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TOP 200 ARTISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY TO NOW
TIMES READERS AND SAATCHI ONLINE VISITORS VOTE FOR THEIR FAVOURITE ARTISTS
AFTER 1.4 MILLION VOTES WERE CAST, HERE ARE YOUR LEADING 200 ARTISTS:
| - | Pablo Picasso |
| - | Paul Cezanne |
| - | Gustav Klimt |
| - | Claude Monet |
| - | Marcel Duchamp |
| - | Henri Matisse |
| - | Jackson Pollock |
| - | Andy Warhol |
| - | Willem De Kooning |
| - | Piet Mondrian |
| - | Paul Gauguin |
| - | Francis Bacon |
| - | Robert Rauschenberg |
| - | Georges Braque |
| - | Wassily Kandinsky |
| - | Constantin Brancusi |
| - | Kasimir Malevich |
| - | Jasper Johns |
| - | Frida Kahlo |
| - | Martin Kippenberger |
| - | Paul Klee |
| - | Egon Schiele |
| - | Donald Judd |
| - | Bruce Nauman |
| - | Alberto Giacometti |
| - | Salvador Dalí |
| - | Auguste Rodin |
| - | Mark Rothko |
| - | Edward Hopper |
| - | Lucian Freud |
| - | Richard Serra |
| - | Rene Magritte |
| - | David Hockney |
| - | Philip Guston |
| - | Henri Cartier-Bresson |
| - | Pierre Bonnard |
| - | Jean-Michel Basquiat |
| - | Max Ernst |
| - | Diane Arbus |
| - | Georgia O'Keeffe |
| - | Cy Twombly |
| - | Max Beckmann |
| - | Barnett Newman |
| - | Giorgio De Chirico |
| - | Roy Lichtenstein |
| - | Edvard Munch |
| - | Pierre Auguste Renoir |
| - | Man Ray |
| - | Henry Moore |
| - | Cindy Sherman |
| - | Jeff Koons |
| - | Tracey Emin |
| - | Damien Hirst |
| - | Yves Klein |
| - | Henri Rousseau |
| - | Chaim Soutine |
| - | Arshile Gorky |
| - | Amedeo Modigliani |
| - | Umberto Boccioni |
| - | Jean Dubuffet |
| - | Eva Hesse |
| - | Edouard Vuillard |
| - | Carl Andre |
| - | Juan Gris |
| - | Lucio Fontana |
| - | Franz Kline |
| - | David Smith |
| - | Joseph Beuys |
| - | Alexander Calder |
| - | Louise Bourgeois |
| - | Marc Chagall |
| - | Gerhard Richter |
| - | Balthus |
| - | Joan Miro |
| - | Ernst Ludwig Kirchner |
| - | Frank Stella |
| - | Georg Baselitz |
| - | Francis Picabia |
| - | Jenny Saville |
| - | Dan Flavin |
| - | Alfred Stieglitz |
| - | Anselm Kiefer |
| - | Matthew Barney |
| - | George Grosz |
| - | Bernd And Hilla Becher |
| - | Sigmar Polke |
| - | Brice Marden |
| - | Maurizio Cattelan |
| - | Sol LeWitt |
| - | Chuck Close |
| - | Edward Weston |
| - | Joseph Cornell |
| - | Karel Appel |
| - | Bridget Riley |
| - | Alexander Archipenko |
| - | Anthony Caro |
| - | Richard Hamilton |
| - | Clyfford Still |
| - | Luc Tuymans |
| - | Claes Oldenburg |
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| Sonja Daub |
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| About the Artist |
I use a variety of techniques and styles to create art. However, my distinct style is abstract art in four categories:
- Abstract Surrealism
- Nonrepresentational Abstract
- Representational Abstract
- Analytical Abstract.
