Neil Simone, 1947 | Visionary Surrealist painter

Neil Simone is a visionary surrealist artist whose paintings have a concept and style as distinctive as they are unique.

Neil has exhibited both original oil paintings and prints in many leading galleries around the world and recently had an exhibition celebrating 40 years as a professional artist.

Born in London, Neil studied basic graphic art and design at school.

In 1969 he visited Harrogate and quickly discovered the majestic scenery of North Yorkshire.

Raimondo Roberti, 1947 | Venice painting

Raimondo Roberti was born on May 31, 1947 in Naples, Italy.

Members of his family, who were high military officers of the Royal Fleet, strongly influenced Roberti and his lifelong attraction to all things pertaining to the sea. His family’s isolated villa was very near the grounds of G. Gigante.

Gigante was one of the foremost exponents of Neopolitan classical painting, a painting style known as the School of Posillipo, an artistic style that Roberti would study later in life.

Regina Hona, 1956 | Seascapes painter

Regina Hona is an Australian artist, art show judge and tutor who's speciality is painting portraiture and water subjects.

Regina has held many group and solo exhibitions and has been winning many major awards since 1999. Her works have been printed in several issues of the Australian Artist Magazine and a feature article published in the International Artist Magazine.

Although she is predominately known for her seascapes and landscapes, she is equally at home painting portraits, still life and other subjects.

Flip Gaasendam,1957 | Neo-Impressionist painter

Born in 1957, Flip Gaasendam studied from 1977-1982 at the Minerva Academy of Groningen. In 1988 he obtained the 'J. Egberts' price of the Pictura Association. From 1992 on, he was welcomed in the best galleries of The Netherlands.

In 1997 he participated at the ‘Painters of Minerva' exhibition, held at the same time at ‘De Twee Pauwen’ Gallery in The Hague and at Panorama Mesdag Museum. Gaasendam’s works are present in many collections, notably at the Drenthe Museum, Gasunie, ING and Unilever.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Still Life with Roses

• "What seems most significant to me about our movement is that we have freed painting from the importance of the subject. I am at liberty to paint flowers and call them flowers, without their needing to tell a story".
• "La vita è un mazzo di fiori rossi".