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Artist Portrait Chim’s Blessing the Nature oil on canvas 3d 100 x 100 cm 2015 Prince Charles, Presi. Ali Bongo Ondimba, Prof. Lee White Nature Protection Actors oil on canvas 3d 130 x 170 cm 2012HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 51

Chim’s I am Chima Ogbonnaya, King of the Forest a self-taught artist, born oil on canvas 3d on 13-08-1966 in Obuohia 122 x 250 cm Ibere Abia State Nigeria. 2012 Son of Mr. Samuel Mmadu- dobeonu Ogbonnaya and Mrs. Margret Njiole Og- bonnaya. I schooled at Obuohia Ibere Community School and passed my First School Leaving Certificate in 1981.I came to Gabon in 1983 and was trained as a professional barber. In 1985 my artistic mission arose and I pursued my Destiny. In 1989 I established my workshop as Chim’s Herit- age Fine Art. My workshop is specialized in creating: Portraits, Nature, Elephant World, Abstracts, Spiritual Paintings and Family Muse- um. A working space where you can buy your favorite paintings and place the or- der of your choice.52 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

What colour is your personality?Red, yellow, orange and blue which one is your favorite? Different colorsrepresent key personality traits. Fill your life with colour and joy!Live Well, Be Well!Red relates to physicality.Orange reflects the need for community.Yellow is logic.The colour Green represents love and security.Blue stands for inner peace.Indigo stands for intuition.Purple and Violet are for harmony in life and humanitarian service.Pink stands for love.Turquoise helps you create your life on your own terms. Laure Donnedieu de Vabres Ah Barcelone! Collages acrylique 31,5 x 23,6 in 2012 HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 53

Jack Gaucher www.gaucherjack.magix.net/public contact: Jack Gaucher [email protected] France Jack Gaucher is a self-taught painter and sculptor. He has been painting for many years and started to sculpture later with different materials and then used stainless steel which brings luminosity to his works. En- joying precious metals, he likes to hammer and chisel stainless steel which he adds to his sculptures, as well as his paintings uniting oil and acrylic paints with stain- less steel while varying the different technical ways. Inspired by light and nature, fascinated by the terres- trial phenomena of flowing lava and melting metal he paints the cosmos from the big bang theory and magma. Aigle stainless steel 40 cm 2014 Chouette stainless steel 30cm 201554 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

We find in his paint-ings a powerful atmos-phere with warm color,his cosmic dreams andhis vision of his insideworld. He searchesfor his own languagethrough his art. Paint-ing and sculpture is to-day the path that hetook in the transition ofa man to the light andreality.He gives volume andmovement, transpar-ency and brightness,all plunges us into aparadise of colours. Coulée de lave oil and stainless steel on wood 80 x 80 cm 2015 Métal en mouvement oil, acrylic and stainless steel on wood 120 x 50 cm 2015 HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 55

Linda RuscioThat Spoonful Linda is an award-winning visualmixed media collage on paper artist with a Bachelor of Fine Arts16 x 16 in degree from Guelph University.2015 She has worked in numerous me- dia although is currently exploring mixed media collage. Her back- ground in printmaking, photogra- phy and graphic design provide the backbone to her experimental approach with various materials, which are fed through her printer onto washi (japanese hand-made paper). Resurrected drawings, paintings and monoprints are cut, pasted and layered with typogra- phy onto fine art paper or wood, creating new stories and playful comments on life for the viewer to discover. www.lindaruscio.com contact: Linda McIntosh [email protected] Canada Soul Surfacing mixed media collage on paper 12 x 19 in 201456 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

Nothing to Wear mixed media collage on paper 16 x 20 in 2014 Air Horsemixed media collage on paper 16 x 20 in 2015 HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 57

Ines Siri Trost www.atelier-2.net www.inestrost.de contact: Ines Siri Trost [email protected] Germany Angel of Grace II. oil on a rusty iron plate 40 x 40 cm applied on a wooden case 60x60 cm 2014 Ines Siri Trost was born in Berlin in 1967. Today she lives in Wetter/Ruhr. In her work as a freelancing woman artist she puts the main emphasis on: • Painting • Building up means of communication to the spiritual world by making art • Exhibitions and giving lectures/teaching art in different countries since 1991 As a painter she has learned to perceive fields of vibration of beings and places and to make them visible in colour and form. The paintings which arise from that, give a visual imprint in the material of her communication with the spiritual. Untitled oil on cardboard 20 x 20 cm 201458 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

