indigene.imagekind.com/


My process is a transformative blending of materials, light and spiritual intent. My creations are a healing meditation, a living gateway that combines the varied language of symbolism. 
The finished painting is usually 10-20 layers of sheer color with delicate glazes. The artistic techniques are a fusion of many traditional forms of creating art.
  

Member Profile - Julie Meetal

http://www.meetal.com/


Meetal is the Maiden Name of Israeli born Julie M Berman. It means “Arising from the morning dew.” A child of Holocaust survivors, she moved to the United States with her parents at the age of 12. Telling her parents’ Holocaust stories created an ever present responsibility in her life. As an artist she realized that her form of education and documentation would be on canvas. Two years after beginning her journey she emerged with ten paintings. Today there are 11 paintings three sculptures and a bronze relief. Some of the paintings were planned but the majority was not. The Holocaust series is now a part of the “Color of Memory” http://www.colorofmemory.com/  exhibition which is sponsored by the Dallas Holocaust Museum Center of Education and Tolerance.

Today Meetal’s work has evolved into a spiritual expression which has come from years of studying Kabbalah the ancient study of spiritual wisdom. Meetal uses her ability to incorporate Kabbalah to teach the beauty of the universe. She has exhibited in the US in New York, Ohio, Indiana, Wyoming and Texas. Internationally she has shown in Israel and Poland. 

Member Profile - Pat Fiorello

 





http://patfiorello.com/

Pat Fiorello, professional fine artists who specializes in watercolor and oil painting- landscapes, florals and images of Europe. Also teach workshops in the US. and Europe.

Member Profile - James Willney

http://jameswillney.wordpress.com


Main interest Acrylic semi abstract paintings. Digital Photography.

Member Profile - Monika Agic

http://www.artbymagic.com

Monika Agic (Art by Magic)is a contemporary abstract artist and art consultant specializing in creation of the custom, one-of-a-kind paintings for homes and businesses. Growing up in Bosnia, Monika visited museums and cultural centers in Europe before expanding her artistic reach in the US. She is a graduate of Grand View University. Monika's international exposure has afforded her a cross-cultural sensitivity illustrated in each painting she creates.

Only 9 days left in Kickstarter fundraiser for pFAn!

pFAn helps to connect artists with consultants/administrators!

We’ve outgrown this free blog index site and are currently trying to raise funds for a more comprehensive site. This site however, will remain active even after the new site goes live, but will no longer be updated. There will be a post/link to tell visitors about the new site.

You can still be a part of the group for no charge! Obviously, both Facebook and LinkedIn are free. We have lively discussions going on in both the LinkedIn and Facebook groups.

Here’s the LinkedIn group link

Here’s the Facebook group link

Here’s some information about our proposed new website:

After January 1, there will be a one-time fee of $25.00 for a profile listing on NEW SITE (image and statement) , and $10.00 for a link with your specialty information on the site which is under development. As mentioned above, I will keep the old site active, but will not be adding new artists to it after January 1, 2010. Keep in mind that nothing will happen unless the project gets funded! Please pledge!

Many of you have written to me saying you made new contacts, have picked up new commission work, and some of the galleries and consultants listed have chosen new artists to represent. The blog index has gotten more than 16,000 page views of YOUR work! The new site will list opportunities and will have to ability for artists to upload their own work and information. More funding = more features. ALL of the money raised will go toward the new site.

You have a few choices to contribute. I’m currently running a Kickstarter project to get things off the ground. There are perks! You get a print of my work with selected donations. There's a link in the right column. Remember, nothing happens if we don't meet our goal.

If you don’t want to use Kickstarter, I've put a PayPal link in the top of the sidebar of the blog to make it easy. If none of these options work for you, email me and I’ll give you my mailing address and you can send me a check.

Thanks for your interest! With your help, this project can continue to be a valuable resource for both working artists and arts administrators.

Member Profile - jynja

http://www.jynja.com

I am a concrete and mosaic sculptor. What I love most is the exploration from concept to finish, from the pictures that I study, to learning the animal's habit, habitat, and characteristics that inspire me to create my whimsical creatures. Other times, it is a core idea with no direction that matures in spirit through the process as I work on a piece. And it is the creative process brought about by the use of mortar or glue and discarded pieces of stone, ceramic, glass, and other found objects that bring it into this physical world. Architectural, functional, or whimsical commissions accepted.

Member Profile - Joy Taylor

I am a public artist, a sculptor, collagist...

http://www.JoyTaylorArt.com/

Member Profile - Melinda Patrick

http://melindapatrickpaintings.com
http://www.melindapatrick.com

I am drawn to the images of the people and places in and around my native Texas. I bring to the work a snapshot of what I see and how I see the world around me. Scenes of everyday life at home or in my travels speak to me. Houses and shops that make up our past and current lives intrigue me. I was interested in art from an early age and was mentored by my Grandfather, an accomplished photographer and painter. Earning my Bachelor of Fine Art at the San Francisco Art Institute, I developed my art in oil. Many years spent as a graphic designer has changed my perspective and my recent medium of preference is acrylics. I use the fast drying time of acrylics to achieve crisp results. While I do work in other mediums, such as pastels and linoprints, it's acrylics on canvas that captures most of my creative spirit.

Member Profile - Garin Baker

As a Fine Artist/Painter and Muralist I use traditional means of draftsmanship and atmospheric color studies to create large scale public art projects and commissions.
At the core of my work and is a reverence for the human form and our environment, painterly expressing and documenting moments of our collective experiences.

