Gallery II

Title:  "Winter"
Number of Edition:  250
Image Size:  21" X 23"
Date of Release:  2002
Medium:  Giclee on Canvas
Edition Number:  186 of 250
Retail Value: $4,200
Framed?:  No

Sell Price:  $1,995.00

 

Sell Price:  $1,750.00

Biography:
Lindsay Dawson is primarily known for his colorful impressionistic paintings of women and children in beach and garden settings, and romantic bygone era scenes. Dawson's paintings have a unique style (at times almost naïve) that tend to have a simple innocence that transports the viewer into another world, often that of childhood memories.
Today, his limited-edition serigraphs, prints and originals are sought after by major collectors everywhere. As his recognition grows, he continues to perfect his style of ‘new impressionism.’

A "New Impressionist" schooled under the tutelage of John Asaro and Dan McCaw at Pasadena’s famed Art Center, Dawson’s work transcends Impressionism into a modern era with paintings that are not only beautiful explorations of light but recall intimate moments of childhood. His conveyance of relationships between children and especially fathers and children renders his work as romanticisized snapshots of the most joyous moments of contemporary life.

Sell Price:  $550.00

Biography:
Vibrant, impulsive, dynamic, energetic. Those are the words Jaqueline Kamin uses to describe her luxuriously rich impressionist landscapes. Kamin's exuberant style evolved through extensive travel. She basked in the warmth and architecture of Mexico and the breathtaking beauty of the South of France. Kamin has explored the East and West Coasts of the United States and spent two years living in the Orient. Currently her images reflect the architectural style of Newport Beach and the hills of Laguna Beach. To ensure the integrity of her works, Kamin relies on her heart to guide her brush strokes, believing that in doing so an element of timeless truth will exhibit itself.

Sell Price:  $4,800.00

Biography:

Jiang was born in 1938, in Ningbo, Zhejiiang Province, in China. Even as a child he displayed a great love and talent for painting and drawing, and early on he knew the course his life would take.  In 1959, in a highly competitive exam he won admission to the prestigious Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. From 1962-64 he studied with the famous Chinese artist Huang Yong-yu, who first exposed him to the paintings from the Dunguang caves. In 1964 he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree. This was the last class to graduate before the cultural revolution. Upon graduation in 1964,  Jiang and a small number of other artists volunteered to go down to the Yunnan province. This turned out to be a blessing.

His new home allowed his talents to burst forth. Jiang's talent was so obvious that from 1966-73 the Chinese Government assigned him to produce "Socialist Realism" propaganda posters and sculptures during the Cultural Revolution. He even painted the famous large red-faced poster of Chairman Mao. The natural beauty of the province inspired him. With two other artists, He Neng and Liu Shaohui, Jiang secretly formed the nucleus of what was first called the "Heavy Colorist" school and is now known as the" Yunnan School began.

Sell Price:  $800.00

Biography:
Artist RITA ASFOUR has been quietly STUNNING the Art World over the years with her exquisite Impressionist MASTERPIECES!  RITA ASFOUR`s enchanting images are effortlessly harmonious...she blends techniques of the Great Masters with a delightful Freshness that Art Collectors and Critics alike have overwhelmingly fallen in love with! As her Fine body of work becomes more and more popular, each masterpiece continues to climb in value! 
“Leonardo Da Vinci Italian School of Fine Aret is where I nurtured my love for art.  My Italian instructors taught me how to paint alla prima.  At Universal Studios, I painted hundreds of portraits.  There, I learned how to quickly freeze people's personalities on paper. I was first taught to paint the classical way, using dark palettes and precise forms.  Gradually, my strokes became gentler and my colors brighter.  Lately, my paintings have become more dynamic and exotic.  I call my recent works, "ILLUSIONS."

Sell Price:  $550.00

Sell Price:  $925.00

Framed?:  No
Retail Value:  $4,800.00 unframed.

Sell Price:  $2,995.00

Sell Price:  $2,200.00

Sell Price:  $550.00

Biography:

Annie Retivat was born in Paris in 1946. She studied at the Ecole D'Arts Appliques in Paris and worked as a designer and illustrator after finishing her studies. Eventually she explored painting and became completely dedicated to the medium.  The subjects of solitude, time, intimacy, and space are examined in the works of Annie Retivat. Retivat captures a realm of infinity; never ending atmospheres of earth and sky, or sea engulf her mystic and romantic feminine figures.  Retivat's paintings were first displayed at the Galerie Contemporaine Geneva, Switzerland in 1973. Since then, she has exhibited her works in prestigious galleries including Galerie Naifs et Primitifs in Paris and the International Arts Expositions in New York and Washington D.C.

