Waller-Yoblonsky Fine Art

Rick Abrams, aka; Richard Martin Abrams, a noted regional artist known for his unique acrylic and mixed-media collage shadowboxes, left an indelible mark on the art world before his passing in 2024. Born in Miami Abrams pursued his passion for art throughout his life, creating visually stunning pieces that explored themes surrounding pop culture. Abrams's distinctive style involved applying paint with stencils and rollers/air brush/sponges to the back of clear acrylic glass, then floating this painted layer over a separate painting or digital collage on white styrene. This technique resulted in a vibrant, dimensional quality, allowing shapes, shadows, colors, and patterns to interact on different planes. He used his acrylic and mixed media collage shadowboxes to explore elements of mid-century pop culture. One of Abrams's primary goals as an artist was to create aesthetically pleasing art that resonated with viewers. His work often incorporated nostalgic and humorous references...

One of Nigeria’s most noted contemporary artists, Mr. Emmanuel Ekefrey is part of the popular Lagos exhibition circuit, he is also part of the global art world, especially in England and France. His busy and colorful paintings are his unique trademark. What is particularly fascinating about Ekefrey's work is his ability to combine a strong graphic style with a great deal of imagination. The monumental and thematically complex painting below features three central figures, surrounded by a few larger ancestral faces watching over them. In the background, hundreds of miniature ancestral faces emerge and recede, representing previous Ibibio African ceremonies. The Ibibio coastal people, primarily located in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, and eastern Abia State in southern Nigeria, are connected to these ancestral traditions through the artwork. Ekefrey’s graffiti covers the canvas with a plethora of tiny faces that give the artwork a multi-perspective depth to the primary figures and the a...

In 1980, as a senior in college, I interned at the Kennedy Center in Arts Administration. The concept of studying at the Kennedy Center (KC) under some of the finest arts administrators seemed almost foreign to a young man who went to high school in Wolf Point, MT, on the Sioux and Assiniboine - Fort Peck Reservation. After my internship, I landed another job that fall in Washington, DC. In the early spring of 1982, Kool Cigarettes (part of the Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company) was sponsoring a one-day jazz festival at the Kennedy Center. I was asked to assist with the festival participants because I knew the entire building, including the intricate back hallways not known by the public and some of the staff. I had also served as an assistant backstage manager for the American College Theatre Festival, which held several performances at the KC yearly. Kool Jazz Festival Backstage Pass and Working Credentials I arrived early on the day of the Jazz Festival and received my backstage ...

Garden Journal X: On the Beach White Line Woodcut, 1996 Assateague Ponies, Carousel Rides, Sugarloaf Mountain with Wooly Sheep, a Kauai Rooster, Goldfish and Koi Ponds, sea bearing vessels, vintage cars, beaches and landscapes, table scenes and garden scenes, portraits of old friends and neighbors, nude sketches and monkeys at the zoo.  Zahn wrote numerous Artist Statements over her artistic career, but she never described herself as working in the figurativism style. A review of her work from her early art days to her death shows that the figure played an important role in her subject matter, whether in sculptural terra-cotta nudes displayed in her garden or in her prints. She used modern techniques and ideas to depict real-world subjects, including very recognizable human and animal figures. Sometimes, she would include landscapes to house her figures. Frequently, her garden scenes might take on more abstract elements, but she always included enough realism and imagination to all...