Art has the capacity to communicate with the observer. Should a particular work of art elicit a profound emotional response from you, it can be interpreted as a manifestation of the creator’s spirit. As a curator and arts professional, I encounter numerous artists.
Just who is Tracy Sonka Stultz? I met Tracy and her husband, Eric Stultz, at the global architectural firm Gensler in Washington, DC. Our mutual friendship developed when I spent years knowing Eric as the architect and Tracy as the interior designer. But this story is about none of the above….
When first meeting Dutch Montana, you sense he is larger than life. He is tall and gregarious, and his presence engulfs space. In fact, once you start talking to him, you realize he is a man who pushes his own boundaries to nourish his soul.
James Stanford is an artist known as an alchemist because of his extraordinary capacity to take the visual language of Las Vegas and simplify it, making it more potent and evocative.
When self-taught painter Niki J Sands first put oil to canvas in the mid-90s, she was ready to give up. “I took the painting and said, ‘Oh God, that is just awful,’ admits Sands. “So, I rolled it up and threw it in the garbage.”
VIVID. Vivid color, Vivid content. Vivid passion. Vincent Van Gogh famously painted several self-portraits. More artists have become their subjects than we know. I will attempt to paint the story of Pamela Nielsen using a few essential elements.
News flash for Las Vegas culture vultures! A stunning new museum formally opens its doors this fall to showcase the life work of a prolific, remarkable local artist extraordinaire. Can you name the artist? And the location of this treasure? Although most locals would not recognize Rita Deanin Abbey as an artist, many would recognize several of her landmark pieces in the community.
Nevada (particularly Las Vegas) is so proud to have a very talented, creative, and radical artist in residence with a unique style of his own! I am referring to Gig Depio, a local painter who focuses mainly on public art and large-scale oil paintings. Once you see one of his paintings, it will forever be imprinted on your memory.
Renata Bosnjak calls her portrait work “Soul Painting,” and it is evident when you look into the eyes of those she has painted that she’s been able to reach their soul to express their emotions.
It never fails. Whenever portrait artist Neal Portnoy meets someone, they always ask, “Can you do me?” In just six short years, the Boston native has made his felt-tip mark in Las Vegas and realized his dream of becoming the “Illustrator to the Stars.”
