MDE Art Blog » Traditional http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog Visual Art Blog, Drawings and Paintings by artist Michael D. Edens, with commentary on the artistic process behind each work of art. Mon, 05 Jul 2010 05:12:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Bio Artist Sydney Strahan | Gemstone Paintings Gallery http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/bio-artist-sydney-strahan-gemstone-paintings-gallery/ http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/bio-artist-sydney-strahan-gemstone-paintings-gallery/#comments Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:38:27 +0000 MDE Art Blog http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/?p=623 Sydney Strahan has emerged with fascinating works of art that reflect the nuances and intimate spaces of the layered world that sustains us. Her art is at the same time capable because of this moment of technological advance, yet transcends the millenia of time from whence its inspiration and the art itself was born. Sydney has created amazingly vibrant paintings from core-sample cross sections of microscopically thin layers of Earth. By working with expert Geologists, a variety of interesting rocks and stones offered a visual point of departure for her art work. From her artist biography:
Sydney Strahan is a graduate of Texas Christian University with a double major in Painting and Printmaking, as well as a life-long explorer of the arts in creativity, movement, and spirituality. Coinciding with a current movement in art known as Bio-Art; art inspired by biological mechanisms, Sydney's work specifically relates to the exploration of life sciences that examine a human connection to living systems.
Additionally, view her beautiful Gemstone Paintings Gallery for more examples of lush art that is reminiscent of worlds within worlds, once hidden deep within the Earth and now available for all too see. Related posts:
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]]> 21st century advances in technology have opened new windows to the world around us that have enabled artists to dive deeper into the heart of matter than ever before. Whether it’s through the use of microscopes to see cells and molecules, or telescopes to see distant planets and galaxies, or in this case, through the use of advanced drilling techniques to reach precious stones, gems, minerals, and core-sample cross sections of Earth, artists are there to explore. And bio artist Sydney Strahan has emerged with fascinating works of art that reflect the nuances and intimate spaces of the layered world that sustains us. Her art is at the same time capable because of this moment of technological advance, yet transcends the millenia of time from whence its inspiration and the art itself was born.

Sydney has created amazingly vibrant paintings from core-sample cross sections of microscopically thin layers of Earth. By working with expert Geologists, a variety of interesting rocks and stones offered a visual point of departure for her art work.

From her artist biography:

Sydney Strahan is a graduate of Texas Christian University with a double major in Painting and Printmaking, as well as a life-long explorer of the arts in creativity, movement, and spirituality.

Coinciding with a current movement in art known as Bio-Art; art inspired by biological mechanisms, Sydney’s work specifically relates to the exploration of life sciences that examine a human connection to living systems.

Additionally, view her beautiful Gemstone Paintings Gallery for more examples of lush art that is reminiscent of worlds within worlds, once hidden deep within the Earth and now available for all too see.

Related posts:

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  2. Biography / Artist Statement – Michael D. Edens Due to the overwhelming number of requests for more information...
  3. Interview with artist Michael D. Edens Interview with artist Michael D. Edens by Kelly Jones, Jamie...

]]> http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/bio-artist-sydney-strahan-gemstone-paintings-gallery/feed/ 3 Bob Ross Landscape Paintings http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/bob-ross-landscape-paintings/ http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/bob-ross-landscape-paintings/#comments Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:59:08 +0000 MDE Art Blog http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/bob-ross-landscape-paintings/ Bob Ross was my first impetus for buying oil paints and painting a series of landscape paintings along with his television show. His personality and approach to oil painting made it easier for me to understand and paint something that actually made me feel proud of myself. I enjoyed his style, and miss those half hour periods of time I would spent painting with him. Related posts:
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]]> Bob Ross was my first impetus for buying oil paints and painting a series of landscape paintings along with his television show. His personality and approach to oil painting made it easier for me to understand and paint something that actually made me feel proud of myself. I enjoyed his style, and miss those half hour periods of time I would spent painting with him.

While many have criticized his technique and his company’s current business practices, I can’t deny that he was my first inspiration for being an artist, and I’m thankful. His paintings and personality on TV will live on, hopefully inspiring more creative minds throughout the world.

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