Connie Dines is VL Magazine Artist of the Day

© Morning In Buena Vista By Connie Dines

© When The Cows Come Home By Connie Dines

© Working Hands By Connie Dines

"One thing I do notice is that regardless of where we are, nature is always a factor in our lives and we crave to see what's going on outside. "- Connie Dines

http://conniedines.com/

VisualLanguageMagazine.com

Artspan.com

Jonelle McCoy is VL Magazine Artist of the Day

© Rise Up By Jonelle McCoy

© The Heat Is On By Jonelle McCoy

© Purdy By Jonelle McCoy

" I thank my great granddaddy for passing on the artistic genes to me; he is my guardian angel. His plain gray easel, spotted with his past smears, dots of painting, and little holes from pinning his reference materials to it is what I use; it makes me feel close to him. I still have some of his brushes, well-used, worn-out nubs that they are. One of my prized possessions is his pencil self- portrait. His favorite story told over and over when we visited him was about Van Gogh."- Jonelle McCoy


http://www.mccoysgaitedhorseartworks.com/

VisualLanguageMagazine.com

Artspan.com

VL Magazine Artist of the Day is Drew Keilback

© Boats At Galiano By Drew Keilback

© School's Out By Drew Keilback

© Honeymoon Suite By Drew Keilback

Drew's paintings are simply an attempt to portray the life and land that surround him … to convey an interpretation of a situation that is unique to the viewer.

    

http://www.drewsart.com/

VisualLanguageMagazine.com

Artspan.com

VL Magazine Artist of the Day is Becky Hicks

© Cookie 'n Cream By Becky Hicks

© Year Rose of Texas By Becky Hicks

© Eighty Proof By Becky Hicks

Becky Hicks grew up in the small west Texas town of Breckenridge.  She spent many of her summers and holidays on her great-grandmother's ranch, where her love for nature and all things "country" was born.  She began drawing and painting at five years old and was always encouraged by her family, friends and teachers to create art.  She knew at a very early age that she was an artist and would one day realize her dream of becoming a full time artist.



http://beckyhicksfineart.com/

VisualLanguageMagazine.com

Artspan.com

VL Magazine Artist of the Day is Michal Ashkensal

© A Patch Of Blue By Michal Ashkensal

© Fruit In Green By Michal Ashkensal

© Ball Of Fire 3 By Michal Ashkensal

"My work is the result of imagination and nature. The style is minimalistic, abstract-figurative and has sometimes a touch of surrealism. Although the colours and the contrasts are strong , there is still a harmonic oneness."
-Michal Ashkenasi




http://www.michalsart.com/

VisualLanguageMagazine.com

Artspan.com

Sanda Manuila is VL Magazine Artist of the Day

© Je Reviens By Sanda Manuila

© Portrait Of A Poor Artist By Sanda Manuila

© Thrown Off Track By Sanda Manuila

"In my work, I aim to seize the paradox of the union of opposites, in particular the polar tension between life and death.  Nature's time is not linear, but rather cyclic, what happened once is destined to occur again.  Death is end, but also beginning.  The distant past is present in every moment, and the future has already happened.  Rather than progression, it is repetition, like a Monarch butterfly, ending at the beginning.  It happens in the place where the grape vine dies, pulled out, to be replanted in the spring.  
In order to represent the connection between reality and illusion, I focus my emotions and thoughts to construct meaning, applying oil paint and glazes layer after layer, adding impressions of light.  I create inner landscapes from which exhude a metaphorical quality."
 -Sanda Manuila


http://sandamanuila.artspan.com/

VisualLanguageMagazine.com

Artspan.com

VL Magazine Artist of the Day is Carol Engles

© Circle of Horses By Carol Engles

© Sportspark In Spring By Carol Engles

© Bay Stallion Portrait By Carol Engles

I am a mixed media artist who lives in Murrieta, California. I work in acrylics, watercolor, pastel, charcoal and other water and drawing media. My main subjects are abstracts, abstract landscapes, florals and gardens, equine abstracts and dog portraits. I love to use color! I try to incorporate the three C's in all of my work - color, contrast and composition!  - Carol Engles



carolengles.artspan.com 

VisualLanguageMagazine.com

Artspan.com