Hanie Soltani, 1992

Born in Iran, Hanie Soltani is an representational figurative painter based in Tehran.

She earned an MFA in painting from Tehran University, faculty of fine arts.

She pursued her further training on her own, and taking part in many courses under supervision of contemporary figurative painters; Zoey Frank, Vincent Desiderio, and Alex Kanevsky.

Paul Schulenburg, 1957

After receiving a gold medal from the National Scholastic Art Awards in 1975, Paul attended Boston University School of Fine Arts.

Contrary to the trends of that time, Boston University provided an educational foundation that emphasized the fundamentals of classical art training: anatomy and form, color, composition and draftsmanship.

His professors included Joseph Ablow, David Aronson, and John Wilson.

He received his BFA degree in painting in 1979.

Mara Light, 1970

Mara Light was born in New York, and raised in Southern California from the age of three.

She comes from a family of visual artists.

"Painting seemed very natural to me since my early years growing up", says Mara.

She considers herself extremely fortunate to have been given the opportunity to be around parents who look at the world in an artistic, visual way.

She was encouraged, and at times pushed, to make her very personal artistic expression part of her life.

AnnaMaria Lindholm Rogberg, 1972

AnnaMaria Lindholm was born in Stockholm.

- "I have been painting since childhood and exhibiting since the age of 20.

Have attended different Art Schools over a period of 4 years.

Paint in oil and inspires by my daughters and our daily lives together".

Vishma Maharaj, 1984 | Fantasy dress | Ai Art

Vishma Maharaj, who goes by the name Whizical Mermaid, is an American multimedia artist who creates art assisted by Artificial Intelligence.

"Born and raised in the Northern Mountains of Trinidad, I spent my years chasing after chickens goats ducks and rabbits. While running through the thick forest canopies.

We spent our summer vacations at the beaches that are blue for miles.

I was that little girl running down the sea shore tossing Star fishes making wishes.

Vincenzo Sguera, 1950

- "When 18 years old, in 1968, I joined the Architecture Faculty of Florence (Italy) and graduated with the maximum in 1977.

In those 9 years in Florence I alternated study and work, as an artist, advertising illustrator, comics designer and advertising art director.

Once the obligations of military service and University were fulfilled, I opened a Studio for advertising, illustration, fashion and product design, then entering into business with the company "NEXT" in 1982".

Dave Coulter | Cityscape painter

Dave Coulter is a British artist who specializes in cityscapes.

As part of the Northern Art movement, his particular focus is on painting the streets of Manchester and Salford.

In his paintings, he captures the dynamic movement of the multifaceted cities that have been the inspiration for many painters before him.

Dave Coulter is, in essence, as much a part of the North as the scenes he paints.

Edward Atkinson Hornel (1864-1933)

Edward Atkinson Hornel (1864-1933) was a Scottish painter of landscapes, flowers and foliage, with children.

He was a cousin of James Hornell. His contemporaries in the Glasgow Boys called him Ned Hornel.

Hornel was born in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia, of Scottish parents, and he was brought up and lived practically all his life in Scotland after his family moved back to Kirkcudbright in 1866.