Featured Artist | Elliot Appel

Overthrow NYC | Acrylic on canvas | 14"x18"

Elliot Appel was born in New York City in 1952 and has been painting for over 30 years. A self-taught artist, he was fascinated by film and frequently sketched pictures of the celebrities he admired to see if he could capture a likeness. Mr. Appel continued sketching in this way through high school.

Featured Artist | Andrew Binder

Dissonant Harmony in Pink and Cyan | mixed-media digital painting on canvas | 20x16

In my work, I strive to create imagery that invites the viewer to have their own subjective experience and interpretation. Though much of my work is figurative, I am uninterested in slavish representation. Instead, I use my art as an expressive outlet where I seek to convey a sense of feeling, atmosphere, transitory memory, and the existential experience of the individual.

Featured Artist | Douglas Ferrin

Portrait of John Lukacs | Oil on Panel | 22" X 30"

Douglas Ferrin is a painter whose work explores intersections of realism and narrative. His style was dubbed “New Perceptionism” by the American National Gallery of Art lecturer Arthur DeCosta. This “new perception” is a style in which Roman illusionistic realism meets modern illusionism, and is camera corrected as opposed to camera conditioned.

Featured Artist | Pearl Mintzer

Bring In The Clowns | Mixed Media | 30x40

Life Is A Party
CELEBRATE LIFE, LOVE, LAUGHTER AND JOY
Every moment should be a celebration of life. Our senses and our emotions can put us in touch with the magic and beauty that is around us. That is what I try to portray through my art.
My joyful, playful, whimsical images come alive with vibrant colors. They evoke the most positive emotions. Feelings of Love, Laughter and Joy.

Featured Artist | Deimante Bruzguliene

Leopard | Pastel on Pastelmat | 50x70cm

Deimante Bruzguliene, originally from Lithuania, came to the United Kingdom in 2004. She is breathtaking realistic wildlife paintings of animals. Deimante works in a variety of media including acrylic, oil, pastel, watercolor, graphite and mixed media .
,,I have drawn with pencil for longer than I can remember. I love painting. I work with passion and love. It is like a second nature to me. My painting is a kind of therapy for me. It lets me say things that i cannot express any other way and at the same time allows me to populate the space around me with artefacts of myself.

Larry Richardson | Featured Artist Issue 51

End of the Day | Acrylic on Canvas | 60"x 48"

As an Artist I have always wanted to express the beauty of our African heritage. My paintings are an extension of the classic form of figurative painting using people of color.
Most of my paintings make statements on culture and the human condition. My challenges in creativity continue to evolve, the reason for this is evident in the many events in the times we live in and through.

Hari Lualhati | Issue 51 Featured Artist

THE LAST MIRACLE | Oil on Canvas | Height: 121.92cm Width: 88.9 cm Depth: 3.5cm

Hari Lualhati Cape Town, South Africa harilualhati.yolasite.com @harilualhati Hari’s art can be found on pages 16 & 17 in issue 51. HARI LUALHATI: BIOGRAPHY Hari Lualhati is a full-time artist who is permanently based in Cape Town, South Africa. She prefers her latest artworks to be called as “SOULWORKS” because they are a direct connection […]

Kailee Finn | Featured Artist Issue 51

Queen Damali | Chalk Pastel | 17x24

I’m going into my junior year at FIT NYC and I major in illustration. Since I was a junior in High School, I’ve been into making social/political artwork. I feel it is necessary to bring attention to issues in our society through metaphoric creativity.

Toni-Lee Sangastiano

Ringling Clown Last Show (I. Skinfill) | Oil on aluminum panel, radiant light film, light-guiding acrylic, and LEDs | 19 x 19 3/8 x 1.5 in

Toni-Lee Sangastiano Chesterfield, VA sangastiano.com @leetoni Toni-Lee’s art can be found on Page 18 Of issue 51. As a scholar of the carnivalesque and an internationally exhibiting artist, Dr. Toni-Lee Sangastiano studies the postmodern sideshow’s American and European processional origins, and its relevance to contemporary language, aesthetics, and media. She makes visible the people and […]

Brooke Poeppel | Issue 51 Featured Artist

Horse With No Name | Oil on Canvas | 36x24

As a person and an artist, I am all over the place. My art would agree with that statement, if you could ask it. While this used to be an insecurity of mine, art has helped me transform my way of thinking as well as helped me realize that sometimes being all over the place isn’t always a bad thing. While my subject matters fluctuate, the one constant in all of my work is my process. My pieces are crafted with Oil on Canvas and I am obsessed with building many transparent layers. While my style is most obviously recognized as realism from a far, I believe the only way my art can be fully appreciated is by getting up close and personal with each piece, noticing all of the painted textures and minute details.