Scott Gustafson, 1956 | Fantasy Illustrator

Scott Gustafson is an American illustrator based in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

His career has spanned over twenty-five years, and during it, he has worked as a freelance cartoonist and contributed illustrations to various magazines and children's books.

During the later years of his career, he wanted to write a story lengthier than a thirty-two page children's book.

Jantina Peperkamp, 1968

As a self-taught artist, Peperkamp has developed her own unique style.

Jantina Peperkamp's paintings show us a parallel reality, a glimps into her personal perception.

As a self-taught artist, Peperkamp has developed her own unique style.

Her paintings are painstakingly created with many thin layers of paint that reveal an incredible amount of detail.

John Brosio, 1967

Born was in Pasadena, California, John Brosio has been drawing for as long as he can remember and those earliest scribbles depict much of the same "off center" subject matter that concerns him today.

Apart from various travels his life has been based in either Southern California where he was raised or Northern California where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of California at Davis in 1991.

Learning under the guidance of artists such as Wayne Thiebaud and Richard Bunkall, Brosio was seduced away from his original aspirations toward a career in film and movie special effects, consequently, cinematic influences are apparent in his work.

Max Ginsburg, 1931

Born in Paris, France, Max Ginsburg, is an realist artist and teacher.

His paintings explore the range of daily human life, concerned as much with life's ironies and social injustices, as with its many joys.

Issues of war and peace, racism and the inhumanity of man have been a major focus in his art.

The son of a painter, Ginsburg studied art at New York City's famed High School of Music and Art and then at Syracuse University.

H. A. Brendekilde | Udslidt (Worn Out), 1889

Hans Andersen Brendekilde's (Danish painter, 1857-1942) most famous painting is Udslidt (Worn Out).

He painted it for the World Exposition in Paris 1889, the 100 years celebration of the French Revolution.

In the catalogue it is called Au Secours.

It was exhibited in Copenhagen 1890, Munich 1891 (Zu Hülfe) and Chicago 1893 (Worn Out).

Hans Andersen Brendekilde | Worn out, 1889 (detail) | Funen's Art Museum