Artscapes

C. BROWN • R. HILGENDORFF • H. PREWITT • M. ROBERTS • M. SLEEPER

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42 Ladd St, Warwick, RI, 02818, United States.

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Cate Brown

Artist Statement

The Ocean is forever changing, yet always familiar. It moves and transforms, while providing a constant nourishment of body and soul that I have yet to find anywhere else. Perhaps that is why I keep going back to it.
These aerial explorations of Rhode Island coastline are a segment of my fine art portfolio, which combines ocean abstractions with aerial perspectives to bring a comprehensive expression of the unique beauty and intrigue of a place defined by both land and sea.
Driven by an equal love for the Ocean and beautiful photographs, my aim is to draw you into a world defined and surrounded by sandy beaches and salty ocean waters.
I hope that my photography not only invokes the smell of salt air, the sound of waves and sensations of salt spray, but also an appreciation and respect for our Oceans. We owe so much to the waters that have given us life, abundance, and a calling for exploration and expression.
*“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.” –Jacques Yves Cousteau*

Collection

Featured

Bonnet Ariel #1 40x53

Narragansett Aerial #1 22.5x30

Narragansett Aerial #2 22.5x30

Richard Hilgendorff

Biography

The world is full of beauty, but we rarely slow down enough to see some of the smallest wonders. As a worldscape photographer, my purpose is to capture the simple beauty of the world around us from a perspective that the viewer may have missed in our hurried, busy lives. I want my images to be things or places people have seen before but offer them a new and different perspective to some of the smaller details. To view nature’s normal in an ethereal, transcendent and minimalistic sort of way.
Deep simple colors, negative space and motion/stillness influence my work. By using various camera techniques, I am able to pull out depth and create calmness from motion, enhancing the intensity and calmness of the experience. In the image titled “Through The Ice”, I used a long exposure to push the exposure to the point of over-exposed, transforming the waves in the ocean into a soft misty fog and almost blending them into the grey sky. In contrast, the driftwood tree stands dark, simple and stark and appears to be encapsulated in ice.
All my work is printed on aluminum. I appreciate how this medium heightens the color intensity, creates an almost three-dimensional aspect, and intensifies both the feelings of softness and crispness in an image. Images printed on aluminum don’t necessarily require an additional frame, which is a design feature that I like very much. Not framing the piece supports and enhances the simplistic, minimalist approach I take to my imagery, and allows the viewer to appreciate an edge to edge scene without being distracted by a frame.
My goal is to have the viewer walk away wondering why they had never looked at the world from this particular perspective and challenging themselves to appreciate the beauty around them differently than they have before.

Collection

Featured

Through The Ice 30x45

Fade to White 30x45

Sunrise in Abstract 30x45

Ethereal 30x45

Mike Sleeper

Biography

Mike Sleeper has been working as a fine art photographer for over 30 years. Eschewing the digital world, he creates his images exclusively with traditional medium and large format film cameras which render prints of extraordinary quality in extraordinary sizes. His photographs are sold internationally and have appeared in the background of numerous Hollywood films starring Jennifer Aniston, Mark Wahlberg and James Franco, among others. His work has hung in a variety of galleries and museums including the Springfield Art Museum and the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Collection

Featured

August Afternoon 24x72

Mark N. roberts

Statement

This has been a strange year for everyone. Five of these images were taken in 2020. Stay Safe and enjoy some of the beautiful things I've managed to find during these crazy times.

Collection

Featured

Mossy Fence 24x18

Finter 30x45

Happy Hour 30x40

Moss 18x24

Spring Greens 30x45

Teton Alpen Glow 18x36

Hal Prewitt

BIOGRAPHY

Hal Prewitt is a successful artist, well-known race car driver, inventor, and early pioneer in the personal computer revolution. Now in his sixties, his life’s work started over fifty years ago as a teenager creating and selling his art and developing computer technology most people use today. He has produced art in a wide array of genres and mediums including oils, acrylics, pencil drawings and photography.

Hal has sold thousands of his artworks and generated millions of dollars from collectors all over the world. Highly philanthropic, he annually donates to nonprofits who show and auction his art to raise funds for their organizations. His works are displayed in many public and private venues, seen in movies such as Steven Soderbergh's HBO Mosaic, videos, advertisements, high-end restaurants, and are available from a limited number of galleries.

In 2016, Hal was interviewed on Park City TV to answer questions about his career as a computer pioneer, race car driver and artist. He owned a gallery on Main Street, Park City, Utah until the summer of 2017. Although very successful, he closed to gain more time for worldwide travel to pursue his artistic endeavors and be with his family.

STATEMENT

I am a reformed painter. Although my works usually use expensive camera equipment and special painting tools, they are not normal photography. Today, virtually everyone has a camera. However, there are differences between being an artist and a photographer.

Perhaps, I am drawn to the difficulty and challenges of producing great photography-based art.

Pablo Picasso said it best, "I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself. I have nothing else to learn.”

All artworks originate in the artist's mind. Often, I find it easier to paint or draw rather than seek out and capture the real image in our natural environment and then expend the effort of production. It is usually less frustrating, painful, costly, and time-consuming.

Traditional paintings are often easier to create. While they reflect the artist's interpretation, they are artificial and may not accurately capture a unique moment in time that may never be repeated.

Although almost anyone can push a button and take a photograph, the task to produce a masterpiece is extremely difficult, with risks and failures. Locations can be challenging to reach and dangerous. Successful results require planning, hard work, skill, patience and lots of luck.

My current artistic process is unlike most other artists. Although artistic, the days of using film, developmental chemicals, dodging and burning with our hands and then printing on delicate paper have come to an end. I use techniques that provide better quality and function while creating unique and most desirable works. My finished art is a product of modern technology, unlike a canvas painting on a wood frame. The results are superior to traditional processes, providing improved viewability and durability, without typical environmental limitations. Some hanging techniques I invented, patented and continue to refine.

A number of artists become successful with works that are abstract and nothing more than smearing colors on a canvas. I believe producing great art is far more difficult. The best art elicits an emotional response driven by the story it tells. The image may, but not always, make us feel good. Often, the force of attraction is not from inherent beauty. Popular art is almost always unique, may evoke a memory, or transport us to another place and time. Some people buy art for investment. That may be where the importance and fame of creating artists become determinant.

While almost everyone wants to see art and values the experience, few people actually make the leap and buy. Art buyers are special people. They make a commitment and sometimes sacrifice. Often, they give up hard-earned income and worldly desires while dedicating space to display their acquisition and sharing the work with others.

I am honored people enjoy my art.