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musetouch 

Visual Arts Magazine 

October 2011 

Eolo Perfido 

Curious 

Soledad Fernandez 

Fragments of Dreams 

Steven Kenny 

Images of Beauty 

and Mystery 

Stanislavas Sugintas 

Anka Zhuravleva 

Ino Marseglia 

Murielle Velay Michel 

Jarek Kubicki 

Elena Sarinena 

Joana Dias 

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Dear readers, 

There are bright times of happiness, joy, and bliss, but also dark, cold 

times of sorrow, lonelines and silence. You can sit and wait, you can kill 

yourself with mourning, thinking about dreams which never came true, 

passions that were never realised, a love never lived...or...you can create. 

I choose the second option, the second path and although I am not 

the happiest person alive, I am deeply honoured and pleased to create 

Musetouch, to meet all of the beautiful artists I presented, to get to know 

their stories and secrets, to dream, fantasise, imagine together with all 

of you, my dear readers and friends. 

I want to thank to Ljiljana Bursac, my Nini Baseema, Jelena Grujic, 

Kiyo Murakami, Ian Furniss, Gines Serran and Mark Sadan for sharing 

that path with me. I am thanking all of you too, and asking you to ... create. 

Maia Sylba

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MUSETOUCH MAGAZINE October 2011 

Editor 

Maia Sylba 

Graphic designer 

Dejan Silbaski 

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Nini Baseema 

Ian Furniss 

Cover 

Kiyo Murakami 

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Stanislavas Sugintas 

Sounds of the Time 

Eolo Perfido 

Curious 


To the Stars 

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Ino Marseglia 

Shades of fantasy 

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Steven Kenny 

Images of Beauty and Mystery 

210 

Jarek Kubicki 

Dark and Independent 

Joana Dias 

The true Calling 

082 

238 

Murielle Velay Michel 

Nude as an Evidence 


Fragments of Dreams 

120 


Visual Poetry 

260 

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280 


Stanislavas Sugi 

Stanislav Sugintas was born in Vilnius (Lithuania) in 1969. After graduating from art school 

he entered Art Academy in Minsk and graduated from in 1993. Was dealing with illustrations, 

advertisement, tutored and some time after started to deal only with paiting. 

Personal exhibitions were held in Spain (Barcelona, Tarragona, Lerida, Saragossa) and well as 

in Belgium (Antwerp), and France (Lille and Paris). Participated in Art-Expo in New-York. 

Resides and works in Minsk. Presently cooperates with galleries in France where spends most 

of his time. 

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Anka Zhuravleva was born on December 4, 1980. She spent her childhood with books on 

art and her mothers’ drawing tools, covering acres of paper with her drawings. In 1997 she 

entered the Moscow Architectural Institute deciding to follow her mothers’ footsteps. But at 

the end of 1997 her mother was diagnosed with cancer and died in less than a year. Then her 

father died in 1999. 

After that Anka’s life changed dramatically. In attempt to keep sane, she plunged into an alternative 

lifestyle - working as a tatoo artist, singing in a rock - band, sometimes looking for 

escape in alcohol. In order to make a living while styding, Anka worked at several modeling 

agencies. Thanks to the drawing lessons she wasn’t afraid to pose nude, and her photos appeared 

in Playboy and XXL magazines and at the Playboy 1999 photo exhibition. 


To the Stars 


But she was not looking for a modeling career - it was just a way to make some money. 

In 2001 Anka was working in the post - production department at the Mosfilm Studios. The 

same winter one of her colleagues invited her to spend a week -end in Saint Petersburg with 

his friend, composer and musician Alexander Zhuravlev. In less than a month Anka said 

farewell to Moscow, her friends, her Mosfilm career and moved with Alexander in Saint Petersburg. 

Living with her loved one healed her soul, and she regained the urge for painting. 

She made several graphic works and ventured into other areas of visual arts. In 2002 Gavriil 

Lubnin, the famous painter and her husband’s friend, showed her the oil painting technique, 

which she experimented with for the following several years. During that period she made 

just a few works because each one required unleashing of a serious emotional charge. All 

those paintings are different as if created by different people. 

Anka’s first exhibition took place on a local TV channel live on the air - the studio was decorated 

with her works. Several exhibition followed. Private collections in Russia and abroad 

feature her paintings and sketches. 

