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= Meet the International Artists =

Sanna Myrttinen

__** A **bout Sanna Myrttinen __ Born February 5th in 1973 in Helsinki, Finland, Sanna grew up in Switzerland, the US and Germany. Sanna has a Masters Degree in Forestry, German and Fine Arts & Education and has been actively exhibiting her works since 2002 in Europe, South East Asia and the United States. She works and lives in Munich, Germany. Her Work Her works are a kaleidoscope of different cultures. Mixing different medias such as acrylics, prayer papers, Indonesian batik stencils and poetry, Sanna works with a layer on layer technique creating an extra sense of depth. Sanna describes her style as experimental and playful, where form and color stand in the foreground contributing to a vibrant mix of energy and tranquility. Her Themes Up until 2008 her works mainly revolved around visualizing the ancient teachings of Feng Shui and in experimenting with the effects of this Chinese philosophy’s symbolism, energy flow and color energy on us. Volunteering for a reforestation- and primate rescue program in Borneo, however, caused an inner shift. The region’s ecological destruction and its impact on the locals, the ecosystem and on global warming, caused her to take a new turn and begin to use visual arts for addressing environmental- as well as social issues.

Kate Northcott My painting has developed into a medium which enables me to visually document life experiences. The paintings are influenced by events that take place in my life, from mundane everyday happenings to those more extraordinary. My paintings are the visual representational of an event, a scenario. The memory is captured through my utilization of cartography, architecture and poetry. Mapping is incorporated to portray my perception of the place where the event occurred, cartography for outdoor spaces and architectural floor plans for spaces indoors. The overwriting of poetry records the voice of myself or others included in the experience or my own thoughts. This inspiration of everyday life has been a powerful current that has run through all of my recent paintings. My paintings are like the pages of a diary, but unlike a diary they are created to be viewed and maybe deciphered.

Hermine van Schuppen-van den Bosch My life situation is that I live alone after my husband passed away. My children are grown up and live on their own. I live in a nice little town called Rhenen in the Netherlands. I have a pleasant house and my studio is at home. Since 1981 I am making abstract paintings and I am still doing that. But more and more my paintings are abstractions of my thoughts. The paintings are all mainly white and forms are getting less and smaller. The spiral is still there and also the round forms. I like to use gold and metallic colors in acrylic. In 2007/2008 I did a very nice women project with around 100 participants. You can find details of this project on You Tube.

Ruth Wilgress Hello, I live and have my studio in the east end of Toronto, Ontario. Canada. I am a lover of all of the arts and has adopted an inter-model process for making art. I enjoy dance and movement and music. I usually paint with acrylic however, I like to explore all other media. In the last few years I have started working on a mixed media series using recycled items.

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