3rd Annual Colors Featured Artists

I paint to breathe, love, mourn, remember. Painting is a way to train myself that there are no rules. I can do anything I want and it is correct. I strive to implement this lesson into all other parts of my life. Sometimes the paint tells me exactly what it wants me to do; I follow its commands and let the inspiration flow through my body. The tangible quality of paint is a pigmented metaphor for my too-visceral emotions. Creativity is a heart-wrenching quality that often leaves me stranded in deep sorrow, anxiety, gratitude, or ecstasy, and the act of creation allows for deep emotions to manifest physically and permanently – a reminder of beauty that deeply affected me or a snapshot of grief that I survived. Each layer of acrylic is a time I will never revisit with the exact same mentality and emotion, therefore freezing and preserving my moments forever.

If you are interested in seeing more of Rebecca’s work, please email her directly. Visit the 3rd Annual Colors Art Exhibition here.

The introduction of digital and its light-room image processing was a revelation to me. It enabled me to produce images with the vibrancy, depth and sensitivity I had imagined for years. It provided a level of image interpretation never before possible. The result transformed my photography from an art of image capture to an art of image creation. It created a bridge between reality and imagination; pushing my photography with a technique I call “interpretative photography” and a style I call “digital Impressionism.” An interpretive digital style characterized by vivid visual effects interpreted with dramatic shifts of light and color designed to express mood and emotion.

Please visit Mac’s website if you are interested in seeing more of his work. Visit the 3rd Annual Colors Art Exhibition here.

Both making & pedagogy in clay continually inform Ledingham’s practice along with residing part-time near Chitzen-Itza Yucatan in Mexico. As a worker of ‘objects in space’ she is lured by a love of architecture & design. Wherever she travels, she continually explores the history of clay’s humble usage, whether it be ancient cuneiform tablets, antiquated monuments & buildings, toilets, as a food source, or as humble pots. She considers her current ‘wall‘ series not only architectural forms but statements which speak to the human condition. ‘Formalism’ as an aesthetic with its pure use of color/form/ texture /contrast/balance etc., drives her interest in form. Pivotal to these sculptural walls are the pierced surfaces suggesting to the viewer an interior space. The ‘coded‘ punctures ( via the use of binary code, Braille, Morris code) are a fundamental layer of message & mystery further informing the work. “As this civilization and its cradle of origin spiral due to conflicts, my interest in the modest material of clay and its origins of usage become ever more endearing and meaningful to me. As workers in clay we should be proud, we come from a fierce and pivotal material.”

Please visit Sandra’s website if you are interested in seeing more of her work. Visit the 3rd Annual Colors Art Exhibition here.