artist portfolio magazine issue 3 - special abstract edition

PORTFOLIOMAGAZINE

ISSUE NO. 3 ArtistPortfolioMagazine.com

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Special Abstract Edition

Interview with Artist Joshua Serafin

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CONTENTS

4 Abstract Winners

8 Honorable Mentions

18 Josh Serafin

21 Abstract Art

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A Bit About Our Cover Art

Congratulations to Virginia Lee for taking 1st Place in our Abstracts III Art Contest. Her painting “Sandline” was chosen by our Juror Joshua Sarafin as the top abstract piece out of a group of some really amazing art.

Virginia Lee

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Virginia was trained in the traditional Chinese painting techniques.   She moved to Toronto in the early eighties as a teenager, studied at the Ontario College of Art and got her B.A. from York University.  Her self-taught painting style is in constant evolution.   She likes to depict our ever changing world from various points of view, in a multilayered re-creation of the obvious and the hidden, to the subtle and fantastic of now and then.   She draws from her surroundings for inspiration, but you have to look beyond the canvas to share her vision.

Virginia Lee - Toronto, Canada“Sandline”

Acrylic on Canvas36” x 48”Website

Copyright©2011 ArtistPortfolioMagazine.comAll contents and images cannot be reproduced without written permission from artists. Artists in Artist Portfolio Magazine and MyArtContest.com retain rights to all images.

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ABOUT US

Artist Portfolio Magazine is a free digital online magazine that contains the art of both emerging and established artists from around the world. The artwork featured in this issue comes directly from the winners of our Abstracts III Art Contest.

Artist Portfolio Magazine and MyArtContest.com would like to thank every artist who entered, especially those featured in these pages. Without the wonderful works from these artists, we would not have Artist Portfolio Magazine. We are grateful for their contributions.

Did you know MyArtContest.com donates to local art organizations and over the years we have donated thousands of dollars? When you enter an art contest on MyArtContest.com you are not only getting your art seen and possibly even published in Artist Portfolio Magazine, but you helping raise much needed money for local art organizations.

If you are interested in buying any of the artwork is in this issue, please contact the artists directly. We do not sell art, but we do promote artists through Artist Portfolio Magazine and MyArtContest.com. We hope you enjoy this unique collection of artists and artwork.

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VIRGINIALEE

ABSTRACT III ART CONTEST - 1st place

Virginia LeeToronto, Canada

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Sandline, Acrylic on Canvas, 36” x 48”

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ben walker

Tree 5 of 2011, acrylic on canvas, 47” x 53”

raven studios207 n broadway, ste esanta ana, ca 92701

714.651.2919

theravenstudios.com

benwalker.com

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ABSTRACT III ART CONTEST honorable mentions

Kaylin Brice - “Retro Life” - kaylin.brice@spartans.ut.edu

Guillaume Le Courtois - Black Serie n9 - Website

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Freya Gervasi“Lily”Freyasculpt@aol.com

Freya Gervasi“Lyric”

Freyasculpt@aol.com

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Dianna Fritzler “Origins of Grace”

Website

Ivana Dolejs“All is in One/Page 1”Radovan.D@email.cz

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Dana Crossan “You Know and You Know”Website 

Kenneth Johnson“Uncertainty Principle”

Website

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Lola Montejo “Confidencia”lola_montejo@msn

Virna Mulino“Longing”

Website

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Thomas Webb “Black Sun”

Website

Stacey Creech “Seagrape Abstract #1”

Website

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Risa Recio - “Wingding I” - Website

Risa Recio“Tulip II”Website

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Terry Lopez - “Dawn” - Website

Clark Medley - “Bio Organic” - inkwelltattoos71@gmail.com

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Stepanka Volejnikova

“Untitled # 1”

stepvc@hotmail.com

Daniel Edward

“Clematis”

Website

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Ron Stasko

“Liquid Color 3072

The Iron Worker”

Website

Mark Ross - “Scribble” - Website

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APM: Why did you become an artist?

Josh: I became an artist due to the passion and drive I felt toward wanting to create. Seeing an idea become a visual reality once, was enough for me to be hooked. Also my enjoyment of merely viewing the various mediums and artists styles was consistently intriguing. Was there a clear moment when you knew that this was what you were meant to do or was it a gradual thing? I had been painting and taking photos in the mid 90ʼs pretty intensely. I was painting and shooting whatever made me feel good, which was for the most part was anything the beach had top offer. I didn't really have a style and wasnʼt really trying to paint for one. I was just enjoying the mediums and had a natural drive to want to do it.

