Have you met…Harriet Bellows?

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I’d like to introduce you to some of my favorite artists. Some of whom I’ve been familiar with for years, and others I’ve only recently been introduced to.

The person I’d like to introduce is the artist Harriet Bellows.

Structure as Line Form. 18 x 24 inches. © Harriet Bellows. 2013

Artist Statement
“The foundation for my paintings has developed around a platform of structure, line, balance and color as defined by simplicity. The element of abstract within my work further defines my ideas. In 2003 I began a series of figurative abstracts that define my idea of simplicity and its consideration for honesty.” HB

Blue Line. 10 x 10 inches. © Harriet Bellows. 2013

Biography

Harriet Bellows received her B.F.A. from Alfred University College of Art and Design in 1968 and her M.F.A. from Alfred University College of Art and Design in 1971. She operated a studio for 10 years before becoming a professional pilot. Her thirty year aviation career has strongly influenced her art concepts of space and environments. Harriet’s work is included in the Smithsonian American Art Museum/Luce Foundation and the Mint Museum’s Allan Chasanoff Ceramic Collection of Charlotte, NC. and The Maryland Federation of Art.

Harriet Bellows lives in Wake Forest, NC with a studio in Durham, NC,.

Light on Motion. © Harriet Bellows. 2013 . On on view at The Frank Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC.

Other material relating to Harriet Bellows.

Artist Website: Harriet Bellows.

Studio Blog: Harriet Bellows.

FRANK: Harriet Bellows.

Craven Allen Gallery: Harriet Bellows.

ArtSlant: Harriett Bellows.

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Have you met…Lorri Ott?

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I’d like to introduce you to some of my favorite artists. Some of whom I’ve been familiar with for years, and others I’ve only recently been introduced to.

The person I’d like to introduce is the artist Lorri Ott.

“bridge”
2012
mixed
h 12″ x w 9″
private collection

Artist Statement

Experimental in material and process, my work is informed by the language of painting, the history of abstraction, chemistry, color, landscape and grid. Favoring the fluidity of pigmented liquid plastic I construct physical objects that function optically as well as sculpturally, engaging both vision and touch. Using color and surface texture to differentiate the parts or elements, I combine and assemble juxtaposing materials and forms (hard/soft, organic/geometric, opaque/translucent) to further abstract the pictorial qualities of the works.My recent work is more ambitious and polychromatic. These pieces require multiple pours of pigmented resin. Within my studio practice the cumulative activity of mixing and pouring liquid plastic establishes time and place: Each piece is a visual moment where material and process are tested and challenged. Color consideration is based upon my response to landscape (real, imaginary and emotional): I seek to reinvent a model of my experience using color, material and form. Installing these pieces directly on the wall allows the work to be open-ended in process and presentation.

“sweet tooth”
2012
mixed media on canvas
h 12″ x w 9″
private collection

Lorri Ott is a visual artist and adjunct professor at KentState University. She lives and works in Cleveland, Ohio.

Education
2004 MFA Painting Kent State University (summa cum laude)
1996 BFA Painting University of North Carolina (magnum cum laude)

“feather trail”
2012
mixed media
h 10″ x w 13″ x d 2″

Other material relating to Lorri Ott.

Artist Website new: Lorri Ott.

ahtcast: Lorri Ott.

Art Orbiter: Lorri Ott.

Beautiful Decay: Lorri Ott.

Museum of Contemporary art Cleveland: Passive Voices Lorri Ott.

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Have you met…Lisa Pressman?

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I’d like to introduce you to some of my favorite artists. Some of whom I’ve been familiar with for years, and others I’ve only recently been introduced to.

The person I’d like to introduce is the artist Lisa Pressman.

The Deep, 2013, 24″x24″, encaustic.

Statement

“I focus on fragments in my work, just as our culture is fragmented and disconnected but my worldview is one of interconnection. I try to reveal elements that many people have lost sight of, elements that communicate to a place deeper than words. My work is rooted in a sense of play and discovery, an intuitive dialogue between the random and the deliberate that allows a relationship between intent and accident to develop. I try to create in the place of “not knowing” and exploration. My paintings invite a deep, visceral response that evolves over time; they have a life of their own.” LP

Things That Matter, 1, 2013, 24″x 24″, encaustic.

BIO

Lisa Pressman began her studies in ceramics, sculpture and painting at Douglass College, NJ, where she received a Bachelor of Art. She continued her studies at Bard College and completed an MFA in painting. Her  paintings incorporates oils, collage, wax and other mixed media to create works that allude to a personalized time  and space. The work is the physical embodiment of the slow and gradual process of realization and transformation.

