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www.finearts-leylamunteanu.com LeylaMunteanu Christiano Painting Painting 60x90 cm 2011 No way out Painting 50x80 cm 2013Leyla Aysel Munteanu was born In Hunedoara, Romania 49in 1967. She moved to Canada in 1998. As education shehas B.Sc, BFA, B.Ed., and an MFA. She works in manymedia but enjoys the mixed media the most. She has herwork in private collections all over the world and she re-ceived awards for her work in many national and interna-tional competitions. Her work appears in many publica-tions, from USA to Italy. She is interested in expressingsituations and feelings that we experience as human be-ings, using a wide range of traditional and non-traditionalart materials. Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

RitLomo www.proon.eu Lagoon with Water Lily, Lamdaprint on Aludibond, 180x120 cm, 2012 For me, art is the expression of creative rebellion – it is the accumulation of experience and beliefs transcribed into visual form. This level of ab- straction allows me to reflect deeply on the nature of objectification in the compression of a single scene and in doing so restore passion and revive it anew. This passion, the catalyst for love and life itself, is the theme of my work. The creation of a visual space which is thought-provoking and transformative for every individual, unveils the quintessential nature of re- ality and promotes public engagement with the crucial challenges facing today’s society. Medusa, Lamdaprint on Aludibond, 160x120 cm, 201050 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.carolynschlam.com CarolynSchlamCarolyn Schlam is an award winningpainter who was featured as a finalistin the 2013 Smithsonian Museum Por-trait Competition. Her current work isfocused on the figurative and is infusedwith emotional content, expressing thevulnerability and longing of her mostlyfemale subjects. Carolyn explores por-traiture in its many aspects –Traditional,in which appearance and character isforemost; Expressionistic, in which theinner life is heightened, and Stylized, inwhich the image becomes iconic. Sheis known for her use of exuberant color,elegant drawing and modern design.She is the author of two art books andillustrator of several children’s books. Girl In Flowered Dress oil on canvas 40x30 inches 2013 Hold On To Your Hat oil on canvas 30x24 inches 2013 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 51

FrancescoLietti www.francescolietti.comMonsoon Palace, mixed media on canvas, 75x100 cm Sunset With Junk, mixed media on canvas, 60x45 cm Fast-paced, vibrant, East meets West - these are only a few terms to describe the small land of Hong Kong. Formerly a fishing island, the city has came a long way, and through- out history has earned its place in becoming Asia’s world city. Born in Northern Italy, Franc-esco left the country after completing his studies inMilan, before going abroad. He then furthered hisstudies in Paris, and lived in London for the next dec-ade after. Many of Francesco’s paintings are relatedto travels – places he visited and enjoyed along hisjourney. Inspired by the colours of Asia, architectureand abstract paintings. His paintings are a combina-tion of memory and fantasy, where the artist takes intwo contrasting elements – the city and countryside– to recreate his own landscape. Using bold, strikingcolours, the painter takes images from his memoryand enlivens the cityscape with every stroke on thecanvas. The artist works in acrylic on canvas, andmixed media such as newspaper cut-outs and uses collage to give his works texture and depth.Now an established artist in Hong Kong, Francesco Lietti has exhibited across galleries in the cityand has been featured in numerous publications.52 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.michellehold.com MichelleHold My research goes into the endless energy that pervades the universe. I am interested in the things that are invisible and cannot easily be ap- prehended by intellect, because I think that they are the eternal ones. In my new cycle I want to show that consciousness does not stop with one individual human, but is a flow of continues reproducing energy. Michelle Hold, born in Munich ,lives and works in Italy, grew up in Innsbruck (Austria) where she started to study architecture, forms as an artist and textile designer in different courses in Paris, New York, Hong Kong, Munich e London, her textile designs have been used by important companies like Blumarin, Ungaro, Krizia, Escada… Land on firepigments, acrilics on screen 80x80 cm 2013 Almost invisiblepigments, acrilics on screen 80x80 cm 2013 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 53

