July 2016 Featured Artists
Best in Show Winners
Red, White & Blue
Traditional Art
Nicole Duet
“Vickie”
Oil on Canvas, 48″ x 36″, $2000
Nicole Duet is a LA based artist. She draws and paints out of fascination with the idea that every observable phenomenon is a reflection back onto the viewer. The act of painting is a way to explore the question of whether circumstances and things exist because we are aware of them. Her questions revolve around the nature of experience, the reliability of perception, and the uncertainty of being. Personal identity and the relationship between inner and outer worlds are unstable. This instability is connected to perception.
For Nicole, the interplay between the painted and the photographed, between the seen and the sensory experience is mysterious and fascinating. She is drawn to photograph and paint moments where an underlying pulse of possibility hovers at the edges of what is apparent. At these moments it is possible for us to become lost, transformed, or transported by the act of seeing. Painting slows time. It offers an opportunity to look deeply into these luminal moments. Making work is a way of finding her way through and communicating the indefiniteness of experience.
Please email Nicole directly if you are interested in purchasing her award winning piece or visit her website to see more of her work.
Digital Art & Photography
Violeta Brown
Lady in Red 2
Digital Painted Photograph,
40 x 60″, $750
Violeta Brown is an award winning Boudoir and Fine Art Nude Photographer from Texas. With her artistic vision she creates tasteful classy art pieces that you will cherish for life. She started her digital artist career in 2007 and had several advertising projects. In 2012 Violeta won a photography award hosted by UNDP Uzbekistan in her hometown of Tashkent. She moved to America in 2012 and continued with her passion. Her mission as a Fine art nude photographer is to help women boost their self confidence and promote body acceptance.
If you are interested in purchasing this award winning piece or seeing more of Violeta’s work, please visit her website or email Violeta directly.