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Xanthippe Tsalimi

Mac Fine Art — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:49:54 +0000

Xanthippe Tsalimi is a Greek fine artist that has lived and worked throughout Athens most of her life. A life in Southern Europe has provided her the opportunity to travel to many places throughout the continent; inevitably influenced by her exposure to diverse art and cultures. These travels also included art instruction, as well as presentation of her artwork. Upon her initial visit to North American 2010, she visited New York City and Boston, exposing her to the fine art world on these shores. The experience of that trip finally led her relocate to the United States where she currently resides and works.

Xanthippe studied painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts, under the instruction and tutelage of very renowned Greek artists J. Valavanidis, P. Charalambous and M. Manousakis. During this period she completed courses in stage design, digital art, typography and graphic design, with additional courses in educational studies in academics and art. Art studies were preceded with a bachelor’s degree in interior design and architecture at the School of Graphic Arts, at the Technological Education Institute in Athens. In addition, these studies were supplemented by her attendance at Helsinki University of Art and Design in Finland, with the aid of a grant where she participated on a multi-national art project.

After Xanthippe completed her studies, she was awarded a scholarship from the Royal Academy of History and Art of San Quirce and Madrid’s Academy of Fine Arts (2007 & 2008). The award granted her residency in various landscape workshops and exhibitions in Segovia, Spain.

Xanthippe’s primary artwork consists of oil paintings, of different scales and formats. Her work is an amalgam of environmental and atmospheric abstracts. Images that evoke mood, ranging from tranquility and solace, to turbulence and chaos. Her work is atypical of Mediterranean art; It is timeless and reflective, human presence is strongly implied and yet void within the landscape. An experience of places and emotions, much like a not so distant memory or of a time that may or might not have come to pass. The landscapes are neither vacant nor desolate, but rather strong in sentiment and very much alive in their moment.

During the past several years, Xanthippe’s artwork has achieved much notable recognition. Her work has been shown throughout Greece, Spain, France, Finland and within the United States. Her most recent solo exhibition was held for an extended period at one of the most prestigious art gallery in Athens; a show that drew much attention and praise.

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Elena Bond

Mac Fine Art — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:42:30 +0000

Elena Bond was born in Russia in the beautiful old city of Samara on March 20, 1965 to a military doctor and a classical pianist. Elena started drawing at a very early age, using everything from a pencil to her mother’s make-up. She came from a family of artists where her great-grandfather and grandfather were both artists.

Because of her father’s job in the military, Elena’s family had to move around the Soviet Union frequently. She’d lived in Kazakhstan, Byelorussia, Ukraine, Latvia, Litva, St. Petersburg, and Moscow. The largest part of her childhood was spent in Germany. Because of the frequent lifestyle changes, Elena was able to preserve memories of many different cultures and experiences. At the age of 11, she attended her first art school in St. Petersburg, Russia.

It is from this early experience, that she came to the conclusion that she could be nothing other than an artist. The students of this particular school spent most of their time at museums such as the Russian Museum and Ermitazh, where they learned not only basic art, but also theory. Elena’s family moved to Middle Asia, which was then part of the Soviet Union, to the beautiful, sunny, and friendly state of Uzbekistan.

At 15, she attended the State College of Art in Uzbekistan majoring in Scenic Design which she completed with honors. She then went on to study at the Academy of Art, where she earned a master’s degree in Fine Art. During this time, Elena took part in many international, state, and city exhibitions. She became a member of the Artists’ Union of Uzbekistan. She also worked in theatres creating set designs for the State Theatre of Opera and Ballet, and the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. Returning to Uzbekistan, she continued her work in theState Museum of Art as a restorer, teaching at the local University, and participating in exhibitions.

In her painting, she has tried many styles and techniques, from simple still life and portraits to difficult, philosophical, multi-figured art. Whatever she paints, her main goal is to be honest and to love what she creates. With the dismantling of the Soviet Union life changed — the divisive issues of nationality and religion resulted in the loss of wealth and stability for so many Soviet citizens.

Fortunately, in 1999, Elena’s family won a Green Card Lottery and immediately moved to the United States, where Elena was able to resume her painting both recreationally and professionally.

