Paolo Uccello | Early Renaissance painter

Paolo di Dono [1397-1475], detto Paolo Uccello è stato un pittore e mosaicista italiano. Fu tra i protagonisti della scena artistica fiorentina della metà del XV secolo.Secondo quanto racconta Vasari nelle sue Vite, Paolo Uccello "non ebbe altro diletto che d'investigare alcune cose di prospettiva difficili et impossibili".

Sam Weber | Visionary illustrator

Born in Alaska, Sam grew up in Deep River Ontario, Canada. After attending the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary, he moved to New York to pursue illustration and attend graduate school at The School of Visual Arts.

In addition to drawing, Sam works part time as assistant art director of the OpEd page at the New York Times, with senior art director Brian Rea.

Current likes include Italian and Japanese comics, David Lynch movies, and hanging out with Jillian.

Timur Tsaku 1971 ~ Surreal Hyperrealist painter

Tsaku was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. In 1991, Tsaku returned to his homeland and became an Instructor of painting and drawing at the Tashkent Academy of Art and Theater. In 2001 he returned to Israel to start a new line of works taking its motif in the Old Testament. Tsaku's paintings were acquired for the permanent collections of the Israel Museum and the President's Residence, both in Jerusalem.

Michael Solovyev, 1972

Solovyev was born in the city Sarov, Russia. His childhood was spent in Moscow and later Ivanovo where he attended high school and the art conservatory. In 1991 he graduated from Ivanovo Art College with a degree in Architectural Design. In 1996 Mr. Solovyov graduated from the Ivanovo Textile Academy with a degree in Costume Design. From 1996-2001 he worked in the Kemerovo Regional Drama Theatre as the Chief Set Scenic Designer.

Ricardo Fernandez Ortega 1971 ~ Surrealist painter

Ricardo Fernandez Ortega was born in 1971 in Durango, Mexico. The surreal paintings by Ortega invites us to travel to another time, his style reminds us of the greatest classical masters, however, his painting is modern.