They show moments of non material processes, of evolution and of en- ergy fields and realms. Painting to Ines Siri Trost is meditation, is prayer and giving her thanks to creation. It is all about building up means of communication to the spiritual world.Places of study where the Energy Fieldacademy of Fine Arts in oil on canvasHamburg, and various oth- 80 x 80 cmer Art Colleges in London 2014and in Switzerland. Since2014 her work is presented HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 59by the Artodrome Galleryin Berlin, which also takesher work to internationalArt fairs, and by the ICA, In-ternational ContemporaryArtists, New York. Many ofher paintings found theirway into public Art collec-tions. Untitled oil on cardboard 20 x 20cm 2014

Peggy Wright, Ruby Wings Designs www.rubywings.com contact: Peggy Wright [email protected] United States Garland of Daisies mixed media textile 13 x 15 in 2014 I create with acrylic paints, fabrics, and threads using freehand machine stitching and hand stitching. While I have worked in other art media, I have found that I need to work with materials that sustain my sense of touch. I need to see, feel, and ma- nipulate fabric and thread to remain content. Gladiolus mixed media textile 14 x 14 in 2014 When I make art, I get lost in the sur- face of fabric, using hue, texture, and form to explore the world. I think the sense of touch is a lost sense in western society, and I work to create a tactile surface that invites the viewer to look more closely.60 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

Serpentine 2 mixed media textile 14 x 14 in 2015I grew up in Wilmington, Delaware but moved to St. Paul, Minnesota over 40 yearsago. I love the easy access to nature here because it is a favorite subject of mine.When I observe nature, I find extravagant pattern and captivating detail. Interac-tion with nature provides me with refuge from the discordant notes in the world.A relationship with the naturalworld inherently incorporatesthe transformative experience,the touch of the metaphysical,and a vision of the possible.Whether I am creating my artor walking in the woods, I needcontact with nature to live. Hibiscusmixed media textile 18 x 18 in 2014 HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 61

Maria Ferrara www.ferrara.webartgallery.it contact: Ferrara Maria [email protected] Italy M. Ferrara was born in San Pier Niceto (Messina), she shows ever since a very young age a marked inclination for artis- tic activities. At present she resides in Rome, after a long permanence abroad, first in Lausanne(Switzerland) and afterwards in London where she attends courses on crea- tive techniques , coming to a passion for painting.Lightness Lights over the Tiber(Leggerezza) (Luci sul Tevere)oil on canvas oil on canvas8o x 60 cm 70 x 90 cm2011 2011In Rome she attends a Schoolof Art and focuses her activityon figurative painting, having apreference for oil painting.62 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

Her works’ collection becomes more and more diverse throughout the years andshe matures a predisposition on the use of strong and determined chromatic col-ours. Her whole work finds favor with the public interest, which leads to her partici-pation in several collective and personal art exhibitions. Abstract (Astrazioni) oil on canvas 80 x 60 cm 2011 Lights on the city ( Luci sulla città) oil on canvas 80 x 60 cm 2011“From a first analysis of Maria Ferrara’s art works, the observer is suddenly struck bythe extraordinary and enviable sense of composition. A way of painting that is tru-ly dreamy, so poetically profound and intense to the point that it reaches a quiteengaging result; a kind of painting which runs along the lines of imagination, defin-ing natural scenarios with her extremely secure way of expressing herself. A colourspread without repentances, dense and soft but at the same time brilliant, throughwhich the painter is able to produce unforeseen and unexpected shades, withinwhich she completely conveys herself and her truly sensitive soul, as the refined andcreative artist that she is.”- Simone Fappanni, Art critic. HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 63

Amélie Perron Close to Shore mixed media on canvas 20 x 16 in 2015 www.amelieperronart.com contact: Amélie Perron [email protected] Canada Land by Land acrylic and mixed media on canvas 24 x 36 in 2014 I am a Montreal-based Cana- dian artist with two passions; abstract painting and televi- sion. I’ve decided to share my art with the world and demon- strate how I assimilate both passions into one canvas. The art of television is all about sto- rytelling, and that is exactly what I create in an abstract biosphere. I am curious about the world, about topics and stories that affect and evoke us as human beings. I mostly focus on acrylics and mixed media while producing art that indi- viduals can not only relate to but find their own story within.64 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

