| World Artist |
| Rink A Dink's Virtual Art Gallery presents' Independent Chicago Artist |
Ron LoBello Rink A Dink Productions
Dave Byrd, Is
an excellent
Chicago
Saxophonist
who blends jazz
with reggae
an excellent
Chicago
Saxophonist
who blends jazz
with reggae
David Crim' Paints
with bold colors
and strong
expression
with bold colors
and strong
expression
Ronnie LoBello, Uses
several different medium
to work in from oil paints,
drawing, and digital to
advertising and page
layouts
www.ronnielobello.com.
several different medium
to work in from oil paints,
drawing, and digital to
advertising and page
layouts
www.ronnielobello.com.
Photography,imaging
& page layouts
& page layouts
Alee Peoples,
Creates collages and
other medium.
Creates collages and
other medium.
Mystery artist,
paints in
watercolors
paints in
watercolors
Vanessa Shinmoto,
Works with oils
water colors and is
not afraid to
experiment.
Works with oils
water colors and is
not afraid to
experiment.
| Most of my work, including the longest of the narrow shots, are taken with homemade pinhole cameras. These cameras have angles of view up to about 140 degrees. Pinhole shots are characterized by image distortion, uneven exposure, leaked light, and soft focus |
| Pinhole photoagrphy by Fred Landis |
A building worker in my city, Torino. cm 40x50,
Oil Painting by Anna LoBello, 2003
a building worker in my city, Torino. cm 40x50,
Anna Lo Bello:
Artist of the Virtual and the Real. As
Anna Lo Bello, she lives and paints
in Turin, Italy, bringing her rich
sense of color and form to the
canvas in oil and acrylic. As Anna
Rossini, in the virtual world,
Second Life, she designs haute
couture clothing for women and
men. She also exhibits her real
world art in a gallery.
This is her artwork
Oil Painting by Anna LoBello, 2003
a building worker in my city, Torino. cm 40x50,
Anna Lo Bello:
Artist of the Virtual and the Real. As
Anna Lo Bello, she lives and paints
in Turin, Italy, bringing her rich
sense of color and form to the
canvas in oil and acrylic. As Anna
Rossini, in the virtual world,
Second Life, she designs haute
couture clothing for women and
men. She also exhibits her real
world art in a gallery.
This is her artwork
Salvidor Dali Biography
Virtual Gallery
1920s, two events brought about
the development of his mature
artistic style:
His discovery of Sigmund Freud's
writings on the erotic significance
of subconscious imagery; and
His affiliation with the Paris
Surrealists, a group of artists and
writers who sought to establish
the "greater reality" of man's
subconscious over his reason.
Surrealism
To bring up images from his
subconscious mind, Dalí began to
induce hallucinatory states in
himself by a process he described
as “paranoiac critical.” Once Dalí
hit on this method, his painting
style matured with extraordinary
rapidity, and from 1929 to 1937 he
produced the paintings that made
him the world's best-known
Surrealist artist.
He depicted a dream world in
which commonplace objects are
juxtaposed, deformed, or
otherwise metamorphosed in a
bizarre and irrational fashion. Dalí
portrayed these objects in
meticulous, almost painfully
realistic detail and usually placed
them within bleak, sunlit
landscapes that were reminiscent
of his Catalonian homeland.
Perhaps the most famous of these
enigmatic images is "The
Persistence of Memory" (1931), in
which limp, melting watches rest in
an eerily calm landscape.
With the Spanish director Luis
Buñuel, Dalí also made two
Surrealistic films:
Un Chien andalou (1928; An
Andalusian Dog); and
L'Âge d'or (1930; The Golden Age).
Both films are similarly filled with
grotesque but highly suggestive
images.
Renaissance
In the late 1930s, Dalí switched to
painting in a more academic style
under the influence of the
Renaissance painter Raphael, and
as a consequence he was expelled
from the Surrealist movement.
