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Renaissance Acrylic on Masonite 24”x48”PatriciaBrintlePatricia Brintle’s childhood in Haiti is clearly evidenced in herexotic weavings of vibrant color, symbolism, and form. Everythingin life is motivation for her images, including internal andexternal experiences, dreams, and feelings. Completely driven byartistic response to these insights, Brintle employs varied mediumsto achieve the true rendering of the painting’s character or toreflect her subject’s life story.A viewer will feel the emotion and sensuality in Brintle’swork, and will relate to the universal pleasures depicted. Movementand joy resonate beneath the images, even in her more seriousrenderings. Brintle’s use of definitive lines and shapes, andher emphasis on character’s eyes, create a comfortable partnershipwith her audience; her 30 year career in private showingsreflects this achievement.She has also exhibited publicly in New York and Florida,and currently has a year-long showing at the Holocaust Center ofTemple Judea in Manhasset.Website: http://www.patriciabrintle.comFlaschengeistOil on Canvas 57”x 34”Ilonavan HoekBorn in Berlin, Germany, Ilonavan Hoek has had a lifelong fascinationwith art, the tactile natureof the practice, the paint and thebrushes. However, it is the psychologicaland story-telling capabilitiesin art that are fundamental toher particular style. “I try to showstories in my presentations of art,”she explains, “the paintings developthrough engagement of mythoughts.”Van Hoek’s works explore thegamut of human emotion, fromlove and hate to joy and despair.With beautiful strokes she creates landscapes of rivers, mountains,and endless skies and within this world plays out a spectacleof human existence. The characters can appear like menacingghouls or angelic innocents, and she compels her audience to takepleasure in discovering the implicit storyline.Van Hoek’s unique style of painting has attracted the interestof the art world, recently acquiring representation in New York.She lives and works in the United States.Website:http://www.artmine.com/ArtistPage/Ilona_van_Hoek.aspxARTisSpectrumARTisSpectrumSubscription InformationGive yourself the gift of contemporary art and receive four issues featuring profiles ofcontemporary art, artists and important articles.NameMailing AddressSubscribe to Artis Spectrum for $16 in the US and $35 for international.Subscribe by sending a check or money order to:ARTisSpectrum Subscriptionsc/o Agora Gallery530 West 25th StreetNew York, NY 1000139 ArtisSpectrum