Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 2014

Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 2014

Hidden TreasureArt MagazineYearbook 2014Publisher, editor and curatorGeorgia SzollosiCo-editor and curatorMarianna BeckGraphic designerZsolt PinterJurors:Georgia Szollosi painter, writer and editorMarianna Beck interior stylistEvitta Renoire photographer, frame designerMike Ellis art collector and adviserZsolt Pinter graphic designer, painterFront cover: Manuel Marti MorenoÍcaro – iron, 31x123x57 cm, 2012Back: Caminante – iron, 200x75X125 cm, 2012Calendar, image on the right: Bekir SmolskiThe Traveler – oil on canvas, 150x50 cm, 2013Calendar, image on the left: Bin FengThe Zebra – c-print, 44×78 inches, 2012Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 2014is published by HT Art Magazine PublishingThe Lansdowne Building, 2 Lansdowne RoadCR9 2ER Croydon/Surrey, [email protected] in: ALTO Nyomda, SzekesfehervarHungary/EUCopyright 2013 by HT Art Magazine Publishing.All rights reserved.All artists featured in Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Year-book 2014 retain the copyright for each of their individualimages. All rights reserved.No part of this book may be reproduced or translated in anyform or by any means, electronic or mechanical, includingphoto-copying, recording or by any information storage andretriveal system without written permission from the copy-right owners.2 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER “There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. ... No artist is pleased. [There is] no satisfaction whateverat any time. There is only a queer divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us march-ing and makes us more alive than the others” (Martha Graham)With great pride and even greater sense of duty and responsibility we would like to presentthe first volume of the Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 2014.Our mission is to connect and build a bridge between artists and art lovers by providing andpresenting a high quality source of visual art and design through our book, website, magazineand other publications. We are dedicated to bringing happiness and recognition to the artistsand joy, beauty and satisfaction to the art lovers let them be collectors, buyers, galleries, cura-tors or others taking pleasure in art and design.This idea was embraced by 221 artists from 32 countries all over the world and this is why webelieve that Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook has so much to offer both to the Artistand to the Readers.Georgia Szollosipublisher, editor and curator Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 3

ArtistsAJ Weber..........................78 Christopher O’Hoski.........41 Georgi Urumov..............169Aktrice.....................116-117 Christopher Voss...............84 Georgia Szollosi.................8Alexandre Léonore...........29 Claudia Constanze Lorenz – Germán Guerra Gonzalez.... Amy Caroll.....................222 CCL................................236 ......................................229András Báthory.................10 Cristina Rodriguez............14 Gerry Turano..................201Andy King......................228 Giancarlo Flati.........120-121Anett Kennedy..................39 Dan Pyle............................9 Guang Yuan.............130-131Angela Duclos................248 Daniel Jaslet – Dajidan.....85 Gulay Berryman...............57Angéla Potháczky.............36 Daniel McKinley..............42Anita de Baaij...................40 David Jones....................162 Hardie Coobs...................66Anna Hausmann...............54 Da-Wei Zhou...................73 Hedy Maimann................23Annabelle Frenette.........223 Derek Culley..................172 Hee Sook Kim................180Anne E Nittenberg ......12-13 Diamando Koutsellis......203 Heike Jaenichen.............249Anne Mwitti.....................35 Dina Torrans............128-129 Henri Senders..........246-247Annick B. Cuadrado.......186 Dominique Brunzlik.........75 Herb Sellin.....................181Aof Smith.......................159 Donna Leighton................82Aram Han.......................194 Dorothee Colditz............178 Inicchor............................58Arina..............................152 Ionna Voskou....................59Arnold Jongkind.............133 Edward Ofosu...................31 Irena Orlov.....................101Ayis Zita.........................195 Egor De............................18 Irene Marini.............238-239 Elena Bissinger.................56 Irina Dumitrascu.............230Balint Erdei.......................20 EllesBB.............................87 Irwin Nesoff....................232Barbara McGivern............21 Elmar C. Fuchs.................43 Ishi Butcher....................158Bekir Smolski..................160 Emese Gallasz................225 Ivan Kashlakov.................15Bela Gold....................98-99 Ernie l. Fournet.................79 Ivana Dolejs...................174Belinda Chlouber.............25 Éva Pilipár......................134Benno Sökeland.............139 Evely Dark........................88 Jane Payne......................196Bette Ridgeway.................71 Jarred Pfeiffer..................202Bin Feng..................218-221 Fleur Le Gross – Little Faith... Javier Muñoz Salas...........89Birgit L Dörfer.................168 .............................. 234-235 Jean-Marc Angelini.........213Blaž Kutin.......................216 France McNeil..................60 Jeanne Fredac.................224Bogdan Soban................214 Frances Alleblas..............142 Jenne Glover..................177Brian Somerville.............211 Frances Bildner...............135 Jennifer Mrozek Weiss......90Brigitte Lurton...................55 Francesca Brecciaroli......231 Jennifer Myers Kirton......102 Francesco Lietti................52 Jenny Elson.....................137Carol Banner..................161 Franck Franck...................37 Jeonghan Yun..................217Carol Dallas.....................22 Franziska Sattelberg – Jeremy Lebediker..............44Carolyn Schlam................51 Maysha...........................136 Jeroen Van Neijhof...........45Casey Snyder..................119 Jessie Parker....................250Catherine Montgomery Gabi Domenig................118 Joe Fur............................182Thornton........................187 Geatanne Lavoie.....156-157 John Szabo..............154-155 George Duperon............2264 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

