Studio Landscapes: The Process
I have been working in the studio recently on a series of Autumn Landscapes. I took photographs when the colors were at their peak on a stunning October afternoon in the Cascades Park near my home in Jackson Michigan. I am always amazed how much beauty is right outside my door. I had the later […]
Nature’s Excitement: Inspired Landscape
My eyes are constantly buzzing with the full spectrum of light and color that delight all of my senses everyday. The gift of being alive on this incredibly Beautiful and Magical planet fill my heart with gratefulness. Sky, trees, grass, flowers, plants, fields, rocks, mountains, lakes, streams; I am so amazed and overwhelmed by the […]
Why? The Study of the Nude
As artists, we strive to express beauty in all its wondrous forms. Throughout history, the Human form has fascinated and challenged artists with its amazing complexity and endlessly interesting variation. The process of drawing is a skill that every artist needs at their disposal to bring their ideas into the visual realm. In LIFE DRAWING, […]
Statement From Avé Madiol Veneklasen
I open…I fill.. I overflowI dance to the tune of my feelings.Their rhythms fill me with the energy of LIFE It pulses through my veins my heart my soulThose inner places, sometimes quiet,sometimes screaming…Places to be explored, places of adventure andexcitement…inner landscapes. How to make visible these feelings which are ourselves,these feelings which are each […]
Joy of Process
Creativity is a part of all of us and springs from a deep human desire to envision and bring into reality our ideas, our thoughts, our dreams. As an artist, I am constantly using my materials to express not only ideas but emotions as well. The Figure has always intrigued me. Body language, expressed by […]