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Roy Wronker [Certified Visual Artist – Johns Creek, GA]

Roy Wronker [Certified Visual Artist – Johns Creek, GA]

Roy Wronker is a new Side Arts Certified Visual Artist from Johns Creek, Georgia.

Roy Wronker was raised in Miami, Florida, and presently resides in Johns Creek, Georgia, located just north of Atlanta. Having had the opportunity to travel extensively, he draws inspiration from the colors and patterns reminiscent of sunsets and natural scenes observed from boats, beaches, and strolls through various locales across Europe, the Caribbean, North and Central America, as well as from the vibrant individuals encountered along the way.

Each of these experiences serves as a guiding influence in his artistic endeavors. Roy’s aim is to craft artwork that not only enriches your environment but also captivates you in a manner that entices repeated viewing in a fresh perspective.

See more artwork, wronker.art.

Roy Wronker [Certified Visual Artist - Johns Creek, GA]

Roy Wronker [Certified Visual Artist - Johns Creek, GA]

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Linda Fitzgerald [Certified Visual Artist – Fort Collins, CO]

Linda Fitzgerald [Certified Visual Artist – Fort Collins, CO]

Linda Fitzgerald is a Side Arts Certified Visual Artist from Fort Collins, Colorado.

Linda Fitzgerald was born in the Hudson Valley area of New York State and has been a Fort Collins resident since 1988. Before settling in Colorado, Linda’s path took her to San Francisco and Santa Fe where her passion for both visual and culinary art began to blossom.

In San Francisco, Linda befriended nationally acclaimed sculptress Ruth Cravath Wakefield and fine art painter Charles Farr. Both inspired and influenced Linda on her creative journey. In 1978, Linda moved to New Mexico where she had the honor of working as a Companion/Chef for Georgia O’Keeffe at Ms. O’Keeffe’s Abiquiu home. There were many conversations about creativity. Linda took to heart the advice Ms. O’Keeffe gave her, “Paint the way you paint! Don’t allow others to tell you how your painting should look. Instructors want you to paint like them, but then it’s not your work, it’s theirs’.”

Awards and Exhibitions

  • World Art Awards (2023): 6th Place
  • American Arts Awards (2022): 6th Place
  • Side Arts (May 2022): 1st Place – Monthly Online Competition
  • City of Lafayette Group Show (January – March 2020): Lafayette, CO
  • Jones Gallery Group Show (February 2020): Kansas City, MO
  • Public Art Program reproduction and installation of “Flamingos” utility box wraps (January 2020): Pompano Beach, FL
  • R Gallery Group Show (October – November 2019): Boulder, CO
  • R Gallery Group Show (September – October 2019): Boulder, CO
  • Gateway To the Rockies National Art Show (October 2019): Aurora, CO
  • Art Santa Fe International Art Show (2019): Santa Fe, NM
  • Gateway To the Rockies National Art Show (October 2018): Aurora, CO
  • Art in Public Places reproduction and installation of “Spirit Buffalo” at the Phillip S. Miller Regional Park (August 2018): Castle Rock, CO

See more work, visit lindafitzgeraldgalleryandgifts.com

Linda Fitzgerald [Certified Visual Artist - Fort Collins, CO]

Linda Fitzgerald [Certified Visual Artist - Fort Collins, CO]

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Linda Dubin Garfield [Certified Visual Artist – Bala Cynwyd, PA]

Linda Dubin Garfield [Certified Visual Artist – Bala Cynwyd, PA]

Linda Dubin Garfield is a Side Arts Certified Visual Artist from Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.

Linda Dubin Garfield, an award-winning printmaker and mixed media artist, creates visual memoirs exploring the mystery of memory and the magic of place, using hand-pulled printmaking techniques, photography, collage and digital imaging. Her abstract and dynamic works use multiple layers of ink that waver between background and foreground creating a fusion of surface design and abstract expressionism She also creates installations that include public participatory art, especially when she is exploring themes relating to women in today’s culture.

Experience

In 2005, she founded ARTsisters, a group of professional artists who empower each other and their community through art. In 2007, she started smART business consulting which helps emerging artists reach their goals and their audience; provides consulting and coaching on the business of art through individual, small groups and workshop experiences; and provides opportunities to exhibit work. Today, she serves on several non-profit boards and appreciates her good fortune to be able to make art every chance she gets.

See more of her work at lindadubingarfield.com.

Linda Dubin Garfield

Linda Dubin Garfield

 

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Lori Ellsworth [Certified Visual Artist -South Lyon, MI]

Lori Ellsworth [Certified Visual Artist -South Lyon, MI]

Lori Ellsworth is a new Side Arts Certified Visual Artist from South Lyon, Michigan.

