4th Annual Colorful Abstractions Featured Artists

Barbara is a Washington state based artist. She is a colorist, and creating a painting is like taking a journey, getting lost, discovering, and re-framing the vision of the world she sees. Her paintings are full of energy and the abstract works are usually large and filled with an abundance of color. If you study her art, it resonates. The colors vibrate and tell a story. Not one to be limited by a brush, Barbara often will use her hands or a new found tool to create a depth and uniqueness to the final result.

Please visit Barbara’s website if you are interested in purchasing this award winning piece or to see more of her work.

Photography has been my passion for more then fifty years. In the mid 70s I began experimenting with darkroom and camera techniques that attempted to move my art beyond the captured image and into an art of expression and emotion. Unfortunately the limitation of technology never allowed me to completely realize my expectations. 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 in an exciting new direction I call “interpretative photography.”

Please visit Mac’s website if you would like to purchase this award winning piece or to see more of his work.

Marlene Siff, born in New York City, was raised in the Bronx. An art honors graduate from the High School of Music and Art, she graduated from Hunter College with a B.A. degree majoring in Fine Arts and elected to Kappa Pi, the Honorary Arts Society. Marlene Siff’s work has been exhibited in museums, galleries and universities throughout the U.S. and abroad. Marlene’s assemblage, Fallen Heroes Afghanistan, is on exhibition in Connecticut Congressman Jim Himes’ office at the Capitol Building. Peace/War is part of the permanent collection of the B’Nai Brith National Jewish Museum in Washington DC. Pluie et Soleil is on permanent exhibition in the Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center at Cornell University. Staccato is on exhibition through August 2018, with a paid honorarium, in the lobby of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals in Tarrytown, NY. Marlene was featured in Creative Women Today, on CT Cablevision. She participated in Years In The Making, Martin West’s documentary film. Recently Marlene was featured in a film, 13 Women, celebrating Westport women from the Arts produced by the Westport Arts Center. Since 2014 Marlene has been juried into 74 competitions and won 24 awards. Marlene Siff works in her home-based studio in Westport, CT.

Please visit Marlene’s website to purchase this award winning artwork or to see more of her work.