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GAYL SHARABI
MARC VAN DER LEEDEN
Gayl Sharabi’s work is an ongoing exploration of the
act of creating art. She has said that doing the work
feels as though music is playing through her, with her
brush performing the dance. Although Gayl is passionately
process-oriented, she often begins her work with an aesthetic
goal, and finds her inspiration in the developmental process,
with her endpoint often a variation of her original goal. For
Gayl, the journey holds enlightenment. The paintings she
creates out of that dance evoke as many moods as her
wide palette and her skilled, sensitive composition will
allow. The curves of paint, of differing textures, and the
juxtaposition of dark and light is a focus for Gayl in her work.
She investigates the forms of the objective world while also
creating images that reflect her own unique perspective on
her sensory experience. Inspired as she is to transcend the
immediate moment for a wider point of view, Gayl’s art has
always embraced both religion and science, aspiring ever
higher and investigating ever deeper. Gayl Sharabi creates
paintings that invite us to respond with the faith of our best
selves and also with the bravery to honestly look inward, to
follow the artist of faith as she offers us these stunning and
powerful works.
Websites: www.gaylsharabi.com
www.Art-Mine.com/ArtistPage/Gayl_Sharabi.aspx
View From my Studio Watercolor on Paper 22” x 15”
Award-winning artist, Marc van der Leeden, crafts
sensitive watercolor interpretations of cities and their
natural environs that are an absolute pleasure to behold.
With deft rendering skills and a near weightless handling
of paint, trees and hills, buildings and bridges appear as
if out of a mist. His style coincides with the character of
his medium as forms retain the quality of their watery birth
which applies beautifully to organic forms but even more so
to architectural ones. The buildings convey the notion that
all is transitory; they do not feel hard and permanent. In
this way, van der Leeden rejects realistic textures in favor
of a multitude of flowing forms, harnessing the power of
abstraction within a realistic work. The images are infused
with energy, forms pulse and explode towards the horizon.
Natural light is beautifully expressed and pairs well with the
areas of shadow. Van der Leeden’s palette is usually limited
to two colors and his style remains largely impressionistic,
capturing the essence of a locale rather than its fine details.
He deploys minimal strokes in his composition, often
using a great deal of white space or allowing edge fidelity
to become lost within the whiteness of the paper. Van der
Leeden has shown his works throughout the Northeast,
USA. His paintings have been featured in several leading
publications.
Integration 3 Mixed Media 39” x 27.5”
Websites: www.marcvanderleeden.com
www.Art-Mine.com/ArtistPage/Marc_van_der_Leeden.aspx
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