Meredith Turcotte – Q1 Art Competition – Artist Portfolio Magazine

Artist Portfolio Magazine – Q1 Art Competition Meredith Turcotte – Sheep Ranch, CA My motivation for making my paintings is an inherent need to create. There are of course certain themes that are prevalent within my work. I’m interested in masks and the idea of hiding one’s identity. I have recently been depicting people wearing […]

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Mary Ellen Sleeper-Prewedo – Q1 Art Competition – Artist Portfolio Magazine

Artist Portfolio Magazine – Q1 Art Competition Mary Ellen Sleeper-Prewedo – Moorhead, MN Think layers upon layers of color, messy texturey(is that a word?) color. Paint that is partially set up and drying and then cut into with a scrubby brush or other tool to create the texture that invites you to reach out and […]

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Sebastien Maillard – Q1 Art Competition – Artist Portfolio Magazine

Artist Portfolio Magazine – Q1 Art Competition Sebastien Maillard – Nice, France My name is Sebastien, I’m a French illuminator and a passionate about art. I studied art in Nice, France for 2 years and illuminated texts for 2 years in Angers, France. I participated in several competitions in the United States, including a Christian […]

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Carolina Dutruel – Q1 Art Competition – Artist Portfolio Magazine

Artist Portfolio Magazine – Q1 Art Competition Carolina Dutruel – Auckland, New Zealand Carolina Dutruel is an emerging studio artist working on fine art photography. Using her portraits as a means of story-telling, Carolina draws inspiration from themes of freedom, self-realization and the complexity of human relations. Her work is conceptual, thoughtful and emotional, with […]

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Sharmon Davidson – Q1 Art Competition – Artist Portfolio Magazine

Artist Portfolio Magazine – Q1 Art Competition Sharmon Davidson – Taylor Mill, KY Artist Statement My work originates from a core belief in the unity and sacred nature of the earth, and of everything in our universe. Formed from the same basic elements, we are all interconnected in the most intricate ways, both visible and […]

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Anthony Whelihan – Q1 Art Competition – Artist Portfolio Magazine

Artist Portfolio Magazine – Q1 Art Competition Anthony Whelihan – Plymouth, MN As a portrait Artist, I find the face a total expression into the heart of the person. It can be an expression of experience or lack there of. I try to tell a story within and work in bold primary colors. Color can […]

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Jessica Dey – Q1 Art Competition – Artist Portfolio Magazine

Artist Portfolio Magazine – Q1 Art Competition Jessica Dey – Torrington, CT As a former Civil Affairs Sergeant in the Army I spent time investigating other cultures while doing country studies as part of my training. This is part of what drew me to the Army job to begin with, the chance to explore the […]

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Kevin Couto – Q1 Art Competition – Artist Portfolio Magazine

Artist Portfolio Magazine – Q1 Art Competition Kevin Couto – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Kevin Couto is a Brazilian artist, deeply inspired by many masters of the Renaissance, Baroque, Romanticism and Academism (Michelangelo Buonarroti, Caravaggio, Velázquez, David, Bouguereau, etc …). He began his studies in the atelier of the painter Hilário Silva Neto and later […]

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Jeff Quiros – Q1 Art Competition – Artist Portfolio Magazine

Artist Portfolio Magazine – Q1 Art Competition Jeff Quiros – Walnut Creek, CA Born in San Francisco and lived through the ’60’s, I’ve been doing primarily minimalist line drawings most of my life. Pen and ink was my usual preferred medium. With the advent of the iPad I began experimenting with digital and now seldom […]

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William Francis Brennan – Q1 Art Competition – Artist Portfolio Magazine

Artist Portfolio Magazine – Q1 Art Competition William Francis Brennan – Zossen, Germany William Francis Brennan was born in 1949 in Massachusetts / USA. He grew up on the family’s farm and started painting at age 10. From 1970 to 1980 he worked as an artist in Toronto/Canada and from 1980 to 2008 in San […]

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Konstantine Angelopoulos – Q1 Art Competition – Artist Portfolio Magazine

Artist Portfolio Magazine – Q1 Art Competition Konstantine Angelopoulos – Astoria, NY American artist Konstantine Angelopoulos, born in 1980 in New York City, creates complex and dramatic compositions that foreground the interrelation between abstraction and emotional experience. His practice, which includes painting, mixed media, and digital work, harnesses the straightforward color manipulation of Abstract Expressionism, […]

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Susan Lizotte – Q1 Art Competition – Artist Portfolio Magazine

Artist Portfolio Magazine – Q1 Art Competition Susan Lizotte – Los Angeles, CA My paintings explore the issues of abuse of power and control, information, mercury and mythology. The misuse of the element mercury began at the end of the 15th century and its misuse continues today. The paintings are flawed, blurry or broken to […]

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