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The Passionate Collector : Celebrating Images of Diversity is a series of in-home art shows featuring the work of minority and women artists. This national series has been hosted in the homes of influential individuals located in Connecticut, New York, Florida and Texas.

CONTENTS
FORWARD..................................................................................................................3 ULYSSES MARSHALL............................................................................................. 34 Many Roads to Cross............................................................................................................... 35 Blues Man....................................................................................................................................36 In Big Mamas Arms................................................................................................................. 37 DANA MATTHEWS.................................................................................................38 Flight Behavior...........................................................................................................................39 Mont Verde Rio...........................................................................................................................40 Descending Ovules.................................................................................................................. 41 VICTOR MATTHEWS............................................................................................. 42 Ice Frozen Cold........................................................................................................................... 43 KADIR NELSON...................................................................................................... 44 Pop Fly........................................................................................................................................... 45 Sleeping Giant............................................................................................................................46 Freedom Quilt............................................................................................................................. 47 TASHA OSTRANDER............................................................................................. 48 Aura in Mapping to Fields of Flowers I............................................................................49 Aura in Mapping to Fields of Flowers V..........................................................................50 Aura in Mapping to Fields of Flowers IX.........................................................................51 HENRY A.J. RAMOS................................................................................................52 The Musical Meadow............................................................................................................... 53 Les Trois Marche....................................................................................................................... 54 Vision of Some Better Place.................................................................................................. 55 JOYCE WELLMAN................................................................................................. 56 Global Blues................................................................................................................................. 57 Fact or Fiction O Wow............................................................................................................. 58 Rectangles and Buddha..........................................................................................................59 KATHLEEN WILSON.............................................................................................. 60 Horn of Plenty............................................................................................................................. 61 Three Wise Men.........................................................................................................................62 Fresh Fruit Fannie..................................................................................................................... 63 CREDITS.................................................................................................................. 64

THE ARTISTS

ART AS AN ASSET CLASS........................................................................................5 LASHUN BEAL.......................................................................................................... 6 Red Glove.........................................................................................................................................7 By The Lake................................................................................................................................... 8 Come Sunday................................................................................................................................ 9 LEROY CAMPBELL..................................................................................................10 Quilted History...........................................................................................................................11 Accomplishments.......................................................................................................................12 Generations...................................................................................................................................13 TED ELLIS................................................................................................................14 My Old Quilt.................................................................................................................................15 Fishin With Our Canepoles and Buckets....................................................................... 16 Sunday Worship..........................................................................................................................17 DANAE FALLIERS....................................................................................................18 Zuma 3............................................................................................................................................ 19 Wildflowers 13............................................................................................................................20 Library 24.......................................................................................................................................21 LAWRENCE FODOR................................................................................................22 Koan Box Paynes Grey/Alizarin/Vermillion................................................................ 23 Numinous III............................................................................................................................... 24 Renascent I................................................................................................................................... 25 ANDRE GUICHARD............................................................................................... 26 Jam Session................................................................................................................................. 27 Big Time........................................................................................................................................ 28 Time Travel..................................................................................................................................29 EMMY LU................................................................................................................. 30 Wall Street.....................................................................................................................................31 Memories...................................................................................................................................... 32 Musiement................................................................................................................................... 33

Art as an Asset Class

Text forthcoming by David Darst

LaShun emphasizes, Doing art gives me the opportunity to share my knowledge and understanding of the various cultures that I have been exposed to. I believe that art can encourage dialogue. My desire is to

principles of passionately communicate Philippians 4:8 andto truthfully bring hope with the andworld promise around to the me through soul of humankind. the work I create. I praise It is and this worship connection Godof by diversity the gift He that has I enjoy given exploring. me. I honor the essence of my ancestors through art, keeping their virtues alive. I shall leave a legacy of my love for generations to come. I am Art of the Spirit.

LaShun Beal, a self taught artist, has spent his entire career working to perfect his craft and his ability to express himself through multiple mediums. He refuses to be confined to any particular technique or subject matter and he is always challenging himself creatively. His work is thought provoking and capable of arousing strong emotional reaction regardless of ethnic, gender, and generational affiliation. Beal discovered that each canvas that he paints has its own distinctive character and its own matchless capacity to give voice to his vision. Consequently, he had to master the technical subtleties of each medium, while at the same time recognizing that each one contains within it a spirit that drives him to create a particular work of art. He has traveled to many parts of the world including Europe, South America, and the Far East. While observing other cultures, he noted how the woman is often held in high esteem and reverence. Beal combins raw,

vivid colors, and his particular concept of femininty to perfect his vision of his signiture Universal Woman character. Her beauty reflects that of women around the world. An artist must be free to choose his method of creativity, says Wilson Beal. Hewas welcomes viewers to see the world from his Kathleen Atkins born mid 20th Century in Ypsilanti, perspective. I enjoy the process creating with noartist limits, to letSilhouette the viewer Michigan. The best evidence of of her success as an is the experience my of vision. His work been featured on television, Expressions of range Portraits in Black fine art has collection. This elegant body of in movies, andAfrican in publications such as Essence, Ebony, Jet, and still Upscale work includes American Heritage, figurative, landscape, life, magazines. Beal has established a list Her of clients that reads like a Whos abstract and illustrative masterworks. artistic hand produces widely Who of Fortune 500 have corporations, with names as Barnes and andfine Noble , admired images that been placed insuch outstanding galleries art Verizon and Borders Books toStates name and a few. LaShun Beal was born January collections across the United Europe. 28, 1962, in Oklahoma. His family moved to Detroit where he lived until after High School. After ten years in the millitary he moved to the Houston area, where he currently resides.