AnnaHausmann www.anna-hausmann.de Color Face acrylic painting on canvas 50x40 cm 2013Anna Hausmann was born in 1983 in Rus-sia and raised in Germany. Since she wassixteen, acrylic painting became her big-gest passion. Through her art she wants tomake something visible in the true shape offaces and points. As an artist, you have thepower to change something through art, toinspire people and get inspired. Cat Face acrylic painting on canvas 24x18 cm 201354 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.art-brigitte-lurton.fr BrigitteLurton Mascarade 75x102 cm 2013Brigitte Lurton was born in 1960 inBordeaux countryside, in the middle ofthe vineyards.“As far as I can remember, I have stillbeen drawing. On my notebooks as apupil, then as a student. I have alwayswanted to be an illustrator. In the 80’s,I did not find the art school which wouldfit with my desires. So forth, I went ondrawing for myself, but did work in thewine business, create a boutique hotel,renewed some beautiful houses. I amnow entirely devoted to drawing, mix-ing typefaces with characters born frommy imagination.”Le marchand d’âmes 55 (the soul merchant) 75x102 cm 2013 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

ElenaBissinger www.elenabissinger.weebly.comPovesti cu serenade, oil on canvas, 100x100 cm, 2013 Elena Bissinger artist and poet, born in Romania. The first child of a family of 5 girls. Father painter by profession, he found her little artistic talents and was her first mentor in the fine arts. She paints since mid- dle school, but she consummate artistic talent in various art schools, graduating Art School Francis Hubik Oradea and licensed at the Facul- ty of Visual Arts, Oradea at painting department. In 1997 she made the first art exhibition was followed by many oth- ers. In many group ex-hibitions I attended I have been evidencedboth in style and colors as diverse and fullof optimism which is reflected in paintingsexecuted. Influenced by abstract fascina-tion, she transposed on canvas gestural styleand full of effervescence, inner passionslived experienced the increased intensity thethirst for life. In 2008 I was diagnosed withcervical cancer and that made her love lifemore and transposing it as she feels throughart and poetry. The most relevant events inthe career of painter infuenced her and gaveher an extra power, straigthness and strengthof character. Castana casteliana, oil on canvas, 90x90 cm, 201356 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.gulayberryman.com GulayBerrymanSunday Afternoon at ‘Les Deux Magots’, Paris, 26x32 inches Gulay Berryman, an award-win- ning artist who works primarily with oils, received her art training at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts de Versailles, France, the Ac- cademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan, and the Ecole du Louvre, Paris. She has exhibited in France, Iceland, Senegal, Mauritius, Italy, Oman, Belgium, Switzerland, and the United States. She lives in Wil- liamsburg, Virginia where she is a founding member of New Town Art Gallery and also exhibits at The Gallery on Merchants Square.Along the Thames at Night, London, 20x24 inches Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 57

Inihccor www.freelosophy.tiscali.it Archetipi acrylic on canvas 80x80 cm 2004Inihccor, always interested to the “energy” from the physical and scientific point of view,realised like energy is present in all transcendent aspects of life; he is particularly close toKandisky paints and philosophy.With his own painting, the author conducts his research toward the representation of the re-ality beyond the senses: “the basic aim of my paintings is related to the attempt to representthe reality of the immaterial things, of the sentiments, of the sensations, of the intuitions andof the entities that we are not able to perceive with the physical senses”.Sensazioni Marine 24 , oil on canvas, 50x70 cm, 201058 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.ioannavoskou.com IoannaVoskou Untitledacrylic on canvas 150x140 cm 2011 Ioanna Voskou was born in Limassol in 1976. She finished her studies in School of Arts in Athens – Greece – (Fine Art University) in 2000 after a 5 year course, where she entered with fully scholarship and finished with “Honors”. “I was never good with words. Painting is my way of expressing my feel- ings and a way to communicate with the viewer. A way to express my point of view, an attempt to create various feelings to the observer of my work, and a way to invade and create new emotions to other souls.“ Untitled oil on canvas 100x80 cm 2011 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 59