Aliveacrylic and mixed mediaon canvas9 x 12 in2015 Mme acrylic on canvas 36 x 30 in 2015 HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 65

noreen larinde Los Angeles 2 oil on linen 18 x 24 in 2014www.noreen-fine-artist.comcontact: Noreen [email protected] Haverford AvenuePacific PalisadesCA 90272United StatesIn front of a segment of the Gehry-designed Disney Concert Hall in downtown LosAngeles, California, are two women, one floats in the upper right, while the secondbelow at the left parades in front of a segment of the angel-themed sand-blastedwindows of the new Catholic Cathedral nearby . A white semifore is placed in thecenter of the composition, creating a static counterbalance to the implied move-ment of the images. Los Angeles 1 oil on linen 24 x 18 in 2014 The backdrop is the Gehry-de- signed Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles, Califor- nia. Also there are the sand-blast- ed windows showing floating angels of the new Catholic Cathedral nearby. In the front parade two confident women, while a third extends her arms out in a gesture of insecurity.66 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

Noreen Larinde is a feminist painter and fine art photographer, who is also an art historian with a specialty in East Asian culture. She finds inspi- ration in Japanese Zen drama, which considers Woman knowable only through the subjectiv- ity of the arts. For the Zen Buddhist life is con- stant change, thus Woman is always becoming transforming herself into higher spiritual states. Dream oil on linen 36 x 48 in 2014 An image of a woman floats in the midst of greatly enlarged zucchini blossoms. In the upper left is another female image, an alter-ego.To convey this is her paintings,she utilizes an architectural el-ement, a building experiencedin her frequent travels. This ref-erence to a specific location isequivalent to the stage of Noh(Zen) Drama on which the trans-formation take place. Often inthe paintings there is a flowerwhich expresses Woman as apart of nature, irresistibly beau-tiful in herself, and also fleetingwhile at the same time power-ful in that she controls her owndestiny. Bilbaooil on linen 35 x 42 in 2014 With the backdrop of the Gehry-designed Bil- bao Museum in Spain, a woman dances exu- berantly. In front there is a red flower. HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 67

Nadia Viguier The Courthhouse Steps acrylic on canvas“One sees only with the heart, the essential is 40 x 40 cminvisible to the eyes.” - Antoine de St. Exupèry 2011www.nadia-viguier.artblog.frcontact: Nadia [email protected] DykeAnglet Beach Brittanyacrylic on canvas30 x4 0 cm201168 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

The Thinning, Brittany acrylic on canvas 70 x 50 cm 2011 Some works of Nadia Viguier give birth to allowing access not at her most intimate secret but the most intimate secret. It is to what the artist un- kowinglly will. Thereis (and despite the idea of maternity) something about the “Carmelite” becauseloneliness calls for violent communion.The Artist - by sudden abstraction of reality - looking for a form to the shape ofeverything she brings out even thought it may seem strange since nothing in her is ofthe order of the simple demonstration of evidence. Emerges a form of enjoyment ofthe order of a pagan spirituality. A huge tide or a geyser springs from the earth. Thisis due to the fire (for color) and the telluric. This is no longer satisfied the kingdom ofshadows.The artist goes currents, sometimes stairs of unknown where they lead. How to over-come this wave or this ascent? Somehow the artist releases us from the ground. Weslip into such images, we become accomplices “innocent” (or not).Remain traces, waste-lands. The moon orthe sun takes us awayfrom the slumber.Light opens the literarysense inexpressible. Apowerful blast throughspace. - Jean-PaulGavard-Perret The Traveller Egyptpastels on paper 28 x 37 cm 2009 HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 69

Nadia Viguier Strasbourg Cathedral acrylic on canvas 40 x 40 cm 2010 The Cry of the Earth, I., oil on canvas 60 x 80 cm 201470 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

