"Dark Arts 2011" catalog of the Dark Surrealists Art Contest available at West Shore Gallery

April 25, 2011 - PRLog -- Wormleysburg, PA - West Shore Gallery and Sunbury Press, co-sponsors of the 2011 Dark Surrealists Fine Art Competition have released the catalog of the exhibition entitled "Dark Arts" containing over 100 works by leading artists in the genre.

Surrealist art works are the by product of the subconscious mind, often presenting familiar objects in odd forms, positions or settings. If surrealism is experienced in dreams, then dark surrealism is the nightmare experience—illustrating the unimaginable, horrible or disturbing.  

Entries for the Dark Surrealism contest were divided into four categories: Paintings, Drawings, Mixed Media/Collage and Digital. Finalists were selected in each category for inclusion in this book and the exhibition. Category winners were selected, along with an overall winner, whose work was determined to be most attractive for the book cover.  

This catalog presents the work of the finalists who wished to be in the book. The work is arranged in no particular order. Unless otherwise noted, all of the work is for sale. Prices have not been included in the catalog, but can be found on the information card accompanying each piece in the exhibition. At the time of publication, it was not yet determined which artists would be able to participate in the exhibition, though all finalists were invited.

The following artists are included in this book:
Patricia Anders
Or Andromedae
Christine Ashton
Nunzio Barbera
Geff Bartrand
Lothar Bauer
Adam Bloom
Deborah Blount
Selene dePackh
Douglas E Egolf
Don Farrell
Donnie Green
Jeremy Guffey
Max Iver
Aunia Kahn
Sean Madden
Black Mass
Richard Meyer
Kat Monroe
Alecia Nye
Tatomir Pitariu
Alicia Rockafellow
Jason Rowland
Frank Russo
Martina Secondo Russo
Mary J Sheridan
Spiritcage
Emily Steigerwald
Gareth Swift
Chris Tianto
Ian Ward
Adam Zucker

List Price: $29.95
8" x 10" (20.32 x 25.4 cm)
Full Color on White paper
108 pages
Sunbury Press, Inc.
ISBN-13: 978-1934597385
ISBN-10: 1934597384
BISAC: Art / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions

For more information about the book, please see:
http://www.sunburypress.com/darkarts.html

For more information about West Shore Gallery, Inc.:
http://www.westshoregallery.com

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West Shore Gallery, Inc., located in Wormleysburg, PA, is a fine art gallery and photography studio. The gallery carries original art work in all media. The photography studio specializes in wedding, portrait and commercial photography.