Thereafter, he spent much of his
time designing theatre sets,
interiors of fashionable shops, and
jewelry, as well as exhibiting his
genius for flamboyant self-
promotional stunts in the United
States, where he lived from 1940
to 1955.
In the period from 1950 to 1970,
Dalí painted many works with
religious themes, though he
continued to explore erotic
subjects, to represent childhood
memories, and to use themes
centering on his wife, Gala.
Notwithstanding their technical
accomplishments, these later
paintings are not as highly
regarded as the artist's earlier
works.
The most interesting and revealing
of Dalí's books is The Secret Life of
Salvador Dali (1942-44).
www.brittanica.com
Virtual Gallery
1920s, two events brought about
the development of his mature
artistic style:
His discovery of Sigmund Freud's
writings on the erotic significance
of subconscious imagery; and
His affiliation with the Paris
Surrealists, a group of artists and
writers who sought to establish
the "greater reality" of man's
subconscious over his reason.
Surrealism
To bring up images from his
subconscious mind, Dalí began to
induce hallucinatory states in
himself by a process he described
as “paranoiac critical.” Once Dalí
hit on this method, his painting
style matured with extraordinary
rapidity, and from 1929 to 1937 he
produced the paintings that made
him the world's best-known
Surrealist artist.
He depicted a dream world in
which commonplace objects are
juxtaposed, deformed, or
otherwise metamorphosed in a
bizarre and irrational fashion. Dalí
portrayed these objects in
meticulous, almost painfully
realistic detail and usually placed
them within bleak, sunlit
landscapes that were reminiscent
of his Catalonian homeland.
Perhaps the most famous of these
enigmatic images is "The
Persistence of Memory" (1931), in
which limp, melting watches rest in
an eerily calm landscape.
With the Spanish director Luis
Buñuel, Dalí also made two
Surrealistic films:
Un Chien andalou (1928; An
Andalusian Dog); and
L'Âge d'or (1930; The Golden Age).
Both films are similarly filled with
grotesque but highly suggestive
images.
Renaissance
In the late 1930s, Dalí switched to
painting in a more academic style
under the influence of the
Renaissance painter Raphael, and
as a consequence he was expelled
from the Surrealist movement.
Thereafter, he spent much of his
time designing theatre sets,
interiors of fashionable shops, and
jewelry, as well as exhibiting his
genius for flamboyant self-
promotional stunts in the United
States, where he lived from 1940
to 1955.
In the period from 1950 to 1970,
Dalí painted many works with
religious themes, though he
continued to explore erotic
subjects, to represent childhood
memories, and to use themes
centering on his wife, Gala.
Notwithstanding their technical
accomplishments, these later
paintings are not as highly
regarded as the artist's earlier
works.
The most interesting and revealing
of Dalí's books is The Secret Life of
Salvador Dali (1942-44).
www.brittanica.com
Steve McCurry
Photographer
McCurry's most recognized photo is
that of "Afghan Girl", a previously
unidentified Afghan refugee. The
image itself was named as "the
most recognized photograph" in
the history of the National
Geographic magazine and her face
became famous as the cover
photograph on the June 1985 issue.
The photo has also been widely
used on Amnesty International
brochures, posters, and calendars.
The identity of the "Afghan Girl"
remained unknown for over 15
years until McCurry and a National
Geographic team located the
woman, Sharbat Gula, in 2002.
Although McCurry shoots both in
digital and film, his admitted
preference is for transparency film.
Based in New York, McCurry offers
weekend photography workshops,
as well as extended 2-week digital
photography workshops in Asia
(currently scheduled in Nepal,
India, and Burma).
Visit Steve McCurry's website
and at Art Department
Photographer
McCurry's most recognized photo is
that of "Afghan Girl", a previously
unidentified Afghan refugee. The
image itself was named as "the
most recognized photograph" in
the history of the National
Geographic magazine and her face
became famous as the cover
photograph on the June 1985 issue.
The photo has also been widely
used on Amnesty International
brochures, posters, and calendars.