In 2006 Anka noticed that her inspiration often came from photos and decided to take up 

photography. 

In June 2010 Anka Zhuravleva joined the Russian Union of Art Photographers. 


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Steven Kenny Ima 

Steven Kenny was born in Peekskill, New York in 1962. He attended the Rhode Island School 

of Design, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1984. His final year of art school was 

spent studying independently in Rome. This direct exposure to European art (especially the 

Baroque works of the Italian, Dutch and Flemish schools) had a significant effect on his painting 

style. 

First settling in New York City, he gained notoriety as a freelance commercial illustrator. 

Clients included Sony Music, Time Magazine, AT&T, United Airlines, Celestial Seasonings, 

Microsoft and many others. His illustrations repeatedly received awards from the Society of 

Illustrators, Communication Arts Magazine and the Art Directors’ Club of New York. 

In 1997 Steven moved to the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. From that time forward Steven 

devoted his attention entirely to the fine arts. In early 2010 Steven returned to his home 

state of New York where we continues to exhibit his award-winning paintings in galleries 

across the United States and Europe. 

From an early age the beauty and mystery of nature have deeply influenced his chosen subject 

matter. Steven’s style might be described as Baroque surrealism. His compositions most often 

combine the human figure with elements from nature to comment on our interactions with 

the environment while symbolically alluding to the dynamics of human nature in general. 

Who are you Steven? 

Ha! That’s a good question that I constantly struggle to answer. (It’s 4:30 in the morning and I 

couldn’t sleep because this question was on my mind.) In my work I constantly question who 

I am and who were are as a species. As much as we like to pretend that we know the answers, 

the truth is that we are confused to varying degrees. Being a conscious animal I have a sense 

of myself as an individual, yet I still wrestle with my role as a member of the human race. I 

view myself as an independent being with intelligence and an imagination yet I wrestle with 

primal urges and instincts that I sometimes seem not to have control over. All other “lower” 

life forms on the planet occupy their places in the world and don’t question what their responsibilities 

are. Nature has no sense of ethics or propriety to get in the way of doing its job 

because there is no question about what it needs to do. On the other hand, humans question 

just about everything and this creates a lot of uncertainty and anxiety. We try to overcome 

these stresses by creating static, predictable environments for ourselves. This, however, raises 

more questions and conflicts because there is little agreement on what is static or predictable, 


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let alone how to maintain those states if and when we do agree. The only certainly is that 

change is inevitable, necessary and good. In this way, Nature is constantly creative. So, to 

answer the question of who I am, today I am an artist trying to respond honestly to all that I 

experience and reflect my personal thoughts and feelings back to the world. 

Why do you paint? 

I am extremely fortunate to be able to live life as an artist. Painting is a way for me to explore, 

process and express my experiences. Painting allows me time to investigate who I am and attempt 

to find my place in the world. In the process, I am able to create and offer objects that 

add pleasure, beauty and mystery to the lives of others. 

How do you see? What is it about the scene or subject that speaks to you, makes you feel and 

causes you to create a painting? 

Often I will see, hear or read something that strikes me as interesting without my necessarily 

understanding why. There also is an emotional component that feels right on an unconscious 

level. Over the years I have come to trust this initial attraction to things that impress 

themselves upon me. They may only be threads of ideas but I hold onto them and slowly 

follow where they lead. In that way the idea builds and unfolds over time, either quickly or 

slowly. When I first started painting I would wait until an idea was fully formed before beginning 

a painting. But now I often begin painting while the idea is still incubating. In this way, 

the painting feels alive while I’m working on it and I don’t always know what it will look like 

when complete. It grows organically until I decide it is finished. 

Where is your inspiration coming from? 

Inspiration comes from an unconscious place in me. The most meaningful work that I do 

is born from a mysterious place. The less I try to understand the impulse to paint something, 

the more exciting it is to create an image. I don’t mean to say that I’m not consciously 

involved with each idea. But the more relaxed I can be, the better the result. Over-thinking a 

concept will kill it. 

Imagination is the word in some way crucial for your art … how does or should, that word 

relate to an artist? 

