Danielle O’Connor Akiyama

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Danielle O’Connor Akiyama


Danielle O’Connor Akiyama is a Toronto-based Canadian artist who has been painting for twenty-five years. Dannielle has worked with emotionally disturbed adolescents and oncology patients for many years. Since leaving her work as a therapist, Danielle has dedicated herself to the life of painting.


Danielles style is loose and impressionistic. Firmly rooted in the tradition of watercolour, her painting has evolved into a spirit of exploration. Her personal vocabulary which includes acrylics and oils as well, all evoke a sense of excitement of the journey. In order to understand the strength and simplicity of a single brushstroke, Danielle studied sumi-e, Japanese brush painting. Upon receiving her master’s seal, the head sensei named her "Chi-Sho", which means a source of joy, and embodies both the artistic process and the observer’s viewpoint. Each work bears her chop as well as her signature Danielle.



This mastery of blending east/west artistry is evident, and has led to her works being highly prized by many Asian collectors. Strength of skill and brush technique, (fude no chikara), blend with knowledge of colour and shadow, giving rise to beauties voice. Impressions and feelings are absorbed in mediation, synthesized, and brought into being by the mighty stroke of a charged brush. Full of free spirited joy; driven by courage and intention, guided by natures beauty, each stroke is a step on a journey; each painting a cycle in the evolution of style, leading to the frontier of possibility.



Whether it is a riotous party of flowers, a single magnificent blossom, or a tranquil terrain of a place remembered, there is always a hidden mystery in the under painting. This aspect of Danielles work is what lies at the heart of her creations. Her use of layering evokes a cadence, which echoes back to the moment of original inspiration. The spirit of the subject (kokoromochi) is preserved.


Artist Statement:
"...images burn continually and beg to tell their tale. Buds of new-life form themselves representing hope of the next. Bamboo thrusts emerge, lost and found, throughout the blossom; grounding it, strengthening it, lending yang to yin. Centres of blooms careen madly, raging red against diaphanous, translucent colour, whilst screaming to explore further still. Pure, undiluted brushstroke juxtaposes luminous washes of pigment. Startling shots of colour, three black shocks, and scattered splashes fragment the eye and make the whole image vibrate".

Moché Kohen Artist

Sheana and Moché Kohen

Biography

Among these people, sir, there is Existentialism? A meeting pictorial seals a destiny. Moché Kohen admits being struck down by the portraits expressionists of Egon Schiele, both by laying bare the tormented psyche of models, their poses unusual even theatrical; as the nerve of the bill? Viennese artist. Prime drum roll inside, Bam Bam Bam on beating heart, the temples that buzz, that within has song accompanied by voices, they argue barefoot in the dust, determined to extirpate them to become matter. Bam Bam Bam for Moché Kohen the night is right. It opens all possibilities, dissipates consciousness. With its complicity feel the urge to strip the tinsels, the urge to give in to the abyss of space enclosed canvas, canvas became a receptacle for the silent cries, whispers accomplices, small inner voice, melodious d terror or dissonant delight emanates from him has compelling force, that nothing away from his will. More than one vocation, it is the exaltation of the painter to release his family’s ghosts, brothers, sisters, clown clan of clones.

Beatrice Duhamel Houplain

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Noel Bensted Artist

Noel Bensted 2010

Noel continues to display the vitality of his paintings as he selects his subjects from a wide range of subjects from a wide range of sources, Cuba, the boxing ring, the dance studio and urban life of young people.




He is fearless in his approach to the canvas, not allowing himself to be intimidated by architectural interiors and complex grouping of models, nor is he tempted to take the easy route when depicting the human figure. Noel relishes the challenge of a complex yet powerful pose; this can be seen from his accomplished painting Ballerina Stretching.



His paintings are known for their sensuous nature, yet he achieves from a practical and straightforward approach. His is solidly grounded, he constantly works from life, which by its very nature enables him to develop and renew his visual and practical resources.

The exuberance of his paintings does not rely on a vibrant colour palette, but on a determination to allow his painterly abilities to be liberated, and not confine to clichéd imagery and presentation.



Noel Bensted is a young artist who we feel confident is going to establish himself as a leading British figurative artist in the coming years.

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