Hidden Treasure Art eMagazine Spring 2015

Awakening Forces ofBeen Seedsoil on canvas100 x 100 cm 2010 She has visited and performed in 30 countries, has participated in art exhibitions and competitions of painting and photography. While in these various countries, studied the culture and the tradi- tions of these countries in order to increase knowledge and under- standing, and enable more creative and diverse art. Art works are located in private collections of people from many countries. Since 2014 is working and residing in the United States. Is working in large and small graphic and picturesque forms, such as mu-rals and exlibris. Excellent in creating digital graphics and using classical techniques. Constantly exper-imenting with innova- tive techniques. HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 101

Iryna Lialko Artwork on the Top Right LonelinessRed Tears Fly Upoil on canvas acrylic on paper160 x 160 cm 18 x 28 cm2015 1999 Artwork on the Bottom Right The Wing of Colors of Dawn ink on paper 65 x 90 cm 2013102 IHIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

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Toni Carlton The Guardian mixed media www.tonicarltonart.com 30 x 24 in contact: Toni Carlton 2011 [email protected] United States Most of my artwork rep- resents deeper levels of I am committed to co-cre- feminine awakening by ating heartfelt expres- encoding multiple layers of sions of life’s journey. My images that trigger mem- paintings combined with ories of ancient and pres- mixed media collage in- ent wisdom. In some of my corporate images from my recent compositions, the personal life experiences, combination of calligraph- a love of dance, written ic and Asian symbols, an- messages, calligraphy and cient text and sacred sites photographic images from my travels to helps create a deeper lev- Jamaica, Europe, Peru, Mexico, Belize, el of resonance. I create Hawaii and most recently India. I am in- my work to remind one to spired by different cultures, expressions embrace the connection of movement, heart connections and to all relations. spiritual awareness. Calligraphy in various languages along with the texture I create as a fiber artist adds a three dimensional element to my paintings. Prayers of Peace acrylic, handwoven fibers mixed media on canvas 30 x 48 in 2014104 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

The expressions in the work come from thesubconscious, the heart space and fromwithin, rather than from a plan to create aspecific image. Using movement, meditationand healing sounds as a prompt to begin thepaintings, the artwork expresses the connec-tion to the Divine Feminine and MotheringPeace. Through many layers of multiple me-dia, writing in graphite, hand-woven fibers,painting and transfer images, I am revisitingmy spiritual journey as an artist using creativeexpressions. Healing Voices acrylic, mixed media on canvas 36 x 24 in 2014 My hope is that my original crea- tions open our hearts and touch our souls to inspire and lift our spir- its. I will continue along a theme that speaks to people’s hearts and touches them in ways that are healing and helpful in developing an understanding of our intercon- nectedness. Heart and Soul acrylic, mixed media on canvas 24 x 18 in 2014 HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 105

Angelo Lotti The Reflection of Regretswww.clubpittori.it/schede.php?id=2702contact: Angelo Lotti oil on [email protected] 45 x 55 cmItaly 2011T.: +39 3388804677 Angelo Lotti was born in Brindisi in 1991, lives in Carovigno, in Salento. Graduat- ed at the Agricultural Institute, currently a student at the Faculty of Architecture of Bari. Passionate about all things in the world, and especially the art of nature in all its shapes and forms, is also known as a sculptor. Harmony in Lilac, Green and White oil on board 35 x 55 cm 2014106 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

Modernity - The Scream Persists oil on canvas 40 x 50 cm 2012In 2012 he created a collection ofpoems written in different years. Self-taught in everything, even in thepainting, which is always looking fordifferent paths and personal, whichreveal important topics such as thegreat themes of modernity, natureand above all the different humanfeelings. As media he uses everythingfrom canvas to the plywood, fibre-board or boards, composing thework in a very short or very long de-pending on how the composition ofthe work requires. Its production is vis-ible on the Internet, and every yearduring the summer sets in the roomsof the castle of his city or in the streetsof the historic center, in addition toseveral exhibitions of national and in-ternational level. The Persistence of the Art oil on canvas and cardboard 80 x 60 cm 2015 HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 107

