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Sylvain Chamberland Nyudo - Featured Artist at Capucines Boulevard


Capucines Boulevard Features Artist Sylvain Chamberland Nyudo


about the artist

Born September 3rd 1957 in Montreal Canada. Speak French, Spanish, and English. Moved to Southern California in 1969. Involved in theatre at early age and worked both onstage and backstage. Achieved early graduation in high school and several awards in drawing and architectural design competitions. Left home at age 15 to pursue arts career and worked as plumber, chimney sweep, flower truck delivery, hardware store sales, architectural designer/planner, petro-chemical system designer/project manager, radio on-air talent, graphic designer, interior designer, and after school programs educator. 


My only sister, 4 and a half years my junior, required a radical bone marrow transplant from me in 1986, to defeat acute myolitic leukemia. Unfortunately she was not able to recover and died that July. Time does not heal all wounds.

I have severe obstructive sleep apnea. Surgeons tell me I have a 50/50 chance of living through each night. 

I have been developing the TLK Life Skills and Arts Center in Old Union MS. see threefoldotus.com for details on this arts studio/exhibition/teaching center for arts promotion, development and residencies. Selected Exhibitions 2006 ** More than 20 books and catalogues developed for POD publishing at www.lulu.com/theway ** Developed Philosophical and Martial Arts teaching and support facility at Threefold Lotus Kwoon ** ARTLAB - Year-round rotating exhibitions and dialogue ** Renewed search for representation 2005 ** Upstream People Gallery - Juried Exhibition, Omaha, NB - Juror Larry Bradshaw, Professor, Curator ** BangArts, Jackson, MS - Figure/Abstraction - Curated by Bart Galloway ** 4th Floor Gallery - FACE Time - Cornwall on the Hudson - Group show ** ARTLAB - Foot works - New York invitational - Solo 2004 ** ARTLAB - Gallery Exhibitions, Tupelo, MS – Random – Solo ** Starting Over- Gallery, Tupelo, MS – Random – Group ** BangArts, Jackson, MS – Solo ** ARTLAB - Tupelo, MS – Move and Grand Opening- Solo ** RCA (Russetta Contemporary Art) Tupelo, MS – Solo 2003 ** ARTLAB - A public Art Forum, Tupelo, MS – Random – Group ** Public Mural - Jefferson Place Restaurant, Tupelo, MS – Random – Group ** Cassettas Gallery, Tuscumbia, AL– various works– Group ** Galloway Gallery, Tupelo, MS – strong force / week force– Solo ** RCA (Russetta Contemporary Art) Tupelo, MS – Politics - Solo ** RCA (Russetta Contemporary Art) Tupelo, MS – a quality of breath– Solo 2002 ** Starting Over Coffee House Tupelo, MS – Random – Group ** RCA (Russetta Contemporary Art) Tupelo, MS – Processing Man– Solo ** RCA (Russetta Contemporary Art) Tupelo, MS – One Year Later– 911 anniversary ** RCA (Russetta Contemporary Art) Tupelo, MS – Open Studio – Solo 2001 ** RCA (Russetta Contemporary Art) Irvine, CA – Fertility – Solo ** RCA (Russetta Contemporary Art) Irvine, CA – Pencil & Paper – Group ** RCA (Russetta Contemporary Art) Tupelo, Ms – Open Studio – Solo 2000 ** Webster Gallery Santa Ana, CA – The Thought Accelerator – Solo ** Webster Gallery Santa Ana, CA – Drawing & Influence – Duo ** Webster Gallery Santa Ana, CA – Requiem for Art – Duo 1999 ** Webster Gallery Santa Ana, CA – Nasty Habits, video installation – Solo ** Webster G



artists' statement

The Provocative Image I like to coax people into participation in conversation. Whenever I hear conditioned responses, I cringe. I try to create images that encourage the viewer to bring their own experience into the dialogue. 

