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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:15:17 GMT--><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Best Of Artists Books</title><link>http://www.bestofartists.com/best-of-artists/</link><description>Best Of Artists Books</description><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:00:50 +0000</lastBuildDate><copyright></copyright><language>en-US</language><generator>Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)</generator><item><title>Featuring: Select Best Of Worldwide Oil Artist Sylvia B.Ganancia</title><dc:creator>Kennedy Publishing</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:00:49 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.bestofartists.com/best-of-artists/2012/2/10/featuring-select-best-of-worldwide-oil-artist-sylvia-bgananc.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">169762:7934267:14711963</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.bestofartists.com/featured-artists/sylvia-bganancia/"><span class="ssNonEditable full-image-float-left"><span><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 275px;" src="http://www.bestofartists.com/picture/sylvia%20ganancia%20elegance%20oil.jpg?pictureId=12980030&amp;asGalleryImage=true&amp;__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1327421296030" alt="" /></span></span></span></span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.bestofartists.com/featured-artists/sylvia-bganancia/"><span class="ssNonEditable full-image-float-left"><span><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 125px;" src="http://www.bestofartists.com/picture/sylvia%20ganancia%20sevilla%20oil%20and%20mixed%20media.jpg?pictureId=12980049&amp;asGalleryImage=true&amp;__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1327421389221" alt="" /></span></span></span></span></a><a href="http://www.bestofartists.com/featured-artists/antonia-albano/"></a><span class="ssNonEditable full-image-block"><span> </span></span></p>
<p><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><a href="http://www.bestofartists.com/featured-artists/sylvia-bganancia/"><img style="width: 140px;" src="http://www.bestofartists.com/picture/sylvia%20ganancia%20regard%20d%27orient%20oil%20mixed%20media.jpg?pictureId=12980037&amp;asGalleryImage=true&amp;__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1327421431474" alt="" /></a></span>&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;</span><em><br />"Her progress is charming, human and full of feminine sensitivity...Any culture may deeply affect her, and, in her work, the faces of women can be admired: she herself says 'traditions perpetuate thanks to women'."&nbsp;</em>&nbsp;</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.bestofartists.com/best-of-artists/rss-comments-entry-14711963.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Featuring: Select Best Of Worldwide Landscape Artist Yuriy Shevchuk</title><dc:creator>Kennedy Publishing</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:00:29 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.bestofartists.com/best-of-artists/2012/2/8/featuring-select-best-of-worldwide-landscape-artist-yuriy-sh.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">169762:7934267:14767558</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.bestofartists.com/featured-artists/yuriy-shevchuk/"><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 325px;" src="http://www.bestofartists.com/picture/prague%20old%20town%20hall%20and%20astronomical%20clock%2035x55cm%20watercolour%20on%20paper.jpg?pictureId=13045249&amp;asGalleryImage=true&amp;__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1327787041921" alt="" /></span></span></span></span></a></p>
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<p><span><em><br />"Since 1993 Shevchuk has been living in the city of Prague, which he depicts in many of his paintings and also where he exhibits his work widely. He has been described as an accomplished master, full of artistic and intellectual energy.." </em></span></p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.bestofartists.com/best-of-artists/rss-comments-entry-14767558.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Featuring: Select Best Of Worldwide Photography Artist Johnathan Esper</title><dc:creator>Kennedy Publishing</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:46:00 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.bestofartists.com/best-of-artists/2012/2/1/featuring-select-best-of-worldwide-photography-artist-johnat.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">169762:7934267:14701115</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.bestofartists.com/featured-artists/johnathan-esper/"><span class="ssNonEditable full-image-float-left"><span><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://www.bestofartists.com/picture/360%20degree%20aerial%20hdr%20pano%20over%20blue%20mountain%20and%20summit%20firetower%20adirondack%20park%20ny%20usa.jpg?pictureId=12969701&amp;asGalleryImage=true&amp;__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1327422946383" alt="" /></span></span></span></span></a></p>
