Sophie Griotto, 1975 | Fashion illustrator

Born in Alès, South of France, Griotto is a designer whose artistic path began through applied arts at Nîmes, Toulouse and Paris.

Since then she's been able to work with illustration story board for some arts agencies.

She makes beautiful art portraiting women, and reminds a lot of Robert McGinnis.

Nazmi Ziya Güran | Impressionist Plein air painter

As one of the painters of “1914 Generation”, Nazmi Ziya Güran (1881-1937) was a part, observer, witness and painter of Istanbul, all the time during its occupation or during the following years of the new Turkish Republic was the most intensive at his parental home in Horhor district in Aksaray, in Çamlıca, Süleymaniye or in his large windowed studio, in Bosphorus, Golden Horn, Üsküdar, on seaside, city hills, the streets and countryside.

Yuri Kuzmin /Юрий Кузьмин, 1949 | Paris Belle Époque painter

Юрий Кузьмин was born in Leningrad, Russia, a suburb of Moscow. In 1974 Yuri Kuzmin graduated from the V.I. Surikov art institute of Moscow.

Yuri Kuzmin is a member of the Union of Russian Artists since 1985.

Kuzmin works in the field of a city landscape. He is enamored with France, and often and long lives in France. Favorite city of Yuri Kuzmin is Paris, and especially old Paris! Yuri Kuzmin's works are filled by coziness of city fuss and full of love to a life.

Georgi Petrov, 1978 | Palette Knife Landscape painter

"To me, painting is a heartbeat, love, perception, impetus, state, mood, experience, emption, at times spontaneous, but always created with an open soul… It is born in the interaction between two worlds - the one inside us and the one outside - that establishes another particular reality inspired, however, not always by heroes and happenings which somebody has in…"- Georgi Petrov

Georgi Petrov was born in Dobrich, Bulgaria. He lives and works in the capital of Bulgaria - Sofia. An interest in art has started since 1993. During the years, he was working mostly contemporary landscapes and still-life. He follows the examples of impressionism, expressionism, fauvism and abstract expressionism.

He is a self-taught artist. During his very early artistic period he studied techniques as visiting the ateliers of several well established Bulgarian artists. Georgi Petrov believes in changing the way one sees the landscape by using the power and vitality of colour and movement.

Roman Lyapin /Роман Ляпин, 1966

Роман Ляпин born in Leningrad, Russia, is one of the brightest representatives of modern Italian art, whose works are in private collections in Spain, Germany, Italy, Taiwan, America, France, Canada and Japan.

Lyapin began his career in Leningrad, after which he moved to Italy and more than a decade taught at the local Accademia di Belle Art di Roma.

Richard Macneil, 1956 | Cityscape painter | Part. 2

With over 20 years of design experience in the creative industry, British painter Richard Macneil has enjoyed huge success and worldwide notoriety for his very distinctive style, composition and rich colour palette.

For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Macneil see:

• Richard Macneil, 1958 | Cityscape painter.

Vitaly Petrovsky /Виталий Петровский, 1975 | Cityscape painter

Russian painter Vitaly Petrovsky /Виталий Петровский was born in the city of Vinnitsa, Ukraine. He graduated from art school in the winery, and in 1990 the Kiev School of Industrial Art. 

Works in the genre of landscape, at least - portrait, still life. The main theme of his work - the urban landscape. The implementation of this work requires the artist accuracy. Multilayer technique. The storyline is simple and realistic.

Jacques Le Nantec, 1940 | Figurative Sculptor

Jacques Le Nantec, pseudonym of Jacques Métayer, is an artist, born in Nantes in 1940

At the age of 13 he started learning sculpture by himself while studying in secondary school - classical studies.

First one-man exhibition at 16, Galerie Peuple et Culture, Annecy, France.