Miroslav Yotov, 1977 | Figurative / Surrealist painter

Miroslav Yotov was born in Isperih, Bulgaria. Yotov or Cirk as he is fondly known to his friends is an enterprising and versatile young artist whose work and scope embraces an amalgam of styles that highlight his unique individualism and view of the world.

His style is unique - because of its Bulgarian accent and emotion, the brush strokes are well articulated and on occasions lustful, as if he is trying to seduce the viewer. This particular idiosyncrasy has won him accolades and admiration from his peers, critics and connoisseurs.

He has participated in several exhibitions in Bulgaria including major ones in Shumen, Isperih and Divdiadovo.

His paintings are well sort after by the discerning connoisseurs, young professionals and entrepreneurs with a sophisticated taste for vibrant and captivating colors and that unique Balkan perspective.

Thomas Kinkade | The Painter of Light

Thomas Kinkade, (1958-2012), American artist who built a successful industry on his light-infused paintings of tranquil idyllic scenes.

Kinkade studied art history and took studio classes for two years at the University of California, Berkeley, before transferring to the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. It was there that he began experimenting with techniques to create the effects of light and atmosphere in his paintings.

Thomas Kinkade | Memories of Christmas

The look of Christmas, with its trees and garlands and twinkling lights, is of course well known.

But for Thomas Kinkade, the challenge in painting Christmas scenes was capturing the spirit of the holiday - the warmth, the joy, the good fellowship and family feeling.

He loved the contrast of the cold gleam of moonlight on snow with the warm radiance of golden light pouring through the windows of a festively decorated cottage. That golden glow is truly the light of love.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti | The Day-Dream

The thronged boughs of the shadowy sycamore

Still bear young leaflets half the summer through;

⁠From when the robin 'gainst the unhidden blue

Perched dark, till now, deep in the leafy core,

The embowered throstle's urgent wood-notes soar

⁠Through summer silence. Still the leaves come new;

⁠Yet never rosy-sheathed as those which drew

Their spiral tongues from spring-buds heretofore.

Théo Van Rysselberghe

Théo van Rysselberghe (Gand, 23 novembre 1862 – Le Lavandou, 13 dicembre 1926) è stato un pittore Belga, uno dei maggiori rappresentanti belgi del Puntinismo.

Biografia

Theo Van Rysselberghe era figlio minore di François Vanrysselberghe (1820-1893), carpentiere ed imprenditore di Gand, nonché fratello di Octave Van Rysselberghe, architetto.

Terminati gli studi all'Accademia di Belle arti di Gand e di Bruxelles, sotto la direzione di Jean-François Portaels, nel 1881 partecipò per la prima volta ad una mostra, al Salon di Bruxelles. Due anni dopo, assieme all'amico Octave Maus, fu uno dei fondatori del gruppo d'avanguardia Les XX (I Venti), un sodalizio che aveva sostituito il precedente gruppo di artisti La Chrysalide.