"Real" Art is about ideas. Ideas resist stasis and mutate with the times and the human condition. The basis for all human thought and ideas is humanity itself. The figure, the human form, the "body" is therefore the vessel of creation and progenitor of all ideas. The body is always present in some form, no matter how abstract, in my works. 

I am a physical painter, using large scale as part technique to liberate my gestured strokes and expressive forms. I use Acrylic paint in a way that is fast and immediate, allowing me to produce hues and mixtures uncommon to acrylics. A college professor argued unrelentingly that a work he saw of mine, even upon close inspection, had to have been created in oils. He is wrong, but added to my confidence in my control of my medium. I am not afraid of pure color, nor am I attached to it. My painting is driven by the ideas approached in each canvas. Sometimes a soft muted tone is called for as in my Apnea works, at others, loud bright and even rude associations aid in the questions and opinions contained. As a philosopher, teacher, artist, I believe Artists are firstly keen observers, then commentators on the whole of human experience. Anything less is decoration and irresponsible.

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Posted by Original Fine Art Gallery at 5/16/2008 6:24 PM | Add Comment

Jennifer Feeney - Featured Artist at Capucines Boulevard


Capucines Boulevard Features Artist Jennifer Feeney



about the artist

Jennifer Feeney’s path to a career in art has been a rather circuitous one. Her interest in art began at a young age. With encouragement from her family, she took classes at a local art association at the age of 13, received her first easel and set of oils at 14, and received a fine art scholarship to attend Herron School of Art (Indianapolis, IN). Once in college, her varies interests led her in all sorts of directions. 

She graduated with a degree in Art History and Anthropology; lived in Niger, West Africa for two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer; and returning to the United States with desire to pursue a more practical way of life, switched from art to science. Within the realm of science she has worked as a lab technician in various university laboratories including the University of Chicago’s Cancer Research Center DNA Sequencing Facility and has worked as a freelance science/technical writer. 

Practicality, however, cannot trump creative inspiration. With the advent of digital photography, Jennifer finally found the perfect medium upon which to unleash her creative drive. Her background in fine art, art history, and science gives her a unique perspective on life. This can be seen in the way she zooms in on an object turning it into an abstract form; or, conversely, when she steps way back to capture a scene that tells a story or evokes a feeling. Her primary interests lie in recording aspects of the natural environment, as well the elements of design found in everyday objects. She currently resides in Munster, IN with her husband and three children.



artists' statement

“Creating art is a necessary outlet of pent up internal wanderings, ponderings, and energy. Through my many careers and jobs ranging from Peace Corp volunteer to DNA Sequencing Technician, I have attempted to suppress my creative drive. Thinking that it was not practical enough to pursue a career in art, I went as far as far away from art as possible. But here I am, back home again. Finally content and ENJOYING what I am doing. This is my motivator.

Living a life where I get up in the morning and know that I am doing what I have been called to do. Seeing beauty in everything, I shoot just about anything that crosses my path. Getting the best creative exposure is what I strive to do each time I depress the shutter button. But the real fun comes in when I go back to my studio. There I spend hours in the digital darkroom adjusting and recreating the image the way my mind’s eye says it should be. Whether realistic, abstract, or surreal, all of my photography attempts to evoke a feeling in the observer. This creative representation of life is what makes it art. And I am thrilled to be creating it.” Jennifer A. Feeney Fine Art Photographer & Artist 

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Posted by Original Fine Art Gallery at 5/14/2008 11:13 AM | Add Comment

Cappy Price Guest Speaker at Congressman Danny K. Davis' 28th Annual High School Art Competition


Cappy Price Guest Speaker at Congressman Danny Davis' 28th Annual High School Art Competition


I was honored to be the guest speaker at Congressman Danny K. Davis' 28th Annual High School Art Competition on May 2nd at Chicago's United Center. 78 students from High Schools in the 7th Congressional District submitted artwork in the competition and six won prizes ranging from computer systems to summer scholarships to attend The Art Institute of Chicago. Excerpts of my remarks follow:

Before Robert and I founded CapucinesBoulevard, I spent my career investing in small and micro cap value stocks which basically means the smallest and least expensive 5% of all public companies - and even though they were well-run, most investors didn't pay much attention to them --- so, when I went to visit companies to learn more about their operations they were very happy that someone was actually interested. 

