I am thrilled that the standard is so high from such a variety of artists and hope it will be interesting to gallery owners, exhibition curators and collectors to see such diverse work.
Thank you for your email, I really enjoyed looking at your webpage and through your images. I found the style and content of your work to be quite captivating and I am sure there would be a market for them in London. The Brick Lane Gallery is always on the look-out for new artists and it would be great to work with you.This is a great opportunity for new artists to exhibit work in our popular and established London gallery.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Tony Taglianetti
Gallery Director
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dan cowan
08/09/2010 8:06am
really impressive work ted, really like the japan picture
Thank you for your email, image, and link to your website. I enjoyed visiting your site and seeing more of your work, especially after seeing the strength of the image you sent.
The work that you did send for my review is a very intriguing and thought provoking painting. Through your careful and well thought out design, placement, and overall composition, I was able to immediately transport myself into that pictoral space and moment. Your composition handling and point of view brings the viewer into the work immediately and you become a part of the work, not just a witness.
Within that moment, time stops, and you recognize the pause and quietness of that moment amongst the noise and activity around the child. I am able to get to this moment due to many things, even beyond the engaging composition, because of the consistent and harmonious handling of color, light and dark, values, drawing, perspective, and overall flow of the work. The harmony of the negative and positive shapes, forms, and areas are very strong and work well together, a strong foundation to build on. As to what am I the viewer looking at, or thinking, questioning, or just day dreaming, doesn't really matter. I am in the moment and allowing my own feelings and thoughts to be present.
I found in your other works many of these same attributes, especially the unique and quiet points of view you engage the viewer into.
Thank you,
George Rivera, Executive Director/Senior Curator, The Triton Museum of Art.
I am fascinated by the varying subject matter you choose. Today I went to the Prints for Sale page on your site and was amazed at how much your Waterfall piece looks like a scene from right here in the Great Smoky Mountains. You have a talent for portraying great emotion through realism...this is a talent I don't often find. Frequently, representational work comes across sterlile, and well, representational. You have mastered the leap over that hurdle. I am impressed.
R.L. Gibson, Editor www.ArtAndArtDeadlines.com
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Preston Metcalf
01/14/2011 10:28pm
Dear Mr. Hayward, Thank you for sharing your work with me. I visited your site and enjoyed what I saw. Nicely done. Please feel free to keep me updated on your work, new shows, etc. Sincerely,
Preston Metcalf Chief Curator, Triton Museum of Art 1505 Warburton Avenue Santa Clara, CA 95050
