Minjae Lee, 1989 | Pop Surrealism painter

Minjae Lee is a young South Korean painter and illustrator, whose work expresses a semi-disturbing inner tension that is tough to ignore, even if you feel that you’d like to. It draws you in with its powerful colors, halting imagery and clever juxtaposition of beauty, innocence and fragility with brash, loud and aggressive.
What characterizes his work overall is drama. The ethereal females that populate most of his work exude a dark, organic tension, and it seems that even the brightest marker colors do not quite manage to save them from some sort of looming peril.

Eduardo Argüelles, 1938 | Abstract figurative painter

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Argüelles is a painter, cardiologist and university professor.
Eduardo began painting at the age of 48 years, and sustains up to today, his status of self-taught artist.
To achieve higher levels of quality with his drawings, Argüelles adept the classic style, briefly transitioned to symbolist painting, leading to his current phase.
Amazed with exquisiteness and perfection, especially of woman.

Christina Nguyen, 1977 | Impressionist Cityscape painter

I wake up, get up and walk through the day trying to keep my eyes open.

Sometimes I get obsessed with places and stories and I fall in love with them as if they had a soul which I think they do.

I like to take my walks in the unknown cities without having a map.

And when the twilight comes, everything feels possible and nothing is quite certain.

Will Cotton, 1965 | Surrealist painter

American painter🎨 William Cotton is an New York based painter, known for his surreal candy landscapes. His primary subjects are candy and women, often in combination. Will Cotton painted landscapes made out of pastries, melting ice cream, candy, and other tantalizing sweets on female models.

He has a professional oven in his studio and makes all of these himself. Then uses them as models for the paintings.

Cotton was born in Melrose, MA, and earned his BFA from the New York Academy of Art. After graduating in the late 1980s, Cotton portrayed pop icons, such as the Nestlé Quick Bunny in his paintings.

Kim Roberti ~ Lovers

Vietnamese-born American painter Kim Roberti immigrated to the United States in 1966 at the age of 16. Since that time she has lived in many areas of the US and other countries around the world. All the while, Kim had a love for art and longed to paint. In 1999 she gave up another career and began the path to becoming an artist.
In the years since, Kim has enjoyed much success by winning numerous awards in local shows while developing a following of collectors. Kim has studied under many artists, most notably David Leffel and Sheri McGraw in Taos, New Mexico. Aside from her painting, Kim also teaches classes in her studio and gallery in Cottonwood, Texas.

Laurie Kaplowitz | Figurative Expressive painter

American painter ▪ Laurie Kaplowitz earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Boston University and her Master of Fine Arts degree from American University. She is a Chancellor Professor in Painting in the College of Visual and Performing Arts.

La Bocca della Verità / The Mouth of Truth, Roma 1485

Il nome "Bocca della verità" compare nel 1485 per rimanere una delle curiosità romane, venendo frequentemente riprodotta in disegni e stampe. Risale al I secolo e la sua funzione di “smascheratore” di bugie è stata introdotta del Medioevo, si utilizzava per giudicare la colpevolezza o l’innocenza di un imputato, che dopo aver introdotto la mano, se riusciva ad estrarla era innocente, al contrario era giudicato colpevole. Tra le leggende che corrono, c’è quella più accreditata, la quale dice che, in caso di una sentenza negativa, il colpevole rischiava che la Bocca della Verità gli troncasse la mano, infatti dietro il mascherone era nascosta una terza persona che era d’accordo con il giudice.

La Bocca della Verità è un antico mascherone in marmo pavonazzetto, inizialmente situato all'esterno del portico della chiesa di Santa Maria in Cosmedin di Roma e successivamente murato nella parete del pronao con i restauri voluti da papa Urbano VIII Barberini nel 1631.

Dorothy Spangler ~ Parisienne Walkways

Inspired by the great impressionist masters, Spangler paints enchanting European scenes. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Dorothy Spangler, american painter, has spent most of her life in Northern California, which provides a perfect environment for her love of color and light. After graduating from the College of San Mateo with a major in art, she studied for several years under the distinguished California plein-air painter, William Ward of Los Altos.