She currently resides in Miami with her husband and two daughters where she is a scenic designer for The Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida.

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Jacqueline Berkley

Mac Fine Art — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:00:08 +0000

Ever present and always enduring in Berkley’s life has been the journey of making images. Whether she is developing concepts on paper, canvas, or metal plates, she strives to draw honest and intriguing lines, to investigate the beautiful, as well as the odd, and to illuminate the common.

Berkley’s goal in creating her art is to convey a sense of mystery and awe. Her human forms, abstracted rather than literal, are placed in an environment of graphic symbols and universal patterns derived from primitive cultures.

In her artist statement about her new work she says this: “I am in the midst of creating a visual dialogue of abstracted and primal figurative paintings. These paintings are narrative and convey symbolic keys to moments in life.”

The energy and application of the surface is important as I build multiple layers of rich pigmented oil and I feel that it is important to be spontaneous and raw. I try to allow the images to reveal themselves to me as much as possible while I push to abstract line, color and form.

In this way I feel that I am remaining truthful and honest to the artistic impulse and the process of painting always remains a joyful discovery each time I approach the canvas. I have drawn much influence from Diebenkorn, and the California abstract figurative painters and also many more primitive cultures. Still it would be hard to place this body of work in a clear category…perhaps Nouveau Figurative.”

Berkley received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Art Education from the University of Southern Mississippi. She went on to teach art in the elementary public school system before pursuing a full time career as an artist.

Over the years, she has received numerous awards and exhibited in galleries and museums across the country.

Her work can be found in many notable private and public collections including Disney Corporation, Exxon Corporation, Universal Studios, Federal express, Larson Juhl, Inc, and the Ritz Carlton Corporation.

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René Romero Schuler

Mac Fine Art — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:30:56 +0000

Biography
2011

René Romero Schuler has been working professionally as an artist in the Chicago area since 1987. She began by painting commissioned art pieces for corporate clients and interior designers, as well as doing scenic work, props and backdrops for companies such as Chicago Scenic, Scenic View, and Kozan Studios. Soon thereafter, Schuler began expanding her own business into a full-time operation.

Romero Design, Inc. formed in 1991, and over the course of ten years employed over twenty- five artists and artisans to assist on numerous commercial and residential applications. With the original intention of opening a “showroom” for Romero Design, Schuler consulted and networked with friends and family (many of whom are artists), and eventually opened Romero Gallery and Showroom in Chicago’ s Bucktown neighborhood, where she proudly represented several of the finest artists from Chicago, such as Renee McGinnis, David Abed and Hilary Hing, as well as artists from other US cities. The openings at Romero Gallery were widely attended and reviewed, and quickly gained in popularity with art collectors and artists alike.Now working solely as a fine artist, Schuler has created an explosive new body of work, appropriately called “Transcendessense”.
Touted as being expressionistic, her work has been compared to that of Jean Dubufet and Willem DeKooning, though Schuler is also influenced by modern “expressionists” as well, such as: Susan Rothenberg, Michel Nedjar, Maryann Kolb and many others. Her work is executed exclusively in oil, with deep and rich tones, and her textures express the depths of human emotion in a style that welcomes the viewer far into each individual piece.

Ms. Schuler has taught credited courses in Decorative Painting at Ray College of Design (now Illinois Institute of Art), and Chicago City Colleges. Her work has been shown at the Renaissance Society in Chicago, and she has participated in several major shows of her work throughout the country, with current representation in Florida, Chicago and Michigan. She has also been featured in numerous publications, and has had media interviews on TV and radio.

Artist Statement

2011

My work reflects my childhood feelings of isolation, and has become an outward expression of some of my deepest emotions. The minimal and contemplative paintings of lone figures in a vast emptiness express these complex and intense emotions. These works have become my way of making peace with myself, and the world around me.

