Tag Archives: imagination
Paul Scott Malone
My paintings, which are often referred to as “atmospheric expressionism” for their dreamscape colors and bizarre images, are largely an attempt to determine how far the human imagination can stretch itself, by allowing the work to push the limits of the mind’s eye. I believe the human imagination is as deep and as vast as […]
Pam White
The field of possibilities seems endless and confusing until I look for a place to put a color, then another. A line might turn into a shape or ask for more color. Once it starts, the balance swings from my hand to the painting. What does it want; equivalence, harmony, or is tension part of […]
Experiencing Gayatri Spivak: Training the Imagination
Debunking Foucaltian notions of power, post colonialism, and feminism in the most intricate fashion, Gayatri Chakravoerty Spivak left me mesmerized in a lecture she gave last month at New York University entitled, “Democracy and Representation.” I have worshipped at the academic alter of Gayatri Spivak for close to a decade and now would be able […]
Margret Zitterbayer
When I paint, I am so close to my core, so close to my true self, that I almost loose myself. I am entering a space that isn’t mine anymore. A small space, yet without limitation. This is where everything connects. Should I call it fantasy, or simply bliss, or joy? I don’t know. But […]
Solange Nourry
I have painted in watercolor for over 10 years. My greatest achievements are born with spots of color (pigment) deposited into wet paper. The quantities of water and pigments used, along with my inclinations and my emotions all affect the results. I challenge myself to imagine or see what I will do with this fusion of colors before […]
Astrid Jacobs
I studied at the Art Academy in Hamburg, Germany. I’ve always loved art, music and, dance. When I capture joyful and moving moments of life in my pictures I mix the shining colors of my art according to these moments. For me there is a parallel between the harmony of colors and harmony of musical […]
