Visual Poetry
The Enchanting Verses Literary Review describes "Visual Poetry as a series of paintings with a meticulous theme brushing a landscape of thoughts in the literary wits of a reader or observer which might oblige him to seek, explore, interpret and read aloud a poetry on the same theme."
Visual Poetry Exhibition:2 November, 2011
Nine Paintings on Floral theme by Saeed Siadat
November 2011 featuring Floral arts by Saeed Siadat
Saeed showed his artistic talent at a young age by drawing over his homework with colored pencils in school. He was encouraged by his teacher who displayed his work on the classroom wall. This helped propel him towards a career in art.
Saeed received his Bachelor's Degree in graphic design from " College of Decorative Arts " in Tehran , Iran . During those years he worked as a graphic designer and illustrator at "Ayandegan", Iran 's most prestigious newspaper.
Seven years after the revolution in Iran , he moved to Germany for two and a half years where he worked at "Pencil Grafik". Pencil Grafik is the studio of Akhim Kiel, one of Germany 's most well known illustrators.
In 1987 he moved to Los Angeles where he worked as a freelance graphic designer and illustrator. Soon after, he established his own studio/gallery in Westwood. There he concentrated on his fine art work, started selling his paintings, and worked as a commissioned artist who did numerous cover design and illustration for various publications such as Ketab Corp., and Eqbal Publishing. Saeed also worked for "Nazgoul Publication", where he illustrated the cover of "Touca" — international children's magazine — for 10 consecutive years. Saeed's work also appeared in the publication "Daily Variety".
One of his paintings (See the sixth painting in Gallery 1 ) was chosen as a cover illustration for the book "The Essence of Love". This book is about the 'Time, Life, and Thought of Rumi', a highly regarded and well respected Iranian poet and philosopher. He also illustrated a black and white poster titled "Rumi and Whirling Darvishes" which also appeared inside the book.
Saeed began teaching drawing and painting classes as soon as he established his studio-gallery. His students include professors of universities, doctors, architects, interior designers, fashion designers, psychologists, and also art students from various institutions.
His work has been shown in galleries located in well-known places such as the Pacific Design Center and El Paseo-Palm Desert.
Saeed has participated in numerous group shows including "World Contemporary Art '98" in which he was also a consultant of the show. He was also interviewed by the "Daily Bruin Arts & Entertainment" newspaper, where two of his paintings "Into Unconscious" and "Innocence" appear, in April 20, 1998.
In recent years, TV Station U.P.N. Channel 13 has featured Saeed's studio for the taping of two of it's shows. During these broadcasts Saeed instructed the guests of the show in portrait drawing.
His work is also circulated around the world on more than 150 photo greeting cards with images of his paintings.
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Saeed received his Bachelor's Degree in graphic design from " College of Decorative Arts " in Tehran , Iran . During those years he worked as a graphic designer and illustrator at "Ayandegan", Iran 's most prestigious newspaper.
Seven years after the revolution in Iran , he moved to Germany for two and a half years where he worked at "Pencil Grafik". Pencil Grafik is the studio of Akhim Kiel, one of Germany 's most well known illustrators.
In 1987 he moved to Los Angeles where he worked as a freelance graphic designer and illustrator. Soon after, he established his own studio/gallery in Westwood. There he concentrated on his fine art work, started selling his paintings, and worked as a commissioned artist who did numerous cover design and illustration for various publications such as Ketab Corp., and Eqbal Publishing. Saeed also worked for "Nazgoul Publication", where he illustrated the cover of "Touca" — international children's magazine — for 10 consecutive years. Saeed's work also appeared in the publication "Daily Variety".
One of his paintings (See the sixth painting in Gallery 1 ) was chosen as a cover illustration for the book "The Essence of Love". This book is about the 'Time, Life, and Thought of Rumi', a highly regarded and well respected Iranian poet and philosopher. He also illustrated a black and white poster titled "Rumi and Whirling Darvishes" which also appeared inside the book.
Saeed began teaching drawing and painting classes as soon as he established his studio-gallery. His students include professors of universities, doctors, architects, interior designers, fashion designers, psychologists, and also art students from various institutions.
His work has been shown in galleries located in well-known places such as the Pacific Design Center and El Paseo-Palm Desert.
Saeed has participated in numerous group shows including "World Contemporary Art '98" in which he was also a consultant of the show. He was also interviewed by the "Daily Bruin Arts & Entertainment" newspaper, where two of his paintings "Into Unconscious" and "Innocence" appear, in April 20, 1998.
In recent years, TV Station U.P.N. Channel 13 has featured Saeed's studio for the taping of two of it's shows. During these broadcasts Saeed instructed the guests of the show in portrait drawing.
His work is also circulated around the world on more than 150 photo greeting cards with images of his paintings.
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Visual Poetry Exhibition:1 August, 2011
The following thirteen paintings of Andrzej Filipowicz is based on the theme "Venice" and "Face".
"My beautiful, my own
My only Venice—this is breath! Thy breeze
Thine Adrian sea-breeze, how it fans my face!
Thy very winds feel native to my veins,
And cool them into calmness!"
[George Gordon Noel Byron (1788-1824), British poet. Jacopo Foscari, in The Two Foscari, act 1, sc. 1.]
"A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction."
[Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Anglo-Irish playwright, author. Quoted in H. Montgomery Hyde, Oscar Wilde, ch. 9 (1976).]
"My beautiful, my own
My only Venice—this is breath! Thy breeze
Thine Adrian sea-breeze, how it fans my face!
Thy very winds feel native to my veins,
And cool them into calmness!"
[George Gordon Noel Byron (1788-1824), British poet. Jacopo Foscari, in The Two Foscari, act 1, sc. 1.]
"A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction."
[Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Anglo-Irish playwright, author. Quoted in H. Montgomery Hyde, Oscar Wilde, ch. 9 (1976).]
August 2011 featuring Venice and Face paintings of Andrzej Filipowicz
Polish still life painter Andrzej Filipowicz (born 1974) is one of the most vibrant artists living and working in Europe today, better known by the stage name Phil.In 2000 he got an honorable art-prize from Sachssche Kulturstftung Dresden in a view of art-probation to Kunstlerhaus Schloss, Wiepersdorf, Germany, where afterwards he learnt west-european art and finished with individual exhibition. Since 2002 he has been the manager and web-designer of art-project Laboratory of Modern Art by financial support of Information Agency of USA. Since 1995 began actively taking part in the international pleners and exhibitions. He took part as a young artist in plener Lack in Poland, where masters of Polish modern art Jan Wolek, F.Starowieyski, E.Dwornik, Andrzej Kacperek and others also were presented by support Semper Polonia Foundation. His important exhibitions were presented in Jan Paderevsky museum in Warsawa, individual exhibitions also were presented in Dom Polonii, Warsawa and Krakow and other cultural centres. His picturesque works traces pertain to modern impressionist painting. He actively took part in work of the biggest Polish Diaspora on the East. In the past years his works were shown in corporative collections: Zemper Polonia, PKN Orlen, Sachssche Kulturstftung Dresden and in the private collections of many countries of Europe, in America and Australia.
