Fredric Michael Wood, 1944 | Impressionist painter

Fredric Michael Wood is a "Signature" Member of Oil Painters of America, and Associate Member of the American Impressionist Society.

In short, I've been a professional artist for the past 30 years. In that time I have paticipated in numerous national and regional exhibitions, and have been fortunate to have garnered some recognition along the way. My painting "Offshore Breeze" was selected for the 2002 30th Anniversary Issue Cover of Southwest Art.

Michael is the recipient of numerous Regional and National awards, and been featured in several publications including the Cover Art for the 2002 Southwest Art Magazine Anniversary issue. His work is collected internationally.

Peter Graham Roi, 1959 | Fiery palette painter

Scottish painter Peter Graham Roi🎨 was born in Glasgow. He attended the Glasgow School of Art, graduating in 1980. In 2000 Peter was elected to Full Membership of The Royal Institute of Oil Painters, R.O.I.

Peter has earned a reputacion as one of Britain's most gifted and distinctive Modern Colourists.

His work is often related to the Modern Scottish School but Peter has a flamboyant style which is unique, detailed brush work combined with loose fluid strokes creating vibrant contrasts of pure colour, line and tone. For earlier works by Peter Graham Roi see: Part 2 also.

Enric Torres-Prat, 1940

Spanish painter and illustrator Enric Torres Prat living near the historical port city near the Mediterranean gave Prat immense artistic influence.

He attended La Universidad de Belles Arts St. Jordi where he studied classical painting.

Prat was quite gifted in drawing and color theory.

The works of Enric can be found at numerous museums and private collections across the globe.

He is often considered to be one of Europe’s “new old masters”.

Édouard Manet al Metropolitan Museum

Una presentazione delle principali opere di Édouard Manet nelle collezioni del Metropolitan Museum of Art di New York (NY)

Edgar Degas al Metropolitan Museum

Una presentazione delle principali opere di Edgar Degas nelle collezioni del Metropolitan Museum of Art di New York (NY).

Judy Drew, 1951 | Still life

Renowned Australian artist Judy Drew was born in 1951, graduating from Melbourne's Prahran College of Art in 1970.

From the time she purchased her first set of Schminke pastels there was an immediate connection with the medium.

"When I started to use pastels, I began to study the pastel artists of the Post Impressionist period - in particular Degas. Degas' portraiture with its delicate line work, tendency towards understatement and often spare use of colour appealed to me".

Andrey Aranyshev / Андрей Аранышев, 1956

Андрей Аранышев is a unique painter known not only in Russia, but also in many countries of the world.

It is possible to say, that to some extent his artistic gift passed to him from ancestors. His great-grandfather - Dmitry Mitrofanovich Kucherenko - was a well-known violinist and opened the first musical school in Yaroslavl.

The brother of the great-grandmother - Grigory Vasilevich Sarenko - was the architect who has designed many famous buildings of Yaroslavl, including a building of former hotel "Bristol" and fire depot on the Red Square.

The artist’s works are remarkable for interesting forms, harmony of color scale and a variety of images, especially the portraits.

In each image individuality and mood are distinctly read through, whether it is a fabulous mythological hero - Dionisis, Silen, the goddesses, disposing a string of destiny, - or characters from real life or the artist’s imagination.

Andrea Kemp, 1981 | Figurative painter

Andrea Kemp was born in Glenwood Spring, Colorado.

Education

2001-2002 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Utah.

1999-2001 Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT.

"I began painting seriously around the age of 15, but before then I had always loved to create. Art was one of the few things that could hold my attention for a long period of time. Sketching was my frequent pastime. It is hard to remember exactly when painting became such a huge driving force in my life. It crept up on me in such a gradual way which makes it hard to remember the exact beginning. What I do know is that after meeting a few local artists, who were professionals locally and nationally, my love for painting and drawing became more of a reality".

John Dickson Batten [1860-1932]

- The Garden of Adonis - Amoretta and Time, 1887

The subject of Batten's painting is taken from Book III of Edmund Spenser's "The Faerie Queene", which is devoted to the legend of Chastity. The twins Amoretta and Belphoebe were the daughters of the nymph Chrysogone. The two babies were adopted, Belphoebe by the goddess of the hunt Diana, and Amoretta by Venus, goddess of love. Venus conveyed Amoretta to the Garden of Adonis, her `joyous Paradise', the flowers of which "dame Nature doth her beautify, and decks the girlonds of her Paramoures". However, even here the "faire flowre of beautie fades away, as doth the lilly fresh before the sunny ray", for:

Great enimy to it, and to all the rest
That in the Gardin of Adonis springs,
Is wicked Tyme; who with his scyth addrest
Does mow the flowring herbes and goodly things,
And all their glory to the ground downe flings,
Where they do wither, and are fowly mard:
He flyes about, and with his flaggy winges
Beates downe both leaves and buds withourt regard,
Ne ever pitty may relent his malice hard.

