happy holidays!

lovely image from here.

thank you for making oh what a world, what a world's first year a very special one. merry Christmas and happy holidays to all of you!

laleh khorramian

Black Painting 2, 2005, oil on propylene, 26 x 40, Riversideland - 1st Generation, 2005, ink, crayon, and oil pastel on paper, 22 x 28, Big Blue - 1st Generation, 2006, ink on paper, 56 x 44, bedside Angel, 2008, oil, collage on polypropylene, 14 x 12.25, Franco (detail), 2006, Eden - 1st Generation, 2005, detail shot

the depth achieved through such tremendous control of the media is just incredible...see more here.

nola zirin

Pisces Propelled, oil on canvas, 60 x 62, Disc and Twist, oil and enamel on canvas, 54 x 52, Saturnine-Spirals, oil on canvas, 78 x 61, Black Holes, oil and enamel on canvas, 60 x 39, Swing, oil and enamel on canvas, 52 x 72, Astral Armada, oil and enamel on canvas, 39 x 60

loving layers and layers....see more here.

joanne greenbaum

hollywood Squares, 2008, oil, flashe and acrylic on canvas, 88 x 77, Untitled (Hollywood Squares #7), 2009, oil and acrylic on canvas, 80 x 78, Bedroom Set, 2005, oil on canvas, 80 x 100, Untitled, 2006, oil on canvas, 80 x 70, Untitled, 2006, oil on linen, 70 x 60

fragmented form...see more here.

sunday church drawing

elliott green

flesh meets mist, 2008, fresh air!, 2008, humility at the landfill, 2008, wind pushed scent, 2008, over the ashes, through the arches, into the light, 2008

curvaceous, voluptuous, sinuous, lovely forms...see more here.

new paintings & show

while we were still fresh and forming, 2009, encaustic, horse and human hair, mixed media on rusted silk on wood, 40x60x2, down sixth street (door), encaustic, human hair, mixed media on rusted silk on wood, 18x18x1, down sixth street (fake daisies), encaustic, human hair, mixed media on composted silk on wood, 18x18x1

come see these paintings in person (the best way to see them!) opening tonight, 6-9...

emily asher neiman gallery
21 east front street
red bank, nj
www.asherneimangallery.com

andy harper

Dry Tide, 2008, oil on linen, 190 x 250cm, detail of Dry Tide, Life in Between, 2008, oil on linen, 160 x 200cm, detail of Dry Tide, Silent Generation, 2008, oil on linen, 95 x 120cm

i'm so in love with the detail and absolute beauty of these paintings that i'm in a daze from staring at them for so long...see more here.

margaux lange

eye saw them laughing brooch, she wore red brooch, silver shoes bracelet, winged neckpiece, think pink pendant, right hand choker, blue eye neckpiece

besides her use of repetition, of which i'm always a fan, i also love the way she elegantly recycles barbies to make them functional, sculptural pieces of art..see more here.

Jane Fulton Alt

The Burn series evolved from my ongoing interest in life cycles. Controlled burns imitate naturally occurring fires by removing accumulated dead vegetation and releasing seeds from dormancy. By opening the woodlands to more sunlight, the fires prepare the soil for new spring growth, and the cycle of renewal continues.

While accompanying restoration ecologists on prescribed prairie burns, I am drawn to the ephemeral quality of a single moment when life and death do not seem opposed to each other, but are parts of a single process to be accepted as a whole.

while these images are incredibly beautiful, i also find them interesting for conceptual reasons as i, too, study fire and burning for the same reasons as she...see more of this series here and also check out her other very moving photographic series' (especially katrina) here.