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RED GLOVE, 2012

24 x 24, acrylic on canvas

Considered by many art critics as a veritable master of many medias, Beal never limited himself by conventionalism. Utilizing experimental techniques and objects, each Beal painting takes on a life of its own. - John Bradford

BY THE LAKE, 2011

20 x 25, acrylic on canvas

COME SUNDAY, 2005

32 x 40, acrylic on canvas

Leroy states, I am bounded by my personal experiences; I draw heavily upon the memories of my community culture, and the spirit of the people who gave me pieces of themselves along the way. They have helped me to become the artist that I am today. The central figures in my life, and in my art, are African American women. They have, for many years, formed a life sustaining force that I have benefited from wholly. I am inspired by the supremacy of their moral capacity, and that inspiration drives me to rise above obstacles and enact

effective change in my life. The life of the African American woman is a celebration of the human spirit, and I am always compelled to create prolific body of work dedicated to them. My collage techniques have evolved over the years, and that evolution has prompted me to incorporate three-dimensional elements into my work. I use a variety of materials to create unique and unexpected textures within a two-dimensional medium. Creating these pieces helps to render me whole.

Leroy Campbell is a self-taught artist born into the rich culture of the Gullah people in Charleston, South Carolina. Campbell was born with the blessings of birth defects in both hands. As a child, he endured copious amounts of teasing because of his differences. To escape from the emotional pain; he began tracing comic strip characters from magazines. Through creating he found solace, and was able to see beyond the imperfections in his hands. . It wasnt until age 27 that he submitted to the signs that called him to create, and he gradually began to pursue his artistic vision.

Since then Leroy Campbell has developed a significant following, and his work has been collected extensively worldwide. You can find many of his works in private collections, including, but not limited to, Bill Cosby, Tom Joyner, Terry McMillian, and recent U.S. Gold Medalist, Gabby Douglass, and in public collections such as Duke University and Medgar Evers College. Hes received numerous awards and commissions, and has exhibited his pieces in Europe and Africa.

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QUILTED HISTORY, 2013

15 x 45 , mixed media on canvas

As a friend, and a collector of Leroy Campbells art for 20 years, I say with my heart that he has never wavered from being a window to the soul of a people whose lives are rarely on display. He creates with such passion, hope, and beauty - Constance Siebenhoven

ACCOMPLISHMENTS, 2013
30 x 40 , mixed media on canvas

GENERATIONS, 2011
24 x 33, mixed media on wood

Ted iterates, I personally find and feel that art is a universal language, it communicates and articulates at each individual level of comprehension and understanding. A child or adult can look at a work of art and find value in it because they can relate to it. Art advocates, it says nothing but says

principles of everything. It speaks Philippians politically, 4:8 to economically, bring hope culturally and promise and to educationally. the soul of humankind. We learn through I praise art, and it worship is a tremendous God by the tangible gift He treasure has given that me. improves I honor the essence our quality of oflife. my ancestors through art, keeping their virtues alive. I shall leave a legacy of my love for generations to come. I am Art of the Spirit.

Ted Ellis is a passionate man. He is passionate about his family, passionate about his heritage, and passionate about his art. Ellis grew up and was educated in New Orleans, a city known for its history, style, and artistic exuberance. This backdrop inspired Ellis to capture the essence of the subjects of his childhood in the glory of their rich cultural heritage. Extremely dedicated to his craft, the artist draws on a style that was born in his childhood from impressions of his native city. Ellis is self-taught and boldly blends realism and impressionism in his work, evoking nostalgia and inspiration. The art of this man both reveres and celebrates the traditional values of his culture. Ted Ellis, the man, lives the life he paints about. He generously contributes time and artwork to various causes; United Way, ICLS, African American Visual Arts Association, Jack and Jill, Inc., United Negro College Fund, Heritage Christian Academy, and public

school districts around the globe. Ellis involvement in the community as an art advocate and educator has earned him recognition from numerous organizations and city officials. over 25 years Ellis has Kathleen Atkins Wilson was For born mid 20th Mr. Century in continued Ypsilanti, to pictorially document the history culture of African that Michigan. The best evidence of herand success as an artist isAmericans the Silhouette matches the of artistic contributions of art Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden, Expressions Portraits in Black fine collection. This elegant body of Elizabeth Catlett, Dr. Margaret Burroughs and other significant artist work includes African American Heritage, figurative, landscape, still that life, has preceded him. Ellis, who currently resides in Houston, Texas has been abstract and illustrative masterworks. Her artistic hand produces widely recognized as an that artist of historical importance. Several major corporations admired images have been placed in outstanding galleries and fine art have commissioned Ellis; a few of which collections across the United States and include: Europe. Walt Disney Studios, The Minute Maid Company, Coca-Cola, Phillip Morris, and Avon, Inc. He has also been featured on local and regional television programs, in magazines such as Upscale and Southern Living, Newsweek, and is frequently featured in newspaper articles throughout the country.