And so by spending the time to get information that other investors were ignoring, I was able to find opportunities that others missed.

What does this have to do with you? Well, I believe that like small and micro cap value stocks, Emerging Artists are the greatest investment opportunities that no one has ever heard of...

Many people make the mistake of looking at art as something that's nice to have but certainly not a necessity -- I obviously don't agree:

Art happens to be the biggest unregulated, legal economy in the world to the tune of $64B worldwide, in fact, it grew 95% between 2002 and 2006 and, the truth is, as Robert Redford has said, "culture is a solid investment"


Make no mistake, art isn' fluff -- you know, we live in an abundant country, and have pretty much taken care of all of our basic needs, and our culture places increasing value on creativity and innovation: the ideas that catch on today are the ones like iPods, they're ideas that represent conceptual leaps/ they give us things that we didn't know we were missing, not things we necessarily needed, but ideas that appeal to our creative natures - the right sides of our brains --  It's the same reason that we buy designer toilet brush cleaners that could pass as sculpture at Target. 

The same reason that students at New York's Mt Sinai Medical School are required to tour art museums in order to become better diagnosticians by improving their ability to discern aesthetics, to see things more holistically...

So, as artists, you begin with an innate advantage in this new economy by your very ability to see and to think differently...

The other side of this new economy other than the art itself centers around the value of it -- art should always be purchased for the joy it brings, but art is also an asset and when it comes to art, it's your art, contemporary art that's in demand. Contemporary Art is so hot because even though people admire the Old Masters, what they want to own are representations of their own culture and time; contemporary art is more topical and often more interesting and now, it's becoming more valuable.


There's truly never been a better time to be an emerging artist...you have the power to inspire, and yes, to prosper -- the record is clear -- the value is in work of the emerging artist.

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Posted by Original Fine Art Gallery at 5/9/2008 5:54 PM | Add Comment

Jose De la Barra - Featured Artist at Capucines Boulevard


Capucines Boulevard Features Artist Jose De la Barra


about the artist

Published in Art Bussines News “Emergent Artist”, September, 2001, Jose De la Barra was born on 6th August 1956 in Peru. He has created a dream-like world through his expressing of the internal and external fantasies of his imagination with his precise talents in painting and drawing. The expressions and the sensual movements that appear in each piece, create mystic allegories about the universe. 


By combining his interest in the human form with his desire for symbolic content, he has engendered a language that explains the human condition through a unique perspective. There is a method through which he develops his art relying on material and composition to develop his personal, magical universe. 

De la Barra considers himself a Surrealist, one who plays and exaggerates reality as perceived in this subjective world. He attended the Fine Arts Autonomous Superior School in Lima, Peru, where he studied Painting, Illustration, and Murals, combining this academic training with innate tendencies toward abstraction, he developed a figurative style that was immediately well received and noted for its innovation. De la Barra's reputation is well pronounced throughout South America, and has lead to a long career history of eminent exhibitions and Awards. His reputation has sent his work all over Europe and North America where he is recognized as one of the most innovative artists of his generation.



Prizes and distinctions: - First prize , Mural (Bellas Artes) Lima Peru (1985). - Prize: “International Art Contest-1998”, Soho, New York (1999). Contents received from: - Central Recherches e Divulgazione Culturale Center, Itatly (1989). - Peru Consulate, Iquique,Chile (1991). - Visual image, UNICEF, New York (1994). - USA Embassy, Lima (1995). - Cancer Institute, Lima, (1998). - “Art 2000”, for Jain Marunouchi Gallery, New York (1999) - “Art Crowd Magazine”, New York (1999) - "IIColor International Exhibition" Period Gallery, Ohna, USA, 2005. - "Fantasy Arts", Qbix Gallery, Philadelphia, USA 2007. Individual exhibitions: Art Gallery 715: “Floral”, (1990), Peru. Art Gallery 715: “Musical”, (1991), Peru. Armonia Gallery : “Natural”, (1992), Peru. Art Gallery 715: “Floral”, (1993), Peru. Art Gallery 715 : “Landscapes”, (1994), Peru. Art Gallery 715: “Musicos Andinos”, (1996), Peru. Art Gallery 715: “Sounds”, (1998), Peru. Art Gallery American Development Bank: “Interiors”, (1999), Washington,USA. Agora Gallery: “Fantasy Figures”, (1999), Soho New York, USA River Bank Gallery: “Faces”, (2000), New York, USA.