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<p>"I always said it is unfortunate when people allowed their work to permeate into their personal lives, yet here I am doing the same.... I suppose that&rsquo;s what happens when you&rsquo;re doing something you love to do, that you&rsquo;re passionate about, which for me is photography."</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.bestofartists.com/best-of-artists/rss-comments-entry-14701115.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Featuring: Select Best Of Worldwide Glass Artist Kevin Gordon</title><dc:creator>Kennedy Publishing</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:16:12 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.bestofartists.com/best-of-artists/2012/1/23/featuring-select-best-of-worldwide-glass-artist-kevin-gordon.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">169762:7934267:14700641</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.bestofartists.com/featured-artists/kevin-gordon/"><span class="ssNonEditable full-image-float-left"><span><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 350px;" src="http://www.bestofartists.com/picture/gordon%20kevin%20clear_sea_urchin__h_300_x_370_mm_20081.jpg?pictureId=12968885&amp;asGalleryImage=true&amp;__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1327350780224" alt="" /></span></span></span></span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.bestofartists.com/featured-artists/kevin-gordon/"><span class="ssNonEditable full-image-float-left"><span><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 135px;" src="http://www.bestofartists.com/picture/gordon%20kevin%20%20_red_fractal_h360x320_mm_20071.jpg?pictureId=12968869&amp;asGalleryImage=true&amp;__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1327350743427" alt="" /></span></span></span></span></a><a href="http://www.bestofartists.com/featured-artists/kevin-gordon/"><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 125px;" src="http://www.bestofartists.com/picture/gordon%20kevin%20%20__constructive_minds_h-379_x_230mm_20041.jpg?pictureId=12968863&amp;asGalleryImage=true&amp;__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1327350512728" alt="" /></span></span></a><span class="ssNonEditable full-image-block"><span> </span></span></p>
<p><span><em><br />"Kevin's work involves the fusing of layers of glass, with engravings and lenses to trap and transmit light and colour. His art is informed by his interest and study of fractals and the Mandelbrot Theory, and the resonance of these patterns and designs as found in nature." </em></span></p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.bestofartists.com/best-of-artists/rss-comments-entry-14700641.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Featuring Select Best of Worldwide Portrait and Figurative Artist Glenda Brown</title><dc:creator>Kennedy Publishing</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:41:56 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.bestofartists.com/best-of-artists/2012/1/20/featuring-select-best-of-worldwide-portrait-and-figurative-a.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">169762:7934267:14665551</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.bestofartists.com/featured-artists/glenda-brown/"><span class="ssNonEditable full-image-float-left"><span><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 200px;" src="http://www.bestofartists.com/picture/glenda%20brown%20chloe%20portrait%20oil.jpg?pictureId=12930969&amp;asGalleryImage=true&amp;__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1327097704836" alt="" /></span></span></span></span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.bestofartists.com/featured-artists/glenda-brown/"><span class="ssNonEditable full-image-float-left"><span><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 175px;" src="http://www.bestofartists.com/picture/glenda%20brown%20ayman%20portrait%20oil.jpg?pictureId=12930956&amp;asGalleryImage=true&amp;__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1327097336871" alt="" /></span></span></span></span></a><a href="http://www.bestofartists.com/featured-artists/glenda-brown/"><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 175px;" src="http://www.bestofartists.com/picture/glenda%20brown%20abigail%27s%20attitude%20portrait%20oil.jpg?pictureId=12930950&amp;asGalleryImage=true&amp;__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1327097361269" alt="" /></span></span></a><span class="ssNonEditable full-image-block"><span> </span></span></p>
