Artscope 56, May/June 2015
Watercolor
CENTERFOLD CONTESTYour work could be Artscope magazine’s next centerfold.Work by established and emerging artists welcome.For the July/August issue, we will be accepting submissions of Watercolor.Please send up to three digital still images (if chosen, minimum for the images must be reproduced at 300dpi). Also include your statement.Send sumbissions to: centerfold@artscopemagazine.com, no later than June 10, 2015.Though
smaller files may be submitted, images must be available to be reproduced
up to 9″ x 12″ at 300 dpi dependent on your work selected by the jurors. Entries
not following these specifications will not be considered.
No resumes please; the cover piece will be selected based on visual and/or
conceptual quality, by a jury of one artscope staff member, and two New England
art professionals.
Artscope 56, May/June 2015
3D PAPER
art: Knowledge, Inc.
artist: Ania Gilmore
medium: am old book, thread 20″ diameter x 11″
“I have created a folded book inspired by Wislawa Szymborska’s poem A Contribution to Statistics. The form allows the viewer to explore the book from all sides, allowing for a vision of the feeling of permanent unrest about the quality of human nature, giving a statistical account and contemplating picture of equality in the face of inevitable human suffering and death.”
To see more of Ania’s work, visit: aniaartstudio.com
Judges:
Andy Moerlein, Derryfield Gallery Director
Gary Duehr, Bromfield Gallery Manager
artscope 55, March/April 2015
GLASS OR MOSAIC WORK
art: Aspire 4
artist: Joshua Winer
medium: Ceramic tile mosaic
“Aspire” is a two-level atrium mosaic I created as an artist-in-residence working with the school community at the Eagle Hill School in Hardwick, Massachusetts. The texture and color evoke the tapestry-like quality of light and shade under the forest canopy. The deep perspective looking up from the shadows towards a glowing sky offers a visual experience of transformation and transcendence.
My work focuses on creating public art that is integrated into architectural settings. My primary media are painted murals, glass mosaics and ceramic mosaics murals. “Aspire” is made from broken and cut ceramic tile, handmade ceramic tile, and colored grout.
To see more of Joshua’s work, visit: joshuawiner.com or schoolmosaics.net
Judges:
Betty Bothereau, L’Attitude Gallery owner
Carrie Gustafson, Cambridge, Mass. glass sculptor
artscope 54, January/February 2015
WINTER THEMED PAINTING
art: Silos
artist: Bruce Davidson
medium: Watercolor
I paint for the joy of learning and the creative act. I teach to help other people enjoy what we can discover.
The subject matter of his work ranges greatly, with depictions of New England farms and landscapes, a majestic Russian tall ship and an America’s Cup yacht powering upwind. It brings you around the globe from the Belizean rain forest to Southwest France, and back to Boston, to the Custom House Tower dramatically lit at night.
The collection also includes the beauty of the bygone art of the carved and painted Carousel Horse, the coiled pwer of a Red Sox slugger, the face of the beloved Polish Pontiff and a large blue fish carved from rough sawn lumber from a local mill.
To see more of Bruce’s work, visit: bdavidsonart.com
Judges:
Rachel Moore, Assistant director of the Helen Day Art Center
Sharon Corwin, Carolyn Muzzy director and chief curator at the Colby College Museum of Art
Bill Everett, Director of The Guild of Boston Artists
artscope 53, November/December 2014
DIGITAL PAINTING
art: Steel and Glass
artist: Gloria King Merritt
medium: Digital
Every generation invents a new artistic technique or medium to create new ways to express the concepts, thoughts, and feelings of the age. Just as the painter’s brush is an extension of their hand, so the computer is the extension of the creative mind. Although the techniques used to create the art are technologically complex, they produce beautiful and accessible works of fine art that convey fresh images and provoke new ideas.
I chose to present a diverse selection of digital painting styles for your consideration to deomonstrate the breadth of possibilities. I love experimentation. Although I was trained in traditional techniques and media, I know work almost exclusively with digital painting.
