Michele Byrne | Plein Air / Figurative painter

Michele Byrne is recognized for her figurative plein air work. She lives and works in Reading, Pennsylvania. However, she travels extensively, painting in various locations including, Manhattan, Paris, California, Colorado and Key West, Florida. Michele was a Faculty Demonstrator for the Annual PleinAir Convention in Monterey, CA in April of 2014.

Rudyard Kipling | Se.. / If..| Lettera al figlio, 1910

Se riesci a conservare il controllo quando tutti
intorno a te lo perdono e te ne fanno una colpa;
se riesci ad aver fiducia in te quando tutti
ne dubitano, ma anche a tener conto del dubbio;
se riesci ad aspettare e non stancarti di aspettare,
o se mentono a tuo riguardo, a non ricambiare in menzogne,
o se ti odiano, a non lasciarti prendere dall’odio,
e tuttavia a non sembrare troppo buono e
a non parlare troppo saggio;

Se riesci a sognare e a non fare del sogno il tuo padrone;
se riesci a pensare e a non fare del pensiero il tuo scopo;
Se riesci a far fronte al Trionfo ed alla Rovina
e trattare allo stesso modo quei due impostori;

Se riesci a sopportare di udire la verità che hai detto
distorta da furfanti per ingannare gli sciocchi
o a contemplare le cose cui hai dedicato la vita, infrante,
e piegarti a ricostruirle con strumenti logori;


If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;

Candace Charlton, 1968 | Abstract Figurative painter

Candace Charlton (Durban, South Africa) studied Fine Art at Rhodes University majoring in Sculpture and History of Art.

Painting full-time since 1997.

In 1998 she held her first solo exhibition which was warmly received by the public.

In 2000 she moved to Europe and lives and works in The Netherlands and in Italy.

The human form, in particular the portrait, is the main focus in Charlton’s work.

Raffaello Gambogi | Post-Macchiaioli painter

Raffaello Gambogi (Livorno, 1874 - 1943) was an Italian painter*, mainly of urban landscapes and genre scenes*.

In 1891 Gambogi obtained a scholarship to the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence, where he studied under Giovanni Fattori*. Among his works, L’uscita della messa was awarded* the Florence Prize in 1896, All’ombra displayed at the Fine Arts Exposition adjacent to the Festa dell’Arte e dei Fiori in Florence.

Salvador Fuster Vercher, 1966 | Portrait /Cityscape painter

Salvador Fuster Vercher born in Alcoy, is the son of the painter Rafael Fuster he inherited his great mastery of drawing and color.

Salvador Fuster is a painter who, like his progenitor, dominates all painting techniques, and is considered one of the best portrait painters in the current art scene.

His painting is present in great part of the best collections of painting of Europe and America and even the distant Australia counts on portraits and work of this great artist.