Sunday, March 1, 2020

Meet Artist Helena Faitelson

Helena Faitelson


O-059 Blooming-flowers by Helena Faitelson acrylic 18x24 $300
Helena Faitelson is a self-taught decorative painting artist, teaching assistant, and mother for five children. She discovered her passion for art and painting at a very young age. With the years, she developed her skills and learned different painting styles. At the age of thirty, Helena discovered decorative painting style and decided to pursue this direction. Over the years Helena exposed herself to different decorative painting techniques and developed her own painting style.
Helena was born in Ukraine and lived many years Israel. She now lives with her family in San Diego, California since 2014 and works as a teaching assistant for children with special needs where she uses her art and painting skills in order to expose students to the wonderful world of art and craft. During the summers Helena works as a teaching assistant of afterschool program where she teaches art and craft and manages painting club for kids. Recently Helena established her own business of mural painting for residential and commercial spaces.

Media Helena likes to work with: Acrylic, Mixed Media, other media.
Surfaces Helena likes to use for her projects: Canvases, rocks, wood, ceramic, glass, metal, walls and fences.
Contact information:
Awards:
·         Special Recognition Award in 2019 9th Annual SeaScape Online exhibition -  LightSpaceTime Online Gallery
·         5th place in 2019 All Planet Earth Theme Online Art CompetitionContemporary Art Gallery Online
·         Special Merit Award in 2019 9th Nature Art Exhibition - LightSpaceTime Online Gallery
O-058 Flowers_composition by Helena Faitelson acrylic 12x28 $300
·         Special Recognition Award in  2019 9th Annual “All Women” Online Art Competition -  LightSpaceTime Online Gallery
Exhibitions, Projects and Shows:
Past:
·         2019 – Carlsbad Art Walk as part of “Art Divas” team, Carlsbad, CA
·         2019 - Public Mural Painting project “Mint House Project”, San Diego, CA
Project dates: 11/03/2019-11/17/2019
·         5th Annual Leaves & Petals Online Juried Art Exhibition, Fusion Art Gallery, Palm Springs, CA, November 2019
·          US Show 2019 exibition, Blue Line Arts Gallery, Roseville, CA, November 16 – December 29, 2019
·          Small Work 2019 exibition, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY, December 5-28, 2019
·         18th Annual Gift Gallery 2019, Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA November 23 - December 30, 2019
·         2019 Stunning exhibition, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, December 2019
·         Alchemic Body: Fire, Air, Water, Earth 2019 exhibition, The Line Conteporary Art Space, London, England, December 20, 2010-January 31, 2020
Current:
·         Vend Arts exhibition "Material Zones" by 1805 Gallery, San Diego, CA
Upcomming:
·         Accepted to participate in Mission Federal Little Italy Art Walk as part of “Art Divas” team, April 2020, San Diego, CA

·         Accepted to participate in Art San Diego 2020 show, San Diego, CA, October 2020

Meet Artist Connie Romano

       
T-011 Color outside the lines by Connie Romano  oil 14x18 $245

 Spring Obsession 2020
        Expressing myself in the various forms of art has always been a part of my life.  My mother was a crafter.  My father created one painting when he was in Jr High that was just amazing in form, color, and depth.  He never pursued his talent with a brush but focused on science as his expression of creation. While neither of my parents was as obsessed with art as I am, they both had talent in creating and engaged in varied avenues of expression.

T-012  Just a touch  by Connie Romano  oil 8x10 $175
         

          I began drawing at a young age and always enjoyed it. I find it relaxing; a form of meditation, if you will.
        I did not, however, share that expression with anyone outside of my family until my husband, who was my greatest fan, encouraged me to submit several of my works to Ironstone.  Entry into the Spring Obsession is now an annual event for me.   The theme division is always a challenge as I find new ways to express the glory of a blooming daffodil.  And the open division allows me to present the diversity of what I create.
O-079 A Rose by Connie Romano oil 16x20 $575

         The competition is exciting but by no means the reason I submit every year.  I love coming up to this beautiful venue to wander among all the amazing art works that have been submitted by other artists and the glorious plantings maintained by Ironstone. I feel honored to have my works hang on the walls with such an array of expressions of the beauty that surrounds us.
Connie Carson-Romano

O-080 Calaveras Morning by Connie Romano acrylic 18x14 $325
O-081 Grandmas Bouquet by Connie Romano oil 10x13 $345
O-082 North Coast Break by Connie Romano acrylic 18x24 $435





Meet Artist Bradford L. Stone

Bradford L Stone
Self taught Artist
Valley Springs. CA




Art is not a reality but a personal perspective of what you see.
O-100 Nature_by Brad Stone oil 18x24 $430

Delta College Ceramic and painting Classes
Sacramento State College, Minored in Art (Art Education & figured drawing)
School of Light and Color (Susan Sarback, seeing and painting approaches based on light)
Experiences:
Award winner of Bank of America (Pop Art)
Calaveras County Fair (Best of Show and first in fine art category)
California State Fair Cal-Expo Plein-Air painting participate and exhibit.
Ironstone Winery Fine Annual Spring Obsession Arts Competition and Plein-Air Painting with Concourse De’Elegance Car Show.
Ironstone Vineyard 21st. Annual Spring Obsession Art Show Family Merit Award.
Calaveras County Arts Council Member

O-102 Runaways by Brad Stone oil 20x48 $1014

O-101 Harvest_by Brad Stone acrylic 18x24 $430







Meet Artist Cindy Walker

Cindy Walker
Artist’s Statement
O-016  Granpa's Grapes  by Cindy Walker  cp 25x29 $849.


Grandpa’s Grapes…a few suspended moments buying time enough to ask, ‘Had this view been acknowledged for its warmth and grace, for its portrayal of life, before the inevitable fade?’ My only response to that query was to bring this impression to you.  After collaring my internal questions, I squeezed the warm seconds from the scene, apprehending and resting in the consequences of peace and refreshment.  I hope you will take away at least a portion of the rewards.

In this colored pencil presentation, I wished to pay homage to the simple sites often taken for granted. A spot of an all too familiar entanglement in nature. The levels of color employed is intended to show the warmth of the day while owning its balance of shade. Applied in layers, I encouraged the shapes and shadows to reach out as promised, yet now can stay intact.
 
My art background is diverse.  My Bachelor of Arts degree in Studio Art represents my vast interests and capabilities.  I’ve always felt driven to learn the rules which, in turn, gives me the freedom to break those rules.  Along with extensive experience is drawing and painting (employing watercolor or acrylic paints), I have completed studies in ceramics, sculpture and fiber arts involving handmade paper, fabric manipulations, dying techniques, weaving, and basketry.  I continually enjoy doing mixed medium pieces and eagerly return to those challenges when I am not illustrating. 


My related employment also reflects my artistic composition. From a substantial and rewarding career as an Interior Designer, I transitioned to illustrating children’s books for the Tempe School District.  My move back to California launched a venture into the wonderfully creative environment of the Electronic Game Industry, where I benefited greatly from the use of cutting edge technology in creating two and three dimensional art for the final game production—Each of the opportunities in my career as an artist continues to rekindle my creativity in ways that could not otherwise be gained.