Sunday, February 14, 2021

Marc Chagall: "The Dreamer Who Never Woke Up"

Marc Chagall : Dreams and Memories

"The Dreamer who never woke up," --Marc Chagall describing himself

"Chagall, and only Chagall, provided painting with the triumphant advent of Metaphor."--fellow painter Andre Breton

"I don't know where he gets those images. He must have an angel in his head."--Pablo Picasso

"Some art historians have sought to decrypt his symbols, but there is no consensus on what they mean. We cannot interpret them because they are simply part of his world, like figures from a dream."--Jean-Michel Foray, museum director

"Cow over Vitebsk"

"Easter"

"Flayed Ox"

"Golgotha"

"I and the Village"

"La Mariee"

"Champ de Mars"

"Mid Summer Nights Dream"

"On Two Banks"

"Over Vitebsk"

"Paris through the window"

"Peasant Life"

"Phaeton"

"Red Roofs"

"Self Portrait with seven fingers"

"Solitude"

"The Birthday"

"The Bridal Pair with the Eiffel Tower"

"The Cattle Dealer"

'The Falling Angel"

"The Fiddler"

"The Green violinist"

"The Juggler"

"The Poet"

"The Promenade"

"The Three Candles"

"To Russia Asses and Others"

"View of Paris"

Sunday, February 7, 2021

Kaye Freeman: Memories, Myths, and Shared Emotions

 Kaye Freeman weaves 'memories, myths, and shared emotions' in her layered architectural influenced oil paintings

"Vernon"

"Citadels"

"John 16:22"

"The Shadows of Heroes"

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

BRYAN LEE TILFORD: Mixed Media Collage

 Bryan Lee Tilford: Collage and Mixed Media

"The Big Smoke (Jack Johnson scrapbook Series)

"Black Moses"

"Pieces of Beardan"

"Picasso Vision"

"Intersections"

"J Law (Jacob Lawrence)"

Sunday, January 24, 2021

Penda Diakité: Powerful forms, Feminine Identity

 Penda Diakité: Using mixed media acrylic and collage to explore "black feminine identity through the lens of a multicultural, multiracial woman"

Fula Musso (Fulani Woman) 2020

Fishing For Holes in Water, 2020

Healing by Water, 2020

Mousso Ya 2020

Bouana 2019

AP 2020 Art and Design Exhibit

AP 2020 Digital Exhibit: AP Student work from around the world 

CLICK HERE to see Exhibit

Andrea Campos "Came from the Larynx"
36x48inches, Acrylic on Canvas


Bella Galo "Lipless" digital


Erhan (Henry) Bao "Drunk Death"
40 x 30 inches, Pencil


Amanda Roessler  "Nothing But Net"
Basket balls and fishing net

Amanda Roessler  "Nothing But Net" detail

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Didier William: Powerful Mark Making

 Didier William: uses Line, Shape, Space, Repetition, Rhythm to create his dynamic figures (media: painting, wood cut, carving, ink, drawing)

"Anwo" 2020

"Broken Skies (inferno)" 2019

"Ezli Freda" 2018

"Kisa Nap Fe Ansumn" 2020

"Monkonpe" 2020

"Nou Jwenn Dio" 2020

"Toya Mantou" 2018

Sunday, January 17, 2021

Genesis Tramaine: Transcending Gender, Race, Social Class

In her evocative and provocative works, Genesis Tramaine uses oil sticks, oil paint, acrylic, spray paint to create images of men and women that transcend gender, race, and social class

"Be a big Girl" 2018

"God Sisters" 2018

"Jesus" 2018

"Saint Jacob Study" 2020

"Save a Seat for Jezebel" 2018

"Singing the Gospel" 2020

"There Aint Nothing Outside" 2018

"Walk the light" 2019

Sandra Chevrier: Reinventing the Super Hero Mask

Sandra Chevrier using print making, painting, drawing, and collage to reinvent the super hero mask

"La Cage & le Fragilite de le Vie"

"La Cage et le Coeeur de la Bête (Sky blue tripple leaf)"

"La Cage quand il est trop tard"

"La Cage Quand L'Aube se Leve sur un Paysage"

"La Cage Qui A Donne Sa Vie Pour Sauver L'Humanite"

"La Cage Aux veines d'acier"

"Tears sting in his eyes for her world"

"La Cage un dernière larme"