Sell Price:  $550.00

Biography:
Hazel Soan was born in England in 1954 and trained at the Camberwell School of Art and at Leicester College of Art, graduating in1976.  Since that time she has built up for herself an awe-inspiring list of one-man and mixed shows from London to Birmingham, Surrey to Nottingham, Venezuela to Zimbabwe and Tokyo.  Hazel enjoys the freedom that her painting gives her. Her work is a mixture of the exotic and the ordinary. Elephants at a waterhole or the Landrover in the Okavango swamps hang alongside watercolors of the remnants of tea, or a croissant.   Her work is held in private and public collections in England, Australia, the USA, Venezuela, Africa, Japan, France and Spain. She has also received national media coverage on many television shows and has presented her own series of programs on the way in which to pain in water-color for TV.

Sell Price:  $2,395.00

Biography:
Aldo Luongo
Aldo Luongo was born in January 31, 1940, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, of Italian parents. Early in life, Luongo's father, a soccer player and his uncle, a recognized illustrator, heavily influenced Aldo's interest in art and sports. central to all of Luongo's paintings is the balance between memory and hope, sorrow and humor, freedom and control. These dynamics are clearly seen in his figurative works, especially those portraying the "Hawk," his archetypal character spun from the memory of his father and Luongo's discovery of his future self. The most enduring single image in the paintings of Aldo Luongo is that of "The Hawk." The Hawk is a character who has evolved throughout Luongo's career, and is his single most meaningful symbol.

In addition to a large portfolio of impressionistic canvases, Luongo has designed album art for Dionne Warwick as well as advertising graphics for Yul Brynner.
 

Sell Price:  $875.00

Biography:
Famed Artist ALDO LUONGO has had the great fortune to see his exquisite works of art commissioned for everything from the Olympics, to Record Albums, to the private collections of Hollywood Stars! For decades, LUONGO has enchanted millions with his lush Romantic Impressionist colors and lines. Romantic Post Impressionist from Argentina, Aldo Luongo was an official artist of the 1980 and 1996 USA Olympic Games. Aldo Luongo's paintings became widely accepted and critically admired. He has twice been chosen to paint eggs for the White House Easter egg hunt, which are now a part of the Smithsonian collection.

Biography:
Art Master CAROLINE YOUNG breathes the rarified air of the few Illustrious Masters of the "Delicate Style" technique of Ancient Oriental painting. Young`s images are magnificently hypnotic - indeed, she mixes her own colors to acheive her One of a Kind Luscious Look. And each masterpiece is created on decadent, multi-layered Artist`s Paper that mesmerizes with subtly embossed patterns, and glistens with the rippling glitter of perhaps a fine Photograph mixed with exotic silks! Truly unique, intriguing, and utterly decadent, the Artwork of CAROLINE YOUNG is absolutely ESSENTIAL!!

Framed?:  No
Retail Value:  $3,800.00 unframed.

Sell Price:  $2,400.00

Sell Price:  $2,595.00

Biography:
Barbara McCann creates scenes that the viewer feels he or she can walk right into. Her use of the palette knife adds a textural level to her images, which contributes to the overall impression of liveliness. This heavy impasto technique imbues objects and figures with an air of solidity and dimension. It is a technique well-suited to her impressionistic style. Barbara’s love of light, use of rich, saturated color, and application of heavily textured paints mark her as as an heir to the impressionists’ ideals – to create works that concentrate on the feelings a scene evokes rather than the accurate reproduction of “reality.” Light, shadow, color, texture, and perspective are the fundamental elements Barbara uses to create visions of warmth and wonder, full of life and light.
Barbara McCann was raised in western Pennsylvania. She began her artistic endeavors with drawing as a child, and then with painting in her teenage years. At the age of 18, she took a four-year apprenticeship in architectural illustration and design, which set the stage for a career in art. McCann moved to Florida in 1973, and for the next 20 years ran her own architectural illustration and design studio. Barbara's career and interests in illustrative art and fine art dovetailed.

Sell Price:  $1,250.00

Biography:
JD Challenger was born in Oklahoma with a creative fire that first began to smolder when he was a very young child. After moving to Taos, New Mexico, Challenger enjoyed success as an artist painting landscapes. Privately, he continued to draw and paint as he was learning about Native Americans. He was reluctant to show his paintings in public for fear of offending a people he greatly admired. Working in oils and acrylics on canvas, as well as watercolor, his style continued to emerge and his passion grew.

JD Challenger paints the story of a people rich in heritage and traditions; stories sometimes poignant, often angry... but always powerful and demanding to be told. Each portrait speaks its own truth. Challenger is the vessel that paints that truth.

Sell Price:  $1,950.00

Biography:

Upon witnessing a Ghost Dance ceremony being filmed for a movie, Challenger came face to face with his mission in life. "As I stood there watching the chanting and the dancing, I knew what I wanted to paint... nothing had ever been clearer." His wife, Denise, encouraged him to show his work to his Native American friends, one of whom was a holy man. When he did so, he received their blessing and was told, "There has to be a messenger and he doesn't have to be one of our People. The Creator chooses His own messengers. Your path is to tell our story and educate people about the past and about what is still happening today." Challenger takes his role seriously, but modestly declines credit for his remarkable gifts. "The thing I do best is paint. I prefer to look at it as 'not me' doing it, I'm just the instrument... The Creator, the brush, the paint, and then me.

