Mark Keller, 1955 | Storyteller painter

Mark Keller is a self-taught artist from San Francisco who provokes the imagination with masterful subtlety and grace. Multi-award winning** with widespread International acclaim, Mark’s work is about telling stories - intrigue for the audience to unfold.

Joey Havlock, 1967 ~ Abstract Surrealist painter

Born in Manassas, Joey Havlock, American Abstract /Surrealism painter, experienced a childhood that provided an optimal environment for the later development of his artistic expression. The sphere of creative and character diversity to which he was exposed has inspired many of his individual works as well as series such as his Liquid Geometry and the Master Minds.

Daniel Gerhartz, 1965 | Impressionist painter

Born in Kewaskum, Wisconsin, where he now lives with his wife Jennifer and their young children, Daniel F. Gerhartz's interest in art emerged as a teenager.

Studies at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, Illinois and his voracious appetite for museums and the modern masters such as John Singer Sargent, Alphonse Mucha, Nicolai Fechin, Joaquin Sorolla, Carl von Marr as well as a host of other French and American impressionists have inspired him.

Mahmood Sabzi | Abstract Impressionist painter

Born in Ahwaz, Iran, Mahmood Sabzi Iranian painter, started painting at the age of twelve; encouraged in his early progression as an artist by his parents and inspiring teachers.

He earned a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering at the University of Jundi Shapur.

"The best part of agriculture was the purity of its primal spaces", he says, explaining his early sensitivity to artistic concepts.

An accomplished abstract painter, Sabzi's passion for the spiritual is represented in the open spaces, symbolism and intricate patterns that make up the backgrounds of his compositions.

Juxtaposing the complex feelings, body language and attitudes of his predominantly female figures against a backdrop of shapes and forms in space, Sabzi uses texture, lines and color to make artistic statements about love and beauty.

Arrivano gli Emoticons nei commenti di Facebook

Arrivano finalmente anche nei commenti di Facebook le faccine/smile/emoticons.

Ora, non solo nella chat, ma anche nei commenti sugli stati dei nostri amici avremo la possibilità di inserire facilmente gli smile e gli emoticons che tanto ci piacciono. Infatti, grazie alle faccine, i commenti di Facebook sono diventati più colorati e belli da leggere.

Iman Maleki, 1976 ~ Realist painter

Iman Maleki, Iranian painter, was born on 1976 in Tehran. He has been fascinated by the art of painting since he was a child. At the age of 15, he started to learn painting under the mastery of his first and only teacher - Morteza Katouzian - who is the greatest realist painter of Iran. Meanwhile, he began to paint professionally. In 1999 he graduated in Graphic Design from the Art University of Tehran. Since 1998, he has participated in several exhibitions.

José Parra, 1975 | Surrealist painter

José Parra, Mexican painter, was born in Guadalajara Jal. Mexico on Jan. 29th 1975.
He started as an apprentice at his father’s studio in Guadalajara at the age of 16, where he was able to develop his own compositions always influenced by the Spanish baroque sculpture, paintings and furniture manufactured at the family’s studio.
He lived in Puerto Vallarta for short periods of time during 1998-1999, where he was able to begin a more personal style at first influenced by surrealism but blending it with Mexican elements like “Talavera”.

Yo Coquelin | Fantastic and Visionary painter

Yo Coquelin, French painter, lives and works in Paris.

Since 1978, her paintings have been featured at major Contemporary Art Shows in Paris as well as individual and group exhibitions throughout France and internationally.

“I would like my paintings to merge what has been, what is and what will be, between CHAOS and HARMONY”.

Yo is Sociétaire of ‘Salon d’Automne’, ‘Salon des Artistes Français’ and the Taylor Foundation, French artists associations.

She is a member of the ‘Musée de l’Imaginaire’, in Ferrieres’ castle, near Paris.

George Tsui, 1950 | Romantic painter

Chinese-born American painter George Tsui was born in Hong Kong and moved to New York in the late 60s, studying first at the School of Visual Arts and later majoring in oil painting at the Art Students League while working at NBC, he was awarded the prestigious 1997 Emmy Award for Best Individual Art and Craft.

Included in his works of that period are some movie posters, also several paintings chosen for the 1984 Winter Olympics poster series, as well as limited edition art prints for the 1985-1986 "Night of 100 Stars” event for a tribute to The Centennial of The Actor’s Fund of America, the original art work with 100 celebrities signatures was owned by ABC Television Corp.