Julie River www.julieriver.be contact: Julie River [email protected] Belgium A Venise watercolour and ink on paper 25 x 35 cm 2012 “In her Brussels Studio, that artist loves to mix China ink and waters colours, feather and brush in concert. In that technique error does not forgive, the indelible stroke becomes a challenge that she finds amusing. In her peaceful gardens, she affirms her fantasy, in rep- resenting strange personages, often insects that she acts like actors on the stage. The wood, the trees, the leaves become the decor and the curtains”. Julie River 2012 En Piste watercolour and ink on paper 30 x 40 cm 2012108 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

“The watercolours are worked in a non-conformist way, often with five or six layers, very meticulous work. In tone splashes of colour the artist juggles with the strokes of the feather, with rhythm, move- ments, and dynamism. Transport- ed by the delicacy of the stroke, the insect himself becomes a co- median or a minstrel. And finally this strange world takes us to re- spect the differences. In feat, it means respect of the other, Love of Live, in all shapes and form”. N-P Louise, 2012 Vers La Lumière watercolour and ink on paper 25 x 35 cm 2013 Sous Le Soleil De Saturne watercolourand ink on paper 25 x 30 cm 2014 HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 109

Giampietro Cudin Caos mixed technique and acrylic 100 x 80 cm 2012 www.cudin.it contact: Giampietro Cudin [email protected] Italy Positive, full of interest and always look- ing to the future, these words to define Cudin. He has studied Architecture in Canada and Psychology in Italy, paint- er, sculptor, elegant engraver, gentle and generous person, with great passion for poetry. The artist has always lived the art 360°, his artistic work is an ongoing process of analysis and comparison of the works from the past to the contem- porary, between the contingent reality and conceptualism.110 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

He follows his emotions, exploring original lan-guages to become spokesman for the com-plex of today’s man feelings. Not infrequent-ly the reality itself enters into his paintings,through elements that the painter collects overtime and in different moments of his life. Theybecome part of his work, interfacing with apainting technique always strongly expressive,airline tickets and bus tickets, newspaper clip-pings and pieces of posters, papers and writ-ings, the artist brings its back from his numeroustrips in different countries world and put themin his artworks. He collects pieces of life, whichhe then transform into a paint. Signs that artsaves and turns into memories and emotions.Messengermixed technique and acrylic100 x 70 cm2013 Animals mixed technique and acrylic 50 x 50 cm 2015 HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 111

Tyler J R CannonAlways Looking for a Shocklithographic drawing with monotype11 x 14 in2013 www.tjrcannon.com contact: Tyler John Rutger Cannon [email protected] Canada Tyler Cannon is a Vancouver based visual artist, working primarily in print media and drawing. Cannon’s mother began teaching him to draw and paint at an early age, fo- cusing on wildlife and people. In 2009 his formal training began at North Is- land College in Courtenay, British Columbia. After completing a fine art diploma at NIC he continued on to Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax, Nova Scotia. At NSCAD he completed a BFA Major in Inter- disciplinary Fine Art with a Minor in Art History focusing primarily in printmaking. Generators for Fear of Night colour lithograph with monotype 31 x 23 in 2014112 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

Monod Anatomy lithographic drawing and etching as digital composite 30 x 22 in 2013Cannon’s current work revolves around his ongoing narrative project called Single-ton’s Epic. Cannon creates characters, bodies and systems within his other worldwhich interact and live within a strange psychological economy or ecosystem. Thecentral character of the narrative are the singletons, strange human like figures wholoaf around the environment focused mainly on hedonistic pleasures.Currently Cannon is attending a StudentScholarship Residency at Malaspina Print-makers in Vancouver. His Newest work isin various states of completion which istracked on his website and blog. Themati-cally the newest images orient around im-aging states of the Singletons, enmeshedwithin their machine world as productivecogs, complicit, victims and rowdy fools. Despot Love viscosity print 14 x 18 in 2014 HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 113

