About the Artists:
Nino Heartsdale
Both my parents were artists, so painting always came naturally to me. Perhaps because of that, I always took my inherent abilities for granted and tended to paint only sporadically.
Nevertheless, a series of serendipitous events, brought forward the opportunity for me to paint more on a full-time basis, which is what I have been doing for the past couple of years.
My style can be described as realistic or contemporary, with an occasional foray into the world of the surreal!
My preference is to paint mainly in acrylics on paper.
The subject matter is eclectic, it’s whatever inspires me at a particular moment in time.
Each painting is built up in many layers to give it more depth and a richer feel.
Warm Clarity
Growing up surrounded by a love of the arts by both parents, my natural instinct to draw
and keep drawing obssessively was nurtured by both my parents and the massive collection
of fantasy art and fine art books surrounding me in childhood. I spent an entire summer
in my teens working endlessly on a series of pieces consisting entirely of flowers in vases
and yet another summer the subject matter was trees and eyes.
Inspired by literature, graphic novels of the 1970s and artists of the Impressionist and Surre
alist movements my work tends to vary in style and subject matter yet still maintain the
trademark flowing natural curves that dominates every piece. As unnatural as my work looks
all subject matter tends to lean toward subjects of horticulture and biology – nature.
Most pieces are full of vibrant contrasting color combinations through the use of acrylics,
opaque water colors (gouache) , prismacolor -pencils, markers, and art stix chalk pastels,
and oil pastels with the occassional venture into pen and ink, charcoals and graphite.
GweiMui GhostRaven
People become artists for a multitude of reasons.
Some artists are compelled, some happen upon art by "chance"
Others are both compelled and repelled at the same time.
Me, I wander through the galleries that I are housed in my head. Occasionally
finding half hidden rooms and the visual secrets that they hold.
Very occasionally what my inner eye sees my hand reproduces, very occasionally.
Art like any other creative discipline, for me is an act of communication.
It's opening a dialogue between the artist and the viewer, the observer.
I hope that my work will initiate a conversation, a thought an idea.
