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Artist Profile: Michael Feher

I heard so much about the magic Photoshop could perform on photographs that I decided to try out this software earlier this year.  At first I used it to correct and slightly alter some of my photos, but then when I started to use layers and masks and selections, I was totally hooked on it. I tired putting myself in front of the Eiffel Tower and the Pyramids and started to experiment with some of the artistic effects and plug-ins available. I have included some of the different treatments the software can do on photographs. Is this art? I let you decide. Contact me at 480.580.9855or igx10@cox.net.

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Artist Profile: Michael Small

I have no formal training in photography but have a passion for and love of the art. I first started shooting with film about 10 years ago and moved over to digital about 4 years ago picking up the fundamentals along the way. Although I have photographed a wide range of subjects I tend to stick to urban and natural landscapes incorporating my love of architecture and Arizona into my photographs.  You can see more of my photography at my website www.shuttermike.com.

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Profile: Marsha Blumm

Title: Anthuriums
Medium: Watercolor

See more of Marsha’s work in the photo gallery below.

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Profile: Jean Turner-Smith

Title: Rhino
Medium: Watercolor

Jean created this Rhino painting as an example of using colors to create greys. See more paintings by Jean on her website.

Profile: Michelle Cornelius

“Cross Country” by Michelle Cornelius. Michelle, she is the GVAL Chairperson and an accomplished pastel artist. Her specialty is pet portraits. See some of her work in the gallery below or visit her website for more pastel art.

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Profile: Michael Hayslip

Title: Evening at Bapchule
Medium: Digital photography

When taking photographs, especially portraits, Mike has a talent for finding his subject’s personality getting a much better result than most bland studio shots. He likes to photograph people in their environments and often combines portraits with landscapes. See more of Michael’s photography »

Profile: Sandra Neumann Wilderman

Sandra Neumann Wilderman’s approach to painting is to pour layers of liquid acrylics onto wet paper or canvas creating biomorphic shapes and linear sharpness. Her earliest poured paintings are bold and abstract followed by her atmospheric illusion series. After 9/11 she began to experiment with various techniques, formats and compositions and developed the symbolic paintings which include her flag tower and cross series. Three years ago, Wilderman started weaving two poured paintings together to create a new, geometric and textural composition. And currently, she is combining the processes of pouring and painting directly on canvas and paper with acrylic and watercolor. (more…)

Profile: Jim Davis

Jim Davis is an Arizona resident and a man of many hats, from auto body repairman and painter to machinist, and race car driver. He started college at 27 and went on to teach at the University of California, Irvine. He is a scientist, and author of many scientific articles as well as a children’s book. Now in retirement, Jim is expressing his lifelong passion for metal shaping with copper renditions of vintage racecars, wildlife and images from Native American culture.

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Profile: Janette Heath

Jenny Reyes-Heath is a Mexican-American born in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico who now resides in Gilbert, AZ. She has been knowingly creating artworks since the age of 10. Her current practice is in everything related with visual and plastic art—landscaping, bodegons, crafts, and sculpture. She uses a diverse mix of media including oil, watercolor, pastel, sculpture, drawing, photography and tempera. Janette derives much inspiration from different cultures including Mexican, American, and European. She primarily exhibits in Mexico and the US. She also has works in held in both private and public collections.

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