One of the less-apparent aspects of Alleman’s extraordinary bronze images is that each is accompanied by her statement about its symbolism and its spiritual aspects, reminding us that all creativity comes from a higher source. This marks the first time her work has been shown in a Miami art gallery or featured on a Miami … Read More
Month: July 2005
Mexican Surrealist Enrique Chavarria’s Paintings Compare With Those of Remedios Varo, Leonora Carrington
Enrique Chavarria was an intellectual, widely read Mexican recluse whose works can be compared with those of the Remedios Varo or Leonora Carrington. Like those well-known artists, Chavarria’s paintings often refer to arcane myths and esoteric practices. Acquired by an art gallery owner who passed away, few of them ever were offered for sale, thus … Read More
Virginia Miller’s Artists Featured in Summer 2005 Cover Articles of two Leading Art Magazines
Arte al DÃa International devotes its cover and six full pages and nine photos to a major article on Hugo Crosthwaite by the renowned British author Edward Lucie-Smith. Even the magazine’s subscription cards feature the cover drawing by Crosthwaite, an emerging Mexican artist. Along with its cover, NY Arts magazine has a full-page article by … Read More
Grab a Dose of Exuberance with John Cleary’s Abstract Expressionist Paintings
Cleary is an exuberant abstract expressionist who has had numerous solo and group exhibitions and earned several significant awards. One of the competitions Cleary won in 1977 was juried by the legendary gallerist and artist Betty Parsons, who discovered the New York School of Abstract Impressionists. About that same time, Virginia Miller brought Parsons to … Read More
Fresh From Cuba: Juan Roberto Diago
Whether stitched and painted pieces of cloth or burned, chipped and painted wooden constructions, I find the works of Juan Roberto Diago are fresh, provocative and powerful. Along with various venues in his native Cuba, they have been exhibited in Italy, Spain, France and at Art Miami and arteaméricas. See artwork and get information about … Read More
Mexican, U.S. Museum Exhibitions of Mario Rangel
Mario Rangel has participated in numerous exhibitions in both Mexico and the U.S., including “Otra Generación, Foro de Arte Contemporaneo,” Mexico City in1980; “Trastiempo: La Nueva Pintura Mexicana,” Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City in 1983; “Confrontación,” Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City in 1986; and “Aqui y Allá;” Los Angeles Municipal Art … Read More
Multiple Layers Give Illusion of Depth to Michael Kessler’s Abstractions
Michael Kessler, who has exhibited in top galleries since 1983, has won a number of major awards, including the highly prestigious Prix de Rome, given to only two U.S. artists each year. The award includes a cash stipend and a year’s residency at the American Academy in Rome. His visits to ancient Roman sites inspired … Read More
Michelle Concepción's 'Astonishing Illusion of Craggy Depth'
From time to time in their careers, artists achieve a breakthrough, when their work takes a quantum leap onto another level entirely. Concepción recently had such a visual epiphany. Her new series, its palette limited to hues of black and blue, is both elegant and exciting, with surfaces that offer an astonishing illusion of craggy depth. … Read More
Lyrical Compositions of Matt Carone Come Naturally to a Painter and Violinist
Matt Carone has always been a painter, but he also is an outstanding classical violinist. His distinctive, lyrical compositions often include stylized references to music and musicians. “You can feel the rhythm and almost hear the music in some of his paintings,” Virginia Miller says, “and the colors in his palette are amazing.” Often reflecting … Read More
Fran Hardy's Oil-and-Tempera Technique Developed by Jan van Eyck
No one can glance at a painting by Fran Hardy. Her painstaking oil-and-tempera technique, developed by Jan van Eyck in the early 1400s, gives her work the most amazing inner glow, almost as if they arre illuminated from within. In fact, one of her recent paintings is appropriately called “Glow.” The phenomenon can’t really be experienced on … Read More