“People are like stained glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in; their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.”

Elizabeth Krebler-Ross, Swiss American Psychiatrist & Author

I am one of the few artists who are also an interior designer. I understand how we live with art.

Every so often an artist emerges who captivates our imagination by having the ability to transport us from our present locale to a time and destination of his own choosing. Chaim Mayer Ben-Uri Teitelbaum has that unique ability.

Stephan Roven Zokos created this painting as a special gift for Barry L. Wingard Ph.D., Our Editor-in-Chief.  Dr. Wingard turns 40 on Oct 23, 2008.

 Let’s travel back to the year 1999. Malcolm Zander, a New Zealand-born Canadian, at age fifty-eight has just retired. You can be assured that on this last day of his thirty-year career as a biochemistry professor with Algonquin College in Ottawa, Canada, lace was definitely not on his mind.

Many of us equate sculpture with a beautiful, but inanimate, piece of artwork. Apostolos Nikolakopoulos, better known as Apostol, has changed many people’s interpretation of this ancient and prolific art form.

Throughout history the likenesses of men, women and children have been carved out of wood, chiseled from stone, forged from bronze, and painted on to cathedral walls.  From this rich artistic lineage the art and profession of the portrait painter emerged.

Stephan Roven Zokos:An Artist At His Work