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MONIKA STATTNER Sonora, California USA inq@monikastattner.com
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In my formal years in my native country - Hungary, I had a significant interest in art and I spent lot of time drawing and painting. I received an Associate Degree in Occupational Studies from Pratt Institute in New York, but I consider myself as a self trained artist. My favorite medium is graphite and oil, but I also work with color pencil and pastel. My childhood memories are of the times when I spent many hours reading beautifully illustrated fairy tale books. This consistent activity resulted in drawing my own illustrations for home work assignments, especially for history classes. Over the few years, my passion for drawing has generated a collection of unique sketches and drawings. * In 2006 I also enjoyed doing commissioned portraits of pets,as I believe their impression and presence can be preserved in the personal and poetic presentation of the graphite. * Drawings and paintings allows me to reflect my emotions and responses of my subject to paper, or canvas. I like to create art that shows feelings, and persona. My favorite tool is graphite pencil, for my drawings and oil for the paintings, and pastel for fun. In the past year I been working on graphite drawings, and portraits. I am most inspired by the works of Leonardo Da Vinci, the illustration of Arthur Rackham, and the hungarian Peter Balogh, who passed away at young age. Here, at my website you can see couple of my very favorites. There are free wallpapers if you like to decorate your monitor with my art. If you consider a portrait, or a special drawing I am more than happy to answer to your questions about the procedure and prices. Right now, the price for a 8" x 10" image is $125.00. That is the smaller size I work with. |
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As a hobby I enjoy gardening hiking and attending to dog shows; also love to take photos of my garden and during hiking trips. Below I have placed some of these photos. Prints of these photos available at Imagekind.com Click on them to see your options.
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