Chassériaud Frédéric www.libertart31.pagesperso-orange.fr contact: Chassériaud Frédéric [email protected] France The Human Robot A robot is a Human who does not take the time to think linen and oil painting paint brush and knife 60 x 92 cm 2015 The Family The sharing of your life with all your environment creates the family linen and oil painting knife 80 x 100 cm 2015114 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

The artistic activities, paint-ing and writing, offer wings tomy soul. I cannot live withoutthese artistic activities whichshare my thoughts with oth-ers people. With these wings,I do not see the human fron-tiers which are the fears of thehuman’s ego. The freedomis the acceptation of othersthoughts which create theonly wealth of the humanwhen you share them. Withthis richness, the Human hasnot harms but the joy to live inan human environment. Human is his own Home The Human Being creates that he is with his thoughts linen and oil painting paint brush and knife 46 x 60 cm 2010 The Contemplation All that exists, lives to be a human fruit linen and oil painting knife 72 x 100 cm 2015 HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 115

Shae WhiteKaleidoscope Lady www.jeinshaewhite.comacrylic on canvas contact: Jein Shae White24 x 30 in [email protected] United StatesBorn in China, adopted at an Some Kind of Wonderfulearly age and raised in the Unit- acrylic on canvased States, Shae White brings both 24 x 30 incultures alive in each of her can- 2014vases. Each painting tells so muchabout her and where she camefrom. Self-taught at an early age,she learned the most importantvalues: the freedom to explore,to create, and best of all, to try.116 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

“I feel I have more free- dom to try different ways to open my mind and grow every day in ways that inspire me to be better,” - Shae White The Boy I Love acrylic on canvas 24 x 30 in 2014Shae ignores the rules so shecan express her thoughts inher own way. Her work isn’tabstract, surreal or cubism.It’s a synergy of all thoseand more. She refers to thisstyle as “Geometrism.” Naturalacrylic on canvas 24 x 24 in 2014 HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 117

Be a part of hiddentreasure Art eMagazine / Summer 2015 Eligibility Artists who are above 18 years old can submit their work for selection. All artworks must have been created by the submitting artists, who must have legal ownership and must be the sole owners of the copyright. All media and techniques of visual art can be submitted for review, such as painting, photography, sculpture, instal- lations and digital art, etc. Entry Information Artists who are interested in showing their work in Hidden Treasure Art eMagazine / Summer 2015 must send their images and biography to: [email protected] • Images of 6-8 artworks (minimum 1Mb images (300dpi) including details of the works, such as title, size, medium and the year of creation, • A short biography or description of artistic interests (maximum of 200 words, in the third person, in English, not a CV), • A profile picture, possibly portrait (minimum 400Kb images), • A website address. Media Accepted Painting, mixed media, decorative art, design, caricature, sketching, drawing, col- lage, sculpture, pottery, digital art, 3D art, photography, installations, print, graffiti, street art and custom painting. Cost £ 55.00 for 2 pages (or if you wish, you can pay in different currencies: $100.00 or €80.00 included tax. Banking transaction fees apply and must be paid by the artist). Additional pages £25.00 each (or in USD=$50.00 / in EUR=€40.00). Please, apply with this Submission Form. Deadline 15th June, 2015​- The eMagazine will be published at the end of June.118 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

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Marian Sava Amapola black belgian marble 56 x 17 x 18 cm 2009 www.mariansava.com contact: Marian Sava [email protected] Belgium “Marian Sava” makes the stone sing” He received his artistic education at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Bruxelles. When looking at his works, one word comes to mind ‘Emotion’, because one experienc- es a great pleasure, produced by the crea- tive impulses of the artist, which are marked by the seal of extreme sensitivity. Marian Sava approaches the abstract art in his very nuanced manner, without ever falling on the side of pure and hard abstraction. He passes smoothly, from the strict image of a subject to the creation of new unexpected forms (...) Collette Bertot, Art Critic, Brussels 23 02 2008 Messenger white marble 72 x 37 x 8 cm 2013120 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