Claude Monet | La Gare St Lazare, Parigi 1877

When he painted The Saint-Lazare Station, Monet had just left Argenteuil to settle in Paris. After several years of painting in the countryside, he turned to urban landscapes. At a time when the critics Duranty and Zola exhorted artists to paint their own times, Monet tried to diversify his sources of inspiration and longed to be considered, like Manet, Degas and Caillebotte, a painter of modern life.

David FeBland, 1949

David FeBland was born in London, England and has received professional degrees from The University of Virginia and The University of Manchester, UK.

A fully self-taught artist, FeBland pursued careers in Landscape Architecture and Communication Design as well as hosting a jazz radio program and bicycling through 44 countries before turning his full-time attention to painting in the mid-1980’s.

Nicholas Burdykin [Николай Бурдыкин] 1960

Russian painter Николай Бурдыкин, well known as a master of lyrical architectural landscape.

However, in his work, took quite a mythological theme, which is reflected in works of this exhibition.

The myth for centuries nourished the work of artists. Each generation of artists gave their interpretation of the myth.

Not forgotten this issue and in our vain time.

Referring to the mythological theme, Nicholas Burdykin not trying to illustrate it, and focuses all attention on the mythological characters.

Christian Schloe | Digital Visionary painter

Austrian Visionary painter Christian Schloe works includes digital art, painting, illustration and photography.

The surreal scenes by Christian Schloe feature bizarre moments that draw viewers out of a concrete reality and into a dreamy, fictional world.

In his work, the digital artist creates expressive visual stories filled with soft color palettes, elegant birds and butterflies, soft flower petals, and otherworldly, majestic landscapes.

The illusion of a scratched canvas and worn, aged edges allude to a different time and place where a howling wolf is half human, half animal; a couple dances among the clouds; and a young girl collects drops of moonlight in a bowl.

Sampo Kaikkonen, 1975 | Figurative painter

Sampo Kaikkonen, a Finnish figurative painter living and working in Oulu, Finland.

His paintings respect the technique and style of the old masters.

The atmosphere in the paintings is timeless. There are no symbols of specific era and the landscape is universal.

Beside the dominant human figures another strong factor in his works is emotion which mediates through his themes, expressions and colors.

Pia Erlandsson | Swedish Watercolor painter

Swedish painter Pia Erlandsson works through watercolors to focus on the minute expressions of her subjects. Her fascination with human emotions is evident throughout her ethereal oeuvre.
- I was born in south of Sweden, living in Gothenburg since many years back. I have been working full time as a watercolor artist since 2007.
In my paintings I usually portray people. I want to convey feelings and expressions of universal emotions, communicating different states of the human mind. I try to find the tension and harmony between colors and shapes, and light and darkness, where the water and pigments together create new forms.

William Schneider, 1945 | VideoArt

William Schneider - American painter - has received awards in exhibitions including those of: Academic Artists, The Degas Pastel Society, Oil Painters of America, The Pastel Society of America, Pastel Society of the West Coast, Portrait Society of America, and Salon International.

Igor Mitoraj (Polish, 1944-2014)

Igor Mitoraj (1944-2014) was a Polish artist and sculptor.

Known for his fragmented sculptures of the human body often created for large-scale public installations, he is considered one of the most internationally recognized Polish sculptors.

Biography

Mitoraj was born on 26 March 1944 in Oederan, Germany.

His Polish mother was a forced labourer, while his father was a French officer of Polish extraction.

Robert Coombs, 1970 | Figurative painter

As a young boy, Robert Coombs had received one of the most exciting presents he could remember - a set of watercolor paints.

He was so anxious to use them that he quickly grabbed a pad of paper and sat down to paint anything he could find.

It ended up being a bowl of fruit and he applied the paint straight out of the tube as thick as toothpaste.

Tamara De Lempicka | The Dream | VideoArt

"...I live life

in the margins of society,

and the rules of normal society

don't apply to those

who live on the fringe".

- Tamara De Lempicka (1898-1980)

Jose Royo, 1941 | La luce del Mediterraneo

Jose Royo: "Mi piace credere che i miei quadri raggiungano luoghi lontani e persone che non hanno mai visto la luce del Mediterraneo.

È una bella idea che i miei dipinti possano permettere loro di sperimentare la luminosità di questa parte del mondo".

Si possono tracciare paralleli impressionanti anche tra il lavoro di Royo e quello del maestro spagnolo Joaquin Sorolla.

