Alexander Volkov is a Russian-American oil painter who was born in St. Petersburg in 1960 and has lived and worked in Hunterdon County for 25 years. He started painting with oil as a high school student. From the age of 7 to 17 he attended a special English school and in 1986 graduated from the Department of Physics at Leningrad State University. ....Continue reading
Texas native, Ali Mignonne, comes from a family of gifted women. Daughter of well-known artist, Sherri Mignonne, the tradition, and love of painting was passed down through the generations beginning with her great-grandmother. With no formal training, she honed her skills by working side by side with her mother and grandmother, studying techniques ....Continue reading
Looking at Anna Razumovskaya's works you always getting a feeling of artist sole tension behind the painting... "romanticism" is the word to describe Anna's works...interlacing of a quiet tones with the bright color impact at the end is the trade mark of the artist...abstract elements is the big aspect of every artwork and, in a combination with th ....Continue reading
In 2004, Brayden Bugazzi earned his Bachelor's Degree in Fine Art Photography at Herberger School of fine art Arizona State University Graduated Magna Cum Laude. This was a big accomplishment for him because he was a high school dropout and a lot people thought he would never succeed. He was always an artist at heart drawing and painting all throug ....Continue reading
Brian Porter is an artist whose work has evolved from the street to the gallery and from the wall to the canvas. His use of pop culture icons combined with an explosive color palette gives his work a "timeless" appeal and sensibility. He is no stranger to the art industry, having spent over fifteen years working as a graffiti artist in major metrop ....Continue reading
Chuck Harra, born in 1946 in Jersey City, NJ grew up with an appreciation of art and design. His father, a very talented artist and New York City textile designer, passed on his touch for fine, intricate work to his son. Chuck, always creative on his own, began his adult artistic abilities while living in Connecticut where he became involved wit ....Continue reading
Born in 1971 in San Bernardino, California and raised in the Atlanta area, Craig first recognized his creative drive via crayons on his parents' walls, like many inspired young artists, and by the age of 7 his capacity for detailed visual interpretation became undeniable. After excelling in an introductory drawing class in school, Craig continued t ....Continue reading
Artist and spiritual crusader Danny Hughes has a profound gift he is compelled to share with the world. Lucky for us, Danny Hughes has found his calling. “I spent the better part of my life searching for answers to life’s questions,” he reflects. “I was looking for happiness and fulfillment, but felt like I was constantly jumping from job t ....Continue reading
David Bromley (born 1960 in Sheffield, England) is an Australian artist. He began his career in Adelaide as a potter, but is now best known for his painting and sculpture, in particular his portraits, and his paintings of children, birds, butterflies and female nudes. He has exhibited widely in Australia, and also in Asia, Europe, Africa and Americ ....Continue reading
Designer and C.E.O. of her own global design company in New York City, Bigeleisen specialized in floral fabric design. She experimented with color and texture and “always derived inspiration from the colors and patterns in nature.” When she left this career to pursue her passion for painting flowers, she “gave up the medium of dye on fabric f ....Continue reading
Everist was born in Torun Poland in 1959. He and his family left Poland when he was six years old, settling first in Vienna Austria and finally making the journey across the Atlantic to their permanent home in Toronto, Canada. Most recently, Everist and his family moved to the mountains of Charlevoix Quebec, a place that over the past 100 years, ....Continue reading
Fabian Perez was born on November 2, 1967 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As a teenager Fabian was fascinated with martial arts and fine arts. Therefore, he dedicated himself to study both disciplines. Karate helped influence his character giving him great discipline as well as opening him up to other forms of art. Much of what Fabian learned through h ....Continue reading
Onyeka Ibe was born in Anambra State, Nigeria. He was recently featured in World Art Business News and has been described by the Atlanta Journal as “one of the most exciting young painters to emerge from Sub-Saharan Africa since the 1990s”. He looks for inspiration in the natural and humanistic tradition of contemporary impressionism. His paint ....Continue reading
J. Scott Nicol is America’s premier photorealist and pop culture fine oil painter of books. He is a novelty in the art world, not just because of what he paints but how exacting and truly remarkable his three-dimensional “books” appear to be in solid form. From former graphic arts and media designer to textile company co-owner, Nicol continue ....Continue reading
JalinePol's work is immediate and intense. She is one of the finest contemporary French impressionists of our time. JalinePol's origin, like that of Matisse, is in the flatlands of North France, but her home is in the heart of the lush countryside of France’s South West. Jaline has been influenced by many of the places where she visited or liv ....Continue reading
Jared Schwalb is a self-taught visual artist and the owner of Vehement Art. With a background in finance, Schwalb brings a methodical and analytical approach to all his artistic compositions. Passionate about urban and contemporary art, Schwalb’s intensity comes through in his work. “I am focused on vibrant colors and textures in all of my w ....Continue reading