The human figure is the vehicle with which I can most relate. I am overwhelmed with fascination and curiosity about the solitude and mystery of human beings, but also their resilience and strength. I try to express this through my technique. I don’t approach the canvas with a particular image in my mind. Rather, I begin with color. I apply layer after layer of paint, focusing on the forces beneath the surface—the dread, the frenzy, isolation, fear, separation, love, intimacy, hope, humor, and whimsy. Through this, an image begins to form (albeit in my mind, perhaps). I then build and embellish this form and allow it do develop into being. I use the palette knife as my primary tool, because it allows for a greater sense of freedom in the overall sense of the figure. There are no fine characteristics, or clearly defined attributes. These figures are “everyone” and “no one”. They are stripped to their most essential elements…their most basic form.

I have always loved to draw and color and create, and was very enthusiastically praised by many teachers and peers as I grew up. My plan to become an artist was a foregone conclusion. It’s all I have ever planned to do, and it’s all I have done.

I sold my first paintings while I was in high school. Right out of high school, I started my first business. I called local companies from the Yellow Pages, and asked if they needed any paintings for their offices or lobbies. I certainly got more no’s than yes’s, but I got my start. The commissions I received became more and more varied, and soon my business turned into a bit more of a decorative painting and mural company. I began hiring assistants, and doing bigger and bigger jobs, and incorporating sculpture and mosaics and general design into my repertoire. I assisted scenic companies throughout Chicago, and worked with top restaurant and nightclub design firms.

My work has been featured in numerous publications, including Chicago Social Magazine, Sheridan Road Magazine, Chicago Reader, Chicago Tribune, Nightclub & Bar Magazine, Forest & Bluff Magazine, The Artists’ Magazine and Pioneer Press.

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Vicente Dopico-Lerner

Mac Fine Art — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:00:03 +0000

Born in Havana, Cuba, Vicente Dopico-Lerner has lived in Miami and has traveled throughout the Caribbean since 1965. In 1974 he received his B.A. from the University of St. Thomas in Florida. Shortly thereafter in 1976 he received his Masters degree in Science as well as completing several courses at the Art Student League, Florida Atlantic University and Florida International University. The Model Dopico-Lerner is the author of several essays on Cuban and Latin American art and featured in the Dominican Encyclopedia of Fine Arts.

As a museum artist, the intriguing works of Dopico-Lerner have captivated viewers for decades. His watercolors on paper and oil on canvas paintings have expressive and symbolic clues to the inner psyche. Restless spirals lose and then gain clarity as the artist spontaneously creates a statement of emotions. His figures and faces convey both human and animal characteristics which are open to the universe. There are bodies, some full and some fragmented, without any apparent physical limitation. Subtle motifs seem to occur and reoccur in the depths of Dopico-Lerner’s work reclaiming energies and actions that have been drawn out in thin lines.

Vicente Dopico-Lerner has won several awards and has participated in more than 50 group and individual fine art expositions such as: The Contemporary Latin-American Art Exhibition held at The Museum of Art and History in Delray Beach, FL, May, 2000; Latin-American Painters of Today held at The Museum of the Americas in San Juan, PuertoEl Sabalo y la Piel Rico, August, 1999; 5th Exposition of Arawak Drawings held at The Museum of Modern Art in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, January, 1998.

“The work of Vicente Dopico-Lerner takes place at a crossroad where the encounter between reality and it’s abstraction seem to search for each other in a continuous play of illusions”.

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James Rawson

Mac Fine Art — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:30:58 +0000

- Born: England 1989

- Degree in Fine Art from Loughborough University: Graduated 2010

- Currently a full-time practicing artist

About my practice:

The paintings start as preparatory paper collages that are made from magazine and newspapers cuttings, and other commonly found 2D media. This forms a model to which the painting will be based upon. The collage is then drawn out onto canvas where the painting is then completed by working from the paper collage as a reference. The paintings resemble the original paper collage closely thus the paintings embody everything that is unique and great about collage but frees it from the constraints of paper through the process of painting.

Artists Statement:

Collage is written into the very fabric of our daily visual experience, so bombarded by imagery are we, that we almost fail to even notice this aspect of modern life. From the pop up windows that layer image after image of adverts on our computer screens to the scrolling billboards that line our streets. Images are mixed and layered now more than ever before. Fundamentally my work aims to reflect this aspect of our contemporary visual language, through a method of collage and appropriation. By using a broad range of images that have become implicit in our society, I create works that are both intricate in form and content, that are confrontational and contentious, whilst at the same time dramatically appealing, seductive and eye catching. The use of Collage disturbs our sense of reality and confuses our pre-conceived perception of popular culture.

