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The Sculptures of Joseph Seigenthaler

Born in Nashville, Tennessee in 1959, Joseph Seigenthaler currently resides in Chicago, Illinois, where he has exhibited his figurative sculpture for the past 20 years. He is married to the painter Anne Gilbert from Paris, France and they have three beautiful daughters, ages 15, 12, and 9 years old. The artist is represented by Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago.

Having received the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1981 from the Memphis College of Art’s painting department, he soon began fabricating on a freelance basis life-size, realistic wax figures for various wax museums, primarily in Nashville and Tamworth, Australia. The technical processes gained from this three year period were to become influential on the development of his later explorations with large, over life-sized figures.

Joseph Seigenthaler’s Website
http://www.joeseigenthaler.com/

The Art of Kelly Vivanco

Kelly’s work is something to behold. I love the colors that she uses which can be pretty intense. My favorites seem to be the ones with the bird characters but also the hauntingly beautiful midnight scenes with the houses on the boats. Fantastic work by a fantastic artist!

Kelly Vivanco’s Website
http://www.kellyvivanco.com/

The Art of Ralph Steadman

Ralph Steadman was born in 1936. He started as a cartoonist and through the years diversified into many fields of creativity. He has illustrated such classics as “Alice in Wonderland”, “Treasure Island” and “Animal Farm”.

Ralph Steadman Website
http://www.ralphsteadman.com/

The Art of A. Andrew Gonzalez

A. Andrew Gonzalez, of San Antonio, Texas, is an award-winning figurative artist whose work has been exhibited in several countries. Born on October 13, 1963, and raised in a creative family, Andrew’s art education is largely self-taught. His artist father, Anthony A. Gonzalez, encouraged his early interest in drawing and painting but gave him no formal training.
In the year 2000, Andrew Gonzalez had the distinct privilege to work closely with the well-known Fantastic Realist artist Ernst Fuchs in Monaco and Austria. Photos of the experience can be seen at L. Caruana’s website.

The paintings of Gonzalez are created with airbrushed acrylics on panel or canvas. Forms, values and highlighting are created by lifting pigment with an abrasive eraser, followed by the application of transparent layers of pigment. Influenced by idealism in the mystical, visionary and esoteric traditions, the artist describes his work as a contemporary Tantric or Transfigurative Art that explores the dramatic union of the sensual and spiritual. His work is akin to a revival of classical neoplatonic ideals centering on the figure as temple and vessel sublimed by transformative forces.

A. Andrew Gonzalez

http://www.sublimatrix.com/