Hayk Shalunts | Surreal Lady

Hayk Shalunts, based in Los Angeles, creates surreal digitally manipulated AI art of women infused with nature and abstract creations.

Often incorporating female faces within trees, his intriguing artwork is a great way to create a refined and thought-provoking atmosphere.

Emily Dickinson: The Poets light but Lamps / Accendere una lampada e sparire..

The Poets light but Lamps

- Themselves - go out -

The Wicks they stimulate

If vital Light

Peter Paul Rubens | Saint Simon, 1610-1612 (detail) | Museo Nacional del Prado

Warwick Fuller, 1948 | Plein air painter

Warwick Fuller: "I want my pictures to sing the songs I sang when I painted them. My hope is that if I can paint with the joy of that moment, something of my emotional responses to the moment will shine through".

Warwick Fuller is a renowned proponent of plein air impressionist painting who has been painting professionally in Australia for over 40 years.

Fuller lives on the fringe of the Blue Mountains, in a remote location deep within the Kanimbla Valley.

Perched high on a hillside and with breathtaking views of stunning local scenery, he doesn't need to travel far for inspiration.

Gis De Maeyer, 1942 | Figurative sculptor

Gis de Maeyer is a Belgian sculptress who was born in 1942.

Education: Academy of Fine Arts Aalst, Anderlecht and Sint-Niklaas, Belgium.

We are always in awe of Gis De Maeyer's ability to capture sentiments so beautifully with her bronze sculptures.

Greyhounds playing sculpture in the Vatican Museum

A 2nd Century CE Roman statue group of two sighthounds playing.

The statue group was discovered in 1774 in Monte Cagniolo, Italy.

Group of greyhounds playing | Rome, Vatican Museums, Hall of Animals

Vatican Museums, Hall of Animals

The display in the two rooms which together make up the Hall of the Animals was set up under Pope Pius VI (1775-1799) with antique works of art, often much restored and sometimes completely re-worked, with the aim of creating a 'stone zoo'.

Many artists worked on the sculptures in this display during the 1700s, the most important of whom was Francesco Antonio Franzoni.

Timothy Rees, 1985 | Novorealist painter

Timothy Rees began his pursuit of art by moving to Chicago in 2009 to paint in the open studios of the Palette and Chisel Academy.

After one year he joined the staff of instructors, and soon began teaching workshops locally and abroad.

In 2012 he moved to Scottsdale, where he later created and taught a classical art program for the Scottsdale Artist School.

In 2017 he opened an atelier, where between 10 and 15 apprentices studied under him at any given time.

Kurt Peiser | Genere painter

Kurt Peiser (Antwerp, 1887 - Uccle, 1962) was an Antwerp painter, draftsman and etcher of German origin.

His parents, both born in Glproteinz (Prussia) came from Charlottenburg (Berlin) to Antwerp in 1885, where his father, a famous chemist, found work as director of the sugar factory in Tienen.

Peiser took Belgian nationality when he turned 18.

He was a painter with great social and humanitarian concern.

Tina Figarelli, 1999 | Realistic figurative painter

Tina Figarelli is a realistic figurative artist originally from Chicago, IL.

She is currently residing in Raleigh, NC as an artist intern at East Oaks Studios.

Tina was first inspired by classical artists in the 19th century after a trip to the Art Institute of Chicago when she was 19.

Frustrated by the lack of formal classical art training in her schooling, she vowed to study the work she loved so dearly.

Alessandra Aita, 1983 | Wood sculptor

Alessandra Aita was born in San Daniele del Friuli.

After studying at the Art Institute "G. Sello" in Udine, she attended a professional course of computer graphics at the Csg.lab Vocational Training Centre in Udine and dedicated immediately to her professional career.

As a result of short working experiences, she opened in Buja, in the province of Udine, her own studio - Ideando Pubblicità - operating in the commercial art field.