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MY OLD QUILT, 2007

40 x 30, acrylic on canvas

Some treasures are hidden in plain view. Ted Ellis is one of those treasures. With each stroke of his paint brush he captures a little of our American story. His paintings are like the pages of a great novel. - Sam Collins III

FISHIN WITH OUR CANEPOLES AND BUCKETS, 2013

36 x 24, acrylic on canvas

SUNDAY WORSHIP, 1998

40 x 30, oil on canvas

Danae reveals, my work is about the American landscape. I explore the evolution of the perceived landscape, created in part by the pervasive acceleration of images which has exponentially intensified, and dulled, our cognitive understanding of our environments. Im interested in the borderline between photography and drawing; moving and still; pop and traditional; handmade and fabricated; ephemeral and material: psychological and spiritual; fixed and limitless; and abstract and

principles of Philippians representational. Im intrigued 4:8 to by bring ideas hope of and transience, promise transcendence, to the soul of humankind. I praise impermanence, and and memory. worship I hope God by that themy giftwork He has is given engaging me. I on honor an the essence of intellectual and my an ancestors emotional through level. art, Mykeeping processtheir tookvirtues a significant alive. I shall turn leave a legacy toward a hybrid of approach my love for togenerations photography to in come. 2005. I am I think Art of ofthe mySpirit. current work as photographic/drawing. It is a hybrid technique that I have developed over time in the studio. My printmaking process is collaborative with master printers. Kathleen Atkins Wilson was born mid 20th Century in Ypsilanti,

Danae Falliers was born and raised in Colorado, and has lived and worked in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New Mexico, and Texas. She earned an MFA in Photography from the University of Southern California, and a BFA from California College of the Arts in Oakland. She has taught traditional and digital photography at the University of New Mexico, Episcopal High School in Houston, Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Aspen, and Colorado State University. Danae Falliers has earned two degrees in photography, and embraces the history and technical standards of the medium in her

Michigan. The best evidence of her success as an artist is the Silhouette practice. In addition to photographic work, she acknowledges 20 and 21st Expressions of Portraits in Black fine art collection. This elegant body of century painters as an important influence, including the work of Gerhard work includes African American Heritage, figurative, landscape, still life, Richter, Bridget Riley, Ed Ruscha and Brice Marden. Falliers works are abstract and illustrative masterworks. Her artistic hand produces widely included in public and private collections in Berlin, Stuttgart, London, admired images that have been placed in outstanding galleries and fine art Rome, Monaco, Copenhagen, Oslo, Mexico City, New York, Nashville, collections across the United States and Europe. Miami, Houston, Dallas, Denver, Santa Fe, Tucson, Los Angeles, Malibu, San Francisco, and Seattle.

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ZUMA3, 2012
Photographic print

Danaes work challenges the traditional boundaries of photography and drawing. She begins her process by shooting a photograph that is typically blurred through her own motion and time elapse process. She then draws upon the surface of the photograph with meticulous digital strokes, creating a spellbinding balance between a drawings intimacy and a photographs precision. - Cyndi Conn

WILDFLOWER13, 2013
Photographic print

LIBRARY24, 2013
Photographic print

Lawrence says, I paint. In doing so, I venture towards an intellectual, intuitive and emotional balance in a journey of self-discovery and communication with the world around me. Nature, a sense of place and memory are points of departure for the work - the resulting paintings are non-objective but infused with suggestion and implied metaphor. I have traveled the world extensively and, in the same way, every painting is a pilgrimage. As a painting develops, the physical act of painting becomes the focus while I simultaneously survey the ideas that instigate the painting. The

awareness of external events becomes peripheral and a journey unfolds, providing passage to the chambers of my past where I re-visit the indelible marks of my visual archive and the deep recesses of memory. Truth and beauty is discovering, within the realm of submerged memories, the unbroken correlations that lead to ubiquitous personal revelations and invention in painting. I believe that only through the highly personal can one enter a realm of the universal and collective unconscious.

Lawrence Fodor was born in 1951 in Los Angeles and started painting at an early age. He studied painting, printmaking and art history at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California, received a BFA in printmaking and completed graduate work in painting at Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles. In addition to his continuing successful career as a painter, Fodor collaborated with artists as a master printmaker at the printmaking workshop Grey Arrow Press in Santa Barbara, California and the experimental monotype workshop Black Mesa Studio in La Mesilla, New

Mexico - founding both workshops in 1979 and 1989 respectively. Fodors paintings can be described as nature based non-objective abstractions informed by his personal history and memory, the indelible marks of his travels, Zen Buddhism and varied historical and contemporary references Fodors paintings are exhibited in fine art galleries through out the United States and he has received favorable reviews in Art News, Art in America and numerous regional publications. Lawrence Fodor currently lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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KOAN BOX PAYNES GREY/ALIZARIN/ VERMILLION, 2013

10.75 x 8.25 x 2 , Oil, Wax, Alkyd Resin and 12kt Gold on Wood Cigar

The macrocosmic quality of Fodors large paintings is evident in the thousands of brush strokes that make up the composition. It is while painting these magnified specks of the world that his Kan Boxes are created. A kan is the Zen Buddhist concept of a question that is difficult to answer rationally, but may be understood intuitively. Delicately perched below each of Fodors canvases rests an empty Cuban cigar box. As the paint on the larger canvas above builds up, so does the paint on the boxes below through drips and drops. - Christie Mazuera Davis

NUMINOUS III, 2012

84 x 42 Oil, Wax and Alkyd Resin on Canvas

RENASCENT I, 2013
72 x 70 Oil, Wax and Alkyd Resin on Canvas

Andre reflects, I take life experiences and breathe life into them on canvas. I am a process painter who creates textured canvas sculptures with lots of color movement and energy. I try to create works that touch the soul by reflecting on my own heartfelt experiences and passions. I work in acrylic, oil, mixed media on canvas wood and paper. I am inspired by beauty that is around us everyday often taken for granted. I also believe as

principles an artist I must of Philippians create works 4:8 that to bring inspire hope my and viewers promise to want to to the love, soul live of humankind. and enjoy life I praise more. I and have worship worked God in several by the gift different He has series given over me.the I honor past the 21 years. essence Each of series my ancestors has taken through me onart, an individual keeping their journey virtues allowing alive. Ime shall to leave a learn, grow legacy and ofcontinue my love for to elaborate generations myto conversation come. I am Art on canvas of the Spirit. about a particular topic or feeling.