ABSTRACT SURREALISM
I will give a brief explanation of what those four terms mean to me. Surrealism alone is thought of as dream-like illusions and juxtapositions rendered in the form of an illustration with familiar objects. Surrealism represents dreams or thoughts that include figures in an unrealistic environment. Abstract surrealism on the other hand renders its illusions in an abstract form of surrealism. With the title and observation of an abstract surrealism piece, forms come together to give an appearance of something, yet it could be easily be mistaken for just an abstract alone. The forms that come together can combine both surrealism and abstract.
Nonrepresentational Abstract
Nonrepresentational abstract art is imagery, which departs from representational accuracy, to a variable range of possible degrees, for some reason other than something that has the appearance of being true or real. I select and then exaggerate or simplify the forms suggested by the world around me.
Representational Abstract Art
If you visit my website, click on the 2002-2001 link and look for "Chakras" - it is representational abstract art. Chakras are the means through which a physical body communicates with its aura and vice-versa. Your aura and physical body is one unit that together make up only a small portion of the greater you. In order to educate people, the chakras are typically illustrated to represent a vertical line with seven circles depicting the colors of your energy field. The chakras are located on the axis of the body beginning from the top of the head to the bottom of the feet. In Chakras, the arrangement is highly abstract and exaggerated yet they are meant to represent the energy fields.
Analytical Abstract Art
The analysis of abstract art in any form is highly subjective in the same way listening to music is. Viewers must arrive at their own interpretation. On occasion, several viewers may understand an abstraction in the same way. However, with analytical abstract art, there may be as many explanations as there are spectators. It is there to be analyzed, that is its purpose. For many, it can prove a challenge to make sense of it. Meeting of The Minds is an analytical abstraction. In Meeting of The Minds, shapes come together to form images that look familiar to the viewer. It is possible one may associate a meaning behind the piece, yet the observer cannot be certain if the artist intended for the piece to be seen as such. The purpose is for the viewer to have the opportunity to draw an individual conclusion or personal analysis.
Art has a high degree of interest when viewers tell a different story about what they see. I enjoy giving observers the chance to express their thoughts on my work. Through this type of communication, I learn more about my spirit and others. The overall conclusion to my style of art is that I enjoy creating abstract art and I am greatly influenced by surrealism. I combine both styles.
Statement
I truly enjoy the hands-on environment of creating art and exploring different styles and techniques. I create art, using, ink, charcoal, conte crayon, digital photography, new media, art videos, 2D and 3D visual art. This broad range of experience has helped me to gain more of a creative edge when using the computer as a tool in the development of my digital art prints. The projects most often focus on exploring spirituality with messages of love, peace and kindness. I do this through experimentation in abstract design - using shape, color, different organic, traditional and non-traditional materials. I also have an intense interest in "experimental art videos." I am working on video projects on a steady basis. My lifetime goal as an artist is to express and share with the world my visual feelings of things I find extremely important enough to pass on to others. As you click through my gallery, you will find a reoccurring theme of love, peace and kindness. However, the overall focus in my art is geared toward the spirit, the soul, reincarnation and a greater power. Thank you for taking the time in reading this section. |
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Ma'at
2006 12 x 16 (inches) |
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Ma'at - In Egyptian mythology, Ma'at was the goddess, or rather the concept, of truth, justice and order. Because it was the pharaoh 's duty to ensure truth and justice, many of them were referred to as Meri-Maàt (Beloved of Maàt ). Since she was considered as merely the concept of order and truth, it was thought that she came into existence at the moment of creation, having no creator. When beliefs about Thoth arose and started to consume the earlier beliefs at Hermopolis about the Ogdoad, it was said that she was the mother of the Ogdoad and Thoth the father.
In Duat, the Egyptian underworld, the hearts of the dead were said to be weighed against the single Shu feather, symbolically representing the concept of Maàt, in the Hall of Two Truths. A heart which was unworthy was devoured by Ammit and its owner condemned to remain in Duat. Those people with good, (and pure), hearts were sent on to Osiris in Aaru. The weighing of the heart, pictured on papyrus, (in the Book of the Dead, typically, or in tomb scenes, etc.), shows Anubis overseeing the weighing, the "lion-like" Ammit seated awaiting the results and the eating of the heart, the vertical heart on one flat surface of the balance scale, and the vertical Shu-feather standing on the other balance scale surface.
