Eric Bowman, 1960 | Plein Air / Figurative painter

Award winning artist Eric Bowman was born in Pasadena and grew up in Orange County, CA (back when it actually had orange groves).

Essentially a self-taught artist, Eric had a knack for drawing as far back as he can remember, always the class artist throughout his elementary and high school years.

Various art-related jobs such as silk screen T-shirt printer or surfboard airbrush technician led to a lengthy and successful career as a commercial artist, eventually transitioning to fine art painting.

As a painter, Eric has garnered many awards in national and regional exhibitions in some of the country's most prestigious galleries and museums.

His paintings are in collections around the world, including England, Australia, Canada and Mexico.

C.M. Cooper | Ballet dancers

C.M. Cooper* is an American painter, known for working in the Figurative style. C.M. Cooper* was born and raised in Southern California.

Cooper's paintings are marked by a wonderful sense of light and delicate color sensitivity. Her images are filled with a raw sense of emotion and feeling.

She is a full time gallery painter and art instructor.

For biographical notes and other works by C.M. Cooper see C.M. Cooper | Impressionist /Figurative painter.

Fabio Calvetti, 1956 | Figurative /Abstract painter

Fabio Calvetti was born in 1956 in Certaldo, near Florence, where he still lives.

He graduated in a School of Arts and, then, in the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence, in painting.

His activity abroad is intense, being based on exhibitions in Italy, the U.S.A., in Germany, Spain, Belgium and, above all in Japan and France.

Bruno Di Maio, 1944 | Ballet dancers

Bruno Di Maio, one of the Italys best Figurative artists, lives and works in Tuscany, Italy.

Di Maio was born in North Africa to Italian parents.

His work reflects his great love for Renaissance paintings, yet at the same time a strong desire for expressive autonomy.

Di Maio tries, successfully, in his allegorical and surrealistic interpretation of present, to give life to the recollect quality of the past.

The originality of his vision is seen in the sumptuous subject matter, the quality of his chiaroscuro and the dramatic light effect on the figures and objects in his paintings.

Erich Fried / Igor Mitoraj | Non so cosa sia l'amore / I don’t know what love is..

Non so cosa sia l'amore
ma forse
è qualcosa come:
Se lei ritorna a casa da un paese straniero
e mi dice con orgoglio:
"Ho visto un topo d'acqua"
e io mi ricordo di queste parole
quando la notte mi sveglio
e il giorno dopo al lavoro
e ho nostalgia
di ascoltarla