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.

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.

Michael Parkes, 1944 | Magical Realism painter

What is unusual about Michael Parkes is that in his images metaphysical and spiritual elements are joined into reality. His work evokes a mysterious atmosphere, which can often only be deciphered with the help of Ancient mythology and eastern philosophy.

In the fantasy world of Parkes, the laws of earthly reality are abolished, and space and time enter into their own motionless communion. It is tempting to speak of a dream world with Parkes, if it were not for the fact that the ‘dream world' of Michael Parkes surpasses all of our dreams in audacity, freedom and intensity. In short, in Michael Parkes, the figurative art of our age has found a new, fascinating and extremely authentic exponent.

Julia Gukova, 1961 | Illustrator

Юлия Гукова was born in Moscow. Graduated from Krasnopresnenskaya Visual Arts School (Vitaly Komar’s class). Studied painting and graphics. With Alice Poret (Pavel Filonov’s disciple), Nikolay Popov, Sofia Gannushkina.

In 1984 graduated from the Moscow State University of Printing Arts under Vladimir Ryvchin, Dmitry Bisti, Andrey Vasnetsov.

Her graduation work - illustrations to Shakespeare's The Midsummer Night Dream, was published by Arkady Troyanker at Kniga Publishing House.

Attended a famous russian book designer Mikhail Anikst’s classes.