Jennifer Vranes is best known for her large and vibrant paintings of aspen forests and European landscapes. Her trademarked technique using a palette knife to ‘sculpt’ in thick textures has become a favorite among art collectors worldwide. The art industry’s leading magazine Art Business News spotlighted Vranes in the article “Time Honor ....Continue reading
I was born in Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State on 26 September 1970. I matriculated in 1989. In 1990 I enrolled to study a three year Graphic Design Diploma course at the Technicon of the Orange Free State. After my studies I was conscripted for National Service in the South African National Defence Force for one year. After being discharg ....Continue reading
Born in 1976, John-Mark Gleadow had already achieved gallery representation by the time he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Delaware in 1999. Renowned for his skill as a draftsman and ability for creating hyperrealstic oil paintings, he has gone on to garner various awards, solo shows and grants and has been met with ....Continue reading
Georgi Kolarov was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria in 1981. He now lives and works in Plovdiv, Bulgaria Georgi discovered at a very young age that he was born to be an artist. The idea of doing anything else seemed impossible to him. After he became a professional artist he said to an interviewer during his first solo show in Sophia, Bulgaria: “I sa ....Continue reading
Jozza, one of the most exciting Pop Artists in the world today, creates his artistic vision with vibrant imagery and combinations of bright color and hard-edged abstract subjects. Painting a wide repertoire of subjects from flowers and still-life to people and cityscapes, his paintings are inspired by the simple streets of Brazil to the elegant cit ....Continue reading
A visitor to Karl Soderlund’s studio is likely to be awestruck by his over seven-foot-high oil paintings of Marilyn Monroe, Muhammad Ali, Audrey Hepburn and Albert Einstein, among others. In 2010, these paintings formed the basis for his exhibition at the National Arts Club in New York City, entitled Iconic Obsessions. The title points to the ....Continue reading
Ken Orton has dedicated his life to painting. His childhood was spent drawing the urban, industrial surroundings of Birmingham, England. At the Birmingham and then Manchester Colleges of Art he studied Art Education and after six years teaching in England accepted an offer to head the arts program at the Joan Miro Centro de Arte of the Baleares Int ....Continue reading
Born in 1966 in the south of France, Kikayou has always wanted to create a world in his own image, full of energy, teeming with ideas but devoid of any pretension. Inspired by Basquiat's work, Warhol's Pop Art, Villeglé's collages, Dali's fury... the artist takes us into "his" pictorial universe, between street-art and urban art. A joyful, impulsi ....Continue reading
Raised in New York and Aspen, Colorado, Linda spent her childhood visiting the quaint and weathered countryside of New England and immersed in the vast, rugged wilderness of the West. She benefited from a multi-cultural background (American father and Swedish mother) rooted in appreciation for the arts. Linda’s innate sense of colors and shapes l ....Continue reading
Louise McNaught received her BA Hons in Fine Art from Greenwich University in 2012. Louise McNaught‘s creations feature nature, animals, and the celestial realm in glorious, blazing neon hues, where the animals are God-like, Sublime, and ethereal in their luminescence. Not wishing to limit herself or her subject matter, McNaught has a mixed ....Continue reading
Marco Toro lives in London, England, where he has an established reputation for his meticulously crafted portraits of movie icons. Toro’s icons of the silver screen are brought to life by his clean, sharp style, which conveys the essence of the actors and the characters he portrays. When the English actor, Michael Caine, saw Toro’s portrait ....Continue reading
Myung Mario Jung was born on September 14th, 1949 in Seoul, Korea. His promising career as an artist began in the mid 80’s, but his life changed dramatically after a catastrophic fall from a third story balcony left Mario blind, deaf and paralyzed. Not even interested in food, Mario had given up, until he had a spiritual dream that renewed his st ....Continue reading
Mark Yale Harris realized his true passion in the Southwest. Stone carving became his life’s work, as Santa Fe became his home in the late 1990s. He dedicated himself to creating in 1996, and with much to learn, the artist chose a mentor whom he had long admired to assist with honing his burgeoning artistic skills, sculptor Bill Prokopiof (Aleut, ....Continue reading
My college studies at the Pasadena / Seattle School of Interior Design included classes in color, painting and design perspectives which all helped shape and guide my artistic pursuits of my current life. Upon taking my first class in encaustic painting in 2008, I knew I had found my true artistic passion. That passion evolved into cold wax & o ....Continue reading
Nakisa Seika was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1974. Emerging from this bustling metropolis, where fantasy form meets commercial function, Nakisa was instantly thrust into a collective climate motivated by internal passion and intellectual duty. As instinctively as one would take her first steps or utter words, Nakisa delved deeply into the creative sou ....Continue reading
Evolution! This is a recurring theme in the work of this São Paulo artist who has been winning the world. Architect, Neno Ramos began painting professionally in 1994 and since then has been researching materials and developing techniques that repackage and reinvent pop art. He switched the banday reticles, much used in pop art, creating his own p ....Continue reading
Nicoletta Belletti lives and works in Parma, Italy. Her permenant hometown studio has been open for more than 10 years at Via Farini 63 in Parma. Nicoletta has several artistic collaborations including the Centro Botanico Moutan in Viterbo which keeps the world's greatest collection of Chinese Peonies as well as with Salumificio Terre Ducale (produ ....Continue reading
