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The paintings of M. Moneta weave together interesting and visually arresting images of the natural world within a civilized context. Moneta is described as an artist “inspired by architecture, gardens and human interaction.” These elements are evident in her work “Hudson Valley Triptych.” This painting presents a view of a cultivated landscape through the perspective of a paneled window. There are no human figures in the landscape, though the well-manicured lawn and the vase of flowers in the foreground suggest their presence. Her gardens exude a wild charm; her colors are warm and vibrant. There is intensity to the hues Moneta chooses for her greens and yellows, creating a feeling of lush growth in the landscape. Moneta’s clean lines and careful detail add a sophisticated balance to the composition. The work has an architectural quality to it in the meticulous details of the rows of grass in the lawn and particularly in the wooden panel of the frame, which puts the entire landscape in context. Her piece possesses a calming symmetry; the natural world is revealed in pleasing simplicity, balanced by the elegant framework of human artistry. M. Moneta was born in Germany and has been painting professionally for over twenty years. She currently lives and works in New York. www.monetacooper.com 46 ARTisSpectrum M. Moneta ‘...the natural world is revealed in pleasing simplicity, balanced by the elegant framework of human artistry’ Hudson Valley Triptych 60” x 96” Acrylic Overgrown 58” x 34” Acrylic
The expressionist paintings of Helga Windle present a realm in which reality and imagination meet. A native of Iceland and a resident of New Zealand, Windle draws upon these dramatic landscapes for her subject matter. Leaves, celestial bodies, and moving water are transformed from precise natural objects into pliant, fluid, vibrant figures that speak of their former selves in abstracted terms. These organic forms imbue the composition with an almost mystical aura, no doubt a reflection of the artist’s desire to depict “the physical and spiritual world as one.” This is accomplished through the use of rich color and bold lines rendered with brush strokes sometimes intense, other times diffusive. The resulting images appear to be bathed in natural light, illuminated by the bright rays of the sun or the shining glow of the moon. In the painting “Sometimes I think I’m only Dream - ing,” Windle offers a simplified and magical world in which a wispy soul glides beneath a stylized palm tree while a crescent moon presides above. The scene is one of muted detail and metaphysical strength, evocative of indigenous animistic sentiments. Infused with such energy, Windle’s work highlights the relationship between the corporeal and the ethereal. www.helgawindle.co.uk Helga Windle Anja Schüssler The Arrival 19.5” x 27.5” Chalk and Graphite on Paper Sometimes I Think I’m Only Dreaming 80” x 50” Oil on Canvas Demonstrating, in tangible form, how individuals create and reinforce their own reality through the activity of interpretation, Anja Schüssler’s enigmatic images are like mirrors, subtly and exactly responsive to the mind-set of the viewer. Encouraging each individual to “experience his own fear, become aware of his own desire” and “find his own truth” in her paintings—as well as in the world at large—Schüssler implicitly guides her audience to examine responses to her art in light of their own interior realities and outward projections. Like Narcissus enraptured by his own reflection, the viewer is confronted by an emotionally compelling yet insoluble visual riddle, as in “The Arrival”. Here, a faceless female figure in bestial pose, uncannily reminiscent of William Blake’s Nebuchadnezzar, seeps inexpli - cable blackness from her face and palms. What one sees in this intentional void might well be the true ‘mirror image’ of the self, a projection of one’s own fantasy or shadow. Through the juxtaposi - tion of soft colors, and strong, inky contour lines, Schüssler high - lights the binary nature of ordinary consciousness and the duality of existence. Casting models as no less than archetypal forces, she attempts to reconcile the rational and intuitive, the seen and the unseen, the sacred and profane—through mythic representations of human paradox and contradiction. Like medieval scribes who believed that gazing into a mirror as they wrote would ensure “that their sight may not be dimmed”, German artist, Anja Schüssler, uses the mirror of her own perception to alight dim corridors of consciousness where truths may be obscured but exist nonetheless. Visionary artist and skilled engraver of handcarved cameos, Anja Schüssler currently lives and works in Idar- Oberstein, Germany, famous for it’s design and manufacturing of precious stones and jewelry. 47 ARTisSpectrum
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