Andre Guichard, artist, curator and co-owner of Gallery Guichard Fine Art Gallery in Chicago, has had the privilege of being exposed to art through the eyes of his father who painted throughout his childhood. His cousin, the late great outsider artist, William Dawson, also inspired Andres artistic influence. Guichard has been painting professionally for twenty-years. His works can be found in over 1000 corporate and private collections nationally and internationally.

Kathleen Atkins Wilson was born mid 20th Century in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The best evidence of her success as an artist is the Silhouette Expressions of Portraits in Black fine art collection. This elegant body of work includes African American Heritage, figurative, landscape, still life, abstract and illustrative masterworks. Her artistic hand produces widely admired images that have been placed in outstanding galleries and fine art collections across the United States and Europe.

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JAM SESSION, 2013

36 x 48, mixed acrylic on canvas

What has always been very clear is that as a selftrained artist Andre has a God given talent that he was committed to developing and honing into the excellence we see today. His ability to capture not just the visual essence and beauty, but also the emotional depth of feeling, behind the images is a rare and unique talent. His works breathe life into every space they occupy. He is an artist with a vision to bring the work of the diaspora to the broader community. It is because of that vision that today the Gallery Guichard stands as a living testimony to what honoring the past and encouraging the future truly looks like. - Curtis and Paula Jones

BIG TIME, 2013

56 x 44, mixed acrylic on canvas

TIME TRAVEL, 2013

56 x 44, mixed acrylic on canvas

Emmy states, I am forever indebted to all those who have embraced my creative life with honesty and encouragement.

principles Art is a universal of Philippians language 4:8 requiring to bring no hope interpreter. and promise If my work to the can soul open of humankind. peoples eyes I praise to seeand a better worship tomorrow, God by the I am gift artistically He has given victorious. me. I honor If the essence my brush strokes of my ancestors can echo through harmony art, and keeping advance their the virtues brotherhood alive. I shall and

The recent upsurge of technologies has narrowed global connectivity allowing us to creatively and swiftly exchange immortalized human love, happiness and sadness. Through this powerful format, as an artist, I am able to accelerate artistic visual feasts, which hopefully make a difference and bring positive change in the eye of the observer.

leave a legacy sisterhood of mankind, of my love my for creativity generations is not to rendered come. I am inArt vain. of the Spirit.

Kathleen Atkins Wilson was born mid 20th Century in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The best evidence of her success as an artist is the Silhouette

Emmy Lu is a Beverly Hills based artist who was born and raised in Uganda. As a child, Emmys home library was full of paintings by Renoir, Matisse, Degas and renowned African artists that Emmy remembers admiring even before he was literate. Noticing his sons precocious appreciation of art, Emmys father, Michael, encouraged Emmys budding passion by giving Emmy art materials for good behavior. Soon, Emmy began producing portraits for family friends, performing demonstrations for the local elementary school and religious paintings for his neighborhood church. In 1976, Emmy graduated from the Margaret Trowel School of Art in

Expressions of Portraits inUganda Black fine art collection. This1994, elegant body of Kampala, Uganda and left that same year. Since Emmy has work in includes African American figurative, landscape, still life, lived Southern California. But, Heritage, despite Emmys geographic location, his abstract and illustrative Her artistic hand produces artistic location is globalmasterworks. and his paintings can be found in homes, widely hotels admired images that have been placed in outstanding galleries and style fine art and corporations across the world. Critics have compared Emmys of collections across the States and Europe. painting and the arc of United his life to that of Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali and celebrities such as Magic Johnson, Janet Jackson and Whoopi Goldberg have purchased Emmys work. All of his work is infused with his vibrant, transatlantic experience and bring a worldly addition to any collection.

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WALL STREET, 2008

51 x 48, oil on canvas I have been an ardent collector of the 18th and 19th Century art but I have an even more intimate connection to Emmy Lus thoughtful works of art. It generates from a faade of immense creativity. This artists work is progressive and truly unique. - Ed Holland: Legendary Motown Songwriter ...you do great colorful paintings which challenge our imagination. - Denzel Washington ...your paintings, especially the Jazz pieces are incredibly impressive. I and Cookie enjoy the portrait you did for our family. Keep up the good work of enriching our heritage. - Magic Johnson

