Silvio Porzionato, 1971

Silvio Porzionato was born in Moncalieri (Torino, Italy).

He is a figurative painter who prefers oil paint on large canvases.

He takes photographs of friends and people he meets on the street.

His figures are depicted in statuary close-ups, although ordinary people; have the power to make us forget the typical private dimension of the portrait and, at the same time, they have the power to become icons of the human race.

Stephanie Rew, 1971 | Figurative painter

Stephanie Rew is a figurative artist based in Edinburgh UK.

Using oil paint as her primary medium her painting techniques are influenced by the Baroque and Rennaisance Masters.

Was born in Carlisle and spent her early years in Edinburgh.

She studied art at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee.

Karen Whitworth | Plein air painter

Karen Whitworth is a painter striving to capture the world with sensitivity and passion.

Raised in Alaska, Karen received an early dose of inspiration from nature.

The raw and incredible beauty of the rugged land created in her a passion to document the world that surrounded her.

From wildlife and wildflowers, to towering mountain landscapes, Whitworth pursued the scenes that embodied her home.

Elena Tatkina | Pastel painter

Elena Tatkina / Елена Таткина is a graphic artist, art pastel expert, teacher at Kalacheva school, author of more than 10 courses on pastels and academic drawing for designers.

Since 2001, art director, art producer of computer graphics for cinema, advertising and multimedia in the largest domestic technology company.

Participates in the largest film and game projects in Russia and the world.

Teaching activity since 2005.

In 2006-2007, under the leadership of Elena, a six-month drawing course was launched for illustrators of Artemy Lebedev's studio.

Irina Morozova, 1980 | Pastel painter

Russian pastelist Irina Morozova (Klimova) / Ирина Климова was born in Moscow.

She graduated from the Moscow Pedagogical University, Faculty of Art and Graphics (Easel Graphics Workshop).

She worked as an artist and artistic director in major film and advertising studios in Moscow.

She is engaged in professional photography, she teaches pastel painting at the school of Veronica Kalacheva and holds master classes.

Kahlil Gibran: Il vero amore / True love

Il vero amore non è né fisico né romantico.

Il vero amore è l’accettazione di tutto ciò che è,

è stato, sarà e non sarà.

Marc Chagall

Boris Nikolaev | Romantic painter

Николаев Борис Павлович (1925-2017) was an Russian artist, master of landscape and realistic portrait, author of monumental paintings on the theme of war hardships and romantic cityscapes of post-war Leningrad.

Nikolayev Boris Pavlovich was born on February 14, 1925 in Novosibirsk. Soon the family moved to Leningrad.

The fascination with drawing leads Boris Nikolaev to the studio of the Leningrad House of artistic education of children.

Lotte Laserstein | Figurative painter

Lotte Laserstein (1898-1993) was a German-Swedish painter.

She was an artist of figurative paintings in Germany's Weimar Republic.

The National Socialist regime and its anti-Semitism forced her to leave Germany in 1937 and to emigrate to Sweden.

In Sweden, she continued to work as a portraitist and painter of landscapes until her death.

The paintings she created during the 1920s and 1930s fit into the movement of New Objectivity in Germany.