Club Competition This Wednesday, January 7
Happy New Year!
Our next competition of the season is this Wednesday, January 7, 2015
The assigned subject for January is Wildlife.
Print submissions are accepted until 7:15 pm the evening of the competition. The meeting will begin promptly at 7:30pm.
Our judges for this evening will be:
John Arabolos
John Arabolos is an Assistant Professor and Professional Interior Designer & Artist in Residence, at the University of New Haven. He received a BFA from the Hartford Art School in 1974 and in 1980 obtained his MFA from Pratt Institute of Design in Brooklyn, where he was named Pratt Studio Scholar.
John has been a practicing professional artist and designer since 1969 and has exhibited his work throughout the country. His work has been published by Art New England, Gallery & Studio and Direct Art periodicals, the New Haven Register and the University of New Haven Alumni Magazine.
He has been a registered practicing Interior Designer in the State of Connecticut since 1974, and is the principal of the West Haven, CT, design firm, “Arabolos Design Associates” founded in 1982. He has provided Interior Design services throughout New England and as far west as Phoenix Arizona and south to South Carolina.
John’s artwork is an investigation of “Chaotic” patterns found in nature. In his recent “The Fabric of Life Series”©, he utilizes multiple generations of complex image symmetry in natural unaltered color, to create intricate patterns on a grand scale with methodology based upon the science of symmetry, universal geometric morphological sequencing and related mathematical algorithmic principals to aesthetically control and create both order and systemic structure from random organic imagery.
In March 2005 John published his first book about his art titled, “Chaotic Symmetries – The Artwork of John Arabolos”©. A second book is planned relative to his current artwork and titled “The Fabric of Life Series“©. Based upon the underlying principals within his artwork, in July of 2008 John filed a patent for a new “Disruptive Technology” for creating systemic morphological pattern sequencing. This design methodology enables the creation of an infinite number of self referential patterns from any given pictorial reference.
See John’s work at www.arabolosart.com
John is a returning judge for our Club.
Marshall Cetlin
Marshall works at the crossroads of art, photography and digital imaging. He finds his inspiration from the natural world and captures it through photography. Marshall often begins with organic pictures taken from natural settings that he finds compelling.
His artwork is created using the computer as a tool and then transformed into a play of space, light and nature. Marshall collects “pieces of the world” and composes them to tell a story. In his artwork, he imitates the way that a flower grows organized and purposeful.
Marshall won the 2007 First Place Award for Montage from Photoshop User magazine for his Bronx Zoo Montage. He also received honorable mention at the Pacific Art League in 2007 for Lily Mandala.
Marshall grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and went to the High School of Art and Design and the College of Visual Arts. He has worked for many international advertising agencies as a Creative Director and has supervised Creative Departments.
Marshall is happily married with two daughters and is currently living in Fairfield CT
Marshall is a returning judge for our Club
Danielle Goldstein
Danielle received an A.B. degree from Cornell in 1982 and a J.D. from Emory University three years later. Over the past five years she has taken continuing education courses at the International Center of Photography in NYC.
Her Artist’s statement reads: “I feel most like myself when behind the camera, and as I observe the world through my lens I am able to see things differently. I see beauty in abstract lines and geometric forms. I appreciate the linear definition of space, intersections of lines and shapes, textures creating curves and direction, patterns on buildings, and edges and borders. I often include people in my frame to add life and a sense of place to my images. I try to capture interesting places and moments in time and make them beautiful, but also try to infuse them with the sense of vulnerability and fallibility that I believe is inherent in humanity and nature, as well as man-made forms.”
For the past three years Danielle has exhibited her work extensively in Fairfield County and beyond.
For more information see Danielle’s website at http://daniellelgoldstein.com
Danielle is a returning judge for our Club
