Mark Olich, 1974 | Ballet dancers | Conceptual photography

Марк Олич is a Russian photographer born in Omsk. A graduate of theatre and art schools, Mark has been engaged with photography since 2002.

Mark has always drawn but suffered from a creative crisis after moving to St. Petersburg.

He became a set designer at the Mariinsky Theatre, where he began to capture ‘behind the scenes’, images of the dancers training and rehearsing in the theater.

The aim of his work is to show what is happening in the boundary that separates the inside, the backstage, from the outer, public performance.

Dan McCaw, 1942 | Romantic impressionist painter

American painter Dan McCaw raised in Montana and during his academic art career attended the Montana Institute of Technology, in Butte Montana; Academy of Art University, in San Francisco; Art Center College of Design, in Pasadena, California; and the Bongart School of Art, in Santa Monica, California.

A solid foundation of design, color and value distinguishes McCaw's expressive paintings and provides a starting point for an exciting exploration of new ways to look at familiar objects.

Ernest Lawson | Impressionist painter

Ernest Lawson (1873-1939), a progressive artist and member of a group of artists called The Eight, achieved early recognition with his impressionist landscape paintings but later in life experienced personal tragedy and artistic isolation. Born in Nova Scotia in 1873, Lawson studied at the Art Students League, New York, from 1891-1892 and took summer classes in Cos Cob, Connecticut, under J. Alden Weir and John Twachtman. Lawson’s early work has delicate tones and harmonious textures reminiscent of Twachtman’s style. While living in France from 1893-1896, Lawson briefly attended the Académie Julian.

Irina Rumyantseva, 1983 | Abstract Mixed media painter

Irina Rumyantseva was born in St Petersburg, Russia. She achieved the highest grade for her art studies at university and soon became a highly respected artist in Russia. At the age of 26 she came to England to further her career.
Since then she hasn't looked back, her name has become hugely popular in the UK and in many parts of the world. Her unique style of painting is highly sought after and to achieve so much in this short space of time, one can only imagine what the future brings for this talented artist.

Laurence Amélie | Fashion /Impressionist Romantic painter

Laurence Amélie, daughter of renowned Swiss abstract painter Gérard Schneider, continues the family tradition of painting following a successful career as Creative Director and Fashion designer of Bon Point in Paris.
Laurence paints from her idyllic country setting near Fontainebleau. It is the house where her father, a contemporary of Picasso, painted during the highly active mid-century abstract period.