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Tracy Guiteau was born in New York to traditional Haitian parents, She says her decision to pursue art was often met with criticism. “My parents wanted me to be a nurse, and coming out of high school I received a full scholarship for nursing school,” Guiteau says. She headed to Providence, Rhode Island to attend the renowned Rhode Island School of Design, where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Fashion Design in 2007. During her training at RISD, she travelled internationally to learn and broaden her artistic experience at the University of Westminster in London.

Guiteau has a very distinctive style illustrated in ‘Rise’ above and ‘Lotus’ below.

Guiteau aims to keep her paintings rich with color, with hints of complexity through the use of detailed lines. Often, words and phrases are hidden in the painting, expressing themes that inspire the individual piece.

Here is a glimpse of Tracy’s artwork in The Art of Sherlock Holmes – and yes, there are several hidden words in it – well, it is Sherlock Art after all;

Tracy is one of fifteen artists who have created new pieces for The Art of Sherlock Holmes West Palm Beach Edition which is published in May and available now on Kickstarter – The Art of Sherlock Holmes.

Every day this month we’ll be showcasing one of the artists and authors in the new ‘Art of Sherlock Holmes’ project – today it’s artist Robert St. Croix.

Robert St. Croix’s career as an artist began in the early 1970’s in San Francisco, where he gained a reputation for metal wall and table designs made of copper and brass. He also became very well known for his innovative water sculptures in copper, driftwood and bronze. In 1974, he opened an “Arts and Crafts” gallery at Bodega Bay in Northern California. He also began showing water and metal sculptures in the San Francisco area. In 1976, he moved to Lake Tahoe, Nevada and opened a sculpture studio and art gallery, allowing him the freedom to create increasingly complex metal sculptures, such as life sized figures, mobiles, and small figurative bronzes.

Perfecting his craft, Robert moved to Hawaii in 1978 and enrolled in University of Hawaii to learn art foundry practices and techniques. There he began to gain wider recognition, showing sculptures in prestigious spaces such as Gallery Hawaii and Center Art Galleries. Moving back to the United States mainland in 1983, Robert began producing limited edition bronzes and showing sculptures at Art Expo New York and Art Expo Los Angeles.

St. Croix’s most recent move was in 1990, to West Palm Beach, Florida. There, he established a reputation for creating life-size figurative bronzes. In 1998, he began a series of life-size, limited-edition bronzes, “Homage to the Masters,” which are drawn from paintings and works on paper by contemporary masters, which he then casts into three-dimensional bronzes – like ‘His Place’ above.

Robert’s piece in The Art of Sherlock Holmes is a fantastic haunting digital collage. Here is a glimpse:

Robert is one of fifteen artists who have created new pieces for The Art of Sherlock Holmes West Palm Beach Edition which is published in May and available now on Kickstarter – The Art of Sherlock Holmes.

(Part of ‘Eye on Jersey’ by Bruce Helander)

Every day this month we’ll be showcasing one of the artist and authors in the new ‘Art of Sherlock Holmes’ project – today it’s artist Bruce Helander.

Bruce Helander is an art critic, arts writer, curator and artist whose speciality is collage and assemblage. He has a master’s degree in painting from the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design, where he later became the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs of the college. He is a former White House fellow of the National Endowment for the Arts and has won the South Florida Cultural Consortium fellowship for professional achievement in the visual arts. He is one of two 2014 inductees to the Florida Artists Hall of Fame, Florida’s most prestigious arts and culture honour (the other is musician Tom Petty).

His work is in over fifty museum collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Smithsonian, Art Institute of Chicago, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art and Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles.

“If there was a Pulitzer Prize for collage, Helander would surely win it.” Kenworth Moffett, former director, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale.

Here’s a glimpse of the brilliant piece for The Art of Sherlock Holmes West Palm Beach Edition;

The Art of Sherlock Holmes West Palm Beach Edition is published in May and available now on Kickstarter – The Art of Sherlock Holmes.

Of the fifteen artists featured in first The Art of Sherlock Holmes book, Anthony Hernandez is perhaps the most widely seen across his home town of West Palm Beach – in addition to his paintings, he also has many murals around town.

For The Art of Sherlock Holmes West Palm Beach Edition, Anthony chose to use the theme from his ‘Masterpiece’ series, where he uses a black and white head and a collage colour body. Here are some examples – Dali, Picasso and Van Gogh:

For the Sherlock Holmes story Anthony has woven in many elements from the story. Here is a glimpse of the final art:

The Art of Sherlock Holmes West Palm Beach Edition is published in May and available now on Kickstarter – The Art of Sherlock Holmes. 

Born in Havana, Cuba on October 16, 1972 His love and passion for art influenced his life as a young child. Anthony was fascinated by works of artists from his birthplace including Amelia Peláez, Mario Carreño and Rene’ Portocarrero. At the age of 12 he immigrated to Chicago and now resides in Florida. Here’s a brief film about his work;