Niko (Nicole Mathieu) was bornin Montreal, Quebec in 1958. She was born into an artistic family and felt it was inevitable that she would also become an artist. She led a nomadic life for ten years, working as a designer and sales & marketing supervisor in the fashion industry. These positions allowed her to travel to Toronto, Paris, and Califo ....Continue reading
Pamela Sukhum's paintings are characterized by rich colors and textures, and warm, radiant energy. Her use of both broad, sweeping lines and delicate, intricate details give her work a depth and dimension truly unique to the art world. Fueled by spiritual and human connections forged during her journeys around the globe, from the monasteries of Tib ....Continue reading
Renea was born in Houston, TX where she was raised with her three brothers. She traveled abroad only to return to Houston where her heart belongs and resides with her two children. Her journey began over a decade ago. As a professional international model, she traveled the globe to some of the most exotic locations in the world. During this time, ....Continue reading
The luminescent beauty and lyrical quality of Richard S. Johnson's work is what captivates collectors today. "Old Masters" technical virtuosity, pre-Raphael romanticism, and contemporary expressionism and abstraction all combine to create his unique works of touching depth and artistry. Rick's expressive skill for capturing the human form has broug ....Continue reading
Imaginary Realist Robert Bissell creates a completely different atmosphere from our daily experience, inviting us to learn more about ourselves. In his paintings the world of animals is a mirror for human existence, self-definition and reflection. These are not mere children's tales - quite the contrary. Bissell's work causes us to reflect on the e ....Continue reading
Ross Tamlin was born in Auckland, New Zealand in 1958. After completing 2 years of a Town Planning course, he was offered a cadetship in a County Council. Ross knew he wanted to be an artist. Declining the cadetship, in 1982 Ross emigrated to Australia in order to find out. This is when wanting to be an artist became a reality instead of a dream. H ....Continue reading
Seek One, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, began writing graffiti at the age of 15 under the name Seek One. After being raised in the graffiti and the skateboard scene, with years of experimenting in different mediums, along with a business and fine art degree, Seek One was born. He rediscovered his love for street art in 2015 when he began ....Continue reading
Shawndell Oliver, a native Colorado artist, who has always had a vision to incorporate her artistic talent with her love for animals, the Colorado mountains and International cultures. Having traveled extensively, Shawndell has interwoven her knowledge of oils, acrylics, light, shadows and three dimensional textures with her passion to let the view ....Continue reading
Born and raised in Toronto, Shyglo currently resides in the US where he spends his time between Germany, New York and Miami. Originally starting off his career as a graffiti artist and seeing his works painted over, he decided to transition his talents into fine art. Shyglo's photorealistic oil paintings combined with his love of making neon signs ....Continue reading
Originally from India, the land of mysticism and magic, Srinjoy Gangopadhyay was born into a family of artists and knew from a very young age that he, too was born to be an artist. Throughout his life, he has traveled the world, worked in the design and animation industry and has professionally worked under the tutelage of many renowned modern, str ....Continue reading
Christoff Steli (b. 1964) is internationally renowned for both his abstract and pop-art artworks.Very soon after graduating in 1993 from the National Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria, Steli starts to be displayed in various galleries worldwide. His pop-art artworks are collected under the name “Urban Poetry”. The "City series" is a coll ....Continue reading
Steve Tracy was born in Santa Clara, California, in 1953. His childhood was spent growing up in Colorado and California. He was given his first set of oil paints at the age of 10 and quickly discovered that art could free him from the chaos of everyday life. Inspired by the cultural revolution of the late 60’s and early 70’s Steve relocated to ....Continue reading
For nearly two decades, the landscape paintings of Minneapolis-based artist Thomas Labandz have been a fixture in the West. His paintings are infused with a passion for conservation and preservation. His work, inspired by the Hudson River School, using the same material and techniques, has been displayed in leading galleries in Aspen and Denver, Co ....Continue reading
TODD WHITE is an artist whose profile and popularity have increased to the point where his distinctive style and iconic status are recognized across the world. Born in 1969 in Texas, he came from humble roots. During his twenties he took an opportunity and relocated to Hollywood, where one of his key career spells came in the field of animation. T ....Continue reading
Tom Everhart was born on May 21, 1952 in Washington, D.C. He began his under graduate studies at the Yale University of Art and Architecture in 1970. In 1972 he participated in an independent study program under Earl Hoffman at St. Mary's College. He returned to the Yale School of Art and Architecture in 1974 where he completed his graduate work in ....Continue reading
My love for Art began when I was four years old. I remember drawing my newborn cousin like it was yesterday. I drew him perfectly, like a photograph. The way he would lay there, the colors of his onesie. My relatives flipped out and everyone was in shock. From then on, all my presents were art supplies. A brutal war with Iraq began in 1981. Iran c ....Continue reading
