Aleksandra Buha Fine Art Studio email: a_buha@yahoo.com

Aleksandra Buha is a fine artist with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Arizona State University and an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Fashion Design from Phoenix College. She lives and works in Phoenix, Arizona.

She moved form Bosnia and Herzegovina (Former Yugoslavia) in 1997 with her family. Her latest project is with the Paradise Valley Community College volunteer mural group as their head designer. (See the photos of the project under Select Page PVCC Mural)

She taught drawing at the Jewish Family Services Center in Phoenix. Aleksandra currently teaches painting at the Paradise Valley Community College in the Continuing Education Division. Look for her Classes in the Spring 2009 at the PVCC Continuing education website(end of January 2009).

If you are looking for fun and inspiring art classes , here are a couple to get you started. The  classes I teach this semester  are on Mondays  (January-May 2009 6:30-9:30 pm) in the Continuing Education Division of the PVCC, room K114. They are listed below in more detail and  as well as the link to the supply list . If you have any questions,  feel free to contact me at a_buha@yahoo.com

This is the link for the complete list of art classes offered in the Spring 2009:

http://www.pvc.maricopa.edu/ce/spring09/art.htm

Please forward this info to anyone who might be interested.

Thank you.

Introduction to Oil Painting !
If you ever wanted to learn about oil painting, this class is for you. We will discuss the brushes, paints, painting mediums, palettes, supports and other important basics. There will be demonstrations of various techniques such as dry brush, painting on a colored ground, all prima painting, working with painting knives and glazing with an overview of color basics (value, hue, saturation and temperature) and elements of composition. Click here for a copy of the supply list.
Instructor: Aleksandra Buha
Subject: Cont_ed Course #100-10157

The Color Wheel 
Color serves different purposes when creating artwork. By understanding and knowing the color wheel, you will be able to choose the right mood and overall feeling in your paintings. This class will explore primary, secondary, tertiary, complimentary, split-complimentary and analogous colors. Create your own color wheel and practice mixing the value changes, lowering the intensity of two complimentary colors and much more! Click here for a copy of the supply list.
Instructor: Aleksandra Buha

Individual and unique styles will be encouraged for the beginner and intermediate artist, as you learn about oil and acrylic media and how to use either of them to create paintings from your personal photos or favorite pictures. Manipulate, enlarge, crop and combine images to create dynamic compositions. Click here for a copy of the supply list.
Instructor: Aleksandra Buha
Subject: Cont_ed Course #100-10134

 


 
 
Fun with Collage (look for it in the summer semester 2009)
Transform everyday materials, mementos and decorations into collage. This art can be produced easily and is inexpensive. It presents a personal, spontaneous way of working with various materials from paper to fabric. Explore fabric collage, collagraphy and found object collage. You will be able to use leftover pieces of artwork and old sketches to create something new and exciting. Click here for a copy of the supply list.
Instructor: Aleksandra Buha

http://zen.pvc.maricopa.edu/pvinfo/get_class_info.php?sub=CONT_ED&term=4084&site=All&subdes=Continuing+Education&type=&PHPSESSID=1e4874383d9dba82576f371e15b36909

Her work has been exhibited in both solo and group shows and has received numerous awards. She works in oil, acrylic, and watercolor. Color inspires her the most. An array of different subjects is evident in her paintings and drawings. Aleksandra is currently accepting commissions.

Her motto:
' Every man in creating the beautiful
appearance of the dream world is
a perfect artist.'

Friedrich Nietzsche

ARTIST STATEMENT

Artist's career is a learning process. For me, it is the process that I enjoy the most regardless of the end result. I am not afraid to explore the unknown or use various techniques in one painting. Becoming familiar with different approaches to doing art is very liberating. I tend to rely on the unconscious and emotions to guide mo on this journey of creating artwork.

I have come to realize that creativity is not all intuition; both logic and intuition are necessary to any creative process. Confucius said: "Learning without thought is useless; thought without learning is dangerous." This is something that requires a mental discipline and planning. I am still working on these concepts. They represent my challenges and opportunities for learning.

I am interested in color and its relation to other elements by pushing it to the extreme. Color makes me feel more alive and has a great transformative power. In my recent work dealing with memories, color was the most important vehicle of expression.