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“Shark Bait”

This piece takes as its theme excessive advertisements and trash culture. These commercials try and bait you with offers, deals and prizes. The consumer is effectively offered up like shark bait to commercialism.
This piece features many images from trash culture, for example, fast food packaging and newspaper offers. The intensity and chaotic nature of the lettering tries to emulate the way these commercials flash their way into your everyday visual world. The shark could serve as a metaphor for the way in which advertising attacks you. I like the idea of taking images from low culture and elevating them to the status of fine art.

“Pop corn”

The theme here is really glamorized unhealthy living. When thinking about the images of fast food they should be thought of in relation to the idealized female body displayed in the bikini. The two realities couldn’t be further away from each other.

“Odaxelagnia”

The name of this piece means to become sexually aroused by biting or being bitten. This stylized pair of lips came about when I wanted to find my own way of simplifying images but retaining the essence of what makes the lips a striking image. The pair of lips combines the lustrous beauty of fashion advertisements in an act that is quite gruesome, in a way this is how we gloss over our lives and disguise the pain or hide our imperfections.

“Event Horizon”

I set out to make a collage that had a panoramic picture plane to allow myself to include more narratives and to resemble modern widescreen TVs, giving the piece a cinematic feel.
I feel this piece in years to come will serve as a visual document of pop culture at the time.
This is a painting of the contemporary landscape, the world of logos, adverts, etc. that are spat at me from my TV and laptop. They are the images that make up my world; this is the landscape I live in. So all the individual images carry with them a metaphor relating to contemporary life, this could be a moral dilemma or simply a trend, these are not made obvious and requires the viewer to search images they previously only gave a second glance to. A bigger question that comes out of this is does the image retain its original meaning or adopt a new one in its relation to its new surrounding. Mostly in my work the images just relate to the contemporary world as a whole, but in this piece some of the images related to my interaction with consumer society, things that are more personal to me. I have ideas about the work, but being so multifaceted it has to be open to interpretation. I wanted the viewers imagination to be stimulated to create their own connections and interpretations. There is a theme of attacking and drama that runs through the piece. A lot of the images imply panic, haste or aggression.

Paper collage

Found imagery dictates a lot of what appears in my collages. Although my work follows themes and I look for certain kinds of images, I still embrace the random nature of found material.

I collect vast amounts of printed media, magazines, books, packaging etc. I have images in piles, boxes and folders categorized into genres. Sometimes I have themes that I’m going to explore, for example, this body of work was centered on fast food and American pop culture. Other times an image just catches my eye and forms the basis and then dictates the path of development for the collage.

Composition is paramount, I can spend hours tweaking and balancing compositions to reveal or hide just enough of each image in the collage. I select each image because it has something to offer, so it then becomes a battleground with each piece competing against each other. Perhaps seemingly random, each collage has balance and flow between the images that connects them.

This group of paintings takes as its central theme, Americanized pop imagery.

I take a lot of influence from American culture, and how the imagery finds its way into all aspects of pop culture. The main themes of my work are outlined in my personal statement; my work mainly deals with everything from low culture,

life, childhood innocents, death, love, sex and pleasure. Collage gives me the ability to explore all these things in a single painting and using images from pop culture.

Although narrative is not key to my work, I still like to create interactions or subtle suggestions of ways that elements or characters inside the collage could interact with one another.

Recurring elements in my paintings

Text

I mainly use text as an image, with it not being meant to be readable. I make use of their bold graphic shapes. Sometimes a piece of text like a logo is so recognizable that not all of it needs to be seen.

Lips

The lips are used frequently by mainstream media to sell things, like gloss(y) lipstick and hair products which really epitomize pop imagery. They are an image associated with pleasure and touch and shout sexuality which is a key element to my art.