ArtistsJohn Vinklarek................200 Mareke Müller................171 Randy R. Hall.................243Jonathan Mavua Lessor...150 Margarita Bourkova..........69 Rebecca Blow..................48Jose Para......................16-17 Maria Bobrovskaya.........138 Rebecca Grima...............208Juan Carlos Wang........94-96 Marian Sava....................191 RHB.................................34Juan Domingo Linares Marianna Venczák............92 Rina Krauthamer...............65Zaragozá........................132 Marie Bergstedt..............207 Rit Lomo...........................50Juchul Kim......................143 Mariska Ondrich............107 Roberto Trejo..........146 -147Jui-Chieh Hung...............227 Marko Krajcar.................111 Robin Antar....................198Julia Striegel.....................24 Markus Klein....................74 Ronald C. Walker.............28Julius Babilonia..............144 Martina Kolle..................173Junko O’Neill.................108 Márton Bende.................145 Saba Hasan....................206 Matt Foley........................93 Sharon Brill....................193Karel Witt.........................27 Matthew Steidley............127 Song-Nyeo Lyoo...............38Karen Jamali............204-205 Meli Huszar....................151 Sònia Ferré Toneu...........100Karin Paland...................126 Melinda Crider...............190 Spyros Kolyvas................153Kasha Ritter......................46 Melissa Parent..................67 Sue Hoar.....................76-77Kati Lehti..........................32 Meredith Cope...............124 Sula Dray.......................141Kelly Wu..........................97 Mesha Sendyk.........148-149 Sunhee Kim Jung..............70Kenneth Susynski............115 Michael Yankowski.........209 Suzan Emine Kaube.....62-63Kerby Rosanes..................91 Michelle Hold..................53Keri Joy Colestock...........199 Milanda De Mont.............26 Teresa Gould Kerin.........163Kerrie Warren.................109 Miroslav Zahálka..............64 Tolga Sezen.............244-245Klaus Bast.......................189 Morgan Davy.................252 Tomoya Matsuura...........242Krisztina Lencsés............183 Tore Terrasi.....................215Kusum Shukla...................61 Nan Liu............................47 Naoko Morisawa............140 Valerio Trigari.................237Lara Al Khatib.................110 Natasha Lowther..............83 Victor Hagea..................176Lasse Alexandersson.........19 Nawaf Al-Hmeli.............104 Vike Pedersen..........166-167Leif Nielsen....................188 Nicholas Down..............125Leyla Munteanu................49 Nino Dobro......................86 Wei Yan..........................165Lily Kostrzewa..................33 William Steinberg...........197Linda Norton....................68 Pari Ravan......................192 Wim Zorn.........................30Lindsay Terhorst North.......... Patricia Desadeleer.........241...............................122-123 Paul Scott Malone...........179 Yaroslav Koporulin.........164Lucille Marcotte.............170 Paulina Wong.....................7 Yi-Cheng Yen..................114Lucretia Torva.................103 Paul-Jürgen Weber..........240 Yumiko Reynolds.....112-113Luz-Maria Lopez..............80 Pavel Ostapcev...............175 Yunsun Jung....................210 Penny Wilton..................105Mae Jeon........................233 Peter Unterweissacher......11 Zhang Fan......................106Manuel Marti Moreno....185 Preston Craig....................72Manuel Olivares...............81 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 5

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www.paulinawong.com PaulinaWongThread, oil on canvas, 76x61 cm, 2012Paulina Wong was born in Hong Kong. She started taking lessons from local artists both in tra-ditional Chinese and Western style in her teenage. But it was after she emigrated to Californiain 1992 that she seriously pursued a career in art. She obtained a degree in Studio Art fromUniversity of California, Irvine in 1997. She returned to Hong Kong in 2000. Over the years,She has participated in various exhibitions locally and abroad. „Exposure to western contemporary multi-media visual culture changes my perception of art and hence the content and style of my artwork. My works become minimal and conceptual, but always maintain a colorful edge.“ Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 7

