Kaleidoscope is an exibit presented by Sandrine Colson and Kristen Freitas. Kaleidoscopes visualize continuously changing patterns of shapes and colors. In our continuously shifting or rapidly changing world, kaleidoscopes represent the unknown, change and choices we could make toward a specific path. In some ways they represent paths between reality and non-reality, how we view things in multiple ways or dimensions, making connections.

We all have challenges to overcome. From getting to work to bringing food on the table to dealing with health or mental health issues. Artists often use their art as an outlet for their own challenges and a means of expressing not only their own soul but the human soul. In this exhibit, Kristen and Sandrine use colors and various artistic techniques to express their inner demons as well as hopes. They will let these fly away on the canvas or other supports to liberate their souls and ...

Black and white thinking reduces the world to binary choices. Black and White thinking, sometimes referred to as dichotomous thinking, is the practice of thinking in terms of "this" or "that." It often consists of describing an issue in narrow ways, such as "good" and "bad," "hot" and "cold," or "day" and “night." Black and white thinking is a thought pattern that makes people think in absolutes. It is the tendency to see things in extremes ...

Sandrine Colson is looking at “environmental effects” as being the changes happening in our earth due to human influences. Her pieces are a mixed of flowing colors with textural effects using different acrylic pouring and mixed media techniques showing to us how nature (air, water, earth and fire) evolves as humans continues doing their thing affecting their surrounding and the seasons in detrimental ways from the microscopic to the macroscopic.

In this exhibit, I am addressing many different stories related to France, the United States of America and other places of the world. Most of my pieces presented here have a story to tell. Some for the viewer to find on their own, some more guided through my brush or the theme of the piece. Find your own or let me tell you the story I see in each piece.

Paris Stories describes a series of unique and original pieces of mixed media work where each story - each piece - represents an unique series of events, memories, words, and accounts of imaginary or real people, past events or emotional journeys related to Paris. Each invites the viewer to let his or her imagination decides where the story goes, somewhat guided by the composition I created based upon my own journey in Paris. This journey is just beginning.

A Mixed Media Series where imagination is let free to explore colors, textures, shapes, techniques, media to compose unique one-of-a-kind pieces.

Journey through the emotional world by the mean of abstraction.

Enamel Paintings - These paintings are mainly made with enamel paint but may also include acrylics or inks. When the universe takes over, where do we go but to the ... unkown.