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Follow on Google News | Artists D.A. Hartley And Christian Gilbert Explore The Essence Of Light Within Self And Nature.For WATER, FLOWERS, AND INNER LIGHT!, the artists create a visually tactile experience for the viewer. This collaborative nature series, explores the radiant light of flowers, water, and the inner light of the spirit, with their Buddha series.
By: Ja Nene Natural Body Products Artists Denise Hartley and Christian Gilbert April 2, 2010 – May 1, 2010 Time: Reception, 6 – 9 PM, April 2, 2010 Ja Nene, 950 Chorro Street, San Luis Obispo, CA ART AFTER DARK, http://www.sloartscouncil.org/ The artists have captured the essence of light found within our inner and outer nature. Upon entering, the viewer will experience the sights and sounds of water in motion, with the combination of video, and the intricate, photo-realistic waterscapes, by California and Hawaii artist, Denise Hartley. Her current works include video, oil on canvas, and mixed media on canvas or wood. Her paintings are created from real physical spaces that exist in nature. Hartley transforms elements from her surroundings, images created from a variety of graphic/photographic/ Her floral paintings reflect her interest in the healing aspect of nature. The bright colors of her representational and photo-realistic floral paintings reflect the joy of the constant barrage of colors from her Hawaiian home. With a degree in Philosophy, studying Eastern and Asian Religion; Buddhist, Taoist and Hindu art are intertwined in her spiritually emphatic works. D.A. Hartley has a MA in Fine Art, New Media. Photographer Christian Gilbert’s series of glowing photographs, are experimental nightscapes, portraiture, landscapes and flowers, including the use of time-lapse photography. He is an emerging artist, working in photography and video. His photographs are noted for their exploratory use of natural and artificial light. He does not digitally alter his work, but creates the effects by controlling the light of each scene. His interest is in capturing subtle light in nature. Also, by adding light to change the environment, he reveals what is normally unseen, creating otherworldly, and mystical works. Christian Gilbert attended the Academy of Art, San Francisco. You are invited to participate in this insightful and innovative format, in the reflection upon nature. # # # D.A. Hartley was born in Oakdale, California. She currently lives in California and Kauai, HI. Her recent shows include: Water! (2008) One Woman Show, Conley Gallery, Fresno. CA.; Icons (2004) at Fourth Street Studio Gallery, Berkeley, CA; The World of Abstraction (2004) at Easel Heads, Church Street Gallery, Visalia, CA; Wisdom and Compassion, Tibetan Art Installation, (2003), One Woman Show Dean’s Gallery, CSU Fresno,CA; Temporal Man in Nature, One Woman Show, Cort Gallery, Three Rivers, CA; CSU Fresno, Student Group Show (2002), Best of Show; Blocked (2000), One Woman Show, ArtHop, Fresno, CA. Her video, Lake Kaweah, a time piece that transformed two years of still photos into video, was featured at the Kaweah Land and Arts Festival, at the Land and Arts Symposium (2009), College of the Sequoia, Visalia, CA. She received a commission from Sierra View Hospital, Porterville, CA, to create a hospital floor of murals for the Children’s Hospital, Central Valley. She studied at the Art Students League in NYC, and has received BA degrees in Fine Art and in Philosophy (Religion). Her MA is in Fine Art, New Media. She received training from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, in sculptural restoration. Hartley worked for the Nelson Rockefeller Trust, at Kikuit Museum at Potanico Hills, N.Y., and worked for the conservator of the Whitney Museum, NYC. She taught drawing in the Artist as Witness workshop at the Fresno Metropolitan Museum, to children of migrant workers. She has received a diploma as a producer from the Hollywood Film School. She was assistant to Keaton Walker, 4 Emmy award recipient, as Art Director of the Academy Awards, at the American Music Awards (2003). CORPORATE PURCHASES Corporate purchases include four painting for Kaweah Delta Hospital, and the Sequoia Regional Cancer Center in Visalia, CA. PRESS AND MEDIA REVIEWS: Radio Interview, March 2003, one hour interview with Janet Flores, Wisdom and Compassion Show, KFCF (KPFA), Fresno CA. Visalia Times Delta, February 26, 2004, Family’s Support is Artist’s Greatest Joy. Fresno Bee, October 22, 2004, Sierra View Handles New Wing with Kid Gloves. Lifestyles Magazine, July 2005, Denise Hartley, text by Carol Firstman. Media Kit upon request, denise@dahartley.com # # # # # # About www.D.A. Hartley.com; Artist: D.A. Hartley http://www.dahartley.com denise@dahartley.com http://dahartley.blogspot.com http://www.facebook.com/ http://twitter.com/ cell: (559) 280-9910 Artist: Christian Gilbert Christian Gilbert Photography Positive_entity@ End
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