Each person’s imagination works in ways that are unique to them. Imagination isn’t something 

that can be taught, although it can be allowed to flow more freely. Our unconscious 



selves are always hard at work even though we are unaware of that process. Imagination is the 

bridge between a person’s unconscious and conscious minds. Artistic inspiration and ideas 

rise from the unconscious and are then manipulated by the artist. So I don’t think it’s a matter 

of how much imagination an artist has. I doubt that can be measured. Rather, great art is the 

result of unconscious inspiration filtered through the imagination and then consciously manipulated 

in whatever way, and to whatever extent, the artist chooses. 

Is it important to remain true to yourself and your individual vision as an artist? 

Yes. The art that I create is very personal. It all relates directly to who I am, or more precisely, 

who I think I am or who I am trying to be. This requires me to be as honest as I have the 

courage to be. I have to be willing to create work that might be embarrassingly revealing or 

ugly in its sincerity. This continues to be a constant challenge but experience has shown me 

that my more challenging works maintain their appeal as long as the message has integrity. 

And, of course, the paintings must be well done. 

How do you see yourself and your art in the future … what do you wish? 

If my career continues along the path that it is on now I will be happy. As long as I can keep 

honing my skills and challenging myself then my work will always be exciting and enriching 

for me. I’m not interested in fame but I do hope my audience keeps growing and interest in 

my work spreads. What more can an artist hope for than to receive acknowledgement from 

the world and be encouraged to continue? 

MS 


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Joana Dias The true C 

Joana Alves Dias was born in the 22nd of March in 1989 in the city of Lisbon, Portugal, where 

she was raised. 

It was early in her life when she found her true calling. No matter the shape it takes, she appreciates 

and embraces all kinds of art. It all started in her childhood with the dream of being 

a fashion designer, sketching fantasy dresses and with the strong belief that one day they will 

be shown on a runway in a famous city. As time passed the clothing went to second plan, and 

she began to take more interest in the models, human features, interaction, placing them in 

different environments. 

Being an autodidact took her to experiment with all kinds of materials; she started off with 

graphic pencil, followed by pastels, charcoal, oil painting and many more. 

After experimenting with other kind of crafts, Joana finally discovered digital painting and 

photo manipulation. 

As soon as she overcome the learning curve, she knew that was exactly what she wanted to 

do, as it granted her the freedom to create at her heart’s desire, and at that point the sheet of 

paper just wasn’t enough. She is driven by her emotions, her state of mind, a symbolic fusion 

of music, literature and cinema. 

She is highly influenced by traditional art from all decades, since the renascence, such as J.W. 

Waterhouse to contemporary, such as Mark Ryden. 

Although Joana is still young, she keeps trying to surpass herself an the quest to morph her 

dreams into art. 


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Soledad Fernan 

“I was born in Madrid in 1949, and I still live and work in a town on the outskirts of this city. 

Every time I look back I see myself with a pencil in my hand, wanting to express myself through 

this medium. In 1965, still a student, when I finished class I used to go to the artist José Gutierrez 

Valle’s studio, where I spent eight years studying everything: from how to view an object, how 

to prepare a canvas, to how to draw a figure. I worked all techniques: drawing, watercolors, pastel, 

oils... Nowadays I feel very proud of all those years of training... of being a “studio painter”. 

I used to sell my paintings in minor galleries and also to private clients. During several years I 

continued in this way and in the meantime I got married and started a family. Although this 

lured me away from the world of art galleries, to be perfectly honest, it did not stop me from 

painting every single day. During that period I used to do portraits. 

In the 80’s I restarted my career and attended the Group of Fine Arts of Madrid (Círculo de 

Bellas Artes) where I drew and painted live models. I also took various modern art courses and 

travelled to Rome, Venice and Paris to learn in depth the techniques of the great Masters. 

I exhibited again in 1985, this time with a monographic show of urban landscapes of the Escorial. 

This show was presented by the writer and art critic Mr. Santiago Amón, with the title 

“Soledad Fernández and the other side of the Escorial”. 

Later on, I had other shows and in 1987 I had my first exhibition abroad, at the Sammer Gallery 

in London. Before the opening it was featured in its entirety in the TVE programme “My way” 

presented by the inimitable Jesús Hermida. Many important figures visited the exhibition, among 

them the Spanish Ambassador in London. The show was filmed by TVE-2 abroad. 

With that show I started another period, not finished as yet: the human figure, nearly always 

female and mainly nude: fragments of the bodies, mainly hands. 

