Adolphe Valette | Urban landscapes of Manchester

Pierre Adolphe Valette (1876-1942) was a French Impressionist painter. His most acclaimed paintings are urban landscapes of Manchester, now in the collection of Manchester Art Gallery.

Today, he is chiefly remembered as L. S. Lowry's tutor.

Born in St Etienne in 1876, he trained at the Ecole Municipale de Beaux-Arts et des Arts Decoratifs in Bordeaux.

Valette arrived in England for unknown reasons in 1904 and studied at the Birkbeck Institute, now part of the University of London. In 1905 he travelled to the North West of England where he designed greetings cards and calendars for a Manchester printing company.

He attended evening classes at Manchester Municipal School of Art and in 1907 he was invited to join the staff as a teacher. His French teaching style, painting by demonstration, was new to the United Kingdom.

Robert Hagan, 1947 | Plein Air painter | Part.2

Robert Hagan is an Australian television personality, author, impressionist artist, and producer. He is best known for hosting the Discovery HD/Discovery television show Splash of Color.

Robert Hagan is known for his western, romantic, decorative, adventure, portraiture and maritime paintings.

Although self-taught, Hagan's style is impressionist using a limited palette of oil to impart a sense of tranquility and play on light to make the painting come alive. His brushwork is loose with final strokes of impasto.

For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Hagan see:

• Robert Hagan, 1947 | Plein Air painter
• Robert Hagan, 1947 | Western painting.

Federico Infante, 1982 | Surrealist painter /Illustrator

Born in Santiago, Chile, Federico Infante works predominantly in the medium of painting, he received his BFA from Finis Terrae University (Santiago, Chile) in 2002 and graduated in 2013 with his MFA in Illustration from the School of Visual Arts in New York. He was the recipient of the Uanlane Foundation Scholarship (2012), the Conicyt Scholarship (2009), and the Juan Downey Grant (2004).

Nick Gentry, 1980 | Abstract paintings

Nicholas James Gentry is a British artist from London.

Much of his artistic output has been generated with the use of contributed artefacts and materials.

He states that through this process "contributor, artist and viewer come closer together".

Luis Miguel Rodriguez, 1959 | Symbolist painter

Cuban painter Luis Miguel Rodriguez was born in Havana. At the age of 13, his outstanding abilities to create sketches and drawings led to him to be selected by the prestigious academy of art “San Alejandro” of Havana Cuba.

During this time, his love of the sea and the underwater world he discovered temporarily distanced him from the art that he displayed such a passion as well.

His love for underwater diving opened a new prospective for his abilities as an artist.

Brian Slawson | Urban and Landscape painter

"I don’t necessarily try to convey a specific story, I just want people to have the same curiosity about the subject that I did".

Brian Slawson has been working as a professional artist since 1992 both in the commercial and fine art fields.

He is a Signature member of the Oil Painters of America.

In 2006 he devoted himself full time to fine art.

Brian works in oils in a contemporary realist style in which his primary focus is on capturing the mood of the subject. He is attracted to subjects that look as though they have a story to tell, a history.

Craig Srebnik, 1957 | Figurative painter

"My goal is to distill a visual or personal experience to its essence and express my vision in the most eloquent terms-elevating it into the realm of the poetic" - Craig Srebnik.

Craig Srebnik’s artwork has earned twenty-nine national awards, including three Awards of Excellence from the Oil Painters of America; the President’s Award from the American Impressionist Society; Best of Show from the Academic Artists Association and Texas Art Museum; First Place from the National Society of Artists and Hilton Head Art League; has appeared in American Artist, American Art Collector, American Art Review, Art and Antiques, Art Business News, The Art Guide, The Artist, Art of the West, Art World News, International Artist and Southwest Art magazines; in over sixty national juried and five museum exhibitions; and in galleries throughout the United States and in Europe.

Juan Jr Ramirez | Realist / Impressionist Portrait painter

Juan Ramirez is a young, self-taught, Mexican – American Chicago born oil painter living in Chicago.

"Self-discipline is not getting yourself to do what you want; it is controlling your fears from stopping you from what you can do" - Juan Jr. Ramirez

"It seems that painting at this moment in life, at this time in history is actually a noble thing. But I am too immature to consciously paint for nobility. But maybe I am a great artist, maybe I will inspire great artists of the future. I will continue to read my days, I will persist, and let today's chapter end".