Ilir Pojani, 1954 | Abstract painter

Ilir Pojani is an Albanian contemporary artist living in Fairfax, Virginia. He was born in Tirana, Albania.

Pojani studied painting and graphic art at the National Academy of Arts in Tirana. His work has been shown in numerous exhibitions and international art contests in United States and Europe.

Pojani has won several international art awards🎨. His distinct artwork has been recognized and owned by many art collectors and galleries throughout the world.

Truls Espedal, 1973 | Figurative painter

Born in Stavanger, Norwegian painter Truls Espedal earned a BA in Illustration and a Master of Arts in Visual Communication from the Kent Institute of Art and Design in England. His work has been seen in numerous solo and group shows across Norway.

In addition to his fine art work, Truls is also an accomplished designer who has several album covers to his credit.

Alvaro Castagnet, 1954 ~ Impressionist Watercolor painter | Part. 2

Álvaro Castagnet is an master of watercolor medium who has been honored in numerous art competitions. He is a successful author who travels around the world attending exhibitions, hosting workshops and participating as a member of the jury for international art events.

For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Castagnet see Alvaro Castagnet, 1954 ~ Impressionist Watercolor painter.

Luigi Loir | Paris of Belle Époque

Luigi Aloys-François-Joseph Loir, dit Luigi Loir was born December 22, 1845 in Goritz, Austria and he died February 9, 1916 in Paris.

Luigi’s parents were of French origins, but his family lived in Austria as employees of the French royal family, the Bourbons - his father was a valet while his mother was a governess.

In his catalogue raisonnée on Luigi Loir, Noé Willer explains how "since the French Revolution, Gorritz (which was known as ‘the Austrian Nice’) was a refuge for royalists and particularly the Bourbon branch of the family".

The earliest years of Luigi’s life, then, were spent in the Gorritz castle, but shortly after his birth, the Loir family relocated, along with the Bourbon family, to the Duchy of Parma, around 1847.

Sophie Griotto, 1975 | Fashion illustrator

Born in Alès, South of France, Griotto is a designer whose artistic path began through applied arts at Nîmes, Toulouse and Paris.

Since then she's been able to work with illustration story board for some arts agencies.

She makes beautiful art portraiting women, and reminds a lot of Robert McGinnis.

Nazmi Ziya Güran | Impressionist Plein air painter

As one of the painters of “1914 Generation”, Nazmi Ziya Güran (1881-1937) was a part, observer, witness and painter of Istanbul, all the time during its occupation or during the following years of the new Turkish Republic was the most intensive at his parental home in Horhor district in Aksaray, in Çamlıca, Süleymaniye or in his large windowed studio, in Bosphorus, Golden Horn, Üsküdar, on seaside, city hills, the streets and countryside.

Yuri Kuzmin /Юрий Кузьмин, 1949 | Paris Belle Époque painter

Юрий Кузьмин was born in Leningrad, Russia, a suburb of Moscow. In 1974 Yuri Kuzmin graduated from the V.I. Surikov art institute of Moscow.

Yuri Kuzmin is a member of the Union of Russian Artists since 1985.

Kuzmin works in the field of a city landscape. He is enamored with France, and often and long lives in France. Favorite city of Yuri Kuzmin is Paris, and especially old Paris! Yuri Kuzmin's works are filled by coziness of city fuss and full of love to a life.

Georgi Petrov, 1978 | Palette Knife Landscape painter

"To me, painting is a heartbeat, love, perception, impetus, state, mood, experience, emption, at times spontaneous, but always created with an open soul… It is born in the interaction between two worlds - the one inside us and the one outside - that establishes another particular reality inspired, however, not always by heroes and happenings which somebody has in…"- Georgi Petrov

Georgi Petrov was born in Dobrich, Bulgaria. He lives and works in the capital of Bulgaria - Sofia. An interest in art has started since 1993. During the years, he was working mostly contemporary landscapes and still-life. He follows the examples of impressionism, expressionism, fauvism and abstract expressionism.

He is a self-taught artist. During his very early artistic period he studied techniques as visiting the ateliers of several well established Bulgarian artists. Georgi Petrov believes in changing the way one sees the landscape by using the power and vitality of colour and movement.