Martin Poole | Figurative painter

Martin Poole originally went to the State University of New York, Buffalo, where he majored in Fine Arts, studying printmaking.

He met the late Thomas S. Buechner through fellow artist, Tom Gardner in 1980. Poole continued to hone his emotive style under the tutelage of Buechner who stated that during his time with Poole, "A small group of people who like to paint met on Sunday mornings in nice weather to do landscapes together.

About a year later, when my studio was finished, we added a Friday night session with a model, and painted still life subjects on Sundays when weather was bad.

Marty and I have painted together almost every week through all these years.

He has become the most stimulating presence in my life as a Corning painter, and a friend whom I enjoy immensely".

Natalie Hirschman | Figurative painter

'I graduated in 1997 from Rhodes University with an honours degree in Fine art practical, Theory and philosophy of art and Anthropology.

After university I travelled extensively to Europe, South America and Asia. These 6 years of adventure allowed me to develop my plein air skills; and absorb the lessons of some of my favourite contemporary artists, and old masters. I have since pursued a full time career in oil painting. I still travel as often as possible to feed my inspiration".

Lizette Luijten-Daas, 1965 | Figurative painter

Lizette Luijten-Daas was born at Breda, Netherlands.

She studied at the Möller - institute and at Academy for Arts of Design in Tilburg. She learns a lot a gets a lot of enjoyment from teaching art in several schools and giving art courses.

She exhibits regularly in the Netherlands and Belgium. Beside her activities as an artist in her own company Artilize, she has worked since 1989 as an identikit picture drawer for the police force.

Alyssa Monks, 1977 | Pittrice astratta

Alyssa Monks è una pittrice figurativa, che offusca il confine tra astrazione e realismo.

Insegna e tiene conferenze presso università ed istituzioni a livello nazionale ed è professore a contratto presso la New York Academy of Art.

Nei primi lavori della Monks l'ambiente si fa avanti, con alcuni dei suoi dipinti che presentano interni senza figure, od interni in cui la figura è solo un piccolo elemento.

Pavel Mitkov, 1977 | Parisian dreams

Pavel Mitkov was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, to a family of young engineers. Back then, life in socialist Bulgaria was set and uniform - everybody had work; education and healthcare were free of charge; people went on vacation once a year to whatever destination they were sent to from work. Those are the artist’s earliest childhood recollections of a seemingly smooth and secure life, which, however, was lacking many other opportunities for creative outlet and recognition.

For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Mitkov see Pavel Mitkov, 1977 | Impressionist /Abstract painter ➦.

Sergey Tyukanov /Сергей Тюканов, 1955 | Surrealist painter

Sergey Tyukanov was born 17 of May 1955, Poronaisk, Sakhalin Region, Russia. In 1981 he graduated Khabarovsk Teacher’s Training Institute, Artist Graphic Department - Master’s Degree. Lives and works in Kaliningrad and Chicago as a free artist.

Sergey Tyukanov draws on stories, folklore and myth from around the world. His incredible imagination inspires these unique, intriguing creations. Sergey has the steady hand of a formally-trained printmaker, and he has also brought us beautifully detailed watercolors and drawings.

Although he was born and educated in rural Russia, exhibitions in museums and galleries have taken Sergey across Europe and Asia. Atlas Galleries is proud to give Sergey his first one man show in Chicago.

He took part in more than 300 international exhibitions, has international awards, prizes, medals for his art works. He works in Chicago and St. Petersburg.

Jeff Jamison, 1958 | Impressionist Plein Air painter

Jeff Jamison is an award winning oil painter whose painting style is built on superb drawing skills in a process he calls controlled chaos. He uses no secret techniques or materials, choosing instead to paint in the traditional processes used by the Old Masters. Jeff feels that by working in this manner, using the same tools and materials as the great painters like Velazquez, Sargent and Sorolla, the only thing standing in the way of arranging those materials into truly great painting is Jeff Jamison. Along with that comes the sobering realization that one may never paint on a level of a Sargent or a Sorolla but Jeff loves the challenge and feels it is his personal responsibility to get out of bed every day and try to do just that.

Javad Soleimanpour, 1965 | Still Life painting

The pastel painter Javad Soleimanpour is an Iranian painter born in 1965, Tebriz.

Javad Soleimanpour burst upon the pastel scene in April 2009 when he won first place in the Landscape and Interior category in that year’s Pastel 100.

For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Soleimanpour see Javad Soleimanpour, 1965 | Portrait and Plein Air painting.