I believe that anyone can do art, but it takes great inspiration, dedication, and motivation for your work to become a masterpiece.

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Contemporary Artists || Pastels & Pottery .

Towel Dry

Blue Chair .
Cheri Saffro's dynamic paintings depict her story, her biography is imagined in vibrant colors. Cheri Saffro is from Lake Michigan, and has created over 300 pastel paintings during the past 5 years.


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The City
Seascape

Jennifer Gardner was born in London, England and raised in Windsor. She is developed an interest in art when she was a young child. With an artistic background in ink, oil painting, and pastels,  her paintings are "created using instense and brightly colored soft pastels applied directly onto sanded paper,"(Gardner).
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An Ohr pot
Tiger Motted Vase
George Ohr, America's first Art Potter was born in Biloxi, Mississippi. As a dedicated potter and a memorable person in his hometown, he created outstanding pottery.




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Flask
Tea Pot



Hamada Shoji is a famous folk-art ceramist. He began a folk art movement (Mingei movement) in Tokyo.




\ Hamada Shoji`s Pottery /