FINE ART AMERICA CONTEST
Welcome to FINE ART AMERICA Contest winners.
These works of art won first place in the FINE ART AMERICA Members contests. The contests have rules that only permit specific themes, mediums and limited submissions. They are voted on by FAA members and the general public. I hope you enjoy.
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CHILDREN OF ASIA
BY JEAN HILDEBRANT
OIL ON LINEN
Born and raised in a small town in Oregon, Jean Hildebrant found herself drawn to the beauty of art at the exceptionally early age of three. With a love for art growing within, Jean spent most of her free-time drawing to develop her gift. As her personal style began to develop, she discovered that she especially enjoyed working in oil and pastel mediums. Specializing in portraits and figurative works. Jean’s favorite subject is the human soul. She desires to capture the essence and inner beauty of the human spirit through the use of light and color. She wants her paintings to speak to the emotions and spirit of each person who views them. She paints realism with the purpose of leaving an indelible impression.
http://www.jeanhildebrant.com/
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CANUS LUPUS V
THE GREY WOLF OF THE AMERICAS
-THE RECOVERY-
BY STEVEN PAUL CARLSON
DRAWING-GRAPHITE / 30X20
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TOUCH OF SUNLIGHT
BY PAUL TOKARSKI
PHOTOGRAPHY ART
CLOSE UP OF TOUCH OF SUNLIGHT
the creation
the process
My Polaroid prints were created by manipulating Polaroid’s Time Zero Film as the emulsion was developing. The emulsion on Time Zero Film is very thick and is composed of separate layers of dyes. These dyes are kind of like peanut butter and can be moved by applying pressure to the protective coating on the very top of the film. You need to use a camera designed to hold the film such as the SX-70 model that is no longer in production and has not been for quit awhile. The really sad news is that the film has been discontinued awhile ago. It is a very sad lost art that many photographers have enjoyed around the world
I have set out to push the limits of this process just about a year before the SX-70 era ended. One nice thing about the Time Zero Film is that it had no grain unlike other films that when you enlarged them you would see a lot of film grain on the prints. Time Zero Film had its emulsion that was truly made of hard liquid dyes that the hotter you could get the film the easier it was to push the emulsion around without any grain to get in the way. I had an ace up my sleeve when it came to printing my Polaroid film I had access to a very high end drum scanner. What this means is that I was able turn my little 3 inch square print into a monster 160 inch print (almost 3 gigabytes of data). I would never make such a print unless I wanted to make a billboard but what it meant to me was the ability to print extreme close ups of the emulsion. On some of my prints you can see how the layers of dye overlap like transparent ribbons and see how the emulsion is pushed together creating mountains and valleys in the prints.
A print of mine would never be considered a snapshot that was not my intended purpose for this project. My reason for making these images was to push the limits of the old technology and incorporate it into the new digital world of film.
My Polaroid prints really do stand out in a crowd and usually the best comment I receive is that people realize the fun I had in creating them.
To visit Paul Tokarski's website click on the link below:
http://www.paultokarski.com/
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TIME ON THE BENCH
PAINTING BY CHARLOTTE YEALY
OIL ON GESSOED BOARD
16X20
$900.00
Charlotte Yealy loves painting people and animals.
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EVENING SWAN
BY PHYLLIS HOWARD
ACRYLIC ON WATERCOLOR PAPER
11 X 14
SOLD
As a resident of Skagit Valley ( an hour north of Seattle and South of Canada ) we live in a "birder's paradise." Year round we have innumerable birds and annually swans and geese migrate by the thousands to winter over the huge fields in this farm rich area. They are huge, magnificent birds! They are so large that the first time I saw them out in the fields I thought they were sheep! We often go out to sit quietly watching them graze and listen to their "conversations" which is an unbelievably tranquil privilege. This piece captures that last sunlight reflecting as evening closes in and one settles for the night.A
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'PUTEULANUS DIVUM'
VIOLIN IN BLUE
BY PAUL TOKARSKI
8X23X2 INCHES
SOLD
This image shows both the front and back of the violin.
My Resin Art is created using resins as the medium on wooden frames or weather resistant industrial panels requiring no additional framing. I begin by grinding dry pigments into the crystal clear resin, the same process used to produce oil, acrylic, watercolor and other mediums. Using this method allows me to incorporate the finest materials available.
The resin starts off as a thin maple syrup then slowly thickens to a thick honey and finally a hard gel. The resin is under constant movement for approximately 6 – 8 hours. This alchemical process allows for fluid, translucent layers of color that cannot be achieved in any other medium. The ability to move and rearrange the mutable image for hours on end is fascinating to watch. An image gestates, grows and develops a life and personality of its own. The interactive layers of glass like resins along with added elemental textures conspire to create a distinctively contemporary vision.
My unique resin art has a life and radiance of its own from multiple complex layers to rich saturated colors. Visual bursts of form and color allows the mind to stroll across the image at a pleasurable rhythm. This is the fundamental nature of my paintings.
My art is featured in public and private collections throughout the United States. Galleries in Las Vegas, NV showcase Paul’s paintings. In addition, Paul displays and sells his work through his website and various galleries in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Both of these violins were created for the “Center for Creative Therapeutic Arts”. I created them for a charity auction they held last year.
Their goal is to improve the healing of the mind, body and spirit through innovative creative therapies. They provides creative arts programming through therapeutic applications to better serve clients of all ages in educational, health and social service settings. They are the only non-profit music therapy clinic in southern Nevada. It was a great pleasure for me to help the people that profit from this type of therapy.
To visit Paul Tokarski's website click on the link below:
http://www.paultokarski.com/
Close-ups of Paul Tokarski's
PUTEULANUS DIVUM
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PARKING LOT SHOWDOWN
BY KAREN SNIDER
47X37 INCHES
OIL ON CANVAS
I work at the public Library here in Aiken, SC and every summer we have a reading program for the children. At the end of the summer reading program (which has activities every week for the month of June and July) which encourage children to read 10 books through the summer; there is a splashdown party in the parking lot. The local firemen come and get at the top of their extended ladders with the hose and spray the children for about 1 hour. Water accumulates to about 20 inches deep in the center of the parking lot. The children love it and look forward to it every year. KAREN SNIDER
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