Welcome to SYNC GALLERY

For Lisa Calzavara, one of the greatest pleasures as an artist is embarking on a new painting.  Some artists cringe at an empty canvas and don’t know where to begin.  They can’t seem to take that first step and put paint down for fear they will ruin it.  She sees it as an opportunity to begin a conversation.  To her, it is embarking on a journey that evolves into a story.

Once she focuses on an object or feeling she would like to convey, she begins abstracting the fundamental shapes.  She observes the ordinary and then pushes it a few degrees away from the center, seeking out the variations that create movement.  Clashing the forms at times and accepting the unconventionalities in the new shapes that emerge, brings life and energy to each piece. By seeing how far she can deviate from the original form leads to creations of unique designs and structures.

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Raphael Maximo Sanchez is exploring new techniques of casting paper, using found objects and handmade forms to create unique sculptures. Raphael is a true mixed media artist, using oil paint, acrylic paint, board, canvas, paper, glass, modeling paste, and sometimes concrete, and mixing them together in one piece, which makes Raphael pieces very distinctive and unique. The variety of sizes and finishes shows his creativity and ability to manipulate the mediums he uses to express himself. After traveling around the nation and other countries showing his art for thirty years, he decided to camp in Denver and reinvent his techniques and refresh his inner child. Active member of Denver Art Society, and former board member of The Greater Castle Rock Art Guild, Raphael found himself in a time that he describes as “a time of endless possibilities.”

While being a prolific artist who has a great respect for the past, Raphael reaches into the future without fear of experimenting with new techniques and mediums.

“My work is an abstract and figurative representation of real and imaginary subjects. I aspire to provoke the reaction of the viewer’s aesthetic sense. My inspiration comes from music, personal experience, the works of innovative artists, and the world that surrounds me.”