Moving from the gallery to the street means many changes for the artist. Instead of a pristine space with a small stream of visitors suddenly you find yourself in a parking lot, on a park-like lakefront, in the middle of a state capitol or on the bluffs of Lake Michigan surrounded by thousands of interested viewers.
On March 25-27 she will be at the Bayou City Art Festival in Houston showing her latest incarnation: mixed media work --- steel plates printed with digital imagery, painted, and bolted to birch backboards and wall books (pastels/digital images nested on paper and textiles).
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In Latvia she was an artist animator for a film producer, a printmaker and illustrated over twenty books, mostly dealing with fairy tales and fantasy.
Skip to today and these early experiences are evident in her finely detailed work. Drawing is the base for her intaglio prints. Intaglio is a technique of deep printing (like embossing with ink), and there are many ways how to make image on metal: etching, aquatint, drypoint, mezzotint, engraving. She uses all these techniques and often combines them in one piece.
The next time you see her at an art fair do yourself a favor and devote some thoughtful time to exploring and understanding her fine work. Better yet, take some home, you will have art to treasure for a lifetime.
Here is the rest of Marina's fascinating odyssey: ArtFairCalendar.com/featured artist
In the Chicago area? Meet Marina December 2-5 at the One of a Kind Show at the Chicago Merchandise Mart.
His skills with the airbrush led him to be contacted by the Postmodern architect Robert Venturi and a 25 year collaboration with his firm ensued that included several exceptional commissions. Michael continued doing his own work, which was sold through galleries and art representatives.
As times changed he became frustrated with the gallery owners who sometimes didn't want his new work. Watching his wife, Nina, taking her work to the street, he decided it was time for him to give art fairs a try, intrigued with the idea of interacting directly with potential collectors and removing the filter of the galleries.
Always inspired by a sense of the light, the increasing suburban landscape and his childhood upbringing in Levittown, several glowing dreams made him pull out his soft pastels and he began drawing from memory. He says, "the colors in my dreams were incredibly vivid, and it turned out pastel was a perfect medium due to the pure pigment used in making them."
You are going to enjoy Michael's interesting story: www.ArtFairCalendar.com/featured artist
Meet him and view his work:
October 9 & 10 - Bayou City Art Festival - Houston, TX
October 16 & 17 - Bethesda Row Arts Festival - Bethesda, MD
Meet him and view his work:
October 9 & 10 - Bayou City Art Festival - Houston, TX
October 16 & 17 - Bethesda Row Arts Festival - Bethesda, MD
As befits this idea he says, "I'm very interested in the idea of personal identity," he said, "finding what is truly ourselves, and what makes us happy, and what's good and natural to us versus what we're fed about what we should be."
His work is a combination of playful and thoughtful images, with a mix of his influences Egon Schiele, Lucien Freud and Andy Warhol thrown in.
What you'll find in his booth at an art fair: charcoal drawings, mixed media paintings, watercolor sketches, spray paint and collage images. Traughber is one of a breed of artists whose youthful energy melds many techniques into a fresh exuberance, nothing "old school" here, a new look for new collectors.
He does only a few art fairs, but if you are lucky you can find him in Royal Oak, MI, (September 3-6) at Arts, Beats & Eats and Kansas City, MO, (September 24-26) at the Plaza Art Fair.
More about Mark & his art: www.ArtFairCalendar.com/featuredartist
That is not what John Leben is doing. A former video producer, painter, graphic designer, and documentary producer he has been compelled by technology since college days, exploring its various uses as an art medium. The continuous changing landscape in the graphic arts field led him to the art fairs some years ago where now you can find a man and his work that is the result of his various careers.
Relatively new to the art fair business John exploits his graphic arts background to continues his life's interests using his computer, painting and drawing on his computer screen, layering photos and color using software called "Art Rage" to create his imagery. This is not "photoshopped" imagery but original painting. You've must see it!
Lucky you, if you live in the Midwest you can meet John and explore his work soon:
Summer Art Festival -
Omaha, NE - June 25-27
Krasl Art Fair on the Bluff - St. Joseph, MI - July 10-11
South University Art Fair - Ann Arbor, MI - July 21-24
Krasl Art Fair on the Bluff - St. Joseph, MI - July 10-11
South University Art Fair - Ann Arbor, MI - July 21-24
Learn more: ArtFairCalendar.com/FeaturedArtist
Amy Flynn has had a successful career as a professional illustrator since college, working for a variety of greeting card, paper, children's book publishers and gift companies.Then the recession hit, clients stopped paying and suddenly the concept of a "starving artist" hit home....not any more!
"In the past 18 months, Flynn, 49, has gone from underemployed illustrator to successful creator of unique robot sculptures. Except for a few nuts and bolts, the 10- to 20-inch-tall creatures are fully made from her vintage findings at flea markets, yard sales ...The "Fobots," as she calls the found-object robots, are artistic, humorous and totally endearing," reports Diane Daniel in the Raleigh News-Observer.
"In Raleigh, she's world famous!" As a result of her work appearing in the Anthropologie catalog Amy Flynn's work had a cameo role on the March 10th episode of "Ugly Betty!" This means she is the "favorite daughter" in her home town of Raleigh, NC, and was featured in a news story there last weekend.
Amy applied for her first art fair a year ago. The uniqueness of her creations has landed her in the nation's best art fairs, notably this month's Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival, March 19-21, in Winter Park, Florida.
The Fobots (found object robots) are taking the art fair world by storm! Read Amy's amazing story: ArtFairCalendar.com/featuredartist
(Amy and her husband Phil Crone are both members of Art Fair Insiders. They have shared their story with us on this site and we look forward to hearing the rest of it!)
"I am always looking for the next great shot," says Nels, whose photographs are full of a sensitive use of the light and strong color, reflecting his life growing up in sun-drenched Florida. Art fairs have been his livelihood for over 35 years and his imagery reflects this.
"I have always had a love affair with Key West and go back there regularly for new work. I love the water and do a lot of work along the Gulf, especially the Florida panhandle.
When I'm shooting my photos I try to capture the feeling that you are right beside me, with a cup of coffee as we watch the sun come up over the Bahamas. I look closely at the relationships between colors and look for the designs in nature and in man made objects--because I care to look closer at them--I don't take them for granted."You'll know you've found Nels at an art fair -- he is this guy in shorts, bearded, with funny color socks, wearing an aloha shirt--they show you this man gets to live the life of the images he captures. Like many others in the art fair business Nels says, "This was the job I was always supposed to have."
Where you can find Nels and his sun-drenched images:
February 13-15, Coconut Grove Arts Festival, Miami
February 20 & 21, Naples National Art Festival, Naples, FL
February 27 & 28, Old Island Days Art Festival, Key West, FL
You'll enjoy reading his very intriguing journey through life at: www.ArtFairCalendar.com/featured artist