FranceMcNeil www.francemcneil.com Cascade I. acrylic on canvas 48x48 inches 2013Born in the Province of Quebec in Canada, she lives and works in Quebec City. She got aBachelor degree in fine arts from Laval University, Quebec City. Through her art work, sheshares her search for an imaginary place, a form of mind’s realm. In the interactions of signsshe captures a pulse, a flow of emotions or thoughts, transforming abstract compositioninto suggestion of reality. Her works are included in main collections in Quebec such asBibliothèque et archives nationales du Québec, Loto-Québec, Desjardins, Pratt & WhitneyCanada and in private collections. Cascade III. acrylic on canvas 24x22 inches 201360 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.kusumshukla.com KusumShukla Spring Sonata oil colours on canvas using palette knives 28x19.75 inches 2010Kusum Shukla, Poetess and self taughtExpressionist, paints with oil and acryliccolours on canvas with a self-developedtechnique using palette knives. With 21international solo exhibitions to hercredit, Kusum is an awarded artist atPalm Art Award 2010 from Art DomainLeipzig and International Artist for theVisual Arts and New Technologies forthe Third Millennium 2012 from As-sociazione Internazionale Galleria “IlCollezionista”, Italy.“I use strong vibrant colours to expressmy faith in God. Art is like meditationto me. I transcend this world to sublimedivinity symbolized in the sensation ofupward movement in my work.” Phoenix 61oil colours on canvas using palette knives 28x19.75 inches 2007 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

SuzanEmineKaube www.suzaneminekaube.dePandora’s box62 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.suzaneminekaube.de SuzanEmineKaubeBorn in Istanbul in 1942, Suzan Emine Kaube studied in Istanbul andHamburg. After several years as a teacher, she followed her early lovefor literature and the fine arts. She published books with poems, reflec-tions and a novel. Her pictures, painted in oil or acrylic on canvas, havebeen exhibited in various European and Turkish centres. She prefers anabstract, surreal, postmodern style, her main themes are environmentaland social problems, which leave their traces in the artist’s soul. Theyshow up spontaneously from the subconscious and find their character-istic, unique expression in shape and colours.Chaos3 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 63

MiroslavZahálka www.miroslavzahalka.comBurn Mark 01, synthetic paint on canvas, 330x208 cm, 2013 Miroslav Zahálka lives and works in Prague. He is employed as a chief of the painting studio of the National Theatre in Prague. The inter- est in figurative art accompanies his work. He works with hands and feet as the main representatives for the perception of the whole body. The figural record is a combination of drawing, painting, digital me- dia, photography and sculpture. Over the times, the expression of the drawings and paintings is replaced by the concept of precise shapes defined by the external and internal lines. His work cannot be accu- rately incorporated in one of the above media. The work is usually in-teractive. Drawing is the basis for his visual communication. In principle, the introspectivevisualization is the result. He defines the form that generates his perceptions and emotions. Area Ékágra V/2 steel construction, plexiglass, wire mesh, polyurethane foam, plas- ter bandage, paper-stuff 75x20x14 inches 2001-200564 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.facebook.com/rina.krauthamer?fref=ts RinaKrauthamer Autumm oil on linen 32x42 inches 2012“Whenever I sit in front of a piece of paper or a canvas and start working, I become complete-ly absorbed and transported to an altered state of being where all that exists is the connectionbetween the tool that I hold in my hand and the image that I have in front of me. I believe thatpainting is an act of love and in order to render it in its utmost perfection, it must evolve fromthe deepest reaches of the soul.” Timeline oil on linen 20x22 inches 2012Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 65

HardieCobbs www.hardiecobbs.com Hardie Cobbs is a Seattle based artist who has exhibited in galleries in San Francisco, New York and Alabama. Her background in interior architecture and graphic design is evident in her work, especially in her use of space, color and detail. Examining patterns through concepts of evolu- tion, chaos & order, and human behavior is the central theme of Hardie Cobbs’ work. By ap- proaching these subjects from a social anthro- pologist’s point of view, she believes this process allows us to understand deeper meanings of the world in which we live. She varies her use of media to suit the framework of the project. Whether it be painting, print- making, photography, or drawing she is able to explore the organization of these patterns in a comprehensive approach. Cobbs’ intention is to provide an intimate reflection of our surround- ings while collectively looking at the larger pic- ture as a whole.Pont des arts, digital print, 24x36 inches, 2013 Astier digital print 24x36 inches 201266 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.melissaparentart.com MelissaParent The Lilac Bush oil on canvas 38x26 inches 2011Melissa Parent was born in Southern Massachusetts and received her BFA in painting fromMaryland Institute College of Art. Her work mainly consists of oil paintings but ranges fromdrawings, mixed media, photography and sculpture. Parent currently resides in Southern Mas-sachusetts where she works as a muralist and does small to large scale work on commission. Tik Tok, oil on canvas, 28x44 inches, 2011Copyright Dan Meyers Photoagraphy 67 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