MEMORIES, 2002
30 x 40, oil on canvas

MUSIEMENT, 2008
34 x 56, oil on canvas

Dedicated to Momma Josephine and Grandma Gussie Ulysses considers, Memories are a reminder of a childhood long ago, when life was filled with stories/tales from Momma Joe and Momma Gussie. Both my mother and grandmother were quilt makers. However, years spent living with my Grandmom had the greatest impact on my life and creativity. At night sitting by a wood stove in the bedroom and eating chicken and

principles of dumplings, Momma Philippians Gussie 4:8 would to bring unleash hope a and story promise while working to the soul on her of humankind. quilts. Most I of praise the narratives and worship were God real bylife thesituations gift He has woven given into me. I ahonor tale I the essence could relate of to.my Many ancestors years later, through as I sat art,in keeping my studio, their their virtues stories alive. came I shall to leave life through a legacy my ofart. myMy love goal for as generations an artist is to to come. use these I am stories Art of the as a Spirit. tool for sharing the plight of the almost forgotten colored people. I wish to preserve the pride, dignity, courage, and survival of a peoples journey from slavery to freedom. A people whose lives have been bent, but not broken. Kathleen Atkins Wilson was born mid 20th Century in Ypsilanti,

Ulysses Marshall was born in 1946 in Vienna, Georgia. He was educated at Albany State University in Albany, Georgia in sociology. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Maryland Institute College of Arts in Baltimore. Furthermore, he went onto receive his Masters degree from Hoffberger School of Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Whitney Independent Study Fellowship, New York. He has also received the Phillip Morris Fellowship and several State Art Council individual Artist Awards. Trained as a painter, Ulysses Marshall works principally in collage, paper

doll and mixed media. His paintings have been solo, Michigan. The best evidence of her success as featured an artistin is numerous the Silhouette group and traveling exhibitions The Corcoran Gallerybody of Art, Expressions of Portraits in Blackincluding: fine art collection. This elegant of National Vietnam Veterans Museum, Woodmore Art Museum, John Heinz work includes African American Heritage, figurative, landscape, still life, History Williams College, DeMenil Art Gallery and Reginald F. abstract Museum, and illustrative masterworks. Her artistic hand produces widely Lewis Museum. admired images that have been placed in outstanding galleries and fine art collections across the United States and Europe. His works are included in both private and public collections. In addition to lecturing at Colleges and Universities; he has continued to conduct workshops for children.

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MANY RIVERS TO CROSS, 2008

36 x 36, acrylic on canvas

[His work] asks you questions, like, whats inside you, brother; whats your heart like? What human qualities are hidden beneath your idiom? Marshalls paintings reveal these qualities through the richness of the African American experience. And this is why if you look long enough at Marshalls paintings, you come to believe that art still has the power to redeem. For each work adds to an ever-expanding quilt of Memory, in which each cast-off and forgotten fragment of the human spirit finds its true and rightful place in a wondrous whole. - Gregory Waskowsky

BLUES MAN, 2010

24 x 48, acrylic, paperdoll on board

IN BIG MAMAS ARMS 2009

36 x 48, acrylic, paperdoll on board

Dana says, Making art is about exposing vulnerability. Natures beauty is a vulnerability, and when it is cracked open a profound strength is exposed. That strength can be used wisely or frivolously. When used wisely, the crack, as well as the perpetrator, are healed and become whole. This aligns with the Buddhas notion that violence begins with a thought; thus, the real work of life is cleansing of the mind. My large-scale landscapes present the viewer with an opportunity to recover our lost psychological relationship with nature, and challenge

principles the viewer of to Philippians participate in 4:8 the to healing bring hope of our and ancient promise collective to the psyche. soul of humankind. Psychic wholeness I praiseis and represented worship God alongside by the gift a world He has out given of balance. me. I honor The the essence largeness ofof the my photograph ancestors through is integral art,to keeping restoring their this virtues lost relationship, alive. I shall leave a legacy reducing and illuminating of my love for the generations relationalto space come. inI between. am Art ofPainting the Spirit. and drawing directly onto the photographs surface breathes life into that space. My hope is that the viewer will begin to experience the natural world as an animate being, responding to it subjectively rather than objectively, and thus opening the psyche to a simultaneous healing of the world and self. Kathleen Atkins Wilson was born mid 20th Century in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The best evidence of her success as an artist is the Silhouette

Dana Matthews was born in Alabama and currently resides both in Brooklyn, NY and upstate in the Catskills. She received a BFA at the University of Alabama and an MFA at Rhode Island School of Design. For the past twenty years she has worked with her cameras creating photographs and installations that are related to the environment and the sensitive time that we live in. She chooses to practice traditional and alternative processes such as: wet-plate collodion, cyanotypes and gelatin silver printing. Most recently, she had a solo show titled The Cruel Radiance of What Is

Expressions of Portraits in Black fine artCurrently, collection.she This elegant of in Chelsea, NYC at Chashama gallery. has a one body person work African American Heritage, figurative, landscape, still life, show includes of seascapes at Urban Zen in Los Angeles, CA. and a photographic abstract and illustrative masterworks. Her artistic hand produces installation as well as still life photographs in an exhibition titled widely Freak admired that have been for placed outstanding galleries and fine art Antique images at Delaware Center the in Contemporary Arts. Photographs collections across the United States and Europe. from her Bordello series were recently published in the book Nude Art Today by Editions Patou. Danas work has been exhibited in museums and galleries across the United States and is represented in domestic and international collections.

