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Phenomurals - Dale Ward and Shayla Tansey - Who Says We Can’t Paint on the Walls?

"Phenomurals", aka Dale Ward and Shayla Tansey Calgary, Alberta, Canada Mediums: Latex wall paint, acrylics, ink, pencil, unicorn dust, etc. Style:  No set style for us at this point. We burn boundaries when we see them. Both of us have a strong interest in exploring different mediums and techniques, and this also allows us to give the client freedom over what they'd like when we're flexible in this way. It has also enabled us to work on some really amazing pieces which may not have been possible had we chosen to stick to one style. Favorite Quotes: “Ignoring your passion is slow suicide. Never ignore what your heart pumps for. Mold your career around your lifestyle, not your lifestyle around your career”- Someone on <a title="Facebook" href="http://www.artpromotivate.com/2013/07/free-facebook-course-promote-art.html">Facebook</a> "The earth with out 'art' is just 'eh'"-Unknown Favorite Books: Shayla loves most Stephen King, and has been very inspired after reading 'The Secret'. Dale likes Fight Club, The Vampire Lestat, American Psycho, and anything by Allan Watts. Furthermore, we are both overly entertained by books with pop-ups, sock puppets, big pictures, shiny/fuzzy textures and buttons that make noise. Favorite Movies: Dale - Predator series, Forrest Gump, V for Vendetta, Halloween, Shawshank Redemption, Ace Ventura, Dumb & Dumber Shayla - Alien series, Disney movies, The Other Guys, Grandma's Boy, Silence of the Lambs, Schindler's List   <img alt="Castle" border="0" height="412" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-vS6J7gelCkM/Uziw_sKfZbI/AAAAAAAAT9w/tPymB3lYADg/Castle%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="Castle" width="550"> Castle © Phenomurals - We turned a bedroom into a medieval sleeping quarters!   We are two <a title="emerging artists" href="http://www.artpromotivate.com/2012/03/7-best-selling-art-tips-for-emerging.html">emerging artists</a> from Calgary, AB Canada. Our goal is to bring affordable and unique artwork into people's homes, whatever their style may be. It has always been our dream to create art for a career and Phenomurals is giving us that opportunity. We love meeting new people and expanding our knowledge with new and exciting projects. We strive to be as efficient and fast as possible because most of the time we are working directly in the home of the client which is unusual for most artists.

Phenomurals - Dale Ward and Shayla Tansey - Who Says We Can’t Paint on the Walls?

"Phenomurals", aka Dale Ward and Shayla Tansey Calgary, Alberta, Canada Mediums : Latex wall paint, acrylics, ink, pencil, uni...

Artist Candy Waters Inspires Others With Autism to Follow Their Dreams

Author: Sandy Waters Who would of thought a 13 year old little girl from Park Ridge, IL. who is non-verbal could inspire the WORLD!!  But She Has!!   <img alt="Candy Waters" border="0" height="412" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-iYGJDG7XiIs/UzDW0Tf-jaI/AAAAAAAAT8o/2ZXgWoRKOI0/Candy%252520Waters%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" title="Candy Waters" width="550">   Our beautiful redheaded daughter Candace aka Candy is 13 years old and has severe autism.  Candy is non-verbal but she is a amazing painter!!  Even though Candy is non-verbal and unable to communicate through words she is able to express herself through her art and be heard around the Globe!!  We have been flooded with inquiries on Facebook about how to purchase Candy's paintings from around  the World!!  Candy's art and story has inspired, raised autism awareness and given hope to people around the WORLD!   <img alt="4 suns" border="0" height="401" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-HblkZcKZNTQ/UzDW2U3F8NI/AAAAAAAAT8w/VswuhtbmaeE/4%252520suns%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" title="4 suns" width="550">   Prints of Candy's paintings are being sold through "Kind Tree-Autism Rocks Foundation".  The way Candy gives back to the autism community is half of all proceeds from the sales of Candy's prints are going to help others on the autism spectrum fulfill their dreams of becoming artists.   <img alt="Radiance" border="0" height="401" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-uqkCQOx015w/UzDW3_V4HFI/AAAAAAAAT84/k7zDu5140kM/Radiance%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" title="Radiance" width="550">   Candy started painting when she was only six years old.  Candy has had numerous TV, Magazine, Newspaper and On-line stories done on her Amazing Art.    <img alt="Candy Waters Painting" border="0" height="401" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-4pq3LaOCCZw/UzDW5ZsnAoI/AAAAAAAAT9A/H1dxjbSRu48/Candy%252520Waters%252520Painting%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" title="Candy Waters Painting" width="550">   Just some of Candy's many amazing accomplishments include The University of California, Irvine Magazine used her "Mr. Sun" painting for the cover of their Summer 2013 issue that sheds light on UCI’s efforts to help those affected by autism. Candy's "New Years Day" painting was on the Cover of the 2013 Winter Issue of "Something Special Magazine".  Also, Candy's "Ray of Hope" painting will be prominently displayed in the newly constructed Dan Marino Foundation's "The Marino Campus" located in the heart of downtown Fort Lauderdale, Florida!!   <img alt="Something Special Cover" border="0" height="519" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-73LPJefNUwI/UzDW6lWg_CI/AAAAAAAAT9I/Cv25ZUHEsVI/Something%252520Special%252520Cover%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" title="Something Special Cover" width="400"> One of Candy's paintings titled "New Years Day" will be on the Cover of the winter issue of "Something Special Magazine" it's a magazine dedicated to parents raising a child with special needs.  Also, a wonderful cover story will be done on Candy's Amazing Art inside!!  <a title="http://www.somethingspecialmagazine.com/" href="http://www.somethingspecialmagazine.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.somethingspecialmagazine.com/</a>   Candy does not paint with her hands... she paints with her heart & soul!!  Candy's Art inspires others with Autism to follow their dreams.  Also, to help parents know that their child with Autism has just as much of a chance to inspire the WORLD no matter where they are on the Autism Spectrum!!!  Candace has a very unique colorful happy style of painting.  She seems to know how colors blend together perfectly.  When she paints she becomes very happy and laughs which is priceless.   <img alt="Candy Painting on the cover of UC Irvine Magazine" border="0" height="525" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-MSydggT0sg4/UzDW8CnLFUI/AAAAAAAAT9Q/-G37CfqLCtY/Candy%252520Painting%252520on%252520the%252520cover%252520of%252520UC%252520Irvine%252520Magazine%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" title="Candy Painting on the cover of UC Irvine Magazine" width="400"> The University of California, Irvine Magazine is using my daughter Candy's "Mr. Sun" painting for the cover of their Summer 2013 issue that sheds light on UCI’s efforts to help those affected by autism!! Here is the link to the magazine. <a title="http://communications.uci.edu/magazine/" href="http://communications.uci.edu/magazine/" rel="nofollow">http://communications.uci.edu/magazine/</a>   We are so proud that Candace is able to express herself through her art.  Many artists have expressed that painting is poetry and poetry is painting, but with words.  Candy simply paints pure poetry. Here is a You Tube video of Candy at work. <a title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bso4a3CshTA" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bso4a3CshTA" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bso4a3CshTA</a> Here is a link to Candy's Like Page on Facebook. <a title="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Candy-Waters-Autism-Artist/559925447386478?ref=hl" href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Candy-Waters-Autism-Artist/559925447386478?ref=hl" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Candy-Waters-Autism-Artist/559925447386478?ref=hl</a>