An Interview with Joshua Serafinby Ben Walker

APM: Josh, thanks for taking the time to judge our Abstract III Art Contest over on MyArtContest.com. How was your experience? Was it hard to pick a winner?

Josh: It was a wonderful experience and I was surprised at the variation of abstract styles, mediums and techniques. I must say it felt good to be on the judging side for once. After my first glance through all the works of art I thought to myself “how can I pick a winner”? But, as I analyzed them a few times it seemed to get easier on what I thought was the more complex, compelling pieces.

APM: Surfing and Art? Is there a correlation between the two for you?

Josh: Like art, surfing (or anything the beach has to offer for that matter) is a creative form that takes on a unique style. Like art, being in the water or at the beach is a spiritual and cleansing time. They also physically and mentally heal as well as strengthen the body and mind. Art is forever changing just like the coast. I love the beach and that is why I paint it.

Then in 1998, my mind exploded with the notion of taking a picture of the sunset from Jan. 1., 1999 to Jan, 1 2000. The idea was a “no brainer” title of Sunset Resolution. I was going to shoot a pic of every sunset, every day for the entire year. Then I was going to sell posters of these pics compiled in chronological order. Perseverance does pay off, and I ended up making it come true and selling a thousand posters the first year. Since then Iʼve sold aprox. 5000 and just got an order today. This was definitely a break through as an artist. From here I came up with my surf gesture style and begun my art career.

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APM: What are your tools of the trade and what is your favorite medium to work with?

Josh: Pallet knifes, brushes, rags and a plethora of other odd objects Iʼve accumulated over the last decade. I really enjoy oils and have used them most of my career thus far. I also like to use var ious o i l based mediums and have concocted several different mediums that I canʼt share yet.

Josh: Often Iʼll begin my studio sessions drinking a cup of coffee and just walking through my studio investigating (so to speak) my in - progress pieces. I think itʼs the coffee aroma that gets the juices flowing. Ideas seem to pour on top of ideas and sometimes Iʼll forget to even turn on the tunes. Before I know it Iʼm engulfed into several pieces and or ideas. Then I realize its time to turn the music on. One great cd to crank up and express yourself is a local HB talent, Trevor Green.

APM: Out of all your art youʼve created and the hundreds of original pieces that youʼve sold: is there one sale or work of art that you would consider your best piece?

Josh: Iʼm thinking of the question as I type and hopefully a piece comes to mind………………Nothing yet? I have sold a good number of originals that I really like. Ah, finally one does come to mind. Its titled Mind Games, and no I didnʼt steel it from Lennon, Paul, or whom ever. It literally played mind games with me that I almost put a hole through the canvas with a pallet knife. It was an abstract piece

that I started for fun and became an obsession of slashing lines over lines. Color wasnʼt much of a role until towards the end. It was the line. Thick and thin, fast and slow, crazy or subtle. Itʼs like I couldnʼt find a happy medium with the piece so I kept working it and working it until the canvas wore thin. I realized it was going to tear so I had to make some decisions and compose some balance. I felt like I went to the gym after put the knives down and walked back to view it. To this day it hangs in our house and is one of my wifeʼs favʼs. I still look at it and want to put a hole in it.

APM: Can you fill us in on your painting process / ritual? For example, I love to listen music from certain bands; do you listen to anything while you paint?

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APM: One last question, what are you creating at the moment and do you have any shows coming up this year that you would like to share with our readers?

Josh: Iʼm finishing up 20 plus pieces for my solo show on Aug. 6 at the Waterfront Hilton, HB. Iʼm working on my signature surf style as well as my latest oil/glass pieces. The Exhibition will be my ninth solo show in nine years. Hope to see you and thanks for taking the time to read the interview. Serafin.

You can catch Josh on August 14, 2011, at Carlsbad Art in the Village: Carlsbad Art in the Village

For more of Josh’s art and for suture shows please visit ArtBySerafin.com

APM: What are your goals as an artist and are you satisfied with where your art career has taken you?

Josh: Iʼm satisfied with the fact that I have made a living as an Expressionist/ Abstract oil painter now for eight years. Raising a family and bought a house. My sales as a full-time artist combines at year end for a decent living. However, yes thereʼs always that however. Iʼm not satisfied about where I can be. I want to be selling in top-notch Galleries world wide on top of doing a few outdoor art shows and my annual solo HB Exhibit. So that said, I am working towards that as of today. As a full-time artist, its tough to collect a 20 piece body of work to have set aside for representation in a Gallery. Due to the fact that every time I paint a piece I sell it at an outdoor art show. Its not a bad thing, it only makes you work harder.