During the next few years my works were shown in galleries of many cities in Spain such as Madrid, 

Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife, Zaragoza and also abroad: Brussels, Amsterdam 

and Lisbon, where I hold shows periodically, as well as in a number of places in Mexico and in 

the U.S.A., such as Washington, Chicago, New York and Miami. 

I would like to mention the retrospective show I had in “Sala Imagen” of Caja de San Fernando 

in Seville, Spain in 1996 where works of the last ten years were shown. It was marvelous seeing 

all my works together again. There is a video lasting 45 minutes on this exhibition. 


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Although I am not a competition artist I am pleased to have received the first prize (ex-aequo) 

for painting at the 24th. International Art Contest Grolla D`Oro of Treviso, Venice, in 1987. Also 

the first prize of the 6th. Contest of Painting at Galería Durán in 1989. 

I would like to thank The Spanish Television (TVE) and local TV stations in Spain for having 

publicized my art on many occasions, also to the Press and Radio. One of the last programmes 

in which my art was featured was “Fetiche”, on TVE-2, a programme dedicated to the human 

figure. 

Some of my paintings can be seen in the following museums: 

Quentovic (Le Tourquet, France), National Museum of Fine Arts of La Valleta (Malta), Cathedral 

Museum (Medina, Malta), Bayo Museum (Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz), Royal Academy 

of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid (drawing section), in Museo de Dibujo Castillo de 

Larrés (Huesca), in Museo Joao Mario (Alenquer, Portugal), Museo Europeo de Arte Moderno 

(MEAN) (European Museum of Modern Art) in Barcelona.” 


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Eolo Perfido Curiou 

Tell us who is Eolo? 

Eolo is a 39 years old photographer born in France and Living in Italy since he was a child. He 

made several jobs before understanding at 28 that photography was his way. Now he lives in 

Rome where he works as a professional photographer for advertising and editorial industry. 

I run a little studio (named smallstudio) where I work with some friends and other freelancers. 

How did you first get into photography? 

I discovered photography thanks to a friend. I helped him with a small shooting and I was 

surprised by the fun i had. So i decided to buy a small camera and try to take some pictures. 

The result was good enough to ignite my passion. I took it very seriously since the beginning. 

Being 28 with many different work experience behind me helped to understand the quantity 

of discipline necessary to transform a passion in a job. 

What cameras or techniques do you use? 

Right now I use a series of Cameras: I have two Canon 5D Mark II, one Canon 7D, one Panasonic 

GH2 and a little Fuji X100. Technically speaking I’m a quite versatile photographer and 

I like to experiment many different techniques. And I expecially like to experiment new ones. 

What do you know now that you wish you knew when you started? 

Nothing. The process of learning has been important and i appreciated the time spent to gain 

experience. And the process is still on going. As you know, learning is a perpetual process. 

During the path sometimes it looks like that you feel that growing is getting harder and 

harder but is only temporary. You just need to work harder and deeper. Sometimes is also 

important to rest and forget about photography for a while. 

What are you trying to say with your photographs? I sense the message behind each of 

them... 


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I don’t really feel confortable explaining my pictures. I love to imagine that everyones sees 

something in them. I think that my images are somehow emotional and I’m always curious to 

know what others feel about them. And learn new ways to look at my work. I’m really open to 

change ideas about me and my work ;) 

What do you hope to achieve with your photography? 

Well...being a photographer and being able to live out of it is already a great achievement for 

me. 

What’s your dream photography project? 

Is the personal project i’m working on now. My Clownville project. As soon It will be finished 

next project will be the next dream one. And so on, until i’ll have energy to shoot. 

Do you maybe have your favorite photograph? 

I love old ones like Akhee Dogma and new ones like Mein Klown. Anyway I’ve a special connection 

with all of them. Even the ones i don’t like anymore. 

What’s the biggest life lesson you’ve learned through photography? 

So many... its impossible to name all of them. I think that photography when become something 

important in a person’s life is like a therapy. It force you to get deep into things. It makes 

you grow, it makes you experience life. About my person and character it helped me to learn 

a little bit of discipline since I’m a disordered guy and a little bit of Crazyness since I’m a rational 

person. 

How do you see yourself in the future? 

Happy. 