GeorgiaSzOllOsi www.georgiaszollosi.comThe Clown, acrylic on canvas, airbrush, 65x50 cm, 2012 Georgia Szollosi is an airbrush artist and designer, based in London, UK. Since she established her Airbrush Studio, G-Design in Budapest, 2007, her work has been featured in leading art and custom painter publica- tions, as well as shown in many exhibitions around Europe. “Ever since my earliest days growing up in Hungary I have enjoyed paint- ing and I love to express my emotions through my art. I have been a fine artist for the last eight years and have exhibited in both solo and group shows across Europe. I have sold several pieces which include paintings, drawings and sculptures, some of these have been commissions from clients within the UK and Europe. Recently I have developed my tech- nique using the airbrush. I am a multi skilled artist who is not tied to one media. I choose materials based on their rela- tionship with my concept and what can be interpreted from such means.” Spirit of Ecstasy acrylic on canvas, airbrush 55x45 cm 20098 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.DanPyleArtist.com DanPyleWorking exclusively in charcoal, Dan uses a realistic style that mimicsphotography to the point that his work is often mistaken for photographs.He loves shadows, contrast, anonymity and using negative space in hiscompositions. His gifted eye catches timeless “fragments” of life in hiswork- whether it’s the intricate lines of the human hand, or the delicatefolds of a garment, they are drawn in detailed simplicity. With virtuallyno formal art training, Dan has been drawing since childhood. Through-out the years, his internationally award winning work has been displayedin galleries throughout the country, including online galleries as far awayas London. Silver charcoal 10x12 inches 2013 The Appointment charcoal 25x35 inches 2008 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 9

AndrasBathory www.airbrush-bathory.com The self – expression is building a ‘bridge’ between people and its surroundings’ – A. Bathory is coming from the professional film maker industry as camera-man and edi- tor. At the early Nine- ties he shocked the Western European public with his experi- mental movies as Eastern European. Since 1996 his creativity has been visualized by airbrush gun. His art in that he prefers to give a komplex and overall design of the vehicle, wall, helmet and so on by creat- ing a new meaning of it with the combining of classical design and modern elements. Bolts and bloody gears, oily mechanics are hallmark his style.Steampunk Herbiecustom painted carby airbrush Serial killer custom painted bike by airbrush10 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.unterweissacher.at PeterUnterweissacher Ego me absolvo oil on canvas 90x120 cm 2013The idea of visualizingthe non real, the neutrali-zation of gravity and thegame with irritation arethe source of my images.The viewer should be en-couraged to embark on ajourney into fantasy andso to extend the area ofexperience. But also inmy images there are hid-den allusions and mes-sages that deal criticallywith the topic of our pe-riod. Technique: Classicoil painting on canvas. Labyrinth, oil on canvas, 160x100 cm, 2012 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 11

AnneElisabethNitteberg www.xpremental.com„When you are drawn to the unknown you are also very often enchanted by gazinginto the sky at night for seeking stars and planets, observing the light from the moonturning to a shean of colours when clouds passes by.“ Dark Lily, oil on canvas, 40x50cm, 2006 Biography Anne Elisabeth Nitteberg was born in a little village outside Oslo, Nor- way, in 1949. After a 30 year long career in the world of computers from the ‘70s she started painting full time in 2000. After she retired, painting has become her new life. She has attended local exhibitions both in Norway and France. She strives to visualise the unknown and indefinite of nature and universe. After living a few years in France she moved back to Norway and is now living in Lillesand, a little town on the southern coast. Beside painting, she is working with painting as a therapy and self expression.12 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.xpremental.com AnneElisabethNitteberg Dragon Travellers oil on canvas 46x55 cm 2013 The Future Anne has participated with two paintings at The Beijing Art EXPO in September last year under the direction of Gallery Steiner Art & Wine, Vienna and also her work is included after invitation in their web-shop and for a solo exposition in May 2015.Liberation, oil on canvas, 80x80 cm, 2013 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 13

CristinaRodriguez www.cristina-rodriguez.com La Iguana de Girardot 2012The Florist Born in a land full of magicin Portobello and violence, I came to real-Road ize that we each have magic2011 and violence within. It is our choice which path we14 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook take. I chose magic. My aim is to give something positive back to our world. A world, despite suffering our greed, that continues to offer us a wonderful home. There is so much beauty around us which we ignore, and this beauty I try to capture in my paintings. In return, my paintings have given me an extraordinary life.

