Yaw has received multipleawards in his own country, hopwver the beauty of his images has allowed his artto transcend continents into private homes and business in the United Statesand Europe. His many mediums - oil,watercolor, and acrylic paints as well as charcoals, pastels and ink - allserve to bring to life the people, places and things of his nativehomeland.
Yaw was born in 1976 in theNkonya Guan Traditional area, in the Upper Volta region of Ghana. He played inand around his father’s textile and carving studio, which provided a learningenvironment that had a positive impact on his formative years. This experience providedYaw with the knowledge and understanding of texture and symbolism in Africanart. As a child he expressed himself in any available medium, includingcharcoal from burnt wood, chalk from dried cassava, various colors of clay anddyes derived from tree barks.
Terry Masters I was born in Sacramento in 1955 and moved to Palm Springs in 1967. Some years later I discovered true love... painting outdoors in oil. Ken Auster, the great Laguna painter gave me my first instruction in painting “en plein aire.” I have also worked with Daniel Gerharts, Jeremy Lipking, Mark Kerchkhoff and Matt Smith and I’ve learned a great deal from my fellow California painters.
I am an artist member of the California Art Club a well as a member of the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association.
As for my philosophy on painting...I just look for things that catch my eye and then do my best to render them in an honest, painterly way. I tell my friends I am “the painter of whatever.” Everything is fair game and that is the way I like it.
I hope you enjoy my work.
Terry Masters
Taken from his website www.desertpainter.com
Artists Statement - 1st Annual Invitational - July 21 - September 5, 2007
As a mechanical engineer with the Merchant Fleet of the Soviet Union, my life was very different before I came to America.
Although in my school years I was an art major, my life did not allow me the time or the energy to be an artist. I was an atheist then, but eleven years ago my life changed when I found Christianity. From that moment on, I began to paint once again.
I left the merchant fleet when I got married and began to paint full time and after a while I was fortunate enough to be able to make a living with my art. Since I came to America in 2000, I have been painting, but it was only in the last two years that I have been able to paint full time.
Whether it is from other artists or from my own experience painting, I am proud to say that I learn something every time I pick up a brush. This collection embodies my new home here in America and I am proud to be able to show my work in Southern California.
Oleg currently resides in Vancouver, Washington with his wife Victoria, and his three children: Daniel, 9, Darya 6 and Olga 5 months.
Mike Dwaileebe Mike Dwaileebe
Artist Statement for the 1st Annual Invitational
Square i Gallery July 21 - Sept 5, 2007
The paintings in this show were selected from a group painted off country roads in Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties in Spring 2007. Most of them are centered around a bridge on Algerine Road in Tuolumne County.
This spot is truly magical in spring. There is bridge itself and a paintable scene in every direction.
I paint in early morning when it is cool and there are strong shadows. While these paintings were made on site, they are finished and sometimes overhauled in my workshop.
For me the work is painting on site, and the fun is when I can relax and let my imagination run amok. That is in the workshop. I am restrained by the notion that I want these scenes to be easily recognizable, in spite of any license I have taken.
I hope these paintings show you a place where you would love to have a picnic, kick back and enjoy what nature has to give.
Martha Saudek Martha Saudek, a native Californian, began drawing and painting about the age of five. Later she studied art at Pomona and Scripps Colleges. Following a career in public education, she returned to pursuing her art education at UCLA and the California Art Institute where she subsequently taught oil landscape painting classes.
Saudek’s work has been published in a number of art books including: Painting with Passion, by Carole Katchen; How to Paint Trees Flowers and Foliage, by Patricia Seligman; The Best of Flower Painting, edited by Katherine Kipp; How to Paint Water, by Patricia Seligman; Painting Shapes and Edges, by Hazel Harrison and Art of the American West, by Linscott and Christiansen-Dull. Magazine articles about her work have appeared in Southwest Art, Art of the West, Revue Magazine, Topia, The Artists’ Magazine and Art News.
Saudek has won well over 150 prizes and awards in various local and national competitions including California Art Club exhibitions, the Artist’s Magazine’s landscape competition, the Arts for the Parks annual national competition in Jackson Hole, WY, in which she was a Region III winner (often placing in its Top 100 artists) and third place in the National Grumbacher Gold Medal competition.
