Members List
All members names are listed alphabetically. To learn more about each member click on their name below. Please scroll down.
Bami Adedoyin, Brooklyn, NY
Mohd Fuad Arif, Malaysia
Megan Bisbee, Alfred, NY
Missy Carr, Washington, DC
Kristin Carroll, Boston, MA
Tony Conrad, Buffalo, NY
Kristin Carroll, Boston, MA
Tony Conrad, Buffalo, NY
Lara Davis, Providence, RI
Cindy DeFelice, Brockport, NY
Ghen Dennis, Buffalo, NY
Leigh Ann Francis, New Brunswick, NJ
Chifumi Fujisawa, Mosumoto, Japan
Amy Goldberg, Rochester, NY
Bethany Goldpaugh Brown, Kingston, NY
Virva Hepolampi, Helsinki, Finland
James Holland, Southbury, CT and Rochester, NY
Kelly Jacobson, Kansas City, MO
Akil Kirlew, Brooklyn, NY
Caroline Koebel, Buffalo, NY
Jennifer Little, Rochester, NY
Edna Madera, Rochester, NY
Darin Martin, Oakland, CA
Tammy McGovern, Buffalo, NY
Colleen Vera Melisz, Buffalo/Rochester, NY
Toni Mosley, Auckland, New Zealand
Tomoya Murazumi, Kanazawa City, Japan
Akane Nakamori, Kanazawa City, Japan
Stephanie Nolasco, New York, NY
Natasha Pachano, Costa Rica
Warren Peace, Jersey City, NJ
Anjanel Dawn Pinet, Rochester, NY
Mima Simic, Croatia
Joan E. Stoltman, Buffalo, NY
Diane Teramana, Kingston, NY
Angela Tessier Kanazawa City, Japan
Andy Tetzlaff, Kanazawa City, Japan
Matthew Underwood, Boston, MA
Adam Weekley, Buffalo, NY
wolfgrrrl sometimes billijo, Rochester, NY
Walter Wright, Lowell, MA
Ami Yamasaki, Kanazawa City, Japan
Ojima Yukari, Kanazawa City, Japan
Karen Y. Zhang, Beijing, China |
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Maleana Verbeke
Artist
Maleana first experienced art when she was in nursery school. Then time passed into the year 1998 when she started to paint. Her father who presently is an artist has encouraged her towards the works of art. Maleana said her subjects are concepts from visions and the sub – conscious just between the space of sleep and wake, of which when she fully will make sketch notes and file them. Viewers of her art can plainly see that her subjects don’t depict a copy of observatory nature – no scenic views – nothing that forms naturalistic art. She says that she prefers to be visionary. When questioned further, “absolutely why not nature and objects?†Maleans responded, "why recreate nature when it’s already there". Her knowledge of art, she said, is “self taught.†An example of subjects is the faces she paints, lots of faces. A penchant for faces, which she says supports no intension to give evidence to familiar related characters. Buyers opined as they “see the subjects†and will observe that there isn’t any space to elaborate with a further note. Viewing Maleana’s pieces, one can see sand preparation on the supports. She explained that with the use of sand she tends to be more creative. Example, a piece observed was noted to be “sand designed†with a carefully planned mode and route. For mediums, oil and acrylics are her preference but stated the materials are difficult to maintain because of the scarcity of the commodity in Guyana. Questioned again about her sand style meaning how long will she be sanding artistically. "I will use sand until another phase of style application materializes from within". Maleana is an artist who has been very secluded within the past few years but said she presently intends to exhibit as often as she can to add more points for "active women of the arts".
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Sands of my Times
In these sands of times
A re of my memories
Of my yesterday s
And my pains of
My tomorrows
My yesterdays I danced
Never thinking of today
Never thinking of
A way forward
Of going up
Only thoughts of lights
And of what glitters like gold
My yesterdays are gone
My today’s are what
Faces me know
But blistered is my sight
Blistered with my sands
Of times
Stinging mind soul
S ting my face
Stinging my skin
Blistered are my soles
Clogging my pores
Sticking to my rags
No where to rest
My overloaded mind
My burnings are of what
Use to be my yesterdays
And what will be my tomorrows
Prevented by my pass
Enable to levitate my soul and mind
Struck in this my self made gloom
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