Mary Ann Sedivy - The landscape and the beauty of nature are intriguing and rich sources of inspiration for my paintings. It is a joy to live in Northeast Ohio, specifically in the snowbelt region. The surrounding landscape is rich in natural beauty, with it’s gentle, rolling hills and abundant farmland. Due to the variety of colors, textures, shapes, light and sounds through each season, the natural world always provides incentive for creativity. This awareness is stimulated by a deep connection I feel with the outdoors. Painting is a means of preserving and highlighting what we are rapidly losing in a rapidly changing world. For me, expressing the landscape isn’t confined to one means. Sometimes a plein air painting, other times a studio painting with abstract elements. Always with expressive brushwork and strong elements of color exploration. Exploring surface texture, drawing on the paint surface, interfacing collage media with paint and keeping the brushwork energetic are at play as I create. Consideration of textures, lines, shapes, color experimentation and developing figure ground relationships guide me while I investigate the bridge between the natural world and the painted surface.
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Nazli Brush - Is an artist based in Columbus, Ohio, whose creative journey began in Istanbul, Turkey. Immersed in Istanbul's rich artistic heritage, Nazli developed a passion for using colors to tell stories. Her paintings reflect her travels, capturing the essence of the places she explores with her husband. They divide their time between the United States and various parts of the world, alternating between three months in the U.S. and three months in different cultures. Nazli's creative process is intuitive, often starting with a single color or memory that grows into a full composition. Each of her paintings tells a story, and her unique artistic style brings these stories to life. “When people look at my art,” says Nazli, “I want them not only to see but to feel the places that inspired my work.” Travel is a vital part of Nazli's life and work. Recent destinations that inspired her work include Argentina, Chile, Iceland, the Czech Republic, France and her hometown of Istanbul, Turkey. Traveling and exploring new places rejuvenates Nazli’s spirit and fuels her creativity, allowing her to grow and evolve as an artist.
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