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Davyd Whaley - “Jiva the Goddess”Website

Chris Paige - ‘No Title 1”cmpaige85@yahoo.com

Kolyvas Spyros - “Untitled”Website

Scott Price - “Tsunami”Website

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Debbie Weber - “ Cracks in a Dream”Website

Eva Anarion - “Cosmic”Website

Deno Angelopoulos - “Stapled Complex”Website

Shana Calano - “Lo”Website

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Alex Mendik - “Untitled SEVEN”Website

Alex Mendik - “ONE”Website

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Ilya Levinzon - “The Life of Shapes”levinzon.ilya3372@gmail.com

Mali Vargas - “Chromatone Awakening”Website

Sun-Young Jin - “We Are Thirsty”Website

Samantha Norwood - “Calming Ebbs”norwoods2@vcu.edu

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Susan Levin - “Pockets of Light” Website

Susan Levin - “Wheatfield” Website

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Thomas Ramey - “The Gathering”Website

Ralph White - “Climbing the Wall”Website

Jon Freeman - “Sunlight Zone”Website

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Belle Tuckerman - “Quan Yin”Website

Gary Walker - “ Scenes from a Dream”1guido@cox.net

Gary Walker - “180 Degrees”1guido@cox.net

Eric Leppanen - “Full Circle”Website

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Lee Balan - “Strange Encounter” - Website

Billy Rose - “Habitat” - Website

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Casimir Ten Broek - “Puzzle Master”Website

Lisa Kohn - “Fall Aspens”Website

Claudia Newman - “Dirty Thoughts”Website

Yeston Bilecki - Procrastination Rebelling”blahcap@yahoo.com

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Iphone Baby 45” x 45” Acrylic on Canvas

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The Painter 45” x 45” Acrylic on Canvas

Jacob BrestLos Angeles, CA

562.447.6191http://jacobbrest.com

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Susan Levin - “Blowing in the Wind”Website

Guillaume Le Courtois - “The Broken Wing of the Phenix”Website

David Abse - “Abstract Townscape Diptych” - Website

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Scott Price - “ Ghost Girl”Website

Paul Fu - “Dementation No. 3”Website

Richard Kanter - “Field of Streams”Website

Michael Callaghan - “Untitled Pink”Website

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Frank Perrick - “Jesus and His Peeps”fperric1@yahoo.com

Sabine Blodorn - “Intergalactic Treasure Hunt Alert” - spart334@yahoo.com.au

David Bellavia - “The Sphere”bellaviad@aol.com

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Amanda Kloesz - “Cruise Ship”akloesz29@yahoo.com

Chad Kipfer - “Samnskunk”Website

Jason Astorquia - “Carta”Website

David Reyes - “Vinito”Website

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Nena Tahil - “Midnight Sun”Website

Kathy Thompson - “Couples in Love”Website

Veera Zukova - “Emotiuon Forest” - Website

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Monika Mori - “When the Grass is Growing Up”Website

Renee Mercer - “Elysium” - Website

Susan Jenkins - “Under the Microscope”sjenkin1@rochester.rr.com

Yuen-King NG - “City Landscape” - ngyuenking@gmail.com

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Brie Taylor - De-Composition”taylorbrie@ymail.com

Anne Labovitz - “Spring”Website

Takayuki Shimada - “Revisiting the Headlamps”Website

Rodney James - “Color Abstract I 2009”Website

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Tony Iadicicco - “Waiting Water”Website

Renee Lunceford - “Sunset”Website

Dena Nord - “Gumball”Website

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Natashia Martin - “Conversation” - Website

Natashia Martin - “Numbers” - Website

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Stephanie Zentara - “Mystical Galaxy”Website

Raquel Nikfarjam - “Melancholia”Website

Fraser Radford Kicking and Screaming”

radford.fraser@gmail.com

Stephanie Paige - “Spring Dance” - Website

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Patricia Saldana - “Paperscape-Beach 2”ps1130@msn.com

Junxian Poon - “Bridge”junxianpoon@hotmail.com

Lori McCown - “Microbe II”Website

Teresa Young - “Awash in the Seas of Geheanna”Website

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Karole Turner Campbell - “Blueshphere”Website

