b-POWER: SENE Festival Exhibits 4 b-uncut Artists
// March 31st, 2010 // View Comments // b-Crowd
b-uncut is surging with activity. Once Larisa Colantonio heard about the
SENE festival it wasn’t long before her virtual word reached more b-uncut’ers. Now Michelle Gates, Ross Kerr and Joe Niderno are also exhibiting.
“Through b-uncut I have met many artists that I now have a friendship with. Whether it be a comment here or there or a chat, we have forged friendships that b-uncut made possible not allowing distance prevent our unity.“ Larisa
SENE festival is from 7th-11th April. Read more about each artist and see what work they’ll be showing below.
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“Art is the doorway I walk through for me to step outside of ME.“
Larisa Colantonio is a wife, a mother and an artist with a twist. Known for her Pensaic style of art, she runs off of raw emotion and bends it with her mind to create something truly unique.
In high school, through the open mindedness of her art teacher she was able to create a style of art she called Pensaic. From there she flourished. Pensaic art became the outlet for her soul and mind.
As she entered adulthood, she found that painting with acrylic was also a very good way for her
to express herself. On occasion, you will find that she has even combined her acrylic painting with her Pensaic style.
“I see everything in layers, every layer is more important than the next.”
Joe Niderno has been dreaming and drawing since childhood. ”My motivation derives from always seeing artistic visions in everything around me. Often silenced in immediate thought or wonder. I am always pushing to project my visions the best way I can alongside maintaining a self truth. I am trying to evolve as an artist everyday while being inspired by many artists in all types of mediums.”
“I climb through the hole in the fabric of our existence, seeking inspiration.“
Michelle Gates is a self-taught British artist whose art is influenced by raw emotion and her environment. She loves the interplay between colour and light, and the perceived and unseen worlds. Her dreams are also a vivid source of inspiration. They are twilight zone scenarios where reality and fantasy become intertwined.
What drives her? Each newborn concept strikes her vision and entices her creativity.
What excites her? The smell of fresh paint and the first scratch of the pencil on virgin paper. Emotional expression is key to all her paintings.
“I like to free myself from distress through painting and encourage others to do the same.”
Ross Kerr is a South African artist. “I am keen to begin exhibiting overseas. Personally the meaning of my life is to leave a mark with my paintings once I have passed on, or preferably while I am still living! I like to call my work Naive/Raw, as I do not attempt to make an intellectual statement, and I am uninfluenced by growing trends or fashion.”
