Felix Ziem | The Barbizon school of painters

Félix Ziem (1821-1911) was a French painter in the style of the Barbizon School.

He was born Félix-Francois Georges Philibert Ziem in Beaune in the Côte-d'Or département of the Burgundy région of France.

His mother was a native of Burgundy who married an immigrant. Originally, Ziem planned to be an architect and studied at the School of Architecture in Dijon, and for a time worked as an architect.

Drew Darcy, 1976 | Figurative / Pop Art painter

Drew Darcy, British painter, was born in Shrewsbury in 1976.

I am the eldest of twin boys. Being the son of a doctor and a nurse, I always felt in safe hands right from the start. My artistic flare may well have been passed down from my mother's side. She was one of a family of ten children.

Music and art was a central part of growing up in Dublin.

My grandfather was from five generations of tailors and trained in Saville Row to become a bespoke tailor.

He had three shops in Ireland, one of which was in historical Kilmainham, Dublin.

Alfredo Araujo Santoyo, 1972 | Abstract Figurative Painter / Sculptor

Alfredo Araújo Santoyo is an Colombian artist, born in Bogota, Colombia.

Principal Studies: Specializing in Painting Sculpture and Ceramics: Academie Royale des Beaux Arts, Brussels-Belgium Anatomical Dissection.

Andrius Kovelinas (Surrealist painter, 1958)

Andrius Kovelinas is an Lithuanian artist, living in Poland. He received prizes in varroius competitions. In Lithuania, he ran his own art school. He lived in France and Ireland. From years of experience in oil painting. There are many exhibitions on his account. The main theme of his work are women.

Andrius Kovelinas has been living in Ireland for almost 6 years now. His extraordinary style and imagination has been on show at The Green Gallery shortly after he set foot on these shores.

For many years Andrius had travelled throughout Europe producing his masterly works everywhere he wen “I travelled a lot in Europe through Countries such as Sweden, France, Hungary, Lithuania, Spain. My sister lives in New York I go there two or three times a year and organise small private exhibition for collectors”. Before I moved to Ireland I was living In Northern France in the City of St. Michel.

Léon Comerre | Orientalist / Academic painter

Léon François Comerre (1850-1916) was a French🎨 academic painter, famous for his portraits of beautiful women.

Comerre was born in Trélon, in the Département du Nord, the son of a schoolteacher. He moved to Lille with his family in 1853. From an early age he showed an interest in art and became a student of Alphonse Colas at the École des Beaux-Arts in Lille, winning a gold medal in 1867.

From 1868 a grant from the Département du Nord allowed him to continue his studies in Paris at the famous École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in the studio of Alexandre Cabanel. There he came under the influence of Orientalism.

Comerre first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1871 and went on to win prizes there in 1875 and 1881.

Mike Worrall, 1942 | Surrealist painter

Born in Matlock Derbyshire, UK, Mike Worrall is an British painter and designer, inspired by historical themes.

Now based in Australia, his massive oil paintings depicting dreamlike surreality hang in private collections and gallery.

As a child, Mike Worrall was always intrigued by the paintings that introduced a mystery element to them to draw in the viewer.

Since then, Worrall creates paintings that follow that similar direction.

Jeremy Lipking, 1975 | Figurative painter

In a remarkably short period of time, Jeremy Lipking🎨 has emerged as one of the country's premier Realist artists. His talent, which rivals that of the late nineteenth century painterly realists such as John Singer Sargent🎨, Joaquin Sorolla🎨 and Anders Zorn🎨, is outstanding for a painter of any age. It is all the more remarkable since he is only thirty years old.

Like these great painters of the past, Lipking is a virtuoso artist. His canvases convey the magical aura of convincing imagery emerging out of a field of paint. Realism has been misunderstood through most of the twentieth century as an art of imitation. In truth, when practiced by a painter like Jeremy Lipking🎨, realist painting is a powerful creative force. Many viewers are drawn to his art thinking that it looks just like a photograph.

Bruno Di Maio (1944-2025)

Bruno Di Maio, was one of the Italy’s best Figurative artists.

His work reflects his great love for Renaissance paintings, yet at the same time a strong desire for expressive autonomy.

Di Maio tries, successfully, in his allegorical and surrealistic interpretation of present, to give life to the recollect quality of the past.

The originality of his vision is seen in the sumptuous subject matter, the quality of his chiaroscuro and the dramatic light effect on the figures and objects in his paintings.

His work is happy, carnal, rich in color and vibrant with light.

In addition to paintings, his artistic training extends to sculpture, engraving, excellent watercolors as well as astounding trompe l’oeil mural paintings.

His works can be found in private and public collections in Europe, Japan, Australia and in the United States.