http://www.ateamartists.com ateamartists Sun, 18 Mar 2012 17:24:46 +0000 http://www.ateamartists.com en http://www.ateamartists.com/Paul-Norris http://www.ateamartists.com/following/ateamartists.com/Paul-Norris Sun, 18 Mar 2012 17:24:46 +0000 ateamartists 3028278 <img src="http://payload36.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/3028278/norris_tuscany_905.jpg" width="846" height="459" width_o="846" height_o="459" src_o="http://payload36.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/3028278/norris_tuscany_o.jpg" data-mid="15442181" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload36.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/3028278/norris_still-life_905.jpg" width="759" height="1242" width_o="759" height_o="1242" src_o="http://payload36.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/3028278/norris_still-life_o.jpg" data-mid="15442178" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload36.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/3028278/norris_hummingbird_905.jpg" width="850" height="531" width_o="850" height_o="531" src_o="http://payload36.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/3028278/norris_hummingbird_o.jpg" data-mid="15442163" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload36.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/3028278/norris_splashy-flowrs.jpg" width="466" height="959" width_o="466" height_o="959" src_o="http://payload36.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/3028278/norris_splashy-flowrs_o.jpg" data-mid="15442171" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload36.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/3028278/norris_cutting-board_905.jpg" width="850" height="659" width_o="850" height_o="659" src_o="http://payload36.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/3028278/norris_cutting-board_o.jpg" data-mid="15442156" border="0" align="left"/> Paul Norris Born: October 11,1966 Rensselaer, Indiana <img src="http://payload36.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/3028278/norris_portrait.jpg" width="200" height="134" width_o="200" height_o="134" src_o="http://payload36.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/3028278/norris_portrait_o.jpg" data-mid="15442197" border="0" align="left"/> I do art because it shows the creative part of me and allows me to live. My entire being was saved by the creativity I found in myself. I believe God makes all of us creative beings, and you’ll be creative in either a good way or a bad way. I joined the A-TEAM because I appreciated the atmosphere of enjoyment. I believe that my art will touch people in different ways, and I believe they will always be touched. That’s what makes us human. Art will always touch someone. That’s what I like about it. http://www.ateamartists.com/Shantelle-Bacon-Jones http://www.ateamartists.com/following/ateamartists.com/Shantelle-Bacon-Jones Sun, 18 Mar 2012 17:19:42 +0000 ateamartists 3028249 <img src="http://payload36.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/3028249/bacon-jones_elephants-at-play_905.jpg" width="850" height="583" width_o="850" height_o="583" src_o="http://payload36.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/3028249/bacon-jones_elephants-at-play_o.jpg" data-mid="15442247" border="0" align="left"/> Shantelle Bacon-Jones Born: October 3,1991 Morrisville, Pennsylvania <img src="http://payload36.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/3028249/portrait.jpg" width="200" height="134" width_o="200" height_o="134" src_o="http://payload36.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/3028249/portrait_o.jpg" data-mid="15442266" border="0" align="left"/> I mostly do cartoon art. If you look at a mushroom, it’s just a mushroom, but if it’s a cartoon, it looks like something out-of-the-ordinary. I put things in a different form, different from reality – more like a fantasy than a cartoon. I’ve been doing art since I was in tenth grade. That was my first art class. When I started drawing, it was a different environment. I was more focused. Doing art relaxes me and calms me. I’ll keep doing art because I like to do it and it comes naturally to me now. http://www.ateamartists.com/Sharon-Jackson http://www.ateamartists.com/following/ateamartists.com/Sharon-Jackson Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:27:38 +0000 ateamartists 2184402 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/2184402/jackson_hawk_905.jpg" width="854" height="1083" width_o="854" height_o="1083" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/2184402/jackson_hawk_o.jpg" data-mid="10913626" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/2184402/jackson_majestic-woman_905.jpg" width="854" height="1096" width_o="854" height_o="1096" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/2184402/jackson_majestic-woman_o.jpg" data-mid="10913486" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/2184402/jackson_magid_905.jpg" width="854" height="822" width_o="854" height_o="822" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/2184402/jackson_magid_o.jpg" data-mid="10913504" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/2184402/jackson_-birds-of-a-feather-II_905.jpg" width="870" height="889" width_o="870" height_o="889" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/2184402/jackson_-birds-of-a-feather-II_o.jpg" data-mid="15444260" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/2184402/jackson_celebrate-summer_905.jpg" width="870" height="681" width_o="870" height_o="681" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/2184402/jackson_celebrate-summer_o.jpg" data-mid="15444263" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/2184402/jackson_silver-flowers_905.jpg" width="861" height="686" width_o="861" height_o="686" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/2184402/jackson_silver-flowers_o.jpg" data-mid="15444272" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/2184402/jackson_winter-wonderland_905.jpg" width="850" height="803" width_o="850" height_o="803" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/2184402/jackson_winter-wonderland_o.jpg" data-mid="15444274" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/2184402/jackson_ice-cream-delight_905.jpg" width="870" height="615" width_o="870" height_o="615" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/2184402/jackson_ice-cream-delight_o.jpg" data-mid="15444276" border="0" align="left"/> Born: July 20, 1964 Lambertville, New Jersey <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/2184402/jackson_portrait.jpg" width="200" height="134" width_o="200" height_o="134" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/2184402/jackson_portrait_o.jpg" data-mid="15444290" border="0" align="left"/> Art was something I did as a teenager, but I put it on the back burner. It just came to my knowledge again when my mother mentioned the art classes at the soup kitchen. I wanted to start my own project where I’d go into the parks around my neighborhood and get children to do art. Then, I’d put up little art exhibits. Now, I’ve started the project at Moody Park, and soon I’ll do it at another park. Mostly I do my art at home when I have nothing else to do. My mother inspires me. She’s an artist and not just in painting. She’s a gifted person. I feel confident in my artwork. I like doing sceneries, faces, animals and plants – everything. Doing art takes my stress away. I also dance and do martial arts. Martial arts relax me and when I dance, I release all my energy. http://www.ateamartists.com/Lonnie-Green http://www.ateamartists.com/following/ateamartists.com/Lonnie-Green Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:45:35 +0000 ateamartists 225736 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/225736/drifting-storm_3.jpg" width="617" height="431" width_o="617" height_o="431" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/225736/drifting-storm_3_o.jpg" data-mid="3316053" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/225736/grey-day_905.jpg" width="720" height="472" width_o="720" height_o="472" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/225736/grey-day_o.jpg" data-mid="3315181" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/225736/mts.jpg" width="457" height="526" width_o="457" height_o="526" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/225736/mts_o.jpg" data-mid="3315185" border="0" align="left"/> Lonnie Green Born: August 25, 1956 Trenton, New Jersey <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/225736/portrait2.jpg" width="200" height="134" width_o="200" height_o="134" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/225736/portrait2_o.jpg" data-mid="3335142" border="0" align="left"/> I like beautifying things, but I’m really more of a builder. I guess art is something you get better at as you go along. I’m just starting. I started doing art to pass the time. Now, it relaxes my brain. When you focus, it’s beneficial. It’s pleasurable. I think I’ll keep doing it. I like to create. Art is peaceful and develops the ability to express yourself. I’ll get there one of these days – to a place of peace and love. http://www.ateamartists.com/Elaine-Jones http://www.ateamartists.com/following/ateamartists.com/Elaine-Jones Fri, 09 Sep 2011 01:48:54 +0000 ateamartists 1978001 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1978001/jones_the-forest_905.jpg" width="700" height="504" width_o="700" height_o="504" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1978001/jones_the-forest_o.jpg" data-mid="9816769" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1978001/jones_the-vase_905.jpg" width="700" height="537" width_o="700" height_o="537" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1978001/jones_the-vase_o.jpg" data-mid="9816771" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1978001/jones_dancers_905.jpg" width="732" height="900" width_o="732" height_o="900" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1978001/jones_dancers_o.jpg" data-mid="15444405" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1978001/jones_let-s-party_905.jpg" width="870" height="660" width_o="870" height_o="660" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1978001/jones_let-s-party_o.jpg" data-mid="15444408" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1978001/jones_mts-in-spring_905.jpg" width="870" height="643" width_o="870" height_o="643" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1978001/jones_mts-in-spring_o.jpg" data-mid="15444411" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1978001/jones_stripes-flowers_905.jpg" width="870" height="682" width_o="870" height_o="682" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1978001/jones_stripes-flowers_o.jpg" data-mid="15444414" border="0" align="left"/> Elaine Jones Born: November 22, 1946 Trenton, New Jersey <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1978001/portrait.jpg" width="200" height="134" width_o="200" height_o="134" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1978001/portrait_o.jpg" data-mid="9816655" border="0" align="left"/> I started my art when I started school. We were poor so we didn’t have the materials for art, but when I got to school, I found out I could draw. The teachers liked what I did, and I liked the idea of creating something. I kept doing art and when I was in fifth grade, they had me decorate the whole gymnasium for a play of The Three Little Pigs. I got big boards and drew the story. When I was older, I sent a drawing into the “Draw Me” program that gave out scholarships for art college. I won a scholarship but I didn’t take it because I got married. I was sixteen. Then, I put art away for many years until an artist on the A-TEAM from my neighborhood invited me to come to the A-TEAM. I went and I’ve been painting ever since. God gave me another chance to do something I love to do. http://www.ateamartists.com/Sandra-Livingston http://www.ateamartists.com/following/ateamartists.com/Sandra-Livingston Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:37:17 +0000 ateamartists 1977351 