MS 


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Ino Marseglia Sh 

Dominic Oronzo Marseglia allias Ino Marseglia was born in Martina Franca, in September 

1950. After studying law, he obtained his law degree, enabling him to work as a Supreme 

Court lawyer. 

Convinced that painting is “a way for the mind” Oronzo begins to paint non-figurative paintings 

in 2008, first in a geometric abstraction, then practicing and gestural abstraction free. 

In 2009, his painting participated in a National Award for Modern and Contemporary Art 

“Rome 2010”. The painting is titled - Corona Solar, Technique: acrylic / canvas (50x 40 cm). 


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Jarek Kubicki Da 

“I’m an artist, a photographer and a webdesigner – winner of many prestigious awards in the 

internet creation field. Currently I’m the Digital & Brand Creative Director in one of the largest 

advertising agencies in Poland – Red8. I graduated from Fine Arts Highschool in Gdynia, I’m 

also an alumnus of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. 

I was born in 1976 in Gdańsk, Poland and I’m currently living and working in Warsaw. 

I’ve been involved in the creative process of many advertising prize-winning projects such as Beksinski.pl 

and Rumours about Angels II, for both of which I was honoured with Favourite Website 

Awards. In 2005 I established my own graphic studio Insania Evidens, designed numerous websites, 

corporate identities, industrial designs, music album covers and participated in a few group 

exhibitions in Poland, Germany, United Kingdom and Romania and many press publications 

around the world. 

I’m interested in art (of course), downhill, aviation (I’m a glider pilot), dark independent music 

scene and I have a 6 year old daughter– Agnes.” 

Jarek Kubicki 


kubicki.info 

jarekkubicki.wordpress.com

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Murielle Velay M 

Murielle Velay Michel, alias MiraBelle, was born in 1963 in the Principality of Monaco where 

she’s actually living between her small Moneqasque atelier and her summer atelier situated 

near a small village, on a ridge of the Cheiron mountain chain in Provence. 

Selft-taught, it is in the course of her life, where art and these multiple expressions are omnipresent, 

that MiraBelle sees the watercolor imposing upon her, with more exactly the practice 

of Nude as an evidence. 

Her creations are an invitation to enter a world which record intimate scenes, ethereal spaces...it 

is a work often stripped, where the substance is suggested. The artist translates feelings, 

states of soltitude, introspection, moments of absence in which the subjects seem timeless. 

“Originally, each of my watercolor starts with an encounter, a movement, a soft curve. 

Then, follows a quick preparative drawing. My purpose is not to draw, but to jump in the imaginary, 

play with the paper weight, the pigments and the magic of water. My work is figurative but 

I try to suggest and abolish intermediaries between feelings and their perception. the background 

of my watercolors, implement the whim of the fusion of pigments and water, 


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such like a mysterious wave that mix forward the model. 

I try to hide the outline of my creations to melt pigments, water and the subject itself. The “white” 

of the paper and its “grain” are also factors to be full of the composition to which they bring light 

and space. 

The recent evolution of my work allows me to set aside a style often academic. The use of China 

ink, “projections” and “colors” brings a new freedom…My ethereal “creatures” are adorned with 

red and purple and gain in strength and passion. 

Meanwhile, and always on a quest for experimentation, I strech myself a paper bamboo fiber 

on chassic which leads me to larger formats, very rarely employed in such discipline…The work 

done on this new medium gain in lightness…The sensation of painting on a “drum skin” makes 

the creation more fun and controlling water requires careful attention.” 

MiraBelle Murielle Velay Michel 


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“My name is Elena Sariñena, born in Barcelona (Spain). I am self-taught digital artist, always 

constantly learning. I use photography to convey feelings, ideas or thoughts. Attempt to capture 

self portraits with my inner world, sometimes real and imagined many times and almost dreamlike. 

Is my parallel world. 

The use of textures and blurs help me to create dreamlike environments, magical and even 

mysterious. I use my body as a channel of expression, searching my soul and seeking above all 

to transmit and thrill. I Try also playing other records as street photography, landscapes, etc. .., 

always under my own style and under my particular point of view. 

I love the natural light is both a source of inspiration for my creations. With my series “Anatomy 

of the Soul” I analyze the universal feelings ... loneliness, sadness, happiness ... in an intimate 

manner on an inner journey. Visual poetry.” 



elenasarinena.500px.com/portfolio 

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