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The artist shows the audience something unique that was noticed by him in a short moment in the vast time of his life. I am not an exception. I am a part of the world of artists, and therefore I constantly look at life either through a microscope or through a telescope.   I am looking for exceptional and unique manifestations of reality in the smallest forms of the nature surrounding me.   I am looking for clues inside the process of meditation, which is an important part of my life.   I am looking for answers about the purpose of being, studying the ancient science of Astrology and applying its laws to my own Path on Earth.   But words are too stingy to describe it, so I chose my own language – the language of canvas and oil paints. I know that I am on the right track. I am sure of it, because I am enjoying every moment of time I have spent, creating a new artwork. At these moments I talk to my inner self, and this conversation can last for hour...

Fabian Perez is an Argentine artist living in the city of Los Angeles since 1997. He left his hometown Campana, Buenos Aires at the age of 20 and began to travel the world looking to develop his artistic talent inherited from his mother. Over the years Fabian has explored different paths searching for greater self expression and artistic truth. His tenacity and dedication have led him to be recognized at an international level as one of the best portrait painters of the century and considered by the media as the best contemporary figurative artist of his generation.  Fabian Perez art and style is unique, reflecting passion, emotion and pure energy. He is the creator of a new painting movement that he calls Neo Emotionalism. A style that will be recognized by the artist who feels liberated after finishing his work, and to the viewer who can feel the artwork in his heart. What exactly is Neo-Emotionalism? Neo-emotionalism is an artistic movement and the name I decided to advocate to...

Anastasia Fedorova is an award-winning Ukrainian Canadian painter. Anastasia was born in Kiev, Ukraine. She is now located in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she resides and works. Anastasia Fedorova learned oil painting and drawing from celebrated Ukrainian painters for more than a decade before attending the Institute of Art and Design in Kiev. She later studied Art History at University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. We have conducted a short interview with her. What does art and painting mean to you?  For me, art and painting, in particular, means to be present in the moment. My mode of perception of this world is made through a direct experience of the immediate presence. My goal is coming back to the ultimate source, which is nature, and to ourselves. I believe that nature and natural forms are the pathways to contemplation and creation.  Mysterious Night Why is art important, in your personal opinion and also at large?  I believe that art is an essent...

Lilia Postu was born in the former Soviet Union of Russia and since 1996 she lives and works in Greece on the island of Santorini. She studied at Alexei Mateevich College of Fine Arts in Chisinaou and also took painting lessons at the Kalacheva school in Russia with Irina Klimova. We have conducted a short interview with Lilia. Lilia Postu Which is your favorite art tool/media? Why and which artist(s) inspire you to use "this tool" in your own artwork at the very first time? One of my favorite art tools for painting are brushes of different sizes, I also like to use a spatula to create some kind of texture or strokes. It all depends on the size of the painting and the scene I intend to draw.  One of my favorite abstract artists is Claire Desjerdins. unique bright paintings created by large brains with a spatula became a great inspiration for me, so I decided to use this tool in my works The paints that I usually paint are acrylic, oil, watercolors. All are different but each...

Barb Sherin is an entrepreneur and self-taught painter, who at a very young age, was bit by the fashion bug. Her interest in designing had her juggling both senior year in High School and training at The French Fashion Academy in New York City. She attended Parsons School of Design and was shortly introduced to the music industry. At the same time, she pursued her passion for painting. Her collaboration with Pioneer Hip Hop Photographer, Al Pereria, landed her paintings in magazines with recording artists, Schoolly D, MC Ren, Yoyo, Tevin Campbell, Wu Tang Clan, and more.  Where are you based right now and where are you from? I’m a native New Yorker. However, I currently live and work in NYC and Barcelona. What landed your paintings in magazines with recording artists? Please share with us about your entrepreneurial journey.  In the early 90's I met Pioneer Hip Hop Photographer, Al Pereria. He suggested my artwork as backdrops for his photo shots. He's is a wonderful photograp...

Lorette C. Luzajic is an award-winning mixed media artist from Toronto, Canada. Her signature squares and large collage paintings have been collected in more than 25 countries, including USA, Mexico, Peru, Qatar, South Africa, Estonia, France, Germany, Australia, Austria, Tunisia, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Japan, and Portugal. Her work has appeared in galleries, museums, hotels, banks, nightclubs, corporate and medical offices, as a prop on reality TV, in the Berlin Metro, on a 20 foot billboard in New Orleans, in a magazine ad campaign for Madrid-based diamond company Carrera Y Carrera, and at the Royal Ontario Museum. Lorette’s artworks are born from eclectic curiosity. She is interested in everything, and takes inspiration from a range of sources, including personal experience, art history, travel, cinema, cities, music, typography, graffiti, advertising, and most of all, poetry and literature. She writes when she is not painting, usually about art. Why do you use 12x12” squa...

Otto Laske is a visual artist, composer, and published poet writing in English and German. His visual art is entirely digital; his concert music comprises both instrumental and electronic works. Given that his compositional career of 45 years preceded his turn to visual art (in his seventies), his work shows strong influences of music-compositional thinking in that it emphasizes energy flow, variations of density, conflict resolution, and contrasts in terms of color, line, and stroke.  Otto’s visual art developed out of animations comprising images, music, and his own poetry read aloud. He initially exhibited specially selected animation stills as paintings. As time went on, he increasingly embraced Klee’s notion of Aufzucht der Mittel (nurturance of the tools of the craft) as the core of art making. As a result, his primary concern became the aliveness of the pictorial space. For him, this esthetics entails freeing the elements of painting from subservience to representational goa...

Iness Kaplun is a New York Pop Art artist. Iness works in mixed media, collage, using newspapers, magazines, painting and drawing. Her passion for art and painting began at home as a child when her grandfather, himself an artist, painter and decorator, first handed her his brush. Her love of painting has remained within her throughout the years since, continuously reminding her of her roots and where she came from. We have conducted a short interview with Iness. Where are you originally from and where are you based? I live in New York City but originally I’m from Saint-Petersburg, Russia. I graduated from Saint-Petersburg University of Technology and Design with Art degree. Currently I teach Art and painting to children and adults in my art studio in addition to pursuing my own artistic career.  Tell us about your style/ favorite artists.  In current moment of my life I find myself under a big influence of Pop Art. My favorite artists are Andy Warhol and his extremely con...