Thomas Kinkade | Memories of Christmas

The look of Christmas, with its trees and garlands and twinkling lights, is of course well known.

But for Thomas Kinkade, the challenge in painting Christmas scenes was capturing the spirit of the holiday - the warmth, the joy, the good fellowship and family feeling.

He loved the contrast of the cold gleam of moonlight on snow with the warm radiance of golden light pouring through the windows of a festively decorated cottage. That golden glow is truly the light of love.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti | The Day-Dream

The thronged boughs of the shadowy sycamore

Still bear young leaflets half the summer through;

⁠From when the robin 'gainst the unhidden blue

Perched dark, till now, deep in the leafy core,

The embowered throstle's urgent wood-notes soar

⁠Through summer silence. Still the leaves come new;

⁠Yet never rosy-sheathed as those which drew

Their spiral tongues from spring-buds heretofore.

Théo Van Rysselberghe

Théo van Rysselberghe (Gand, 23 novembre 1862 – Le Lavandou, 13 dicembre 1926) è stato un pittore Belga, uno dei maggiori rappresentanti belgi del Puntinismo.

Biografia

Theo Van Rysselberghe era figlio minore di François Vanrysselberghe (1820-1893), carpentiere ed imprenditore di Gand, nonché fratello di Octave Van Rysselberghe, architetto.

Terminati gli studi all'Accademia di Belle arti di Gand e di Bruxelles, sotto la direzione di Jean-François Portaels, nel 1881 partecipò per la prima volta ad una mostra, al Salon di Bruxelles. Due anni dopo, assieme all'amico Octave Maus, fu uno dei fondatori del gruppo d'avanguardia Les XX (I Venti), un sodalizio che aveva sostituito il precedente gruppo di artisti La Chrysalide.

Kenne Gregoire, 1951 | New realism Painter / Sculptor

Dutch artist🎨 Kenne Grégoire has studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam from 1967-1973.

In 1973 he won the Silver Prix de Rome.

At the invitation of the Italian Ministry of Culture in 1976 he made a study trip to Italy. Kennedale is nominated for the project Beacons on the water of the center Visual Arts Ontario i.s.m. HSRO.

Amongst the work of Kenne Grégoire we may find still lifes, but also buildings, landscapes and theatre scenes from the Commedia dell'Arte. There is beauty, but also sadness, decay and deterioration.

Debra Hill | Fantasy painter

Australian artist Debra Hill acquired her art education at Sydney University and Paddington Art School.

She subsequently took to travelling seeking life experience from different cultures, settling for a time in Mexico where the colorful culture brought her imagination to life. Since then her paintings have been infused with an almost carnival quality. Executed in oils, her paintings exhibit her skill as both an accomplished painter as well as a designer.

Since taking up residence in New York in 1994 her work has found its way into the spotlight as the art used for Earth Day 1995, along with Peter Max.

Alicia Brizzio | Figurative painter

Argentine painter Alicia Brizzio was born in Mar del Plata, Argentina.

Lives in Buenos Aires City since 1992. Attended numerous courses and workshops on different oil, acrylic and pastel techniques.

She received her CPA and in parallel she started painting by herself

She attended intensive seminars to Painters featured both national and international, and then further refined, with outstanding teachers such as Axel Amuchastegui, Marcos Borio, Adelia Dalessandro and Ricardo Celma.

Since 2005 she teaches drawing and painting while continuing dedicated to creating their own works.

Saturno Butto, 1957 | Wine Tasting (Camilla), 2015

Saturno Buttò🎨 is an Italian painter🎨, known for working in the Surrealist, Hyperrealistic and Figurative style.

Saturno Buttò, born in in Portogruaro, Province of Venice.

Figurative rituals, living paintings, Neo-Gothic altarpieces are extremely technical creations that Saturno Butto draws inspiration from, in order to portray fascinating mysteries surrounding a dark and gloomy religion.

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

• Saturno Buttò, 1957 ~ Surrealist painter🎨.

Saturno Butto, 1957 | Surrealist / Hyperrealistic painter

Born in Portogruaro, Venice, Italy, Saturno Buttò🎨 is an Italian artist🎨. Saturno Buttò began his career in 1993 by publishing her first monograph titled "Portrayed from Saturn".

Since then he has been displaying his work in Europe, U.S.A and has published many new monographs from 1999-2007.

Saturno Buttò's work stands out due to his personal interpretation on sacred European art, which remind us of the great masters of our pictorial tradition.

Figurative rituals, living paintings, Neo-Gothic altarpieces are extremely technical creations that Saturno Butto draws inspiration from, in order to portray fascinating mysteries surrounding a dark and gloomy religion. In his works, this influence is transcribed by the juxtaposition of the human body's sensuality and its deep spirituality.

Ira Tsantekidou, 1967 | Pop / Art Déco painter

Greek painter Ira Tsantekidou is the professional and and internationally recognized artist, operate in Spain / Mallorca and in Bavaria in her studios and have numerous exhibitions in prestigious galleries, also participating in art fairs in Austria, Belgium, China, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, USA.

• 1982/1984 - Art School of Painting and Design

• 1984/1989 - Graduated from State Technical University of Architecture;