{"id":2068,"date":"2023-10-16T02:47:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T02:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/?page_id=2068"},"modified":"2025-07-21T17:52:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T00:52:38","slug":"represented-artists-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/?page_id=2068","title":{"rendered":"Represented Artists"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2068\" class=\"elementor elementor-2068\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f5e346e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f5e346e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a553246\" data-id=\"a553246\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b4c760 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2b4c760\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.11.2 - 22-02-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/?page_id=2414\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"632\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Belcher-070.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2345\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Belcher-070.jpg 632w, https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Belcher-070-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4c467a9\" data-id=\"4c467a9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73f9533 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73f9533\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.11.2 - 22-02-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><b>Susanne Belcher:<\/b><\/p><p>As an experimental mixed media semi-abstract artist and<\/p><p>photographer, there is nothing more exhilarating to me than<\/p><p>tapping into what I call \u201da collective stream of consciousness\u201d,<\/p><p>a place where unlimited possibilities exist.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-985efb9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"985efb9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8aaa8e6\" data-id=\"8aaa8e6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bea859c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bea859c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/?page_id=2446\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/KHansen_TheForestAir-copy-1024x685.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2346\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/KHansen_TheForestAir-copy-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/KHansen_TheForestAir-copy-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/KHansen_TheForestAir-copy-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/KHansen_TheForestAir-copy-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/KHansen_TheForestAir-copy.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-74ddd89\" data-id=\"74ddd89\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ae39a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ae39a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><b>Karen Hansen:<\/b><\/p><p class=\"p1\">Over time, painting became my meditation. As I work, I ease into a clear,<\/p><p class=\"p1\">quiet space where each piece unfolds through intuition, improvisation,<\/p><p class=\"p1\">and revision. I seek radiance, nuance, and mystery, building subtle complexity<\/p><p class=\"p1\">through layered veils of transparent and translucent color. The result is lyrical,<\/p><p class=\"p1\">luminous abstraction\u2014reflections of life\u2019s rhythms and quiet mysteries.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fab083f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fab083f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bf23d45\" data-id=\"bf23d45\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17e1b5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"17e1b5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/?page_id=2394\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mary-Wright-122-1024x698.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2350\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mary-Wright-122-1024x698.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mary-Wright-122-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mary-Wright-122-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mary-Wright-122-1536x1047.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mary-Wright-122-2048x1396.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52ceeb0\" data-id=\"52ceeb0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd9db12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd9db12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Mary Wright:<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Mary Wright\u2019s creation breathe life into the elements of Earth, Water, Fire, and Air,<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"> exploring narratives and the essence of nature. <\/span>\u2018To paint is for me a connection to<\/p><p class=\"p2\">Nature, to Source of Life. I&#8217;ve always found watercolor to fulfill my longing for surprise,<\/p><p class=\"p2\">the unpredictable. Watercolor opens me to that experience &#8211; the unknown.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-64fc940 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"64fc940\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f70838\" data-id=\"1f70838\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80b3a6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"80b3a6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/?page_id=2383\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3716-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2351\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3716-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3716-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3716-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3716-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3716-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3716-2046x2048.jpg 2046w, https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3716-160x160.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d61b69f\" data-id=\"d61b69f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99a82ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99a82ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Elisabeth Lafolye:<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"p2\">I use vibrant colors to express gratitude for the intricate beauty of our planet.Time spent<\/p><p class=\"p2\">in African countries has deeply shaped my perspective and work. My art often appears<\/p><p class=\"p2\">fragmented\u2014echoing today\u2019s world\u2014with defined shapes marking boundaries, softened<\/p><p class=\"p2\">by curves, enriched with organic, mineral textures, and illuminated with gold leaf to evoke<\/p><p class=\"p2\">light and hope.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c17cc2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c17cc2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d09505\" data-id=\"5d09505\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f06ab0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4f06ab0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/?page_id=2370\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Pink-Petal-Poetry--1024x754.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2352\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Pink-Petal-Poetry--1024x754.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Pink-Petal-Poetry--300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Pink-Petal-Poetry--768x566.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Pink-Petal-Poetry--1536x1131.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Pink-Petal-Poetry--2048x1508.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ed014ed\" data-id=\"ed014ed\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88dce11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"88dce11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Terry Romero Paul:<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"p2\">My passion is painting and painting with oils.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I love expressing myself through this vivid<\/p><p class=\"p2\">medium. A quote from Vincent Van Gogh, \u201cthe only time I feel alive is when I am painting.\u201d<\/p><p class=\"p2\">comes close to how I feel about my craft.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Susanne Belcher: As an experimental mixed media semi-abstract artist and photographer, there is nothing more exhilarating to me than tapping into what I call \u201da collective stream of consciousness\u201d, a place where unlimited possibilities exist. Karen Hansen: Over time, painting became my meditation. As I work, I ease into a clear, quiet space where each &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/?page_id=2068\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Represented Artists<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2068"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2068"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2612,"href":"https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2068\/revisions\/2612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tarasgallery.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}