LindaNorton www.LindaNortonStudio.com My style is realism since I wish to pro- vide my viewer with the ability to join me, stand on the deck, or wherever I might be, to observe the scene with me and be a partner to my vision. The major- ity of the maternal side of my family worked on the water, Scalloping, Lobstering, as crew and Captain on Private Yachts and as owners of a marine repair shop. My mother attended Boston University graduated with a teaching degree in Art. She became my teacher and mentor as well as my best critic. She taught me to observe and capture the glory of coast- al Maine and was the single most important influence on my life as an artist. Amazingly years after the death of my parents I discov- ered that my Fathers family also had a strong connection to the sea and the settling of Guilford, CT., from their roots in England.Fiddle Blocks, W/C & Gouache, 21.5x13.5 inches, 2008 Tender, J & E Riggin, W/C & Gouache, 19x26 inches, 201168 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.margaw.carbonmade.com MargaritaBourkova New Friend digital painting 2013Margaw studied history of art in college, and now is taking her second year of screenwrit-ing in the Free University of Brussels, Belgium. She’s been drawing her whole life, but sincethe beginning of 2013 she is taking it more seriously, while building a small social networkonline. She started to paint with a graphics tablet about six months ago. She enjoys paintingportaits and finds most of her inspiration from movies, books and nature. The Widowdigital painting 2013 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 69

SunheeKimJung www.sunheekimjung.com Camouflage IV oil on canvas 60x60 inches 2011I aim to represent soldiers’ complex psychology in my works. The series of Camouflage aredominated by my usual lush fauna, and the silhouettes of soldiers are not overtly exposed tothe surface of painting. Their authentic self might be disguised by the outline of uniforms ofsoldier. The soldiers’ true identity and real story was often forgotten and untold. I want to spot-light their weakness, uncertainty and distress residing underneath their outspoken bravery, res-olution and mystification. I emphasize the fact that we owe our peaceful world to those whowillingly scarified and diedduring the war. I combine or-ganic shape and geometricform, objective coloring ofnature and subjective impreg-nation of it in my Camouflageseries. Camouflage III oil on canvas 60x60 inches 201170 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.ridgewaystudio.com BetteRidgeway Pushing the boundaries of light, color and design, Bette Ridgeway is best known for her large-scale, luminous poured canvases. The artist has won numerous awards, including the Oxford University Alumni Prize at the “Art of the Mind” exhibition at the Chianciano Art Museum in Tuscany in 2012. She participated in the inaugural London Art Biennale in January of 2013 and at the Gagliardi Gallery in London in April 2013. “I manipulate light, using multiple layers of the mediums to create depth, rhythm, and motion. A critic described my work as ‘feeling like an image of arrested motion, poised to flare into movement as soon as one turns away’ which says it all”. Desafinadoacrylic on canvas Romantica retouched, acrylic on canvas, 48x56 inches, 2013 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 71

PrestonCraig www.prestonc.net CruciTeddy Teddy of the Angels, King of the Teddy Bears acrylic on canvas 28x22 inches 2010Preston Craig, who is a publishedartist, writer and educator origi-nally from Louisiana, earned anM.F.A. (with honors) in Illustrationfrom the Academy of Art Univer-sity in San Francisco and a B.A. inApplied Arts from the University ofLouisiana at Lafayette. Deciding todevote his creative energy to thevisual arts, he has found successas a freelance illustrator, fine artist,digital artist, muralist/scenic artist,art instructor and voice over actorin the Los Angeles area.„Painting allows me freedom toaddress some of the social ills thatplague our modern society and topaint what I feel, not necessarilywhat I see. Having worked withdrug addicts, the homeless, vic-tims of sexual abuse, young peoplewho have been incarcerated, andhaving friends in the porn industry,I have definitely seen some of theseedier side of life. I’ve seen howpeople can make a bad decisionand get trapped in that decision.They are unable to figure out howto get out of the situation in whichthey find themselves. With that inmind, I aspire to achieve socialchange with my art.” GangstaTeddy acrylic on illustration board 28x22 inches 201072 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.facebook.com/391446034260192 Da-WeiZhou99.99% Pure Gold Craziness rooted in the real hair, acrylic on plank, 79x110 cm, 2012 Da-Wei Zhou who was born in Tainan in 1989. He started learning painting at studio in 1998 and graduated from Tainan University of Technology in 2012. Thereafter, he concentrated in art creation and became a contemporary young artist. His creation has limitless change with flow of life, not be bound by specified material and expression. The works have reflected verified form of constraints in current society and his own experiences, insights for the life. Violet Fragrance acrylic on plank 80x110 cm 2013 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 73