The Nude

I have found that the female nude is one of the most common printed commercial images, be it in fashion or men’s magazines. I want my work to reflect this aspect of our culture.

MSL

Mac Fine Art — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:00:57 +0000

MSL (Szilard L. Marossy)

The best way to understand MSL’s work is to consider them as a coded message.

His closed rule system and coded language make his work meaningful.

If the spectator tries to explore the meaning behind the picture’s title, he will realize that the seemingly abstract work turns out to be rather figurative. Every detail is significant. There is no needless decoration; every line is there for a reason. The curves show figures, motions or a landscape.

Nowadays, MSL often turns to mythology. The representation of the ancient stylized culture, the perspective sacral rules and the intuitive evocation echoes with the subjects. He uses the oil paint to the tight and clear color surfaces at the same time with the plastered stone-like surfaces which are developed by him. Thus, the deepening light and shadow moves the paintings in three dimensions. Archaic and progressive. Timeless and precise complex but once comprehended the system even a child can understand this abstraction.

Sometimes he gives his mythological theme a cheeky twist putting his protagonists in a present-time modern hedonistic environment such as a riviera or a beach. Taking away the strictness and seriousness instead giving his ancient heros a pinch of humor with a decadent and erotic touch. You see such a joy of life inspecting these paintings.

Throughout his younger years MSL worked as a cartoonist for the British Broadcast on animated television series.

In 2002, departing from cartoon drawing and focusing on his fine art, MSL established the Art D.C studio. A group of talented painters came together and transformed a modest house into a gallery where guided tours were provided for visitors. At this time his particular rule system started to emerge and his ars poetic was born. He started to use the initials of his full name as his artist name.

The works of MSL attracted the attention of private collectors and demand for his works increased. In 2005, he sold the gallery to focus exclusively on his painting and moved to the countryside creating an atelier where he continues to live and work.

Since 2006 exhibitions of MSL’s work have taken place in Europe and since 2010 also in the Middle East.

His works are included in corporate (such as T-Com, Bang&Olufsen, Kempinski , Boscolo, Hungarian State Operahouse) and private collections all over the world in Budapest, Paris, Vienna, Munich, Berlin, Prague, Copenhagen, Sydney, Toronto, Zurich, Santa Barbara.

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Ara Berberyan

Mac Fine Art — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:30:42 +0000

Growing up in Soviet Armenia, Ara received recognition for his talent very early in life. The son of well-known artist, and Professor of Art & Design, Ara Berberyan had his first Exhibition at the age of twelve. His paintings were sent by the U.S.S.R. on an international Tour, called “The world by Children’s Eyes.” This exhibition visited France, Italy, Canada, and the United States.

Of the 65 paintings Ara showed between 1970 and 1972 only four returned to Armenia, the rest were sold and placed on permanent exhibition in State Buildings throughout the Soviet Union.

Later, Ara was invited to matriculate at the University of Art & Design in Yerevan, Armenia. Although it was difficult to locate books from the west, Ara managed to obtain and study those artists he loved most: Dali, Picasso, Titian, Rembrandt, and Klimt. As a student of art & design books on Klimt especially inspired him.

He graduated with a masters Degree in 1981 and promptly began his career as a fine artist by accepting government commissions for murals at the Yerevan Airport, theaters, hotels and other government projects.

In the Soviet Union one was fortunate to have regular work of any kind. Young Ara was always busy. After graduating from the University he was employed in an Architectural Office, “Gosproect”, where he was asked to design facades for public buildings and office complexes. Here again, the ornamental gold designs and marbleized patterns of Gustav Klimt heavily influenced Ara’s creations.

When he was not painting for the State, he was working on commissions for private citizens or Government officials. He would paint anything: Classical portraits, landscapes, cubism, surrealism, murals and even signs.

“Private clients expressed their appreciation for my work”, he recalls, “and this much more encouraging and satisfying than painting for any institution.”

Ara’s move to the United States was profound as he was able to express himself fully and became influenced by the modern surrealist movement. His most recent works express the surreal uniqueness he sees in peoples faces.

“My mentality as an artist changed when I came to this country,” says Ara. “With more freedom I think differently. I Feel Differently.”

