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Born to Norwegian-German parents who recognized and nurtured her creative abilities, the Greenville, South Carolina native sold her first painting five years prior to beginning her formal education at Georgia State University.
In 1978, a printmaking course at Atlanta College of Art led her to Dick Williams and the innovative and contemporary Odyssey Studio. The artist pursued the etching and the collagraph, later the serigraph, and , in 1990, began monoprinting. Her mastery of the art of printmaking is described as remarkable , yet painting remains DerGara\'s first love, and a vibrant testament to her profound talent.
Born in St Louis, USA, Charles Bragg changed his art theme in the 1960\'s to caricature the military, clergy, and professions with Drawings, etchings and lithographs.
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Donald was born in Kyle of Lochalsh and then studied at Grays School of Art in Aberdeen from 1949 – 54. He obtained his DA in four years and was awarded a post - Diploma Scholarship in Drawing and Painting for a year, during which time he won the R.S.A. award.
Donald prefers to paint landscapes in oils but did dabble with watercolours in his early years. He likes to feel in tune with his subjects; the love of trees and hills have never ceased to fascinate him.
Numerous commissions to paint Golf Courses have demanded of him a much stricter technique, certainly less artistic license. ‘The course has got to be accurate and at the same time a challenge to retain the quality of the landscape’.
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Born in Brittany, France, Fanch Ledan began to paint pictures of his birthplace. His talent resulted in two major European Exhibitions. He learnt Lithography, and later serigraphy, which became his preference.
Francis Boag, an established artist based in the North East of Scotland, exhibits his work widely throughout Scotland, the UK and Europe.
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When he begins a painting Frank Taylor is unaware of its final form. The less he knows where the process will lead, the more interesting it becomes. He is continually experimenting with media, supports and methods of applying colour. When he is surprised by the outcome, when he has produced something that is new for him -- that, to Frank, is success. Those who are familiar with Frank\'s work will know that he is a frequent traveller and there is a clear parallel between his philosophy on painting and his continual exploration of the world -- the quest for new experiences, adventures, encounters, surprises.
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Govinder Nazran's trained at Bradford Art College, where he studied Graphic Design in the early 80's.He went on to study at London Art College, completing a Diploma in Graphic Design, specialising in Illustration, in 1985. After six months in London, he moved to Cambridge and continued to work in Freelance illustration. After getting a job as a designer for a greetings card company with responsibility for product design he moved back to Bradford in 1987. In 1990 he joined an artists' agency, working on licensing, product development and directing photographic shoots which handed him a prestigious position as a photographic art director with a mail order catalogue. He spent the next year traveling around the world on fashion shoots. In 93 Govinder Nazran returned to working freelance on card designs and having built up a reputation through his work, he approached the fine art market with thoughts of getting his designs published
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Educated in Fine Arts in mississipi, Jackie Holland paints under the name of Holland Bekley in the USA. She uses many layers of glazes, washes, and compounds to create abstract human forms. Her paintings are large and impressive, and she has attained popular status in America. She creates a sense of mystery and age in her work. Her art is much sought after.
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Itzachak Tarkay were sent to a German concentration camp until the end of world war II. He emigrated to Israel where he studies art and became a leading member of the figurative art movement. He has been influenced by the work of Matisse, Toulouse Lautrec, and other French artists.
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Born in 1943 in Champagne sur Oise, France, Jean Claude Tron began to paint at the age of thirteen. At sixteen he started work, but his desire to paint was so strong that he continued his art studies through evening classes.
Despite fulfilling numerous commissions and holding exhibitions of his work at several prestigious galleries, Jean Claude did not begin to dedicate all his energies to painting until 1990. Since then he has seen his reputation grow steadily throughout Europe and the United States, where his work is in constant demand and his originals sell for commanding prices.
Jean Claude is passionate about the southern region of France, in particular Provence, and this remains his essential source of inspiration. The extravagance of the colours in his palette betrays the influence of Fauvist Expressionism, featuring brilliant yellow, deep azure blues, strong reds, shades of violet and just a touch of vivid green. His airy canvases are characterised by simplicity of form which represents the natural order of the countryside, while the thickly applied blocks of colour make the fields vibrate with light.
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Jean Claude Picot was influenced by the work of Matisse. His work is post- impressionist, often embracing the 'joi de vivre' attitude of the French. His life in cote D'Azure in France often depicts harbours and boats. He works in many mediums including oil, acrylic, watercolour, etching, ceramic, and more recently seriograph.
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Jeremy Saunders works with oils as his main medium as he feels this allows a broad, rich application of paint and satisfies his love for colour and light. He applies oils directly from the tube with cut up credit cards or phone cards. He says \'my concern is not with the specifics of an illustration, or trying to appeal to peoples intellect; but with working on peoples emotions and memories\'.