MarkusKlein www.markus-klein-artwork.de I am a portrait artist from Germany. My aim is to draw portraits that are more realistic and alive than a photograph. All my works are created on A4 paper with coloured pencils, this medium allows for a huge amount of detail on this relatively small scale. That’s why I also consider my works miniature art, many details reveal themselves only on close observation. I am a family man, with my wife being my muse, strongest critic, and great- est supporter. My advice to beginner artists: art is free and should not be limited to what critics say – just make sure your heart is in it.Lish Jecinta, polychromos pencils, A4 sized creative paper, photo by Maurice de Vries Springtime Feet, pencils, A4 sized creative paper74 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.paradiso-figurale.com DominiqueBrunzlik Touching digital fine art pigment-print on hahnemühle handmade paper 60x80 cm 2011Dominique Brunzlik is combining painting, photography and digital art, which enables herto overcome limits and to reflect the permanent change associated with our modern lifestyle.Her art particularly mirrors the increasing mixing of virtual and real world. So she uses“mixed worlds” for a constructive, liberating and refreshing effect – to break shackles thatstrangle our imagination: “Fantasy can be stimulated by smallest and inconspicuous things, ifwe allow to be child again. Than a stone, a shadow, a structure on the floor or an icicle willbe the ticket for an exciting journey in our personal fantasy-universe.” Puzzlingdigital fine art pigment- print on hahnemühle handmade paper 80x60 cm 2012 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 75

SueHoar www.suehoar.com Still Life with Daffs oil on canvas 76x60 cm 2013 Arab Spring 2011 oil on canvas 100x70 cm 201176 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.suehoar.com SueHoarFor Sue the absolute number one Fruits Lumière Jersiaiseconsideration in planning a paint- oil on canvas acrylic on canvasing is colour. She sees choosing 85x85 cmthe perfect palette as the secret to 2013 72x60 cmcommunicating the spirit or energy 2011she wants to express in her work.Sue worked first as a journalist andthen a charity development officer.Now retired and based in SW Lon-don, she is pursuing a career inpainting. She likes to concentrateon abstracts and expressionist stilllife using exploration in texture andvigorous brush strokes. Her chiefdelight is the unpredictable natureof the journey from blank canvasto finished painting and often findsherself surprised and intrigued bythe final result. Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 77

AJWeber www.aj-format.com My art can be described as abstract and contemporary. My tools include needles, putty knives, brushes, pencils and, of course, my hands which enable me to feel my art. Most of the time, I use whatever I can find, amongst other things: acrylic and oil, varnish, coal and chalk. I use a very special style which features synthetic drawing. I take the shape of an accidentally chosen object and draw part of it onto my canvas. By putting these randomly selected outlines together, I have created an arti- ficial object. My work is pervaded with lines, which arise from synthetic drawing. Combining outlines of existing forms and objects creates a newreality. To finalize my work I connect the graphics with the painting by additional colorizing.People often view my work and find the unexpected. Looking at my paintings more closelyor over a longer period of time, you’ll always discover shapes and figures which previouslyremained covert.Fishacrylic on canvas80x120 cm2011 Red vs. blue on yellow acrylic on canvas 120x120 cm 201178 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.elfournet.com Ernie L.FournetMuses of Masquerade, Mardi Gras revelers, acrylic on illustration board, 30x40 inches, 2012 My art is a reflection of my observations of life in southern Louisiana. My subjects include people in costume: police officers in uniform or S.W.A.T gear, masqueraders of Mardi Gras, Native Americans in powwow rega- lia, Celtic and Laotian cultural dancers. I consider myself a contempo- rary realist and like working with freehand airbrush for the photographic “soft edge” quality of the media. I also like drawing with graphite, color- ed pencil and, sometimes, pen & ink for variety. I received my art educa- tion from the Uni-versity of Southwestern Loui-siana with a Bachelors of FineArts in 1975 and from LouisianaState University with a Mastersof Fine Arts in 1977. Followinga family “law enforcement” tra-dition, I retired from public ser-vice in 2003 with over twenty-five years with the Baton Rougeand New Iberia, Louisiana Po-lice Departments. Pink TowelLao American at Buddhist festi-val acrylic on illustration board 30x30 inches 2009 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 79

