About Monique J. Dufour: Monique J. Dufour is an expressive abstract painter known for creating "Healing Art". She has received several honors and accolades for her art and her collectors span the globe. Monique paints intuitively with unbridled spontaneity from the heart and enjoys creating customized paintings for her clients that provide personalized healing energies for … [Read more...]
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Interview with Andre Chatelain, Recipient of The Special Recognition Art Award
Manhattan Arts International Proudly Presents Andre Chatelain with this Award in Our “Love, Peace, Unity & Hope” 2025 Exhibition As a masterful artist and humanitarian Andre Chatelain reminds us that we can all take steps to improve the world. He embodies the vital and admirable human attributes of love, peace, unity and hope. In this interview he shares his beliefs, his … [Read more...]
Mitchell Rodbell Creates Vibrant Nature-Inspired Paintings that Evoke Joie de Vivre
Mitchell Rodbell creates resplendent nature-inspired paintings. With an exuberant color palette and gestural, tactile brushstrokes he produces rhythmic compositions that exude feelings of enchantment, bliss and harmony. Mitchell’s idyllic paintings transcend their aesthetic beauty, physical depiction, and sense of time and space. Images of fleeting moments of atmospheric … [Read more...]
Art Enhances Brain Function and Well-Being
There is an increasing amount of scientific evidence that proves art enhances brain function. It has an impact on brain wave patterns and emotions, the nervous system, and can actually raise serotonin levels. Art can change a person’s outlook and the way they experience the world. Decades of research have provided more than a sufficient amount of data to prove that arts … [Read more...]
Dozens of Facts About The Power of Color
For this article I spent hundreds of exhilarating hours over the years doing research and compiling information. It contains dozens of facts about the power of color. The power of color is inescapable. Color affects your behavior, moods, and thoughts. Your reactions to colors are often deeply personal and rooted in your own experiences. A certain color has the ability to … [Read more...]
Famous Inspirational Quotes About Nature
The Healing Power of ART & ARTISTS has an online art gallery and presents online art exhibitions on different themes. A popular one is nature. Our online art exhibitions "The Healing Power of ART Inspired by NATURE", "The Healing Power of ART In Honor of Nature" and "Our Bond With Nature" have raised awareness about our magnificent natural world and our need to honor, … [Read more...]
Marni Spencer-Devlin Creates Joyful, Abstract Sculptural Paintings
Marni is a color virtuoso with a bold, sophisticated and confident approach to creating large-scale sculptural paintings. They emanate a scintillating healing energy that revitalizes the viewer. She infuses her abstract expressionist works of art with an exuberant spontaneity and triumphant spirit propelled by her heartfelt desire to bring us joy and … [Read more...]
Mark Levin Creates Wood Sculpture with Aesthetic Beauty and Functionality
Mark Levin creates masterful wood sculpture and artful furniture. A sublime elegance permeates his creations for which he combines elements of aesthetic beauty with purposeful meaning, form and function. Mark’s works of art simulate the forms we observe in nature and in human anatomy. The absence of acute right angles that exist in most functional wood pieces is replaced by … [Read more...]
Rohit Shah Creates Formidable and Transcendent “Cosmos” Paintings
Rohit Shah creates formidable paintings that illuminate his superior proficiency in the realm of Abstract Expressionism and his spontaneous use of color, gestural brushstrokes, and impactful design. His resplendent “Cosmos” series of oil paintings transport viewers on profound and enthralling journeys through a lively colorful spectrum, diverse textures, and dynamic … [Read more...]
“Autumn” Art by Artist Members and Artists from Art History
The poet Stanley Horowitz wrote, "Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting, and autumn a mosaic of them all." Many artists and art enthusiasts would heartfully agree. For nature-inspired artists the fall season offers a diverse cornucopia of colors and textures to stimulate the creative imagination. For your pleasure, The Healing Power of ART & … [Read more...]
Nicole Cromwell Artist, Former Nurse and One of Our World Changers
She is Improving the Medical Community and Beyond Through Creativity It is a pleasure and honor to have inducted Nicole Cromwell into our "World Changers", a series about extraordinary Artists like her who are contributing to improving the world. I know you will enjoy reading this interview with her. Nicole creates transcendent paintings that portray luminous, and … [Read more...]
Marianne Goldyn Creates Life-Affirming, Intuitive “SoulChi” Healing Art
Marianne Goldyn creates life-affirming “SoulChi” works of art that illuminate our paths to higher consciousness. Her creative contributions bring much needed restoration to us individually and to our society. As we gaze into her mesmerizing, meditative works of art, we immediately experience a visceral surge of energy, filled with awe, enlightenment and renewal. As our … [Read more...]
“The Healing Power of Art Inspired by Nature” 2024 Exhibition
An Invitational Exhibition September 29 – December 2, 2024 Curated by Renee Phillips, Founder / Director, Manhattan Arts International This exhibition featured art by members from The Healing Power of ART & ARTISTS Online Gallery, Manhattan Arts International Online Gallery, and Featured Artists from our Art Reviews. The names of all exhibiting artists are listed on … [Read more...]
Kristen Palana Creates Transcendent “Sacred Geometry” Meditative Healing Art
Kristen Palana is an American/Portuguese interdisciplinary artist, based in Rome, Italy. She is world renowned for creating transcendent, “Sacred Geometry” meditative, healing works of art. Kristen brings the ancient art form of Sacred Geometry as a healing modality to the contemporary realm with her stunning versatility and distinctive creative vision. A transformative … [Read more...]
Interview with Agnes Jorgensen and Andre Chatelain, Artists and Founders of Painting A New World
"We are artists helping artists, painting a new world, one brushstroke at a time." Agnes Jorgensen and Andre Chatelain are extraordinary artists who have received many accolades for their masterful paintings in realism. They are award-winning members of The Healing Power of ART & ARTISTS. The dynamic married couple share a deeply felt humanitarian spirit, a passion for … [Read more...]
View Our Artist Members Exhibitions Devoted to Color
It is undeniable that color affects our behaviors, moods, and thoughts. It has the ability to bring healing energy, soothe our frazzled nerves, motivate and empower us. Color (or hue) may be the first creative element an artist chooses and often the most distinctive quality we may notice about their art. We organized nine online exhibitions of artist members works of art … [Read more...]
David G. Rickman
About David G. Rickman: David G. Rickman is a contemporary impressionist painter, drawing and painting inspirations based on his personal experiences in the southern coastal areas of Alabama and Florida. His paintings develop "from dreams, memories, and travels, inspiring hope and beauty in the soul." David explains his intention is to tell his stories on the canvas and … [Read more...]
Cheraine Collette Enlightens Us With Resplendent and Transformative Photographic Paintings
Cheraine Collette creates resplendent photographic paintings steeped with enlightened symbolic and metaphysical references. Her allegorical panoramas of astonishing beauty and splendor lure us into mystical and mysterious realms and propel us through time and space. We enter altered realities where earthly and heavenly scenarios coalesce and we embark upon a palpable … [Read more...]