Offering a variety of subject matter, mediums and styles is one of our cornerstones. Today, we introduce you to three artists whose approaches to art are uniquely different from one another.<\/p>\n
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Golden Ratio: Pink. Charlotte Bell, artist<\/p><\/div>\n
The \u201cspark to create art\u201d for Charlotte Bell was a class in Experimental Art in 2018 which she says freed her \u201cfrom my previously formed notion that \u2018good art\u2019 needed to subscribe to certain notions of perfection or be the result of intentional social commentary. I just played and I kept playing, experimenting with new techniques and media,\u201d she says. She describes her style as \u201cabstract, intuitive and spontaneous.\u201d Working with paint, ink, charcoal, pencil and found, printed and painted papers, she \u201cdives in without preconceived ideas or goals.\u201d While writing a memoir for her children she realized themes from her life story and art crossed over. \u201cThese themes,\u201d she says, \u201chave coalesced around the notion of edge\u2013tensions inherent in contrast between light and shadow, upheaval and regeneration, texture and form, past and present.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sculptor Ashley Guevara acknowledges that all art is subjective, but he hopes his mixed media work invites viewers to \u201cfeel challenged by what they are viewing, to make them think and get lost in a different world and absorb as much as they can find in every piece.\u201d He most enjoys creating moody worlds which may include moving parts, glowing lights or mysteries behind curtains. He works with metals, wood, epoxy, clay, paint, fabric and moss and is now exploring concrete. New works start in his head while he is working on other pieces where the ideas, he says, \u201cplay like a movie on a loop until I can make them.\u201d<\/p>\n
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