Tristan Elwell | Fantasy Illustrator

American painter and illustrator Tristan Elwell was born and raised in New York City, where he graduated from the High School of Music and Art. He attended the School of Visual Arts on a full scholarship, graduating in 1990 at the top of his class. While at SVA he also worked as a painting assistant to noted photorealist Charles Bell. After college, Tristan quickly established his career as an illustrator, and in 1994 he joined the staff at SVA, where he teaches illustration and painting.

Odette Itah | Abstract painter

Odette Itah was born in Meknes in Morocco, studied dramatic art and Classical Theater at the Conservatory of Art in Meknes.

She volunteered at Nahariya hospital in the pediatric ward for 12 years.

She now she lives in Nahariya, Hazafon, in Israel and teaches French.

Ludmila Curilova

Ludmila Curilova is an Moldovan painter. Curilova's work is influenced by illusory theatre art and it retains the decorative quality of a fairy tale setting. Within her paintings on paper and canvas, warm, rich colors glow with an almost magical essence. At times her figures exist in a subdued dreamscape amidst fruit and flowers. While Curilova uses traditional media and tools: acrylic paint, brushes and art knive, she also experiments with small clay sculptures.

Alexander Daniloff, 1963

Russian painter Alexander Daniloff was born in Donetsk. From 1987-2000 he organized personal exhibitions and participated in numerous collective exhibitions and cultural actions in Nizhni Novgorod, Moscow, Norilsk (Russia), San-Francisco, Los Angeles (USA), Venlo, Horst, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Helsinki (Finland), Barcelona (Spain). In 2000 Daniloff moved to Italy in Rovigo (Venetian province), where he currently lives and works as a professional artist. For 4 years he has collaborated with City Theatre of Rovigo for creating illustrations for playbills. He collaborate as an illustrator with the magazine "Vsemirnyj Sledopyt" of St. Petersburg.

Raymond Poulet, 1934

French painter Raymond Poulet was born in Paris. He obtained a scholarship to attend the Arts Decoratifs and Beaux-arts schools in Paris.

He also attended courses at various painting and sculpture academies in Paris. He held his first group exhibit in 1960, which was followed by personal exhibits in France and in the US.

Shortly after, his exhibits spread worldwide.

Raymond Poulet was inspired by Braque, Picasso and Nicolas De Stael, thus starting with abstract painting in New York.

More than one hundred of his paintings were woven and painted in Aubusson.

Valérie Depadova, 1965 | Mixed media painter

Born in Algiers, the artist Valérie Depadova is expressed by acrylic, collage, pastel, Chinese ink or graphite by making portraits of women with oriental accents.

A singular art Words are captured, isolated from their original context and come to register on the canvas of Valérie Depadova with a new meaning.

Classified in the moan of the singular, she works the color with a knife with strength and determination.

Amy Polling

Born in San Francisco, California, out of a Dutch traditional….yet, very artistic family, Amy Polling has also French blood running through her veins! She lived in various countries in the world and considers herself as an “European citizen with an American Topping”. She gets her inspiration from her own life experiences and through her early travels around the world, where she came in contact with people from all sorts of backgrounds and cultures; the Bedouin, Clochards and Royality..

Tanja Doronina | Modern Pin-Up illustrator

Tanja Doronina is born in Kazakhstan, Karaganda where she studied at Pedagogical Institute.

In 2000 she moved to Russia and worked as a designer at an advertising agency.

Since 2007, working on freelancing as an artist and illustrator.

Danielle Duer

Danielle Duer is a professional artist living and working from her studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Her unusual pieces have been described as haunting and romantic. She uses bold, beautiful color combinations and layers the main images with dainty details so that the viewer can stare for hours and always see something new. These narrative paintings are quite feminine and successfully possess both realistic and fanciful charm. She includes symbolism to tell lighthearted stories that are metaphors for deeper truths and philosophies in her own life.