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1977351/livingston_flowrs1.jpg" width="555" height="726" width_o="555" height_o="726" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1977351/livingston_flowrs1_o.jpg" data-mid="9816238" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1977351/livingston_pink-calla.jpg" width="530" height="798" width_o="530" height_o="798" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1977351/livingston_pink-calla_o.jpg" data-mid="9892805" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1977351/livingston-3.jpg" width="550" height="750" width_o="550" height_o="750" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1977351/livingston-3_o.jpg" data-mid="9892815" border="0" align="left"/> Sandra Livingston Born: October 8, 1961 Conway, South Carolina <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1977351/portrait.jpg" width="200" height="134" width_o="200" height_o="134" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1977351/portrait_o.jpg" data-mid="9815860" border="0" align="left"/> Have you ever heard the phrase “Laughter is medicine for the soul?” Well that’s what art is for me, medicine for my soul. It’s very therapeutic! Anytime I’m feeling down, over stressed, or a sense of anxiousness sits in, I can resort to my own little corner of the world and do something artistic to bring me back mentally to a mellow place. Creativity comes easy for me, but I do realize that it’s a divine gift from the Creator. Along with visual art, I also write poetry. Oftentimes, the two go hand-in-hands. I will write a poem and then be inspired to do a piece of art that conveys what my writing is about or vice versa. Because art is so embedded in me, I can’t even pinpoint when it all started. But I can say this . . . I can’t ever remember art and creativity not being a sustainable fiber of my existence. http://www.ateamartists.com/Carlos-Cribb http://www.ateamartists.com/following/ateamartists.com/Carlos-Cribb Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:51:11 +0000 ateamartists 1901534 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1901534/cribb_cradle_905.jpg" width="711" height="600" width_o="711" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1901534/cribb_cradle_o.jpg" data-mid="9416328" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1901534/cribb_thor_905.jpg" width="760" height="562" width_o="760" height_o="562" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1901534/cribb_thor_o.jpg" data-mid="9416319" border="0" align="left"/> Carlos Cribb February 5,1974 Marion, South Carolina <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1901534/cribb_portrait.jpg" width="200" height="134" width_o="200" height_o="134" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1901534/cribb_portrait_o.jpg" data-mid="15441995" border="0" align="left"/> Earliest I can remember, I was five. I was drawing all the time. My ma got me that big old box of Crayola crayons with the gold and copper colors and the sharpener in the back. I had a real strong imagination that I liked to express on paper. It’s basically like I’m creating my own world when I draw. I make my own characters. If I’m in a bad mood, I draw violent pictures. If I’m in a good mood, I draw pleasant pictures that people like to look at. Sometimes, my art has a message in it, like in Broken Wings.” The message is that when you’re born into this world you’re special as a child, but when you get older, your wings get broken and then you need help from God to get back on track so that you can get your wings back and fly again. Starting now, I think all my art will have a message. http://www.ateamartists.com/Nour-Galil http://www.ateamartists.com/following/ateamartists.com/Nour-Galil Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:06:44 +0000 ateamartists 1776770 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1776770/1_905.jpg" width="750" height="621" width_o="750" height_o="621" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1776770/1_o.jpg" data-mid="8756678" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1776770/2.jpg" width="443" height="620" width_o="443" height_o="620" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1776770/2_o.jpg" data-mid="8756679" border="0" align="left"/> Born: January 1, 1953 Khartoum, Sudan <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1776770/portrait.gif" width="200" height="134" width_o="200" height_o="134" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/1776770/portrait_o.gif" data-mid="8755822" border="0" align="left"/> I was born an artist. When I was nine years old, I felt that I had to do art. We lived close to the Nile River, and my first painting was a small landscape. I still have it. Every year, the school would give us clay and watercolors. When the other children went outside to play soccer, I would stay in the art room and make clay animals and paint them. At home, my grandmother liked to see me do art so she helped me a lot. If I needed materials, she would help me get them. When I was about 17, the people in my neighborhood often asked me to paint their portraits. Everybody knew I was an artist. By then I was using pencils. I love pencils! They give me everything – they are like life. When I use pencils, it’s easy for my feelings and ideas to get from my mind and heart to my fingers. The person who made the first pencil must have been a happy guy because he made something so good for all artists. I have traveled a lot in West Africa and Europe. I got the money by selling my art. I met a lot of artists and learned many things. I traveled to Italy and lived in Rome for one year where I started to understand classical art, like the art of Michelangelo and Leonardo DaVinci. I still feel art inside me. I try to do good art and to find my own style. I think I’ve got it now after a long way. I want to enjoy my art and I do. I enjoy doing it. I feel the beauty around me – color, shadow, people and light. From the beauty, I get ideas for my art. Art is something I cannot live without. If I couldn’t do art, I