JD Challenger paints the story of a people rich in heritage and traditions; stories sometimes poignant, often angry... but always powerful and demanding to be told. Each portrait speaks its own truth. Challenger is the vessel that paints that truth.

Edition Number:  74 of 150
Framed?:  No

Sell Price:  $850.00

Sell Price:  $6,250.00

Biography:

Jiang was born in 1938, in Ningbo, Zhejiiang Province, in China. Even as a child he displayed a great love and talent for painting and drawing, and early on he knew the course his life would take.  In 1959, in a highly competitive exam he won admission to the prestigious Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. From 1962-64 he studied with the famous Chinese artist Huang Yong-yu, who first exposed him to the paintings from the Dunguang caves. In 1964 he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree. This was the last class to graduate before the cultural revolution. Upon graduation in 1964,  Jiang and a small number of other artists volunteered to go down to the Yunnan province. This turned out to be a blessing.

His new home allowed his talents to burst forth. Jiang's talent was so obvious that from 1966-73 the Chinese Government assigned him to produce "Socialist Realism" propaganda posters and sculptures during the Cultural Revolution. He even painted the famous large red-faced poster of Chairman Mao. The natural beauty of the province inspired him. With two other artists, He Neng and Liu Shaohui, Jiang secretly formed the nucleus of what was first called the "Heavy Colorist" school and is now known as the" Yunnan School began.

Sell Price:  $1,500.00

Biography:
Lindsay Dawson is primarily known for his colorful impressionistic paintings of women and children in beach and garden settings, and romantic bygone era scenes. Dawson's paintings have a unique style (at times almost naïve) that tend to have a simple innocence that transports the viewer into another world, often that of childhood memories.
Today, his limited-edition serigraphs, prints and originals are sought after by major collectors everywhere. As his recognition grows, he continues to perfect his style of ‘new impressionism.’

A "New Impressionist" schooled under the tutelage of John Asaro and Dan McCaw at Pasadena’s famed Art Center, Dawson’s work transcends Impressionism into a modern era with paintings that are not only beautiful explorations of light but recall intimate moments of childhood. His conveyance of relationships between children and especially fathers and children renders his work as romanticisized snapshots of the most joyous moments of contemporary life.

Sell Price:  $695.00

Biography:
Artist RITA ASFOUR has been quietly stunning the Art World over the years with her exquisite Impressionist MASTERPIECES!  Rita Asfour`s enchanting images are effortlessly harmonious...she blends techniques of the Great Masters with a delightful Freshness that Art Collectors and Critics alike have overwhelmingly fallen in love with! As her Fine body of work becomes more and more popular, each masterpiece continues to climb in value! 
“Leonardo Da Vinci Italian School of Fine Art is where I nurtured my love for art.  My Italian instructors taught me how to paint alla prima.  At Universal Studios, I painted hundreds of portraits.  There, I learned how to quickly freeze people's personalities on paper. I was first taught to paint the classical way, using dark palettes and precise forms.  Gradually, my strokes became gentler and my colors brighter.  Lately, my paintings have become more dynamic and exotic.  I call my recent works, "ILLUSIONS."

Sell Price:  $1,850.00

Biography:
Hessam Abrishami was born in 1951 in the city of Shiraz, Iran. At the age of fifteen, one of Hessam's teachers who was himself an artist, helped him to discover his passion for painting and art. From that point on he pursued his passion for painting and other forms of art including calligraphy and architecture, while finishing school. By the age of seventeen Hessam won his first award for his painting in a student competition, and at nineteen he got first place honors in the "Iranian New Artists Competition." In 1975 he went to Perugia Italy, which was where he considered to be the "the center of art in Europe" and attended the Accademi De Belle Arti "Pietro Vanucci", recieving a Masters Degree in Fine Arts. Hessam continues to paint and finds most his inspiration from his more dramitic life experiences. Using the medium of his choice, acrylics, he continues to explore a realm that the French Press has called, "A statement in the fluidity of human figures." Hessam's works-exhibited in Asia, Europe, and North America, have been described as "taking the onlooker to a realm of suggestion and mystical beauty.. .where everything is alive with a sense of everlasting fluid motion."

HESSAM: ABOUT HIS WORK
“I didn’t set out to use bright colors, they just came out. This is important, I don’t give any direction to my paintings. Any colors I use just come from my feelings. I don’t think about bright colors or dark colors or lines or anything. Whatever comes, that’s good enough for me.”
“I love the human figure. For me a woman’s body has more flexibility, more movement, and I can work with that. To me they have more energy. I can relax more. I work better with a woman’s figure than a man’s.”  Vibrant colors, dynamic composition and powerful expression go hand in hand with imagination and expert craftsmanship to create works of amazing depth and dimension which are at once both intriguing and disarming to the viewer.