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FLIGHT BEHAVIOR, 2012

40 x 40 unique hand-painted, sepia-toned gelatin silver print

I began collecting Dana Matthews photography years ago, when she was introduced to me by a friend and mutual collector. I find Dana to be brilliant and humblea true artistprolific and disciplined with her work and not afraid to step out of her comfort zone to embrace new territory. I love Danas vision because it engages the soul and the spirit. - Donna Karan

MONT VERDE RIO, 2012

40 x 40 unique hand-painted, sepia-toned gelatin silver print

DESCENDING OVULES, 2013

40 x 40 unique hand-painted, sepia-toned gelatin silver print

Victor reflects, as far I can remember, I have felt art is generally digested from the viewers spirit and soul. As a kid growing up in Brooklyn, I always used and explored various materials to create what I was trying to achieve at the moment. When I first created the White Paintings, it was a way of me confronting one of my deepest fears, which is the cold weather. It is something in life I have never been able to embrace. When I begin working on the paintings, I do not start with any studies. I paint directly on the canvas with the wax pencil lines. This way, I feel, is much more genuine

to me. Ten years ago, the white was applied on as graphite pencil and oil, principles of Philippians 4:8 to bring hope and promise to the soul of which is known as a form of encaustics. I quickly found the graphite pencil humankind. I praise and worship God by the gift He has given me. I honor and the oil were uncontrollable, so I switched to acrylic. The acrylic mixed the essence of my ancestors through art, keeping their virtues alive. I shall with Titanium pigment. Then, I discovered the graphite lead I was using leave a legacy of my love for generations to come. I am Art of the Spirit. started to smear and move and was uncontrollable, as well. After trying out various pencils and lead, I settled on the wax China marker. This seemed to work perfectly.

Kathleen Atkins Wilson was born mid 20th Century in Ypsilanti, International artist Victor Matthews was born in Brooklyn in 1963 and currently lives in New York City. He attended the High School of Art and Design and received his bachelor of Fine Arts from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale. His work has been exhibited in numerous solo exhibitions in the US and abroad, including the 48th Venice Biennale, Museum Sala Uno (Rome), Stephen Wirtz Gallery (San Francisco), Perry Rubenstein Gallery (New York), and The Sculpture Center (New York). His work is Michigan. The best evidence of her success as an artist is the Silhouette in the permanent collection of the Museum Overholland (Amsterdam), Expressions of Portraits in Black fine art collection. This elegant body of Cornell University (Ithaca NY), Museum Ludwig (Cologne), New School work includes African American Heritage, figurative, landscape, still life, (New York), and Museum Nuova Icona (Venice), as well as in the private abstract and illustrative masterworks. Her artistic hand produces widely collections of Russell Simmons, Brice & Helen Marden, Francesco & Alba admired images that have been placed in outstanding galleries and fine art Celmente, Vera List, Nathaniel Rothchild, President Mogae of Botswana, collections across the United States and Europe. Ronald Perelman, and Forest Whitaker, among others.

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ICE FROZEN COLD, 2013

62 x 156, acrylic and wax pencil on canvas

Orchestrating and organizing these images, so that they seem to grow in and out of one another, is Matthews wonderfully supple, metamorphic sense of line, a dancing, fluid entity whose movement is dictated by pure instinct, by the moment of contact between artist and canvas. Matthew trusts his line, and the decisive moments that make it stretch, curl, zag and flow. Like a jazzman making rhapsodies in white, he follows where the music leads. - Salman Rushdie

Kadir expresses, I feel that arts highest function is that of a mirror that reflects the deepest beauty of the human spirit, and is most effective when it calls the viewer to remember his higher self. Thus, I choose subject matter that focuses on the journey of the hero as it relates to the personal and collective stories of people. I endeavor to create paintings that have spiritual resonance and trigger the emotions of viewers from all walks

principles of life. By using of Philippians the device 4:8 ofto storytelling bring hope byand means promise of two-dimensional to the soul of humankind. mixed media I praise and oil and paintings, worship God I strive by the to create gift He images has given that me. speak I honor to the essence both humanity of my and ancestors divinity through by utilizing art, keeping dynamic their composition, virtues alive.strong I shall leave and subtle a legacy palettes, of my texture, love fordramatic generations lighting, to come. spacial I am presence Art of the and Spirit. soulful subject matter.

Kadir Nelson currently exhibits his work in galleries and museums nationwide and abroad. His paintings are in the permanent collections of notable institutions and public collections including the Muskegon Museum of Art, The National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, the International Olympic Committee, and the US House of Representatives. Nelson was also the lead Conceptual Artist for Steven Spielbergs Oscar nominated feature film, Amistad and created the cover art for Michael Jacksons posthumously released album entitled, Michael.

Kathleen Wilson was born several mid 20th Century in Ypsilanti, Nelson hasAtkins also written and illustrated New York Times Best-Selling Michigan. The best evidence of her success as an artist isSHIP: the Silhouette picture books including his authorial debut, WE ARE THE The Story Expressions of Portraits in Black fine and art collection. This elegant body of of Negro League Baseball and Heart Soul: The Story of America and work includes African African Americans . American Heritage, figurative, landscape, still life, abstract and illustrative masterworks. Her artistic hand produces widely admired images that have been placed in outstanding galleries and fine art collections across the United States and Europe.