[email protected] IvanKashlakovArtistic chaos, oil on cardboard, year made, 35x50 cm, 2013 Crime, oil on cardboard, year made, 70x50 cm, 2013Ivan Kashlakov or shortly Kashlak 15(art nickname) is from Sliven inBulgaria. He studied at the Na-tional Art School of Dimitar Do-brovich in the speciality Advertis-ing Graphics. Righ now he is stilla student, this time at the NationalArt Academy in Sofia. His speci-ality is “Poster and visual com-munication”. He is interested inexpressing himself in every pos-sible way showing the pure emo-tion, idea and honesty that art isall about. His art is his messageto the world. His main goal is totake people to another place inhis work. Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

JosePara www.joseparra.com Lady on Tehuana oil on canvas 70x50 cm 2013 The false clothing of cleonte oil on canvas, 120x69 cm, 2009Jose Para was born in Guadalajara Mexico in 1975, he grew within a family devoted to re-production and creation of Spanish and Latin American baroque and religious art; a primaryinfluence on his work, filtered through the dramatic and theatre-like sense of the characters aswell as some forms of composition. He joined the School of Arts at the University of Guada-lajara, then Art Student’s league in NY and finally the atelier of Carlos Vargas Pons in Guada-lajara. His work is deeply influenced by the baroque great masters. Jose Parra’s work has beencatalogued and published on books in Mexico, United States and Europe.16 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.joseparra.com JosePara LA NEF DES FOUS, oil on canvas, 195x130 cm, 2013 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 17

EGORDE www.fancybreeze.ru Embrio monster fetus in the womb of his mother 70X70 cm 2007 My name is George Demchev. I graduated from Moscow Artist Academy n.a. S.G. Stroganov in 1995. I worked in advertis- ing for more than 10 years. In 2007 I received an additional training in the field of film- making (Russian State Univer- sity of Cinematography n. a. S.A. Gerasimov). Now I work independently doing graph- ics, photography, participat- ing in film projects. The main theme of my creativity and inspiration is the experience in meditation and dreams that allows me to look beyond the borders of this world. As other artists do, sometimes I address to mythological subject. Discrere Gamble digital sketch 84x150 cm 201318 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.lassealexandersson.com LasseAlexanderssonThe Night Pulse, acrylic, 100x100 cm, 2013 Stripped acrylic 100x81 cm 2013Lasse Alexandersson was born in Sweden in 191969. Originated from Finnland. He grewup in North of Sweden but lives in SouthSweden since 1998. He paints mainly withAcrylics & Markers Doodleart. Visual artistwho loves expressionism and surrealsim.He often creates colorful intense seduc-tive very strong emotional artworks, whichneeds to be explored more deeply into theworld of imagination. Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

BalintErdei www.erdeibalint.com Borderline 17x23 cm ink on paper, 2007 Bálint Erdei was born in 1981 in Budapest, Hungary. With his works, as a non-professional artist, driven by an unrelenting interest in visual arts since his childhood, his aim has been to capture his personal experi- ences, memories and fantasies resuming both his artistic development and self-discovery. They can be seen as expressive representations of inner mental and spiritual processes and memories. Maybe they are illustrations for a „story book”, yet unwritten… In Budapest, between 2004 and 2008 his drawings were published on the cover of a Univer- sity monthly periodical and his other drawing were published on a book cover at Palgrave Macmillan, New York in 2012. Gare du ink on paper 17x27 cm 2006 Road to the others ink on paper 17x23 cm 200720 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.bmcgivern.com BarbaraMcGivern Lady B, acrylic on canvas, gold leaf and swarowski crystal 183x122 cm A typical Barbara McGivern painting vibrates with barely restrained energy. Boldly com- posed and saturated with col- our, her canvases are basically abstract. The square has be- come one of her favourite de- vices, but she is also inspired by the shapes and colours of landscape. Maybeacrylic on canvas, gold leaf andswarowski crystal 122x122 cm„I have found that the gold has add- 21ed an empowering element to mypaintings by adding a richness thatcould never be achieved with anyother material. I paint over it, drippaint on it and sometime cover it upcompletely because I did not like thepainting and started over...there aremany paintings out there with layersof gold under them...but you can notmelt the gold down as it is so fine andwafer thin....but I could not use any-thing else but real gold.. “ – Barbara Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

caroldallas www.caroldallas.comIf you’ve been raised to become a mindless, voiceless afterthought to someone else’s ideas,as many women were in the 1950’s, you have two choices: assimilate or dislodge. To reformand blunt cut the edges of your broken identity is brutal but necessary work. My work in artand life. Homage 2012 Robed Boy 2013 „Are they me?” she asks as she collides with strangers.“ Are the torn pieces of me hidden in slivers of everyone else? Will I define my soul if I trap onto paper and imprison within strokes of pastel, stolen glimpses of you?” she asks again. Do we prefer steadfast lacquered finishes to the raw and fleeting im- ages which expose with singular eloquence our brevity? She strains to coalesce pieces of others’ humanity shoved through paper and chalk, desperate to acknowledge them and me. Others’ eyes become my home and stare back at me, refracting my missing pieces like a mirrored prism. My frozen view of you who are in my path reflects how much your scars remind me of mine. Encircled by your articulate features, my artist’s soul is re-born in the crossfire.“22 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.mlon-art.eu HedyMaimannPassionate Landscapemixed technique on velvet paper70x100 cm2013 Seeing the Universe mixed technique on velvet paper 44x60 cm 2011Hedy Maimann was born in Vienna, the capital of Austria full of cultural treasures be it art,architecture, music or writing, Always attracted by all forms of art. She studied piano at themusic academy, took ballet lessons and a drawing course. After finishing her studies of mac-roeconomics at the University of Vienna she took painting lessons at Prof. Josef Maria Svo-boda and nude drawing lessons at the art university. For a certain time she was part of a groupof Viennese artists and had several exhibitions with them in all parts of Austria. Afterwards she started to make her own exhibitions and then she got various invita- tions from galleries in NY and several European cities like London, Paris, Brussels, Milan, Rome and Buenos Aires to expose her works. “I prefer to do art than to write about it. For me art is a natural expression of myself, my energies and my wholeness. I am not sure how much my earthy experiences flow into my art as when I paint (especially abstract works) I am more connected to my true essence and that is always beau- tiful and perfect and somehow out of space and time.” Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 23