The identity of the "Afghan Girl"
remained unknown for over 15
years until McCurry and a National
Geographic team located the
woman, Sharbat Gula, in 2002.
Although McCurry shoots both in
digital and film, his admitted
preference is for transparency film.
Based in New York, McCurry offers
weekend photography workshops,
as well as extended 2-week digital
photography workshops in Asia
(currently scheduled in Nepal,
India, and Burma).
Visit Steve McCurry's website
and at Art Department
Andrew Wyeth
was born July 12, 1917 in Chadds
Ford, Pennsylvania. He was the
youngest of five children. Andrew
was a sickly child and so his
mother and father made the
decision to pull him out of school
after he contracted whooping
cough. His parents home-schooled
him in every subject including art
education.
Newell Convers Wyeth (Andrew's
father) was a well known
illustrator whose art was featured
in many magazines, calendars,
posters and murals. He even
painted maps for the National
Geographic Society!
Painting Style
In 1977, Wyeth became the first
American artist since John Singer
Sargent to be elected to the
French Academie des Beaux-Arts.
He was also an honorary member
of the Soviet Academy of the
Arts, and the first living American
artist to be elected to Britain’s
Royal Academy.
Wyeth was the most renowned US
painter of the twentieth century,
and remained true to his vision in
an era lost to abstract
experiments and confusion. His
unique realism elevated the
particular nature of his subjects
into a realm of mystery that was
imitated by many and remains
entirely his own.
Andrew had a vivid memory and
fantastic imagination that led to a
great fascination for art. His
father recognized an obvious raw
talent that had to be nurtured.
While his father was teaching him
the basics of traditional academic
drawing Andrew began painting
watercolour studies of the rocky
coast and the sea in Port Clyde
Maine.
Andrew Wyeth, died in
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania on
January 16, 2009.
Gallery 1 Gallery 2
was born July 12, 1917 in Chadds
Ford, Pennsylvania. He was the
youngest of five children. Andrew
was a sickly child and so his
mother and father made the
decision to pull him out of school
after he contracted whooping
cough. His parents home-schooled
him in every subject including art
education.
Newell Convers Wyeth (Andrew's
father) was a well known
illustrator whose art was featured
in many magazines, calendars,
posters and murals. He even
painted maps for the National
Geographic Society!
Painting Style
In 1977, Wyeth became the first
American artist since John Singer
Sargent to be elected to the
French Academie des Beaux-Arts.
He was also an honorary member
of the Soviet Academy of the
Arts, and the first living American
artist to be elected to Britain’s
Royal Academy.
Wyeth was the most renowned US
painter of the twentieth century,
and remained true to his vision in
an era lost to abstract
experiments and confusion. His
unique realism elevated the
particular nature of his subjects
into a realm of mystery that was
imitated by many and remains
entirely his own.
Andrew had a vivid memory and
fantastic imagination that led to a
great fascination for art. His
father recognized an obvious raw
talent that had to be nurtured.
While his father was teaching him
the basics of traditional academic
drawing Andrew began painting
watercolour studies of the rocky
coast and the sea in Port Clyde
Maine.
Andrew Wyeth, died in
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania on
January 16, 2009.
Gallery 1 Gallery 2
Robert Dennis Crumb
recognized for the distinctive style
of his drawings and his critical,
satirical, subversive view of the
American mainstream. He
currently lives in Southern France
with his wife Aline Kominsky-
Crumb.
Crumb was a founder of the
underground comix movement and is
regarded as its most prominent
figure. Though one of the most
celebrated of comic book artists,
Crumb's entire career has unfolded
outside the mainstream comic book
publishing industry. One of his
most recognized works is the "Keep
on Truckin'" comic, which became a
widely distributed fixture of pop
culture in the 1970s. Others are
the characters Devil Girl, Fritz
the Cat, and Mr. Natural. He also
illustrates album covers, including
Cheap Thrills by Big Brother and
the Holding Company and the
compilation album The Music Never
Stopped: Roots of the Grateful
Dead.