Entrambi sono nati a Valencia, entrambi hanno avuto una formazione classica, entrambi sono "maturati" in stili di pittura che catturano la drammatica essenza visiva della loro terra natale, Valencia e del Mar Mediterraneo.

Andre Lucero | American Plein Air painter

Andre Lucero is an American painter whose work is primarily composed of plein air landscapes, still lifes and figurative paintings done from life. In combining the draftsmanship of the Academic School along with the color and brushwork of the impressionists, Andre’s work captures the drama of common places and objects as seen through his personal artistic vision. An avid hiker, fly fisherman, and gardener Andre believes that even the most simple of subjects can be elevated, taking on a meaning greater than their initial appearance.

Carolyn Anderson ~ American Impressionist painter

American painter Carolyn Anderson, a nationally recognized artist, is an accomplished pastelist and oil painter. Born and raised in the Chicago area, Anderson attended school at Illinois State University. She joined the Vista program (Volunteers in Service to America) in the early 70's and was assigned to work on an Indian reservation in Montana, She eventually returned to Montana and now lives in Havre, a small community in north central Montana near the Canadian border.

William Dalton | Golden Waves | Photographer

For many years I traveled the world as a global VP for a fortune 500 fragrance and flavor company . I witnessed first hand the wonders and beauty of our world. I have attempted to photograph some of the beauty of our world to share with others. Many years ago I came across a wonderful French term, "objet trouve". Webster's Dictionary defines the term as, "a natural object found by chance and held to have aesthetic value, (e.g. driftwood) especially though the working of natural forces". I attempt to create "objet trouve" in my photographs. The wonders I find in nature are photographed in an attempt to create art. All photographs of animals, including birds, are taken in the wild. None of my work is of animals in zoos or rehab facilities. I am a published wildlife photographer but a true amateur.

Koh Sang Woo, 1978 | Color Negatives photography

Koh Sang Woo was born in Seoul and currently lives in New York. He has had numerous important international exhibitions recently, including “Media Media” at the Queens Museum New York, Pulse Miami, “Distinctively Korea” at Christie's in London, the Sungkok museum in Seoul, and as an invited artist at the 798 Beijing Biennial in China.

Ljubomir Ivankovic, 1953 | Serbian-born Canadian painter

Ljubomir Ivankovic, Serbian-born Canadian painter, was born in Pirot, Yougoslavia.

Education: 1981/82 - Scholarship from the Yougoslavian Government to study in France; 1978 - Member of the Yougoslavian Artists Association; 1978 - Belgrad University's School of Graphic Arts. He is granted the official title of painter/etcher.

1972 - Nis (Yougoslavia) School of Graphic Arts.

Exhibitions: - Ivankovic has participated in many group exhibitions in Yougoslavia, France, Spain, Poland, Germany, Norway and Argentina. He was awarded many prizes for his works in etching or for illustrating art books.

In 1982, at the Salon d'octobre de la Serbie in Paris, the French Government (Department of Education and Culture) has recognized officially his contribution to culture.

Ljubomir Ivankovic came to Canada in 1990 and is now a canadian citizen, living in Montreal.

Luis Romero, 1948 | Spray painter

Spanish painter Luis Romero was born in Ronda, Málaga, Spain. Romero is successful participated in many international exhibitions.

Romero illustrated books, landscape posters, theater, workshops and training courses learn about painting techniques.

His picture has been recognized by the critics, and he has six times been awarded at the concert in Malaga Manchestvere, Switzerland and other cities.

His paintings are on display in the country and around the world Romero.

Nathalie Mulero Fougeras, 1970

French painter Nathalie Mulero Fougeras was born in Lyon, France. The last of 5 generations of artists, she discovers painting in her family studio. At the age of 19, she settled in Paris for a few years and studied Art History, restauration of old paintings, pastel and painting. Today, she lives in the south of France, with her husband and cat, Sayuri.

Ademaro Bardelli | Figurative / Portrait painter

Italian painter Ademaro Bardelli (1934-2010) was born in Florence.

He lives and works in Tuscany and has been involved in art since 1956.

He attended the Art Institute of Florence from 1949-1953.

Jean Pierre Monange, 1946 | Abstract painter

Jean Pierre Monange is an French painter*, known for working in the Abstract style*.

Monange was born in Belfort.

Jean Pierre Monange graduated from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Ecole de Graphisme and Ecole de Design.

