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Cheri MittermaierCheri Mittermaier responds to the unconscious and untouchablerealm of dreams through the creation of visceral, tangible sculptures.Her work is unabashedly surreal, presenting the audience with anintriguing and enthralling sight. She is influenced in part by her degree inpsychology, in part by the dizzying colors of stained glass windows andpatterned quilts and in part by the European greats she has viewed onher travels. The result is sculptures that meld grace, power and color intoevocative forms that are truly unique. Mittermaier is continually drawn tothe human form and delights in double meanings, intentionally keepingthe expression of her figures neutral so that viewers can superimposetheir own unconscious response onto her work.The artist uses bronze and clay for her sculptures, applying paint to bronzeto achieve the same brilliance of color that her clay pieces possess.Careful craftsmanship is evident in all her work; the texture and twists aredeliberate and effective, creating works that are a bracing, exhilaratingexploration of the unconscious mind and the creative process.Cheri Mittermaier is an adroit, accomplished artist who has shown herwork in a wide range of exhibitions. She grew up in Indiana and currentlylives in West Palm Beach, Florida.www.Cherimittermaier.comwww.Agora-Gallery.com/ArtistPage/Cheri_Mittermaier.aspxBosom Bunny Painted Bronze 19” x 13” x 8”Steven R. HillSteven R. Hill calls himself a plein air painter,and certainly a distinctive feeling for light and airinfuses his works, whether they show seascapes, cityscenes or interiors. Hill shares with the Impressionisttradition an interest in how light shapes the realitywe see, how it illuminates the space around objects,giving the very air a hazy, glowing physicality of itsown. He makes us feel the mist in the sky over acountry landscape, or the cozy atmosphere of acasual barroom. Shadows take on the exaggeratedcolors often given by a late afternoon sun, whilefigures and objects will sometimes be deliberatelyblurred, their softened edges uniting them with theirbackgrounds.Yet Hill also exhibits a skill for precise rendering instrongly realistic hues, depicting cleanly etched Steven painting en plein airskyscrapers or the perfectly rippling surface of a river.What brings the separate threads of his style together is the overall feeling of peace, the creation of a relaxed, harmoniousworld. The artist says that the thrust of his work “has to do a lot with time and place and escape from the frenetic energy thatunderscores this modern society of ours.” His paintings offer up that escape, but they do it in a way that constantly engages, andrewards, our complete attention.www.windsweptstudios.comwww.Agora-Gallery.com/ArtistPage/Steven_R._Hill.aspx111 ARTisSpectrum