Stephen Early | Figurative painter

Stephen Early began his art education at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia.
He has received many notable portrait painting commissions from the likes of Richard Carlin, Henry Siegel (the founder of Sea Gull Lighting Company), and the Honorable Judge William Hart Rufe II, among others.
He was the recipient of a Certificate of Excellence at the Portrait Society of America's 2008 and 2010 Portrait Competitions.

Mika Törönen, 1968 | Cityscape / Watercolour painter

Mika Törönen, born 28 November 1968, Pirkkala, is an Finnish award winning painter.

Törönen makes paintings and portraits of Helsinki.

He has studied in Australia - Sydney, at the Julian Ashton Art School in 1999.

Watercolor is not easy medium, but keep painting and be patient. There is no shortcuts. Only way to progress is just paint, paint and paint... learn from your mistakes and bad paintings... - Mika Törönen

Yannis Moralis | Cubist painter

Yannis Moralis / Γιάννης Μόραλης (1916-2009) is an outstanding figure in Modern Greek painting. He became a professor at the School of Fine Arts at a very early age and for years taught the younger generations of Greek painters.

Born at Arta (Epirus), Yannis Moralis studied painting in the School for Fine Arts, Athens (1931-1936) with Dimitris Geraniotis, Costas Parthenis and Umbertos Argyros and etching with Yannis Kefallinos. Dimitris Yeraniotis, Konstantinos Parthenis, Umbertos Argyros and Yannis Kefallinos were his professors, while his classmates - including Yannis Tsarouchis, Christos Kapralos and Nikos Nikolaou - would become his friends.

Bronwyn Hill, 1989 | Portrait /Figurative /Hyperrealist painter

Based in Brisbane, Bronwyn Hill is a portrait and figurative artist. Using oil paint and layering techniques she creates realistic images of women in natural settings. These women are representative of the artist; the way she felt at the time or the way she wanted to feel. Bronwyn is influenced by light, nature and many artists, although her work is primarily a way of expressing herself in vague, allowing interpretation of the viewer.

Completing a Diploma of fine art at Noosa in 2011 and producing her first series of work in 2012, Bronwyn is in the early stages of her artistic career.

Henri Manguin | Fauve painter

Henri Charles Manguin (23 March 1874 - 25 September 1949) was a French painter, associated with the Fauves.

Manguin entered the École des Beaux-Arts to study under Gustave Moreau, as did Henri Matisse and Charles Camoin with whom he became close friends. Like them, Manguin made copies of Renaissance art in the Louvre.