Artist Candy Waters Inspires Others With Autism to Follow Their Dreams

Author: Sandy Waters Who would of thought a 13 year old little girl from Park Ridge, IL. who is non-verbal could inspire the WORLD!! But S...

Artist Robbi Firestone and the Power of Saying Yes

Portrait artist Robbi Firestone recently sat down with Law of Attraction Life Coach and Parenting Coach Sharon Ballantine for a TV interview about what inspires her and her creative process. During the conversation, Firestone revealed how learning to say “yes” became a profoundly positive mantra, one that opens her heart, and releases creative energies. This was true both in her studio and in her life as a whole.    <img alt="Maasai Bride" border="0" height="536" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-tcBVFLbn80A/Uyr8i2JAArI/AAAAAAAAT8A/yQ3ZfIulrt4/Maasai%252520Bride%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="Maasai Bride" width="550">   It’s a simple concept, but that doesn’t mean that it’s easy to apply when times are tough. However, reading these 10 ways Firestone says yes will remind and encourage you to shift into a more positive space.

Artist Robbi Firestone and the Power of Saying Yes

Portrait artist Robbi Firestone recently sat down with Law of Attraction Life Coach and Parenting Coach Sharon Ballantine for a TV interview...

Natalie Norrell - Healing and Art

Natalie Norrell Montana, USA Mediums: oil, watercolor, pastel and occasionally charcoal Style: Impressionistic realism Favorite Quote: “A woman who owns horses goes where she wants” ~ Lakota Sioux saying Favorite Books: I am a voracious reader – I always have a least one and usually more on my night stand. Currently I am reading “The Luminaries” by Eleanor Catton, “Treasure Hunt” by John Lescroart and “In An Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness” by Peter Levine. Favorite Movies: Firefly/Serenity, Star Trek (all of them!), Secretariat, Pow Wow Highway   <img alt="Anptaniya" border="0" height="431" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-LYX5t0lXeBM/Ux-CiIG_hAI/AAAAAAAAT7I/cmLx4u56Is0/Anptaniya%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="Anptaniya" width="550"> Anptaniya (first glimmer of morning) © Natalie Norrell - Early morning in Glacier National Park.   In addition to being in private practice as counselor and art therapist, I am a contemporary western artist. I work in an impressionistic realism style. It is a versatile and endlessly challenging style which depicts poetry of the subject implying detail. I often employ the visual vocabulary of the viewer and encourage them to “finish” areas of the artwork in their own unique way. Through design, it is best to view my paintings with a little distance, while the brushwork and palette knife together create a textural variety and paint quality that entices a closer look. The influence of my training as an art therapist has taught me to embrace the experience and process of painting. In other words, I am not overly interested in the finished work as a product – I am more interested in the knowledge and observation gained throughout the entire process of painting a piece. My paintings walk a fine line between abstraction and realism. For the most part, I paint with oils and occasionally pastel, charcoal or watercolor.