Luz-MariaLopez www.luzmarialopez.com The Sun Bringing Life to the World mixed on canvas 32x32 inches „I believe one’s art should reflect those re- ally meaningful things in one’s life, things an artist loves and knows,that have made her the artist she is today.” Luz-Maria Lopez’s first exposure to art was the im-ages of icons on their family altar that she saw every day as a child. Those early experiences,along with her grandmother’s stories, have been very powerful influences in what she paints.Her Latin heritage and the Maya influence in her native country, Honduras, are reflected inher work. Maria’s works are iconic and figurative – a blend of cultural symbols, metaphors,allegories and legends;stories of creations whichare filled with symbol-ism. Fairy tales, indige-nous folklore and mytho-logical stories have alsocontributed. „Gradually,I begin to see somethingin my mind, which be-comes the starting pointof the work, and I go fromthere... to wherever thepainting takes me.” A Life of Courage mixed on canvas 37x37 inches80 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.saatchionline.com/manuelolivares ManuelOlivaresManuel Olivares is attracted by everything Diptychthat has a past and has a huge respect and oil on canvaspassion for women and life. No wonder, 40x90 cm, single piecehe is form Naples, Italy. His inner passionlived experienced the increased intensity 2011the thirst for life. (Georgia Szollosi, editor) The paintings of Napoli artist Manuel Olivares possess a futuristic quality im- pacted by rigorous interiors where fur- niture flows without encumbrances and human bodies seemsculpted from light. The contrast betweenthe colors – the red, the blue, the denseyellow – penetrates the volumes of thebuildings and splashes through the emptyspaces, filling them up. The artist paintsfrom offbeat points of view, creating ex-otic perspectives from which the viewercan observe from unconventional vantagepoints. The buildings themselves seem toground us with their dense and substantialconstruction, unobstructed by decorationand reduced to their purest form.MANUEL OLIVARES PHOTO STUDIOHidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 81

DonnaLeighton [email protected] Le Salon, mixed media, 50x50 cm, 2011The mixed media pieces allow alteration of the environment to a dreamlike place. There isfreedom to explore the space with unexplained areas, broken line and textured surfaces.Using small fragments of photographs, a new space can be created with ink and paint. Itis a contrast to her more figurative style, allowing imagination into the work. Her studio inLondon is her peaceful haven where there is time and space to contemplate and experiment.The Green Room, mixed media, 100x60 cm, 201282 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.facebook.com/lowther.art NatashaLowther Colour the soul Biro and prismacolour pencils 14x10 inches 2013My name is Natasha Lowther, at the moment I amfocusing on building my own portfolio of illustra-tions and tattoo designs after just completing myfoundation in Art and Design this summer. I amhoping to present my work to a larger number ofpeople and hopefully boost my career. Beetle watercolour paint A4 size 2013 Beetle 83 watercolour paint A4 size 2013Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

ChristopherVoss www.vossartstudio.net Red House oil on canvas 30x48 inches 2013 A Terminal Master of Fine Arts recipient from Texas Tech University, Christopher Voss’ art works consist of internal reflections addressing physi- cal, psychological and spir- itual proximities in relation to the home. His work addresses the love and steadfastness of the family while also provid-ing visual honesty concerning fears, uncertainties and resentments. Housing structures, asbodily forms, create a dialog which places all parts as important for the structural integrity ofthe form. Missing parts that are physically distant, yet psychologically present, in his works,cause trauma which leads to an unstable foundation, and thus an infected body and home.Division, mixed media ink print on handmade paper, 34x11 inches, 200984 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.jaslet.livegalerie.com Dajidan Children in Delirium canvas on frame, acrylic painting, posca, marker 120x120 cm 2012Graphic segments are the primitive bricks of a universe that forms andtransforms. These are the palette of the artist who uses them to play as amusician with the notes. He works as the composer who already hearsthe sounds when he writes a partition. The drawings describe a worldwhere exist visible, invisible, the magic and fantasy. The intention ofthe creator moves to second place. Each person interprets what he seesaccording to what he is. The King and Queen canvas on frame, acrylic painting, posca, marker 116x89 cm 2013 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 85