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Jo Bowen, a London based artist, has gained wide recognition for her paintings of cityscapes, landscapes and sport related subjects. Her unique and atmospheric representations of the city London have proved particularly popular. Landscapes are inspired by Jo's extensive travel to four continents and are bright and imaginative.
Jo's energetic sporting paintings have resulted in her being appointed by the MCC as the official artist for the England Cricket Team tour to Sri Lanka in 2001 and being invited to exhibit annually at Henley Royal Regatta.
Lawrence Coulson is considered to be one of the country's leading contemporary landscape painters. Following in the footsteps of his father, aviation painter Gerald Coulson, he has enjoyed sell-out success since becoming a professional artist in 1997. With national accolades to his name including 'Best Published Artist Award' from the prestigious Fine Art Trade Guild in 2003 and 'Best Up and Coming Artist' the previous year, Lawrence continues to capture the public's imagination with his evocative landscapes.
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Linda Lekinff was born in Paris from Brazilian and French parents. After traavelling she lived in italy studying ancient techniques of gold leaf, tempera, as well as wood engraving and airbrush painting. She traditionally paints with Acrylic on canvas. She has more receintly worked in seriagraph and watercolour.
In 1998, she was selecte as teh official world cup artist.
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Marcel Mouly, born in Paris in 1918, is heavily influenced by the work of Picasso, Matisse, and Braque. He studied painting at the French Academies and later became the protogé of the sculptor Jacques Lipchitz, from whom he learned about Cubism. He won the Chevalier de l'Order des Artes et Letteres in 1957, and the Premier Prix de Lithographie in 1973. Mouly has exhibited all over the world and he currently has paintings hanging in the Musee Nationale d' Art Moderne, Paris.
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Paula McArdle uses her pictures to create a mix of old and new. Often she will show characters in Victorian dress. Her pastel shades suggest emotion. Often her work covers sporting activities like golf, fishing, tennis, and boating. Her work is represented in galleries throughout Europe and Norht America.
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Penelope Starey\'s remarkable paintings reflect the great natural beauty of the sea and the sky that we so frequently take for granted.
As we near the end of the twentieth century, when environmental issues have never been of greater importance, her painting takes us on a spiritual journey to a world of peace, natural tranquility and harmony so far away from the stresses of modern life
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Pierre Eugine Cambier works in watecolour. He specialised in paitings of Paris, France. He is one of the world\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s finest realist painters and exhibits at many international exhibitions.
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Reymond Pewyney is an internationally known artis. Born in France in 1908, he is renowned for paintings of love.
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Salavador Dali was the 20th century's most famous surrealist artist, the painter of 1931's The Persistence of Memory (the one with the droopy clocks). In the 1920s and '30s Dali made his reputation in Europe and the U. S., influenced by the cubism of Picasso and the psychological theories of Freud.
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Blessed with a large sense of humour, Samantha Barnes paintings celebrate life itself - happiness, style and beauty that are within each and everyone one of us. Situations, do's and events, busy communities and teams of people working together offer Sam a feast of actions to paint in wonderful detail. Trained at Winchester then Edinburgh College of Art Samantha now works from her home in London.
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Sergey Cherepakhin was born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1969. He began to attend art school at age eight, eventually gaining entry to the Serovo Art Institute. Encouraged by a friend, Cherep moved to the United States to continue his career.
Cherep\'s works are vividly painted landscapes, seascapes, and still lifes. He works with oils on canvas and paper, as well as creating silkscreens. He has done extensive charitable work for organizations in the United States and Russia, including work for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Cherep lives and works in his studios north of Atlanta, Georgia.
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Stan Kaminski was born in Banbury, England in 1952 to Polish parents. He attended The Moseley School of Art from the age of 11 and then, at the age of 18, started a three-year apprenticeship at Hurlston Design in Birmingham.
At the age of 21, he left to work in a variety of advertising agencies as a designer and art director. He later became a freelance illustrator, and his work appeared in national poster and TV campaigns and magazines for several major clients such as Woman & Penthouse Magazine & on National Television (BBC's Black Adder III)
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Tomaz Rutz is a polish artist best known for his neo- Roman images. He has been influenced by Caravaggio, Rubens, and the Renaissance painters of Italy. His most famous works depict images previously created by Michaelangelo, Raphael, Titan, and Rubens. He has emulated the Fresco's and Italian figues of the Renaissance.
Roy Tonkin began his art career afte reading Tolkein (Lord of the Rings). He studies pottery and print-making at Bath University, England, and mostly his images convey the world of fables and allegory.
Zamy Steynovitz ws born in Poland in 1951. He lived in Israel and has become one of the country's finest international artists. His works have been presented to Pope john Paul II, Jimmy Carter, and the Dalai Lama.