OCTOBER
ARTISTS OF THE MONTH
EMERALD ARTIST OF OCTOBER
ROBERT BOLLA
"A Day At The Beach" — Digital painting
“Photography is my way of drawing the viewer’s interest into the photo to see and write a story. Since an early age I have used photography to tell a story and store a memory. My interest continued through my academic career in biology where I used photography in teaching and research; it has followed me into retirement where I use the photograph to show the viewer the relationship between art and science.
As a street, wildlife and nature photographer, I have captured images from my travels, which define places and people within the culture of the place.” — ROBERT BOLLA
RUBY ARTIST OF OCTOBER
JAN LOWE
**EMERALD ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2022**
"Old Lioness Dreaming" — Scratchboard, watercolour
“I paint and draw, capturing nature as I see it. My aim within art is to tell a story and encourage creativity. On catching a scene or an animal or plant, I will create an understanding of the encounter that bewildered me, by catching the vitality, the colors, the emotion and passion and by recording that moment.” — JAN LOWE
SAPPHIRE ARTIST OF OCTOBER
ANDREA SHEARING
"A Small Sickle Moon Over The Cuckmere River" — Acrylic
“As an artist, my mission explores my inner journey using the emotional symbolism of my subject matter. In the initial stages, my creative process is a see saw process between the inner and the outer world. I'm passionate about working from nature. I am a slow, meditative painter. This process puts me in touch with the healing spirit I inherited from the medics in my family. I want my work to help people find an inner sense of peace and connection with nature's energy. My ambition and hope is that my work can ease the wounds of living, through inducing calm and peaceful reflection. Finding the meaning and the link between the inner and the outer world is key to everything that inspires me.” — ANDREA SHEARING
CRYSTAL ARTIST OF OCTOBER
JOHN DIEPHOUSE
**CRYSTAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2023**
"Rivets And Piping" — Photography
“I am a primarily self-taught photographer and digital collage artist and am attracted to a wide variety of subjects ranging from natural landscapes, botanicals and wildlife to images that provide either abstract expression or social commentary. I am interested in sharing images that evoke a story of some kind. Images may be simply documentary, reflect a sense of time and place or resonate on a more abstract level of color, shape or form. Others provoke an indefinable question that does not readily yield answers without further study and reflection. Most recently I have begun exploring digital collages as a means of expression.” — JOHN DIEPHOUSE
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