Lisa  has a solo show scheduled at The Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA in the fall of 2013 and the S.H.E Gallery in Boonton, NJ, spring of 2014. Her work also will be exhibited in several group shows including: Shape Shiting, Susan Eley Fine Art, New York, NY; Swept Away: Translucence, Transparence, Transcendence In Contemporary Encaustic, The Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA (curated by Michael Giaquinto); a Group Show at Western Carolina State University Museum, Cullowhee, NC. and also ed at the A GAllery in Provincetown,MA

Pressman’s recent 2012 group exhibitions included: Wax is Hot, Amy Simon Gallery, Westport, CT; EW’12 Invitational Exhibition, R&F Handmade Paints, Kingston, NY; From Where I Stand, Rye Art Center, Rye, NY; and Confluence: Medium Meets Message, Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL.  In 2011, Pressman’s work was exhibited in Kindred Spirits, Schiltkamp Gallery at Clark University, Wooster MA, Making the Mark at Susan Eley Fine Art and at the Affordable Art Fair with Anelle Gandelman Fine Art, both in New York City. Her paintings were also featured in The Balancing Act, a solo show at Rosenfeld Gallery in Philadelphia. Other recent exhibitions include: Reality and Artifice, the 2010 New Jersey Annual at the NJ State Museum, Trenton, NJ; Illusive Balance: Transcendental Pattern and Layered Surface at the Douglass Library gallery, New Brunswick, NJ; Little Gems at Butters Gallery, Portland, OR. She is represented by the Jack Meier Gallery, Houston TX, Anelle Gandelman Fine Art, Larchmont NY, and the Allyn Gallup Gallery in Sarasota, FL

She is currently an adjunct at the Art Institute of New York and teaches painting privately and around the country. You can find her teaching schedule at http://www.lisapressman.net/news/teaching/

Lisa Pressman lives and works in West Orange, NJ.

Things That matter, 3, 2013, 12×12, encaustic.

Other material relating to Lisa Pressman.

Artist Website: Lisa Pressman.

Lisa Pressman Art Blog: Lisa Pressman.

Youtube: Lisa Pressman.

Studio Critical: Lisa Pressman.

MoMa PS1 Studio Visit: Lisa Pressman.

ArtSlant: Lisa Pressman.

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Long Series #1382.

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Have you met…Gert Scheerlinck?

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The person I’d like to introduce is the artist Gert Scheerlinck.

River Field, painted CD case.

BIO

“I am a visual artist who works on the study of matter. My focus is on the use of found materials. Although I still feel the need to return to mixed media on canvas, I mainly study the influence of paint on non-artistic materials such as … rubber, plastic, styrofoam, and rope, … I deliberately paint inaccurately and make intentional (compositional) faults, causing some tension, it creates a correlation between the applied and the used materials.” GS

“My recent work is about a project called ‘reflections’.
(synonyms reflection: glow, contemplation, mirroring, thoughts, … )

Reflection in a literal sense refers to the reflection of light. Light is actually the most important element in art, without light there’s no image.
Reflection refers figuratively to a consideration, a review of performance. A reference to my completion of 10 years of academic studies.
During this project I imposed upon myself some limitations, because there is no coherence between the work without it and also I had to examine the possibilities within this limitation.
My limitations:

During this project I imposed myself some limitations:

1. Reflection (see explanation above).
2. the specific use of material.
3. the use of blue.
4. the techniques I’ve learned over the past years.

I started to paint on cd-cases, they are made of hard shiny plastic (ref. reflection). In these works it clearly comes to the choice of materials and the color blue is evident. Because the paint had to remain in it’s place, I needed to paint on the back, mirrorwise. My restrictions were fulfilled. All cases have a story to tell, but the viewer will be forced to think and formulate his own philosophy.” GS

Gert Scheerlink is a Belgian artist, and he was born in Ninove, Belgium, in 1973. He lived for almost 10 years in Aalst and is now living and working in the smal town of Oosterzel, near Gent.

Other material relating to Gert Scheerlink.

Artist Blog: The World Of An Abstract Painter by Gert Scheerlink.

You can like his Artist Facebook page: Abstract Painter: Gert Scheerlink.

Artist catalog: Gert Scheerlink.

Artist catalog Reflections: Gert Scheerlink.

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