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Suzy Barnard,
oil painter, San Francisco, Ca.
“The
ships I see from my window are like large, languid still-lives
on the bay, swaths of color sitting on an ever-changing liquid
surface. Sublime moments of light appear and disappear, just as
the ships themselves come and go."
www.suzybarnard.com
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Safa Aljuburi, Baghdad, Iraq
Safa graduated from the academy of art in Baghdad/
Iraq in 2003. Safa is a very talented artist and she has participated
in several exhibits and art activities in Iraq and Jordan. She
graduated on the honor roll and her graduation project was recognized
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Nancy Rodger, Painter, San Francisco, Ca.
Nancy likes to paint from her imagination. Cityscapes,
dogs and trees seem to fill her head. She is the originator of
the Project Art Bridge.
www.nancyrodger.com
She also designs websites:
www.arttrellis.com |
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Mary Swanson,
field sketching, watercolor, San Francisco, Ca.
Mary uses a sketchbook to record her
observations of nature, both overall landscape views and details
of plants, animals and rocks. Through
the use of watercolor and drawing she sits quietly for extended
periods in nature's beauty capturing a sense of place. |
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Marcia Middleton,
oil painter, San Francisco, Ca.
I
am intrigued by the potencies of nature, especially environments
invisible to the naked eye. I’m captivated by abstract investigations
of biological forms and their evocative energy. My recent work
is based on the swimming world locked in a drop of pond water.
I like to think of this environment as a teaming primordial soup
with endless potential for positive growth. |
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Sidnea D'amico, painting, mixed medium,
San Francisco, Ca.
In my work I am constantly translating a story I have in mind
into images. My process involves building a surface, then scratching
away most of what was originally painted. As I scratch I become
in touch, literally and metaphorically, with the painting.
Using colors, lines and shapes it often reflects in a whimsical and
playful imagery.
www.sidneadamico.com |
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Margo Majewska, multi media artist, San Francisco,
Ca.
I am a multidisciplinary artist working in a variety of media: architecture,
drawing, sculpture, photography and installations. I am very
interested in the process of transforming a 3-D form into 2-D
representation and vice versa. My work is primarily process driven,
a process of discovery, a continuous exploration.
www.margomajewska.com |
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Gloria Upchurch, photography, San Francisco, Ca. African
women are the glue that keeps the families together, without the
backbreaking labor of African women, and their endless efforts to
ensure their children are healthy, safe and educated, the African
culture would not exist. Dollars earned from the sell these baskets
to the local markets ensure their daughters education.
www.gloriaupchurch.com |
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Halla Ayla, photography and painting Mill Valley,
Ca.
Halla is an Iraqi born artist currently
living in the Francisco Bay Area. Halla has been a photographer
for over 20 years and began painting in her early thirties. She
combines photography with painting and collage to create unique
mixed media painted photographs from her journeys to the Middle
East.
www.hallaayla.com |
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Alia Al Wahab, painting, Lebanon
Iraq has always been a civilization cultivated
and enriched with poetry and art. Throughout history, Iraq has suffered
from the political turbulences, none the less, that did not deter
Iraqis from using art as a medium of expression that is different
from others and symbolic of our true values and beliefs. To me, my
paintings stem from within my soul wanting to reach out to the world
and tell them that yes we still have civilization, culture, heritage
and humanity. No matter what, these virtues will always lie within
every Iraqi all over the world.
www.aliaalwahab.com
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