Valery Sidorov [Валерий Сидоров] 1956

Russian painter Valery Sidorov [Валерий Сидоров] has finished the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute. I live and I work in Yaroslavl. During creative activity USA, Greece and other countries is created about 3000 works nowadays which are taking place in individual collections of Russia, Italy, England, Spain.

Kiyo Murakami, 1976 ~ Japanese Photographer

Kiyo Murakami is a talented fine art photographer, who combines photography and photo-manipulation into amazing pieces of art – she manages to create fantasy worlds that you can’t even dream of. Kiyo was born and live in Tokyo, Japan. After graduated from the art school, she began to do various art, illustration, design and music.

Jazz-minh Moore, 1978 ~ American Symbolist painter

Jazz-minh Moore is a New York based artist, with a BFA from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, and a MFA from California State University, Long Beach. Her interest lies in the complicated dialectic between ‘nature’ and ‘culture’ within contemporary society. Moore has had solo shows in New York, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Paris, and been featured in various publications, including Whitewall Magazine, New American Paintings, the Village Voice, Interview Magazine, the New York Times, New York Magazine, and Zingmagazine.

Jose Royo, 1941 | Impressionist painter

Born in Valencia, Spanish painter Jose Royo began demonstrating his artistic talent early.

At the age of 9 his father, a prominent physician and avid art enthusiast, employed private tutors to instruct Royo in drawing, painting, and sculpture.

When Royo turned 14 he entered the San Carlos Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Valencia.

Upon turning 18 Royo continued his artistic studies privately with Aldolfo Ferrer Amblat, Chairman of Art Studies at the San Carlos Academy.

Sara Abid | Impressionist painter

Pakistani painter Sara Abid is a self-taught artist and has interned with Ufaq Ehsan - Artist and former NCA teacher and Zil-e-huma - former PTV art and set designer/director.

- I am a self-taught artist from Lahore, Pakistan, specializing in the impressionist style of art. For me a painting is not just blobs of paint on your canvas; it’s your mind, soul, energy, personality and mood. When a single painting is completed, you look at it and smile; the more you look at it, the wider the smile gets. Sometimes you just don’t want to give your work away, feeling a connection with it like that’s your child and only YOU have the right over it! But I want to share this happiness with the world. I want every painting of mine to cheer you up.

Karen Noles, 1947 | Native American paintings

American painter Karen Noles was born in the very small town of Merna, Nebraska.

She grew up there but from the time she was a very young girl her artistic ability was noticed and encouraged by her parents.

At age 19 she graduated from the Omaha School of Commercial Art.

She was quickly hired by the Hallmark Card Company as a greeting card illustrator and she continued to work in illustration for Hallmark and other companies for nearly 20 years.

Alexandre Pavlenko, 1974 | Pointillist painter

Ukrainian painter Александр Павленко was born in Izmail.

He made his first drawing during his first year in school.

In 1984, after finishing art school he took private drawing lessons at the studio of another Izmail artist, where he was able to further develop his drawing technique.

His technique became so well developed that he is able to achieve any effect desired.

JoAnn Peralta | Realist /Impressionist painter

JoAnn Peralta, Fine Artist JoAnn Peralta's fine art paintings have captivated collectors with her keen sense of mood and lush brushwork since 2004. Each painting invokes a timeless romantic flair towards life and sets a tone of intrigue through her use of lighting and color. The beauty of light with a contemporary, modernist touch is what Peralta describes as her inspiration. Her passion for the West, historical and romanticized, are what dominate her vision and scope as it pertains to her hispanic and Italian ancestry and it continues to draw Masters of the American West, Autry Museum patrons and collectors.

Martinho Dias, 1968 ~ Abstract Realism painter

Martinho Dias, Portuguese painter, was born in Trofa, near Oporto, Portugal, where he lives and works. He is represented in the “NY Arts Annual Catalogue”, 2009, New York
He has a degree in Fine Arts - Painting, from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Oporto University, since 1996.

Mark Keller, 1955 | Figurative painter

Mark Keller is a musician, songwriter, producer, painter, filmmaker, drawer, teacher and owner of Loudville Studios in Sausalito, CA. And that’s just scratching the surface.

As a boy in Oklahoma, Mark developed a passion for music. He took this passion into his adult life, playing in a number of bands and eventually making his way into the advertising industry as a jingle writer.

