Leszek Sokol

Leszek Sokol was born december 10, 1955 in Warsaw. In 1983 he graduated from the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, Interior Design Department.  After his studies, for a short time he was occupied with graphic art. Since mid 80’s, being fascinated with the Dutch painting of the 17th century, he devoted himself to the subject of still life. Referring to the techniques and the atmosphere of old masters, he managed to create his own, recognizable style.

Jerome Parker

A Central California native, Jerome comes from a family of artists and musicians. A quiet and introspective figure, Jerome is active in galleries in this beautiful region of his home state.

Figurative compositions, closely observed from life, comprise many of this artist s rich work in oils and charcoal.

Though clearly inspired by the masters, Jerome s intriguing subjects nevertheless capture a certain contemporary view of life in the moment.

Pablo Picasso ~ Gli aforismi

• Quando uno inizia un ritratto e cerca per successive eliminazioni di trovare la forma pura... si finisce inevitabilmente con un uovo..
• La pittura non è fatta per decorare gli appartamenti. È uno strumento di guerra offensiva e difensiva contro il nemico.
• L'arte non è l'applicazione di un canone di bellezza ma ciò che l'istinto e il cervello elabora dietro ogni canone. Quando si ama una donna non si comincia sicuramente a misurarle gli arti.
• Ci sono pittori che dipingono il sole come una macchia gialla, ma ce ne sono altri che, grazie alla loro arte e intelligenza, trasformano una macchia gialla nel sole.
• Dipingere non è un'operazione estetica: è una forma di magia intesa a compiere un'opera di mediazione fra questo mondo estraneo ed ostile e noi.

Mary Jane Ansell, 1972 | Figurative painter

Award winning🎨 oil painter specializing in contemporary and figurative portraiture Mary Jane Ansell graduated from Brighton University in 1994 and now works from her studio in the heart of Brighton's North Laine.

After only beginning to seriously exhibit her work in 2002, she was selected for both the 2004 BP National Portrait Award🎨 and The Daily Mails Not the Turner Prize she was also prize winner in London Arts Art of Love competition held at the Arndale Gallery, Cork Street London.

In 2004 also saw her supporting the national charitable initiative Big Arts Week spending a week with children, at Stanford Infant School during June encouraging them to explore portraiture for themselves.

Claudia Cohen

Californian artist Claudia Cohen creates her unique sculptures in ceramic and bronze. By exploring figurative and narrative subjects, her work raises questions about the human condition with impactul form rather than confinement to realism. Claudia's style has been described as comic surrealism, a style that blends objective reality with mythology and flights of fancy. Claudia received her art education at The School of The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts and then moved to the West Coast and opened her studio in the artist community of Sausalito, CA on the San Francisco Bay. Her magic-surreal style, unique colored patinas and mixture of humor and pathos causes art-lovers worldwiide to seek-out the mysterious-visions that her sculptures evoke. In 2008 Sculptor Claudia Cohen was featured in Turin, Italy at the MIAAO Museum as representative of The School of California Funk Ceramics.

Oleg Leonov / Олег Леонов, 1959

Russian Artist🎨 Oleg Leonov graduated at Kazan Art School in 1980, at Moscow State Art Institute, a studio of portraying by prof. Ilya Glazunov.

Since the year 1988, Oleg Leonov has participated many art exhibitions, such as All-Russian and foreign exhibitions and All-Union exhibitions.

Oleg is also a member of Moscow Union of Artists. Oleg is an extremely versatile and talented artist who beautifully portrays the enchantment of native nature and sweet charm and innocence of feminine beauty.

Leonardo da Vinci | Drawings

Uomo d'ingegno e talento universale del Rinascimento italiano, incarnò in pieno lo spirito della sua epoca, portandolo alle maggiori forme di espressione nei più disparati campi dell'arte e della conoscenza. Leonardo da Vinci fu pittore, disegnatore, scultore, architetto, ingegnere, scenografo, anatomista, letterato, musicista, progettista e inventore. È considerato uno dei più grandi geni dell'umanità.

Aleksandr Starodubov

I was born in Moscow in 1959. I live in Moscow. I use mixed media in my work: tempera, acrylic. Probably, my genes, for it was a matter of chance. I have been painting professionally since 1988 after the retirement from the Army. Before that I was an amateur artist.