Featured Artist – Kathy Copsey

Kathy S. Copsey is a self-taught artist & has been a serious artist for over 30 years. Her focus is on pencil & digital drawings & acrylic & oil paintings, but she works with other mediums as well including computer graphics & minor video editing & production, and writing. As an artist, her purpose is to share, convey, & recreate the love & passion she feels, regardless of what the subject matter she is working with. Through the creation of art, one is able to explore one’s passions, perhaps creating inspiration & the drive within others to strive for their own goals.

Featured Artist

Kathy Copsey – Camarillo, CA
@kungfuartist79

Always continually striving to learn and improve her craft, Kathy works with all kinds of subject matters, but her main specialty focuses on animals and nature. She has always loved animals since very young, and she loves being able to convey their spirits and souls thru her art. You can find Kathy’s artwork throughout Ventura and LA counties as well as online thru her website, online vendors, and social media, and she has had her artwork spread as far away as two Kung Fu schools in China. When she is not working on her art, you can generally find Kathy at The Village with Gus Gates enjoying her second love and passion of learning Kung Fu.

Kathy also provides a service called Art For Healing in which she will donate a piece of art to those in need of healing such as at a children’s hospital for every piece she sells. Her hope is for others to share and contribute to her idea as she wishes to inspire others & make a better difference in a harsh world desperately in need of more love & kindness.

The Fast & The Furious Medium Acrylic on Canvas Size 24x36" — The Fast & The Furious
Acrylic on Canvas
24×36″

Guan Yu Medium Freehand Digital Drawing Size Various Sizes — *Guan Yu*
Freehand Digital Drawing
Various Sizes

Fierce Warriors Medium Freehand Digital Drawing Size Various Sizes — *Fierce Warriors*
Freehand Digital Drawing
Various Sizes

A Beauty Of Many Colors Medium Freehand Digital Drawing Size Various Sizes — *A Beauty Of Many Colors*
Freehand Digital Drawing
Various Sizes

Featured Artist – John McCabe

I am an artist and musician based in Southern, California. The art that I make is directly tied to what music I am recording at the time. Over the last several years I have written, recorded and released 2 EP’s; in the early phases of the recording process for my first record, I realized that one of the magical things that I used to love about buying music was the art work. It was a way to jointly study the music and what paintings, drawings, photographs, lyrics and liner notes accompanied the physical songs.

Featured Artist

John McCabe – Laguna Niguel, CA
Instagram

In the digital domain, my EPs and albums get released and ‘pushed out’ to a cold, vast sea of platforms, playlists, blogs, etc., typically, with one tiny picture (cover art) associated with the artist’s eight or 10 songs. So, I tried to recreate the past experience and release my music with 1 painting per song; that way, the listener could explore the cover art work – as well as the individual song pieces.

In between music recording projects, I continue to make art. They are usually made when I am going through the song writing process and home studio demo recording for new material for the next album. The four that I have selected for this submission fall into that wedge. In between. All are acrylic and ink pen on canvas or canvas board.

What About (Window Panes) Medium Acrylic on Canvas Size 20"x16" — What About (Window Panes)
Medium
Acrylic on Canvas
Size
20″x16″

Giraffe & Ten Gallon Medium Acrylic, Pen on Canvas Board Size 16"x20" — Giraffe & Ten Gallon
Medium
Acrylic, Pen on Canvas Board
Size
16″x20″

Purple Lamp Shades (Black Flag T-Shirt) Medium Acrylic, Pen on Canvas Board Size 16"x20" — Purple Lamp Shades (Black Flag T-Shirt)
Medium
Acrylic, Pen on Canvas Board
Size
16″x20″

Hank & Polka Dot Pig Medium Acrylic, Pen on Canvas Board Size 16"x20" — Hank & Polka Dot Pig
Medium
Acrylic, Pen on Canvas Board
Size
16″x20″

Featured Artist – Sam Ireland

Featured Artist

Sam Ireland – Hampshire, UK
Instagram

Hi, I’m Sam.

So A little bit about me, I currently live in Hampshire, UK and love to draw/paint/make/do anything creative really. I was originally born in Faro, Portugal and moved to the Uk when I was around 5.