In this garden Amoretta was brought up by Psyche, and "trained up in trew feminitee" and "goodly womanhead",

In which when she to perfect ripenes grew,
Of grace and beautie noble Paragone,
She brought her forth into the worldes vew,
To be th'ensample of true love alone,
And Lodestarre of all chaste affection
To all fayre Ladies that doe live on grownd.
To Faery court she came; where many one
Admyred her goodly haveour, and fownd
His feeble hart wide launched with loves cruel wownd.

Daniel Sprick, 1953

Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950)

Head of a Lady in Medieval Costume, 1900

Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach | Symbolist / Art Nouveau painter

Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach (1851-1913) was a German painter and social reformer.

Diefenbach is a champion of reform of life , as the pioneer of naturism and the peace movement. His commune "Himmelhof" in Ober St. Veit (1897-1899) was one of the models for the students of his Gusto Graser reform founded settlements Monte Verita in Ascona.

As a painter he is an independent representative of Art Nouveau and Symbolism.

Diefenbach was a son of the painter and art teacher at the high school Hadamar Leonhard Diefenbach.

Brian O'Neill, 1969 | Figurative painter

American painter Brian O’Neill is a Signature Member of The Pastel Society of America and is proficient in a variety of mediums including oil, pastel, acrylic and charcoal.

His work has been showcased in galleries across The U.S, Canada, Japan and England.

O’Neill is most noted for his floral paintings and drawings and has been an avid gardener and nature enthusiast most of his life.

Brian is a graduate of The Ani Art Academy apprenticeship program where he studied under the guidance of acclaimed realism painter Anthony Waichulis.

In the spring of 2013 O’Neill joined The Memorial Art Gallery Creative Workshop in Rochester, NY where he teaches fundamental drawing and painting skills.

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek is an art museum of international stature in the centre of Copenhagen, founded in 1888 by the brewer Carl Jacobsen (1842-1914) who created one of the largest private art collections of his time.

It was named after his brewery, Ny Carlsberg, with the addition of "Glyptotek", meaning collection of sculpture.

The Glyptotek houses over 10.000 works of art divided up into two principal collections.

The museum contains two main departments of ancient and modern art, offering a unique combination of art in impressive architectural surroundings.

Walter Girotto, 1953 | Figurative painter

Walter Girotto is an Italian painter ⎆, known for work in the Figurative style.

Girotto was born in a small northern Italian town called Rovigo and it was May 4th when his family moved to Turin -Italy, to seek their fortune.
For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Girotto see:

• Walter Girotto ⎆

Stephan Sinding | Adorazione

Stephan Abel Sinding (1846-1922) è stato uno scultore Norvegese-Dnese.

Si è trasferito a Copenaghen nel 1883 e ha avuto la sua svolta nello stesso anno.

Nel 1890 ottenne la cittadinanza danese.

Nel 1910 si stabilì a Parigi dove visse e lavorò fino alla sua morte nel 1922

Vita e formazione

Stephan Abel Sinding nacque a Trondhjem come figlio dell'ingegnere minerario Matthias Wilhelm Sinding (1811-1860) e Cecilie Marie Mejdell (1817-1886).

Sinding era il fratello del compositore Christian Sinding e del pittore Otto Ludvig Sinding e nipote di Nicolai Mejdell (1822-1899) e Thorvald Mejdell (1824-1908), ed attraverso il primo cugino di Glør Thorvald Mejdell, che sposò la sorella di Stephan, Thora Cathrine Sinding.

Stephan Sinding era anche cugino di primo grado di Alfred Sinding-Larsen e dei tre fratelli Ernst Anton Henrik Sinding, Elisabeth Sinding (1846-1930) e Gustav Adolf Sinding (1849-1925).

Anatoly Korobkin, 1974 | Figurative painter

Анатолий Коробкин was born in Krasnodar, Russia. Committed to the Russian realistic school, graduate of the of Ilya Glazunov Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, he aspires for absolute fidelity in reproducing the reality. Tackled various genres, for the most part it is portrait, landscape and historical painting.

His works are in private and corporate collections of Russia, USA, France, Germany, Denmark, England and the museum Russian Academy of Painting.

As a member International Federation of Artists.

Olga Gouskova, 1974 | Figurative painter

Ольга Гуськова was born in Moscow, Russia. She grew up in Belarus.

