Thursday, October 20, 2011

Damon Hyldreth

With industrial grade steels of all sorts ranging from Cor-Ten steel used on bridge construction to polished stainless steel Damon Hyldreth is both an engineer and poet with his masterful creations. Damon has the ability in his art to capture the quintessential moment where energy in a state of rest begins to manifest into a kinetic force. When observing his steel works that can be seen publicly throughout the world, one can not help but see a transformation or metamorphosis, an inspiration to become something more. Read more of Damon's own words from our website Hanson Gallery Fine Art.

Knot #44R

My work stands as a reminder of the connection between man and nature, even as the world around us becomes increasingly removed from this essential and most basic union. While the metals I use are clearly man-made, the result of my collaboration with them is a blurring of the divide between nature and structure, space and form. This results in a strong symbiosis between the formal elements of my sculpture and it’s surroundings, both architectural and natural.

My work in sculpture is highly linked to the process of transformation. I consider the potential energy of my materials and lure out of them the sensual and organic forces of nature. I blend emotion with form, allowing the work to evolve, probing shapes, investigating their capacity to change. I seek to reveal the nature of the material, allowing it to take on a life of it's own.

I create art that challenges people’s expectations. My sculpture embodies the tension between stasis and impending movement; despite its weight and volume, or perhaps because of it, metal can dance and even suggest song. Ideally a viewer engages with my work on a subliminal level enabling them to have an experience of a uniquely personal nature. I work with Cor-ten steel, stainless steel, bronze, and carbon steel. These diverse metals, with their varied looks, suggest forms individualistically.


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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Javier Mulio

Javier Mulio keeps it simple. He sticks to the classical and timeless theme of still life and is one of the best in the world. Nestled in Alcoy of Spain, this world renowned and highly awarded painter presents a contemporary spin  on his still life paintings that are both elegant and whimsical. Enjoy the skills of this painter's use of a fan brush and detail brush on our website www.hansongalleryfineart.com as well as view his bio as seen below.

Fragile Thoughts
Internationally known simply by his first name, Javier was born in Alcoy (Alicante), Spain on Christmas Eve, 1957, and soon began demonstrating his prodigious creative gifts.

At the age of 16, he was enrolled in the noted academy of Mila Gomez where he studied and perfected his technique under that classic Spanish master.

Upon graduation in 1976, he became a professional artist, eventually achieving international recognition, first at an international exhibition in Granada, Spain in 1982; then later at other international exhibitions, notably in Chateauroux, France in 1996 that led to the introduction of his work to the United States in 1997. Since then, his work has been regularly shown in New York, Atlanta, Sausalito and Washington, DC.

His art has been acquired by major collectors worldwide from a Saudi Prince to corporate executives in Saudi Arabia, Japan, Jakata, Bahrain, Holland the United States.


For questions or more information please email us at info@hansongalleryfineart.com or call us at (415) 332-1815.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Donna Young

No one creates a beautiful  hybrid of classical and contemporary styles better than Donna Young. To add to her repertoire is a series of themes that span from lucid colored expressive water scenes to expansive impressionist landscapes. Read more about this amazing Washington artist below as seen from from our website Hanson Gallery Fine Art.



Lakeside
Donna Young's devotion to startling jubilant color is contagious. Inspired by the French Masters, such as Monet, Matisse and Van Gogh, Donna invigorates her canvases in dynamic immediate brushstrokes. Sparkling tones used in her lush landscapes and opulent water reflections are layered with expressive rhythm. Her scenes are poetically textured with spirited energy and allow the viewer to connect to a stunning appreciation of our natural world. Sensuous pattern, tempered with vigorous color, tell a story of an impressionist vision through the use of an abstracted contemporary approach, giving the viewer a sense of quiet harmony and space. Her experience of life, passion for color and refinement of technique combine to offer incredible works that are rich in energy, a celebration to the eye, and seem almost as timeless as nature itself.
Donna is a graduate of Burnley School of Professional Art in Seattle, WA (1976), and has exhibited constantly while received numerous artistic awards. Her visions of nature have resulted in exhibitions in major corporate headquarters as well as having earned a strong following among private collectors and celebrities.

