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- ANDREI KUSHNIR, a plein air painter for over thirty five years, has exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the United States. His works have been shown in exhibitions juried by curators from the National Gallery of Art, National Museum of American Art, Hirshhorn Museum, and the Corcoran Gallery.
- He has been an elected member of the Salmagundi Club NYC, is an elected member of the Washington Society of Landscape Painters, a signature member of the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, and a member of Oil Painters of America. He is also an official Coast Guard Artist.
- His work is in the public collections of the US Coast Guard, DC Commission on Arts and Humanities, Museum of Florida’s Art and Culture, Museum of Virginia's History & Culture, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, University of Maryland Global Campus, the University Club, Washington DC and in numerous private collections around the world.
- Andrei's work is unique in that he is a true plein-air painter, he carries no camera or drawing equipment, His gift is to absorb and express what is happening in the moment, at the place. He paints with a unique intensity. This ability to focus is what gives his paintings a sense of shared experience.
- Several videos of Andrei on YouTube provide more information about him and his work (see below).
- Andrei's biography is one of the few Washington, D.C. artist's biographies deemed notable for inclusion in the international internet Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Kushnir
MICHELE MARTIN TAYLOR has spent a life-time communicating through the medium of oil. First immersing herself in drawing, Michele studied at Chouinard Art Institute, Pasadena Art Institute, California State University at Northridge, graduating with a B.A. in Painting and Printmaking. She did post-graduate work in Paris in painting.
Michele Martin Taylor has over 1400 pieces of artwork in collections, public and private, throughout the world. Her work is in the collections of their royal majesties, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan, Former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Jordan Jr. and Senator and Mrs. Mark O. Hatfield. Institutions include, but are not limited to the Portland Art Museum, The University of Oregon Art Museum, The Mayo Clinic, Rainier Bank and Trust Co, US Bankcorp, the District of Columbia Commission on Arts and Humanities, and The Norick Art Museum, University of Oklahoma.
Michele's biography is one of the few artist's biographies deemed notable for inclusion in the international internet Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Martin_Taylor
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- MICHAEL FRANCIS studied at the Corcoran School of Art. He went on to receive his BFA at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, MD. He completed his masters of fine arts at George Washington University and studied at American University. He has held positions at Trinity College, George Mason University, Northern Virginia Community College, Charles County Community College, and Prince George's Community College. He currently teaches at the Art League School in Alexandria. And also, he has studied and taught both individually and under the auspices of various institutions in Paris, Brittany, France, Madrid and Southern Spain, greece, Italy, Ireland, Mexico, Thailand, Cambodia and Iceland.
- Solo Exhibitions
- Michael has had numerous solo exhibitions in the Washington area including two at the Georgetown Gallery and one at the Hull Gallery as well as eight shows at Gallery K. In addition to these, he has been given individual shows through the following art organizations: The PG County Arts and Cultural Heritage Division; The Charles County Community Commission; The Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History in Danville, VA; The Emerson Gallery in McLean, VA; The Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts ( a Virginia Museum affiliate) in Fredericksburg, VA; The Fells Point gallery ( sponsored by the Maryland Institute College of Art); and the Foundry on the Canal gallery ( sponsored by the U.S. Park Service).
- Group Exhibitions
- Group shows include the "'40-'80" exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; a two-person show at the 20th Century Gallery, Williamsburg ( a Virginia Museum affiliate); "The Washington Landscape Transformed" at GWU; "Views of Georgetown", at Georgetown University; a landscape exhibition at the Studio Gallery; "Realism and Representation: "New Work by 25 Artists" at the Arlington Arts Center; "Virginia Artists, Graphic Arts and Drawing Exhibition" at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond; and a three-person exhibit "Cityscapes" at Gallery K.
- Juried Shows and Awards
- Juried exhibitions include the " Allied Artist Painting Competition", NY,NY; the "Juried Exhibition" by Jane Livingston at the Arlington Arts Center; and the "First Annual Landscape Competition" at the Tolley Gallery. Awards that Michael Francis has received include the "Virginia Prize for Painting", the" David Lloyd Kreeger Prize" ( First Place for Painting), and the "Wadell Award for Painting", He also was the recipient of the" William Wilson Corcoran Scholarship", the Virginia Museum Fellowship, and George Washington University Fellowships.
- Reviews
- "The force of Francis' skill as a painter makes beauty the overriding effect here. The moody accuracy with which the painter conveys those establishments is not the only impressive feature in the painting, with Francis' work, you'd think you were actually right there on the avenue."- The Current
- "Only a magician could turn the image of a Hecht's parking ramp into a work of art. And Michael Francis is just such a magician." - Nancy G. Heller, The Washington Post
- "Add Michael Francis to that list of colorist whose best work seems so instinctive and effortless that it exhilarates the viewer and, at the same time, puts him at ease." - Roy Proctor, Richmond News Leader
ALEXANGEL ESTEVEZ is best known for his passion for the great outdoors. Whether it is landscapes or cityscapes, his eyes capture the scene and his imagination explores the details of nature that may otherwise elude others. He enjoys being swept away with awe-inspiring views. He uses clouds as one way to express emotion in his paintings.
As an artist, he expresses himself through oils on canvas… by pushing and pulling the paint and capturing moments in nature. His full joy is to paint on site and make that exciting first mark. The intention is not to duplicate, but to bring back a piece that inspired him. The studio he chooses to be in is the land around him . His goal is to take the viewer on that same journey he had and to experience the scene as he did.
Alexangel’s interest in the arts started at a young age in East Los Angeles. In 2006 he moved to the east coast to pursue his career in visual fine arts and attended Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland. There he double majored in Studio Art and Graphic Design. He was awarded an AA in Fine Arts in 2008. Alexangel was then accepted at the School of the Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond VA. In 2011, he was awarded his BFA degree cum laude with a major in Graphic Design. Since that time, the artist has been winning awards and invited for single artist exhibitions in Virginia and Florida.
The English Romantic painter John Constable has had a major influence in Alex’s paintings.
- CAROL SPILS, a native of Anchorage, Alaska, has been drawing since childhood. While primarily self taught, her style has been informed by classes at the Corcoran School of Art. Her modular, archetypal style has been widely collected in the DC area and she is in the collections of the Children's National Medical Center, Washington Hospital Center and numerous private collections, both in the US and abroad. She has had one person shows at Taylor & Sons Fine Art 2001, the Children's National Medical Center Hospital 2004 and American Painting Fine Art, NY and Market 5 Gallery 2006.
- Carol is known for her vibrant Hawaiian fish, inspired by her deep love of Hawaii. She paints during the winter on Maui's south shore where she has enjoyed snorkeling off Kameole Beach III since early childhood. The artist enjoys using her creativity when capturing these fish on canvas in a full spectrum of colors, some true to life and some just for fun.
- Carol's painted Panda was included in DC exhibition Pandamania, the resulting book of Washington pandas, and is now in Alexandria, Virginia at Kid Doc, a pediatric center.
- Carol is the Art Gallery Director for American Painting Fine Art, Washington, DC.
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