Shea Hester-Haddad - “Orange, from Series Redefinition”Website

Adam Considine - “BitTorrent 2, Marinuis Vanderlubbe as Icarus”Website

Deborah Jean Burdin - “Wandering Wayward”Website

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Anton Nisht - “Green Mystery”Website

Mary Wahr - “The Moth Wing”marydoesart@hotmail.com

Bhaval Shah Bell - “Map of the World, Fuller Projection #9”Website

Laura Kiro - Sunset Tree Squad”Website

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Minjin Leehttp://minjinah.com

+1 646 573 5399mjleeinnyc@gmail.com

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David McCrae - “Unpacking Portrait #8”Website

Durand Seay - “Illumis Dista”Website

Anne Parker - “Flow”Website

Padmaja Madhu - “The Sedona Magic”Website

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Josh Cecil - “Neat Flower in Bloom”Website

Mark Beale - “Burning Off ”Website

Shane Hill - “Deep Encounters”foresthill77@yahoo.com

Valerie Scott - ”Shapes II”Website

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Tania Doucet - “Unveiled” Website

Tania Doucet - “Exquisite Pestilence” Website

Mark Tripoli - “White”Website

Jen King - “Feathers”swmnjen3@hotmail.com

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Jessica Ward - “Hearted Lamb” - Website

Mickey Bond - “Joyous Elements: Red-Gold 1” - Website

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Ingrid M. Reeve

IngridReeve.comMission Viejo, CA

ingridreeve@gmail.com

A Poem in the Wind, 2011, Oil on Wood Panel, 9" x 12"

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Patricia Saldana - Paperscape-Desert Sand 2”ps1130@msn.com

Carlos Inocente Gonzalez - “Idea”Website

Tamara White - “Car Lot”Website

Carol Barker - “Below the Grid”cfdbaker@msn.com

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Max Coppola - “Dreamcatcher”Website

Simone Hester - “Moons Abyss”Website

Raymond Perez - “Trojans and Meteorites, 2009”Website

Barbara Krupp - “Magical Green”Website

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Yvette Burton - “Summer Dance”Website

Connie Pacheco - “High Country”ccpacheco@hotmail.com

Carol Christie - “Let the Sunshine in”Website

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Cheryl Rau - “Wild Dancing 59”Website

Charles Reyna - “Suspension 2”Website

Kelly Shi - “Natural Gallimaufry”kelterskelter33@yahoo.com

Margo Garces - “Orchid”Website

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Doug Perry - “River of Autumn” dperryart@gmail.com

Adam Guzzo - “Cold Server”Website

Adam Guzzo - “Left Tense”Website

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Peter Nardin - “Gargoyle” - kaanubis@kaanubis.com

Kelly Zarembski - “Untitled 2”Website

Daniel Tackney-DiGrazia - “Untitled #3”Website

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Michael Grine - “Bug”Website

Deivis Slavinskas - “The Chemistry of Thought”Website

J Lim - “Calendar”pomstar_be_good@yahoo.com.sg

Ms. Sarah Favorite - “Agitation”NoirWinds@yahoo.com

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Robert Moran Photography

robertmoran.com

moran.photo@yahoo.com207.479.5679

Vintage Sound 15” x 18”

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John Crider - “Russett Hollow”Website

Lyubov Momot - “Immersion”Website

Sassoon Kosian - “Expansion”Website

Linda Tribuli - “Inside the Box”Tweeti6095@aol.com

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Sandra Segovia - “Leaves”segoviart@gmail.com

Alex Maslanka - “Serenity”Website

Tiffany Davis-Rustam - “Upwards Through the Brambles”Website

Kate Patsch - “ESP’Website

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Richard Baker - “Fun Zone After Dark”bakerstudio@sbcglobal.net

Eric Nichols - “Blue Tang”Website

Sarah Lapp - “Hot Night Dream”Website

Clark Medley - “Coral”inkwelltattoos71@gmail.com

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Kathleen Kaller - “Abundance” - Website

Ione Citrin - “Cosmos” - Website

Geoffrey Kieran - “Three Crosses” - Website

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Peter Del Toro - “Letterblock Abstract IV”deltorodc@verizon.net

Steven Logan - “Return of the Broken Heart”Website

Charles Logan Jr. - “The Creation #3’charles.logan54@gmail.com

Danielle Webb - “Water Drop”dwebb987@gmail.com

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