For questions or more information please email us at info@hansongalleryfineart.com or call us at (415) 332-1815.

Friday, July 15, 2011

Carolyn Reynolds

Many years ago at the request of a client, Carolyn Reynolds created a commission incorporating gold leafing and immediately fell in love with the medium and has produced a great many works with gold or silver leaf serving as the backdrop for her beautiful and expressive paintings ever since. The mastery she wields over this delicate metal is unparalleled and this month she is being featured for the first time in our gallery alongside her son, Eon Burchman whom she has passed down this unique trade to. Where her sons work is more subtle and airy, Carolyn's work has striking contrasts and vivid colors. Here is a link to the show featuring Carolyn and her son, Familial Treasures. Also, find out more about her below from our website, www.hansongalleryfineart.com.


Carolyn has been painting, drawing and sculpting since she was a child. Graduating from University of California Irvine with a BFA Fine Art and Art History, Carolyn believes her nature themed pieces bring a healing quality, as well as a sense of well being, harmony, and tranquility through her subject matter and use of color. 


Laguna Canyon
Having been commissioned to do an Asian themed art piece Carolyn fell in love with Gold and Silverleaf as a medium. She now works almost exclusively with the medium.

The physical process begins with coating and sanding the canvas until it becomes a silky surface. Then she smooths on a traditional red paint, lays the gold or silver leaf, and coat it with layers of varnish. 
Using the finest quality sable brushes, Carolyn paints layer upon layer of paint and varnish developing the image until it culminates in a moment of light! Carolyn's biggest inspiration is her grandaughter who paints anything and everything she can imagine.

SITE-SPECIFIC ART AND PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
Hyatt Valencia, Valencia, California
Red Rock Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
Comerica Bank, San Francisco and Newport Beach, California
Green Valley Ranch Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
Pinnacle Resort, Lake charles, Louisiana
Avila Resort, Avila Beach , California
Ritz Carlton Resort, Dana Point, California
Checkers' Hotel, Los Angeles, California
Mariott Hotel, Anahiem, California
Doral Hotel, Chicago, Illinois
Regency Hotel, San Diego, California
Del Web, Phoenix, Arizona
City of Laguna Beach, Laguna Beach, California
Bal Seal Engineering, Inc., Foothill Ranch, California
City of Fullerton, Fullerton, California
City of Santa Fe Springs, Business Park, Santa Fe Springs, California
Mariott Corporation, Scottsdale, Arizona
Four Seasons Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
Omni Interlocken, Boulder Colorado
Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, Arizona
Laguna Medical Systems , Laguna Beach, Miami, New York
Baldwin Family Foundation, Newport Beach, California
Comerica Bank, San Francisco, California
Green Valley Ranch Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada



For questions or more information please email us info@hansongalleryfineart.com or call us at (415) 332-1815.

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Eon Burchman

Morning in the Vines

Creative in many forms of expression ranging from sculpture to jazz music, Eon Burchman is an diverse artist with his leafed paintings being the most accomplished of his works. Carefully applying gold or silver leaf to a specialized canvas is already an achievement in and of itself but then Eon gives the viewer a subtle and peaceful place to escape into through the application of translucent, and sometimes more opaque, layers of oil. His subject matter much of the time focuses on hummingbirds whose spiritual and majestic nature lend well  to his lofty mediums. His show, Familial Treasures, is currently taking place at Hanson Galler Fine Art in Sausalito, California. Below is an excerpt about Eon Burchman from our website, www.hansongalleryfineart.com


Throughout his life, Eon Burchman has surrounded himself with creativity in a family of artists and musicians. At the age of eight he picked up the guitar and began to take music as a main focus. Through High School and College Eon focused on the guitar and jazz improvisation. He also assisted his mother Carolyn Reynolds in her creative process on public art projects. These consisted of combining steel figures, fabric and various sculpture with texture mediums and painting concepts. Eon assisted Carolyn in the discovery of working with gold leaf on canvas, learning through experimentation and refinement of this process. This unique blend of medium rapidly grew in appreciation and public demand. Eon immersed himself further in technique and process and was able to partially fund his music studies, receiving a Masters in Jazz Music Studies. He eventually began to paint his own pieces working with gold leaf on canvas as a basis for his images. His work was displayed along side Carolyn at art festivals and in galleries. 