<p><span><em><br />"Glenda Brown is a portrait painter who works in the French Academic tradition. Her portraits have been described as remarkably lifelike, so much so that people on the canvas seem to breathe."</em></span></p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.bestofartists.com/best-of-artists/rss-comments-entry-14665551.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Featuring: Select Best Of America Photography Artist Antonia Albano</title><dc:creator>Kennedy Publishing</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:00:57 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.bestofartists.com/best-of-artists/2012/1/20/featuring-select-best-of-america-photography-artist-antonia.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">169762:7934267:14013399</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.bestofartists.com/featured-artists/antonia-albano/"><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 300px;" src="http://www.bestofartists.com/picture/energetic%20transmissions.jpg?pictureId=12994662&amp;asGalleryImage=true&amp;__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1327522267283" alt="" /></span></span></span></span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.bestofartists.com/featured-artists/antonia-albano/"><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 300px;" src="http://www.bestofartists.com/picture/dawn%20in%20peggy%27s%20cove.jpg?pictureId=12416189&amp;asGalleryImage=true&amp;__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1327522335258" alt="" /></span></span></span></span></a><a href="http://www.bestofartists.com/featured-artists/antonia-albano/"></a><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span>&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p><br /><br />"Involved in design related fields for many years photography had a natural pull. With an eye for balance and harmony, beauty and simplicity, Antonia's images attract people who appreciate the sense of peace they feel when observing her work."</p>
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<p><em>"I have chosen to work in the traditional, figurative style of sculpture for I feel it is the best vehicle in which to express the natural beauty of the human body. In order to use this approach to my art, I have had to spend numerous years in the intensive study of human anatomy. My favorite subjects are children because of the roundness of their forms and subtle humor of their gestures and positions.&nbsp; Along with intrinsic structural authenticity, I hope to bring to my sculptures the qualities of sensitivity, dignity, warmth, flowing design, and humanity."</em></p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.bestofartists.com/best-of-artists/rss-comments-entry-13629491.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Featuring: Select Best Of America Jewelry Artist Jim E. Biond</title><dc:creator>Kennedy Publishing</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:13:00 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.bestofartists.com/best-of-artists/2011/11/18/featuring-select-best-of-america-jewelry-artist-jim-e-biond.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">169762:7934267:13630330</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.bestofartists.com/featured-artists/jim-biond/"><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 325px;" src="http://www.bestofartists.com/picture/biond%20jim%20e.%20jewelry%20--%20cleopatra%20rings%201%20x%201.jpg?pictureId=12021473&amp;asGalleryImage=true&amp;__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1320857819744" alt="" /></span></span></a></p>
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<p>&nbsp;<span style="color: #ffffff;">I began working with sterling silver&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span><em>"</em></span>I began working with sterling silver and gradually moved into working with fine silver and 18Kt yellow gold.&nbsp; I am now moving away from the traditional sterling silver and working more with the Argentium sterling silver, which is tarnish resistant.&nbsp; I also incorporate colored, semi-precious gemstones into most of my designs.&nbsp; The 'Floating Stone' design is my specialty.&nbsp; Gemstones in rings and pendants having no visible means of support, thereby allowing the maximum amount of light in and out, making the stone 'come alive" with sparkle."<span style="color: #ffffff;"><br /></span></p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.bestofartists.com/best-of-artists/rss-comments-entry-13630330.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Featuring: Select Best Of Worldwide Mixed Media Artist Sherry Karver</title><dc:creator>Kennedy Publishing</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:56:00 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.bestofartists.com/best-of-artists/2011/11/16/featuring-select-best-of-worldwide-mixed-media-artist-sherry.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">169762:7934267:13568877</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.bestofartists.com/featured-artists/sherry-karver/"><span class="ssNonEditable full-image-float-left"><span><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 300px;" src="http://www.bestofartists.com/picture/new_turf_42_x_461.jpg?pictureId=11950745&amp;asGalleryImage=true&amp;__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1320260353057" alt="" /></span></span></span></span></a></p>
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<p class="style10">"My work embraces the contemporary non-linear view of time with its randomness, spontaneity, and chance occurrences.  The figures are often in movement, conveying our individual voyages, and is a metaphor for our journey through life - A journey where we are 'collectively alone'."</p>
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