Mike Wise, 1973 | Plein Air painter

Mike Wise is an Impressionist oil painter best known for his landscapes. His approach to representational art is based in abstract design with loose brushwork and sculptural smears of the palette knife bringing movement and energy to a piece. The intended result is a painting rich in color and texture with a distinct three-dimensional feel that draws the viewer deep into the painted image.

Mike works in what was once an old barn that he converted to a modern art studio. The natural beauty that surrounds him at home on Whidbey Island, as well as having his family around and a lot of good music in the studio while he paints, influences his creative process. 

Wise is a member of Oil Painters of America (OPA) and the American Impressionist Society (AIS).

Claude Monet | Iris, 1914-1917

Iris è un dipinto di Claude Monet. Eseguito probabilmente tra il 1914 e il 1917, è conservato nella National Gallery di Londra.

Eric Bowman, 1960 | Plein Air / Figurative painter

Award winning artist Eric Bowman was born in Pasadena and grew up in Orange County, CA (back when it actually had orange groves).

Essentially a self-taught artist, Eric had a knack for drawing as far back as he can remember, always the class artist throughout his elementary and high school years.

Various art-related jobs such as silk screen T-shirt printer or surfboard airbrush technician led to a lengthy and successful career as a commercial artist, eventually transitioning to fine art painting.

As a painter, Eric has garnered many awards in national and regional exhibitions in some of the country's most prestigious galleries and museums.

His paintings are in collections around the world, including England, Australia, Canada and Mexico.

C.M. Cooper | Ballet dancers

C.M. Cooper* is an American painter, known for working in the Figurative style. C.M. Cooper* was born and raised in Southern California.

Cooper's paintings are marked by a wonderful sense of light and delicate color sensitivity. Her images are filled with a raw sense of emotion and feeling.

She is a full time gallery painter and art instructor.

For biographical notes and other works by C.M. Cooper see C.M. Cooper | Impressionist /Figurative painter.

Fabio Calvetti, 1956 | Figurative /Abstract painter

Fabio Calvetti was born in 1956 in Certaldo, near Florence, where he still lives.

He graduated in a School of Arts and, then, in the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence, in painting.

His activity abroad is intense, being based on exhibitions in Italy, the U.S.A., in Germany, Spain, Belgium and, above all in Japan and France.