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Posted by Original Fine Art Gallery at 5/8/2008 2:05 PM | Add Comment

Despite Recession, Islamic Art is Selling Well


The price of oil  has quadrupled within the last four years. And the same Goldman Sach's analyst who, in 2005, with oil then priced at $55 per barrel predicted $100 per barrel oil, this week forecast $200 oil within the next two years; $150 likely within the next six months. What relevance does this have to art? Well, when you consider that a large component of the new wealth currently supporting the strong art market comes from the oil producing nations, it's very relevant.



The rise in the Contemporary Art market has been driven in large part by a determination of the world's wealthy to accumulate artistic treasures which are a hallmark of their own time and culture.  Historical significance has taken a definite backseat to the stories relayed thru the art of contemporary artists. 

Despite recent and ongoing financial travails, new records continue to be set for contemporary work, particularly Islamic art at auction. The recent Christie's auctions in Dubai were a huge success with the auction house tallying over $20 million in sales, and several artists from the Middle East establishing new records for their work.  The results are even more impressive when you consider the ramp in sales: Christie's first three sales in the region raised $8.5 million, $9.4 million, and $15 million, respectively. 

Six pieces by Iranian artists were among the seven most expensive works and given that 77% of the auction's total buyers came from the Middle East, it seems clear that going forward the work of artists from the emerging markets will continue to garner increasing attention. 

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Posted by Original Fine Art Gallery at 5/7/2008 1:36 PM | Add Comment

Why Auctions Determine Value


Why Auctions Determine Value


If we live in a free market system wherein products are priced according to what the market will bear, then there really is no better way to determine value than auction. This idea holds for any good or service but seems particularly true with respect to setting prices for artwork, an area with which many buyers often seem to struggle. 


Because they represent the public domain and are by definition therefore transparent events (as opposed to 'secret pricing'), prices set at auction are more trustworthy conveyors of value. They are often the best way for consumers to increase their comfort buying art on the internet because of the availability of comparables. It's far easier online to research the pricing history of work by artists you're considering, as well as that of artists at similar points in their careers.

Many non-profits are now taking their fundraising events to online auctions in efforts to increase the potential pool of bidders, as well as provide an important degree of privacy to both seller and buyer. Not to mention the convenience and ability to offer a range of items unconstrained by physical capacity. 

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Posted by Original Fine Art Gallery at 4/30/2008 9:08 AM | Add Comment

Dimitra Koula - Featured Artist at Capucines Boulevard


Capucines Boulevard Features Artist Dimitra Koula


about the artist

Dimitra Koula is an artist and art teacher. Born in Veria, a small town of Northern Greece she studied painting in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki -dpt.of Fine and Applied Arts the years 1993-1999. Since then she has participated in many collective exhibitions with other fine arts graduates and well-known Painters. 


In 1995 she was awarded in a photography competition. One of the most important group exhibitions was in the State Museum of Contemporary Art (December, 2002) with participants from all Balkanian countries. The last three years she collaborated with OMMa center of contemporary art. 