Flight of Day black belgian marble 73 x 27 x 6 cm 2008AmapolaFor the eye’s delight, in thesummer, colored parasols in-vade fields and the roadsides… these are the poppies! Light of Day Burning Bush“Vibrations of the wings of in- white marblesects, the day and the night”. 63 x 47 x 7 cmA true rehersal in miniature, withan end unpredictable when 2002you look carefully the vibrationof insects’s wings Burning Bush“Myth and reality in the historyof humanity”. The burning Bushis, in the biblical tradition, therevelation of the Angel of theGod inside a Bush that burnedwithout ever burn on Mount Si-nai. Here, God sends Moses de-liver his people from slavery andgives him the tablets of the lawwith the ten commandments,carved in stone by the fire.MessengerBirds were always used to carrymessages. Benefiting from theiraerodynamic shape in theirflight, one watches them, highabove, in an imaginary form. HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 121

Padmini London based Andrea Peng was born in 1983 in Argentina to Taiwanese parents. Her work has been influenced by the search for her identity and explores mixed cultural associ- ations and the nature of human existence. She has always been fascinated by unseen details, looking at things from the inside out in order to discover a sense in between. www.andreapengprops.tumblr.com contact: Andrea Peng [email protected] United Kingdom122 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

She is a versatile prop maker with a distinctive approachwho is fully comfortable combining conceptual and prac-tical realization. Andrea has a keen interest, and activeinvolvement, in organizing various alternative art, music,and social projects. Culturally and politically aware theseactivities feed her practice. Currently in her final year atRCSSD, Andrea works as a freelance prop maker on var-ious projects including for Pinewood Creative, KimaticaStudios, Mantaray Props, and artist Tom Price. HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 123

Leo Deville Ishka’s Moment ceramic andwww.leodeville.co.ukcontact: Leo Deville mixed [email protected] 26x19x12 cmUnited Kingdom 2014 Birdeyes ceramic and mixed media 32x17x6 cm 2013 Leo creates ceramic faces, figures, sculp- tures and jewellery that sometimes include coloured wires, textiles, beads and paint. When she has a black biro in her hand she produces surreal black & white illustrations and also paints in oils & acrylics. She started working spontaneously with the black biro drawings, which took her on subconscious journeys to a world far more interesting than the physical normality.124 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

She now lets her ceramics evolve and loves this process as she’s con- stantly intrigued to view where her mind has taken her. Leo’s eyes, ears and mind are forever open to new ideas and influences. Fuzzy Dreads ceramic and mixed media 23x24x8 cm 2012 Spirit ‘G’ceramic andmixed media 16x33x7 cm 2013 HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 125

Why Artists Should Be Paid for Their Artwork? “Artists shouldn’t be paid for their art. Getting paid prevents them from cre- ating really good stuff.” - I read some- where online. I want to make three points about Art, Contribution and Money with this article: Your art is a contribution to society. It brings joy, it solves problems, and it makes this world a better place. Being paid allows you to make that con- tribution to society. Your contribution expands in relation to the amount of time you put into it. More hours means expanded contribution to this world with your God-given talent. “Artists are better off working a job they hate and then painting in their spare time.” This is the problem I have with that: No one should work a job they hate. You were put on this earth with talents and you are meant to do that which you are good at and what you love! The world is missing out on your contribution. The less an artist creates, the less they grow. It requires hours upon hours to hone your craft. Charging for your artwork enables you to make a contribution to the world with your art. It allows you to develop your style and to get better and better at what you do. As long as we are stuck in a money based system, I find it an outright insult to all hard- working artists to say they shouldn’t be paid for what they do. It’s just a crazy notion that this one, single profession should work for free! (While everyone else gets paid.)126 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

Image: Bin FengPin Man - A Space Odyssey #6digital C print36 × 64 in2014 HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 127