Approaching GalleriesIt’s one thing being an established and Restaurants might be a good place tofamous artist, where all you have to do start, it works for both the restaurant inis paint the pictures and hand them terms of attracting customers, and theover to an agent, then show up for the artist. It is also a good place to get overpreview evening. It’s another to be at your ‘art exhibition anxiety’ in a far lessthe beginning of your career as an art- intimidating atmosphere than a publicist. gallery. They charge no commission, but you have to do the work yourself…Most of us have to plan our own shows, from the hanging to the promotionas I have done over the last few years, and subsequent sales. So, it is from thisand there is a lot of work involved if perspective that I write.you want to get the most out of yourart exhibition. I was fortunate in that I In the Beginning: Your First Art Exhibitionworked as a gallery assistant for artist First of all, you must secure your ‘gal-Nerys Johnson when I was at Durham lery space’. I had my first solo art exhi-University, and assisted her with pre- bition at Pizza Express in Darlington, UK.paring for her shows. Even though she As a corporation, they have a hugewas an established artist, there was still commitment to the arts, in particulara lot to be done. local artists. Their restaurants are often designed as galleries themselves, andAfter you have planned an exhibition they know that their customers reallyof your work, you will see that the com- appreciate the ever-changing workmission galleries request is well worth on their walls. To be continued...the effort they put in! HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 71

Sussi Hodelwww.hodelart.chcontact: Sussi [email protected] Hahaa oil on canvas 120 x 100 cm 2013 Her paintings are characterized by the fine structures and a very personal touch of color. It is her play with color that makes the perception of figures and con- crete forms creating a vivid im- pression. The game with the sit- uations and colors in the works is often concise striking and gives each room a unique atmos- phere and presence. Her main goal is to express feel- Blue Smile Not Blue ings, reduced to parts of the oil on canvas face and at same time not for- 120 x 80 cm getting about the beauty of 2014 the depicted faces. Sussi Hodel has exhibited in various venues around Switzerland, Italy, France and Germany.72 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

Hmmm! oil on canvas 130 x 60 cm 2011Mmmpfoil on canvas100 x 100 cm2012 HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 73

C Pat Haleywww.cpathaleyart.com Siestacontact: Charles Patrick Haley acrylic on [email protected] States 100 x 150 cm 2012 Musica del Voladores acrylic on canvas 100 x 150 cm 2014 Ayudeme acrylic on canvas 36 x 48 in 201174 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

The Paintings of Pat Haley reflect theCulture, Colors and Zest for LIFE of theMexican people. While in Mexico,walking through the streets, ridingthe buses, attending cultural eventsor just sitting in the plazas, he is ableto experiences daily life of the localpeople. Using his camera’s eye,he selects and captures an array ofvisual elements that are refined, ex-tracted or amplified and then com-bined into a composite to becomethe focus of his final paintings. Mujer Mayor en Rebozo acrylic on canvas 24 x 36 in 2011 Vista del Mundo de mi Caballo acrylic on canvas 48 x 36 in 2010 HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 75

Natalia Repina Flamenco Dolls oil on canvas www.nataliarepina.com contact: Natalia Repina 100,5 x 80,5 cm [email protected] 2012 ItalyThe paintings of artist Natalia Repi-na combine the wonder of magi-cal realism with her love for the lightand movement of the Impressioniststo create a truly moving art form.Drawn from childhood memories,lasting impressions, and the livingbreathing world around her, her im-ages are sentient, transforming com-mon landscapes and moments intime into vortexes of human emotionthat magically transport the viewerinto an unknown world of sentimentand memory. Ligurian Seafront Near Noli soft pastel on paper 35 x 50 cm 201276 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

Portraits, Figurative Composition, Seascapes of Mediterranean zones is the favorite subject of artist. Oil painting and pastel painting is the technique fa- vorite by Natalia Repina Natalia Repina was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1967.She graduated from S.Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts in1991. China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy and USA are among the Countries where she has been ex- hibiting. Repina now lives and works in Italy.Saxophonistsoft pastel on paper55 x 75 cm2013 Mother and Child soft pastel on paper 70 x 50 cm 2012 HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 77

malo design Little Monsters acrylic on canvas structure pastes 50 x 70 cm 2014 www.malo-design.de contact: Marleen Lorek [email protected] Germany Marleen Lorek works mostly with acrylic paints and a wide variety of structural pastes. However, the passion towards experimental expression drives her search for new ma- terials. She was born in 1981 in eastern Germany where she still lives and works. In 2014/2015 Marleen was published in the “International Contemporary Artists Volume IX” featuring four of her art works. Untitled acrylic on canvas 80 x 60 cm 201478 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

