JOHN NIEMAN
OLA ROSLING
Great artists offer their audience more than just a visual image. The thrill of discovering those “Aha!” moments is akin to receiving unexpected gifts.
There’s a bewitching melancholy in Rosling’s visions. His works are more than paintings; they are narrative and music, an opera of light and
Outstanding Kisses
Mixed Media on Paper 15”x23”
Coast Oil on Canvas 23”x 32”
John Nieman provides these surprises with his realistic water-color and pastel works, which incorporate an emotional penchant for sweets with an intellectual desire for word play. A viewer realizes that frequently used terms have more in sync than ever thought possible, and the connections are definitely memorable. In fact, since both the terms and the candies are readily available, the potential exists for long-term associations, and hence, long-term recollections and smiles.
With a background as an international advertising creative director, Nieman widens his capabilities from simple scene display to imaginative comparison with universal appeal. John Nieman’s paintings have been as artfully composed as the creations in his role as music director, and his experiences as chef and author have allowed him to successfully blend, on canvas, his love of food with a passion for words. Website: http://www.johnnieman.com/
dark, a fugue of figure and landscape. Rosling grew up sailing the Scandinavian coasts and began painting at the age of twelve. Influenced by his youth amidst the beauty of Sweden, the forests and sea have moved his work in a dramatic direction; the pieces seem to live in a liminal space between memory and the present, his figures lonely, forlorn.
Rosling infuses his seascapes with light giving them a violent, almost tactile presence on the canvas. His figures are haunted by time, yet timeless; Ola Rosling’s paintings have a spiritual, nostalgic ambiance. Rosling studied in Stockholm and Sweden. He began showing his work in 1996 and since then has had solo and group shows extensively throughout Sweden and Denmark. Website: http://www.olarosling.com
VYACHESLAV SHEVCHUK
MICHAEL JOSEPH HIBBARD
Vyacheslav Shevchuk’s atmospheric watercolors of trees and mountains are deeply situated in the style of the Far East.
The Ukranian artist studied architecture and classical drawing at the Academy of Architecture in his birthplace of Kiev, Ukraine, before studying traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy at Beijing Academy of Art. He creates his works on
The beauty of the sharp edged forms that were predominate in the industrial architecture that fascinated Michael Joseph Hib-bard as a child has been a major influence on his work. The impressions that the upstate New York architectural environment left on Hibbard are reflected in the contemporary pieces he creates from steel and ceramics. His fusion of natural and
The Wish
Pastel on Canvas 34”x 25”
Untitled 16 (#57)
Ceramic, Steel, &Wood 48”x36”x18”
silk and rice paper. Further, he uses free-brush and fine-brush techniques to apply watercolors and adds black ink to the mix. This lends his paintings a naturalistic quality with sporadic splurges of intensity.
Shevchuk’s watercolors are imbued with a reverence for the natural world. Although his color palette is mainly restrained to black and white, save for feather-light touches of red and yellow, his paintings are extremely dynamic. Scratchy brushstrokes suggest nature’s unrelenting force. Dangerous cliffs command attention, while pines struggle to stand against whipping winds. Each work features calligraphy and his signature red stamp. Website: http://www.artmine.com/ArtistPage/Vyacheslav_Shevchuk.aspx
industrial shapes, along with his use of color and texture, draws the viewer to his pieces created from these two mediums. This young artist creates a balance between the two, and the pieces are at once both a study in the separate mediums and integrated works of art.
Hibbard’s unique sculptures are gaining attention in the art world. His public works, outdoor sculptures, have people taking notice. He has recently acquired professional representation in New York City and is in the process of scheduling gallery showings of his works. Hibbard still lives and works in the environment that inspired him in his youth and continues to inspire him, Buffalo, New York.
Website: http://www.michaeljhibbard.com/gallery.php
Hibbard’s unique sculptures are gaining attention in the art world. His public works, outdoor sculptures, have people taking notice. He has recently acquired professional representation in New York City and is in the process of scheduling gallery showings of his works. Hibbard still lives and works in the environment that inspired him in his youth and continues to inspire him, Buffalo, New York.
Website: http://www.michaeljhibbard.com/gallery.php