“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask crea- tive people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while.” Steve Jobs128 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

bin feng www.binand.com contact: Bin Feng [email protected] United States American Dream - Approaching the Whitetail digital C Print 40 × 60 in 2015American Dream - THE AMERICAN DREAMBackyard 7am photo series continuesdigital C Print to explore the idea of40 × 60 in “American Dream”.2015 HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 129

Bin Feng American Dream - Starring Jackie Chan and John Cusack, Dragon Blade 3D IMAX will be released in February 2015 digital C print 40 × 60 in 2015American Dream - The Visitor THE AMERICAN DREAM photo se- digital C print ries continues to explore the idea of 40 × 60 in “American Dream” from an eastern 2015 male gaze. By staging the moment of daily life, the artist performs as an actor and jumps between the fiction and reality, which essentially conveys the notion of the history of a man is mobilized by images.130 IHIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

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bin fengPin Man - A Space Odyssey #4 Pin Man - A Space Odyssey #6digital C print digital C print40 × 60 in 36 × 64 in2014 2014132 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

Pin Man - A Space Odyssey #2 digital C print 36 × 64 in 2014PIN MAN - A SPACE ODYSSEY photo series shows him heading off to space to spreadword of this new currency to other planets and cultures, hoping to find a more re-ceptive audience around which he can call “home”. By expressing a plethora ofideas regarding simulation, cultural capital, currency, popularity and fabrication invarious art forms, Pin Man - A Space Odyssey offers a sophisticated and complexlook at the value placed on people and objects in today’s media-saturated, highlysimulated age. Pin Man - A Space Odyssey #1 digital C print 36 × 64 in 2014 HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 133

Mike DeCesare www.ProPhotoNorthwest.com contact: Mike DeCesare Alpine Falls photograph [email protected] United States 16 x 20 in 2014Mike DeCesare: Photography is my first language. My homeis the Pacific Northwest where rugged, natural beauty andindividuality have inspired and shaped my photography.My landscapes are not meant to chronicle what is, butrather to share my passion for nature with those who feelthe same joy for the world we live in and accountability forthe world we will pass on. Tye River Winter Run photograph 16 x 20 in 2014134 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

Bryce Canyon First Light Forest Roadphotograph photograph16 x 20 in2015 16 x 20 in 2012 HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 135

david crittin “I try to give an account of the transcendent quality of naturewww.davidcrittin.com and its function as a messengercontact: David Crittin of a ‘sense of infinity.”[email protected] 11CH-1926 FullySwitzerlandT: +41 78 800 75 03 David Crittin’s work is the expression of a contem- plation. The composition of landscape in circle unfolds the mystery of the World: no beginning, no end; no quantifiable space, there- fore, no time. It brings us back to fundamental ex- istentialist questions, be- tween finiteness and infini- ty. The circular landscapes are built after the classical plan of an architecture of the spirit, with a progressive densification of the sacred, of which the archetype in our culture would be Solo- mon’s Temple: outside–en- closure–sanctuary-Holy of holies.Paris doesn’t existNumeric photography collage underacrylic block – jesmonite base137 x 112 x 50 cm2012 Composition with center beyond #1Numeric photography collage under matte diasec 100 x 100 cm 2008136 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

Gate of silence Numeric photographycollage on aluminum –poplar wood base and sitting block 180 x 170 x 50 cm 2012 Composition with center beyond #9 Numeric photography collage under matte diasec 100 x 100 cm 2010In the pictorial field, we note theMandalas, sacred images usedin the East to induce a deeperdegree of knowledge through areading going from the peripheryto the center. This is precisely oneway to read these images. Start-ing from the periphery, the ob-server can contemplate the unityof the World, which is a reflectionof his own unity. Subsequently, heis brought to the center whereit seems to be nothing left. Na-ture, space and time have disap-peared. But the observer remains,facing himself: a consciousnessbeyond this World of shapes anddefinitions. HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 137

carrie webster Facing your Demons with Kindness digitally enhanced photograph limited edition signed print up to 40 x 40 in 2014 www.artfolio.com.au contact: Carrie Webster [email protected] Australia Carrie Webster works and lives in Sydney, Australia. Her recent work has been selected as finalist art work in a number of international online photographic & art compe- titions, and she was selected to par- ticipate in the prestigious Head On Photography Festival in May 2014. A solo exhibition of Carrie’s work was exhibited at the Angel Restaurant in Freshwater, Sydney, in April 2014, and her latest solo exhibition which is a re-imagining of the Chinese Hor- oscope animals mostly transforming fruit and vegetables into animals was held in February 2015. Own Little World digitally enhanced photograph limited edition signed print up to 40 x 40 in 2014138 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

