LELA Artist Galleries
Jean Clarke
"My work symbolizes the eternal struggle between order and chaos - somewhat geometric and controlled and, at other times, free of contraint. The one consistency is my love of color. I have been inspired by my adventures throughout the world, on film locations or personal travel. I love the energy of big cities but also the magic serenity of unspoiled nature. Always curious and open to experience I absorb the elements around me and subject them to the peculiar interpretation of the subconscious, then approach the blank page or canvas with excitement. I seldom plan a painting, but open myself to the happy surprises of creative expression."
Adeola Davies-Aiyeloja
“I am a Southern California artist with a multidisciplinary approach to my work. I create non-objective and figurative abstractions using a mix of acrylic, printmaking, digital collages, and other media on various substrates. Color is a key element in creating an atmospheric feel in my paintings. I use layers of warm, cool colors to establish a visual language that changes as the light and angles shift. Visual imagery of people, animals, and nature emerges through shadow, silhouettes, and intersecting lines. I infuse positive manifestation words and phrases on the blank substrates, which become encapsulated energy and build up layers intuitively to find a balance between the conscious and unconscious. In my art, dots are a recurrent motif that I employ to investigate the connection between mankind in an abstract way. My paintings evoke femininity, spirituality, and nature, exploring the relationship between nature and humanity through abstract art influenced by my Yoruba culture.”
Louise Durocher
"I explore the complex human feelings, tensions, and experiences that manifest in relationships. By constructing moments of understanding that explore an outsider’s voice, I unite deep physicality and vulnerability. Concealed narratives and complex simplicity are an esthetic and theme throughout my work that subtly or captivatingly allows the viewer to question its Meaning. I engage the viewer to discover and express the “raison d’être” or reason of being. "
Susan Karhroody
I consider myself a "socially conscious artist." I engage with a variety of important issues and I use my art to address and reflect on significant social, political, and environmental topics.
I have had the privilege of exhibiting my work in several European countries, as well as in Japan and the USA.
Chiyomi Longo
My paintings represent my desire to communicate a bridging of opposites -- my life experiences in my native Japan and my adoptive America, My approach to painting is a melding of methods, past and present. There is also a bridging between the rhythm of nature and the tempo of technology the inner spirit and outer form. In my works, I have built layers of a variety of materials, techniques and forms to reflect the divergence of our culture. For me the freely shaped forms suggest the freedom of nature. There is no preconceived pattern. The geometric patterns expose a skeletal structure, restating my desire to unite and equalize different influences.
Al Longo
Most of my works are my personal abstracted response to my natural surroundings, an expression of my interest in the microcosmic forms of nature. While my background is Italian, for many years I have been a student of Japanese arts and culture, and in my work, I have co-mingled these divergent cultures. My interest in architecture also plays a part in my practice. Most of my canvases are shaped; convex, multi-level or a combination of both. They are a reflection of both my visual and spiritual vision of the world.
Carl Shubs
Artist's Message / Mantra: I’m a contemporary fine art photographer and a psychoanalytic psychologist, based in Los Angeles. I’m drawn to the moments that surround us and that we often overlook in the mundane of everyday living, resulting in several photo genres including street photography and straight photographs with strong graphic or abstract elements. I want the viewer to reach beyond the obvious, feel an emotion, or think about something differently. I often explore the border and mystery between what is real and what is not, without crossing that boundary into compositing. I prefer to shoot whatever catches my eye as I go out into the world, and I call these “found images.” I’m drawn to singular scenes like a boy in a lingerie shop, a light switch in an art gallery, or something about shapes, patterns, colors, or the unexpected. My photos are typically candid images, presented without compositing or major Photoshop editing. I love when someone thinks an image is set up rather than candid or is made by photographic manipulation when actually it is not. I’m delighted when people don’t know what they are looking at in a photo but love it anyway.