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POP FLY, 2006

48 x 48, oil on canvas

Kadir Nelson beautifully captured the fluidity and grace of baseball in a completely unique way. When Petco Park was opened, Kadirs paintings were prominently displayed in various public and private spaces, including my office. The San Diego Padres main lobby features Kadirs portraits of some of baseballs significant personalities with strong ties to San Diego, including Tony Gwynn, David Winfield, Jerry Coleman and the late Buck ONeill. - John Moores

SLEEPING GIANT, 2012

48 x 48, oil on canvas

FREEDOM QUILT, 2011

48 x 48, oil on canvas

Rhythmic, melodic, and harmonious structures from the simplest materials and methods belie Tasha Ostranders process-oriented constructions in a multitude of mediums. Thematically, the work will always explore some aspect of where we stand in relationship to Nature, as in our external natural world, and our inner nature, as in consciousness. The work reflects transformations of the inner self and the shimmering fractals of naturespacial magnitude, if you will, an extension of the spirit and body in

principles several dimensions of Philippians of space. 4:8 Like to bring a paper hope wasp, and chewing promise organic to the materials soul of humankind. into pulp and I praise constructing and worship a complex God by geometrical the gift Henest, has given the art me. is Iahonor daily the essence practice that ofembraces my ancestors andthrough encompasses art, keeping repetitive theiracts virtues and alive. discipline, I shall leave a legacy working through of my the love process for generations of creatingto large come. tondos I am Art andof photographic the Spirit. or environmental installations. A bigger reality emerges, that of balance between the spiritual and material worlds.

Kathleen Atkins Wilson was born mid 20th Century in Ypsilanti, Tasha Ostranders formal education began with a darkroom apprenticeship with photographer Walter Chappell, whom studied directly under Edward Weston and Minor White. Ostrander, at the age of sixteen, would learn an extremely purest ethic in process and vision. Most of Tashas family were dyed in the wool artists. She was, from birth, surrounded by writers, dancers, actors, film makers and visual artists. Tasha Ostrander is an artist that has always been exposed to a broad spectrum of creative force and diversity. She studied photography predominately throughout her twenties and thirties, but while studying towards her BFA in studio arts at the University of New Mexico, she evidence fell in love many mediums including ceramics, Michigan. The best of with her success as an artist is the Silhouette sculpture and video and the digital arts. This to the Expressions ofeventually Portraits in Black fine art collection. This relativity elegant body of creative process has been very influential for Tasha in terms ofstill blurred work includes African American Heritage, figurative, landscape, life, lines between creative disciplines, and the between heart and abstract and illustrative masterworks. Herrelationship artistic hand produces widely creative objecthood. In 1994 Ostrander had her first solo show, , admired images that have been placed in outstanding galleries andChorus fine art at Linda Durham Artand in Santa fe. Through the 1990s until collections acrossContemporary the United States Europe. now, she has had solo and group shows at galleries and museums including SITE Santa Fe, the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe, Galerie Nine in Amsterdam, and I-20 in New York.

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AURA IN MAPPING TO FIELDS OF FLOWERS I,2013

40 x 40, Lightjet print, laminated to plexiglass

The brilliance of Tasha Ostranders artwork is that she brokers the duality of meditation processes with material substance. To dwell in the presence of this work is to participate in that meditation. The uniqueness and beauty of her work are a gift to the senses. - Stephen Samuelson and Kristin Tagliente

AURA IN MAPPING TO FIELDS OF FLOWERS V,2013

30 x 40, Lightjet print, laminated to plexiglass

AURA IN MAPPING TO FIELDS OF FLOWERS IX,2013

30 x 40, Lightjet print, laminated to plexiglass

Henry A.J. Ramos conveys, My art reflects a strong predisposition to depict what is most natural and kind in our world; an inclination to honor my ethnic heritage by using vibrant coloration and forms in the tradition of the great Mexican painters of the 20th century; and a tendency to champion values that are finally unifying and transcendental democracy, justice, and inclusivity. The paintings and collages I create are like dreams or prayersephemeral in many ways, yet at the same time their content is

principles very real toof me Philippians and to those 4:8 who to are bring open hope to the andspirit promise in which to the I produce soul of humankind. them. Typically I praise my works and worship feature God animals, by the foliage, gift Heand has muted given me. references I honor the to political essenceissues, of my ancestors literaturethrough and/or popular art, keeping culture. their In virtues all of my alive. creative I shall leave a legacy pursuits, I seek of to my capture love for stories generations and emotions to come. that I am humanize Art of the both Spirit. myself and viewers of my art. In essence, my work is intended to please the eye, while encouraging reflection on what it means to be a conscientious human being in the early 21st century. Kathleen Atkins Wilson was born mid 20th Century in Ypsilanti,

Henry A. J. Ramos was raised in Santa Monica, CA and educated at U.C. Berkeley and Harvard University. His artistic work significantly reflects his west coast origins. During his high school years in the late 1970s, he directed a school mural project that was recognized by the City and County of Los Angeles for bringing together multicultural students to celebrate diversity. Ramoss own works have shown subsequently in exhibitions at Los Angeless ARCO Plaza, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Bonn, Germany, Anarte Gallery in San Antonio, Texas, the Gallery of Graphic

Michigan. The best evidence of her success as an artist is the Silhouette Arts in New York, and the ABC Kunstgallerie in Berlin, Germany. In recent Expressions Portraits in Black fine art collection. This elegant body of years he hasof sold numerous originals to private collectors in New York, work includes African American Heritage, figurative, landscape, still life, Los Angeles, Seattle, Atlanta, and Lausanne, Switzerland; and businesses abstract and illustrative masterworks. Her include artistic hand produces widely and institutions where his works appear the Ford Foundation, admired images that have in outstanding and fine art Carnegie Corporation of been New placed York, the IW Group, galleries Healthcare Georgia collections theYorks United States and Europe. Foundation,across and New Mount Sinai Medical Center. In addition to his artistic pursuits, Ramos is an accomplished author, civil rights historian, and adviser to leading U.S. philanthropies.