Despite the ups and downs of a challenging life marked by foster care, early employment, domestic abuse, and a battle with cancer, Lori Ellsworth’s passion for art has never wavered. Lori is drawn to freehand artistry, a reflection of the freedom embodied in the very term. Her artwork captures emotions, a shared language that binds all of humanity together.

See more artwork, visit loriellsworth.com.

Lori Ellsworth [Certified Visual Artist -South Lyon, MI]

Lori Ellsworth [Certified Visual Artist -South Lyon, MI]

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Robert Deschenes [Certified Visual Artist – St-Hubert-de-Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec]

Robert Deschenes [Certified Visual Artist – St-Hubert-de-Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec]

Robert Deschenes is a new Side Arts Certified Visual Artist from St-Hubert-de-Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada.

Robert Deschenes was born on July 20, 1959, in Ville Dégelis, Temiscouata County, a great place to observe both aquatic and terrestrial fauna.

Robert did not originally intend to pursue a career as a painter. It was while attending a collective animal art exhibition in Québec that he was deeply impressed by the animal-themed artwork. Sometime later and while discussing animal art at a party with his best friend, he suddenly realized (a strong intuition) that if he admired artists who focused their artwork on animals so much, it was because he wanted to be like them. So, Robert made the decision that evening to start his journey in animal art. He started by learning to draw realistically. Subsequently, he took watercolor lessons. In recent years, the observation of mammals and birds has become a passion for him. In his pictorial artwork, Robert conveys his love for the wildlife of North America to the observer.

See more artwork, visit rmdartiste.com.

Robert Deschenes [Certified Visual Artist - St-Hubert-de-Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec]

Robert Deschenes [Certified Visual Artist - St-Hubert-de-Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec]

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Gayle Printz [Certified Visual Artist – Johns Creek, GA]

Gayle Printz [Certified Visual Artist – Johns Creek, GA]

Gayle Printz is a Side Arts Certified Visual Artist from Johns Creek, Georgia.

Gayle Printz is an internationally recognized American abstract artist whose work is part of the Permanent Exhibit of Le Musée de Peinture de Saint-Frajou in France. Using color, rather than purely tangible structures, to express herself, Ms. Printz creates paintings that transcend the familiar. Her work is known for drawing the viewer into the painting and inviting them to assign personal meaning and universal context by listening to the whispers of their imagination and emotional memory.

Gayle’s paintings have been lauded by critics and collectors of abstract art, abstract expressionism, art-resilience, art informel, and tachisme. Although she has developed her own distinctively recognizable style, her work has been compared to that of Helen Frankenthaler, Lee Krasner, Hans Hofmann, Joan Mitchell, and Jackson Pollock.

Among other honors she has earned, Gayle Printz was one of eight American painters whose work was selected by the Jury of the 2020 International Art-Resilience Competition. Two Printz paintings, “Pond” and “First,” were on exhibit for a month at Le Musée de Peinture de Saint-Frajou in France as part of the International Art-Resilience Exhibition, the video presentation of which remains in the Museum’s Permanent Archives.

Four of her paintings – “Bird,” “Blue Dog,” “Pigtails,” and “Yellow” – were selected by the Jury of The International ArtisTTable “Are You Serious?” Competition. They were on exhibit through January of 2021. Printz’s painting, “Brush,” was selected by the Jury of Fine Art America for display in their National “On The Beach” Exhibition.

See more work, visit gayleprintz.com

Gayle Printz

Gayle Printz

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Ann Dunbar [Certified Visual Artist – Calvados, France]

Ann Dunbar [Certified Visual Artist – Calvados, France]

Ann Dunbar is a Side Arts Certified Visual Artist from Calvados, France.

Ann Dunbar, originally from England, was born in Faberstown, Hampshire, in 1953. She currently resides and works as an accomplished painter in France.

With three decades of artistic experience and aesthetic exploration, Ann has honed her skills in the delicate art of watercolor, seamlessly blending the rich tradition of English embroidery onto paper canvases.

Her unique approach involves layering fine threads of cotton and silk alongside paint, imbuing her artworks with an added dimension, creating a captivating interplay of colorful reflections that dance with changing light and the viewer’s gaze.

Experience and Achievements

Ann’s journey through the world of art began with a degree in Education from the University of Southbank in London in 1975. She pursued her passion further, graduating with honors from the School of Fine Arts at Surrey. Her dedication to the arts extended into the realm of education. She served as a professor of applied arts in England for an impressive 16 years.