By combining these three ideas, intuition, logic, and color, I believe that I can create paintings that reflect my personal mythology. I am looking forward to all the hard work that is going to come with it.

ALEKSANDRA BUHA ,Fine Artist

LATEST NEWS & EVENTS

CHECK OUT THE NEW "BE NOTICED" ARTIST MAGAZINE
http://www.benoticedmag.com/artists.html
TO BUY & TO VIEW RECENT ARTWORK
http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/aleksandra-buha.html

AIGA Art Auction, January 18th 2008

http://arizona.aiga.org/events/2008/01/16214942

ARTICLES ABOUT MY WORK

http://media.www.ecollegetimes.com/media/storage/paper991/news/2007/02/08/Ct101/Reflections.On.War-2707836.shtml

Artist's work is fleeting

by Diana Balazs - May. 28, 2008 02:45 PM
The Arizona Republic

http://www.azcentral.com/community/scottsdale/articles/2008/05/28/20080528sr-streetpainting0529-ON.html

Melanie Stimmell (center) will participate in Scottsdale's first ever Via Colori. She is joined by Bonnie Sneed (right), executive director of Arizona Alliance for Arts Education, and Aleksandra Buha.

SCOTTSDALE - In Melanie Stimmell's world, art is meant to be enjoyed - and then erased.

The internationally-known street painter, will participate in Scottsdale's first ever Via Colori, the Italian Street Painting Festival, Oct. 18-19.

Stimmel, 33, of Los Angeles, recently conducted a workshop at the Scottsdale Artists School and appear at the Artist-in-Residence Series at Lon's at the Hermosa Inn in Paradise Valley.

Stimmell said there is something amazing about creating artwork that is temporary:

"I really appreciate that part of it because, I think, for most people in an average city they may pass artwork every day on their way to work and they don't pay attention. If it is something they know that will only be there a few more hours or a couple of more days, they really stick around to appreciate it."

Festival's first time in Scottsdale

Via Colori founder Rick Compton has to thank an old college friend for helping him bring the colorful street painting festival to Scottsdale this fall.

Compton knows Ed Portnoy, who worked for the city for years.

Compton told him of the Via Colori festival he was developing for art-focused communities and sent Portnoy a videotape of a PBS special on the first year of the event in Naples, Fla.

Compton, 57, said nothing came of it until about a decade later when he received a call from Valerie Kime Trujillo, a Scottsdale human services employee, who found the tape on a shelf.

Her office was next to Portnoy's.

Trujillo contacted Compton and the wheels started rolling.

The free festival is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 18-19 in Scottsdale's downtown arts district. It will feature 150 pastel chalk paintings.

"Scottsdale is so right for this event in so many different ways. One of them is that it has a community-wide support for the arts. Everybody here appreciates the arts," Compton said.

What does Via Colori mean?

Compton said Via Colori, an adaptation of the Italian for street of color, celebrates creativity.

"That's what street painting is really about because it doesn't leave anything when it's all over. It's about that palpable emotional experience that happens when people open themselves up and let art come through it," Compton said.

According to Via Colori organizers, street painting was originally popularized by Italian war veterans of the early Renaissance who painted religious icons on the courtyards of the great cathedrals. Festivals are now held throughout the world.

Compton hosts Via Colori festivals in Bardstown, Ky.; Seaside, Fla.; Harrisburg, Pa.; Columbus, Ohio; Naples, Fla., and Houston.

Expected to raise $100,000

Compton said Scottsdale's inaugural event should net about $100,000 for local social service and cultural organizations. They are Arizonans for Children, Devereux of Arizona and the Scottsdale Cultural Council.

The event is looking for both volunteers to help run the festival and business, non-profit and individual sponsors to help underwrite the costs.

Stimmell, the street artist, will be the featured guest artist at the Scottsdale event.

The featured local artist will be Sue Chenoweth.

Both will create temporary masterpieces in 12-by-12-foot squares.

Stimmell has been street painting for the past 10 years. She paints both reproductions and her own designs, mostly of women. Stimmell will create an original piece of artwork for the festival.

"I don't know what it's going to be, but there will be a woman in it," she said.

For more information on Via Colori, go to www.viacolori.com.