Jeff Rowland | Romantic painter

Jeff Rowland (1964-2018) was a professional British painter celebrated for his highly atmospheric, deeply romantic and rain-soaked oil paintings.

Rowland entered the fine art industry in 1984 having studied art at North Tyneside College.

He had further studied at Newcastle in 2000 where he earned an HND in advertising / illustration.

During this time Jeff Rowland had undertaken many works and also went on to win an award from the NEPA (North East Print Association).

Wisława Szymborska | The railroad station

My nonarrival in the city of N.

took place on the dot.

You'd been alerted

in my unmailed letter.

You were able not to be there

at the agreed-upon time.

Jeff Rowland | Right here waiting for you

Thomas Blackshear, 1955 | Afro-Nouveau painter

Thomas Blackshear is an acclaimed American painter, sculptor and illustrator widely recognized for his dramatic use of lighting, rich emotional depth, and his self-described "Afro-Nouveau" style.

His diverse and influential career spans commercial illustration, collectible design, fine art, and contemporary Western art.

Blackshear is considered to be one of the world's most talented artists because of his versatility, consummate skill, and extraordinary sense of color, style and design.

Blackshear grew up in Atlanta, Georgia where he pursued an interest in art throughout high school.

Dmitry Brodetsky, 1976 | Surrealist painter

Dmitry Brodetsky (often credited as Dumitru Brodetsky) is a contemporary surrealist painter born inChișinău, Moldova (formerly part of the USSR).

His work heavily relies on fantasy elements, exploring deeply hidden emotional states, introspection, and a sense of underlying mystery.

Brodetsky describes his art as a necessary vehicle for communication, openly stating that he views himself as an unconventional being who refutes strict mainstream structures and societal rules.

His paintings act as a visual protest against the darker, unappealing aspects of the world.

Anne Carson - Nobel 2026 | O piccola triste estasi d’amore / O small sad ecstasy of love

Anne Patricia Carson (Toronto, 21 giugno 1950) è una poetessa, saggista, traduttrice e classicista Canadese, insignita del Premio Nobel per la Letteratura 2026.

La diciannovesima donna a vincerlo, su 122 vincitori dal 1901.

È ampiamente considerata una delle voci più originali, audaci ed influenti della letteratura contemporanea globale per la sua capacità di far dialogare il mito classico con la modernità.

Con più di venti libri scritti e tradotti pubblicati fino ad oggi, è stata premiata con le borse di studio Guggenheim e MacArthur, ha vinto il Lannan Literary Award, due Griffin Poetry Prize, il T. S. Eliot Prize, il Premio Principessa delle Asturie, il Governor General's Award per la poesia in lingua inglese ed il Premio PEN/Nabokov, ed è stata nominata membro dell'Ordine del Canada nel 2005 per il suo contributo alla letteratura del Paese.

Anne Patricia Carson

L'arte Espressionista / Neorealista di Renzo Vespignani

Vespignani, Renzo (propr. Lorenzo) - Pittore ed incisore Italiano (Roma 1924 - ivi 2001).

Formatosi da autodidatta, esordì nel 1945 a Roma con scene di vita e paesaggi urbani di impronta neorealista.

Nel secondo dopoguerra, dopo i soggiorni a Berlino ed a Parigi, fu tra i promotori della rivista Città aperta (1956) e collaborò con scritti e incisioni a varî periodici.

Christopher Cart | Figurative painter

"Painting for me is telling stories in paint" - Christopher Cart.

Christopher Cart has painted murals, countless watercolors and oils, portraits in both oils and watercolors and has illustrated many books and periodicals.

A native Mainer his work is also flavored by years in Guadalajara, Mexico and Seattle, Washington.

Cart is currently working on a 14 foot mural to commemorate historic Hallowell of the 1890′s.

And also for his home town of Hallowell, in 2012 he completed a commissioned portrait of Allen Strickland, a major donor to the Hubbard Free Library restoration fund.

Mariangela Gualtieri | Salute a te Umanità ferita!

Salute a te umanità ferita

umanità uscita dalla pietra

e arrivata fin qui.

Randolph Rogers | Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii, 1859 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art