2/4 AiO: Artists

Realistic and narrative pastels, acrylics, and mixed-media -- Delivered by Feed43 service Lisa Kretchman - United States February 3, 2010 at 1:05 PM Lisa is a multidisciplinary artist and animator. Working with soft pastels, acrylic and mixed-media, she explores views of the beauty of the natural world as well as personal journeys into narrative art and symbolism. Organic shapes and vibrant color are often reflected in Lisa's work. Starting with strong simple shapes, texture and detail are layered into each piece. As the painting evolves, the goal is to evoke a mood, often based on a key term or ideal, sometimes incorporating narrative or sybolism. Lisa will also experiment with unexpected materials - torn edges and text may be used in a piece to contrast with the soft texture of the pastel. When she is not painting, Lisa develops Flash animation and interactivity for her company Pixel-Artistry.   my absolutearts page with more paintings and prices -- Delivered by Feed43 service Emiliano Baiocchi - Germany February 3, 2010 at 1:05 PM I was born in Italy in 1979. I took part in several personal and group exhibitions in Italy, France and Germany. I live and work in Berlin.   my absolutearts page with more paintings and prices -- Delivered by Feed43 service Emiliano Baiocchi - Germany February 3, 2010 at 7:41 AM I was born in Italy in 1979. I took part in several personal and group exhibitions in Italy, France and Germany. I live and work in Berlin.   The official website of figurative and portrait painter M Vlasic. Realistic impressionism in oil. -- Delivered by Feed43 service M Vlasic - United States February 3, 2010 at 7:41 AM I have a strange relationship with people. I am at once fascinated and repulsed. Fear and loathing with a joyful embrace. This duality in my at-odds psyche has turned into an obsession, one which I express the only way I know how, and that is to paint. When I render the human form, I am digging into the person, pulling out what and who they are. I want to show their insides, for better or worse. By pushing and pulling the paint, the light and the shadow, I am laying them, and myself, bare on the canvas. It is my attempt to find the humanity, the God-spark, in them, and in me. There is nothing more beautiful and horrible and lofty and base as a human being, and for me, no other subject worthy of deep exploration. I feel my soul in painting the human form, and so the flesh is always calling me. Only oil paint will do for me. I fell in love with the medium, with it's soft, sensual feel and rich intensity of color i! n my first college painting classes. I paint thin, in many successive layers. This time-consuming technique gives my work a luminous quality. Because of the brief, expressive nature of the images I am creating, I work from photographs, many taken myself and some in collaboration with local photographers. I am often asked which painting is my favorite. The answer, the one I am doing now. The process of watching each work unfold, the moment when the flat canvas begins to breath, that is the fuel that drives me to keep creating. Thank you for your interest, -M Vlasic Please see my website for resume' and press information.

2/4 AiO: Artists