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MIPOesias ~ ISSN 1543-6063 Volume 17 ~ Summer 2004 |
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A Cornucopia of Artist's Works Artists chosen for this issue are pushing the limits of artistic expression and much of their wares are to be seen on the Internet, presenting the visitor with a veritable cornucopia or treasure house of fascinating art pieces. Pop Artist Holly Picano specializes in vibrant close-ups of sensual, strong young women in punk technicolor. She employs bright and glaring colors squeezed unmixed from the tube. Picano’s art possesses a Andy Warhol-like audacity. Pouty, hair in disarray, these young ladies are ready for action. Their eyes suggest knowingness, adventure, and no holds barred emotions and feelings. Ivonne Menendez-Bess presents us with a noble visage evoking Mel Gibson’s William Wallace in Braveheart, an angelic vision, with two angels parting maroon clouds in an apocalyptic vision of creation and two rock legends. Her paintings are pure poetry. Cassandra Gordon-Harris creates a softness that suggests the Impressionism of Mary Cassatt but instead of the rosy-cheeked children and soft maternal women we expect from Cassatt, Gordon-Harris provides a vision of tall, statuesque females. In her 2004 work, “Anticipated Vision,” three women with long white backless gowns appear to glide away from the viewer. They are women who carry with them their feelings, complex and unworked out, females who can not fail to intrigue and provoke. The women transport us with them in their journey. “Poetry” by Diego Quiros shows a female writer filled with self-assurance, her pink lips matching the pink lush flowers that crown her hair and cascade round her face. Long, lithe fingers of her right hand hold an old-fashioned nib pen which she fixes with her butterscotch-hued eyes as if anticipating the words that will flow from that nib, while her hair, or a headdress in vibrant green, swirls round her head and down to her bosom. The setting is both formal and floral, in a stylized design reminiscent of art nouveau. Everything is in its place for this writer, as it is in this painting. Garish and unremitting in his art, Jeff Filipski's images are as disturbing as George Grosz’s post-World War I art featuring war-mutilated veterans. It is art that forces us to face reality. In “Tropical Breeze,” John Canning captures the languidity of Key West and other tropical locales. Lush vegetation, a pink wooden house with white trim, a hint of wide blue sky, the windows of the house open to try to catch a breeze. Now for a long cool drink filled with rocks. Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhh! “Sailing” by Arlene Magloire creates a cubist vision of a woman whose auburn hair blows freely in the sea breeze. A background of brown-tinged sheer angled triangles, possibly meant to suggest sails, give us the idea of a crowded harbor or a regatta. She appears comfortable with her nudity, a hint of a smile on an angled face, that is almost blank. |
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