NinoDobro www.NinoDobrosavljevic.com Picaso Cubism and Guernica, oil on canvas, 24x18 inches, 2012I am a self taught artist who had a passion to study and observe old artists. At the early ageof thirteen my passion for the art has begun. In my my former country, I was art member ofthe local arts groups. I exhibited at many group exhibitions and have received awards. In thenineties, moved to Germany there still I continued to paint and had many exhibitions there.In 1996 immigrated to Canada continued to paint and joined local arts group. I got manypictures are all over Europe and North America.Member of: Federation of Canadian Artists, Fraser Valley Chapter FCA, International Guild ofRealism Time with Dali oil on canvas 20x16 inches 201186 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.ellesbb.nl EllesBlankensteinBezemerEllesBB is a very colourful person, who has a relentless need to expressherself. She wants to beautify her environment. Before she starts paint-ing she never knows what the result will be, she she cannot see thingsin her mind. Therefore the result is a surprise for her as well. She likesto work on large canvasses and hardly ever uses brushes; instead sheuses paint rollers and knives. We are proud to show you a small selec-tion of her work. Gypsy Wedding acrylics on Linen 100x100x4 cm 2012 Wedding acrylic on canvas 160x100x4 cm 2013 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 87

EverlyDark www.everlydark.comLevitate, acrylic and spray paint on wood, 120X120 cm, 2013 Beneath her skin, acrylic on wood, 60x90 cm, 2012Works mainly in acrylic on wood, but isconstantly expanding her ideas into furthermedia. Her work like a camera obscura, isdistorted. Filled with something elsewhere;Her paintings trace a time and place seem-ingly non existent but through her eyes everso real. She is inspired by anything weirdand unconventionally beautiful; the littlethings that go unnoticed. Reclusive by na-ture Everly Dark enjoys absorbing her mindin the world of books and in her spare timespends a great deal of time staring at the sky.88 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.flickr.com/photos/javiermunozsalas JavierMuñozSalas Portrait of Afro-American beauty drawing 21.59x27.94 cm 2012My drawings are intended to be part of the reflection that I do regarding spirituality, which Ilive like ‘the path of unity’. They seek to record the beauty of all links that appear in diversity,the depth of common people, Nature’s simple life and the extent of cultures, especially theone regarding Latin America. I have discovered that drawing is a space to meditate, similar tothe creation of mandalas, allowing me to stop mind’s whirlwind and achieve tranquility. I havealso been able to explore new areas such as music, painting, photography, etching, carvingand writing, all means that give me great joy.Girls of Otavalo, Ecuador pencils 21.59x27.94 cm 2013 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 89

JenniferMrozekWeiss www.jennifermrozekweiss.comDark Star Crashing Jennifer’s creativity is a powerfulacrylic on canvas purpose in her life. During intensely36x60 inches challenging or joyful times, she chan-2012 nels and releases her emotion into her paintbrush and onto her canvas. Jennifer’s art practice helps her climb to a meditative state as therapy for the twists and turns in her daily life. She produces flowing forms, alive with ex- pression, in an intricate dance between bal- ance and en- ergy. Jennifer’s recent works have a new depth and dimension with the addition of layering and transparency of forms, shapes and colors on each level. Jennifer’s artis- tic influences are Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky, and Paul Klee. She loves the spirit and life in Miro’s expres- sion. She senses familiarity in Kan- dinsky‘s shapes and drawn to Paul Klee’s great sense of color and form. Sensory Explosion acrylic on canvas 36x60 inches 198990 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

kerbyrosanes.com KerbyRosanes The Gioconda Project Ink on paper 11x16 inches 2013Philippines – based illustra-tor Kerby Rosanes worksmainly with ordinary blackpens to magically illustratehis “doodle” world. The23-year old artist considershis art as a personal hobbywhich turned out to be hispart-time freelance work af-ter being recognized by vari-ous design blogs, interna-tional magazines and onlinecommunities.Most of his works are characterized by whimsical lines, patterns, characters and little elementsthat are spontaneously combined to create massive compositions depicting his everyday ex-periences or anything thatinspires him. He currentlyworks as a graphic designerin a local company by daywhile making doodles bynight for various clients andcollaborating with otherartists and design agenciesaround the world.The King’s Awakening Ink on paper 7x5.5 inches 2013 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 91

