|
Home
Fine Art
Quick Overview
Paintings
{by Subject)
Sculptures
{all}
Photos {all}
Galleries
Paintings
Marine Art
Photography
Digital Art
Illustrations
Miniatures
Sculptures
Portrait
Gallery
Automobiles New
Pencil &
GraphiteNew
Air
Brush New
New Members
Artist's Portfolio
Get a Portfolio
Artists A - Z
Apply
/ Membership
Why List with us
Testimonials
Resource
Center
Art Impact
BEWARE
Art
Scams
Lost
/ Stolen Art
Contact Info
Join Mailing List
Apply
for Web Award
|
Enigma
|
Generally I am a self-taught artist. My art educational training comes from life experience. I have been art-making since grade school. So I have been an artist for the past 40 years; practicing as a professional artist since 1996. I have received numerous and participated in a large amount of art exhibitions both locally and internationally. As an educational component to my website I share my story to encourage emerging artist.
Art making has been a major activity in my life, in fact, I don't remember a time that I wasn't actively creating paintings. I have been represented by a variety of galleries and now am self-representing in my own educational online art gallery,
Composition, colour and form come naturally to me. I paint intuitively often creating work as I go along. In my I paint images that have appeared in my dreams and meditations. The composition and colour are decided during the painting process itself. |
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hippomenes
|
|
John Woodrow Kelley
Web
Site United States |
The Greek myths embody everything that is timeless about the human experience. They reveal truths and acknowledge mysteries. They survive in the subconscious of Western man to the point that to learn about them is to experience a shock of recognition. They have been a successful vehicle for man's pursuit of self knowledge for countless generations, which is the reason I have chosen to make yet another interpretation of them through my paintings. Each generation has been inspired to a unique interpretation, and I have tried to present the old myths in a new way, showing all the irony and conflict of the modern world. The figures are contemporary, but the situations are ancient. It is a way of saying,"we are new, but we are old," "we are young, but we must die". History continually humbles the arrogance of man. The Greek myths tell us that this is our fate as well as our redemption.
Mr. Kelley is an artist whose entire life's work is devoted to creating a contemporary interpretation of the classical tradition in western civilization. This ambition is expressed through a series of paintings inspired by Greek mythology, as well as a study of the uniqueness of the human individual through the genre of portraiture. Mr. Kelley's attraction to Greek mythology is born of the belief that it embodies everything that is timeless about the human experience, and therefore is worthy of an interpretation expressing our own age. |
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
The Tramp
|
Miles is completely self-taught and has chosen to specialise in the Circus Clown because of his love of comedy and, purely & simply, no one else paints them! His talent enables him to somehow capture their true pathos perfectly.
He has travelled the Country, and the Channel Isles, participating in numerous Craft Shows, County Shows and Art Demonstrations.
Among his products available for purchase at these events are original water colours, prints, original pointillism drawings, greeting cards, mouse mats and chopping boards and now fridge magnets!Miles has exhibited in the United States & Europe and among his more famous customers are Millicent Martin & Ron Moody. He has appeared on BBC Radio Devon and his 'ambition' is to be a guest on Desert Island Discs |
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
