Даниил Волков/Daniil Volkov, 1974 | Abstract Impressionist painter

Даниил Волков was born in Yalta, the son of renowned Ukrainian artists with an ancestral history of painters going back to the court of Imperial Russia.

In 1989 he entered the Crimean art school named after Samokish and it was here that he met his future wife Elena, also a distinguished artist. He graduated in 1989 and his first solo exhibition was held in Yalta in 1995.

Bénédicte Lacroix | Time travel

Bénédicte Lacroix is a French graphic artist and retoucher, who had the amazing idea of combining her love for art with her knowledge on Pop culture and create a super fun series of work.

Celebrities are morphed and integrated into famous paintings.

In the beautiful paintings, Leonardo DiCaprio takes over Vincent van Gogh's self-portrait, Megan Fox is now the Girl With a Pearl Earring, and Miley Cyrus is Henri-Guillaume Schlesinger's new Spanish Beauty.

Pascale Taurua, 1960 | Mixed media/Fashion painter

French artist Pascale-Miria Taurua is painting since her young age. She was born in New Caledonia and went to Art School in Tahiti. After leaving there for a few years she went to Paris and then the South of France where she lives in both places since 2006.

Taurua's paintings are as beautifully and as aggressively painted as they are sensually erotic. Her girls have a certain glamour that reminds her own life since she has been Miss France 1978 at the age of 18. Her palettes are so lush and vibrant that often you might find yourself getting lost in their smooth ungulations against his heavily textured and gessoed canvases.

Feng Chiang Jiang, 1943 | Figurative painter

Feng Chang Jiang was born in the ancient cultural city of Xian Henan Province.

With his talent and effort, he was awarded numerous times and was recognized as an "Eminent artist".

In 1997, Feng relocated to New York to further develop his artistic career.

His exhibitions in the U.S. were successful and aroused the interest of many foreign viewers and collectors.

Edward Mitchell Bannister | Tonalist painter

Edward Mitchell Bannister (ca. 1828-1901) was a Black Canadian-American Tonalist painter. Like other Tonalists, his style and predominantly pastoral subject matter were drawn from his admiration for Millet and the French Barbizon School.

Bannister was born in St. Andrews, New Brunswick and moved to New England in the late 1840s, where he remained for the rest of his life.

Stefano Puleo, 1950 | The Arcane Movement

Stefano Puleo was born in the province of Catania Acitrezza, Italy. His first approach to painting dates back to adolescence, when he saw up close the works of great masters like Guttuso, Migneco, Barbaro, Mirabella and many others who participated in the Acitrezza Award during the early sixties. In 1964, he enrolled at the Art School of Catania. The year 1966 dates his artistic debut in expositions and participation in competitions. At that time, his production mainly included  drawings and small sculptures.

Nicola Simbari | Palette knife painter

"My Paintings are my Diaries" - Nicola Simbari.

Nicola Simbari (1927-2012) was an Italian painter, known for working in the Impressionism style.

As a painter, Simbari initially was interested in mainly the avant-garde movement. Braque was his first god, and later followed his admiration for Miró. Gradually, he became involved in an effort to tell a story with his paintings, so he changed to a more introverted approach.

Meanwhile, Simbari began developing an admiration for Gauguin, Van Gogh, and de Staël. Gradually finding himself free from influence, he developed the style now recognized as Simbaresco.

Ann Moeller | Realist/Portrait painter

Ann Moeller Steverson is a contemporary realist oil painter whose work includes portraits, figures and still life. Ann recently received honors for her portfolio at the 2014 Portrait Society of America Conference. Her latest works incorporate architectural salvage pieces as the framing or framework.

A native of Madison, Alabama, Ann began painting in oils at the University of Montevallo in 1999. She graduated in 2002 from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, completing a B.A. with a Fine Arts Concentration. Ann then acquired a Masters of Art Education from Alabama AandM University in Normal, Alabama. Ann works in a public studio, #304, at Lowe Mill ARTS and Entertainment.