feel I would die. Art is my life. http://www.ateamartists.com/Charles-Smith http://www.ateamartists.com/following/ateamartists.com/Charles-Smith Sat, 16 Oct 2010 04:42:46 +0000 ateamartists 705941 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/705941/cs_5a_905.jpg" width="801" height="574" width_o="801" height_o="574" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/705941/cs_5a_o.jpg" data-mid="4504828" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/705941/cs_3_905.jpg" width="780" height="529" width_o="780" height_o="529" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/705941/cs_3_o.jpg" data-mid="4504729" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/705941/cs_2_905.jpg" width="800" height="442" width_o="800" height_o="442" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/705941/cs_2_o.jpg" data-mid="4504730" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/705941/cs_1_905.jpg" width="800" height="442" width_o="800" height_o="442" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/705941/cs_1_o.jpg" data-mid="4504731" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/705941/creating-worlds_905.jpg" width="770" height="501" width_o="770" height_o="501" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/705941/creating-worlds_o.jpg" data-mid="3317432" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/705941/smith_fantastic-voyage_905.jpg" width="780" height="493" width_o="780" height_o="493" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/705941/smith_fantastic-voyage_o.jpg" data-mid="9415224" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/705941/smith_web_905.jpg" width="870" height="569" width_o="870" height_o="569" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/705941/smith_web_o.jpg" data-mid="15444534" border="0" align="left"/> Charles Smith Born: March 20,1951 Jersey City, New Jersey <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/705941/portrait2.gif" width="200" height="134" width_o="200" height_o="134" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/705941/portrait2_o.gif" data-mid="4483657" border="0" align="left"/> My art came to me in 1970. Why it did…that’s the part I can’t figure out. It just popped up. When I was at Junior 5, an art teacher showed me how to do stars and that was that, but by the time I was 19 and trying to learn to read, I started scribbling and scrabbling. I learned to draw just by doing it. I do space pictures. At first, I did cities, then I caught on to space ideas. I made space ships. I can also make cars and robots. I make some crazy robots – weird faces and crazy hats. I draw robots that look out-of-this-world and cars that could be on the moon. I was always into space because we’re living on a planet and we’re in space. I’ll always have my space cities. You can’t get no further out than that. Art makes my mind bigger because it shows me something I’ve never seen before. I’m not getting it from nowhere else than from my head….and God. This art right here, it’s all about God. He’s giving me all the visions I see. One day I’m gonna make a whole world and it’s gonna be a space ship. We’ll have our own sun. http://www.ateamartists.com/Mary-Shannon http://www.ateamartists.com/following/ateamartists.com/Mary-Shannon Sat, 16 Oct 2010 04:42:45 +0000 ateamartists 705942 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/705942/birds-on-a-twig_905.jpg" width="685" height="514" width_o="685" height_o="514" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/705942/birds-on-a-twig_o.jpg" data-mid="3317425" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/705942/about-flower_905.jpg" width="680" height="505" width_o="680" height_o="505" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/705942/about-flower_o.jpg" data-mid="3317426" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/705942/mermaid.jpg" width="344" height="529" width_o="344" height_o="529" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/705942/mermaid_o.jpg" data-mid="3317427" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/705942/the-unconscious.jpg" width="339" height="482" width_o="339" height_o="482" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/705942/the-unconscious_o.jpg" data-mid="3317428" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/705942/be-happy.jpg" width="290" height="395" width_o="290" height_o="395" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/705942/be-happy_o.jpg" data-mid="3317429" border="0" align="left"/> Mary Shannon Born: February 6, 1950 Bronx, New York <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/705942/portrait.jpg" width="200" height="134" width_o="200" height_o="134" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18923/705942/portrait_o.jpg" data-mid="3335611" border="0" align="left"/> I always liked clothes, textiles and color. Color is wonderful. It can bring beauty, warmth and it reflects a person’s individuality. I love apricot and celadon, together or separately. They remind me of California, the tropics and the ocean. I painted all the walls and ceilings in my house apricot. I used to belong to a photo club where I saw pictures of the sky and buildings in Greece. I thought they were beautiful, and I wanted to see if I could paint things that I thought were beautiful. One day a friend of mine, who is a member of the A-TEAM artists, showed me a painting he’d done that I liked a lot. I went with him to the A-TEAM art room at the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen to see what the artists were doing. When I got there, I felt like I couldn’t draw, but I got encouragement, so I kept trying and finally my persistence paid off. It felt good to get something down on paper that started out as just an idea in my head. I started with watercolor paint. I like the way watercolor looks. It seems real to me. I think I’ll keep doing art because I have a lot of pictures in my mind that I want to express. There are some things that I want to get out that I can’t make yet. They don’t come out of my hand, but I’m going to keep trying.