Mario Mariotti | Conceptual art | Hand painting

The remarkable Italian artist** Mario Mariotti (1936-1997) was a conceptual artist who transforms his hands into odd, fantastic creatures.
He can turn hands into almost anything. His book "Animani" showcased a great variety of wild animals and birds -- all hands, adorned with a lot of paint, a few toothpicks, string and some button eyes.

Joadoor | The Lord of the Desert

Joadoor, two Dutch painters, Ger Doornink and Hans-Jochem Bakker, became fascinated with vanished cultures, the ancient Classics and the mysticism of the Pharaohs during his extensive travels around the world.

Together, Joadoor explore ancient and classical art styles and develop new, contemporary images that are distinctively Joadoor.

Remedios Varo | Surrealist painter

Remedios Varo’s paintings combine Surrealist influences with a distinctive style that evokes mystical or eerie adventures.

She had a life philosophy of non-conformity and a personal story marked by dislocation and tumult.

During her childhood in Spain, Varo was influenced by her engineer father, who taught her to draw, and her strict Catholic schooling, against which she rebelled.

Following her graduation from art school, she pursued Surrealism and political change.

Audrey Marienkoff, 1980

Marienkoff est une jeune artiste peintre au parcours atypique. Prothésiste dentaire, il y a quelques années encore, elle profitait de son temps libre pour peindre. Mais la passion est tenace, attirée par le dessin depuis son plus jeune âge, elle a décidé, un beau jour, de vivre de la peinture et des arts plastiques. Depuis elle a laissé les prothèses dentaires, pour faire place aux pinceaux et toiles, et en fait désormais sa profession.

Mollie Kellogg | Magical Mystical painter

California-based artist and film-maker Mollie Kellogg’s award-winning Incognito Witch Project, celebrating hidden magick, is described by Mz Urban Art in New York City as "An American painter who births wonderfully mystic personalities on her heavily textured canvases".

Art appraiser Corinne Cain observes: "The metallic pigments together with superior drawing skills enable a three-dimensionality not accomplished by others".

Citing the closest comparison to another artist's work as Alfred Leslie, she adds, "Leslie’s portrait expressions relate to some of Kellogg's works, but they lack the depth and three-dimensionality, not to mention the glitter and thick paint/pigment application".

Irene Gendelman

The beauty of Irene’s paintings reside in her astute use of subdued colours, reflecting the different nuances and shadows of cities. Her textured surfaces complement her subject matter in revealing the solid aspect of building construction yet her use of fine, thin lines, delicately placed to give an air of lightness to the scene.

Arina

Russian-born British artist Arina, based in London, widely exhibits her paintings all over the world and is recognized with a number of awards in the UK, USA and Europe. Her paintings have been featured at venues such as the world-famous Saatchi Gallery and Mall Galleries in London, Venice Arsenale in Italy and many others in New York, Miami, Venice, Hamburg, and Marseille etc. Her works are in private collections worldwide, including Gustav Metzger private collection. Arina studied at the Central Saint Martins College of Art graduated with Master’s degree (MA) in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art, University of the Arts London. Arina is full-member of the Society of Women Artists (SWA) in the United Kingdom and the Portrait Society of America (PSA).

Vie Dunn-Harr, 1953

Dunn-Harr found her artistic expression slowly, yet deliberately, and continues to explore the many possibilities in the arts. She studied in Florence, Italy at the Lorenzo de Medici Instituto de Arte and at the Toblach-Dobbiaco Academia Italia. She derived much of her early experience from the traditional school and continues to embrace formalism. Her works are organic forms rooted in architectural elements. The forms are sensuous and portray the force and fragility of nature. Dunn-Harr considers herself a contemporary realist and has exhibited in the USA, Europe and Mexico.