Saudek is a signature member of the California Art Club, Oil Painters of America, Knickerbocher Artists, Allied Artists of America and is a founding and signature member of the American Academy of Women Artists. Her work is included in various permanent collections including the Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ; the Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT; and the Dr. Sun-Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan. Other exhibitions include the Phippen Museum, Prescott, AZ; Classic American Western Art Shows held at the Gene Autry Museum, Los Angeles, CA; and the Los Angeles, CA Natural History Museum; as well as in the Capitol Rotunda, Washington, D.C.; and Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY.
Leslie H. Hurst I am a plein-air painter who just sees things a little differently!
I always start outside, sketching or painting quickly on either boards, panels, cardboard or paper. I am looking for form and color and trying to narrow in on just what is exciting about what I am seeing. Then when I get into my studio I start thinking about the edges of what I saw and how they intersected with their backgrounds. I crank up my music, get myself back into that space outside and have at it.
Almost all of my paintings are painted ala-prima or at 'one go' and often the first painting leads to another as I begin to wonder 'what would happen if?
My painting style is as you see here loose, impressionistic and full of color. I hope you enjoy my vision of California.
James Strombotne James S. Strombotne (born 1934) is an American painter. He was born in Watertown, South Dakota, but was raised and educated in Southern California, receiving his Bachelor of Arts from Pomona College in 1956 and his Master of Fine Arts from the Claremont Graduate School in 1959. He received a fellowship from Pomona College to study in Italy, and in 1962 was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for further study in Rome. The same year, a feature article about his work appeared in Time Magazine.
Exhibition Title: All Women - Strombotne - April 14 - May 30 2007
Donald C. Prechtel The fascination with history and the military has not changed since the beginning of recorded history, and is still going on today. This is what has inspired generations of storytellers and artists. A professional working artist since1968, Don is also a historian and an avid collector of antique western and military accoutrements. His studio is filled with a large library and a collection of artifacts, which he incorporates into his paintings. Many of his paintings have been reproduced on book jackets, magazines, illustrations in historical publications and scholastic books. His goal is to use the talent that God has given him to inspire others, and to advance the kingdom of God.
With his background, Don is recognized as one of the premier artists of the historical genre today. His paintings are in t he collection of the Virginia Military Institute, the Military Intelligence Museum, Ft. Hauchuca, Az., the 3rd Armored Cav. Regt., Ft. Carson, Col, the Notre Dame Alumni Association bldg., Government House, Dublin, Ireland, Holt-Atherson Special Collections, University of the Pacific, Stockton, Ca., and private
collections in the U.S. and Europe.
Don has recognized throughout his career, with awards. The “John Scott” people’s award, juror’s award, purchase award, artist choice award, Gold Medal merit Award in 1999, “Heritage Award” 2001 for the best
representation of our western heritage, “Founders Award” in 2003 National Arts for the Parks juried competition, Jackson, Wyo., and Heritage Award 2004.
He was recently commisioned to paint several murals in the newly
renovated museum of Natrual and Cultural History, for the University of Oregon. He is a member of the Northwest Rendezvous Group of Artists, and the American Academy of Equine Artists.
Dennis Garcia I have been painting for well over forty years. I have been touched and influenced by many other artists and their work. When I look at works by Leonard Da Vinci I see perspectives. When I look at works of the impressionists I see the use of color theory and ethereal atmosphere of his colors. And when I look at the work of Karl Benjamin I see crisp edges and overlapping shapes. To get what I have produced in my current work I have taken these influences and translated them through my fascination with geometry of space and the structural landscape of architecture.
Exhibition Title: Revisiting (January 2007)
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Square I Gallery - 110 Harvard Ave. Claremont CA 91711 - 909. 621 . 9091
I was born in Sacramento in 1955 and moved to Palm Springs in 1967. Some years later I discovered true love... painting outdoors in oil. Ken Auster, the great Laguna painter gave me my first instruction in painting “en plein aire.” I have also worked with Daniel Gerharts, Jeremy Lipking, Mark Kerchkhoff and Matt Smith and I’ve learned a great deal from my fellow California painters.
The fascination with history and the military has not changed since the beginning of recorded history, and is still going on today. This is what has inspired generations of storytellers and artists. A professional working artist since1968, Don is also a historian and an avid collector of antique western and military accoutrements. His studio is filled with a large library and a collection of artifacts, which he incorporates into his paintings. Many of his paintings have been reproduced on book jackets, magazines, illustrations in historical publications and scholastic books. His goal is to use the talent that God has given him to inspire others, and to advance the kingdom of God.