Lionel Walden | Seascape painter

A famous painter of seascapes and marine scenes, Lionel Walden (1861-1933) was born in Connecticut.

He first became interested in art in Minnesota, where the family moved when his father became rector of an Episcopal Church there.

As a young man Walden moved to Paris where he studied with E. A. Carolus-Duran.

Grace Kelly: "I hated Hollywood..."

• "Ho odiato Hollywood. È una città senza pietà, conta solo il successo. Non conosco nessun altro posto al mondo in cui così tante persone soffrono di esaurimenti nervosi, dove ci sono tanti alcolisti, nevrotici e infelici".

• "I hated Hollywood. It's a town without pity. Only success counts. I know of no other place in the world where so many people suffer from nervous breakdowns, where there are so many alcoholics, neurotics and so much unhappiness".

Grace Kelly

Barbara Fox, 1956 | Watercolor painter

Barbara Fox has achieved a tremendous following on both the national and international level as a watercolor painter with a vivid and unique style.

Her paintings have been featured in solo and group exhibitions in museums and galleries throughout the United States, including the Phillips Museum of Art in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; the Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos, Mexico; the Salmagundi Club New York City; The Neville Museum in Green Bay Wisconsin; and the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts.

Stuart Dunkel, 1952 | Classical whimsey

Born in New Jersey Stuart Dunkel began playing classical music and painting at the age of 5. He went on to study music music at Boston University, Mannes College of Music, the Juilliard School (Doctorate).

He also studied art at the Boston Museum School, Kent State, the Academy of Realist Art, the Seattle Academy of Art and privately with renowned artists.

After a career as a musician playing with top orchestras around the world, Stuart switched to fine art at the age of 42.

Dennis Lewan, 1943 | Romantic painter

Mr. Lewan, American painter, has developed a style with unique qualities and has become the modern day master of realism, romanticism and fantasy.

He says, "I concentrate on picking up where the "Old Masters" left off, by adding camouflaged images in many of my paintings.

I like to have a painting tell a story and stimulate the imagination of everyone who views it".

"I like to create in each painting a special place that people want to 'walk into and visit".

Charles J. Dwyer, 1961

A Wisconsin native, Charles J. Dwyer, Jr. graduated from the Milwaukee School of Art, where he studied fine arts, painting and printmaking.

Dwyer has shown his work in a variety of galleries across the U.S.A.

In the Spring of 1992 the artist's growing reputation was underlined when his first New York exhibition sold out.

Karen Tarlton, 1965 | Palette-knife painter

American painter Karen Tarlton is an artist from Manhattan Beach, California who have painted whimsical animals and figures, textural florals and scenes from California and around the world for nearly twenty years.

Karen Tarlton is specializing in abstract and impressionistic palette-knife paintings, including landscapes and portraits.

Karen’s oil paintings express her appreciation of nature with a simple intimacy that conveys a quiet emotion and a gentle strength.

William Wetmore Story | Neoclassical sculptor

William Wetmore Story (1819-1895) was an American sculptor, art critic, poet and editor.

William Wetmore Story was the son of jurist Joseph Story and Sarah Waldo (Wetmore) Story.

He graduated at Harvard College in 1838 and at the Harvard Law School in 1840, continued his law studies under his father, was admitted to the Massachusetts bar, and prepared two legal treatises of value - Treatise on the Law of Contracts not under Seal (2 vols., 1844) and Treatise on the Law of Sales of Personal Property, 1847.

William Wetmore Story - Angel of Grief / L'Angelo del Dolore, 1894

Rabindranath Tagore | Vita della mia vita / Life of my life

Vita della mia vita,

sempre cercherò di conservare

puro il mio corpo,

sapendo che la tua carezza vivente

mi sfiora tutte le membra.

James Gwynne

Michael Steirnagle | Abstract Impressionist painter

Moving between left and right brain (form and content), Michael finds pleasure in both worlds.

Usually utilizing the figure as his subject, Michael seeks to find a comfortable balance between these two opposing forces, unconsciously letting life events and emotions affect the end result.

