Michel Ogier, 1943 | Visionary painter

Michel Ogier was born beneath aerial bombardments on the 19th December 1943 in St Etienne in France.

In 1960 he joins the Bellecour print works in Lyon to learn the trade of retoucher in heliogravure and for sole baggage at that date “a prize for an ardent disposition for gambling”.

During this period, he likes Maurice de Vlaminck for his tormented skies; Bernard Buffet for his rigid lines; George Dumesnil de Latour for his purity and Salvador Dalì for his imagination.

Mara Schasteen, 1976 | Still life painter

"Wyoming native and artist, I am dedicated to excellence in expressing the beauty of the world around me.

I work primarily in oils. The path my life has taken has not allowed for formal study of the arts, so I am teaching myself".

Alexander Zavarin, 1954 ~ Landscape painter

Aлександр Заварин lives and creates most of his artworks in Moscow, Russia. He graduated from the Stroganov Moscow State University of Arts and Industry (Stroganovka), and active member of the Russian Union of Artists. He participates frequently in various group and individual art exhibitions in Russia. Alexander actually got passion for drawing during his service in the Russian Army.

Frank Morrison, 1971 | The Urban Jazz

Born in Massachusetts then brought by his family to live in New Jersey at an early age, Frank Morrison was reared and spent his formative years there, an affable, precocious and inquisitive youngster whose curiosity about everything around him seemed limitless.

Then, as an energetic pre-teen, he was interested and enthused by the youthful fads, interests and activities which marked his world: the neighborhood D.J's with their followers and fans at neighborhood parties, the colorful ‘tags’ of local characters which were splashed across fences, parks and buildings, and the loose-jointed "B" boys and break-dancers who enlivened week-end party scenes.

Jeffrey Watts, 1970 ~ Impressionist painter

Jeffrey R. Watts, American painter, is a southern California native. Growing up in rural San Diego county with an artist father, Watts demonstrated an early aptitude for the visual arts. But it was competitive sports that held his interest as a teenager.

Martha Nieuwenhuij, 1946 | Fiber Art

Martha Nieuwenhuijs born in Amsterdam, spent her early years in Paris and then moved to Turin - Italy in 1966, where she attained a university degree in political sciences and where she currently lives and works.

In 1973 she began to experiment with Fiber Art creating wall hangings in mixed techniques and promoting Fiber Art in Italy where it was practically unknown.

Arunas Zilys, 1953 | Mythic Surrealist painter

Arunas Zilys creates mysterious paintings of haunting beauty. "Birdman", "Guardian Angel", "Offerings", these popular Zilys titles invite you into another world.

Fantastic hybrid creatures stalk through a pointillist landscape of vivid paintbox colors.

Calmly they stare out from the canvases, inviting you to join them on their mysterious quests.

Symbols and myths swirl about in a mosaic of meaning.

Paul Ozhgibesov

Павел Ожгибесов was born in 1973. From 1982-1988, he studied at a private art studio. In 1988, he was accepted to Chelyabinsk Art College and graduated from the college in 1992. For his degree work, he created illustrations for the poetry of Daniel Harms. From 1993-1995, Paul studied at the Yaroslavl Theatral College with a focus in specialty theater production designing. His favorite art mediums are easel painting and drawing. Paul lives and works in Moscow.

Anthony Falbo, 1953 | Cubist painter

Anthony Falbo was born and raised in Flint Michigan. His fascination with color and paint began at a very young age when he painted his first oil painting. Studying some of the great masters work, Anthony was amazed with Rembrandt style.

Jeanette Guichard-Bunel, 1957 | Pop Art painter

Jeannette Guichard-Bunel🎨 was born in France and has been exhibiting her work all over Europe since 1986.

Her particular speciality is painting in oil with the “Glacis“ technique, which is very time consuming and produces a depth of painting through layers of transparency unequalled by any other method.

The style is both figurative together with elements of surrealism and seemingly unimaginable colour combinations. She is a member of “La maison des artist“ and “La société des auteurs dans les arts graphique”.

Nora Kasten, 1937 | Still life painter

Nora M. Kasten is an American artist who was born in 1937.

"I am a self taught artist, married, the mother of four grown sons, a grandmother and now a great-grandmother.

The year that I painted my first painting under the tutelage of Indiana artist, Harold Buck, was 1987.

I was fifty years old.

The joy of painting that first canvas has remained with me through the years and I've been painting almost non-stop ever since" - Nora M. Kasten.

Judy Gibson, 1946 | Scenery painter

A native Texan, Judy Gibson is a multitalented artist working in a wide range of media involving oils, watercolors, and prisma colored pencils.

Her subject matter is equally diverse, covering everything from local scenes of Texas bluebonnets, to exquisitely detailed wildlife, exotic, and equine portraiture.

Sabrina Garrasi ~ Fashion illustrator

Italian illustrator Sabrina Garrasi combines different techniques in her illustrations such as ink, watercolor, crayons and digital painting, to achieve her main concept of represent sensuality and femininity across all her artworks. I guess she has succeeded. "I love fashion and glamour style, but I love especially the sensuality and the femininity represented across the art. This is the main concept of my artworks. In my illustrations I combine different techniques: ink, watercolor, crayons, and digital painting".

Claudio Souza Pinto, 1954 | Romantic Surrealist painter

Claudio Souza Pinto was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Claudio at the age of four began working in clay under the guidance of his uncle, the painter Bernardo Cid de Souza Pinto.

He sold his own art whilst studying for a degree in industrial design at Mackenzie University in Sao Paulo.

In 1990 Alan Aouizerate, the French art collector, fell in love with Souza Pinto's work and invited him to exhibit at Le Bains and The Opera in Paris.

Damian Elwes, 1960 | Conceptual painter

Damian Elwes has painted many of the major studios of the twentieth century including those of Paul Gauguin, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Frida Kahlo, René Magritte, Marcel Duchamp, Andy Warhol and Salvador Dalí.

Damian Elwes lives and works in Santa Monica, California.

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