JuliaStriegel www.juliastriegel.deReader, oil and structure paste on stretched canvas, 30x40 cm, 2013Julia Striegel is a motivated PhD student who paints, since she can hold a pen in her hand.After graduating in a study she wants to dedicate herself to the art.„As Sartre said, my art is defined by the need of feeling that we are essential in relationshipto the world. For me, this need is reflected in painting and drawing. Especially in my portraitsI try to present personalities or abstract concepts. I hope that my pictures can give peoplesomething, telling a story or evoke emotions, so that my work is essential in relationship tosomeone.” Boredom oil on canvas 30x40 cm 201224 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.belindachlouber.com BelindaChlouber Whirlpool Stilled mixed media on panel 30x30 inches 2013Belinda Chlouber explores the ideas of transformation, communication, love and loss througha combination of her artwork and the poetry and writings of her mother and grandfather. Hermixed media paintings use fabric, stitching and monoprints. Chlouber received her BFA fromKansas City Art Institute and later pursued graduate study at Parsons School of Design in NewYork City. She lives and works in San Mateo, California, exhibiting her work nationally andinternationally.“Within beauty inherently lies tragedy, but the grace in it allows us to feel deeply and fully. Fora moment, art can sometimes capture that contradiction.” Belinda Chlouber Red Flowers turned Black where Time Swallows Everything mixed media on panel 30x30 inches 2013 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 25

MilandaDeMont www.milandademont.com A tribute (Private Collection NY) acrylic on canvas 140x120 cm 2009Milanda de Mont (Gregorian) is an established Australian artist based in Sydney and Germany.Her dedicated passion in art has resulted in a career with extensive exhibitions, works repre-sented by a number of Galleries, in Collections, also featured in Publications, both nationallyand internationally. She has received Awards & First Prizes in Australia, including Goethe-In-stitut Scholarships from Munich in 1996 & 2001. Previous and upcoming international exhibi-tions include: Participant at The 8th Edition 2011 BIENNALE INTERNAZIONALE D’ARTE CON-TEMPORANEA in Florence, ART MONACO 2012, New York Art Expo 2013, selected artist forInternational Contemporary Competition of GemlucArt in Monte Carlo in 2012 & 2013. Blue ether acrylic on canvas 120x100 cm 201326 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.wittbeat.com KarelWitt Karel Witt was born in Ostrava (Moravia) in 1947 and lives and works recently in Bern, Switzerland. A Portrait of an artist… in pursuit of waywardness: Karel Witt is a notorious moonshiner & retrorunner thru time... unbuttoning the past with offbeat methods he distilles history’s indigestible events, thus laying down an all-time valid guidance on how to stay out of reach and keep out of range. So obviously,… (NeO) DaDa or rather DEONADA is still alive!ABBADABBA1acrylic on canvas58x75 cm2013 ABBADABBA5acrylic on canvas 58x75 cm 2013 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 27

Ronald C.Walker www.ronald-walker.artistwebsites.com Ronald C. Walker’s work is influenced by both the Dadaist and Symbolist art movements. It serves as a type of metaphorical roadmap of his life which explores the inner aspects of his habita- tion in and movement through the sub- urban experience. The Suburban Pool Gouache 11x14 inches 2013 Suburban Primitive art is concerned with the effect of life in the suburbs along with the timeless and universal nature of basic humanity. It is my belief that man is still largely a tribal creature and that not enough time has gone by to change us in any real biological fashion. We are, to phrase it another way just one small step from the cave. How does this primitive creature function in the gentile world of the suburbs? The an- swer is, not that well. Hidden under the vail of civilization lies a primi- tive creature who is a slave of biology and unable to escape their past. To witness this one doesn’t need to examine larger group activities such as war or the effects of the mass media. Just go out on a Friday night to the suburban nightclub and watch the behavior of its clients.Ugly Duck, Gouache, 11x14 inches, 201328 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.leoart.net AlexandreLéonore America mixed media on canvas 61x50 cm 2012Léo (Léonore Alexandre) was born in France, in 1967, discovered art with her grandfatherwho was a painter. Math teacher for several years, she has stopped teaching for the timebeing, determined as she is to devote herself to her art. Looking at her paintings you willdiscover a peculiar world. The underlying link between all her paintings is her fascination forcolors, shapes and light, Whatever she paints the crux of her art lies in the way lines, shapes,colors and media balance one another on the canvas. Ontologically, her art is about this innervibrating tension and energy… Union Jack mixed media on canvas 73x100 cm 2012 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 29