Her works of art are satu-rated by their spatial andcolorful floating designs.Through painting she hasfound another level of cre-ativity which perfectly bal-ances out her regular workas a lighting designer forrock concerts, gala eventsand touring productionsfor a different musicians.She loves these oppositesin her life and would notgive up any of them. My Milky Way acrylic, mixed media on canvas 80 x 80 cm 2014 Golden Satellite acrylic on canvas structure pastes 80 x 100 cm 2013 HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 79

malo design Sky Blue acrylic on canvas, structure pastes 60 x 40 cm 201480 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

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Oenone Hammersleywww.oenonehammersleycontemporaryart.comcontact: Oenone [email protected], VAUnited StatesT.: +(1) 703 838 0393Bluebell Wood Colour and light are used to emphasizeoil on canvas with seeds a vanishing world of wildlife and wilder-42 x 32 in ness that implores one to take notice,2013 appreciate the rare and raw beauty about us, and allow our imagination to roam about the abstract compositions symbolizing the unsettled and unset- tling world where man alters nature. Oenone Hammersley was born in Eng- Deep Forest land and studied Theater Design at oil on canvas Wimbledon College of Art followed by print making at the City Literary Institute 40 x 28 in in London. In the 1970’s Oenone worked 2012 for many years making scenery at the Royal Opera House, The National Theat- er and Shepperton Studios.82 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

Oenone became deeply committed and involved with conservation of wildlife andwilderness in particular rain forest conservation following her travels to rain forests allover the world in the 1980’s. Oenone exhibited her paintings from her trips to raisemoney and awareness for conservation.In 1993 Oenone married a US Foreign Service diplomat and they lived in Africa formany years, followed by Greece then Australia. In the early years Oenone’s focuswas to depict detailed paintings in watercolour and gouache of animals and birdsto show the beauty of wildlife in all its glory and colour. Recently Oenone has beenworking in oils on canvas producing semi-abstract paintings with natural themes inbolder larger more powerful work.Oenone has been exhibiting her work regularly since 1980. She is a member of theNational Association of Women Artists and her paintings have won awards in Wash-ington D.C and Florida. Museum and private acquisitions of Oenone’s work include The Shell Museum on Crete, the private col- lection of the Guggenheim fami- lies and H.R.H. Princess Fatima Bint Mubarak of the UAE. Rice Paddies China oil on canvas 30 x 40 in 2014Rice Terraces China oil on canvas 30 x 40 in 2014 HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 83

What makes an artwork great? After contemplating what it is about certain artworks and artists that remain rele- vant over time, There are three main considerations: Motivation: The purpose for creating; connection to the subject; the intentional concept, message, or emotion that the artist is passionate about capturing. Execution: Technical proficiency; ability and confidence in the various principles of art so that the concept, message, or emotion comes through skillfully and con- vincingly. Expression: A unique style; the heart and soul of the artist; where we see his/her hand and feel what he or she was feeling; that “it” factor of the work that takes you to the time and place of the artist who created it and lets you become lost in the moment conveyed. Image: Capt. Stjepco Mamic: Net / acrylic on linen canvas / 100 x 80 cm / 2013 In short, great art comes from great artists. Because, more than anything, the end product is a direct reflection of the mind, heart, soul, and life experience of the one creating it. When artists think and feel deeply, respect the responsibility that goes with their calling, and have a genuine connection to and interest in their subject matter, they are on their way to greatness. And if their motivation, execution, and expression are operating at high levels of skill and sincerity, great paintings can nat- urally occur. Allison Malafronte senior editor of American Artist84 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

Lasserrewww.clothildelasserre.comcontact: Clothilde [email protected] Hommes en devenir oil on painting 100 x 80 cm 2014 Clothilde’s painting is the result of an unusual career within the world of con- temporary art. She did not come to painting by accident but by necessity. L’appât oil on painting 60 x 120 cm 2015 HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 85

Lasserre Mouvement d’espoir oil on painting 150 x 120 cm 2014 By painting, she found a way of expressing and sharing her perception of the world, her exaltations and her anxieties. Her art is a sort of testimony of the challenge of living together whilst trying to be unique. This is brightly evidenced in her various crowd scenes. She portrays crowds of individuals drowned in an alienating mass; yet through her palette of colors she is able to express the rich diversity of each indi- vidual, of each soul. However her work is not so much preoccupied by masses than by the fragility which leads us to abandon our individuality in an attempt to fit in. Oil and color create urban scenes in which our attention is first drawn to this recurrent crowd before we have come to a more nuanced view of the portraits.86 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

Nous, vous, eux oil on painting 100 x 100 cm 2014Théorie du hasard oil on painting 100 x 100 cm 2015Her paintings succeedin establishing a con-nection with the viewer;our own hidden fearsare eventually broughtto life on the canvas. HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 87

Susanne Titzewww.susanne-titze.de Internal Power contact: Susanne Titze acrylic on [email protected] 66 x 66 cm Germany 2014 King Forever – Michael Jackson acrylic on canvas 92 x 130 cm 2010 Susanne Titze lives and works as a freelance artist in Nuremberg. Her fa- ther, the famous german actor Günter Strack, encouraged her creativity since her early childhood and gave her the ability of empathizing with other per- sons. This is a very important aspect of her work, as her paintings and plastic arts originate from deep inside, describ- ing processes of becoming as well as of reshaping and recreating life.88 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

Mystic bronze 60 cm 2009 During origination, emotions are re- vealed, processed, transmuted and released. The artist calls these artworks spiritual art. Within it, she feels, hears, sees and builds colors and shapes so to speak “with all senses”. The powerful bright colors and swinging shapes in her artworks are characterized by optimism, lust for life and vitality. Thus, sensations, life themes and inner transformations of persons, situations and occurrences are expressed in a unique, very vivid way.Unfoldbronze 30 cm 2013 HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 89

Kay McFarlane Smithwww.kaymcfarlanesmith.comcontact: Kay McFarlane [email protected] Floodplainoil on canvas100 x 75 cm2015 Lavender Bay Sydney Harbour watercolour 75 x 54 cm 200790 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

Ord River Gorge oil on canvas 120 x 90 cm 2014 Kay McFarlane Smith is an award winning Australian living on the east coast of NSW. Working primarily in oil and watercolour media, she gains inspiration from her trav- els, which have taken her through more than through 30 countries across America Europe and Asia. Kay is passionate about painting and strives to capture the essence of her subjects through an intuitive, impres- sionist style. Currently she has been work- ing on a series of paintings inspired by the Australian outback as well as the coastal landscape where she lives. Sandstone Saltbush and Savanna oil on canvas 100 x 75 cm 2012HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 91

Yi-Cheng Yen www.goo.gl/2ByPOe contact: Yi-Cheng Yen [email protected] Taiwan Waving Coast oil on canvas 162 x 130 cm 2014 LiWu Riverside with Blossoms oil on canvas 116,5 x 91 cm 2012 I started to learn painting twenty years ago when I was a high school student. I have been living in Taipei city, Taiwan. I always enjoyed the natural beauty of Taipei which is absolutely a great resource of my painting creations. I found that I am interested in oil painting when I studied in Visual Art in Shih Chien University because this technique creates many layers and repre- sents the natural beauty very well.92 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

Good Memory WaiMu Mountain Coast oil on canvas 41 x 27 cm 2014After graduating from Shih Chien University, I worked for several companies as aweb designer and printing material designer. But I never give up on oil painting be-cause I have a lot of passion for oil painting. I also had my very first personal paintingexhibition in 2007. After working for companies for several years, I decided to quitthe job and started my own painting studio in 2007, since I can focus on painting fulltime and also share my knowledge and passion with my students. Rising Wave by the WindI 93 oil on canvas 53 x 45,5 cm 2014HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 93

Dufault R. Abstraction 452 (The City) mixed media 36 x 48 in 2014 Being caught in the magic of abstrac- tion Rollande Dufault likes to work with the components that generate a state of mind which invites the viewer to expand its own dimension and creativity. www.galeriedufault.ca contact: Rollande Dufault [email protected] Canada Abstraction 455 (Space) mixed media 30 x 30 in 201494 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

With Bachelor degrees in both Fine Abstraction 516 (Square)Arts and History of Art, she is a Ca- mixed medianadian professional artist recipi- 24 x 36 inent of numerous awards. She has 2014been active in promoting contem-porary art in Canada, Spain, Bel-gium, Italy, France, Rumania, TheUnited-States and in Brazil. In 2011,she was selected by the prestigious“Société nationale des Beaux-Artsde Paris” to participate as a mem-ber of the Canadian delegationat the annual Salon SNBA held atthe “Carrousel du Louvre’’. In July2012, she was awarded a bronzemedal in Rumania. She exhibitedat the Red Dot Art Show in Miami,Art Expo New York, the SouthernNevada Museum of fine art in LasVegas, in Rio de Janeiro Brazil…In 2013, she won a gold medalin Rome Italy and another one inSpain last year. This February, shewas chosen as one of the top twoartists in the “Conscious CreationArt Contest of Vivid Arts Network2015” to win the Vivid Arts Excel-lence Award which will be pre-sented in Ferrara, Italy in August.Rollande Dufault is listed in the “Bi-ennial Guide to Canadian Artists inGalleries” published by Art Maga-zine, in the “International Contem-porary Art Masters”: Volume VI &IX, (Word Wide Art Books, Califor-nia), in ATIM’s Top 60 Masters ofContemporary Art 2013- 2014 and2015, (Art Tour International) andin Show the Bola (Art of the of theWorld).Abstraction 427 (Priority) mixed media 30 x 36 in 2012 HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 95

Wei Yan Yellow dream Chinese ink 12 x 16 in 2015Wei Yan was born in Beijing, China, late 60s. At the year of 1995, Wei Yan’s art studiowas founded. The art works have been in many exhibitions in Canada and China.Collected by people or enterprises from North America, China, Australia, and France.Many of his students have enrolled into different art schools in North America. He hasbeen as the member of Portrait society of America he’s also a member of Portraitsociety of Canada, Society of Canadian Artists. Education: 1991 Bachelor of Fine Art: Capital Normal University in Beijing, China 1994 Seneca College Toronto Ontario Awaken Chinese ink 12 x 16 in 201596 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

Waterside Chinese ink 16 x 18 in 2015He describes his art as the fol-lowing paragraph: “Please donot ask whether I am a realismpainter or an abstract painter,I like them both. I use oil paintwhen I want to, but sometimesI like using traditional Chinesebrush to create my art. Myworks about “era through”,about cultural differences andthe relations between humanand nature. I’m trying to notonly let people understandmore about my art, but also of-fer a range of soothing, restor-ative and positive energy withmy painting.”www.yansart.ca Face Time 2contact: Wei Yan oil on [email protected] 24 x 36 in 2014 HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 97

Anne Bate-Williams The Bay mixed media 5 x 50 cm 2007Anne spent most of her adult life fully occupied as a mother and a primary schoolteacher with a responsibility for art in the curriculum but always anticipating andhoping this ‘time’ would come into fruition. She works organically, using mixed me-dia to develop a piece which will grow out of her experience of place, inspira-tion might come from a building, ruin or natural surroundings anything that sparks asense of discovery... www.annebatewilliams.co.uk contact: Anne Bate-Williams [email protected] United Kingdom Rome mixed media 13,1 x 31,9 cm 201498 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015

Iryna Lialko www.lialko.com.ua contact: Iryna Lialko [email protected] Ukraine T.: +1865 696 1689 Iryna Lialko was born in Central Ukraine in 1981. Grad- uated from high school and art school in 1996. At the age of 15 she went to the College of Arts, studied painting, graphic design, history of the fine arts, and other disciplines. Outstanding training and graphic talent resulted in a special grant to study art from the President of Ukraine.At 19, in the year 2000, she went to the Ukrainian National Academy of Visual Arts andArchitecture in Kiev until 2006. Studied in the graphics department. Studied variousgraphic techniques - such as etching, linoleum cutting, lithography, tree engraving,silk-screen print-ing, and other graphic techniques. For four years studied the tech-nology of manual book creation and book illustration; including binding and cutting.Studied oil, acrylic, water color, and other painting forms. Metaphysics of Life ink on paper 55 x 65 cm 1998 HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015 I 99

Iryna Lialko In 2004 in parallel with ac- ademic training, beganIndigo Meditation working in the sphere ofacrylic on paper interior design and mu-50 x 90 cm rals. Created murals in2008 Ukraine, Europe. First in- ternational art competi- tion of exlibris was in Po- land in 1993; awarded prizes for excellence. In 1997, at 16, first partici- pated in professional art exhibitions. In 2005 began working as a professional photogra- pher. From 2010, until now is engaged in per- for-mance/show busi- ness. Creates live shows involving drawing with sand and speed paint- ing. Creates hand craft- ed costumes for stage shows.100 I HIDDEN TREASURE ART eMAGAZINE / Spring 2015