Anelia Pavlova, 1956

Anelia Pavlova / Анелия Павлова, also known as Annael, is a Bulgarian-born Australian artist.

She was born in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1956, and in 1993 moved to Adelaide, South Australia.

Her best known image is the Semillon label for the Semillon wine in the Peter Lehmann Wines "Art Series" range.

Chris Dunn | Watercolor children's book illustrator

Chris Dunn, was born and lived in the Riddlesden area of Keighley.

He has been a fine artist and illustrator since 2008 and his anthropormorphic animal illustrations have gained him a strong following and the attention of a major gallery in Paris.

He attended Bingley Grammar School, where he began to develop his talent for art in a newly built art block at the school.

After leaving school, Chris went to Bradford College, where he completed an art foundation course, followed by advanced study at Swindon School of Art, where he graduated with a degree in illustration.

Kaoru Yamada | Digital / AI illustrator

Tokyo based illustrator and copywriter Kaoru Yamada / 山田カオル was born in Kamakura, Japan.

Yamada finds beauty in nature, in people's expressions and gestures, and in living things.

She believes that people find something beautiful when they are at peace and when they have the space to feel compassion.

- "As an illustrator, I enjoy drawing seasonal landscapes and illustrations of everyday life.

Lee Alban, 1948 | Realist painter

Lee Alban began drawing as a child and learned basic art techniques from television programs and library books.

Throughout his school years his interest intensified and, though encouraged by teachers, chose not to pursue an art career.

It was a life choice based on the limited ability of an artist to support a family and other social considerations.

Le Yack, 1972 | Pop urban art

Alexandre Pelletier, also known as "Le Yack", is a talented native of Tours.

He first graduated in design and arts, then in communication, and was naturally attracted by graphic design.

He chose to devote his professional career to it. Art director in publishing and web for over 20 years, he evolves daily in the middle of images and stories.

During the Covid crisis, Alexandre feels the need to find a new space of expression and launches himself into "graffiti painting". Just 2 years later, "Le Yack" is already exhibiting at the gallery "l'Empreinte" in Orleans.

Peter Doig, 1959

Considered one of the most significant representational painters working today, Peter Doig has crafted a body of work that melds landscape, autobiography and personal style.

Doig was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, but as a very young child his family lived for several years in Trinidad, before ultimately relocating to Canada.

Early in his career, he studied at various institutions in London, including the Wimbledon School of Art, Saint Martin’s School of Art and the Chelsea School of Art, where he eventually earned his MA in 1990.

Leonard Koscianski, 1952 | Visionary painter

Leonard Koscianski was born in Cleveland, Ohio.

A student of R. Buckminster Fuller, and noted American painter Wayne Theibaud, he received his Bachelor’s degree from the Cleveland Institute of Art and his Master’s degree from the University of California, Davis.

An American painter, with a unique visionary style, he has exhibited his psychologically charged artwork worldwide.

He is represented by the Meisel Gallery in New York, and the J Willott Gallery in California.

Michelle Doll, 1969 | Figurative painter

Michelle Doll’s paintings capture quiet, private moments hinged on personal connections between herself and her subjects.

Her paintings are infused with themes of intimacy and introspection and explore contemporary ideas about family, love, desire and femininity.

The subject matter, although not idealized in form, implies idealized moments of intimacy that we all either consciously or unconsciously crave.