PATRICIA BRINTLE
ILONA
VAN HOEK
Born in Berlin, Germany, Ilona van Hoek has had a lifelong fas­cination with art, the tactile nature of the practice, the paint and the brushes. However, it is the psycho­logical and story-telling capabili­ties in art that are fundamental to her particular style. “I try to show stories in my presentations of art,” she explains, “the paintings de­velop through engagement of my thoughts.”
Van Hoek’s works explore the gamut of human emotion, from love and hate to joy and despair.
Renaissance Acrylic on Masonite 24”x48”
Patricia Brintle’s childhood in Haiti is clearly evidenced in her exotic weavings of vibrant color, symbolism, and form. Every­thing in life is motivation for her images, including internal and external experiences, dreams, and feelings. Completely driven by artistic response to these insights, Brintle employs varied medi­ums to achieve the true rendering of the painting’s character or to reflect her subject’s life story.
A viewer will feel the emotion and sensuality in Brintle’s work, and will relate to the universal pleasures depicted. Move­ment and joy resonate beneath the images, even in her more seri­ous renderings. Brintle’s use of definitive lines and shapes, and her emphasis on character’s eyes, create a comfortable partner­ship with her audience; her 30 year career in private showings reflects this achievement.
She has also exhibited publicly in New York and Florida, and currently has a year-long showing at the Holocaust Center of Temple Judea in Manhasset. Website: http://www.patriciabrintle.com
Flaschengeist
Oil on Canvas 57”x 34”
With beautiful strokes she creates landscapes of rivers, moun­tains, and endless skies and within this world plays out a specta­cle of human existence. The characters can appear like menacing ghouls or angelic innocents, and she compels her audience to take pleasure in discovering the implicit storyline.
Van Hoek’s unique style of painting has attracted the interest of the art world, recently acquiring representation in New York. She lives and works in the United States. Website: http://homepage.mac.com/ihvanhoek