Bessie MacNicol (1869-1904)

Scottish painter Elizabeth MacNicol was born in Glasgow on the 17 July 1869 to a schoolmaster and his wife.

She attended Glasgow School of Art from 1887 until 1892 before travelling to Paris to study at the Academie Colarossi.

On her return to Scotland, MacNicol took on a studio in St Vincent Street and became closely associated with the circle of Glasgow Boys.

Marcos Rey, 1978 | Realist painter

Marcos Rey is a self-taught Spanish painter born in the Galician city of Vilagarcía de Arousa, Spain.

He has devoted his life to painting professionally for more than ten years.

Drawing was always a very important part of his life since he was a child.

At 26 years old he started making commissions, as he mastered his technique helped by books and his own artistic intuition.

Claudia Lucia McKinney | Cover artist

Claudia Lucia McKinney is a prominent American digital artist and painter who specializes in creating atmospheric book cover art.

Known for her vibrant and emotionally resonant style, she has designed over 1,000 book covers for best-selling authors and major publishing houses.

"I've done over 300 covers to date - some of the authors I've done work for you may know -Kami Garcia, Samantha Young, Amanda Hocking, JL Bryan, Maria Rachel Hooley, Aaron Patterson and many more....

I've worked with Publishing Houses such as Random House, Simon Schuster, Llewellyn, Flux, and others..."

Dame Ethel Walker | Impressionist painter

Dame Ethel Walker DBE ARA (1861-1951) was a Scottish painter of portraits, flower-pieces, sea-pieces and decorative compositions.

From 1936, Walker was a member of The London Group.

Her work displays the influence of Impressionism, Puvis de Chavannes, Gauguin and Asian art.

Kesja Tabaczuk, 1989 | Figurative painter

Kesja Tabaczuk was born in Opole, Poland and is currently living in Oslo, Norway.

She started studying art as soon as she could.

At the age of 12, Kesja applied to a school of Art in her home city of Opole.

She passed the test of drawing and painting with full score at first try.

After 3 successful years she decided to continue studying art in "OSSP" high school in Opole.