Aung Kyaw Htet, 1965 | Figurative painter

Aung Kyaw Htet paints the faces of monks and nuns in great detail to show their humanity. This is in contradiction to most Burmese artists who usually omit facial details to focus on monks as symbols of religion rather than as human individuals.
Aung Kyaw Htet was born in Myaungmya and studied at the State School of Fine Arts in Rangoon.
He is a devout Buddhist and grew up in a small village, two factors which have a strong influence on his art.
His paintings of religious life in Burma show monks and nuns in a realistic manner, though non-essential objects are omitted from the paintings in order to draw attention to the individuals.

Pascale Pratte, 1974 | Abstract / Mixed Media painter

Canadian painter** Pascale Pratte began her artistic career at a very young age, initially selling her handmade greeting cards in Old Montreal at age of 10.

Four years later, her cards had grown so popular that they could be found throughout Quebec, in France, as well as in Belgium. At the age of 27, Pascale Pratte received her second wave of success, this time as a painter.

Thierry Garnier-Lafond, 1960 | Surrealist / Symbolist painter

Thierry Garnier-Lafond is an Algerian painter.
From 1978-1981: diploma of the College of Decorative arts of Poitiers;
From 1982-1984: graphic designer freelance in region Poitou-Charentes;
From 1984-2009: Painter, graphic designer in the press and the printing office and on Web.

Manage at once his two activities of graphic designer and painter for 25 years. Some of his paintings are present in numerous collections deprived in France, Italy, Slovenia and USA.

Paul Jaarsma, 1957

My name is Paul Jaarsma, born in Melbourne, Australia on the 1957. I had many occupations, before I dare to live as a professional artist. My career started as a merchant navy officer at Shell Tankers. After seven years on the high seas. I switched to a quit different profession: Owner and sport instructor of a fitness centre.

Marie-Guillemine Benoist | Neoclassical painter

Marie Guillemine Benoist (1768-1826) was born in Paris.

Her training as an artist began in 1781 under Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, and she entered Jacques-Louis David's atelier in 1786 along with her sister Marie-Élisabeth Laville-Leroux.

The poet Charles-Albert Demoustier, who met her in 1784, was inspired by her in creating the character Émile in his work Lettres à Émilie sur la mythologie (1801).

Colours of Pompeii

The Roman world was a mass of colour - most clearly preserved in Pompeii.

In wealthy houses, mosaics, frescoes and marble panelling formed a multi-coloured backdrop to painted sculpture, terracotta objects and furniture - as well, of course, did textiles and soft furnishings.

Public temples and other monuments featured vibrant decorations, while the streets blazed with painted signs and adverts for shops, bars, and politicians.

Hernán Valdovinos, 1948 | Magical Realism painter

Hernán Valdovinos was born in Santiago, Chile.

At an early age, he studied art with his mother, Maruja Prats, who is herself an original and respected artist and graduated from the University of Chile's Fine Arts Institute.

At the age of nine, Valdovinos went on to study painting and sculpture with Kurt Herdan and Tótila Albert and showed his individual work for the first time through their gallery.

Valerie Maugeri, 1967 | Abstract / Mixed media painter

Valerie Maugeri was born in Paris. A self taught artist she creates her colorful creations in his studio in Essonne. Valerie Maugeri worked in the art that combines painting and collage, with plenty of things that can be considered for a long time.
In her work at first bright colors catch the eye, and then hidden in the picture details, which are sometimes not drawn with a brush, and set up manually. Perhaps the bright colors in his paintings of Valerie brought their long journeys, where “Ochre and Purple” is the spirit of Asia and the East.