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for cars, James Caldwell is elevating automotive art to new levels.
CHARLES C. CARTER • ARTEXPOSTUDIO.COM • A native of Scottsdale, Arizona, Charles C. Carter's whimsical work is infl uenced by the native Arizonan Indian culture and Mexican folk art that surrounded him as a child—not to mention the abstract beauty of the Sonoran Desert.
MINDY DONAHUE • MINDYDONAHUEFINEART.
COM • By focusing on human subjects, watercolor painter Mindy Donahue captivates her audience and vicariously engages them in everyday interac- tions and emotions.
LYNETTE JOEL • LYNETTEJOELDESIGNS.COM •
In the November/December issue of ABN, we introduced you to the fi rst half of this year's Top 50 Emerging Artists. Here they are again…
SARAH ALI • SARAH-ALI.COM • With bold brush- strokes and vibrant colors, Sarah Ali's intense and moving paintings offer a window into her emotions and provide her with a kind of therapy that no tradi- tional medicine can offer.
YISA AKINBOLAJI • YISAGALLERY.COM • From his native Nigeria to the University of North Dakota to his current home in Winnipeg, Canada, Yisa Akin- bolaji sees art as one connected journey.
TED ASNIS • TEDASNIS.COM • After a successful career as an architectural illustrator, Ted Asnis now devotes his full attention to painting the world he sees around him in his Hamptons home of Sag Harbor, New York
MALENA ASSING • MALENAASSING.COM • Work- ing in both fi gurative and abstract imagery, photog- rapher Malena Assing uses light as a metaphor for joy; "I work with images 'stolen' from the instants of life," she says.
MICHAEL BEDOIAN • PEACEFULCOEXISTENCE.NET • After a life-changing experience left him contem- plating suicide in 2006, Michael Bedoian found solace in communing with—and painting—the black bears that surround him in the mountains of western North Carolina.
JEANNE BESSETTE • JEANNEBESSETTE.COM •
After enjoying a decade-long career in photogra- phy, Jeanne Bessette could no longer ignore the creative itch that still burned within her and so she returned "home" to the canvas
JAMES CALDWELL • JAMESARTIST.COM • In- fl uenced in equal parts by his father, renowned landscape artist Jim Caldwell, and his own passion
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Fine art. Judaica. Embroidery. Interior design. Stained glass. Clothing. Jewelry. Fabric. There are few art forms on which Johannesburg, South Africa native Lynette Joel hasn't successfully put her stamp.
L. ERNESTO MONTERO • ERNESTOMONTERO.
COM • The unspoken dialogue between artist and viewer is the central focus of abstract painter L. Ernesto Montero, who works to keep this conversa- tion pure from the get-go by not premeditating anything about a new work until he fi rst stands at the canvas.
ROLAND MORIN • MORINFINEART.COM • Modern artist Roland Morin's positive outlook is apparent in his bright and lively color palette, which he ap- plies to simplistic designs in order to create artwork that's a treat for the senses and can brighten up any space.
KRISTEN R. NAUGLE • KRISTENRAYNAUGLE.COM •
Kristen R. Naugle combines her love of realism with her knack for technical design to offer "beautiful images that create pause."
KEN ORTON • KENORTONGALLERY.COM • If look- ing at Ken Orton's work from afar, you would swear that he was a talented photographer. But move a little closer and you'll realize that his classifi cation as a photorealist painter is no typo—that's a paint- ing you're seeing.
TINA PALMER • TINAPALMERART.COM • Tina Palmer—whose work hangs in a model condo in New York City's Trump World Tower—has never limited her subject matter or style, jumping from painted hearts to tree-fi lled landscapes to her lat- est focus on umbrellas in everyday life.
HANS PETERSEN • HANSPETERSENART.COM •
Educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen, Hans Petersen was inspired by the CoBrA movement—an avant-garde art style based
on spontaneity and experimentation—which still informs the artist's work today.
LISA-ANNE REGO • LISAREGOART.COM • Though separated from her island home of Bermuda for more than two decades, the location's powerful lure never lost its grip on Lisa-Anne Rego, and it's that subject that inspires her work today.
ILENE RICHARD • ILENERICHARD.COM • Like the importance of facial expressions in a live perfor- mance, Ilene Richard uses strong design, color and narrative to communicate a deeper story to her viewers, particularly the female ones.
RICHARD RIVERIN • LABELLEIMAGE.ORG • Mixing abstract and impressionistic elements, Richard Riv- erin's uniquely heavy textures give his work a depth not often seen, creating a window into the artist's world for every viewer.
CAROLINE ROVITHI • CAROLINE.GR • Though born in Germany, self-taught artist Caroline Rovithi now- resides in Athens, where she recently participated in the "1+25 artists" group show in honor of the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games and has taken part in Athens Fashion Week.
SUZANNE STROCK • STROCKDESIGN.COM • Using her travels throughout Europe as well as the beauty found in her very own backyard of St. Augustine, Florida as her subject matter, Suzanne Strock says "I sometimes think of the great Henri Matisse when he said, 'I don't paint things, I only paint the differ- ence between things.'"
ANDREA VARDI • ARTEXPOSTUDIO.COM/ARTISTS/
ANDREA-VARDI • An artist to the core, Andrea Vardi uses art as a way to share her life experi- ences. "For the past 15 years I have traveled extensively, particularly in Europe," she says. "I love to paint the feeling of each place... to evoke the colors and shapes of the individual countries and cities."
KENT R. WALLIS • KENTWALLISART.COM • A full- time artist for more than 35 years now, self-taught artist Kent Wallis uses oil to explore the boundaries between Romantic realism and impressionism.
HEATHER WHITESIDE • WHITESIDEART.COM • A professional artist for the past 20 years, Heather Whiteside has lived all over the world, and it shows in her work and penchant for cityscapes.
YUMING ZHU • YUMINGFINEART.COM • Born in Shanghai, Yuming Zhu works in oils, pastels and Chinese watercolors—a unique blend of East meets West artistry that Zhu himself refers to as "transism," in reference to his constantly evolving interests.
MARCH/APRIL 2012