To see more of Gloria’s work, visit: gloriakingmerritt.com
Judges:
Tom Barrett, Illustrator, Professor, Lesley University College of Art and Design
Matthew Mullin, Artscope Magazine
artscope 52, September/October 2014
SURREALISM
art: Visitors
artist: Joey Mars
medium: acrylic, oil stick, enamel, and collage on canvas
Using drawing, painting and collage, I create and slice up fragments of time, nature and experience then assemble them ina flow of fact and fiction. As in dreams, anything is possible. Images are often related, grafted and spring from the previous. I often go in after and further cut up and rearrange the objects, words and backgrounds, creating further meaning and understanding of the information.
To see more of Joey’s work, visit: joeymars.com
Judges:
Elena Bachrach, Executive Director, Newburyport Art Association
Sara Bogosian, Director, Whistler House Museum
artscope 51, July/August 2014
ABSTRACT ART
art: Passing Strange 4
artist: Adria Arch
medium: acrylic on mylar and paper
I look at the edges of things. The eccentric and unpredictable shapes found in unexpected places, the puddles and pools of spilled paint and the overlooked doodle found in the margins of a notebook, the swooping lines of tar patching the asphalt after a hard winter.
Older work explores unselfconscious doodles – a universal yet mysterious language. More recently, I use paint spills as a starting point for a series of new work on paper that I began on a residency at Sanskriti Foundation in India this year.
To see more of Arch’s work, visit: adriaarch.com
Judges:
Marilyn Kalish, Artist and Co-Director of Vault Gallery
Ellyn M. Moller, Director of Milton Art Museum
Evan Neely, Art History Professor (Sarah Lawrence College, Pratt, Columbia)
artscope 50, May/June 2014
SUMMER
art: Always
artist: Cara Gonier
medium: acrylic on canvas
With formal training in traditional landscape painting, and drawn to abstract artwork, Gonier fuses both worlds by suppressing artistic details to produce a more meditative, atmospheric, sensorial work of art.
I describe my artistic process as a balance of planning and
intuition influenced by my studies as a classical vocalist. I use
music as a catalyst for visualization and movement, as I work
along the surface of the canvas, layering heavy body acrylics
with palette knife. I take care not to impose my thoughts or
specific sources of inspiration. I believe that restraint invites
viewers to create their own journeys.
More of Gonier’s work: caragonier.weebly.com
Judges:
Anita Trezvant, Artist and Director of Hope Gallery
Jill Deupi, Director and Chief Curator of university museums at Fairfield University;
Clare Marron, Director, Curator and Owner of Monkitree
artscope 49, March/April 2014
8th Anniversary Issue
BODY ART
art: War & Peace,
artist: Paul Roustan
medium: Mehron Liquid makeup
Most known body-paintings objectify the model, like models
on a runway, simply moving coat hangers for the artworks on
display. This is also true with regular canvas, an object that
simply serves no other purpose but to be painted on. The
viewer learns very little, if anything, of the person beneath
the paint or fashion, or the canvas on which paint was applied.
What separates me from other body painters is that I tackle
the relevance of the produced artwork to the model it’s being
applied on.
For me, this nude being, complete with unique experiences
and personality, is someone to celebrate, not ignore. After all,
it is a collaborative effort between my work and a model that
exclaims, “Here I am, in my purest form. Look at me!”
Read the entire article in our magazine pages…
More of Roustan’s work: roustanbodypaint.com
Judges:
Grant Drumheller, Professor of Art at the University of New Hampshire
Jerry LoFaro, Illustrator and Illustration Instructor at the New Hampshire Institute of Art
Natan Alexander, Producer Boston Tattoo Convention and tattoo artist
artscope 48, January/February 2014
ANIMATION
art: Animalia
artist: C. Ryder Cooley
artist statement: Animalia is an inter-species fairytale about a girl who must learn to fly in order to escape from social distress, environmental destruction and the threat of impending war. She connects with secret bee societies and then joins the circus only to discover it is a secret military operation. She then runs away to the woods and falls under the spell of a mystercal deer. When she becomes an antlered deer-creature, she finally achieves flying powers and enters an ethereal world of hybrid creatures.
Animalia the video has a multi-media performance piece that goes with this called Xmalia. We’d love to perform this around New England and elsewhere. crydercooley.com
Judge:
artscope’s media development assistant Vanessa Boucher
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