I have always had a fascination and love of art from as long as I can remember, I loved it at school and it was one of the few subjects I was really passionate about. After leaving school I went on to study further at the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design.

After taking a bit of time off for health reasons, I have recently got back into creating art more consistently and have found it to be extremely therapeutic! (cliche I know), and I’m now focused on further developing as a visual artist.

With my work, It’s hard to pinpoint what exactly influences me as I can grab inspiration from almost anything I see. I guess one of the strongest themes throughout my work is Mental health, in particular anxiety and depression and my experiences with it over the years. I find drawing to be a true escape for me and a way of releasing emotions and thoughts that spiral around in my mind.

Im also captivated by the human form, and people in general. I feel the human face and body give off such strong emotion that nothing else seems to match it. In my works I try to evoke emotion and mood through the use of strong lines, colour and text.

People often ask me what the meaning of my drawings are, and in particular they ask about the text. I try not to explain my drawings too much as, to be honest, I think it’s kind of boring to do so. I feel it’s much more interesting to leave the viewer to interpret the drawings in their own way and attach their own personal experiences and feelings on to them.

Basically, the ‘meaning’ of my work is whatever you want it to mean. I’m so grateful if you like my stuff, but in all honesty, It’s absolutely none of my business how it makes you feel. That’s personal to you.

I do however find it intriguing how my work can mean completely different things to different people. I’ve had someone see a piece as unsettling and sinister whereas another found it quite uplifting and happy (well, as happy as my work can be). I find these polar opposite feelings towards a single piece of work fascinating.

In regards to the words I use, they can come from anywhere really, from something that catches my ear on the street to a lyric that particularly resonates with me. Usually though, more often than not, they just stem from intrusive thoughts that enter my head.

I mostly work on small to medium sized pieces but it varies really depending on what kind of mood I’m in. I also prefer to work with a wide variety of materials. I find it way more exciting when I feel free to use whatever I want and I’m not just constrained to one particular medium. I’ll usually just rummage around and see what I can find to create the marks I want. At the moment though, I’m really into exploring ink and charcoal with watercolours.

And If I have any free time You can usually find me with a Bucket of coffee creating away, while Duncan (my little Jack Russell) sits in his bed watching me. Well, that’s a little bit of info about me and my work, I’m not too sure what else to say really.

To put it simply…I’m just a guy that likes drawing.

Thanks!

Sam

Panacea #3 Medium Mixed media on paper Size 21.0cm x 29.7cm — **Panacea #3**
Mixed media on paper
21.0cm x 29.7cm

Lies Medium Mixed media on paper Size 21.0cm x 29.7cm — **Lies**
Mixed media on paper
21.0cm x 29.7cm

Topsy Medium Mixed media on paper Size 21.0cm x 29.7cm — **Topsy**
Mixed media on paper
21.0cm x 29.7cm

Nothing comes Medium Mixed media on tan paper Size 21.0cm x 29.7cm — **Nothing comes**
Mixed media on tan paper
21.0cm x 29.7cm

Featured Artist – Marilyn Richeda

My creative process is based on working intuitively from feelings, memories and my imagination. I usually work in a series which can lead me into extensive exploration of an idea and form. Form is an essential element in my work. My secondary focus is to develop different types of surfaces that will enhance and support the form. I can’t say enough about color. In many ways, color is the most important part of every piece I make. The dance begins as soon as I start brushing the glazes onto bone dry terra-cotta. The clay draws the slips and glazes in, sometimes making a particular sound; I like that. I layer the slips and glazes until I achieve a result which is emotionally satisfying to me. The use of color is more emotional than logical. Although my figures are pared-down minimalist in outside appearance, I mean for them to have complicated and subtle inner lives. For me, they carry the heavy weight of emotional fragility. They are simultaneously grotesque, beautiful, repulsive and mesmerizing. The figures I create, some creepy and dark, are not to be found on the street, but rather in one’s imagination or dreams creating an alternate universe. My use of wagons, carts, wheels, boats and chairs place the figure in or on an object to transport them to another place.