MariannaVenczák www.venczakmarianna.com Awareness watercolour, pen and cold gold enamel 210x297 mm 2013Marianna Venczák’s figurative and cityscape works provide lyrical figurative reflections andadagio impressions. With symphonic tributes to the elements of fortissimo form and musi-cal color, she orchestrates soulful figurations and joyful entertainment scenes, utilizing anaesthetically unique color palette accompanied by a compelling viewpoint. Like a musicianwho plays with sounds, she mixes her vivid colors to become a rhapsody of chords, whichmetamorphose into an integral part of her compositions: she conducts a symphonic overtureof beauty, emotion and depth. Marianna has showcased her art throughout the world, and herartwork is held in private collections worldwide. Caprice Bar watercolour, pen and cold gold enamel 222x156 mm 201092 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.paintingsilove.com/artist/mattfoley MattFoleyA Brand New Day, oil on canvas, 45x60 cm, 2012Dream and abstract landscapes are the themes of most of Matt’s paintings. Images often cometo him from dreams, or when he is in that brief state between sleep and wakefulness when“imagination reigns free”. He tries to communicate ideas, feelings, mood, or atmosphere inhis paintings. In particular he likes art to present a different perspective and give the viewersomething to think about. Eterneoil on canvas 75x90 cm 2008 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 93

JuanCarlosWang juancarlos.wang.77 Mother and son oil on canvas 100x120 cm 2013 Oedipus oil on canvas 100x120 cm 2013Juan Carlos Wang was born in 1946,Tai pei, Taiwan. Graduated from theUniversity World Journalism. Crea-tive theme for the analysis of life,praising nature as well as motherlylove and healthy sex. Rebelliouschildhood, do not like strict, anti-tra-ditional, anti-thinking, free-sway richimagination, interpretation hearts in-tense passion. This is the body torsois also a language that can expressemotions, variation limbs, to sharelife, love and dreams.94 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

[email protected] JuanCarlosWangBeach, oil on canvas, 120x100 cm, 2013 JAZZ, oil on canvas, 120x100 cm, 2013Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 95

JuanCarlosWang juancarlos.wang.77 Mountain Smile (Fingers Hand painted, without brushes) oil on canvas 100x120 cm 2013 Autumnal Equinox (Fingers Hand painted, without brushes) oil on canvas 120x100 cm 201396 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.flickr.com/photos/kai-li_wu KellyWu Kelly Wu is a Graphic Designer from Taiwan. At the moment, she lives in New Taipei City and specializes in illustrations and handmade arts. She believes that painting is an emotional release. Especially prefers simple and rustic style. On top of that, to enjoy in creating fun is very important.Couragesculpture12.7x27x8.8 cm2013 Hatch upwatercolour, digital art 21x29.7 cm 2012 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 97

BelaGold www.belagold.org Bela Gold is PhD in Design, Visual Arts and New Technologies-Uni- versidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico. M.A in Visual Arts-UNAM- México. B.A. in Fine Arts from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel. Since 1979, Gold has been a professor/researcher at the UAM-A in Mexico City. Work included in art collections and muse- ums in different countries Received more than 10 International awards, scholarships and grants FONCA, Mexico residence at the Banff Center for the Arts, and actually awarded with grants as a member of SNCA. Workinng different media: drawing, intaglio-mixed techniques, neo-graphics, electronic media, autonomous, conceptual, expanded drawing and printamaking,electronic embroidery and art-books. Illustrated several magazines, and published books.Awarded ACADEMIC MERIT MEDAL. Participated in over one hundred solo and group shows. Portraits - (No name 3) laser shot on slate-stone and mixed media 80x65 cm 2013Portraits - (No name 2)burnt paper-and collage on paper120x96 cm201398 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook