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www.artactif.com/bertina BERTINAIn every sense Frogsacrylic on paper acrylic on paper76x72 cm2014 65x50 cm 2014 She was born on 1 April 1956 and has been paint- ing since childhood. She is dedicated entirely to painting since 2013. After painting many gouache, she works now in acrylics. Her painting reflects his optimistic nature, her love of nature and accuracy. She participates in the Sa- lon d’Automne in 2014 at the Grand Palais in Paris. Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 51

Shirley Maher [email protected] Elderly Ladies Man Eatingacrylic on canvas acrylic on canvas25x20 cm2013 20x23 cm 2013I have always been interested in people andplaces and how they react to each other andthe environment they are in. In these smallpieces I firstly drew the figures in a cafe andthen decided what colours to use to suit thesituation. My most recent work looks at themarket places that people shop in and mayarrange to meet. The. Different cultures andways of dressing this can vary in differentmarket places making it very interesting foran artist to study and find subjects to drawand paint.52 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.valentinapiscopo.com Valentina Piscopo Valentina was born in Marafa 1991 in Rome. She mixed media on alpaca wool has travelled exten- sively but Africa has 60x70 cm always been her fa- 2014 vourite corner of the world. Her work has been shown inter- nationally, includ- ing New York, Lon-don and Rotterdam. She has obtained herMaster’s degree in Contemporary Art withSotheby’s Institute and is now working inLondon, UK. ‘Spending her childhood be-tween Italy and Kenya, Valentina’s worksdraws inspiration from African landscapesas well as textiles and wildlife. By experi-menting with a surprising variety of me-dia, she creates pieces that share a com-mon aesthetic that reflects the exoticism ofKenya and Africa at large.’ East-windArtblog.Golden Eyemixed media on canvas140x100 cm2010Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 53

Francesco Sandrelli www.francescosandrelli.it Dream oil on canvas 160x270 cm 2011Travel Francesco Sandrelli is a self-taughtoil on canvas artist from Castiglion Fiorentino,160x260 cm Tuscany. He had art exhibitions2010 in France, Canada, UK and the United States. Although he had a keen interest in drawing since early childhood, he began to paint in the eighties, attending a private school in Florence. After four years spent in school, he felt exhausted and went to hospital for art therapy in painting. From 1994, he paints again. His works during this period re- flect a ‘grande’ love for his family. For a while he paints large canvases, especially in remembrance of childhood memories, sensations and dreams: his virtual storytelling mixes fairy tales with inner visions, combining imper- fection with sharpness and abstraction with figurative. Sometimes feeling everything farce around, Francesco is striving to find sense in turmoil through painting.54 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.wittbeat.com wittbeatKarel Witt is a notorious moonshiner & retro-runner thru Wicked Waystime… unbuttoning the past with offbeat methods, he distils acrylic on canvashistory’s indigestible events, thus laying down an all-time 120x70 cm (diptych)valid guidance on how to stay out of reach & keep out ofrange. So obviously… (NeO) dAdA or rather DEONADA is 2013still alive! Born January 8, 1947 in Ostrava (Moravia). Hecurrently lives and works in Bern (Switzerland). Anthropoid acrylic on canvas 80x80 cm 2014 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 55

Noreen Larinde www.noreen-fine-artist.net Dream oil on canvas 18x24 inches 2012Noreen Larinde has always been an artist, drawing and painting. And then when her positionas art historian demanded photographic skills, she took up the technique not just for docu-mentation but more importantly as another fine art form. The digital camera and computerenabled her to utilize her photographs as sources for her paintings, enabling her to plan herworks using these devices. Extensive world travels have been the sources for many paintingswhich primarily concern feminist themes, hence a figure of a woman is always a significantfocal point. Mexico oil on canvas 26x40 inches 201156 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.yukiyamamoto.cl Yuki YamamotoArboles Born in Argentina of Japanese fatheroil on canvas and​C​ hilean mother, lived in Kyoto120x100 cm until 6 years old. Moved to Santiago2013 de Chile and lived there till now. Stud- ied fine arts and specialized in paint- ing restoration. After 10 years working as a restorer at the National Fine Arts Museum of Santiago de Chile, she de- cided it was time to give the chance Cerro Alto to her own work. She has participated oil on canvas in several collective and solo exhibits 80x80 cm in Chile, Buenos Aires, Bologna and 2014 Punta del Este. Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 57

Monique Boutens www.monique-boutens.nl Indian Summer Glass 90x75 cm 2012Monique Boutens is an artist true and pure. She has mastered Heatwavesthe art of portraying emotions and day to day life. The joy, the Glassdreams, the passion, it all jumps of the screen. Using vivid colorsand distinct lines she applies her wondrous technique to create 75x60 cmworks that amaze. Her passion for her material is unmistakable. 2013She produces unique exciting images that are full of life, layeredand send us a clear message: one of hope and joy.58 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.TheTimTaylor.com Tim TaylorTim Taylor’s art evolved, under the so- Lampcial challenges of being an independent multimediaartist in the USA, to become a playful 10x12x16 inchespleasure principle. He discarded “idea”from his palette and found his art grow- 2004ing into a space of shapes, surface, lightand colour. Subtracting content from Untitledhis work, he was left with the elements. acrylic on canvasA set of art from that era includes verysimple sculptures and paintings that echo 54x36 inchesas postmodern reminders, while moving 2004it a next step, celebrating art as object inits own right. Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 59

Eunice Choi www.eunicechoi.com Potentiality oil on canvas 80x80 inches 2012Eunice Choi is an interdisciplinary artist who practices in drawing, painting, and sculpture.Choi received her MFA in Studio Art from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts/ Tufts Univer-sity. Choi has received a number of awards including Artist-in-Residence awards at VermontStudio Center (VT), the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico, and other programs.She was featured as an emerging artist in the Boston Sunday Globe. She has exhibited nation-ally and internationally. Exhibitions include Boston Young Contemporaries, Wisconsin ArtistsBiennial, Whitewater – Beijing in China, and Forget Me Not in Seoul, Korea. Currently, shelives and works in Somerville, MA. #9 Family Tree colored pencil,graphite on paper 28.5x40 inches 201460 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.patbenincasa-art.com Pat BenincasaStelco - Hamilton, Benincasa explores a lost, 20th century tribe who shaped theirOntario locale through sweat + labour in iconic industrial sites. CitiesEncaustic, oil paint, that formed around these mammoth worksites now struggle tocement, wood, z-scale repurpose themselves. If memories reconstruct our past, then ex-track on sheet metal amining these demolished sites provides a rich reflective lens.36x24 inches Whether the land itself holds memory or there is residual energy2012 from those who were here before us – her creative expression hones in on collective memory frozen in time. Art is a timeless lens to see where future meets the past in the form of these mag- nificent worksites. What is absent is not forgotten. Blast Furnace #1Encaustic, rust, oil paint, wood on sheet metal 24x24 inches 2011 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 61

Ryan Butters www.RyanButtersArt.com Vexation oil on panel 36x36 inches 2014Born in 1988, Ryan Butters is a painter from Pennsylvania who also creates art in wood, ce-ramics, and cinema to influence his painting aesthetic. Fusing motion and three dimensionalexperiences from his other areas of study has provided him with a distinct energetic style. Us-ing color as light, Ryan captures the emotion of the portrait while creating a harmony throughsaturation, hue, and temperature. He works with palette knives in oil to render the subjectwith patches of color while his paint application gives the portrait life and a sense of visuallystimulating movement. Discord oil on panel 36x36 inches 201462 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.ellenpieck.com Ellen Pieck A Travers Lafaille oil on canvas 50x70 cm 2013Award winning Ellen Pieck, is paintingmaps of her inner soul. The connec-tions life are giving her, are visible onher paintings. They are expressed withcolours and movement. Once on thecanvas they live their own lives and givewherever they need to be taken. Ombre 63 oil on canvas 40x80 cm 2014 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

Jeanet Hönig www.jeanet-honig.comJeanet Hönig studied design and art in Paris and Tokyo. Her large-scale SHG Klinikenfloor art often stretch over several hundred square metres can be found Stairs Vö̈lklingenaround the world. As well as floor art, Jeanet Hönig has always workedon the more traditional medium of canvases, and she also uses Poly- Germanyurethane here as a raw material. Jeanet has a clear and minimalisticapproach to colours. The most significant stylistic feature of any art is PUhowever the recurrent elements of circles and lines. The dimensionscertainly differ depending on whether Jeanet is working on a flooring 370 qmproject or on a canvas, but this has no effect on her actual artistic pro-cess. These two different fields both begin with a detailed artistic con- 2011-2013cept, which has a concrete idea as its basis. Office-building Lounge Battice Belgium PU 560 qm 200764 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.lindagleitzart.com Linda Gleitz We Choose to Let You Civilly Unionize oil on canvas 36x36 inches 2014Linda studied art at the University of Colorado and then had a family and a job that consumedmost of her time for 35 years. She has been fortunate to turn back to her artwork full time forthe last three years. She is a mixed media artist using mostly oil paint, ceramic and mosaic.She is most proud of her recent inclusion in the “National Women’s Caucus for the Arts Bestof 2014” show in Chicago!! She was in the company of some really amazing strong femaleartists there and she felt honored to be included. Her work can be found in some publications including “Night of A Hun- dred Angels” and “Women’s Right’s an Artist’s Perspective, sponsored by Unite Women. org”. She hopes to continue making art until the day she dies… hopefully making the world a little more beautiful and letting her voice be heard on some very important issues. We Chose to Tell You That You Have No Choice in This Matter oil on canvas 36x36 inches 2014 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 65

Michael H. Pröpper www.michaelproepper.deAstray Michael Pröpper is predominantly a figurative painter, but also photo-acrylic on canvas graphs, and builds installations. His interests cover the dynamics of life150x90 cm as a ‘passage’; the fuzziness of human perception and agency; overcon-2014 sumption; the transformation of values; light, seas and clouds. The goals of all his experiments are non-passivized objects. His theoretical and practical position emerged on various fields as he holds a PhD degree in anthropology and a master’s degree in woodwork. He is teaching ‘art and anthropology’ at Hamburg University and finds a rich field of syner- gies between the scientific, the practical and the artistic paths through the world. Bernsteinfischer oil on canvas 150x100 cm 201466 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.michaelproepper.de Michael H. Pröpper Rundu Man oil on canvas 100x70 cm 2014En passantacrylic on canvas150x95 cm2014 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 67

Evie www.eviearts.co.ukEvie originates from Bu- Harbour Towndapest, Hungary, and now acrylic on reclaimedlives and works near Cam- pallet woodbridge. She likes to show 30x19 cmher art on different forms 2014of canvas. She studiedart in Budapest and hasused the usual mediumsto paint on but has founda particular liking paint-ing on reclaimed wood,keeping to her belief ofgiving “life” to old dis-carded wood. Evie paintswhat makes her happy orsad and hopes her workbrings emotions to others. Cubic Cats acrylic on reclaimed pallet wood 15x23 cm 201468 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.eviearts.co.uk EviePatchwork Catacrylic on reclaimed pallet wood2013 Blue Night Meeting acrylic on plywood 2014 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 69

MGP Andersen www.mgpandersen.com. MGP Andersen’s oil paintings have been de- scribed as “secret, strange and surreal.” This may be because she lets paint and time give her the subject. She is currently a member of the San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, but has been juried into many shows, from the Sanchez Art Center in Pacifica, CA, to The Phoenix Art Gallery in New York City.Nothing TodayMiracleoil on canvas25x31 inches2011 Sufficient oil on canvas 13x17 inches 201170 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.DianeNelsonStudio.com Diane Nelson Joyful Dance mixed media on canvas 24x30 inches 2013My current work is a series of mixed media figurative paintings incorporating the humanform into microscopic images and imaginary environments. My paintings combine classicaldrawing with contemporary sensibility; I am drawn as well to themes of power, freedom anddynamic movement.Is the figure on the surface or beneath it?Are these cellular patterns a revealing viewof inner structures or merely a surface ele-ment? Some of my figures attempt to breakthrough real or imagined limitations to amore realized state of being.I am inspired by the technical skill of Re-naissance Masters and Surrealists likeMagritte and Dali, who combined dream-like qualities with an awareness of the en-vironment; and the spontaneity of contem-porary artists who surprise us with unusualvisual metaphors. I am also enriched bythe anatomical and microscopic knowl-edge I gained from my years as a medi-cal illustrator. These images, patterns andcolors often push their way to the surface. Another Page mixed media on canvas 24x30 inches 2012 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 71

Christine Schwarz www.christine-schwarz.com Maria far away oil on canvas 60x80 cm 1992Dreamingoil on canvas80x100 cm2001 Christine Schwarz was born in 1951. She studied German and Arts. 20 years ago she visited an exhibition of Tamara Lempicka in London and was so fas- cinated by her work that she began to paint. Her subjects are women and she tries to express their special and vari- ous feelings: sadness, disappointment, sexuality, hope, love and loneliness. She works with oil, acrylic and pastel. For her a painting is well done, when the expression of a woman had been realized. In 2005 she published a book.72 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.christine-schwarz.com Christine Schwarz Revenge oil on canvas 60x80 cm 2006Waiting foroil on canvas40x120 cm2009 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 73

Anh BacH www.anhbachstudio.comAnh Bach is an exciting and innovative artist from Vietnam who Night window shopnow resides in the US. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Fine oil on canvasArts from the Saigon Academy of Art. Her skill includes a superb 20x16 inchesblend of palette knife and brush. Her portraiture captures the em- 2014bodiment of the subject as well as conveys a deep feeling for itssoul. Her strokes are both breath taking and brave, yet soft andwarm. Anh Bach paints with a wonderful sense of compassioncombined with boldness. Her works are gallery quality and canwarm a room with their vibrancy. Valentina oil on canvas 30x24 inches 201474 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.lynngibsonart.co.uk Lynn Gibson Colour Galore encaustic 59x84 cm 2014 Untitled encaustic 15x21 cm 2014Born in 1984, Lynn Gibson is an abstract 75and organic artist from Glasgow, work-ing exclusively with hot wax her work isfuelled by the extremities of science andnature along with her fascination for allthings “a bit strange”. She first startedshowcasing her paintings in Craft Fairsand markets around the city in 2012,even in this extremely competitive en-vironment her art stood out from thecrowd so that within the year her workwas escalated to the cities Galleries andArt Shows and she exhibits regularly inand around Glasgow. Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

Heelim Hwang www.heelimhwang.com One who travels acrylic, cut paper, sticker, napkin, fabric on panel 18x21 inches 2014Born in 1987 in South Korea, Heelim Hwang is a young emerging Korean artist. Hwangearned her BFA degree at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2012 and she is cur-rently enrolled in the Master of Fine Art program at the same school. Some parts of Hwang’sworks are extremely decorative, integrating patterns into space. Hwang attempts to create visual atmospheres that allow for com- plex and contradictory influences. She pulls from various sources of inspira- tion, including Indian miniature paint- ings, biological structures, children’s toys from thrift stores, and over-satu- rated neon lights of Seoul. Caterpillar II acrylic, enamel on panel 21x24 inches 201276 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

[email protected] Helen Chen The Bridge Oil on Canvas 106x76 cm 2013Taiwanese-born Helen Chen came to California in 1978 and has been painting since 2008.By 2011 her unique style began to reveal itself in multi-dimensional prismatic crystallineexpressions of the Divine which inspires the genius inherent in her art. Mirroring her strongconnection to Nature and the Earth, these works marry quantum mysticism with realism in anaccessible and decorative blend of abstract sacred geometry and organic imagery. The paint-ings create a vision both in-triguing and stimulating, andinvite the viewer to enter hisor her own individual other-worldly experience. Abundanceoil on canvas 23x30 cm 2014 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 77

Jota LM www.jota-lm.tumblr.comJota LM is a self-taught artist and Surroundedlives and works in Sao Paulo, watercolour on paper,Brazil. His works distils complexemotional traits into their simplest diptychvisual representations. The main 80x30 cmthemes of his work are fear, isola-tion and frustration. Jota LM uses 2012an experimental technique of ap-plying clay onto canvas creating a Untitled Pinkcomplex texture, vibrancy, depth acrylic on canvas, diptychand fragility to his works. 100x100 cm 201378 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.dieter-borst.de Bo Landscape 1 80x80 cmDieter Borst reduces the „seen“, the „experienced” and the „lived” to a minimum. Disturbingattachments, which could divert of the essential point, has been omitted. Earthy and pastelshades are dominating his paintings, beside of the black color. Bodies are broken up by him.These elements, stripped down to their basic forms, will be recompiled for looking at them asan abstracting memory of appearances in nature.Landscape 2 80x80 cm Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 79

ln [email protected] Belle acrylic on canvas 80x80 cm 2013Hello My name is Hélène DESSALLE, I am 55 and live by the French seaside. Since my youth,art and painting are essential to me. After three years studying at the «Beaux-Arts» in Bor-deaux, my life completely changed and found the right balance between my family and myjob, physiotherapist, always with a pencil, brushes or a sketchbook at hand. My skills haveimproved for the past five years: I paint my works on canvas, inspired by my job and my vi-sion of the human body. I explore attitudes, transparency, a breast’s curve or the contour ofa cheekbone, emotion springs from lights, shadows and colors’ interplay. In my work, I seekmystery, the beauty that satisfies my eye, the message carried by the body and the emotionanyone can feel at its sight. I sketch nudes from models, and, once I am home, I transposethese to canvas using acrylic, to my delight and for my friends and family pleasure. Rêveuse De Choses Qui sont Loin acrylic on canvas 116x81 cm 201380 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.kochubey.net KOCHUBEY The Last Dalai Lama acrylic on canvas 100x100 cm 2014Painting since childhood under the leadership of her grandfather, who was a talented painter,Vera had her first group exhibition already at the age of 14. After finishing the State Art Schoolin Moscow and her grandfather’s death she spends next years as a writer, working as a journal-ist for the local media. In 2008 she was back to painting – this time seriously. Leaving Moscowfor good in 2011 she found herself in the middle of developing and fresh Art scene of Berlin.Group exhibitions in hidden locations, and art performances in public spaces, lead her to theunderstanding of her personal style and aims of her own Art.Putin – Internal Battle 81 acrylic on canvas 120x120 cm 2014 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

Parker Beaudoin www.pb-artist.com Birth of Hope water color and oils 16x20 inches 2014My work expresses the simplistic things in life and modern culture and captures them inabstract form with a realistic touch of elegance. Conveying a balance of uniformity betweena complex arrangement with the use of colors and shapes, combined with the boldness ofrecognizable emblems. Created with the applica-tion of watercolors and oils, I strive to involve theviewer with bright colors and a sense of familiarityto capture their attention and implement their mind.Ever since I was able to hold a crayon, I was alwaysinvolved in art. Through the multitude of struggles inlife, art has always been there and given hope. Mywork is meant to be inspiring and enlightening toanyone who views it. Flourishing water color and oils 16x20 inches 201482 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.tobiasginsborg.com Tobias Ginsborg God of Nike mixed media on canvas 200x200 cm 2012Tobias Ginsborg has de-veloped his phenomeno-logical style through anin-depth research into hisown sensibility, workingfrom chaos to form, heexpresses raw emotions.In his pursuit for an ob-jective art, Ginsborg hasworked and exhibited inNY, London, Berlin, Mum-bai, Copenhagen, and hastravelled far and broad, tosee and experience life from as many angles as possible. “Life is myteacher and knowledge is just a steppingstone to life. Ginsborg existsin the conviction that art is a sensual emancipation, which only existswhen shared in a total sensibility. He is currently creating an artisticcenter, called the G foundation in Saltrup, Denmark. U came out of nothing oil on linen 140x140 cm 2012-2014 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 83

Julian Baslyk www.artwanted.com/julesbaslyk Bright Ocean Scape oil paint 24x20 inches 2013Julian deals with the real and the abstract. Combininglandscape with particular shapes, forms and colours,Julian creates psychedelic scenes that invoke thought,feeling and wonder. The permanence of a landscape istouched upon in his artwork. Julian uses these forms to adddimensions and abstract perceptions, which create a vis-ual stimulation. As Julian searches for his own artistic andself-improvement, he strives for the relationship betweenbeautiful forms, colour, composition and landscape, andto expose that in his paintings. Piece In Hand oil paint 30x30 inches 201284 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.peerkriesel.de Peer Kriesel Nettig doof watercolour/pigment-ink on paper 30x24 cm 2013 Peer Kriesel is born 1979 in Berlin. Data pro- tection and an apparently increasing confusion within society, the conflict between traditional aesthetics, old values and ideas about what is beautiful – these are some of the topics the artist Peer Kriesel is dealing with in his work. For years the artist has concentrated on these issues and has been inspired by neglect and disappearance of real aesthetics, but also real anti-aesthetics. This is a clash Kriesel experiences in his every- day life and his work is influenced by it. Apostel? acrylic/pigment-ink on canvas 105x135 cm 2013 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 85

De Mar [email protected] FADO of Coimbra watercolor 48x36 inches 2014 Higher Education Professor and Researcher, PhD, Aggregation. He co- ordinates research on creative edutherapy and creative mentoring for personal development. He has exhibited regularly since 1989. He par- ticipated in about 85 art exhibitions (solo, collective and biennials), na- tionally and internationally. He synthesizes various creative techniques but he is particularly fascinated by the splendor of the watercolors tech- nique. Five art referees made the critic registration of the artist’s creative spontaneity that opens doors to imagination. De Mar is mentioned in who’s who (Ed Anifa Taju 2007); Anuário (MAC 2011); International art book Próspero (INSAT, 2012); State of the Art-Artist´s Book, 2013). Dance of Fishermen watercolor 70x40 inches 201386 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.ann-dunbar.com Ann Dunbar Lilypad Tapestry mixed media 29x30 cm 2014British artist, Ann Dunbar, now living and working near Paris, France, has a unique methodwhich has brought her much acclaim, particularly in France and Japan where she has beenawarded numerous medals and diplomasfor its quality and originality. Ann draws herinspiration from her travelling and workingdirectly from her subject and using sketchbooks to record ideas.“Ann Dunbar’s art is the product of anamazing synthesis. On a diluted water col-our background with a romantic perspec-tive, the foreground is embroidered with ashimmering vibrancy and delicate detail.”Bruno Siméon Art Critic & Gallery DirectorReflection upon reflection 87 mixed media 29x30 cm 2014 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

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www.ptphoto.com Peter TreiberPeter B. Treiber is a photographer Flame Cutting - Press Forge #2with an Associate degree in Graphic photography, fine art paper printDesign from the State University ofNew York and a Bachelor of Fine Arts 20x16 inchesdegree in Photography from the Art 1987Center College of Design in Califor-nia. After earning his B.F.A. degree,he worked in New York City for threeindependent photographic studios.Later, he became the Chief Photogra-pher at International Nickel and thenadvertising photographer for Bethle-hem Steel.“My purpose for these photographsis to interpret the joy, excitement andpleasure of public events, such as,fireworks, light shows and amusementparks. My primary criteria as a pho-tographer is to make beautiful images,but to make that beauty eye-catching,both dynamic and fascinating.”Ethereal Luminescence 152 photography, brushed aluminium print 28x40 inches 2012 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 89

Dan McCormack www.ulsterartistsonline.org/user/130 Elisa_D_5-17- 14--12AC photography 20.00x17.77 inches 2014Dan McCormack began photographing the nude with Wendy, now his wife, at the School ofthe Art Institute of Chicago in 1967 while working on his MFA degree in Photography. Thenfor over forty years, he explored various techniques and processes while photographing thenude as a central theme. Dan won a NYSCA-CAPS fellowship in Photography in 1982. Around1998, he began to explore pinhole photography and won the Ultimate Eye Foundation’s grantfor Figurative Photography in 2009 with his pinhole camera imagery of nudes. Currently, DanMcCormack heads the Photography program at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York. Molly_R_4-14-13--13AC photography 20.00x20.63 inches 201390 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.linnmarx.com Linn MarxLinn Marx learned the trade of photogra- Aschenputtel (Cinderella)phy in Hamburg, Germany from 2005- photography,2007. She now works as a freelancephotographer with special interest in Greece/Bulgariadocumentary, culture and portrait. The 2006nearby northern coast with its freshwind, light and changes of the sea influ- Strandhund (Beachdog)ences her images. She has a strong pas- photography, Costa Ricasion for colours, as well as a keen eye forlight and shadows. She also directed and 2009shot a short movie and a full time docu-mentary in 2012. Her recent multimediaproject and travelling exhibition is called„Freight – Frontiers of Freedom“. Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 91

Zgirdea Marius www.mariuszgirdea.com My Nest photo, tape 40x60 inches 2006 Upside down photos, tape, polymer medium, acrylic 60x80 inches 2012My life as an artist began during myteenage years in Romania, at that timeI would draw and cut used magazinesthat I found around the house and thentape, reshape into the images that Idesired. Many years passed by until Idiscovered photography that made mereturn to art, and got me a BA in Stu-dio Arts. Once I returned, I started withwhat I did when I was a teenager withthe big difference that now I use myown images to create these collages,which make my work very personal. Myworks are real life-size.92 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.mariuszgirdea.com Zgirdea Marius One photo, tape 36x72 inches 2004 Helpphotos, tape, polymer medium 40x60 inches 2013 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 93