He finds the painting experience to be a total immersion in a sea of lush paint and color which, hopefully, evolve into a pleasurable and meaningful experience for the viewer.

Michael divides his time between his studio in Southern California and Costa Rica where he has a second home.

Dom Lay, 1994 | Conceptual artist

Dom Lay was born and raised in Fountain Valley, California and later moved to Irvine, California in the summer of 2000.

Growing up in a suburban environment as an only child, Dom has incorporated his influences and inspirations from movies, television, and entertainment media throughout his life, into his works today.

His passion for illustration, concept art, and storytelling landed him freelance experience while studying, both in community and private college.

Steve Cosentino | Plein Air painter

American painter Steve Cosentino was born in New York City, the place where he continues to call home.

Steven studied at the Art Students League with Rudolf Baranik and went on to teach at the League in the early 1990s.

- "As a child I lived in a building much like the ones depicted in these paintings".

Vishma Maharaj, 1984 | Le squisite opere di vetro colorato

Vishma Maharaj è un'artista multimediale Americana che segue i propri sogni, interpretandoli su carta, per mezzo della Intelligenza Artificiale.

- "Sono una viaggiatrice dell'anima che condivide la propria esperienza attraverso la mia visione e prospettiva.

Sono la ragazzina che correva lungo la riva del mare lanciando stelle marine ed esprimendo desideri... che un giorno creerò cose che le persone adorerebbero.

Quei piccoli semi ora sono ciò di cui sono fatte le piante dei miei sogni..."

Bruce Cohen, 1953

Bruce Cohen is known for engaging his viewers with intriguing interiors in his distinctive, crisp, realist style.

Influenced by Dutch still-life painting and Surrealism he orchestrates compositions which include fruit, books, vases and always flowers from his garden.

These items are placed in geometric interiors devoid of human beings but haunted by a human presence.

Beata Sasik | The secret gardens

Beata Sasik is an oil painter in New Orleans.

- "I like to think about myself as an expressionist even though my style of work probably best fall into the category of Contemporary Impressionism.

Well, whatever it may be you can definitely call me a Colorist.

When I paint I am taken by the transcendental vibrant color and the contrast of light and dark that are the reflection of emotion and energy of the creative process".

David Durall, 1970 | AI Art

David Durall using Artificial intelligence (AI) to share beauty with the world.

He studied at Eastern Illinois University, Southern Illinois at Carbondale.

"I got my masters in Art History my paper was on Bonnard and Vuillard and how the did for interiors what Monet and others did for outside scenes working in plein air, although Bonnard landscapes look like an opal exploded He, not Lautrec invented the French poster".

David Durall lives in Chicago, Illinois.

Emily Dickinson | Che sia io la tua estate, 1858

Che sia io la tua estate

Quando l'estate sarà lontana!

E la tua musica, quando allodola

e pettirosso taceranno!

Joseph DeCamp | Farawell

Frederick Arthur Bridgman | Il "Gérôme" americano

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (1847-1928) è stato un pittore Statunitense.

Figlio di un medico, Bridgman divenne uno dei più noti e apprezzati pittori degli Stati Uniti, e fu conosciuto come uno dei più talentuosi pittori orientalisti.

La sua carriera cominciò lavorando come disegnatore a New York City per l'American Bank Note Company.

Negli stessi anni, 1864-1865, studiò arte alla Brooklyn Art Association ed alla National Academy of Design, poi partì per Parigi, nel 1866, dove si stabilì, divenendo l'anno successivo, allievo di Jean-Léon Gérôme all'École des Beaux-Arts.

Alex Tabet, 1988 | Figurative painter

Born in San Antonio, Texas, Alex Tabet is predominantly a portrait, figure painter and an occasional still life painter.

As a young boy, Alex began exploring art by studying art books and taking online lessons.

In early 2019, he began studying figure painting from life in oil with Julia Diller at the Atelier of Fine Art, in Los Angeles.

Maya Angelou / René Magritte | I know why the caged bird sings, 1969

The free bird leaps

on the back of the wind

and floats downstream

till the current ends

and dips his wings

in the orange sun rays

and dares to claim the sky.