WimZorn www.wimzorn.nl After you’ve gone 140x100 cm Wim Zorn started out as figura- tive painter, but soon a need to simplify forms arose. In 2002 Hans Paalman (former direc- tor of the Schiedam Municipal Museum in the Netherlands) started him off on a different track: Abstraction. The painter relinquished his reliance on re- ality and learned to trust his in- tuïtion and feelings. At once his studio became both a delivery room and a laboratory. Here he creates an autonomous world of material, form, and colour, in which spatial experiences are combined with physical pres- ence. Everything revolves on an ultimate combination of sim- plicity, balance, visual tension, and the creation of space and quietude. Small hours 80x80 cm30 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.edwardofosu.com EdwardOfosu The Queen oil on canvas 20x16 inches 2011AJoil on canvas16x12 inches2013 Edward Ofosu is a self- taught artist. From the age of eight he knew he would be an artist. In 1997 he started painting on his own. His works are versatile and he likes to experiment with vari- ous mediums and forms of artwork. His works are based on realism but likes exploring with an abstract style. Life is what inspires the work he does. Since he moved to London from Ghana he has partici- pated in various art exhibitions including the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. In 2009 he was awarded runner up in the Artist of the year award, organized by Artists & Illustrators magazine. He is much interested in the inner journey and how he can play a role with his art as a catalyst. He enjoys the doing of it and shares that joy with every eye that comes into contact with it. Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 31

KatiLehti www.katilehti.blogspot.com Courtship Dance tempera, ink, and oil on canvas 100x100 cm 2012Kati Lehti is a Finnish visual artist, born in 1977. She has been influ-enced by the surrealists, magical realists, and outsider artists, as forexample. Also, literature has a great impact on her visual work. In herearly childhood her mother put a pencil in her hand as soon as shelearned to sit up properly. She began painting with gouache at kinder-garten age. At the age of 4, she dreamed of becoming an artist, a writer,and a teacher, especially admiring sculptors greatly. In her thirties, shestarted to feel an overriding need for painting and working with visualarts. Up to that point, she has mainlybeen painting in secrecy, but as of thenshe began to show her work to the pub-lic. From 2011 on, she’s had several artexhibitions annually. She’d like to seethat her work be strong yet sensitive,and somehow comforting. She’d liketo create her own mythic atmospherein her works. Kati Lehti is self-educatedand interested in any kind of contem-porary art. Fat Baby tempera, ink, and oil on canvas 100x100 cm 201232 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.LilyKostrzewa.com LilyKostrzewa Girls in Pink Tutu – leaping grace, acrylic & mix media, 24x96 inches, 2013 Lily, a Chinese American artist who specializes in contemporary cross- cultural painting, She received BFA, MA, MFA degrees from both Taiwan and USA. Her paintings have been exhibited in the USA and many other countries, including 18 solo exhibitions and many hon- orable awards and news recognition. Her artistic search has focused on how to bridge the two cultures and bring them together. She feels that she has been privileged to be in both cultures and learn so much from them. She hopes by giving viewers the cross-cultural experience to bring them the sensibilities of their inner child.Childhood, acrylic & mix media, 48x42 inches, 2013 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 33

RHB [email protected] Untitled acrylic and found object on canvas 72x60 inches 2011 Untitled acrylic and stuff on canvas 72x60 inches 2010The work of art makes the statement or itdoes not. Look. Listen. Feel. Decide. Forwhen the observation occurs the visual ex-perience becomes complete.34 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.annemwiti.co.ke AnneMwitiDrop It Like Its Hot, mixed media, 50x100 cm, 2012Anne Mwiti’s mixed media expressions are inspired by her daily experiences and interac-tions with the “modern woman”. Her collages that emerge from fashion magazine cut outs,controlled paint drips and use of non conventional media such as iron rust, are direct socialcommentaries of the Contemporary African society she lives in. She processes colour as a means to an end and not an end in itself, bringing the intensity of raw emo- tions to the canvas in a very spontaneous way. Her paintings draw the viewer in and take them on a self discovery jour- ney. Each artwork is an experience. The Laughing Hyena mixed media 100x80 cm 2012 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 35

