New Originals by Ming Feng

Before arriving in the United States, Ming Feng has been a prominent artist in his native China. His works are in the permanent collection of the Guangzhou (Canton) Art Museum. He was honored by the Beijing People's Publishing House which, in 1982, published its annual calendar dedicated exclusively to 12 paintings by Mr. Feng. Usually, such calendars include a single painting from 12 different artists. The calendars are distributed nationwide. His paintings also have been reproduced in artbooks, magazines and newspapers throughout China.

Born in Guangzhou in 1957, Ming Feng graduated with honors from the Guanzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 1986 with a special certificate of Excellence. A number of his works were selected for teaching models. He then became a member of the Association of Chinese Artists and other arts groups.

Mr. Feng has exhibited internationally and received many rewards. In 1975, he became set designer for the Modern Dance Troupe of Guangzhou. Later, for 5 years (1978 to 1982) his skills were utilized by the Guangzhou Art Design Company where he created layouts, designs for advertisements, product placards, package decorations and book illustrations.

Ming Feng works in oils and acrylics, utilizing both traditional Chinese painting techniques and western styles. His works include figures, landscapes and symbolism. His paintings have been acclaimed for richness of tone, detailing, and masterful technique. Click here to learn more about Ming Feng and view his new originals!

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The Perfect Holiday Gift! - New Originals by Jim Salvati

Born and raised in southern California Jim Salvati grew up surrounded by art and architects. His southern California influence is prevalent in his work. The Ocean, Surfing and the movie studios are a major part in his life and career. Jim has worked with most of the Movie and animation studios in southern California and continues to work with Disney and Warner Bros. On a regular basis. He has been painting and designing for the entertainment and advertising business for over two decades. But beyond his excellent artistic skills, his greatest talent lies in his artistic development skills. His talent as an artist is being able to take ideas and thematically bring it to visual reality. He has been associated with artists devoted to this kind of acumen ability.

As a byproduct of his years as an instructor at the prestigious Art Center College of Design (since 1985) he has a strong connection to artistic diversity as well as a careful observation of the changing world of art and how art interrelates with technology. His experience and knowledge cross many boundaries into Print, Film, Animation, and the fine arts.

His extensive client list includes Disney, Warner Bros., Sony Pictures, Paramount pictures, Queen Mary, Radio City Music Hall, Castle Theater, Fox Pictures, and Gatcha Sportswear. His Palette of oils has inspired him to create a new look that has energized his love of the old painters with the combination of the great Walt Disney Studios.

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New to Teri Galleries, LTD. - David Lloyd Glover

David Lloyd Glover was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, in 1949. His early years were spent at Royal Roads Hartley Castle, formerly the baronial estate of Sir Robert Dunsmuir, which had been converted to a military college where his father served as an administrator. There, surrounded by neo-classical architecture, traditional Japanese, English and Italian gardens, as well as the stunning natural beauty of the British Columbia seacoast, Glover's sensitivity to the relationship between man and nature was nurtured. It is this sensitivity, which is the focal point of his work.

Glover's role models were his uncles, Guy Glover, a founder and President of the National Film Board of Canada, and Norman McLaren, a painter and pioneering film animator, the latter having been a particularly significant influence. In conversation Glover recalls McLaren's absolute absorption in the creative process, telling of when his uncle had shown him the 'wonderful' pattern of accidental scratches on a strip of film; scratches that would lead to an early method of synthesizing musical sound tracks. Speaking of his own work, Glover reveals his method: absolute absorption in his work. Careful tracing of a crack in the pavement. Complete immersion in the marriage of mist and sunlight. Through a blending of ambient atmosphere and crisp detail, Glover seeks to capture the essence of a particular time and place—a moment to be suspended in memory with brush, water, paint and paper.

Glover's watercolor technique is largely based on that which is not done, and that which is not there. Paying close attention to the water, he cultivates degrees of colorlessness thus giving the painting to the light, which is softly diffused through the translucent pigments, so the painting is illuminated from within. Rather than rendering form through the definition of mass, Glover often merely suggests substance by painting the shadows that cling to form. Through this use of shadow-the light which is not there-he conjures ghosts of bare paper to be fleshed out by the viewer s imagination. The simple truth of existence is expressed through this technique, as the viewer is compelled to imagine detail, which inevitably melts away into the totality of the moment. There is no clever conceptual statement here, no striving for personal expression, only the seeking of high moments through the observation of nature and the practice of art.

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Introducing Rodel Gonzalez - A Disney Artist of Inspirational Talents

Rodel Gonzalez is an artist of inspirational talents with a keen eye for seeing the beauty in the commonplace and grace in the ordinary. His story starts with an initiation into the art business through the tutelage of his father, Rick Gonzalez and grandfather, Felix Gonzalez, at the age of 9. “Growing up my father would always tells me to not be intimidated by the paint and be 100 % sure about my intentions on my first stroke at the canvas” says Rodel. His explorations of color, form, and composition ignited a lifelong passion for the arts in its many forms.

When asked about his latest works for the Disney Fine Art portfolio, Rodel has said, “Having the opportunity to create Disney paintings is such a treat because Disney was definitely part of my childhood. I remember watching my first Disney films "Bambi" and "Snow White" and ever since then I've been mesmerized by the succeeding Disney movies I've seen. I believe a painting is a mirror of the painter's understanding of an insight he has. The Disney paintings each involved such a strong concept that every brushstroke was a joyful anticipation of the finished product. The energy was very strong therefore my intentions were sure and refined. I would say that there was a lot of grace present on every painting”.

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International Artist Brenda Burke - Holiday Art and Available Commissions!

Internationally recognized as a brilliant and sensitive portrait painter, classically trained in Europe, Brenda Burke sees every aspect of life as a creative challenge. Her collectors avidly wait for each new series she creates, as she applies the various skills of the old masters to create fresh and exciting contemporary masterpieces.

She embellishes figure studies with raised gold and platinum leaf, creates magnificent flower pieces in tempera with oil glazes. Encaustics (melted wax with oil colors) give dazzling effect to backgrounds for semi-nudes, who are often wrapped in the antique lace she finds a constant inspiration.

Commissions on Portraits, Florals and Other Burke Originals - Please Contact Sandy Kasten at 504-887-8588 or 800-533-TERI or visit us online at www.TeriGalleries.com.

View our collection of available artist-enhanced giclee's or commission your own original!