ARTisSpectrum Volume 17

ROGER RENARD

As a child Roger Renard’s eyes fixed on a single point of color within a single painting in the midst of a large exhibition. Not long after, those same eyes were entranced by the work of Salvador Dalí, whose light Renard says helped him find his own. Years later, his restoration work allowed him to imbibe the brushstrokes of past masters, while his autodidacticism left his mind free enough to apprehend the

Le Secret

Oil on Wood 61”x 48”

world in figurative terms—a psychological trait that inspires him to paint with aplomb in modes varying from impressionistic to surreal to pure abstraction (and to have created a series of “grands tableaux” that sometimes combine all three).

Renard’s work displays a comprehensive use of color and a free play of form that evinces itself in even his more traditional work. His oeuvre ranges from photo-like landscapes to Klim-tesque portraits to phantasmagoria worthy of Dalí himself. All of this Renard holds in a single aperçu, “I always search for the point of equilibrium,” he says, “the true emotional center of the light of the soul, which I want to share with lovers of art.” Website: http://www.roger-renard.org

NAVEED WAZIR ALI

Naveed Wazir Ali is a Pakistani artist whose work is steeped in the rhythms and details of his native culture. In Ali’s watercolors, oils on canvas, pen and inks, and sketches, scenes of towns and villages from his country come alive with delicate brushstrokes and luminous pastel and earth tones. “As a

The Khori Garden Bazar, Karachi Watercolor on Paper 28”x20”

painter, I want to save our culture, tradition, and history in the shape of paintings,” Ali says. “It’s a very heavy responsibility for me and other national painters to save and secure this history.”

Ali translates his culture’s history into beautiful realistic paintings and sketches. His late father, Wazir Ali, was one of Pakistan’s premier painters, and he began training his son in many different techniques and mediums at an early age. Exhibited both nationally and internationally , Naveed Ali’s art leaves the viewer with a special feeling that can only be imparted by good and real art. Website: http://www.nwa-arts.com



	ROGER RENARD
	As a child Roger Renard’s eyes fixed on a single point of color within a single painting in the midst of a large exhibition. Not long after, those same eyes were entranced by the work of Salvador Dalí, whose light Renard says helped him find his own. Years later, his restoration work allowed him to imbibe the brushstrokes of past masters, while his autodidacticism left his mind free enough to apprehend the
Le Secret Oil on Wood 61”x 48”
Le Secret Oil on Wood 61”x 48”
world in figurative terms—a psychological trait that inspires him to paint with aplomb in modes varying from impressionistic to surreal to pure abstraction (and to have created a series of “grands tableaux” that sometimes combine all three). Renard’s work displays a comprehensive use of color and a free play of form that evinces itself in even his more traditional work. His oeuvre ranges from photo-like landscapes to Klim-tesque portraits to phantasmagoria worthy of Dalí himself. All of this Renard holds in a single aperçu, “I always search for the point of equilibrium,” he says, “the true emotional center of the light of the soul, which I want to share with lovers of art.” Website: http://www.roger-renard.org

		NAVEED WAZIR ALI
		Naveed Wazir Ali is a Pakistani artist whose work is steeped in the rhythms and details of his native culture. In Ali’s watercolors, oils on canvas, pen and inks, and sketches, scenes of towns and villages from his country come alive with delicate brushstrokes and luminous pastel and earth tones. “As a
The Khori Garden Bazar, Karachi Watercolor on Paper 28”x20”

painter, I want to save our culture, tradition, and history in the shape of paintings,” Ali says. “It’s a very heavy responsibility for me and other national painters to save and secure this history.” Ali translates his culture’s history into beautiful realistic paintings and sketches. His late father, Wazir Ali, was one of Pakistan’s premier painters, and he began training his son in many different techniques and mediums at an early age. Exhibited both nationally and internationally , Naveed Ali’s art leaves the viewer with a special feeling that can only be imparted by good and real art. Website: http://www.nwa-arts.com