Katie Swatland, 1981 ~ Figurative painter

Painting has been a part of my life since I was very young. There were always brushes and paint in the house growing up; and my mother was always at work painting. My appreciation and love for art came from her. After graduating magna cum laude from Syracuse University with a degree in mechanical engineering, I turned down two offers for a full scholarship to graduate school to pursue my passion.. painting.

Michel Ogier, 1943 | Visionary painter

Michel Ogier was born beneath aerial bombardments on the 19th December 1943 in St Etienne in France.

In 1960 he joins the Bellecour print works in Lyon to learn the trade of retoucher in heliogravure and for sole baggage at that date “a prize for an ardent disposition for gambling”.

During this period, he likes Maurice de Vlaminck for his tormented skies; Bernard Buffet for his rigid lines; George Dumesnil de Latour for his purity and Salvador Dalì for his imagination.

Mara Schasteen, 1976 | Still life painter

"Wyoming native and artist, I am dedicated to excellence in expressing the beauty of the world around me.

I work primarily in oils. The path my life has taken has not allowed for formal study of the arts, so I am teaching myself".

Alexander Zavarin, 1954 ~ Landscape painter

Aлександр Заварин lives and creates most of his artworks in Moscow, Russia. He graduated from the Stroganov Moscow State University of Arts and Industry (Stroganovka), and active member of the Russian Union of Artists. He participates frequently in various group and individual art exhibitions in Russia. Alexander actually got passion for drawing during his service in the Russian Army.

Frank Morrison, 1971 | The Urban Jazz

Born in Massachusetts then brought by his family to live in New Jersey at an early age, Frank Morrison was reared and spent his formative years there, an affable, precocious and inquisitive youngster whose curiosity about everything around him seemed limitless.

Then, as an energetic pre-teen, he was interested and enthused by the youthful fads, interests and activities which marked his world: the neighborhood D.J's with their followers and fans at neighborhood parties, the colorful ‘tags’ of local characters which were splashed across fences, parks and buildings, and the loose-jointed "B" boys and break-dancers who enlivened week-end party scenes.