1985-1992 - Byelorussian Art lyceum, Minsk, Belarus

1992-1996 - Byelorussian Academy of Arts, Design department, Minsk, Belarus

In 1996 she immigrated to Belgium.

Since 2002 she lives in Bruges and works as graphic designer.

Nico Vrielink, 1958 | Figurative painter

Nico Vrielink was born in Reusel in the south part of the Netherlands. He was educated at an Academie of Art in Belgium to become a teacher. But teaching wasn't his cup of tea and since 1984 he working as an artist.

A year later, in 1985 Nico met his wife Jeane in Singapore. It was love at first sight and since the day he started painting her he never stopped doing so. By this time Nico has made more than 4000 paintings of Jeane.

If there is just one artist whose work can be linked to a muse, Nico Vrielink is far the most outstanding candidate. All over the world, the thousands of portraits he has painted of his muse illuminate many hundreds of private homes, institutions, galleries and museums.

Assaf Frank, 1971 | Misty morning in Venice /Paris

As a young boy, Assaf Frank had an eye for photography. Later at university, his talents were noticed as his artistic gift became apparent. He has had a career in computers for many years, and now he combines his computer knowledge with his photography to produce high quality digital images/produced as art prints for others to buy and share in the enjoyment. Assaf is well travelled and his work touches on people and their lives across the world.

Thomas Dodd | Surrealist photographer

The artwork that Thomas Dodd creates is visionary in scope and dualistic in nature.

Light and darkness, life and death, and beauty and horror exist side by side in his creations.

Mythological and religious themes abound in his work; sometimes with a twisted tongue-in-cheek approach, and at others reverently paying homage to the Old Master traditions that influence his vision.

Surreal world by Amandine Van Ray

Amandine Van Ray is an Estonia-based artist (from Tallinn) who creates Surreal artworks with the use of both photography and digital art. In her works, her subjects portray very expressive emotions as they are surrounded by a Surreal world filled with floating creatures and such.

Her impressive skills and boundless imaginations makes her mix of digital art and the subject's expressions an amazing masterpiece.

Each individual of her figures floats unnaturally through the air in a journey where darkness and isolation seem to be the dominating forces that drive each visual story.

Many of her surrealistic artworks are decored with amazing fish, which is extremely inspiring.

Fedosenko Roman, 1970 | Figurative / Impressionist painter

Федосенко Роман brings an expressive and colorful approach to his artistic scenes.

Lives and works in Minsk, Belarus.

His portfolio features vibrant depictions of ballerinas and equestrians, capturing movement and emotion with each stroke.

Roman's work showcases a keen attention to detail and a dynamic use of color.

The blend of impressionistic and realistic elements creates an engaging visual narrative.

Françoise Nielly, 1960 | Palette Knife painter

Françoise Nielly is a French knife-painter who is famous for painting vibrant and colourful closeup portraits of people such as Barack Obama. She was born in Marseille, brought up near Cannes and Saint-Tropez and is now living in Paris.

Francoise Nielly lives in a world of images.

She has explored the different facets of "image" all her life, through painting, photography, roughs, illustrations and virtual, computer generated animated graphics. It is clear now that painting is her direction and her passion.

Gabriel García Márquez | La marionetta / The Puppet Poem

Lo scrittore premio Nobel colombiano Gabriel Garcia Marquez è morto ieri, il 17 aprile 2014, a Città del Messico dove viveva.

L'autore di 'Cent'anni di solitudine' aveva compiuto 87 anni il 6 marzo scorso.

Era stato insignito del Nobel per la letteratura nel 1982.

Il presidente della Colombia Juan Manuel Santos ha scritto in un tweet: "mille anni di solitudine e tristezza per la morte del piu' grande dei colombiani di tutti i tempi. Solidarietà e condoglianze a Gabo e la famiglia". |ANSA

Vladimir Ryabchikov, 1967

Владимир Рябчиков was born in 1967.

In 1994. graduated from Rostov State Pedagogical University, Arts - Graphic Department.

In 1988. began to exhibition activities.

Party more than two hundred group exhibitions in Russia and abroad, including exhibitions in the project «Die Russen Kommen» 1992-2002.

Dorus Brekelmans, 1972 | Figurative Palette Knife painter

Dutch painter* Dorus Brekelmans was born in Waalwijk, Netherlands. After a three year (1991-1994) study in advertising drawing at the Municipal Institute of Decorative Arts and Crafts in Antwerp, he continued his training in applied graphics and illustration at the Carolus Magnus University of Antwerp (1994-1998). 