Notably, Ann Dunbar has been recognized and included in the prestigious Larousse directory of artist ratings since 2005. Her professional artistic journey continues to flourish in France, marked by numerous publications and official accolades.

Among her recent achievements, she was awarded the Vermeil Medal by the Academy of Arts, Sciences, and Letters in Paris in 2022. In 2016, her exceptional work earned her the Gold Medal at the International Artcomexpo.com exhibition in Oslo, Norway.

Ann’s masterpieces can be admired at several esteemed galleries across the globe including the Shoalhaven Gallery in New South Wales, Australia, G&C Agent, United Kingdom, and China.

Her unique fusion of watercolors and embroidery continues to captivate art enthusiasts worldwide, leaving an indelible mark on the world of contemporary art.

See more work, visit anndunbarart.com

Ann Dunbar [Certified Visual Artist - Calvados, France]

Ann Dunbar [Certified Visual Artist - Calvados, France]

 

 

 

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Christina Mitterhuber [Certified Visual Artist – Vienna, Austria]

Christina Mitterhuber [Certified Visual Artist – Vienna, Austria]

Christina Mitterhuber is a Side Arts Certified Visual Artist from Vienna, Austria.

Christina Mitterhuber was born on 29 December 1975 in Wels, Austria, Europe, and is based in 1180 Vienna, Austria.

Christina paints using oil, acrylic, and mixed media on canvas of various sizes. She has been creating self-studies since childhood with her first oil paintings created at the age of twelve. She has created over one thousand paintings. Her favorite painters and sculptors are Michelangelo, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Rafael, and Rodin.

Christina has self-studies at galleries around the world including galleries in New York City, San Francisco, Melbourne, Victoria, Vancouver, Montreal, Sidney, Brisbane, Paris, Cannes, London, Manchester, Rome, Florence, Milan, Dublin, Cork Island, Berlin, Hamburg, Malaga, Prague, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Oslo, Kopenhagen, Genf, Zürich, Antibes, Venice, Nice, and in the center of the cultural world, Vienna.

See more work, visit christinamitterhuber.at

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Nina Pancheva [Certified Visual Artist – Varna, Bulgaria]

Nina Pancheva [Certified Visual Artist – Varna, Bulgaria]

Nina Pancheva is a Side Arts Certified Visual Artist from Varna, Bulgaria.

Nina Pancheva creates paintings and art installations. In her practice, she often juxtaposes abstract elements with figurative ones to explore various subject matters, mainly related to political, social, and ecological problems.

After completing her bachelor’s degree in fine art at the art academy in her home country, Bulgaria (in Plovdiv), she received her MA in Fine Art at the University of Southampton in 2011. In 2015, she completed her PhD at the same university with practice-based research.

Honors and Awards

Among the honors that Nina Pancheva’s paintings have received are:

  • shortlisted for the final stage of Visual Art Open Competition, London, 2023;
  • shortlisted for London Art Biennale 2021;
  • first place for painting at the open theme competition, Teravarna, US;
  • fifth place for painting in the competition ‘All Landscapes’, Contemporary Art Gallery Online;
  • shortlisted for the final exhibition of Lynn Painter-Strainers Prize 2017;
  • shortlisted for the final exhibition of the competition ING Discerning Eye, as well as for Sunny Art Prize 2020;
  • selected for ArtPrize – Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA;
  • shortlisted for the final exhibition of Beep International Painting Prize, Swansea, Wales;
  • featured artist for August 2021 from The Stables in Exile Gallery, London, UK;
  • first-place prize for painting in the competition of Foundation “Anastas Staykov”, Bulgaria; and
  • shortlisted as one of the artists to present Bulgaria in the Henkel and KulturKontakt competition in Vienna, Austria.

Nina’s works have been included in private and public collections in the United Kingdom, USA, Bulgaria, Canada, Austria, and Italy.

See more work, visit ninapancheva.com

Nina Pancheva

Nina Pancheva

 

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Charles Hall [Certified Visual Artist – Windsor Locks, CT]

Charles Hall [Certified Visual Artist – Windsor Locks, CT]

Charles Hall is a Side Arts Certified Visual Artist from Windsor Locks, Connecticut.

Charles Hall is a Vietnam Veteran who uses photography as therapy to help cope with PTSD. He has been photographing for several years. It is a reason to get out of the house, enjoy himself, and forget issues during that time.

Charles has exhibited photography in over forty galleries in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, and California. He has been published in two books. Two of his photos are installed permanently at the Ronald McDonald house in Baltimore, Maryland.

See more work, visit fineartamerica.com/profiles/5-charles-hall

Charles Hall

Charles Hall

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