Living in Long beach CA, Eon has shown in galleries and received recognition through magazine articles and press releases. He has expressed his love and appreciation for natural landscapes and seascapes in his work on both gold and silver leaf. Even though he focuses on this multi medium, Eon continues exploring new combinations of materials and imagery to find new ways create his visions.



For questions or more information please email us info@hansongalleryfineart.com or call us at (415) 332-1815.

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Alfredo Navarro Montllor

Upon gazing into Alfredo Navarro's pieces one can see the dual nature that is the sea, its awe inspiring mystery and its tranquil beauty. As the course of the day unfolds his pieces retain their own luminescence as if they go by their own time. Having been an artist since he was a child, Navarro chose Seascapes as his dominant theme after being commissioned to do a mural while serving in the Spanish Military. Learn about Navarro the Seascape Artist below as seen from our website, Hanson Gallery Fine Art.

Blue and Calm

Alfredo Navarro was born on the eastern coast of Spain in the city of Alcoy (Alicante) in 1965. Initially inspired by his father, Navarro attended the art school of Escuela Municipal de Bellas Artes at a young age. He continued his education in Valencia where he received a degree in economics at the Valencia Univeristy as well as an art degree from Circulo de Bellas Artes.


He then returned to Alcoy to paint and apprentice under the painter/teacher Selles. Also a painter, Navarro’s father taught his son the techniques of oil painting. Navarro’s younger brother accepted their father’s art training, too. At age 19, Navarro began painting professionally and in 1986 received first place in an art exhibition sponsored by the Government Delegate of Galicia in Galicia, Spain.

Navarro considers his technique somewhere between Realism and Hyperrealism. His studies provided an admiration for the artists Velazquez, Picasso and Greco. Navarro respects Velazquez for the artist’s ability to capture the soul of a person in a portrait and the colors and atmosphere used to create the paintings. Picasso and Greco are admired for their bold creativity and expressive colors. Such creativity, expressive colors and atmosphere can be found in Navarro’s striking sunsets, sweeping seas and foaming waves. Inspired by the vastness of both the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, Navarro paints seascapes of undulation as well as seascapes of tranquility. With great artistic emotion and power, he captures waves crashing against rock formations. He paints translucent waves gently rolling into shore as the evening’s sunset pierces through the water. His calm seas mesmerize viewers with the ocean’s expanse, or the feeling of a warm sun dancing on the water, or an endless horizon.



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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Thomas Easley

Self taught, Thomas Easley is one of the most prolific artists of our time. Having lived in numerous places throughout the world, he seized each opportunity to explore a new form of artistic expression that has led him to become accomplished in a myriad of styles and forms of subject matter that range from minuatures to realism and from nudes to abstract expressionism; he is modern renaissance man. Below is more about the artist  from our website, www.hansongalleryfineart.com


Tall in the Morning Light
Thomas Easley was born in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains where he spent his youth enjoying the deep woods and grand vistas in and around the Lake Tahoe basin.

Easley did not go to art school. He is a self-taught artist whose successful career spanning 30 years and three continents has taken him from the snow capped Sierras of his childhood to the verdant hills of England, the canals of Venice and the banks of the holy Ganges in India.

Each location has provided Easley with insight for his inquisitive mind and inspirationfor his blend of painting styles and techniques: In England he painted illuminations, miniatures and portraits, in Italy he painted nudes, architectural landscapes and floral still life, India’s mysticism made him delve into dimensional realism, surrealism and allegorical works.
Since Easley’s return to the United States, he has focused on wine still life paintings that are reminiscent of the warmly lit rich style of European masters and energetic roosters filled with attitude and elegance. He also paints textured cityscapes, landscapes and sensual nudes in his Extreme Impressionism style.

Easley lives in the Hudson Valley with his wife and two sons.

For questions or more information please email us info@hansongalleryfineart.com or call us at (415) 332-1815.