Tetiana Pchelnykova

Harmony in Blue: Finding Peace Within, "The Happiness Series " serie

2024

It's hot; we're sitting in a cafe, drinking Coke with ice. My husband says, "Right now, somewhere in the field, amidst the expanse, inhaling the scent of heated grass..." I respond, ...

Once for every art exhibition, I used to create a new quirky outfit for myself. I wore it just once or maybe twice at most. The artwork is done in mixed media. Dutch acrylic paints...

Vivienne Westwood introduced Street look style into fashion. She and her husband liked to walk around London flea markets, they got inspiration there... I love this style. The artwo...

Periodically I create nude paintings, but a half-naked body is more interesting). The artwork is done in mixed media. Dutch acrylic paints Amsterdam and It...

This is my personal vision of life, which could be the life that everyone has the right to, the life that Russian aggression deprived me of... This is my virtual life, because real l...

In fact, everything is fed up, life is fed up, Avatar is fed up, eyesight is failing, we need more and more light, the heating in the workshop is electric... In short, as I painted i...

Archaic Hercules Skinning a Rabbit, 2019 Acrylic on canvas 53.14 H x 55.11 W in. 135 H x 140 W cm In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and his numerous far-ra...

Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949) 'La soledad de las columnas', 2018 oil on canvas 55.2 x 181.2 in. (140 x 460 cm.) ID: VAL-334

Gyre acrylic, spray paint on canvas 80" x 96" 2022 Part of the New Minority Series Dennis Jones was first introduced to the use of a bidet while being extremely ill in Hurghada, Egypt. He has played the game of ‘Jenga’ with prostitutes in Phuket, Thailand. Once he hiked down to the bottom of the Grand Canyon from the North Rim and back in twelve hours. Jones has also visited fifty US National Parks. The work of Dennis Jones is growth oriented. There is diversity among his oeuvre and much risk in such an approach. Eschewing a ‘signature style’ that he considers to be boring, creatively limiting and market driven, he prefers to consider how method and expression intermingle and form a conceptual basis. A cursory glance may consider his prodigious output to lack focus, but a deeper reading reveals that he remains true to himself and allows his work to take him where it needs to go. There has always been the presence of a figure in his work, either implied, or directly visible. One can trace several years of development from his interest in figurative and cartoon-like imagery in, Toyland (2006), through his foray into text based work (2007-13) and a later influence of abstraction (2012-18). Following this trajectory brings one to his current body of work that combines figuration, cartoons and abstraction. He is a visual artist, educator, and architect. Each of the ‘hats’ he wears directly influence his work. He states that ‘a fascination with an integration of material, process and expression, truth of emotion and visually communicating thought are what sustain and drive him as an artist. Jones has participated in over seventy solo and group shows that include local, national and international venues. His creative output includes paintings, sculptures, drawings, installations, videos, photos, books, teaching and residential architecture. Jones’ work was selected to be included in the New American Paintings 2019 Midwest Competition Publication, juried by Staci Boris, Associate Director of Exhibitions, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Currently, his focus is on a growing body of paintings, in mixed media, on canvas that combine abstraction, figuration and cartoon imagery. Jones had a one person exhibition at the University of Michigan in September through December of 2018. A review of the show can be read on the page titled, Candyland Review. Earlier the same year, He curated an exhibition titled, SIX, that opened in January of 2018, at The Janice Charach Gallery; a five thousand square foot space, located in West Bloomfield, Michigan. The exhibition featured the work of six Detroit artists and provided adequate space for each to show a body of work…essentially six individual shows in one space. Selected venues that have shown Jones’ work include: The OK Harris Gallery, New York; Galerie Protege, NY; The Mary Washington Galleries, Mary Washington University, Fredericksburg, Maryland; The Kraft Lieberman Gallery, Chicago; The Drift Gallery, Portsmouth, NH; The Project Room, Lincoln, NE; The Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Canada; Artcite, Windsor, CA; The Thames Gallery, Chatham, Ontario, Canada; The Kenderdine Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, CA; Definitely Superior Gallery, Thunder Bay, ON, CA; Gallery Lambton, Sarnia, ON, CA, WKP Kennedy, North Bay...

"Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949) 'Strong Tower', 1998 acrylic, marbel dust on canvas 78.8 x 78.8 in. (200 x 200 cm.) ID: VAL- "

"Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949) 'Cuarto', 2017 oil, acrylic on canvas 76.8 x 76.8 in. (195 x 195 cm.) ID: VAL- "

Sandbar Trilogy is a brilliantly colorful pop art painting, an ode to the popular gay beach scene in Miami, Florida. Three panels of male figures are seen lounging, sitting and stan...