Fascinating Facts About Featured Artist Members

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Fascinating Facts About Artist Members of Manhattan Arts International

Bren Sibilsky, internationally renowned award-winning sculptor, presenting one of her portrait demonstrations in her studio.

#1. This master of color from Australia mixes more than 25 different oil paints to create every color in her painting. Music plays an important role in her source of inspiration. She won the Second Place Cash Award in the Manhattan Arts International “HerStory 2017” art exhibition.

#2. This highly acclaimed, widely publicized artist, author, blogger and former Naval officer learned how to fly at the age of 25. She is the recipient of a Joyce Dutka Arts Foundation Award and has received grants for her internationally exhibited pastel paintings.

#3. Her art was selected to appear on a large screen in Times Square, NYC, NY, in 2023. She has exhibited at the Virtual FemArt Museum Amsterdam and CODA Museum Apeldoorn, among other venues.

#4. This sunny Floridian artist with countless collectors tricks our eye and delights our senses with illusion and varying surfaces in mixed media. Her collage “A Perfect Day” was featured on the cover of Happenings magazine and she’s been honored by Arts for ACT.

Valerie Patterson is a world acclaimed watercolor painter who has received numerous awards

#5. Having received numerous important commissions for her sculpture this artist from Wisconsin is also the founder of an art school. She has exhibited with the prestigious National Sculpture Society and at the Miller Art Museum, Koehline Museum, and other prestigious venues.

#6. He uses a myriad of translucent layers and tonal variations to enhance the seductive and mesmerizing appeal of his artwork. They are reminiscent of works by Odd Nerdrum, who was influenced by Caravaggio.

Sandra Duran Wilson, internationally recognized artist is shown here working on her mixed media abstractions.

#7. From her studio in Santa Fe, NM, she creates award-winning works of art and writes best-selling art books. With many works in private and corporate collections, she has a hugely popular Youtube channel and runs online master art classes. She was once a consultant for a major paint manufacturer.

#8. The daughter of a Minister and public school teacher, this artist is committed to creating watercolors that raise our awareness about social and political issues. She states, “My father’s weekly sermons always had a well-crafted message, as do each of my paintings.”

#9. Her art is influenced by theoretical scientific concepts in physics, biology and chemistry. She also has synesthesia, in which the senses become mixed and intertwined in the mind. Sounds appear as colors, numbers sing songs and frequencies dance in her head. She creates work based on certain music, sounds and frequencies.

#10. He left college after one year to go to Israel followed by a few years traveling through Europe, fortifying the education he’d begun with trips to museums in Paris, Geneva, Florence, Milan, Venice, Rome and Athens. He spent time in public squares, sketching the scenes around him, preparing the groundwork for future paintings.

#11. After 20 years as a teacher and college professor, a Ph.D. in language and learning disorders, and years of art classes at major universities, the “art seed” finally took hold on this artist during a serendipitous trip to Taos, New Mexico.

#12. He was an adjunct professor at SUNY Fredonia, where he taught filmmaking. He also was a mentor/facilitator for VASA-Project’s Global Photography Project.

Nancy Reyner is shown here, in the process of creating one of her spectacular, award-winning paintings!

#13. This artist amazingly excels in different styles ranging from figurative to non-figurative depending on her mood and her desire to express her emotions.

#14: She received critical acclaim and reviews from The New York Times, and has had numerous features in the Star Ledger, Martha Stewart Magazine and numerous online sites.

#15: An internationally exhibited artist and master of symbolism (1944-2022) this painter won the “Lifetime Achievement in Art” award at the Florence Biennale, among other accolades. He established a foundation to raise awareness of artists in Canterbury, New Zealand.

The Answers with Links to Artists’ Pages

#1. Kari Beinert
#2. Barbara Rachko
#3. Yvonne Welman
#4. Lisa Freidus
#5.  Bren Sibilsky
#6. Frantisek Strouhal
#7. Nancy Reyner
#8. Valerie Patterson
#9. Sandra Duran Wilson
#10. Elliot Appel
#11. Charlotte Shroyer
#12. Michael Amrose
#13: Mary Chaplin
#14: Nancy Staub Laughlin
#15: Keith Morant

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