Creative Artist

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For a long time, Nicole Maguire had no idea what to paint or how to begin. There was an empty room in her first apartment, so she thought it could be turned into an art studio. It was not meant to be – a pad of paper and a pencil sat on a table in th

ImagineFX

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Bryan Mark Taylor Where did you grow up, and how has this influenced your art? I grew up in Utah and my passion for painting came in part from spending my childhood outdoors. The red rock desert of southern Utah is one of the most enchanting and alie

Artist's Palette

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David Robert Hill was born in North London, but he now lives and works at his home studio at Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney. He completed a four year diploma course at The Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney, and was awarded a Fi

Australian How To Paint

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My ‘art’ journey was restricted initially to dabbling in hobbies and crafts including decoupage, paper tolle, folk art, pottery, woodworking and lead lighting, until my two sons reached secondary college. Utilising my skills in tracing, gridding up,

Home Design

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Words Louise Smithers Stanislas Piechaczek, or Stan to his mates, is a French-born artist living down under. His recent collection for Curious Grace has us eager to learn more about this up-and-coming creative. “I have always expressed myself creativ

Artist's Palette

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Joyce Hopwood-Knight lives at Kyneton, Victoria – a historic country town near Bendigo. She cares full-time for her elderly mother. Previously she farmed at Broadford in Victoria, breeding thoroughbred horses and cattle. Only a short time ago, purely

Artist's Drawing and Inspiration

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Helen’s love of the creative has been a driving force for most of her life. This lady was born in Melbourne, and she treasures an early recollection of her intense interest in painting (in art class at high school); although having a huge crush on he

Artist's Palette

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Kate Frawley was born in Elmore, Victoria. In 1972, she moved to Melbourne to follow a working career with the Commonwealth Government. She had studied art throughout her schooling. After leaving school she continued with art as a hobby. In 1976, on

Home Design

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Previous page & 1/ The Elementals Collection features more than 50 works by Australian artists and interior designers, Kate St James and Catherine Whitting, including watercolours, oils, mixed media, limited editions and collaborative works. “For our

Australian How To Paint

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Even now, living in Brisbane, I am surrounded by South-East Queensland’s treasure trove of beautiful natural features such as beaches, bays, mountain ranges and World Heritage-listed rainforests. Travel has been an important part of my life and explo

5280 Home

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CONSTRUCTED TERRITORIES: FAWN ATENCIO > Where: Mai Wyn Fine Art When: through March 9 Opening reception: February 1, 5–9 p.m. What: Denver native Fawn Atencio has seen many different landscapes during her travels, from deserts in nort

ImagineFX

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JAW Cooper can tell you the exact moment she got into art. Her parents worked in ecology and evolutionary biology, specialising in freshwater invertebrates. Her parents’ research took them around the world, so Cooper grew up “somewhat nomadically.” S

Southwest Art

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WITHIN MONTHS of beginning private lessons in painting at the age of 12, Bruno Capolongo was awarded his first institutional commission. Later, as a student at the Ontario College of Art, the artist attracted further recognition for his work in the f

Grand Designs Australia

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“never paint around the edges of paintings. Don’t eat fish on a Monday and don’t discover a subject of any kind,” Michael replies when asked about his philosophy on life. It’s this unique perspective of the world — he finds inspiration in scuff marks

Fine Art Connoisseur

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When it comes to subject matter, Ned Mueller (b. 1940) is not particular. Or rather, he is, but not in the way most of us would expect. “You can find a pretty great painting in a pile of rocks,” he asserts. “For me, it’s about seeing an arrangement o

Denver Life Magazine

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“I’ve been painting and drawing since I was a child. My parents originally put me in school to be a figure skater. This was back in Ukraine. All my teachers told my parents that I was supposed to study art. In high school, I decided to go to universi

Artists & Illustrators

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I found the article about specialist mediums [Essential Studio Craft, Issue 406] extremely interesting but the final part about spirit painting mediums made me pause. Edgar Degas’ favourite method of peinture à l’essence is cited and the writer sugge

Southwest Art

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MOST PEOPLE, looking back on a career, tend to cite the small successes that nudged them forward—the little confidence-builders and positive experiences that felt like encouraging pats on the back. Cristall Harper takes a different view. “I’m where I

Australian Home Beautiful

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When visiting the sunny home of contemporary artist Alex Park, in Sydney’s Inner West, it’s hard not to be transfixed by the dreamy European coastlines and striking linear faces that adorn the chic abode’s walls. But look a little deeper, and you wil

Country Homes & Interiors

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Runway Gallery is the brainchild of Daniel SYRETT, whose own unique work is part of a contemporary range of affordable artwork from celebrated artists, available to buy online. Here, he shares his inspiration and describes his creative process… Th

Southwest Art

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AS THOUSANDS of art lovers descend on Jackson, WY, this month for its annual Fall Arts Festival, two iconic aspects of the American West find eloquent expression at Legacy Gallery. The gallery mounts a major solo show of works by landscape artist Gle

Southwest Art

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What inspired your winning entry? My focus was how to strike a balance between aspects of landscape as subject matter and permitting the power of my painting materials and textures to read as a stand-alone topic. I played a great deal with complex co

Artist's Palette

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ARTIST’S PALETTE magazine seeks to showcase the works of talented Australians producing art at a whole range of skill levels, whether they are accomplished creative people with a long history of achievements or beginners (of all ages) striving to bui

Cowboys & Indians

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Friday evening’s ticketed Living Treasures Celebration—this year honoring Kathleen Wall (Jemez Pueblo) — kicks off festivities with a reception and auction. On Saturday and Sunday, the art market features a wide range of artwork, from traditional to

Cowboys & Indians

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STRENGTH, BEAUTY, FREEDOM — JEAN RICHARDSON DISTILLS THE FIGURE OF THE HORSE DOWN TO colorful abstractions that symbolize these compelling traits. The Oklahoma City-based abstract painter has been an artist for more than 70 years. She took her first

New American Paintings

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Green Bay, WI www.danielklewer.com 2011 MA, Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, WI 2006 Bachelor of Arts, University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, Green Bay, WI 2020 PLOCH Art Gallery, Brookfield, WI 2019 74th Art Annual, Neville Public Museum, Green B

Home Design

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Art is highly subjective, but there’s no doubt the most successful pieces are those that keep you coming back for more. The ones with scattered treasures you missed the first, second, third or 30th time around. Easter eggs hidden amid layers of paint

Blue Mountains Life

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her paintings are captivating for their sweeps of dimension building, expressive strokes. Worked in pure dancing colours, her figurative abstractions of still lifes and street scenes are filled with energy and light. I’m talking about Larissa Blake a

Southwest Art

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What inspired your winning entry? As with most of my art, this painting refers to a memory of a place and time. The memory is a happy one, and I used a lot of playful gestures, saturated summer colors, and loose shapes to express that. How would you

Fine Art Connoisseur

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This past May, the winner of the first Bennett Prize for Women Figurative Realist Painters was announced at Michigan’s Muskegon Museum of Art before a standing-room-only crowd. The prize’s founders, the San Antonio-based collectors Steven Alan Bennet