Alissa Rindels
Email: jade_meril@yahoo.com
My name is Alissa Rindels, I am 26 years old, and I am just a local artist who struggles to be known. I sell my artwork on my personal website, Ebay, and various online art galleries. My main influence artistically is Brom, and I always keep in mind his idea that it is not the technique that is especially important, but the end result. I love working with many materials: Pastels, ink, oil and acrylic paint, watercolor, pencil, etc. and so I try not to have a rigid plan when I am working on a piece, but focus mainly on flow and color to see where the medium and current takes me. For me, it is the most exciting, and satisfying, to watch something happen in front of you that you were not expecting, but that you can be pleasantly surprised with and proud of. I believe that art should not be judge solely on the artistic know how or technique execution, but by what emotion the flow of colors and subject carries for the artist and his/her viewers. That is what art is meant to be after all, a vessel of emotions, thoughts, or dreams. Nothing is more rewarding, than for a viewer to tell you how your artwork makes them feel, or what thoughts it brings to mind. I currently work out of Shell Rock, IA, participating in art shows and Ren fests when I can. I’ve had booths at the Minnesota Ren fest, Des Moines Ren fest, and the Iowa City Summer of the Arts. I am a single mother of a beautiful two year old boy, Dante.
Visit my website at: http://www.direatrium.com
