Blue 2017 Show

This show will run December 1-31, 2017. Artists from around the world were called to submit their work. There were 112 accepted entries and they came from 15 different states in the USA and 16 different states in the USA as well as 12 other countries: Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Canada, Estonia, France, Israel, Romania, Russia, Spain, Taiwan, and Ukraine. A variety of styles and mediums were entered, including but not limited to, acrylic, colored pencil, digital, gouache, ink, mixed media, oil, pastel, photography, printmaking, resin, tempera, and watercolor. The judging criterion was originality, interpretation, quality, demonstration of ability, and usage of medium. Other factors, such as the clarity of the images provided and their ability to be viewed online, as well as relating to the theme, also contributed to our decision. “Best of Show”, “First Place”, and “Second Place” winners received a monetary award in addition to special recognition.

We were very happy to donate 10% of all the entry fees from this show to Natural High. They are a nonprofit drug prevention program inspiring and helping youth to discover and pursue their natural high instead of an artificial high. For more information about them, please visit http://naturalhigh.org/. Colors of Humanity Art Gallery, LLC is not affiliated with Natural High. It is our hope that this small act of kindness will blossom and grow to help someone else.

Thank you to all the artists who participated! Your talents and skills gave us a diverse body of work to create this attractive show.

Buyers- Please contact the artists directly for sales. Colors of Humanity Art Gallery does not handle any part of the sale or collect any commission, it is solely between the buyer and artist. You may find a link to the artist’s website or email address below their work.

My name is Tatiana Dzhus. My name in Russian sounds like "Juice", so I chose my own creative pseudonym "Tatyana Juice". I live and work in Russia, in St. Petersburg. Graduated from the St. Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. Repin (drawing classes). I work in various techniques and genres. The theme of nature in a realistic manner of performance and portrait genre is closest to me. I am a repeated finalist and winner of the international contest "Portretisto. The Great Masters of the Portrait. " I am the winner of the international competition "THE BEST ARTISTS OF 2017 - AMERICAN ART AWARDS". As an artist I am inspired by nature, cinema, theater, literature and of course the person himself. It is important for me to convey on my canvas to the audience my vision of this world, to try to convey the nature of man, his deep essence, emotions. My works are in private collections at home and abroad.

With my work "The fragile common house" I try to tell people how fragile and beautiful this world is. Everything in him is alive, both the Cosmos and the Earth. Everything is created for the happiness of Man. By our thoughtless actions, we can destroy this World. And only by joint efforts - to save.

Forgetting Love, betraying the Creator

In a crazy race of being

We are destroying our fragile house,

And with him myself.

Biography

David Sahakyants Artist, filmmaker, animator, producer. Born in 1975 in Yerevan (Armenia), in the family of Robert and Lyudmila Sahakyants, eminent filmmakers/animators. In 1992 graduated from Yerevan secondary school №77. At the same time, from 1981 to 1991 he studied at the Henry Igityan’s Center for Aesthetic Education. Since 1992 he worked at the "Armenfilm" Film Studio (currently the National Cinema Center of the Republic of Armenia) as an artist-animator. In 1993, he served in the army at the city of Gyumri. In 1995 he was demobilized and commensed working in the "Armenfilm" Studio animators’ group. In 2008, he became a member of the Union of Cinematographers of Armenia. In 2010, jointly with Hayk Sahakyants, his brother, and Nana Sahakyants, his sister, he founded the "Sahakyants Animation” animation studio, which he leads to this day. In 2014, he also founded Workshop Studio of Animation after the name of Robert Sahakyants. А children's animation school-studio, which has no analogues in the region, has been created within Workshop Studio, and it functions utill today. In 2016, David Sahakyants was honoured with the title of Honored Art Worker of Armenia. He is author of more than 30 animated films. His video clips "First of All" (2003), "Lullaby" (2008), "Hollywood" (2009) won "The Best music video" award by version of the game Armenian National Music Awards. As an artist, he had two personal exhibitions – in 1994, and in 2017. Married, and has three children

I started my artist career at young age, but get educated only at the end of the school. During university period I’ve inspired by human portraits, trying to imprint energy and soul onto the canvas. That became my favourite thing which I still lovely do for the last 10 years. Now i’m experimenting with different colours and techniques. The most portraits are made with яpastel on the paper and are on private collections around Russian Federation and other countries.

I usually draw people who have eyes closed. That’s a moment of pure feeling concentration. Each human have unique energy, which I aim to bring into my art and show it to the world. The feel of love is the main sense of my creation and life, that’s my inspiration and endless fuel engine. Working with heart and soul creates an infinite beauty. That’s the art.

Eugenia Shchukina, Moscow, Russia

Colors of Humanity Art Gallery

"Blue" 2017 Show

Best of Show

First Place

Second Place

Honorable Mention

Noteworthy

"Blue" 2017 Show