Natali Bravo-Barbee

Flores de Femicidio, Flower Arrangement

Each flower is made using the photographic process called cyanotype. Using watercolor paper, each petal was drawn, cut and coated by hand. Each flower is made using between 12-30 pet...

Rejuvenized by Ellen Martin + Kevin Hinkle Print, Abstract, Bright and Vivid Colors, Flora, Flowers, Abstract Flowers, Geometric, Home Decor, Wall Decor, Wall Art, Nature

Mike Quon is a contemporary American artist celebrated for his vibrant, expressive works that capture the spirit of everyday life through a bold, colorful lens. Blending elements of ...

Mike Quon is a contemporary American artist celebrated for his vibrant, expressive works that capture the spirit of everyday life through a bold, colorful lens. Blending elements of ...

Color lithograph with cut outs, Edition 30. Flores para la Ñusta translates as "Flowers for the Ñusta". The artist states: "In the Andean cosmology, the Ñusta is the feminine ...

Color lithograph with cut-outs, Edition 30. Words from the artist's poem: Swelling inside the mud, blackness damp and robust, flowers full of star’s yearning, brimming under ange...

Artist Statement: How many ways can I depict a flower? I can draw it, paint it, and photograph it. Then I can manipulate those images on a printer. I can enlarge it. Make it smaller. Make the negative. Make the positive. Change the color. My mornings in Santa Fe start with a walk around the garden to see what has bloomed overnight. Two summers ago, I rented an adobe guest house that is surrounded by Hollyhocks, Roses, Poppies, and Yellow Thistles. The flowers have crept into my vision. The first summer, I painted the flowers using oil on canvas. The second summer I became more experimental, combining drawing, photography, and painting. Mixing the media all in one artwork, I abandoned canvas for transparent Lucite panels. The new works are essentially mixed media collage applied to Lucite. Working on front and back, layered to see through to the next. Creating a real space with real shadows but in an ambiguous world. The flowers are dense but there is an identity and clear shape of each. These works are labor intensive, requiring precise cutting of the paper and careful application. In "The Flowers of the Street of Spirits," black Hollyhocks stand tall with turquoise Firewheels and magenta Coneflowers. Real and unreal. Cut paper and paint come together in a surreal garden...

About the Artist: Richard Klein is a Connecticut-based artist, curator and writer. As an artist, he has exhibited widely, including the Neuberger Museum of Art at SUNY Purchase; Ca...