Solo Exhibition: arthouse ATARGATIS 2004 Group exhibitions: Biennale de ll Arte Contemporanea Firenze 2007 International Sculpture Biennale of Hokkaido Japan, September 2007 LECCE, Italia artproject FUORIGIOCO artproject Glocal Bodies palazzo Rubichi 2007 ARkA gallery ,Vilnious 3rd Collage Exhibition 2006 Kaire Desine gallery Circle 'Bokartas' 2005 (www.arts.lt) "Instants" Istanbul 2008


artists' statement

"Many things imitate art and many people imitate artists. Art doesn't obey theories, which always belie, it has its own reason and is not interpreted in words. Art isn't conscripted, but belongs to the innocent. It is addressed to free people, but it is very difficult, one, to understand who free people are. The artwork's message is always poetic, even if it depicts Vincent van Gogh's old shoes, or a plate of potatoes."   Dimitris Mytaras


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Posted by Original Fine Art Gallery at 4/27/2008 1:58 PM | Add Comment

Invest in Emerging Artists



What is the argument for investing in emerging artists? Nothing overrides emotion like experience and having dominated auction results for the past decade, demand for the work of art market stars such as Andy Warhol, Francis Bacon and Gerhard Richter fell off at a recent Christies' auction. The Company's February International London auction saw five of the ten works for sale by these artists sell at or near their low estimates. The results are hardly surprising in light of the growth in demand and prices for the top artists' work over the past decade, not to mention the understanding that future growth of anything close to that magnitude will have to come from less well-known artists. 


Around the world, interest in emerging artists continues to drive sale of contemporary art. For instance, the work of little-known Indonesian artists did extraordinarily well at a recent auction in Jakarta. Economic growth in Indonesia was very strong in 2007, the strongest in fact in eleven years. As has been the experience across the globe, economic prosperity has caused a surge in interest in Contemporary Art, particularly of one's own country. However, prices for most of this nation's artists still lag their enormously popular brethren in India and China, which makes them all the more interesting. 



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Posted by Original Fine Art Gallery at 4/24/2008 4:14 PM | Add Comment

Prospects Improving for Emerging Artists from the Middle East, India and Asia


Prospects Improving for Emerging Artists from the Middle East, India and Asia


Art investment funds have recently begun to diversify their holdings away from Western artists toward the more affordable art of the Middle East, India and Asia. Auction results for artists from these areas have recently begun to show strong year-over-year growth. 

New records are being set for Asian Art, particularly Islamic art at auction. An Islamic iron key, dating from the 8th century, recently sold for a record price in New York, despite recent and ongoing financial travails. The key fits a lock found on the door of the Ka'aba in Mecca. Sales growth rates of Islamic art are rapidly approaching those of Chinese art which have been on a tear for some time. 

With plans for a Guggenheim and Louvre Museums to open in Dubai within the next few years, it's no surprise that fund managers view the region as a natural for art investment. And it's not only antiquities that are receiving the greatest attention at auction, although naturally they are doing quite well.  Emerging artists' work has been very strong of late; an Iranian artist broke the million dollar level just last week.

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Posted by Original Fine Art Gallery at 4/21/2008 5:57 PM | Add Comment

Lyndard Stroud - Featured Artist at Capucines Boulevard


Capucines Boulevard Features Artist Lyndard Stroud


about the artist

Photography began as a hobby for me and became a passion. I've taken classes and completed workshops over the years. My work has been exhibited primarily in galleries in New Mexico.


I try to show the beauty of God's creation that surrounds us all that we miss in the midst of our busy and hectic lives. To me, photography is about light and how it transforms the ordinary into the magical. It is also about the art of seeing beyond the obvious.

artists' statement

I use a 35mm Nikon fixed focal length lens, wide-angle, 105 macro and a 300mm lens. I adapt the technique of the large-format camera to the smaller, lighter 35mm.


I am inspired primarily by Ansel Adams and Galen Rowel. My goal is to show my vision, my perception of the natural world and the transforming effect of light upon it.

I begin by walking and trying to see phtographs without the camera and will return later to the site, waiting for the light to transform the lanscape. I use the three different lenses to see the different images that present themselves.


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Posted by Original Fine Art Gallery at 4/20/2008 9:05 PM | Add Comment
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