About the Artist

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=100 BGCOLOR="#660033" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#660033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Art Tract, The Artist's Website </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC99" FACE="Arial" >   </FONT> |   <A HREF="arttracthome.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>_____________________________________________________________________</B></div> <div> <B>_____________________________________________________________________</B></div> <div> <B>About the Artist</B></div> <div> <A HREF="lucienvanoosten.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lucien van Oosten"><U><B>Lucien van Oosten</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Residence:  Glendora, California, USA</B></div> <div> <A HREF="announcement.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Announcement"><U><B>Announcement</B></U></A></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="20" CELLSPACING="6" WIDTH="449" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#BBBBBB" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#DDDDDD > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 1839 WIDTH="391"><div> <B>Lucien van Oosten</B></div> <bR> <div> Lucien F.A. van Oosten was born on the island of Java, Indonesia, of Dutch parents. He lived in Indonesia until he was two, when his parents were forced to leave the Islands and move to The Netherlands. After living in The Netherlands for five years, they immigrated to America in 1957. Once in the United States his family took residency in the community of Pasadena, located in Southern California. Lucien became a naturalized citizen in 1968, when he turned 18 years old. Lucien and his wife Pam live in Glendora, which is nestled at the base of the beautiful foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California. </div> <bR> <div> During his childhood, as he went on his many hikes through the San Gabriel Mountains, where his keen fascination with nature's splendor and the elegance for its creatures was established. Then as now, his favorite things to do are to go to any place where there is water and animals, the Zoo, the Aquarium, the nature center. This fascination is clear in the trueness of the depiction of the various animals throughout his artwork. The great owl, the agile hawk, and the delicate seahorse all stand in testament of Lucien's ability to capture the beauty and elegance of nature's inhabitants. </div> <bR> <div> At the age of two, his creative side was exposed when he took a bottle of black India ink, and poured it all over his parent's new couch. Another incident that displayed his creative side was that at an early age his parents bought him a paint by numbers set, which peeked his creative interests when he painted outside the lines and created his first painting. He has always loved being creative in all types of media, from building plastic models, to sketching and painting.</div> <bR> <div> Lucien's command of both the chroma and chromatic techniques, are eloquently depicted in the beautiful pieces of artwork he has created. Lucien is proficient in pencil, colored pencil, pen/ink and mixed media drawing techniques. One of his favorite styles of drawing is pointillism. Lucien uses this technique and others to create subject study sketches from which he creates his paintings.  </div> <bR> <div> Lucien is currently employed as a Senior Design Specialist for an aviation life support company. He has always loved being creative in all types of media, from sculpting in plastics for his work, to sketching and painting. Lucien's work has been exhibited in numerous venues over the years. His work has appeared in publications such as “Litrus Literature and Art Anthology” published by Citrus College. This Publication shows the juried works of talented students; Lucien had three pieces selected for publication. His works have also appeared on the cover of “Bits and Bridle”, an equestrian magazine, published in Santa Barbara. On the technical side, he wrote and illustrated a paper on creating a composite model airplane using a mold design by scaling down an artists rendering of a conceptual aircraft fuselage. The Society of Plastics Engineers gave Lucien an award for this innovative paper and published it in their 1987 convention directory. </div> <bR> <div> In 2004, Lucien, was honored by the Dean and faculty of the Art Department at Citrus College, was given a certification for outstanding achievement in the Arts. Currently, Lucien has been expressing his artist abilities by creating his images using the media of acrylic and oil paint. His many creative interests have caused him to express himself in all types of media and mixed media as the galleries on his website (mijnimages.com) will attest.  </div> <bR> <div> <B>Article from paper:</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>“Lucien van Oosten artwork, Well Worth the Effort to go and See”</B></div> <bR> <div> <I>Nature and its inhabitants have been an interest of the artist Lucien van Oosten since he was a young boy and are the featured work in today's column. Lucien captures the grace, elegance and diversity of God's creatures in the many works that will be on display at his artist reception and the months that follow at the Village Bakery in old town Glendora. </I></div> <bR> <div> <I>This will be his second artist reception titled “Inhabitants of the Reef, featuring the Pygmy Sea horse”. If it is anything like the first one entitled “Mijn Image” (pronounced, “Mine”) it will be well worth the effort to go and see his latest rendering is the many media he is proficient in. If you don't belief me here are some excerpts from those that attended his first reception: </I></div> <bR> <div> <I>“Lucien's work is outstanding </I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><I>… </I></FONT><I>I have been inspired by his passion and creativity… he has become a totally dedicated master artist… I</I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><I> </I></FONT><I>am looking forward to watching his continuing progression</I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><I> … </I></FONT><I>my congratulations and 'hats off' to him.” Maryann Rachford, Professor, Art Department, Citrus College.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>“Whether working in pencil, pen and ink, or watercolor, he utilized the medium to bring out the subtleties that made each subject unique.  The fierce eye of the falcon, the shadowy dappling of a frog's skin, and the soft play of color across a snow leopard's face were presented to the viewer in a way that was very realistic but by no means sterile…Whether black-and-white or color, Lucien's art was impressive, a visual treat that was among the highlights of “Art on the Avenue.”…” Nancy Gorman</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>“…"Intensity”… This is a spectacular piece… a great concept and design. The partial </I></div> <div> <I>view of the lions' face draws the viewer into the artwork and portrays… mystery and intensity … the lion possesses. The darker shading around the eye creates a dramatic feel. The artist creates the illusion of the lion with the partial face … amazing use of contrast between light and dark shading of the eye, nose and mouth. This piece is definitely "Intense".” Aubrey Smithers</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>As you can see from these comments this is an artist who's work is well worth the effort to go see. Whether its Lucien's work at the artist reception, his eleven acrylic paintings currently on display at the Citrus College Library, or a visit to his website:</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://www.mijnimages.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mijnimages.com/"><U><B>http://www.mijnimages.com/</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <I>you will not be disappointed.</I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width=100 BGCOLOR="#660033" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>