Featured Artist:

Artist's Statement:

"The human figure is the main element that dominates my work. I find a strong physical and spiritual connection with the figures I create; physically, because they begin as a result of outlining my physical body into the canvas or paper surfaces; spiritually, because I approach them with spontaneity letting my emotions work their way out and into the work. The human figures are born, grow, laugh, cry, age and decay as they exist in their transitional state. They represent the human experience of being alive."

Priest
Life Cycle
The World in the Mind
Night Walk
Sit With Me
Observer
Eve
Spring Sun
Let's Go. It's a Long Journey II

Artist's Biography:

Sergio Gomez was born in Mexico in 1971. At the age of sixteen, he and his family moved to the Chicagoland area where he has lived for over 15 years. Sergio Gomez attended The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Governors State University and Northern Illinois University. Sergio holds a Master Degree in Art. In 1995, while at Governors State University, Sergio received the Lincoln Laureate Medallion Award given by the Lincoln Academy and former Governor of Illinois, Mr. Jim Edgar.

The art of Sergio Gomez has been included in numerous solo and group exhibitions in venues such as, The Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Brauer Museum of Art, Museum of Science and Industry, Northern Indiana Arts Association, Fassbender Gallery, Aldo Castillo Gallery, Arte de Mexico Gallery, Ruben Aguirre Gallery, 33 Collective Gallery, Quincy Art Center, Beverly Art Center, Billy Graham Center Museum, Aurora Public Art Commission, Park Forest Art Center, Oak Park Art League, Columbia College, Governors State University, Valparaiso University, Olivet Nazarene University, South Suburban College, Elmhurst College, Benedictine College, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids Community College, Rosary College, Kankakee Community College and Joliet Junior College among others.

Sergio Gomez presently co-owns 33 Collective Gallery in Chicago. 33 Collective Gallery is an artist owned and operated art gallery that focuses on established and emerging contemporary artists. 33 Collective Gallery promotes the work of innovative artists through gallery and internet exhibitions (www.33collective.com).

Artist's Statement:

Readers of flashquake are familiar with the title art that I have produced for every issue of our publication for the past four years. Most of the titles are manipulations of photos that I took. (It sometimes surprises me that contributors think these illustrations are found in some vast cache of public domain images and matched to their work.) In "real life" I am a working artist.

For the beginning of our fifth year, our publisher, Debi Orton, suggested that I unmask myself and feature a select group of my work in the gallery. I've decided to focus on my photography and leave the painting for another time.

Whether manipulated or straight images, my photos are produced using a digital camera and prints are made from computer files rather than negatives. Whether working expressionistically or realistically, my work is grounded in traditional concepts of composition and color balance.

 

The Chessmen
Line by Line
Look Into My Eyes
Indian Totem, Jamestown Settlement
Spaced Out Portrait of the Artist
The Toast
Girl Talk
Leaves

 

Spectrum Gorilla
Best in Show
National Competition: Wild about Wildlife sponsored by
Friends of Columbian Park Zoo in Lafayette Indiana

Artist's Biography:

Roger Paris has degrees in art, art history and photography. After a career as a full-time administrator at a university/part-time artist, he now pursues art full-time. In the past six months his work, (photography and painting), has been included in no fewer than seven group shows across two states. In addition to flashquake his photos have been featured in Mindprints and The Book of Remembrance.

As a writer, his work has appeared in many print and web-based publications. For three years he was an editor as well as art director for this publication.