Let the Healing Begin digitally enhanced photograph limited edition signed print up to 40 x 40 in 2014Carrie currently works part-time as a UX specialist in IT. She completed a Bachelor ofVisual Arts at COFA in her early twenties, and evolved into the field of graphic andweb design. She also has a Masters degree in Information Architecture. Along theway, she has always been creating and working on personal art projects in paral-lel with her professional life. Carrie has always had a passion for creating, and hasexperimented with many different mediums, such as painting, drawing, animation,video, lino prints, and of course, her current obsession, photography. Carrie plans toquit her day job when she becomes rich and famous :) Royal Portrait digitally enhanced photograph limited edition signed print up to 40 x 40 in 2014 HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 139

delpierista77www.stefaniagrasso.itcontact: Stefania [email protected] S.Cristoforo Paintings Of G.Ferrari, Chiesa S.Cristoforo Vercelli photography 3000 x 2008 2010 Stefania Grasso was born in Vercelli Italy in1977. She started to photograph in 1990. She loves mainly mountain and sea landscapes and to capture the most beautiful artworks in Italy. She gained prices in Italy, Vietnam, Michigan ad a finalist in various photocontests. Her favorite themes are travel photography, nature, landscapes and arts with photos of churches and monuments. Ilaria Del Carretto, Duomo Di Lucca photography 3000 x 1987 2015140 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

Altare Piccolomini, Duomo Di Siena photography 3000 x 1987 2013 She also loves to create some photobooks to exhibit during cultural and naturalistic events. She has gained some prices in contests related To nature and arts. and several covers for travel rewievs. Some of her portfolios have been select- ed by CNN in the section report and by the review N-pho- tography. Actually she experiments HDR photography. Villa D’este, Tivoli (Roma) photography, 3000 x 2008, 2012 HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 141

Fu Wenjun Nepotism conceptual photography 140 x 175 cm 2015 Fu Wenjun, Chinese impor- tant conceptual photogra- phy artist, talks about histo- ry of art; it’s not a means, but the main goal. He therefore analyses some aspects which are meant to express a timeless con- cept. In this way, the ex- pression of every artwork becomes a thesis with no possibility of anti-thesis, full of proofs which we find again many times in histo- ry, western and oriental, to remember that history is re- peating itself and that the mankind as a whole has similarities beyond geo-cul- tural position. Life is Simple conceptual photography 140 x 175 cm 2015 Among the Clouds conceptual photography 140 x 175 cm 2015142 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

www.fuwenjun.comcontact: Fu WenjunChina 350 B.C. conceptual photography 140 x 175 cm 2015 Drift Away conceptual photography 140 x 175 cm 2015 HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 143

Bernard Sabri www.art-photo.fr contact: Bernard Sabri [email protected] France Network inkjet mounted on dibond 40 x 30 cm 2003 The original picture was a view of the garden of the castle of Sceaux situated in the south suburb of Paris.What Bernard searches most in his artistic expression is to create an image worked ina modern style, rather surrealist; an artwork which provokes, by the symphony of itscolors and the originality of its composition, strong emotions as a sign of successfulcommunion with the visitor. His works are based exclusively on computer processed digital photography. Printing is on various sup- ports such as fine art pa- per, laminated wood, plastic, aluminum or can- vas. Paris, Montmartre inkjet mounted on dibond 40 x 28 cm 2005 Solitary painter, an early Sunday morning on the “Place du Tertre”.144 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

