Mike Cockrill

Sunburst

2007

I’m telling stories. And the story and iconography support a framework that says – growing up in middle-class America. We lived this way. In a world of sentimental family portraits d...

Formally, Yokoi’s work combines elements of American modern abstraction with traditional elements of Japanese figuration and poetry. Her earliest abstract works created during her ti...

Trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Cockrill's approach addresses imagery from Golden children's books with a sense of contemporary irony and humor. Published in "The A...

Based in the Bay Area following studies at Stanford University, Pinkusevich works as a painter and multidisciplinary artist. Born and raised in the USSR, her understanding of rules, ...

Collage on Paper

Christopher Clark's (US based) "Light and Mystery" is an mixed media painting that depicts a woman reclining into the dark background with green, blue and orange patterning. Biogra...

This is about the inward light that all humans possess. It can shine brightly as it is shared but is usually not noticed from the outside. Kind of like when someone opens a door for you and your faith is renewed in humanity. This painting is packed full of symbolism of light: Sunflowers I have chosen sunflowers because they are light loving plants. They shine brightly, and bring joy to lovers of nature. I am not sure if sunflowers follow the sun, but if they do the symbolism is beautiful. The sunflower halo is brightest at the top and fades down like the morning light scanning down a mountain. A few of the sunflowers in the pots are not facing toward the viewer, they are hiding their light. Figure The figure is symbolically standing on an altar offering her inward light. She has a meditative inward pondering or peace. There is a vesica pisces between the flower halo and the stone altar...