Sergey Minaev /Сергей Минаев, 1977 | Romantic Impressionist painter

Minaev Sergey Vladimirovich /Минаев Сергей Владимирович was born in Borisoglebsk Voronezh region, took a course in art school at the Children's home town of creativity. In 1997 he graduated from art and graphic Buturlinovskoe College. He studied painting at the Institute.

Education - teacher of drawing in schools and the GPA, the artist - designer.

Member of the Artists Union of Russia and the International Federation of Artists.

Attended a course of restoration.

Higher education. Participated and was awarded at international exhibitions in Toronto, New York, etc. His works are in corporate and private collections in Russia, Europe, USA and South Africa.

Ivars Jansons, 1939 | Plein Air painter

Ivars Jansons was born in Latvia. After completing his secondary education Ivars took up architectural studies where the opportunity arose to express him self artistically so he would often produce small watercolor studies.

In 1964 Ivars turned professional and in 1967 held his first solo exhibition in Green Glades Gallery Melbourne, one of many successful exhibitions which were sold out within an hour of opening. Painting trips locally and interstate were very much a part of Ivars career. In 1969 he painted extensively in New Zealand and in 1972 traveled overseas to expand his knowledge in art. Leonard Fuller was Ivars teacher at the St Ives School of Painting.

Derek Penix, 1980 | Cityscape /Seascape /Figurative painter

Derek Penix was born on December 29, 1980 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Growing up Penix was surrounded by artists in his family as his mother and grandfather painted. Penix did not pursue painting until after graduating high school. Penix’s mother encouraged him to pursue his talent and took his paintings down to a local gallery where he sold his first piece.

Through the years Penix has been inspired by old masters such as Nicolai Fechin, Sargent and the French Impressionists, but it has been over the last few years that Penix has been the most influenced by artist Quang Ho. Penix had the opportunity to take a workshop under Mr. Ho and later to study briefly with him. Since then, Penix believes his paintings have grown more in the last two years than in his last ten years of painting.

André Lhote | Cubist painter and sculptor

André Lhote (1885-1962), French painter of figure subjects, portraits, landscape and still life; also very influential as a teacher and writer on art. Born in Bordeaux.

Apprenticed in 1897 to an ornamental sculptor, and also studied decorative sculpture from 1898-1904 at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux; began to paint in his spare time. Left the sculpture studio in 1905 to devote himself to painting.

Alexander Ilichev, 1958 | Abstract painter

"When I paint a portrait I create textures, I see to the coloration so that the paint would spread naturally and diversely thus producing an effect of lightness and breadth.

I paint spots of color, lines and dots.

I know not how to paint psychology, depth of an image or a life lived by someone.

And yet in a surprising way this all appears by itself.

A mystery inexplicable for me" - Alexander Ilichev.

Gail Potocki, 1961 | Symbolist painter

Gail Potocki (born in Detroit, Michigan, U.S.) is an award-winning Symbolist artist utilizing the skills and techniques of the Old Masters in the 21st century. Influenced by 19th-century artists like Fernand Khnopff, Jean Delville, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Potocki's first monograph, The Union of Hope and Sadness: The Art of Gail Potocki was released in the Summer of 2006 and features text by Thomas Negovan, Richard Metzger and Jim Rose of the Jim Rose Circus.

Gail was the First Place winner of the First International Online Symbolist Art Exhibition.

Gail currently lives in Chicago.

Ian Ramsay, 1948 | Plein Air /Watercolour painter

Ian Ramsay was born in Farnborough, Kent, England, educated in England, Canada and the United States.
He received a Masters of Architecture at the University of Utah and is a licensed Utah architect. However, in 1979 he left his career in architecture to become a full time artist.
His work is exclusively watercolor and is, for the most part, in a representational style.

Dan Quintana, 1982 | Pop Surrealism /Symbolist painter

A Los Angeles native, Dan Quintana began experimenting with oil painting in high school then shifting his focus to street art, creating numerous murals, many of which can still be seen around Los Angeles. In his early twenties Quintana embarked on commercial commissions for numerous music labels, tee-shirt designs etc.

Quintana's talent has also found a home in the custom car culture in his work as artist for West Coast Customs on the MTV show Pimp my Ride and TLC's Street Customs and he has been featured in publications including LA Weekly, Juxtapoz, Hi Fructose, Car Kulture Deluxe and more.