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All artists with one or more artworks on view within the ArtScene site are listed alphabetically by their last name. . All artists with one or more artworks on view within the ArtScene site are listed alphabetically by their last name. ..

In the index below, artists and their work are grouped according to the nationality of each artist. In another index, the artwork is organized in alphabetical order by artist name. For a less directed approach, you may wish to view a set of thumbnail sketches, each of which takes you to the work it represents, or amble through the gallery using the browse function. The browse button takes you through the artwork in alphabetical order by artist name. All images appear in three different sizes (not including the thumbnail sketches, which are smaller than small).

de Torres at the famed Taller Torres-Garcia and a close friend. This portrait of Gurvich's artistic motivations and life are explored with the insight of student, friend, and internationally recognized authority of Torres-Garcia and the artists of the School of the South. It gives the reader an intimate view of this exceptional artist and wonderful man. An extensive compilation of works from the collection of the artist's family. As reviewed by Holland Cotter in the New York Times, ". But he soon gravitated to the craft of clay and began developing the hand carving and painting techniques which give his work its distinctive character. Poets in four different languages invited him to illustrate their poems. He also began integrating his studies of early cultures from Mesopotamia and Africa to the Celts and the Incas into his own symbolic world view. Of special interest is the Mayan civilization whose painters were also shamans, healers, politicians and poets. Through the years he has evolved a universal visual language which results in spontaneous laughter and smiles when people view his genuinely innovative sense of humor and play.
A good view site: http://www.si.edu/organiza/museums/zoo/zooview/exhibits/amazonia/scigall/backgrnd.htm

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