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Sheila     Sobol    Brachfeld   
Webster's New World Dictionary   defines   ART:   1.   human ability to make things, creativity of man as distinguished from    nature.
My definition of Art incorporates active & passive processes:  contemplation, reflection and realignment.  Being an Artist my entire life, I have utilized many artistic discliplines.    
VISUAL:     painting, drawing, ceramics, glass blowing, sculpture, construction, printmaking  
LITERARY:  poetry, novels, plays, essays, short and long stories, journalism 
MUSICAL:  composition, performance duets & trios and vocals 
MEDIA:     35 mm, digital photography, video and computer; 35mm film, video, photography; work in a recording studio (visual and audio); animation (hand, 35mm camera) 
THEATER:  acting for the stage, acting for the camera, acting for the computer.  
  
In the personna of an Art Educator, I have explored the plastic arts, sculpture, ceramics, construction; the history of ART (Western Civilization and Native Cultures); and the philosophy, belief systems, and paradoxes underlining those specific standard bearers of culture makers.
BEAUTY found (rediscovered) allowed me a cerebral focus, to shape a great concern: Protect and Sustain our EARTH
Inadvertently, this granted me the protection I required to practice meditative, transcendent thought by the means of producing art work.  Now, throughly intergrated into my Nature, I am enabled to make ART from a "place" in my own being which is "I".  Thus, it is unnecessary for me to "get all worked up" over the idea-reality-illusion that a gallery, collector, person, would not like a particular aspect of my work.  No one knows in certainty whether any art will still be on display if our precious EAR TH is profoundly altered.
 

Facia, layers, meaning | Florals | Landscapes | Still Life and People | Odds and Ends |

 


Facia, layers, meaning    
At 15, I began a process of noticing the fact that my thoughts were significantly differently from most people. I created Surrealistic Art. For years I was limited by epileptic seizures and neurological medications. Now, I am able to see what I want to create. I still want subtle layers unlimited by or to time, space, and, media. Here's my next.


Florals    
Sketching and painting a living object which changes color, shape, direction - it's relationship to it's environment within an hour's time is my experience with floral work. I enjoy challenges. The beauty of translucence is revealed. Tracking petal, leaf and stem shape; observing color contrast within the forms; creating large, close-ups that alter the fore and background. It is always about composition: direction, abstraction and color-line-form. And, it is ART!


Landscapes    
Landscapes open up my mind, my heart, my soul, my being. I feel the earth from my feet up as I look at a vista. I thrill at the atmosphere and light playing in and on the clouds. As I study the hues in my view, I contemplate everything from the far distance to the close-by trees, rocks, water, dirt and plants.


Still Life and People    
Still life provide another avenue of exploring relationships between color, line, form, composition, size, space, light movement & intensity. These art works allow expressions unavailable in changing beings, things & places.


Odds and Ends    
Sculpture, Mixed Media, Surrealism, Color field paintings are an odd grouping of odds and ends. I explored many forms of material. These were interesting enough for various reasons to document their "specificality".