Ecstasy ~ Hayes Valley, San Francisco

Ecstasy, a 28-foot-tall figurative sculpture made from reclaimed steel, embodies the emotion of passion and the posture of exaltation it can inspire. She is illuminated at dusk by a warm light that emanates from her hands and softly glows upon her shoulders, neck and head that is thrown back in elation. Ecstasy was built in 2007 and first debuted on-stage at The Crucible's Fire Opera, then at Burning Man, 2007. Since then she traveled widely: Maker Faire, 2008, and Nocturnal, 2009. Through 2011, Ecstasy was on exhibit in Hayes Valley, San Francisco, at Patricia's Green. She is now part of a private collection.

Pedro Ruiz, 1957 ~ Conceptual painter

Pedro Ruiz, Colombian painter, was born in Bogotá. At the National School of Beaux Arts in Paris, starts exploring painting and at Stanley William Hayter's studio, Atelier 17, dwells into different printing techniques. His trajectory of exhibits includes important museums in Mexico, Colombia and Spain, as well as prestigious galleries in these three countries as well as the United States.

Karina Llergo Salto ~ Dance through the color of Life

Karina Llergo Salto, American painter, Northbrook, IL - United States. Karina’s passion for creativity has always define her and led her to earned her PHD in Graphic Design. She received Degrees in Multimedia, Animation and Abstract Art.
Karina earned recognition and international awards working as Art Director and freelance for several years witch taught her the visual impact of color and image in space. Due the public recognition of her capability for illustration she started to emerge into the art world. Karina has developed and perfection her particular style developing an elegant but ambitious combination of human figure, with figurative and expressionist compositions, where colors and nature elements are combined to provoke a fresh impact of movement.

William Dyce | Realist painter

Prof William Dyce FRSE RSA RA (1806-1864) pioneer of state art education in Great Britain. Dyce studied at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh and the Royal Academy schools, London.

One of the first British students of early Italian Renaissance painting**, he visited Italy in 1825 and 1827-1828, meeting in Rome a group of young German painters, the Nazarenes.

He exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy, being elected associate of the Royal Academy in 1844 and academician in 1848.

Fabian Perez | The Three Tenors

I Tre Tenori (The Three Tenors) è il nome della formazione dei cantanti lirici: Josep Carreras i Coll (spagnolo, 1946), José Plácido Domingo Embil (spagnolo, 1941) e Luciano Pavarotti (italiano, 1935-2007), che hanno tenuto concerti negli anni '90 e nei primi anni 2000, portando la musica classica tra la gente e nelle piazze, fuori dai soliti ambienti accademici.

Fabian Perez, 1967 | The Three Tenors

Iris Scott | Painting with fingers / hands

Finger / hand painting is now fine art at the hands of 28 year old American painter Iris Scott.

Scott creates vibrant paintings with a unique, stylistic Finger painting process, using surgical gloves and placing the oil paint directly on her hands.

Rapidly applying thick oil color with several points of contact rather than one Scott can be classified as a modern Impressionist..with a twist.

Her inspiration is found on the road as her composition-hunting continues to take her abroad. Recently back from Thailand, Iris is now finished making her newest collection of 10+ Thai originals.

Fabian Perez, 1967 | Male painting

Growing up in Argentina, Fabian Perez developed a fondness for art through his parents, who possessed strong creative sides but were never professional artists. His mother drew, and it rubbed off on Perez, who excelled in art classes and painted murals on the walls of his school at his teachers' requests.

Fabian Perez, 1967 | Abstract Figurative painter

In 2009 Fabian Perez* was named the official artist of the 10th annual Latin Grammy Awards. In 2010 Perez was selected to paint the 2010 Winter Olympics.

For Fabian Perez, the purpose of art is to perpetuate beauty.

"That is what I am always striving for. God created the world and embellished it with the wonders of nature. I think it is the artist’s job to embellish it with his work".

"I am constantly fighting for a more romantic world, one where the woman and the man have defined roles and power isn’t always the goal".

Pausing, he says, "I would like to say that it is not important what you have, but how you enjoy it".