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Visual Language Magazine Contemporary Fine Art March 2014 Vol 3 No 3

Visual Language Magazine is a contemporary fine art magazine filled with dynamic international fine art, brilliant colors and stimulating composition. Cover Artist is Texas Artist, Alejandra Castanon. Enjoy his bright contemporary painting. In addition featured this month is Jeanne Illenye, Mary Jane Q Cross,Rebecca Zook, David Francis, Alejandro Castanon and Hall Groat. Enjoy Artspan Photographer Suzanne Stevenson with her beautiful nature photography. Also featured are artists of both CFAI.co and Artspan. Enjoy featured artists from both CFAI.co and Artspan. Visual Language is the common connection around the world for art expressed through every media and process. The artists connect through their creativity to the viewers by both their process as well as their final piece. No interpreters are necessary because Visual Language Magazine crosses all boundaries.

Visual Language Magazine is a contemporary fine art magazine filled with dynamic international fine art, brilliant colors and stimulating composition. Cover Artist is Texas Artist, Alejandra Castanon. Enjoy his bright contemporary painting. In addition featured this month is Jeanne Illenye, Mary Jane Q Cross,Rebecca Zook, David Francis, Alejandro Castanon and Hall Groat. Enjoy Artspan Photographer Suzanne Stevenson with her beautiful nature photography. Also featured are artists of both CFAI.co and Artspan. Enjoy featured artists from both CFAI.co and Artspan. Visual Language is the common connection around the world for art expressed through every media and process. The artists connect through their creativity to the viewers by both their process as well as their final piece. No interpreters are necessary because Visual Language Magazine crosses all boundaries.

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VL Rebecca Zook<br />

Peace. Beauty. Light.<br />

Three aspects that Texas artist Rebecca Zook consciously incorporates into her acrylic paintings.<br />

Though she portrays a variety of subjects, natural landscapes are a personal favorite. Viewers often<br />

comment that they feel as if they could step into her paintings; as if the frame were a window to another<br />

world.<br />

“I’m drawn to Texas’ plentiful wild grasses in particular. Watching the wind weave patterns through<br />

them and the gentle swaying provide me with a much needed calm. I stand among them and am<br />

reminded of the ocean. Great waves roll across the fields. Seed heads catch the sun and glow like<br />

breaking spray. This connection with nature is something that’s been a part of me since childhood<br />

and is a subject that helps me cope with life’s challenges.”<br />

For Rebecca, the beauty of nature and the peace it brings offset the emotional and physical challenges<br />

of dealing with multiple chronic illnesses. A rare immune deficiency requires regular antibody<br />

infusions derived from plasma donations while secondary autoimmune conditions flare at unpredictable<br />

intervals. Because she is forced to limit her physical activities, Rebecca paints mainly from<br />

photographs that she has taken of her subject matter.<br />

“I have a camera with me always. You never know when the light is going to be just perfect or when<br />

you are going to happen upon a unique scene worthy of painting. Sometimes it’s difficult for me to get<br />

to my intended destination when driving because I keep seeing “paintings” along the way.”<br />

Rebecca’s acrylic technique often involves many overlapping layers of thin washes of color. She<br />

finds this better conducive to capturing the unique qualities of light. She prefers to paint mainly<br />

smaller works 18” x 24” and under and uses gessoed masonite boards she prepares herself. Follow<br />

Rebecca on Facebook to view the in progress photos of many of her paintings. She is represented<br />

by “Dutch <strong>Art</strong> Gallery” in Dallas, Texas and “Your Private Collection Gallery” in Granbury, Texas.<br />

facebook.com/RebeccaZook<strong>Fine</strong><strong>Art</strong>Paintings<br />

rebeccazook.blogspot.com<br />

rebeccazook.com<br />

Right Page:<br />

Spring Blanket - 24” x 18” - Acrylic on Masonite<br />

Bluebonnets are not my favorite Texas wildflower. Though beautiful, they are short-lived and a bit finicky;<br />

needing a certain level of rainfall to be at their best. These blanket flowers appear after the bluebonnets<br />

and revel in the blistering Texas summer sun. They represent the hardiness of true Texans.<br />

http://rebeccazook.com<br />

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