Jordan Poe www.jpoedigitalstudios.com Bodie 5 photography 36x48 inches 2011Jordan Poe utilizes a variety of scientific processes to create a unique perspective and aes-thetic to provide a distinctive way to tell a story. Jordan’s work covers an array of abstract andcomplex concepts such as isolation, greed, civil discourse, chaos theory and sociology areconveyed in this story telling process.Medicine Lake 18 photography 55x34 inches 201394 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.rmlphotos.com Robert Meyers-Lussier Ueno Park Stone Lanterns photography 4400 px 2013Robert Meyers-Lussier’s art is spontaneous. It represents a travelogue of plain air scenes thattakes a bite out of time/space as he travels and experiences life. As an author, a journalist andphotographer; micro and macro moments matter. Colour and pattern; joy and regret; nature’sbeginnings and endings; all intrigue him, within the framework of time. Most importantly,seasons matter. Based on a childhood spent weathering Minnesota’s extremes, combinedwith an early, learned Japanese aesthetic; refinement of Meyers-Lussier’s eye continues. He isforever in search of that most beautiful image that compels him to never forget that momentin time/space. Santa Fe Adobe Window photography 5622 px 2014 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 95

Gjert Rognli www.grognli.wix.com/theforgottenplaceChasing Dreams Gjert Rognli is workingphotography as a multimedia artist,70x50 cm and has in recent years2013 worked with his own short films, sculpture, photography and perfor- mance. He is educated partly in multimedia and film, and has been rep- resented by a number of film festivals and exhi- bitions in Norway and abroad. He has also received several awards for his art films and photographs, among other, award honourable mentions from Photographer’s Forum maga- zine’s in the United States. He comes from a sea-Sami village in northern Norway, and his photographs are staging in the region. In his work he uses the North Norwegian nature and his Sami identity to create new work coming through his dreams and reality. Come with me to the secret place photography 50x70 cm 201396 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.PeterBracke.com Peter Bracke Peter Bracke investigates the photographic medium in its visual and plastic aspects. Bracke searches for the distinctions between photography and other visual media and it is at those intersections where he seeks to ex- press his vision. The textures of unusual ma- terials lead the viewer into a tempting, exotic and dreamy world. Somehow Peter Bracke turns around the citation of the French Nou- velle-Vague director Jean-Luc Godard: “We must confront vague ideas with clear images. The artist however builds from clear ideas and vague images which he allows to remain dreamy, etheric and mystical.”Twilight ZoneFujipaper2014 The Addams Family 97 Fujipaper 2014 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

Han Zhao [email protected] Collapsing Fortress digital photomon- tage 2012Han Zhao is a current architecture student and artist born in Taiyuan, China, and now resid-ing in Nottingham. His subject matters – produced in monochrome – usually draw inspira-tion from (and are often meditations of) the systems, cybernetics and progression that occursaround us. Whilst relying primarily on photography, his works can sometimes employ a vari-ety of digital techniques; from 3D to digital painting. The Universe Experiencing Itself digital photomontage 201498 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook

www.sezen.at Tolga SezenGhostsC-Print on AluDibond100x70 cm2014Tolga Sezen dares the way from photo towards painting. During his creative process the real-istic image becomes abstract. The “planned” randomness plays a substantial role in his work.He was born in Istanbul 1965, as a child of a liberal, cosmopolitan artist family. In his youth,he went to Vienna, studied computer engineering and finally he became an autodidact inphotography and digital photo processing. His artwork is photography-based. The first triggerof his career as an artist has been an exhibition with photorealistic works. Tolga Sezen: Themoment of the transformation of a photo to a digital painting is magical – like a slightly ap-proaching dream, searching its way from reality to an illuminated new existence. Le Coque C-Print onAluDibond100x67 cm 2014 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 99

Alicia Wonderland Photography www.artofwonderland.com Flawless B&W Photography 2014 Alicia worked backstage for a theatre group, and studied for a BA in Film and Media at the Birkbeck University of London, where her film work is now used as an example for current students. From childhood, Alicia was always going to be an artist. She has sketched, studied architecture, and painted on canvas, before now finding her oeuvre as a full-time photographer and photo-manipulator. Working in her London-based studio, she creates a world of dreams, using black and white, light and shadow, to tell memorable stories in every image or project. For Alicia, art should create emotion in the artist and inspire pleasure for an audi- ence, allowing both to explore themselves, as well as enjoy the images.The Dark DreamB&W Photography 2014100 Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook