Artie's Eight
Growing up in Pennsylvania and flanked by Philadelphia and New York City, Charles Santora has long felt at ease navigating big cities. His urban comfort zone is now his life’s work, as he travels the world to photograph the human experience in urban landscapes. Global Perspective His assignments have taken Charles to London, Paris, China ...
Growing up in California, Jessica Cardelucci was never far from ocean waves or wild mustangs. Both are subjects of her artistic endeavors, and horses are especially near and dear to her heart. A Subject and a Cause Although America’s mustangs are protected by federal legislation, population control efforts have led to removing horses off public ...
Megan Rowley Stern spends her days balancing art with motherhood. The two aren’t so different, really. Both require nourishment. Each brings untold joy. Sometimes Megan’s oil paintings are a direct nod to motherhood as she captures this fleeting season in real time. Tale of Two Talents Growing up, Megan showed talent in both art and ...
Angela’s optimistic-meets-realistic take on life serves her well as a portrait photographer. Connecting with her subjects is important, and when you’re photographing joyful high-school seniors one day and corporate executives the next, you need to adapt your personality accordingly. It also helps to slow down and breathe. Bringing Out the Best Having received her first ...
For many of us, bright colors can be a healing balm to a battered spirit. This is especially true in the artwork of Christopher Johnson, a self-taught abstract oil painter from Nyack, New York, who left a 20-year advertising career to pursue fine art full time. Hope Unfolds Prompted by his recovery from addiction, Christopher ...
Charles Andrade (pronounced ahn-drah-day) is equal parts artist and thinker. From his early endeavors as an art therapist to his more current passion for chalk pastels and custom wall designs, Charles gives rich, meditative thought to his work. Especially to color. The Theory that Changed Everything Although Charles studied painting and art therapy in England, ...
When Lauren Aczon’s parents gave her office supplies to play with as a child, she transformed them into mini works of art. In fact, she still has the drawings, hole punches and color-coded dot labels she created as a kid. Mapping Out an Artful Life These days, Lauren channels her artistic talent into hand-crafted 3D ...
As a panda, I’m a fan of nature. I’m also fond of people who can capture landscapes in a way that calms my mind and thrills my heart. Enter photographer Christopher Morgan, whose colorful images of beaches, rivers, mountains and waterfalls are like bamboo for the soul. Here Comes the Sun If Christopher had listened ...
Gazing at Stacey M. Torres’s vivid, whimsical paintings, you might never guess that she battled depression most of her life, and cancer more recently. In fact, it was out of desperation that Stacey, at age 61, started sketching as a means of therapy. Turns out art helps calm her turmoil, and no doubt aficionados of ...
Gazing at Stacey M. Torres’s vivid, whimsical paintings, you might never guess that she battled depression most of her life, and cancer more recently. In fact, it was out of desperation that Stacey, at age 61, started sketching as a means of therapy. Turns out art helps calm her turmoil, and no doubt aficionados of ...