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THE MUSICAL MEADOW, 2005

11 x 14, acrylics and collage on board

Its really hard not to be drawn into Henrys creative world unless you have stunted nerveendings! His artistic creation calls at you easily with its strength of shape, color and clarity like a diamond that holds you in its grip because of its intricacies, subtleties and meaning extending far beyond the properties of any more normal stone. - Genoveva Arellano

LES TROIS MARCHE, 2006

30 x 40, acrylics and collage on canvas

VISION OF SOME BETTER PLACE, 2006

16 x 30, acrylics and collage on canvas

Joyce professes, the creative spirit fuels the passionate heart of an artist, and sustains my ability to create a lively art practice loaded for Bear and built to last over the years, and I would describe myself as an artist engaged in persistent experimentation. I am drawn to the spunk

principles and humorof of Philippians the Dada and 4:8abstract to bring expressionist hope and promise artists who to the were soul free of humankind. thinkers, who I praise created and eclectic worship work God and by were the game gift He changers! has given I am me.inspired I honor theabstract by essence of geometry, my ancestors the sacred through in art, art keeping and have their a passion virtues for alive. intuitive, I shall leave a legacy spontaneous and of my experimental love for generations art making totechniques. come. I am Art of the Spirit.

Joyce Wellman is a Brooklynite and native New Yorker who made a seminal decision to settle in Washington D.C. in 1981. Joyces artistic development, likewise, involves a personal journey from the craft of the printmaker to the broader canvas and full palette of the abstract painter. The portrait of the artist as a serious student of the art is a persistent motif for Wellman. Her journey to convey and execute her ideas using abstraction began in the early 70s. After completing her bachelors degree in Education at City College in 1972, she received her Masters in Education from the University of Massachusetts in 1977.In 1986, Wellman received a Ford Foundation Fellowship to study painting in the Maryland Institute

College of Arts Graduate school for a year. She returned to the Institute in 1996, again on fellowship, to complete her MFA at its Mt. Royal School of Art. Kathleen Atkins Wilson was mid 20th Century in Ypsilanti, In the winter of 2005 she wasborn the Tague/Robert Blackburn Visiting Michigan. The best evidence of her success as an of artist is the Silhouette Artist at the Experimental Printmaking Institute Lafayette College in Expressions of Portraits inArtist BlackIn fine art collection. elegant body of Easton, Pennsylvania and Residence at the This North Carolina A&T work African American Heritage, figurative, landscape, still life, State includes University Greensboro NC, where there was an exhibition and a abstract and to illustrative masterworks. Her artistic hand widely commission create the Autumn Passagess mural for produces the Universitys admired images that have been placed in outstanding galleries fine art New Science Building. Joyce has been particularly fortunate in and her artistic collections across the United States and Europe. mentors and friends who helped her to grow throughout her artistic career. Joyce currently lives and works in Washington, D.C.

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GLOBAL BLUES, 2004

39 diameter, acrylic on wood

Global Blues speaks to me through its strength of color and form. I am intrigued by abstract art that requires the viewers imagination. Ms. Wellmans use of mathematics, with mysterious numbers and geometric forms is a feast for the imagination. It is particularly beautiful when lighted. Global Blues reflects the multi-faceted, engaging personality of the artist. - Nancy C. Saltford

FACT OR FICTION O WOW, 2013

30 x 60, acrylic, paper and graphite on canvas

RECTANGLES AND BUDDHA, 2012

30 x 40, acrylic and graphite on canvas

Kathleen states, I realized early on that I could release my thoughts by creating art, which transcends language. I am able to use my art to teach about loveby tapping into the overflow in my heartfamily, by capturing experiences and the nuances of relationships, faithby allowing the Spirit to lead me, unityby connecting hearts, peaceby inviting serenity and honorby commitment to my mission of divine offering. I ponder the

principles of Philippians 4:8 to bring hope and promise to the soul of humankind. I praise and worship God by the gift He has given me. I honor the essence of my ancestors through art, keeping their virtues alive. I shall leave a legacy of my love for generations to come. I am Art of the Spirit.

Kathleen Atkins Wilson is an artist since childhood, a professional as of 1984. Today, countless numbers of African American artists have represented their works as lithographs, of which, many acknowledge her as one of the pioneers in the industry. She has published 50-plus limited editions, participates in local and national art exhibits, adopts special projects and commissions. Her online gallery showcases artwork including originals, limited edition lithographs, giclees, sculpture and hand-pulled graphics.

Kathleen Atkins Wilson was born mid 20th Century in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The best evidence of her success as an artist is the Silhouette Expressions of Portraits in Black fine art collection. This elegant body of work includes African American Heritage, figurative, landscape, still life, abstract and illustrative masterworks. Her artistic hand produces widely admired images that have been placed in outstanding galleries and fine art collections across the United States and Europe.

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HORN OF PLENTY, 1996

28 x 36, mixed media on Strathmore rag board

Through your art you connect to the heart of mankind. You paint the universe with your beauty and vision. Your art breathes into life. It is not only a passion you choose to follow but a mission you must always follow. - Pam and Chuck Sherwood

THREE WISE MEN, 2011

26 x 18, mixed media on Strathmore rag board

FRESH FRUIT FANNIE, 1992

28 x 32, mixed media on Strathmore rag board

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