Natalie Norrell - Healing and Art

Natalie Norrell Montana, USA Mediums : oil, watercolor, pastel and occasionally charcoal Style : Impressionistic realism Favorite Quote ...

Chris Dale - Just Look At The Work

Chris Dale Toronto, Ontario, Canada Mediums: laxer paint on gesso hardboard Style: I do not know what style you would call my painting or of any one that look similar. This notion is for style is for someone else to define.   <img alt="chris dale run rise over the curb" border="0" height="337" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-mGaFzp996NU/Uwe6OvvLlQI/AAAAAAAAT2c/thltEDZjw60/chris-dale-run-rise-over-the-curb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="chris dale run rise over the curb" width="550"> Run Rise over the Curb – Chris Dale   I have come back to painting after many years away. This resulted out of responsibility for another and in refection there was a need in me to grow up. Through age I am better able to work through my work to completion. In my first painting there was the energy that was loved but a fear that it would be lost if more paint was applied. The final advantage is do not need to tray to be smart.

Chris Dale - Just Look At The Work

Chris Dale Toronto, Ontario, Canada Mediums: laxer paint on gesso hardboard Style : I do not know what style you would call my painting o...

Wayne Tully - Imaginative Emerging Concept Artist

Wayne Tully North Humberside Hull, United Kingdom Mediums: Pencil, ink pens, acrylic paints Style: illustration (comic book style) Favorite Quotes: “Earth without Art is eh?”, “A drawing a day keeps Creative Rut away” Favorite Books: Abarat, Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Books of Blood, Cabal Favorite Movies: Howard The Duck, Lord of the Rings, Nightbreed, Midnight Meat Train     <img alt="monster illustration" border="0" height="309" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-oNYVkZW9RvY/UxNtg3WKENI/AAAAAAAAT34/9eCP54r1KEo/monsterillustration6.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="monster illustration" width="550">   I am an Artist that primarily works with traditional tools such as pencils, ink pens and sometimes acrylic paints and I prefer to draw from my imagination to create new art out of nothing but random ideas in my mind. I'm also working on some of my own graphic novels and children’s book ideas.

Wayne Tully - Imaginative Emerging Concept Artist

Wayne Tully North Humberside Hull, United Kingdom Mediums : Pencil, ink pens, acrylic paints Style : illustration (comic book style) F...

Stephen Ninaber Photography - From Europe to Africa

Stephen Ninaber Ontario, Canada Mediums: travel/landscape Style: cinematic/film Favorite Quote: “Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” Napoleon Hill Favorite Book: Eragon series Favorite Movie: Gladiator   <img alt="Reflection" border="0" height="410" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-2Uy2lLDun8I/UxNyM9tADPI/AAAAAAAAT4s/f9aerPUMnBQ/Reflection6.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="Reflection" width="550">   Hey my name is Stephen Ninaber from Canada. I grew up moving from one town or city to the next, as we moved a lot for my Father's work. This planted a bug within to me to see every part of the world and travel as much as I can. My first trip outside of North America began at age 16 to India, and since then at the age of 25 I have been to 28 countries. My most recent journey took me on a trip over 6000 kilometers, from Brussels, Belgium, to Dakar, Senegal. Here are some of the photos from my journey where my eyes beheld some of the most stunning sights beheld to the human eye.

Stephen Ninaber Photography - From Europe to Africa

Stephen Ninaber Ontario, Canada Mediums : travel/landscape Style : cinematic/film Favorite Quote : “Whatever the mind of man can conceiv...

Lucy Prior – Life is Short, Art Long

Lucy Prior Sydney, Australia Mediums: lino block, screen printing, etching, mixed media, collage, illustration, painting, ink Style: whimsical, expressive, feminine fantasy, sensitive Favorite Quotes: 'There must be quite a few things that a hot bath can't cure, but I don't know many of them.' - Sylvia Plath, 'Gather up all your scattered dreams and build the life you love', 'If nothing else, believe in art'. Favorite Books: The Wheel of Life, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, 101 Moments of Joy and Inspiration, Meredith Gaston Favorite Movies: Three Colours Red, Room with a View, Amelie, The Untouchables   <img alt="Getting back on the Horse" border="0" height="508" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ANUwPdKc828/UxNnROKszkI/AAAAAAAAT24/4kYOE1JLyB0/Getting%252520back%252520on%252520the%252520Horse%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="Getting back on the Horse" width="500"> 'Getting Back on the Horse', lino print, mixed media. This is about the journey of loss, grief and getting back into life.   I am a print maker, illustrator, writer, mixed media artist  and dreamer originally from Newcastle. I draw <a title="my inspiration" href="http://www.artpromotivate.com/2012/03/20-art-inspiration-ideas-for-creativity.html">my inspiration</a> from personal experiences of love, loss, grief and the human condition. These experiences have given me another dimension on life, its fragility and an empathy towards the human spirit. My work is a sensitive response to experiences common to all. My work is imbued with a sense of better things to come and the joy and pleasure to be found in the every day experience.