Christine Taherian, 1960 ~ Impressionist painter

Christine Taherian, British painter, was born in Cardiff in 1960. During late 70's she went to Glasgow and attended a Fine Art Course in Glasgow University. Before finishing the course she moved to Tehran with her family and continued studying and practising painting.
While she was in Tehran, she also studied Persian language and researched on Middle Eastern art and culture. Christine has produced art works in different media and styles but her major interest is impressionism using Oil, Acrylic and Mixed Media.

Oleg Trofimov, 1962 | Impressionist painter

Олег Трофимов was born in the USSR. He graduated Abramtzevo artistically-technical college in 1984. His diploma was published in journal "Decorative art".

Then in 1992 He graduated Moscow higher artistically-technical college.

Oleg Trofimov takes part in more than 20 Russian and foreign exhibitions.

His artworks are in private collections of Russia, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Canada, USA and in corporative collections of Russian banks and large Russian enterprises.

Naples Museum of Fine Art, Naples, Florida и Dallas Arts and Crafts Museum, Dallas, Texas bought artworks of this artist for their exposition in 2008.

Alvaro Castagnet, 1954 | Watercolor painter

Uruguayan painter Alvaro Castagnet was born in Montevideo, in the beautiful South American country of Uruguay.

His early interest in art was cultivated mainly by his father, who sent him to the National School of Art in Montevideo at a very young age where he was taught by Professor Esteban Garino.

Castagnet carried on his formal education in art at the Fine Arts University, where Miguel Angel Pareja was his oil painting tutor. Castagnet migrated to Australia in 1983, and lived there enjoying the cosmopolitan and forward-looking attitude of that country for 20 years.

Robert Coombs, 1970 | Ballet dancers

Robert Coombs** is an award winning** painter of figure whose time-period is illusive in that they wear simple clothing that features the subject rather than the era in which it was worn.

Robert Coombs was born in Salt Lake City, Utah.

For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Coombs see:

• Robert Coombs, 1970 | Figurative painter ⏭

Sabin Balasa (1932-2008) | Symbolist painter

Romanian painter Sabin Bălaşa was born in the village of Dobriceni, Olt county. He graduated from the Fine Arts Institute in 1955. He is a member of many international Academies of Art and winner of a great number of prizes for painting and cartoons.

He naturally started from the traditions of the Romanian art, which he assimilated in a creative way, and studied with interest and fervour the history and mythology of the Romanian people, pledging himself to conjure up a fascinating universe of great expressive power, conveying to the onlooker an impression or a rare strength.

Whether he paints such heroes of the national pantheon as Decebalus, Stephen the Great, Balcescu or Eminescu, evokes characters of legend, epic or ballad or creates images living beyond time and space, Sabin Balasa constantly remains faithful to the most generous and noble human ideals.

Elena Bond, 1965 | City Reflections

Russian painter Елена Бонд⏭ was born in Russia in the beautiful old city of Samara to a military doctor and a classical pianist. Elena started drawing at a very early age, using everything from a pencil to her mother's make-up. She came from a family of artists where her great-grandfather and grandfather were both artists.
Because of her father's job in the military, Elena's family had to move around the Soviet Union frequently. She'd lived in Kazakhstan, Byelorussia, Ukraine, Latvia, Litva, St.Petersburg and Moscow. The largest part of her childhood was spent in Germany. Because of the frequent lifestyle changes, Elena was able to preserve memories of many different cultures and experiences. At the age of 11, she attended her first art school in St.Petersburg, Russia.

Olga Oreshnikova, 1962

Russian painter Ольга Орешникова was born in St Petersburg, a member of one of the most prominent families of artists. Her paternal grandfather, Professor Oreshnikov, was Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in St Petersburg from 1953-1978. He was also one of the leading artistic figures in the city and a member of the Soviet Academy. Olga’s maternal grandfather was Roman Kotlarevsky, a renowned composer and professor of composition at the Conservatory of Music. Her parents and close relatives are all either painters, art historians or practising musicians.

Carmen Alberti-Nothelfer, 1968 | Figurative painter

Spanish painter Carmen Alberti-Nothelfer was born in Barcelona.

From 1990-1995 Studied painting at the academy of fine arts in Vienna, Austria.

The artist lives and works in Germany, Austria and Spain.