R Crumb Gallery
- (born August 30,
1943), often
credited simply
as R. Crumb,is
recognized for the distinctive style
of his drawings and his critical,
satirical, subversive view of the
American mainstream. He
currently lives in Southern France
with his wife Aline Kominsky-
Crumb.
Crumb was a founder of the
underground comix movement and is
regarded as its most prominent
figure. Though one of the most
celebrated of comic book artists,
Crumb's entire career has unfolded
outside the mainstream comic book
publishing industry. One of his
most recognized works is the "Keep
on Truckin'" comic, which became a
widely distributed fixture of pop
culture in the 1970s. Others are
the characters Devil Girl, Fritz
the Cat, and Mr. Natural. He also
illustrates album covers, including
Cheap Thrills by Big Brother and
the Holding Company and the
compilation album The Music Never
Stopped: Roots of the Grateful
Dead.
R Crumb Gallery
And We Open the Gates.
From “Sancta” series. 1922
Tempera on canvas. 71 x 101.5 cm.
N.Roerich International Centre-
Museum, Moscow
Nicholas Roerich
(Nikolai Rerikh in Russian) is
generally known for his paintings
(of which there are around 7,000)
but he was also a philosopher,
archaeologist, educationalist,
writer and cultural leader. He was
involved in the building of the first
Buddhist Temple in Russia in St
Petersburg. He had also studied
far eastern wisdom (primarily via
the teachings of Swami
Vivekananda) and the ancient
wisdom teachings via the
Theosophical teachings (alongside
other adherents of Theosophy
such as Mondrian, Kandinsky and,
in fact, hundreds of painters at the
start of the twentieth century)
brought to the world primarily
through his Russian compatriot
Madame Helena Petrovna
Blavatsky. In fact, Roerich,
alongside his wife Helena Roerich,
was the first person to translate
Blavatsky's THE SECRET DOCTRINE
into Russian. This is a major work
said to be guided by certain
Masters of the White Lodge or
otherwise known as the Trans-
Himalayan occult brotherhood. The
Theosophical Society is
nonsectarian, nonpolitical and
nondogmatic. Its three declared
objects are:
To form a nucleus of the universal
brotherhood of humanity, without
distinction of race, creed, sex,
caste or colour. To encourage the
comparative study of religion,
philosophy and science. And, To
investigate unexplained laws of
nature and the powers latent in
humanity.
For more on the Theosophical
Society visit their site by clicking
HERE
From “Sancta” series. 1922
Tempera on canvas. 71 x 101.5 cm.
N.Roerich International Centre-
Museum, Moscow
Nicholas Roerich
(Nikolai Rerikh in Russian) is
generally known for his paintings
(of which there are around 7,000)
but he was also a philosopher,
archaeologist, educationalist,
writer and cultural leader. He was
involved in the building of the first
Buddhist Temple in Russia in St
Petersburg. He had also studied
far eastern wisdom (primarily via
the teachings of Swami
Vivekananda) and the ancient
wisdom teachings via the
Theosophical teachings (alongside
other adherents of Theosophy
such as Mondrian, Kandinsky and,
in fact, hundreds of painters at the
start of the twentieth century)
brought to the world primarily
through his Russian compatriot
Madame Helena Petrovna
Blavatsky. In fact, Roerich,
alongside his wife Helena Roerich,
was the first person to translate
Blavatsky's THE SECRET DOCTRINE
into Russian. This is a major work
said to be guided by certain
Masters of the White Lodge or
otherwise known as the Trans-
Himalayan occult brotherhood. The
Theosophical Society is
nonsectarian, nonpolitical and
nondogmatic. Its three declared
objects are:
To form a nucleus of the universal
brotherhood of humanity, without
distinction of race, creed, sex,
caste or colour. To encourage the
comparative study of religion,
philosophy and science. And, To
investigate unexplained laws of
nature and the powers latent in
humanity.
For more on the Theosophical
Society visit their site by clicking
HERE
