Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art. -Leonardo da Vinci Susan Aaron-Taylor is a builder and a storyteller whose hands and spirit work ...
VIEW WORK >"I believe all artists spend their lives interpreting images that are stamped in their minds during childhood." Bruno Shultz, artist and writer. I was born in ...
VIEW WORK >My latest body of work is inspired by death. My concept started as simply a vessel for ashes of the dead. For me it started with trying to show beauty in form and ...
VIEW WORK >My work currently explores imagined landscapes, psychological spaces, and abstracted planes of existence. These are all spaces that we coexist in with other human ...
VIEW WORK >Art for me is about visualizing and combining formal art ideas with social political commentary. I love the “process”, the building of each work I create using ...
VIEW WORK >The primary focus of my work is to examine the process of metalsmithing while reflecting upon the audiences role. Through these considerations, I challenge and play ...
VIEW WORK >Artist Statement: Genna Cowsert is a graphic designer and chuppy maker with a BFA from Wayne State University. Chuppy Love is her crafty business venture and line ...
VIEW WORK >I am a painter. I start with traditional oil paint, gouache, paper, stretched canvases, brushes, and then I create marks that have personal meanings for me. Painting, ...
VIEW WORK >My passion for painting Detroit images began while attending CCS. Each day driving from my suburban home to the city I realized it wasn’t just the personal history ...
VIEW WORK >I began working with fused glass when I was fourteen. Through learning the technical process, I have been able to experiment with the medium. Making a variety of ...
VIEW WORK >My work has been an ongoing exploration of imagery, inspired by remnants of past and present cultures. The process involves combining or layering a variety of media, ...
VIEW WORK >As an artist I want to make peace with myself. I am constantly searching for the true interpretation of my intentions, because in a way, we all respond to our surroundings ...
VIEW WORK >Sculptures My sculptures, at first glance may seem decorative – basic, fundamental. But, in fact they deal with the most common denominators in all art- ...
VIEW WORK >Many of the painted constructions have used an x, xy, or triangular structure. These elements appeal because of the myriad number of meanings assigned to them from ...
VIEW WORK >The goal of my art is to celebrate the differences, the diversity and yet the commonality that all human beings possess through the use of meaningful symbols and ...
VIEW WORK >My jewelry line is inspired by discarded watches. The watch glass and hands of time are removed and the side pin holders ground away via grinding wheel and sanded ...
VIEW WORK >I have read several artist statements about their styles which seem to be very philosophical….. how they use the application of light theory, exaggerated forms, ...
VIEW WORK >My paintings are brought to life by critical observation, personal experience, memory and reactions to events. They become a metaphor for personal emotions and ...
VIEW WORK >My work is the result of creating order out of confusion. The challenge in starting with an unplanned idea is finding balance in an ever-changing composition. The ...
VIEW WORK >Texture to me is meant not only to be looked at, but to be interacted with. As soon as I catch a glimpse of the rough quality there is an immediate reaction for ...
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Metal has always been a way for me to bring my ideas to life because of its endless possibilities. This is something that really drives me to work on my excising ...
VIEW WORK >Driven by history, faith and fantasy I embrace a spiritual devotion to the ritual of art making pounding images into the surface with common tools and materials. ...
VIEW WORK >The only fictional characters worth reading about or watching are flawed, imperfect. The most compelling of them are studies in contradiction. They struggle to transcend ...
VIEW WORK >Through the techniques of hand-building and slip-casting I explore the boundaries of functional pieces. Alon with this I practice the process and art of what normally ...
VIEW WORK >I paint in oil on canvas. Beginning in my mother’s ceramic studio as a child, I have experimented with many mediums. And although I have over 20 years experience ...
VIEW WORK >As a resident of Trenton, Michigan, Larry’s discovery and fascination with mobiles began in the late 1990’s, sparked by the American sculptor, Alexander Calder, ...
VIEW WORK >Patricia Izzo was recently recognized by American Photo magazine as one of the "hottest new talents" and an artist "destined for big things." This premier national ...
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My original training was in the history of culture and ideas. So when I first looked out at the world through a camera, I saw the aesthetic problems of the painter ...
VIEW WORK >Ralph Jones has been experimenting with the photographic process since the age of 10. For the last few years he has been documenting the City of Detroit in an attempt ...
VIEW WORK >I have been working across various mediums, in an interdisciplinary manner. While my passion is drawing, I also explore other avenues of visual expression, such ...
VIEW WORK >K.A. Letts began her creative life as a set and costume designer (MFA Yale Drama School). She has designed sets and costumes for Yale Repertory Theater, Juilliard ...
VIEW WORK >The visual arts are like a mystery. Each work needs solving as it proceeds to the conclusion.Some solutions are more captivating than others; however the artist's ...
VIEW WORK >I would like to think my vessels have an organic almost grown appearance. The base forms are enhanced with rugged textures that occur naturally as part of the forming ...
VIEW WORK >These photographs were shot in Detroit, Michigan from February 2006 through December 2010 and in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 22 June 2006 and computer processed December ...
VIEW WORK >My style of furniture is structured and architectural. The joinery of the pieces often shows through in their construction, revealing the relationships between the ...
VIEW WORK >Mostly I use pallid colors that are earthy, soiled and transparent. By applying pigment beyond image boundaries I attempt to create mystical landscapes and a visual ...
VIEW WORK >LANDSCAPES My landscapes are a combination of observation, imagination and “memory fragments”, bits and pieces of sights, sounds, smells and feelings remembered ...
VIEW WORK >My artwork explores the dissolution of material and figurative imagery, depicting the abstract essence and energy of life. I draw inspiration from my art historical ...
VIEW WORK >When Martha Zausmer Paul received her bachelor of fine arts degree from Wayne State University at the age of 62, she began her long postponed love of working toward ...
VIEW WORK >Seeing the essence of the person or place and capturing that essence is what I seek in my paintings. Cities and the people who live there are my subjects. There ...
VIEW WORK >Architecture is more than a static structural shell, impersonal, and perfunctory. Buildings also exist as a living record of time, history and the people who thrive ...
VIEW WORK >My artwork is the combination of sculpture, painting, printmaking and filmmaking. I see ost of my films as paintings, the reason I consider them as such is the process ...
VIEW WORK >I cannot remember a time when I didn’t feel like an artist. From the drawings in kindergarten...to the jewelry I design today...in my heart & soul, I am always ...
VIEW WORK >Roman Serra was born in Detroit, MI. He attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago BFA-2008 and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts MFA-2011 I strive ...
VIEW WORK >Manipulating fiber as line is one of the oldest human occupations. It began with twining or plaiting plant materials into containers and was soon followed by spinning ...
VIEW WORK >My quirky and unique style is not limited to one genre. By combining disparate objects, textures, and references in new ways, I engage the viewers' emotions, humor ...
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My work focuses on the relationship between industry and nature. This is ongoing battle is becoming a major topic in popular culture. I am inspired by current events ...
VIEW WORK >The primary reason I paint Detroit architecture and automobiles it to show a city that helped to shape our country with automobile production that led to the creation ...
VIEW WORK >I was born with natural talent and a strong desire to be an artist. From early childhood, I’ve been influenced and inspired by the Old Masters, comic books, Disney ...
VIEW WORK >Artist Statement My work is a fluid personal exploration of form and meaning. My imagery moves from realism to abstract to cubist to symbolism and back again. ...
VIEW WORK >Although my major in college was medicine, I have had a natural passion in art. I have continued to receive art training and participated in many art activities ...
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