Maàt was depicted in art as a woman with wings and a "curved" ostrich feather on her head or sometimes just as a feather. These images are on some sarcophogi as a symbol of protection for the souls of the dead. Egyptians believed that without Maàt there would be only the primal chaos , ending the world. It was seen as the Pharaoh's necessity to apply just law.
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Meeting of The Minds
2005 Digital Imagery 12x16 (inches) |
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Meeting of The Minds - We have the power to communicate without speech. We are all connected through an energy force that cannot be seen, heard or broken, but can be strongly felt. It is called karmic energy. Your thoughts affect the entire universe. It is wise to send beautiful messages of love and peace. |
Beautiful Child
2002 Digital Imagery 12x16 (inches) |
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Beautiful Child - Never forget who you are... little star, never forget how to dream... beautiful child. As adults, it is easy to forget who we really are and even easier to forget how to dream. This piece has touched a few people in ways I could never have imagined. The comments have been truly heart warming and endearing. It is a dedication to my niece as well as to a very dear friend who is a member of my spiritual family and to all the beautiful children in the world. |
Stuck In A Dream
2005 Digital Imagery 16x12 (inches) |
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Stuck In A Dream, 2005 - I had a dream that I was trying to enter into a mysterious and fascinating world where the rules of reality did not apply. Outside of this magnificent world, I stood. They provided me with a head structure to rest my face upon. On this structure, there were one way eye slots to look into.
I could see an undisturbed and mystical delight that I did not have access to. It was a magical place where butterflies playfully welcomed the invisible eyes of their guest. The butterfly sang a whimsical song of love, while perched above the delicate glass bubble. The sound caressed my ears and placed me in a peacefully hypnotic trance. The song introduced me to the center of their universe, where only peace, love and kindness exist. I was stuck in this dream for an eternity. |
Far Away From Home
2006 Digital Imagery 12x16 (inches) |
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Far Away From Home - This tree may appear to be dead, but it is alive and very well. One should never judge by outward appearances. See the beauty in all things, and you will open up a whole new world for yourself. Its original place of birth is Amsterdam, New York. Far away from home, with its one and only faithful friend, the butterfly, it rests in the beautiful tranquility of a peaceful world we have yet to discover. Earth is seen as clear as we can see the moon. You may wonder how this tree ended up here. It is a mystery that the imagination is left to fend for. |
Practice Kindness
2005 Digital Imagery 12x16 (inches) |
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Practice Kindness - "All beings tremble before violence. All fear death, all love life. See yourself in others. Then whom can you hurt? What harm can you do?" -Buddha |
China Doll
2005 Digital Imagery 12x16 (inches) |
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China Doll - A prism of subtle colors and textures from the face of a Chinese doll I created |
Amulet
2002 Digital Imagery 12x16 (inches) |
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Amulet - Almost anything could serve as an amulet - a blue string wound around the wrist or a gemstone carried in a pouch around the neck. In this case, the amulet is a piece of jewelry thought to bring protection against evil. Believing in God is the best thing, but a little extra protection never hurt anyone. The necklace is embraced with sixteen evil eye protector charms. Have you ever met someone you thought was your friend, but their jealousy and envy of you for various reasons unkown to you were extremely transparent? The person may think their jealousy is hidden and under control but sometimes it consumes them. Protect yourself. |
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| Education and biography |
Education History:
- Associate in Applied Science Degree, May 1995
- Computer Graphics & Illustration Certificate, May 2001
- Webmaster Certificate, May 2001
- Bachelors of Art Degree in Studio Art and Art History, 2004 |
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Website: ArtStudio66.com |
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