Jj D’Onofrio – American Baptism and No One is Listening

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Jj D’Onofrio
Amsterican Baptism and No One is Listening

Jj D’Onofrio writes: ‘As an American I witness each day, in various forms, two of the driving factors in our society: guns and religion. Far too often they mingle in a toxic dance of violence and belief. It’s a dynamic that starts early in life and matures, permeating nearly every aspect of American society.
       To chronicle these examples objectively through my photographs, is in some way my attempt to provide a space for the viewer to examine and hopefully question these two, specific underpinnings of our culture and their impacts on our lives.’

Jj D’Onofrio, American Baptism, mixed media, 2023

Jj D’Onofrio, No One is Listening, mixed media, 2022.

Edward Michael Supranowicz – Drifting Sky 6

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Edward Michael Supranowicz
Drifting Sky 6

The artist writes: ‘I have been doing digital paintings and drawings for the last 10 or so years. It is a good fit to my personality and nature, being able to go forward, then back, then back and forward, and not having to worry about wasted canvas. And digital work allows for sharing work with more than one person rather than just one person “owning” a painting. I use GIMP because it is open source. All my work starts with a “blank canvas”, same as it did when I used oil and acrylics to paint with and ink and pen to draw with.’

Edward Michael Supranowicz, Drifting Night 6, digital art, 2022

Samarra Prahlad – Armageddon & Hope is an emerald ocean

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Samarra Prahlad
Armageddon & Hope is an emerald ocean

Samarra Prahlad writes: ‘My subject matter is the natural world, which I like to represent in an abstract and intuitive way, using palette knives. I love vibrant acrylic colours, especially blues and reds, which I feel gives an added emotional dimension to the scenes I am trying to capture. I often travel within New South Wales with my parents. A lot of my work is inspired by the natural beauty of the places I get to see. Armageddon and Hope is an emerald ocean were made in response to natural disasters in Australia in 2022: wildfires and destructive floods. These paintings are a documentation of those trying times. Before Covid, I was part of Art Together, a popular artist collective. I will be going to university soon, and I plan to keep my art up as it is an integral part of who I am and how I express myself.’

Samarra Prahlad, Armageddon, acrylic on canvas, 2022


 

Samarra Prahlad, Hope is an Emerald Ocean, acrylic on canvas, 2022

Edward Supranowicz – And the Toys and Xmas Ornaments All Went Mad

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Edward Supranowicz
And the Toys and Xmas Ornaments All Went Mad

Edward Supranowicz is the grandson of Irish and Russian/Ukrainian immigrants. He grew up on a small farm in Appalachia. He has a graduate background in painting and printmaking. Some of his artwork has recently appeared or will soon appear in Fish Food, Streetlight, Another Chicago Magazine, The Door Is a Jar, The Phoenix, and The Harvard Advocate. Supranowicz is also a published poet.

Edward Supranowicz, And the Toys and Xmas Ornaments All Went Mad, digital image, 2021

Edward Michael Supranowicz – Tangent 2c

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Edward Michael Supranowicz
Tangent 2c

The artist writes: ‘I have been doing digital paintings and drawings for the last 10 or so years. It is a good fit to my personality and nature, being able to go forward, then back, then back and forward, and not having to worry about wasted canvas. And digital work allows for sharing work with more than one person rather than just one person “owning” a painting. I have been using GIMP because it is open source. My background is in both painting and printmaking, and I do start with a blank electronic canvas each time and build things up as I would in traditional mediums.’

Edward Michael Supranowicz, Tangent 2c, digital image, 2021

Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad – The Portal

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Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad
The Portal

The artist writes: ‘This piece was inspired by an article I read at the beginning of last year’s lockdown, about Venice’s long-polluted canals slowly running clear, turning blue again, teeming with fish in waters so still one could see all the way down to the bottom. With human activity curtailed heavily, the lockdown was certainly a period of healing for nature the world over. In my artwork I have visualized an open portal drawing out the dust and distress of the world. Perhaps when the pandemic that presently ravages us ends, a new era will dawn, one in which humanity will be more in sync with nature. I hope for a better future for us all.
      I have used paper bits, cloth, threads, acrylics, gouache, distress inks and pens for this mixed-media artwork. It has been made on canvas grain paper and is 12”x 9”.’

Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad, The Portal, mixed media, 2021.

Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad – The View from My Windows

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Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad
The View from My Windows

Visual artist Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad writes: ‘I work primarily with acrylics and gouache, and like to paint scenes from everyday life. I find making mixed-media collages meditative and relaxing, and I use a wide variety of paper bits and cloth remnants in my pieces. These two artworks are from a series that I put together during the lockdown, when the windows of my workspace were my only eyes to the world outside. In my mind’s eye, I saw the places I had been to. I found solace in my recollections. The view through the windows in my artworks are places that hold significance for me which I hope to visit again when travel becomes possible. These days at work in my studio, I look to nature for inspiration through open windows.’

Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad, Outside it is Glorious acrylic and gouache with oil pastels and distress inks, 2020


 

Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad, Freedom, acrylic and gouache with oil pastels and distress inks, 2020

Kevin Reid – Pregnant Woman

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Kevin Reid
Pregnant Woman

Kevin Reid is a graduate of the University of Dundee with a First Class Honours in English Literature. He has worked as a museum and art gallery assistant and is a qualified librarian and an English Language Teacher. Reid is a creator in various art forms: drawing, painting, poetry, and photography are all mediums he chooses to work with. Self-taught in drawing and painting, he is primarily an outsider in his visual art. In all its forms, his work leans heavily on emotionalism. Communicating and evoking moods, feelings and ideas are primary to his work and Pregnant Woman, one of a kind, is a fine example of this. His drawings have been published in Three Drops from a Cauldron, 2018 and his photography in Wordless (Knives, Forks & Spoons Press, 2013).
 

Kevin Reid, Pregnant Woman, charcoal drawing, 2006

Dianne Kellogg – Ghost Pipes

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Dianne Kellogg
Ghost Pipes

Dianne Kellogg studied watercolours with Florian K. Lawton (1921 – 2011), an American visual artist and a realist painter who painted Amish rural life near her home in Northeastern Ohio. His influence informs her eye for detail and interest in the natural world. This artwork of ghost pipes, or Monotropa uniflora as they are known by their Latin classification, was discovered in the undergrowth near her Pennsylvania cabin. In June 2017, she added it to her collection of fungi photos only to find that it was actually flora similar to mistletoe. Kellogg has manipulated the photo taken with a Galaxy VI mobile telephone by using halo and dry brush effects in Adobe Photoshop to create the digital image.

Dianne Kellogg, Ghost Pipes, digital image, 2018

Dianne Kellogg – Old School

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Old School
by Dianne Kellogg

Dianne Kellogg is an Ohio native who married a “country boy.” She studied watercolour under Florin Lawton and has worked as a muralist and interior decorator. Other interests included photography and more recently digital art. Below are three examples of historical photographs about education that she has digitally manipulated.

Dianne Kellogg, Graduation, circa 1920, digital image, 2017

 

Dianne Kellogg, Old School, digital image, 2017

 

Dianne Kellogg, Newbury Boys School , circa 1930, digital image, 2017