Since, Dorus regularly participates as independent illustrator and painter, in exhibitions in the Netherlands, where he is also represented by a number of distinguished galleries.

"My paintings are figurative, realism is often the basis of my canvases. Yet I am as an artist rather than a realist, but rather to mention. An impressionist I work alternately in acrylic or oil on canvas or panel, the sizes of my paintings range from small to large.
The paint is often spontaneous and expressive with brushes or applied with a palette knife.
My color palette is mostly sunny mention".

Kemal Kamil Akca ~ Parfum d'Orient

Laurentino Marti, 1946 | Watercolor painter

One of the best watercolorists in Spain, Laurentino Martí was born in Costur, Castellón.

He is one of the best watercolorists in Spain and began to win recognition and awards since 1988 with the Grand Prix Societé Beaux Arts XXXII Salon Int. d’Arts Plastiques 1988 and he didn’t stop from that date.

His art can be found in several museums not only in Spain. He has also permanent exhibitions in Barcelona, Valencia, Castellón, Lleida, Tarragona, Málaga, Sevilla, Novo Sancti Petri, Sitges, Madrid and much more.

Kyle Stuckey, 1987

American painter Kyle Stuckey, born in New Hampshire, began his formal art education at age 18 studying drawing and painting privately with Lori Woodward.

He supplemented his education with art videos by Morgan Weistling and Daniel Gerhartz, and studied with Mike Malm via a scholarship he received from Scottsdale Artists School in 2006.

Jiang Debin /蒋德斌, 1963 | Watercolor lotus

Chinese painter🎨 Jiang Debin [蒋德斌] was born in Chongqing City. In 1987 he graduated from the Oil Painting Department of the Southwest Normal University. From 1987-1992 he worked as a teacher at the Sanxia Science and Technology Institute. In 1992 he moved to Zhuhai Established and his studio.

His work "Colorful Melody" was shown at the Fifth Exhibition Watercolor and Gouache. "Sunshine" was Displayed at the First Guangdong Watercolor Exhibition.

In 2001 he was Invited to a group show held in Zhongshan city. In 2001 he held his solo show at the gallery Yaxuan Liu. Some of his works have been in private and corporate collections at Home and Abroad.

His main subject, the lotus series of works can be said to be a combination of a breakthrough from a rigorous traditional realism toward Chinese painting freehand techniques.

Lucia Coghetto, 1961 | La nebbia dei ricordi | VideoArt

Lucia Coghetto, in arte «Ghetto», è nata a Mestre.

Vive e lavora in provincia di Vicenza.

Dopo vari anni di tecnica ad olio su tela, con soggetti paesaggistici, si dedica all'acquerello, ottenendo anche premi e segnalazioni.

Affascinata da una tecnica diversa, il dipinto su malta, la sperimenta e la personalizza, dedicandosi interamente alla figura, sua vera passione.

Lucia Coghetto, 1961 | Figurative painter

Italian painter Lucia Coghetto, known as Ghetto, was born in Mestre, Venice.

She currently lives and works in the province of Vicenza.

Ghetto has been painting all her life, learning side by side with established artists, and following private courses.

For over a decade she has been painting on plaster, in the style of the frescos.

Peter van der Ploeg, 1954

Dutch painter** Peter van der Ploeg was born in Rhenen, in the Netherlands. Graduated at the Art Academy in Arnhem in 1976.

Independent artist since 1976. The theme of his work is the silence of the landscape and the tension within it.

Anatoly Piatkevich, 1969 | Figurative painter

Анатолий Петкевич was born in a small town in the heart of Belarus, once a Republic of the former Soviet Union.

The countryside has a mixture of serene forests, rivers, meadows and ruins of old castles and other remnants of his predecessors.

Anatoly recalls fondly that his childhood home was filled with paintings of Belarus landscapes as painted by his mother and grandmother.

Timothy Martin | Surrealist painter

Timothy Martin is a classically trained painter and sculptor who first gained widespread recognition when he was selected by Tiffany and Company to display artwork in its Manhattan flagship on Fifth Avenue in 1993. Since that time Martin’s renown has spread internationally with the publication of dozens of reproductions of his charming work, as well as exhibitions from New York to Paris.

Jorge Maciel, 1972

L'artista Brasiliano Jorge Maciel è nato nella città di Pocos de Caldas. Autodidatta ed amante dell'arte, Maciel sta scoprendo il suo talento essendo critico nei propri concetti, cercando di perfezionare la propria tecnica in ogni lavoro con grande ispirazione ed armonia, giocando con i colori e la nitidezza, dando una distribuzione convincente della luce e dell'ombra, mettendoci tutti i sentimenti e la passione per l'arte.