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Here we showcase outstanding artists and their achievements with links to their websites.
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Sandra Indig
Sandra Indig, LCSW, LP, ATR-BC, is an artist, arts therapist and analytic psychotherapist in NYC. Her paintings awaken the often dormant imaging of life and express the power struggle between life and death. “I regard my paintings with respect and sometimes with a sense of awe. The imagined and natural forms I make are my visual vocabulary, a gift, developed over the span of a lifetime.” She has had numerous exhibitions in NYC, throughout the U.S., and in Europe. Shown here: Blue Line, acrylic on watercolor paper, 23”x30". Read Sandra's article on Dealing With Rejection in our Ezine.
Website: www.sindig.com

Melanie Newlon
Melanie Newlon is an award-winning artist who creates meticulously detailed drawings of faeries that inspire us to develop and nurture our own bond with Nature. She creates original faery drawings, limited edition prints, and greeting cards.Her work has been shown throughout VA and the Washington, DC Metropolitan area and is in many prestigious collections including that of Patch Adams. She is a graduate of the Corcoran College of Art & Design.
Email: Melanie@sacredgrovestudio.org
Website: www.sacredgrovestudio.org
Phone: (703) 298-9947

Micci Cohan
Micci Cohan
A painter, graphic artist and book maker Micci Cohan's paintings have been described as having a unique timelessness that surpass current trends, celebrating vibrant innocent glamour and unbridled sensuality. She has had several exhibitions in NYC and Chicago and has created posters for the prestigious Jean Cocteau Repertory Theater. She is exhibiting her work at Umbrella Arts Gallery, 317 East 9th St., New York, NY, August 7th until August 31st. Shown here is one of her mixed media paintings.
Email: info@miccicohan.net
Website: www.miccicohan.net


Mary Ann Reilly Mary Ann Reilly
Mary Ann Reilly, a fine arts photographer, specializes in landscapes, abstracts, and black and white. She is the recent recipient of the Merit Award for "No Simulacrum" which showed at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey. Buyers' reactions to her work range from "dazzling, beautiful lines to thought provoking." Reilly says, "I think through my camera. I try to frame theory within the lived moment, without any staging. "Blow", shown here, will be featured in an upcoming show at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey.
Email: reilly58@optonline.net
Website: www.maryannreilly.mosaicglobe.com

Ayelet Frank
Ayelet Frank was born in Israel and lived in NYC from 1995-2005. She received her art training at SVA, Marymount College, and FIT. She earned her Masters Degree in Art Therapy from NYU. She was awarded an art scholarship to attend classes at the Haifa Museum. The artist has exhibited in many solo and group exhibitions throughout the U.S. and Israel and teaches art in her studio in Tel Aviv. She states: “I am fundamentally interested in conveying a sense of entertainment and uplifting emotion through my work.”

Email:
ayeletfrank@hotmail.com
Website: http://ayeletfrank.com/

Rory Moorer
Rory Moorer’s style combines offbeat humor with an expressive study of movement and human emotions. The artist says, “I load up the brushes, turn up the music and let the spontaneity of the moment lead me to ultimate random artistic bliss.” Rory has donated murals to many schools and private institutions and has participated in several juried exhibitions throughout the U.S. He is also an accomplished award-winning illustrator.
Email: rorymoorer@comcast.net
Website: www.rorymoorer.com

Yasmin A. Sayyed
Yasmin is a Fusionartist with a Masters in Fine Art. Her work illumines an inner knowledge that defies the rational mind and ofttimes dwells in places of esoteric ecstasy to connect and commune with the divine. She paints with hands borrowed by Spirit and with brushes dipped in its love and force of endless mystery. She lives in South Lake Tahoe, CA, and her work has recently shown in the Bergamot Art Station in Santa Monica, and Gallery C in Hermosa Beach, CA. Read her article in our Ezine.
Email: yazsay@yahoo.com Website: www.yasminsayyed.com


David Anthony Hummer
"A Shade Tree", original graphite and pastel on 4 ply rag board, 55-3/4" x 35-3/4",
was awarded "Best of Show" at the 14th Annual "Best of Show Show", Las Vegas, NV, juried by Steven High, Executive Director, Museum of Art, Reno, NV. He says, "My art is created to provoke thought and hopefully raise public awareness of our ever-growing homeless population in the United States. It is composed in a manner that treats the subject with respect and dignity."
Email: davidanthonyhummer@yahoo.com
Website: http://davidanthonyhummer.com

Ione Citrin
Ione Citrin is a multidisciplinary artist who works in all paint mediums, sculpture, collage, assemblage and mixed media. Her art has shown nationally since 1998 when, after years of world travel, a successful television, radio, theatre and film career in the performing arts, she decided to focus her richly diverse talents on the visual arts. Her work has also been featured in several important publications and she maintains an extensive exhibition schedule. Shown here is "Ballooning", acrylic on canvas, 34" x 24". See more of Ione's work.
Email: icitrin@aol.com
Website: www.artbyione.com

Valerie Patterson Valerie Patterson
Valerie Patterson's work contains a strong social consciousness.Her images come about as a result of acute observation and a series of ongoing inner dialogues. She was awarded the Manhattan Arts International magazine Cover Art Award. Editor-in-Chief Renée Phillips said, "Valerie Patterson stands out among her peers as an artist who expresses an acute sensitivity to the human condition with unerring poignancy and unerring technical prowess."
Email: herter@northnet.org
Website: www.valeriepatterson.com

Mary Phelan
As a painter of urban images Mary Phelan’s oils are generated by the contrasts of messages in her immediate environment. She interprets colors and shapes, informed by feng shui principles, to mine the deeper meanings of her subject. Phelan has been in numerous exhibitions and one-woman shows, and is presently exhibiting in Art at the Center 2008, Overland, Kansas. Shown here is "Horseshoe Pitch", oil on linen, 24" x 28". Email: mhphel@aol.com
Website: www.maryphelanart.com

Bren Sibilsky
Bren Sibilsky is an international artist and full-time sculptor and painter, with work in many collections throughout North America and Europe. Her e xhibition, "The Alchemy of Nature, Myths and Magic," is being shown at The Fairfield Center for Contemporary Art Museum in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, through June 29. She will present a portrait demonstration at the museum June 26th at noon. Shown here is "Releasing the Veil", plaster for bonded bronze, 23" x 21" x 9". For more information go to www.brensculpture.com


Marc Josloff
The Kyoto Mystery to Mastery Workshop is being presented by Marc Josloff, October 14-24, 2008. Paint the magical prefecture of Kyoto, historically the cultural center of Japan. Learn new watercolor skills and polish old ones. Beginners to advanced painters are welcome, as are acrylic and other water-based painters. Contact: Marc Josloff: 1.516.223.7659.
Email: mjosloff@optonline.net
Website: www.josloffart.com

Jami Taback
Jami Taback is currently working with the Police Athletic League of Yonkers, N.Y. and C.O.M.B.A.T.T., of Newark, N.J., to bring an awareness of the social aspects of urban youth afterschool programs. The artist’s paintings depict youths participating in the programs to help train them for the Golden Gloves Tournaments. Jami is an award-winning, internationally exhibiting artist with more than 50 exhibitions worldwide.
Email: jtaback@nyc.rr.com
Website: www.JamiTaback.com


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