AngelaPothaczky www.angiecaricature.sokoldal.huAngela Pothaczky is a a constantly smiling hungarian girl who was born in Slovakia. She hasalways enjoyed drawing and started it in a very early stage in her life. Though her originalprofessional is in the marketing area she rather choses the artist career.I wish to remain creative for all my life - she said - and improve myknowledge and skills. One of my biggest dream is to see the Grand Can-yon. I am very grateful to have learned from Andras Bathory, one of themost known airbrush painter in Hungary.36 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.francks-art.com FranckFranck Angel in a car park - A acrylic on canvas 97x130 cm 2012 Being a selftought and colorblind artist, Franck Franck has always been drawing, painting and creat- ing since his childhood. He has only been showing his work for the last few years hoping, that he would make a living of it, not to be recognised as an artist but rather create more painting, as that is the only thing he prefers to do for the rest of his life. He participated in several collective exhibitions and art competitions. He does not make any particular statement with his creations, it is just a way for him to escape from the world he is liv- ing in. For endless reason he finds this world incomprehensible and full of injustice. We are – he says – as human race toxic to the earth and ourselves. Angry earthling 37 acrylic on canvas 97x130 cm 2013 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

Song-NyeoLyoo www.songnyeolyoo.com DeerInk, Colour and Gold powder on Rice Paper 80x60 cm 2011The people exist simple that enjoy the outdoors and intoxication.Whether it is the playing, dancing, or singing every male, female, child and adult participate.I can relate to people on the painting (and vice versa) and at the same time viewers can dothe same. Through this, I can summon up the possible interpretations of the audience. Theparadise that you dream already exists inside oneself. Paradise, Ink, Colour and Gold powder on Paper, 90x180 cm, 201138 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.anettkilenkennedy.com AnettKennedy Water oil on canvas 50x50 cm 2012 Waiting oil on canvas 120x160 cm 2012The contempoary artwork of the 39Norwegian oil painter, Anett KilènKennedy, fuses the classical withmodern, figurative with abstract.-Philippe Guston once pointed outthat there is a mysterious elementto the picture plane –“an imaginaryplane that defies any traditional ex-planation”. I believe that the mo-ment we become lost in a paint-ing, we are closest to the spacebetween heaven and earth that theJapanese describes as “Nakazura”,the silent place of all and nothing.An inexpressible place, betweendream and reality, for escape andsolace which hopefully, ultimatelyheals and leaves the viewer with afresh way of seeing Home Base. Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

AnitadeBaaij www.anitadebaaij.com No 1453 “Street-photo”acrylic/oil on canvas 105x105 cmAs a young painter Anita de Baaij searched for her own identity.During this quest she enveloped herself in these expressionisticstyles. Later she reaches the inner soul of Expressionism, assistedby her discovery of connections with Chinese brush painting.After the discovery of her ultimate love in 2003, we see againher artistic fire burst and explode. The ensuing flames of the firetranslated into surprising new art forms. With temperament, wil-ful, endearing, and mythical methods she contributes her ownstyle to today’s contemporary art. No 1840 “Cosmos”, acrylic on canvas, 80x100 cm40 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.chrisohoski.com ChristopherO’HoskiCompromising Born in Hamilton, On- tario, Canada. Christo-acrylic on canvas pher O’Hoski studied art history, painting,24x24 inches Caretaker drawing, design and2011 (Hypnagogia) acrylic on canvas arts education at Sheri- dan College, the Dun- 24x24 inches das Valley School of Art and the Royal Con- 2012 (Spatial Traditions) servatory. He primary creates his work using acrylic and oil, but still finds favour in using watercolour. To date, Christopher has ex- hibited in New York, Montréal, London, Los Angeles, Washington and Toronto. His works are held in many private collections in North America, Europe and Australia. Chris’ work, like many artists, is a process of growth. With a love for Chiaroscuro, O’Hoski’s paintings often feature dramatic lighting, and emotion- al representation. He is also an educator and has taught all ages as a drawing, painting and mixed media art teacher at various schools and cultural venues in Ontario. Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 41

DanielMcKinley www.danielmckinleypaintings.comHouses Daniel McKinley’s paint- ings are samples of what defines him. „My paint- ings help understand who I am. We tend to show the world, in our personal lives, a sort of mainstream version of ourselves. Never wishing to expose too much. Through my paintings, the true person is revealed. A person that even I did not know existed. Beyond the fact that I am Daniel McKinley.” Born and raised in the USA. Currently living and working in New York City.„The struggle of late is trying to maintain sanity, in a world filled with normality. Where doyou get these ideas from? What was the inspiration? There must be a reason, what were youthinking? The reasons must be obvious, or they will not be accepted. There are times when Icannot explain. There are times when there is no reason. When a painting is started and whenthe painting is completed the original concept will have completely changed. The painting hasits own idea, I am no longer in control. So I have learned not to question it. There is no sensein trying to be normal. I was once told to trust my audience. There is no need to explain. Theywill find the meaning,and make it there own.”A Portrait of Flowers42 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.eloah-art.net ElmarC.Fuchs Right eye acrylic on black paper acrylic 40x60 cmE.C. Fuchs’ commitment to the visual arts began in his early childhood. During his educationto PhD in natural sciences Fuchs remained faithful towards them, especially light and colorheld a permanent fascination upon him. A part of his master thesis deals with color render-ing of crystals under illumination of different light sources, and his doctorate is about crystalswhich convert UV light into visible light. In infrared-photography his goal is to catch warmthfrom miscellaneous parts of the world. As painter, Fuchs is engaged in the combination of thechildish-naive with the surrealistic-abstract, the combination of landscape and pattern. Walking away from the woman color infrared photography Willemstad (Curaçao) Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 43