Here he met and married his wife Nazik, also from Armenia. They have two children.

Before long Ara began to show his paintings in California, and he soon found clients that understood and enjoyed his style. “I am lucky to be able to do what I love”, he says. “Americans are sophisticated complex people. They buy because they like the art, and that’s a great feeling for me.”

“When I sketch, I do it loosely without intent or design. I sit and listen to music–Mozart, Verdi, Bach. I sketch on paper, not on the canvas, and then as it changes and takes shape, I will begin to work the canvas. Sometimes I like working on just one canvas, start to finish. It is a process, When I am all involved in it, time does not exist. Other times, my mood changes and so I move to another, and start a new painting. Later I can come back to it when the mood returns.”

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Ara’a originals have been collected and cherished by Art Collectors and Interior Designers throughout the United States, including Sir Anthony Hopkins and Mr. Al Corbi (creator of the “Panic Room”).

1970 / age 12 __ First Exhibition in Yerevan, Armenia- USSR

1970-1972 __ ” The World by the Children’s Eye’s”, traveling International Exhibition around the world.

1977- 1984 __ Exhibition in Yerevan, Armenia-USSR.

1991 __ Gallery of Arts – Laguna Hills, CA.

1991 __ Artexpo International – Los Angeles, CA.

1992 __International Art Galleries ( group exhibition ) – Los Angeles, CA.

1992 __ Union Square Gallery – San Fransisco, CA.

1992 __ Dyanson Gallery – Beverly Hills, CA.

1993 __ Weinstaine Gallery – San Fransisco, CA.

1993 __Gallery Rafael – Encino, CA.

1994 __ Gallery of Arts – Laguna Hills, CA.

1995 __ Lyudber Gallery – West Hollywood, CA.

1996 __Artexpo International New York – New York, NY.

1996 __Photographers Gallery – Washington D.C.

1996 __ Richardson Gallery – Reno, NV_radio interview with two stations about Arbe’s art.

1997 __ Rosenbaum Fine Art – Boca Raton, FL. ( Arbe’s publisher )

1997 __ Artexpo International Los Angeles – Los Angeles, CA. Arbe’s paintings ” City of Angels, City of Love” has been chosen as the official poster of the Artexpo and the cover of the 1997 Artexpo LA catalog.

1998 __Artexpo International New York – New York, NY.

1998 __ Rosenbaum Fine Art Gallery – Boca Raton, FL.

1999 __ Artexpo International New York_ Javits Convention Center – New York, NY.

1999 __ Artexpo – Atlanta, GA.

1999 __ Bellagio – Las Vegas, NV.

2000 __ Artexpo International New York_ Javits Convention Center – New York, NY.

2001 __ Teri Galleries – Matairie, LA.

2001 __ Artexpo International New York_ Javits Convention Center – New York, NY.

2001 __ La Vernissage Gallery – Carmell, CA.

2002 __Artagraphix Gallery – CA

2002 __Japan

2003 __ West Village Gallery – CA

2003 __New York Art Expo – NY

2003 __ Fine Art Showcase Auctions

2004 __ Hungary

2004 __ Terri Galleries – Metairie, CA.

2004 __ Lily Vigil Collection – CA.

2005 __ Marco Fine Art – CA.

2005 __ China

2005 __ Fine Art Showcase Auctions

2005 __ Armenia, Yerevan

2005 __ Pasadena Fine Art – Pasadena, CA.

2006 __Artexpo New York – NY

2006 __ Richardson Gallery – NV

2006 __ Atlanta Expo – GA

2007 __ China

2007 __ Moscow, Russia

2007 __ Fine Art Showcase Auctions

2008 __ Artagraphix

2008 __ Lily Vigil Collection – CA

2009 __ Imaginart Fine Art Auctions

2009 __ Artagraphix

2010 __ Molayem Gallery – CA

From 1997 __ Arbe’s Limited Editions sold on Princess Cruises ships.

From 1997 __ Arbe has been participating in fundraising for Make-A-Wish Foundation by donating his art.

A. Berberyan paintings and Limited Editions are being sold world wide.