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VAN TAME
Born in Laos, and living in Lyon, France, painter Van Tame
captures the poetry of motion in the visual world. Reality is
a living entity to Van Tame, and in his work it shifts about before
our eyes. The cars and even the streets of his varied cityscapes
nearly burst with color as they speed past shadows that sparkle
with flecks of red and yellow. Palm trees and car headlights
spray color. Sky and architecture are regularly counterpoised,
and perspective becomes a means of exploring the expressive
resonance of color. The rush of motion is Van Tame’s subject,
motion that is both physical and emotional.
Sunlight, whether brooding and autumnal or blazing in the
height of summer, is key to Van Tame’s work. His detailed and
energetic streetscapes embrace the various ways light illumines
and shapes our perceptions. On his canvases, reality shakes and
trembles, and yet Van Tame’s work is at heart representational;
the emotional resonance of a piece dominates over formalism.
His early background in Asian culture influences his work even
now; Van Tame distills what he sees and feels, and implies details
through gentle yet vigorous brushwork. His intensity of focus and
his passion make his paintings faithful to both reality as well as to
his artistic concerns as a committed and original painter.
Website: http://vantame.free.fr
Times Square
Acrylic on Canvas 58”x 45”
Drummerman
Archival Giclee Canvas Print 30”x 24”
ROBERT LEACH
Strong forms, distinctive color,
and definitive lines are flawlessly
reproduced in Robert Leach’s
giclee prints. The results energize
and uplift with passionate
emotion. Robert Leach’s
celebratory spirit towards his
native New York captures the
urban pulse, while placement
of striking color choices, simple
perspectives and selected details
portray the inherent beauty
of human nature. Robert Leach
considers all moments precious,
and succeeds at capturing them.
Robert Leach began painting in 1978 at age 45. He is deeply
involved in educational and humanitarian work, such as Art Without
Borders and Habitat for Humanity. Life experience impacts
his work’s themes and soul; compassion, humanity, honesty, and
mankind’s connections serve as his foundation. Leach’s palette
is also representative of his life; his colors have depth, richness
and quality, just like the artist himself. His determination to express,
creatively and without restriction, is exhibited in every day
scenes made special. This gift has timeless and universal appeal,
and has brought Robert Leach significant acclaim.
Websites: www.rleachart.com
www.Art-Mine.com/ArtistPage/Robert_Leach.aspx
402 Chalker Beach, Old Saybrook, CT
Digital Print on Paper 20”x 16”
DAVID LABELLA
Self-taught photographer David
LaBella portrays nature in
infinite shades and on multiple
scales. His influences reach to
American Landscape photography’s
origins with pioneers
like Carleton Watkins, also citing
contemporary colleagues
such as Carr Clifton. However,
while the Western states’ bombastic
geography has seduced
many photographers, LaBella’s
eye for isolating nature’s more
quiet beauty testifies to his New
England roots. Moving across the nation’s mythic territories, he
consistently works on a human scale.
This immersive impact of his subjects and their intricacies
is often lost in grandiose and vertiginous landmasses. LaBella’s
views of hushed beaches and muted forests carpeted in pine cones
ignite the viewer’s senses, drawing us into the image. Similarly,
textured close-ups of fleeting details seem to capture tactile information
in the very grain of the prints. These unique sensibilities
for the natural elegance of LaBella’s environment place him
in the American landscape tradition, but an unwavering eye for
subtleties over spectacles sets him apart.
Websites: www.labellaphotographic.com
www.Art-Mine.com/ArtistPage/David_LaBella.aspx
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