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Here are some examples from a few of my +favorite artists: + +<P>      <A HREF="art.html#LEBA">Lebadang</A> +      <A HREF="art.html#RIFE">Jon Rife</A> +      <A HREF="art.html#FARB">Gerta Farber</A> +      <A HREF="art.html#VOIGT">David Voigt</A> + +<P>      <A HREF="art.html#HOLDSWORTH">Anthony Holdsworth</A> +      <A HREF="art.html#AVERELL">Sue Averell</A> +      <A HREF="art.html#HARCOS">Bela Harcos</A> +      <A HREF="art.html#DION">David Dion</A> + +<P>      <A HREF="art.html#PETYARRE">Kathleen Petyarre</A> +      <A HREF="art.html#REYES">Fernando Reyes</A> +      <A HREF="art.html#CORNING">Judith Corning</A> +      <A HREF="art.html#WEBER">Kay Weber</A> + +<P>The pictures on this page really don't do justice at all to +the actual artwork. (To make good photos of art that's framed behind +glass, as is most of my collection, you have to un-frame it, so as not +to see reflections, and you have to have your camera on a tripod. +I don't have a tripod and I don't trust myself to get the artwork back +together properly afterwards, so I just found the least glare-filled +spot in my house and put the framed works there. So I got dim and +crooked pictures, which I then tweaked digitally to the best of my +poor ability.) Just use your imagination, and then follow the links below +to see some professionally done web pages of these artists' works. + +<P>According to the EFF, the court ruling in the ditto.com case says that +posting "thumbnails" of images is fair use under the copyright act, but +linking to full-size images in a separate window isn't. So I have reason +to hope this page is legal! + +<P><A NAME="LEBA">      + +<P><B>Lebadang</B> is a Vietnamese artist who lived in France until his +recent death. What you can't see very +well in these photos (but try zooming in!) is that an important part of his +work is using custom-sculpted paper, with designs raised, especially in the +white areas you see here. Many of those images are of family groups. So, +while these are multiple-original works, to call them "prints" suggests an +image that doesn't do them justice. Lebadang also did paint-on-canvas works, +sculptures, and rugs (as shown below) in the same 3-D style. + +<P><IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/LebaTall.jpg">      +<IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/LebaBlue.jpg">      +<IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/LebaRed.jpg"> + +<P><IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Leblitho.jpg">      +<IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Leboffice.jpg">      +<IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Lebrug.jpg"> + +<P>To see more: +<A HREF="http://viettouch.com/lebadang/">http://viettouch.com/lebadang/</A> + +<P>      + +<P><A NAME="RIFE">      + +<P><B>Jon Rife</B> is a San Francisco artist. He's very interested +in textures, and I'm fascinated by the way he can represent +textures in a flat monoprint, most of which is lost on you in these +bad reproductions. (A monoprint is made by painting onto a smooth +surface, glass or metal, and then transferring the paint onto paper +in a press.) Rife's more recent works include both direct paint-to-canvas +and the integration of digital imagery with his painting. +The <A HREF="index.html#CSLS">covers</A> +of my <CITE>Computer Science Logo Style</CITE> books +are taken from three of his works. + +<P><IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/RifeOil.jpg">      +<IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/RifeLeft.jpg">      +<IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/RifeRight.jpg"> + +<P><IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/RifeOld.jpg">      +<IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Rife3474.jpg">      +<IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Rife3603.jpg"> + +<P>To see more: +<A HREF="http://www.jonrife.com/">http://www.jonrife.com/</A> + +<P>      + +<P><A NAME="FARB">      + +<P><B>Gerta Farber</B> is a local artist, living in Oakland, who does mostly +watercolors on a range of subjects: landscapes, portraits, and +abstracts. Here we see a California mission church (the first original +artwork I ever bought!), a house, and some +semi-abstract trees. + +<P><IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/FarbMiss.jpg">      +<IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/FarbHouse.jpg">      +<IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/FarbTrees.jpg"> + +<P>Alas, her artwork seems to have disappeared from the Web since she +retired, so I can't give a link. + +<P>      + +<P><A NAME="VOIGT">      + +<P><B>David Voigt</B> is an Australian artist whose work I find interesting +partly because of the way he depicts motion (the birds' flight, the +wind, the river). He mostly does +landscapes from nature. These are watercolors; he also does even +more dramatic acrylic paintings. + +<P><IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/VoigtDry.jpg">      +<IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/VoigtHills.jpg">      +<IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/VoigtTree.jpg"> + +<P>To see more: +<A HREF="http://www.davidvoigt.com/">http://www.davidvoigt.com/</A> +<!-- <A HREF="http://www.breewood.com.au/exhibition4/firstEX4.htm">http://www.breewood.com.au/exhibition4/firstEX4.htm</A> --> + +<P>      + +<P><A NAME="HOLDSWORTH">      + +<P><B>Anthony Holdsworth</B> is a local artist, living in Oakland, who does +very realistic acrylic paintings. My favorites are his urban landscapes +featuring careful attention to the actual street surfaces, but he also loves +to paint the Italian countryside. + +<P><IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Holdsworth1.jpg">      +<IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Holdsworth2.jpg">      +<IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Holdsworth3.jpg"> + +<P>To see more: +<A HREF="http://www.anthonyholdsworth.com/">http://www.anthonyholdsworth.com/</A> + +<P>      + +<P><A NAME="AVERELL">      + +<P><B>Sue Averell</B> is a local Marin County artist who paints very dramatic +acrylic semi-realistic works. I love the freedom in her style, and the +bold, thick blocks of color. + +<P><IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Averell1.jpg">      +<IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Averell2.jpg">      +<IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Averell3.jpg"> + +<P>To see more: +<A HREF="http://www.sueaverell.com/">http://www.sueaverell.com/</A> + +<P>      + +<P><A NAME="HARCOS">      + +<P><B>Bela Harcos</B> is a San Francisco artist who paints very vibrant +abstract acrylics. I love the colors and the textures! He's also a sculptor. + +<P><IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Harcos1.jpg">      +<IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Harcos2.jpg">      +<IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Harcos3.jpg"> + +<P>To see more: +<A HREF="http://www.evolvingartgallery.com/artist_harcos_bela.htm">http://www.evolvingartgallery.com/artist_harcos_bela.htm</A> + +<P>      + +<P><A NAME="DION">      + +<P><B>David Dion</B> is a San Francisco sculptor who works in wood and +plastics. He makes tabletop-sized fantasy buildings, boats, and things I'm +not sure about! + +<P><IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Dion1.jpg">      +<IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Dion2.jpg">      +<IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Dion3.jpg"> + +<P>To see more: +<A HREF="http://www.mesart.com/artworks.jsp.que.artist.eq.987.shtml">http://www.mesart.com/artworks.jsp.que.artist.eq.987.shtml</A> + +<P>      + +<P><A NAME="PETYARRE">      + +<P><B>Kathleen Petyarre</B> is one of the most famous living Australian +Aboriginal artists. I confess that most Aboriginal art leaves me cold, but +the artists in the Utopia region are an exception, and the greatest of those +(imho) is Kathleen Petyarre. Her work has a depth that I can stare at for +hours. The pictures tell stories at several levels, but I know next to +nothing about that, I'm afraid. + +<P><IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Kathleen1.jpg">      +<IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Kathleen2.jpg">      + +<P>To see more: +<A HREF="http://www.gallerieaustralis.com/aspx/kathleen_petyarre.aspx">http://www.gallerieaustralis.com/aspx/kathleen_petyarre.aspx</A> +<BR><A HREF="http://www.aboriginalartstore.com.au/artists/kathleen-petyarre.php">http://www.aboriginalartstore.com.au/artists/kathleen-petyarre.php</A> +<BR><A HREF="http://www.aboriginalartdirectory.com/artists/slideshow/kathleen-petyarre/">http://www.aboriginalartdirectory.com/artists/slideshow/kathleen-petyarre/</A> +<P>      + +<P><A NAME="REYES">      + +<P><B>Fernando Reyes</B> is an Oakland artist who does landscapes and +thoughtful portraits in addition to his works in the style shown here, my +favorites, featuring parts of people's bodies overlayed in interesting +patterns. + +<P><IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Reyes5.jpg">      +<IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Reyes6.jpg">      +<IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Reyes1.jpg">      + +<P>To see more: +<A HREF="http://www.freyesart.com">http://www.freyesart.com</A> +<P>      + +<P><A NAME="CORNING">      + +<P><B>Judith Corning</B> lives a block away from me! She does these gorgeous, +detailed nature paintings in acrylic, among other styles. + +<P><IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Corning1.jpg">      +<IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Corning2.jpg">      + +<P>To see more: +<A HREF="http://judithcorning.com/">http://judithcorning.com/</A> +<P>      + +<P><A NAME="WEBER">      + +<P><B>Kay Weber</B> is in San Francisco. He does these very intricate paper +cutouts; the ones in these pictures are made from gift wrap paper. He also +volunteers some of his time teaching art to teenagers, several of whom tend +to pop in during his Open Studios stints, which is fun. + +<P><IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Weber1.jpg">      +<IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Weber2.jpg">      + +<P>To see more: +<A HREF="http://www.kayweberartstudio.com">http://www.kayweberartstudio.com/</A> +<P>      + + +<P><A NAME="SOUVENIRS">      + +<H2>Souvenirs of exotic places</H2> + +<P>The cities mentioned below are where I bought the artworks, which may not +be exactly where the artist lives and works. +(For example, Jan Neil's studio is in Melbourne, but I bought this piece at +a gallery in Darwin.) In a couple of cases I was unable to find a web link. +<P>      + +<P>From Bratislava, Slovakia (artist: Igor Piacka) + +<P><IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Piacka.jpg"> + +<P>To see more: +<A HREF="http://piacka.com/igor/malba_2008.php">http://piacka.com/igor/malba_2008.php</A> +<P>      + +<P>From Berlin, Germany (artist: Falko Behrendt) + +<P><IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Behrendt.jpg"> + +<P>To see more: +<A HREF="http://www.kunstmarkt.de/pagesjob/falko_behrendt/_i74070-/kunst_kaufen.html?words=Behrendt,+Falko">http://www.kunstmarkt.de/pagesjob/falko_behrendt/_i74070-/kunst_kaufen.html?words=Behrendt,+Falko</A> +<P>      + +<P>From Birmingham, England (artist: M. Hazel Mason) + +<P><IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Mason.jpg"> +<P>      + +<P>From Darwin, Australia (artist: Jan Neil) + +<P><IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Neil.jpg"> + +<P>To see more: +<A HREF="http://www.janneilozimages.com.au/gallery.htm">http://www.janneilozimages.com.au/gallery.htm</A> +<P>      + +<P>From Reykjavik, Iceland (artist: Sigrun Eldjarn) + +<P><IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Eldjarn.jpg"> + +<P>To see more (but in a very different style): +<A HREF="http://www.sim.is/Index/Islenska/Artotek/Listamadur/110">http://www.sim.is/Index/Islenska/Artotek/Listamadur/110</A> +<P>      + +<P>From Toronto, Canada (artist: Gino Hollander) + +<P><IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Hollander.jpg"> + +<P>To see more: +<A HREF="http://www.hollanderart.com/sitepages/pid14.php">http://www.hollanderart.com/sitepages/pid14.php</A> +<P>      + +<P>From Warsaw, Poland (artist: A. Urbaniak) + +<P><IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Urbaniak.jpg"> +<P>      + +<P>From Bergen, Norway (artists: Kristian Finborud, Svein Bolling) + +<P><IMG LENGTH=60% SRC="art/Finborud.jpg"> +      <IMG LENGTH=30% SRC="art/Bolling.jpg"> + +<P>To see more: +<A HREF="http://www.finborud.no/">http://www.finborud.no/</A><br> +<A HREF="http://www.artnet.com/artists/svein-bolling/">http://www.artnet.com/artists/svein-bolling/</A> +<P>      + +<P>From Vilnius, Lithuania (artist: Valentinas Ajauskas) + +<P><IMG SRC="art/Ajauskas.jpg"> + +<P>To see more: +<A HREF="https://www.paveikslai.lt/en/416_valentinas-ajauskas">https://www.paveikslai.lt/en/416_valentinas-ajauskas</A> +<P>      + +<P><ADDRESS> +<A HREF="index.html"><CODE>www.cs.berkeley.edu/~bh</CODE></A> +</ADDRESS> +</BODY> +</HTML> |