Steve Hanks | Watercolor | Figurative painter

Steve Hanks (1949-2015) is recognized as one of the best watercolor artists working today. The detail, color and realism of Steve Hanks' paintings are unheard of in this difficult medium.

A softly worn patterned quilt, the play of light on the thin veil of surf on sand, or the delicate expression of a child - Steve Hanks captures these patterns of life better than anyone.

Anne Dewailly, 1964 | Figurative painter

Anne Dewailly is a French artist, born in Roubaix, she lives and works in the North of France.

Self-taught, she never received any training but her painting reveals great precision and a certain technical expertise. She varies pictorial techniques, using paint brushes, palette knife, a rag but even her fingers to apply paint on canvas.

"My inspiration glows when looking at authentic people. Often women, close by or just down the street. Especially now that serious developments challenge us, young women, regardless race or color, are the sparks of my fire of passion to visualize serenity" - Anne Dewailly.

Renzo Vespignani | Neorealist painter

Renzo Vespignani (1924-2001) was an Italian painter, printmaker and illustrator.

Vespignani illustrated the works of Boccaccio, Kafka and T. S. Eliot, among others.

In 1956, he co-founded the magazine Citta Aperta ("City Opened") and in 1963, co-founded the group II Pro e II Contro (Pro and Con) for neorealism in figure art.

Renzo Vespignani was born in Rome, Italy in 1924, and he grew up in a Roman working-class suburb named Portonaccio.

Evandro Schiavone, 1984 | Surrealist painter

Evandro Schiavone is a professional Brazilian artist who was born in Salto, Sao Paulo. He makes spectacular surreal paintings to blow the viewer mind.

He started his first drawing lessons when he was 12-year-old, before that Evandro invested all of his energy into music and sports. Today Evandro Schiavone gives art classes.

His artwork is influenced a lot by Salvador Dalí’s artwork who is known as the most recognized surrealistic painter and artist.

Evandro Schiavone’s surreal paintings present us dream and lyric colored worlds, where are subverted and the logic do not apply. We appreciate the wonderful surreal paintings of Evandro Schiavone.

Kelvin Lei, 1954 | Ballet dancers

Kelvin Lei is an Chinese painter, known for work in the Figurative style.

Kelvin Lei was born in Guangzhou, China and grew up with a passion for art and drawing.

His dedication to his craft led him to Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts where he studied under China’s finest portrait artists, Yang Zhi Guang and Ou Yang.

His career took off in Hong Kong where local and European Galleries started representing his work.

Kelvin Lei, 1954 | Figurative painter

Born in Guangzhou, China, Kelvin Lei’s passion for art and drawing began at a young age.

Studying at the renowned Guangzhou Academy of Fine arts, he trained under Yang Zhi Guang, and important figure in Chinese art, as well as Ou Yang, a prestigious oil painter.

From their teachings, Kelvin learned the foundation and techniques of portraiture, figure drawing, and oil painting.

After his studies, Kelvin moved to Hong Kong and started his art career in the late 1970s.

Hessam Abrishami, 1951 | Abstract painter

Born in the city of Shiraz, Iran, Hessam Abrishami was the son of middle class parents and one of eight brothers and sisters.

At age 15, through the inspiration and encouragement of a high school teacher, Hessam discovered both his love of art and his own talent for painting. As a result he became almost obsessed with painting.

Marie-Louise von Motesiczky | Expressionist painter

Obituary: Marie-Louise von Motesiczky

by Peter Black, Saturday, 15 June 1996

Marie-Louise von Motesiczky (October 24, 1906 - June 10, 1996) was a painter of exceptional humanity and wit whose portraits and still lifes deserve an honoured place in European art.

Born in Vienna in 1906, she had a long productive life despite the tragic upheaval of leaving Austria in 1938, and suffering many years of British indifference to German art. The paintings have always had their influential admirers, but have only sporadically received the public attention due to them.