"Art is what I do. Every painting is a mood, a reflection of what is happening in my mind. Some days are quiet - some days are abstract."" Every day is a painting for artist Natasha Barnes, a whole new way of looking at my world. ""Inspirations are found in my travels. I absorb the moments and transfer the feelings to my canvas, bright and bold. Every stroke moulds my signature; in so doing, creating another piece of Natasha Barnes. This is my art."
Chris Mills lives and works in the English countryside near Leicestershire. He remembers being able to draw and paint at a very young age. Chris remembers a well know artist visiting his junior school who shared his creative experience and enthusiasm for painting and drawing. From that point Chris knew that he’d been truly bitten by the art-bug!
After attaining an Honors Degree in Art and English, Chris worked as a digital artist for many years. Chris finds the abstract expressionist genre a special place of creative escape, where texture, form and color predominate in the purest sense.
From his Southern United States Studio, Chad Barrett's work expresses narratives in subject and context: landscapes that capture the mystery of a country tableau, still-lifes that dramatize the juxtaposition of shapes and movement, portraits that play with divine elegance and period style. His work is a constant cycle of construction and deconstruction. The result is a discussion of contrast - image vs. materials, decadence vs. simplicity, depth vs. artifice.
Barrett earned degrees in painting and art history from the Savannah College of Art and Design. While attending, he discovered that he could combine classical painting techniques with a sophisticated use of Southern dec...