Garin Baker / Fine Artist/ Muralist
e-mail: gb@carriageart.com
Web sites:
http://www.carriageart.com
http://www.garinbakerart.com

Member Profile - Glenda J. Guilmet

oil painting (on canvas) "Attabeira en Cacibajaugua," 1997, 60" x 60"

http://home.earthlink.net/~glendaguilmet/index.html

Glenda J. Guilmet, a visual artist, is listed in Marquis Who's Who in American Art, (2007-2010), 2000 Outstanding Artists and Designers of the 20th Century (2000), 2000 Outstanding People of the 21st Century (2002), Dictionary of International Biography (2000-2005), Marquis Who's Who in the World (2000-2004), Marquis Who's Who in America (1997-2004), Marquis Who's Who of American Women (1995-2007), Marquis Who's Who in the West (1998-2001), and more.

She was awarded a Hedgebrook Invitational Residency in 2000 and a First Place Award for "Shadow Dance #1" in the 1988 Crosscurrents Arts Contest. She received both a B.A. in Art (1989) and a B.A. in Business Administration (1981) from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. Her work is in many private and corporate collections, and in the permanent collections of the Bibliotheque nationale de France (Paris, France), the Puyallup Tribe of Indians (Tacoma, WA), Chief Leschi Schools (Tacoma, WA), the Seattle Art Museum, and the University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, WA). Over thirty of her images have been reproduced in such publications as Native America in the Twentieth Century: An Encyclopedia, Sojourner's Truth and Other Stories, The Seattle Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle Weekly, Seattle Guide, Tacoma News Tribune, Tacenda, Raven Chronicles, Gatherings, Reflex, Arches, Aristos, Art Access, and Russian Morning.

Her work has been shown in such places as the Bibliotheque national de France, Institute de Cultura Puertorriquena (Puerto Rico), Westfalishe Museum fur Naturkunde (Munster, Germany), Seattle Art Museum, Tacoma Art Museum, the Governor's Invitational at the Washington State Capital Museum, Daybreak Star Art Gallery, Sacred Circle Gallery of American Indian Art, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, University of Arizona Museum of Art, University of Washington, University of Puget Sound, Seattle University, and Western Washington University. Her work has also traveled to Russia and Scotland.

Member Profile - Susan Leslie Lumsden

http://www.rebelquilter.com

I especially like to work on a grand scale. Mixing abstract color grounds with vague representational overlays is a combination that has a strong following-- especially my trees and landscapes. "Seeking Clarity" was recently chosen for Lark Books 500 quilts.

Member Profile - Jun-Jun Sta.Ana

Multi-Media; Unconventional Portraits

http://www.artmajeur.com/junjunsa

http://www.caconline.org/gallery.asp?artist=junjunstaana

I employ multiples, texts, and symbols in my works to address my view of issues on identity. It also allows for a flow of subjective interpretations from the viewer, putting into light the individual’s preconceptions, belief systems, culture, and background.

I like the play on repetition, when patterns and “new” images form from the original, thereby distorting “programmed” perception.
For my unconventional portraits I produce works where the image of the subject is repeated as a design element to create a larger image portraying, defining, or referencing the person.

Member Profile - Erik Muff Reinert

http://www.bricksite.com/erikmuffreinert

Erik Muff Reinert born 1967

I`m primarily autodidactic (self-taught), although a have participated in some traditional art education in Copenhagen.

I have been compelled to paint and draw since childhood.

For many years I worked as AD, within the commercial side of the visual arts, I found this to be a monotonous grind, and the pressures of the corporate world unbearable, and left this work to pursue a more creative and rewarding path .

I participated in a county project, to help troubled youth, during this time I produced hundreds of different shapes in our workshop, all diverse and completely random, each shape was a one off, totally unique, something I find curious and captivating.

Alongside the youth project I took many walks on the beach, and gathered washed up storm debris. I was inspired by the forms and randomness of the objects, and started to draw, paint and carve on the various driftwood and debris, creating many of the pieces exhibited here.

Together with shape, form, texture and randomness, my work is an on-going venture into the uniqueness and wonderment of nature. With the beguiling found objects she presents to me, this is an ongoing subject and theme I intend to continue to explore…

May we never loose our ability to wonder.

About the works
I work with the paradoks: Nature versus Culture.

Member Profile - Kathryn Stotler

I believe my job as an artist is to take the mundane and overlooked items of reality and transform them into something irresistible to the human psyche. These works combine man-made elements into assemblages of squares creating a new whole. They are reminiscent of sculpture but more closely related to collage. Each contains a juxtaposition of trash including but not limited to metals, rubber, plastics, and fabrics. They are available in a variety of sizes.


www.kathrynstotler.com
Kathryn.stotler@gmail.com

Member Profile - Bill Sims

Bill Sims is an artist and MD of Art Babylon in Hong Kong. We specialise in limited edition artist signed prints (for commercial and private clients), original artworks, antiques and collectibles. We encourage a collaborative approach with emerging artists.

http://www.artbabylon.com
bill@artbabylon.com

Kickstarter Funding Project for pFAn!

You all know about pFAn, professional Fine Art network, which I started last year. With almost 2000 members, we’ve outgrown our free blog and I want to develop a “real” website so I just launched a Kickstarter project to help. pFAn is a directory of artists and consultants who are interested in site-specific commissions for public spaces.

Here’s the URL http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joanie/be-a-sell-out

Note: If you previously made a donation, you will be added to the new site.

Member Profile - Tom Kiebzak

Tom's thirty-plus years of experience as a photographer, jazz flugelhorn player, web designer and painter have given him the opportunity to travel the world, capturing vivid still life, nature and cultural images.

With featured photos published in web sites, brochures, gallery exhibits, posters, CD covers, and cover/feature story photos for various publications, Tomasz brings a wide array of experience as a studio, event, landscape photographer, and educational artist in residence.

I am currently working on a series of 6' x 6' abstract paintings for an upcoming show in Milwaukee.

http://tkiebzak.deviantart.com/gallery/