Bernard Sabri explores pho- tography by modern tech- niques in order to make “you” share his emotions of the uni- verse of Digital-Art; where the Virtual and the Real merge; through works expressing his profound sensitivity to this new form of Contemporary Art. The happy marriage of photogra- phy and informatics, which gave birth to “Digital-Photogra- phy” and thus opened a new era of “Digital-Art”, allowed Bernard to get out of the initial frame of traditional photogra- phy to enjoy the freedom of digital art, an art representing well our “High-Tech” Epoch. He uses the virtual brushes of to- day’s digital tools to create a modern work of art. Paris, Eiffel Tower inkjet mounted on dibond 42 x 60 cm 2005Seine Bank and Eiffel Tower seenfrom Notre-Dame Cathedral. Paris Statue of Liberty inkjet mounted on dibond 40 x 28 cm 2005The statue of liberty nolonger turns its back on theEiffel Tower, it welcomesher henceforth. The originalstatue looks to the East whilethe one on the picture looksto the West. HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 145

SNOPIX www.snopix.co.uk contact: Peter Higgins [email protected] United Kingdom The Escape digital photo image 2009 Creator Peter “Snopix” Higgins had no idea when he set off on his creative journey in 1976 that it would turn into a life time addiction/ adventure. For him it was a positive way to use the spare time he had then, rather than just fritter it away doing nothing. So now in 2015 as he comes up to celebrate almost 40 years of creating. He has been hon- oured to receive the Sandro Botticelli prize for the original stylistic search. Something he could have never dreamed of when he pur- chased his first pencils and drawing pad in Amsterdam, all that time ago. Vision C digital photo image 2011146 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

Creativity for me, has becomelike an intravenous drug beingpumped into my vein. Addict-ing my very life! My very soul!Taking me on what I can bestdescribe as, the ultimate ad-venture of my life time explor-ing the very depths of my ownmind. Even now after almost 4decades of creating my ownoriginal images, I still get thesame buzz. Through drawing,painting, photography, Photo-shop, illustrator and now culmi-nating with my first venture asan author with the novella “ILLBE DAMMED” (Available at Am-azon.co.uk) the story of when Ifirst had the idea to try to ex-press myself through creativity. Masquerade digital photo image 2009 Kallide A In digital photo image 2012 HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 147

Interesting Facts Part 2 Natural Ultramarine was as valuable as gold during Renaissance cost- ing per ounce more than half the annual rent of a good size studio in Florence. It was considered one of the three purest colors beside gold and vermillion and a reflection of God’s glory. Because of its high cost it was reserved by artists for the most revered subjects such as robes of Madonna and Christ. Linseed oil, the most popular of all oils for painting, comes from the flax seed a common fiber crop. The linen, a popular oil painting support, is made from the flax plant. Pablo Picasso was baptized Pablo Diego José Fransisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruiz y Picasso. The name contains 23 words and honors various saints and relatives. Vincent Van Gogh produced more than 2000 works during his life time: approx 900 paintings and 1100 drawings and sketches. Although he is now considered one of the greatest artists of all times he was under- valued and only sold one painting during his life time. Leonardo Da Vinci was left handed and his personal notes were writ- ten in mirror writing starting from the right side of the page to the left.148 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

Paul HamanakaQ.R114/A Lettermixed media assemblage69 x 33 x 9 in2014 HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 149

Image: Marian Sava Final black belgian marble 24 x 45 x 13 cm 2012 Get your artworks seen! Don’t disregard eyes and ears close to home. In your town or neighborhood? Is there a coffee shop or bookstore you love? Is it frequented by a lot of like-minded people? If so, take the opportunity and ask the owner or manager to display your paintings or drawings. You get publicity and they get their walls decorated for free, and you get to tap into a community you are already in sync with. Who are the top ten people whom you would love to get your artworks in front of? Make a list and email them. Tracking them down on the worldwide web should be easy enough, and you get the opportunity to make a presentation of your work to the people you respect and admire on your own terms - no filter and no middleman to work around.150 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015