Ever since I can remember I’ve painted as well as designed at a very young age. Regularly exploring the lives of artists, composers, musicians, philosophers, and visionaries I continually sustain my inspiration…
My name is Gina and I’ve been drawing since before I can remember. I am 19 years old and my art is the most important thing to me. My friends never see me without a… Artwork by Gina Henninger
I paint under the name Aurora. She is the Goddess of Light and this name has multiple meanings; painting is playing with light and dark and the symbolic meaning is that I wish to bring light into the world through my works of beauty, color and spirit. All my works are oil on canvas. The images I paint are in the tradition of magical realism with lots of symbolism and the traditional techniques of the old masters. It is a direction in art in which an attempt is made to connect this reality to a higher reality, so hallucinatory images or dream effects occur. The imagery originate from my deep, intense feelings that want to be portrayed…
I first began to draw when when I was 6 it was mostly fairytales snow white, Cinderella, beauty and the beast because that’s what I could relate to the most back then my life was like a fairytale.
I’ve been home schooled my whole life when I look back, I was never bored like most people would think, it was more like each and every day of my life was a new adventure, a mystery, like I don’t know what’s going to happen next …
Studied engineering in university, made a living with that profession, but made a “life”, had the fresh air with art through my 25 years out of 33 :) I have played piano for 8 years, classical guitar for about 15 years and pretty mastered it. However sketching was always a side hobby. Nowadays, I somehow feel like my music oriented “life” started to switch to drawing…
I’m a 65 years young men with a gift of God at birth. I discover that I was able to draw at a very early age, I’ll guest I was about 6 years old. I grew up drawing a lot during my early years when I discover how good I feel creating thing on paper with my own hand and brain.
When I grew up to my adolescence age I tend to slow down with my passion since I felt more responsibility getting into high school and latter on to pursue my engineering degree in civil engineering at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Nicaragua (UNAN).
I was born in the City and Port of Corinto a small Island in the Pacific coast of Nicaragua. I came with my wife to USA in 1979 and start working as an Structural engineer in the Oil and Gas Industry until my early retirement in 2011 due to illness. During my years as an Structural Engineer I start painting in different media as oil and pastel and recently in my retirement I start painting for a first time in Acrylic. Unfortunately I have not been as prolific as I would like to be with my art work…
Drawing has always been on my mind… But I had no confidence and felt intimidated when I picked up pencil and paper. I am a farm wife and allowed myself every excuse to put it aside. Raising my family and farm work took all my attention. A few years ago, now in my fifty’s, someone gave my a copy of “Drawing On The Right Side If The Brain” it gave me some skills to build on, I felt so empowered! …
In my journey searching for fine art started with a broken leg and when my spirited self wanting to get out of that painful situation an take myself away to somewhere unfamiliar and very beautiful. This resulting not only I found my place and Web Academy online course too. Web Academy answered lots of question I had for years on painting well. And in the process of all the endeavors my leg got better too! Among st all the daily family demands I paint and draw whenever I can and with lots more pleasure Further more I can bravely received everyday situation with lots more imagination…
As far as I can remember, I always admired artists with their beautiful renditions and artworks. I even tried my hand at drawing when a fellow student in my class (about 30 years ago) drew cartoonish female drawings and I decided there and then, that I want to be an artist…
I was always fascinated by the different world cultures and people who lived them, so people became my subject of art at a young age.
I paint people in everyday settings in oil on canvas. I do some landscape and seascapes, but painting people is my true desire.
Why I need to win…
