Guim Tió Zarraluki, 1987 | Abstract painter

Guim Tió Zarraluki is a Spanish painter who creates stunning abstracted portraits illustrations starting from photographs he likes to cover and transform with paint.

The original picture is almost completely buried by a new geological level.

Only a nose, mouth or ear is left untouched, as a trace of the subject’s past life.

The bold act brings a re-birth.

Ernesto Arrisueño, 1957 | Magic Realism painter

Ernesto Arrisueño, Peruvian painter, was born in Lima, a time when migration to Australia was almost exclusively from Britain and Europe. In the past decade however, Australian life has been enriched by migration from many South American countries. Arrisueño studied art in Lima before completing a Bachelor of Architecture degree at Ricardo Palma University.

Throughout the 1980's he exhibited widely in Peru in both individual and group exhibitions. Architectural drawing, for which he had won a number of prizes as a student, developed as a major theme in his work where figures and objects are juxtaposed with beautifully rendered building fragments.

Robert Krogle, 1944 ~ Impressionist painter

Robert Krogle, American painter, was born in Santa Monica, California. After high school Robert applied to Chouinard Art Institute of Los Angeles and was accepted but after two years was called to duty by the California Army National Guard. He spent five and a half months in Vietnam and was awarded the bronze star and purple heart for his service. Upon returning to civilian life, Robert completed his last two years of art education in 1970.

Nino Orlandi, 1946 | Wood sculptor

Italian sculptor Nino Orlandi is a self-taught artist. In spite of his lack of formal education, has mastered a literary genre of sculpture.

His pieces convey immense talent and dimension, apparent in his many works titled The Book of Life, The Magic Mountain and The Book of Dreams.

While Orlandi's books are for the most part blank, showcasing planks of wood in place of words, he has managed to relay intricate stories to his followers.

Victoria Stoyanova, 1968 | Abstract painter

Bulgarian painter Victoria Stoyanova, was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. Her colorful fantasy paintings reflect the mystery of female beauty, setting light and darkness in harmony and art where human warmth and wisdom dominates.

Her art is kaleidoscopic, setting light and darkness in harmony, and art where human warmth dominates, outlined old traditions, alluding both perennial wisdom and the modern aesthetics imposed by the XX-th century.

Icons and paintings by Victoria are owned by private collectors in Bulgaria, UK, Germany, Greece, Russia, Cyprus, Italy, Austria, USA, Hungary, Japan, Canada, The Nitherlands, Switzerland, New Zealand, Izrael and Lebanon.