JeremyLebediker www.lebediker.fineartstudioonline.com Key Lime Pi oil on panel 14x18 inches 2013 The Gateway oil on panel 16x20 inches 2012 Mr. Lebediker is a New York- based, award-winning, Trom- pe L’Oeil artist who specializ- es in “fooling the eye”. Using only oil paint or charcoal, he often fools viewers with his painted tape and other realis- tic illusions. Lebediker creates humorous pieces with greatskill, depth and creativity to capture both the eyeand the imagination. “I’ve always been intrigued byrealism. The idea that I can create something to lookso real that it would “fool the eye” compels me. Ithink that art should be interactive. It should holdthe viewers attention long enough to make themquestion how and why.”44 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.jrgraphics.nl JEROENvanNEIJHOF Gentle Curiosity (detail) mixed technique 24x33,5 inches 2013 „All my life I have been marveled by all beauty surrounding me. Even in the simplest of things, I see a whole array of possibilities. This is my love for art, and why I paint.To express my soul on a canvas. How a painting will turn out is always a surprise, since I change plans often during the creation process. I let my subconscious guide me, giving it total freedom. All my paintings are mixed media, the more the better. A variety of styles combined is what strong- ly appeals to me, varying from airbrush, brush, drybrush and even dotism style. The possibilities and combinations are endless. Art is my great journey in life, itallows me to express myselfin ways words could neverachieve. Art helps me greatly indiscovering who I truly am, andthrough the years it has revealedmany aspects of myself I neverknew existed. For this I am verygrateful, and I hope I can con-tinue on this path for a long timeto come.” Lula (Snow bengal domestic cat) mixed media 30x40 cm 2012 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 45

KashaRitter www.kasharitter.com Za. Zu. acrylic ink on canvas 30x30 cm 2012 Kasha Ritter first became aware of the power of drawing when ‘Harold and the Purple Crayon’ fell off the shelf at the library. It was 1969 and she was five years old. The idea that one line could change your world was the beginning of her creative adventure. Her grandmother saw Kasha’s need to instigate creatively and set her farther on her path with a tin of busted crayons and a stack of paper. Her current medium, acrylic ink on canvas, NO BRUSHES ALLOWED, is due in part to the fact she forgets to clean off paintbrushes as they harden overnight. And partly because she loves the frenzy of trying to catch the ink as it moves across the canvas wondering where it will go next. Kasha prefers as little control as possible as she interacts with her medium. Zee. Bra. acrylic ink on yupo paper 24x26 cm 201046 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.liunanart.com NanLiu On Campus oil on canvas 56x50 inches 2013 Liu, Nan began to study Chinese brush painting and calligraphy at a very young age in Tianjin, China. He explored various art forms in recent years, including drawing, watercolor, tempera and oil painting. His artworks have been exhibited across the United States among public institutes, museums, and galleries. In 2005, He was awarded the Mario Plescia Award for paint- ing by Florida State University. In 2012, He received Best in Show Award from 24th Art in Gadsden Exhibition, Most Thought Provoking Award from Alexandria Museum of Art’s 25th September Competition Exhibition in Louisiana, Founder’s Award from Sumi-e Society of America’s 49th Annu-al Juried Exhibition, and Jean Wagner Troemel Award from St. Augustine Art Association’s “3rdNature & Wildlife Art Exhibition”. In 2013, Nan won 2nd Place in Valdosta National all mediajuried art competition at Fine ArtsGallery, Valdosta State University,Georgia. He is currently the assis-tant professor teaching drawing,painting and art education class-es at Department of Visual Arts,Florida A&M University.Winning is in My Blood detail oil on canvas 73x60 inches 2013 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 47

RebeccaElizabethBlow www.rebeccaelizabethblow.co.uk Rebecca Elizabeth Blow is a London based artist working predominantly in the fields of painting and draw- ing. Her work begins from life with quick sketches and expressive linear drawings. Then back at the studio she develops the drawings, creating com- positions using various elements of the drawn line. The paintings and 3d con- structs are essentially studies about the drawings rather than realistic portraits of the subject. After completing her Masters at Chelsea College of Art and Design in 2009 she is currently work- ing from Coldharbour Studios, South London.Two Handsoil on canvas50x70 cm2013 Face to Hand oil on canvas 46x56 cm 201248 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook