Jenni Eden, Oman, @jennieden84

“I am originally from the UK, now currently living in Muscat, Oman, a natural beauty in the Arabian Gulf.

After a few years without a paintbrush in hand, I am fortunate to now be able to spend my free time painting, especially as I have been inspired by the climate and the light in the Gulf. The neutral tones of the environment that have splashes of vibrant colour from the plant life have given me a new energy. It has enabled me to create some stunning portraits and scenes from Arabian life.

In the early 1990′s I completed a BA (Hons) in Fine Art and Drama from the University of Liverpool and a B/Tech in General Art and Design at Wigan College of Art and Design.

My formal studies enabled me to gain a solid foundation in the philosophy and fun of painting. It was during this time I became absorbed in figurative work and started producing large and bold life drawings from the live study classes I attended. The human form in its detail fascinated me, the way muscles can be represented through simplified brush strokes, creating depth through the exaggeration of light and shade. This captivation became the basis of my painting style, still prominent today.

My influences have been Lucien Freud and Francis Bacon for their painting techniques, Andy Warhol for his philosophy, colour juxtaposition/combinations and Edgar Degas for his subject matter.

In Early 2003 a friend suggested to me, I should paint portraits. Initially I was reluctant as I felt portraits had to be realistic. I started painting again because I wanted to get back to mixing colours and creating colour combinations. I knew if I was going to paint portraits, they had to enable me to have the opportunity to play with colour. I had an idea; I would paint portraits to compliment the interiors they would hang in. The painting of ’Ellie’ in blues and oranges was created.

Paint is applied thickly, giving the paintings texture. The contours and areas of shade are clearly demarcated. There is a tremendous depth to each painting, developed through the layering of the paint.. Through the course of painting, the paint dances and flows as the colour combinations alter and adjust. There is fluidity and movement. Hair is a strong point, painted as it grows and reflecting light, often immensely colourful. The real genius in the paintings, are the eyes, life-like and a true reflection of the sitter’s soul. I get many comments regarding my work based around the eyes and how they are the person in true likeness.

I love the way colour brings out the personality of the person I am painting; it is so much more than just a physical likeness. I instinctively choose colours that relate to the sitter on a personal level and use them to bring ‘the soul’ of the person to life on the canvas.

As I have regularly practiced yoga for ten years, I am aware of the Chakra Centers around the body and how each area relates to a specific colour. Subconsciously this translates into my artwork, through the choices I make. This seems to have an instinctive link to a specific Chakara, dominant in the sitter.

Choosing colours is an instinctive choice, and it can be further harnessed and exaggerated if required. I find people more than happy to leave the colour choices to me, and as a result they change their interiors to suit their portrait!

I am now going to combine all my passions and philosophies, painting, yoga, drama, Positivity in my ArtsSpa, which I hope will be up and running by the end of the year.”

www.jennieden.com

Andy Ferrari, Brazil, @AndysMasks
Andy Ferrari is a plastic artist whose current works consist of mask-making. From an early age she was exposed to a number of artistic activities, frequenting sculpture, painting and drawing courses as a child and teenager, and later on graduating in Etching and Engraving at the School of Music and Fine Arts of Paraná, Brazil.

In 2008 while living in Italy, she discovered Professor Agostino Dessì and his workshop in Florence, where she took a basic mask-making course. Not having yet finished her grad course, the mask-making had to wait a couple of years, and only after going back to Florence in 2010 for classes on more advanced decoration techniques, she started making masks in Brazil.

A workshop was assembled in her hometown after this second trip abroad, starting the process of building a collection of masks, still while doing other jobs. 

Later in 2011 the artist decided to work exclusively in the arts, more particularly mask-making, after having her first exhibition held by the Allliance Française in her home town. Since then, her artwork has been seen in a variety of small art events and other cultural initiatives.

http://andyferrarien.blogspot.com

Martin Field, UK, @martinfield1I graduated from Cheltenham with a BA (Hons)1st class in 1978. I studied Art education at Margaret St, Birmingham and gained a P.G.C.E.

I have taught in Sheffield schools for over 25 years. My art is a welcome balance to life in school. My own work is enlivened by my experience teaching, my teaching is informed by my experience as an artist.

Since leaving college I briefly had a sculpture studio at Yorkshire art space in 1985/86 and have intermittently made drawings and other process work on sculptural themes.

I keep a sketchbook and more recently have begun to explore the iPad as a recording tool.

I paint landscapes, seascapes and lately mixed media montage work. My photography is as much about realising an intention through post processing as ‘capturing’ an image.

Almost all my images are square, I hope I am not.

I have exhibited intermittently over the years (without much conviction) in a wide range of venues. I currently have a photograph on show at the Hepworth gallery Wakefield as a competition winner. I contributed to both Twitterart Exhibits organised by D Sandum in Moss Norway.

My sculpture work from 1975 - 2005 is examined in a retrospective study ‘30 Years’. 

My photography work from 2008 is available in the book ‘Dark Peak Distant Shores’.

Merlin Flower, India, @MerlinFlower “The only effort on my part, if I can call it so, is to avoid any particular styles. So far, the experimentation process has helped the effort. Otherwise, the paintings are mysterious; they arrive and stay of their own will.”

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Julia Forsyth, USA, @JuliaForsythArt“While I studied painting and graduated with a painting degree from Baylor, I’ve only been working seriously on linocut printmaking for about a year.  But it’s been a very busy year!  I’ve been happy to send out my artwork to new homes across the US and Europe.  

I’m a big fan of color, so I can get my color fix from pure paint in a painting.  In a print, the color can come from a linocut printed on a colorful map, or by adding color in through different media around the print.  Getting my carve on as I make linocuts and print them on unbleached mulberry paper or a map that catches my eye makes me happy.  

David Sandum did a fantastic job of organizing both Twitter Art Exhibits, and I felt honored to be part of this global arts mission.  Through artists around the world coming together and donating art, we played a part in helping children in Norway get new library books and adding funds to a reduced-staffed women’s shelter in Norway.  It was amazing to not only help make some changes, but to do it through art - wow!

When I’m not amassing a sizable mound of carved-out linoleum shavings as part of the linocut-making process, you can find me teaching art, hanging out with my two loud and wonderful children, or occasionally letting my husband win a  Boggle game.”

http://www.juliaforsythart.com
http://www.facebook.com/juliaforsythart

Holly Friesen, Canada, @holly59
Holly Friesen was born in Saskatchewan, studied Visual Arts at John Abbott College in Montreal and painting at York University in Toronto. Throughout many years of travel she discovered the portability of watercolours and honed her skills by painting on location. Settling in Mont-Tremblant, QC, Holly opened Artbeat Studio where she has painted & taught for 20 years. While living & working in the Laurentians, she painted from a close observation of nature. She rediscovered the luscious physicality of oils and the textural versatility of acrylics. The scale of her paintings continually grew to accommodate the large movement she felt within herself and in the earth around her. In 2008 she moved to Montreal, bringing internal images of the landscape with her. Her newest pieces are largely informed by these internal metaphors and the dream images she encounters when painting from within the landscape.

www.hollyfriesen.com

Tim Grosvenor, Belgium, @elephantbirdTim Grosvenor was born in 1958 in Tananarive, Madagascar.  He returned with his family to England in 1966 where he undertook his further education.  He studied Fine Art at the University of Reading where his tutors included Sir Terry Frost, Rita Donagh and Richard Wilson.  He was awarded the Owen Ridley Prize for drawing and completed his degree in 1981.  

After a period of exhibiting his work in locations such as the Hexagon, Reading, Whapping Galleries and the Seven Dials Gallery in London he decided to follow a career in social sciences where he was regarded as one of the leading experts on human behaviour and mobility.  However, he always wanted to return to his creative roots.  In 1998 he decided to give up his successful career and return to the art world.  He moved to the South West of France where he set up a small gallery to show both his own work and that of other local and international artists. During this time he concentrated on developing his work to regain a maturity of subject matter and style.   

In 2007 he moved with his family to Switzerland where he continued to develop his work.  He has exhibited his work in public and private galleries in the UK, France, Belgium, Switzerland and Germany.  In early 2007 he had the honour of holding a solo exhibition of his work in the Flemish Parliament in Brussels.  Tim has work in private collections throughout Europe and the United States  For five years he was the artistic director for “Fete du N‘ouef” St Antonin Noble Val.  This major event attracts artists from a wide area and involves artists from across Europe.  He has curated a wide range of public art exhibitions including most recently, a Giant Egg event in Dübendorf, Switzerland.  In 2009 he initiated a worldwide project to help protect the rain forests of Madagascar using Twitter and social media to involve artists from around the world.  The exhibition was centred around the Zoo Zurich, Switzerland.  Tim teaches art and runs courses for both adults and children on creative thinking.  In August 2012 Tim moved to Brussels, Belgium.

http://timgrosvenor.wordpress.com

Diann Haist, USA, @diannhaistart
Diann Haist was born and raised in a small town in southern Ontario, Canada. Haist enjoyed an early exposure to fine art through her meetings with some latter members of the legendary Canadian Group of Seven artists. They gave her painting tips as she followed them around while plein air painting in her little town. She held her first solo exhibition at the age of thirteen, selling three out of ten paintings. Haist continued to exhibit and accept commissions until her college years, when she pursued a classical art education.

After her formal training, Haist kept up her interest in Life Drawing, and began teaching in the mid 1970’s, always emphasizing the importance of drawing from life as a strong foundation upon which to build a work of art.

Over her career of forty-plus years, Diann Haist has had many successful solo exhibitions which have garnered her an enviable core of collectors. A Signature Member of the American Impressionist Society, Haist’s paintings are part of numerous major corporate and prestigious private collections in Canada, the United States, Japan, and Argentina as well as throughout Europe. Her works continue to appear in major movies and tv productions. Haist’s versatility as an artist allows her to explore a variety of themes: her oils and acrylics, either on canvas or paper, display a bold brush stroke and confident technique, as well as the ability to produce strong watercolour and pastel paintings. 

A published artist, Diann Haist’s work is known internationally in over 40 countries through Fine Art Posters.

Diann currently resides in Alaska where the big landscape and its Indigenous People are a never-ending source of inspiration. 

Professional Affiliations:
 *Signature Member - American Impressionist Society
 *Associate Member - Oil Painters of America
 *Associate Member - Smithtown Township Arts Council - NY
 *Associate Member - Alaska Artist Guild
 *Associate Member - Laguna Plein Air Painters Association
 *Associate Member - American Women Artists

 Artist Statement  

“When I am in the act of painting, there is no thought, nor time; there is a sense of exquisite freedom. It’s always hard to say what inspires me to paint a certain subject, other than it resonates with me in a way which cannot be ignored. Do I paint for myself then? At first yes, but art is a communication after all, and the viewers of my work are the recipients of that communication - hopefully they will like what I have to say.”

website: www.DiannHaist.com
facebook: www.facebook.com/DiannHaistFineArt

Chantal Handley, Australia, @ChantalHandley I have been drawing and painting for as long as I can remember, although I have never had any formal Fine Art training, my parents directed me towards art, sending me to a weekly art class in the UK at the age of 9. The artistic element is very strong in my family, my dad is a wonderful illustrator and my great-aunt was the lead artist for Players of Nottingham in the 1930s, having her painting exhibited in The Nottingham Castle.

Everyone said “you can never make a living being an artist” and I think it must have stuck with me because I followed my head and not my heart, attending the Advertising Academy in Brisbane, Australia to study Graphic design. I did enjoy working in the graphics industry and I gained an excellent knowledge of computers and graphic programs. I worked in the Graphic Design industry for 10 years before I finally grew tired of sitting at a computer and not being able to draw. I still felt I needed the security of commercial art and since I have always been interested in animation went on to complete a Bachelor of Animation at Griffith University, Queensland College of Art in Brisbane, learning 2D & 3D traditional animation techniques. I love animation and creating an art form that really comes alive on the screen is amazing and lots of fun!! I worked in the animation industry for five years.

Both animation and graphic design are extremely deadline driven and because I am a self-confessed workaholic, I would stay on through the night to get a project completed or a newspaper out! Then in 2005, the first of my three children was born.

I feel like I have come full circle, arriving back at my natural style of drawing and art, picking up pieces of knowledge along the way. I am very lucky to be doing what I love every single day… inspired by colour, old photographs, children’s books, vintage toys and my own three little boys.

www.chantalhandley.com

Pete Hobden, Switzerland, @petehobden
Creating paintings enriches my experience of life. It allows me to take reality and color it with my emotions, with my experience of life. I am driven to express what I see and transform it into something which awakens an inner excitement in me – the magic that is buried in everyday life, when you become silent and just watch.

http://www.petehobden.com

Maren Jeskanen, Finland, @Marenart
Finnish artist and illustrator Maren Jeskanen is inspired by atmospheres, memories and strong moments in life. Lately she has been painting about life and the feelings of women. Her other favourite motifs are dance, children and ancient Finnish mythology. She has illustrated two children’s books so far and has held several solo exhibitions in Finland.

http://www.marenart.net/

Trevor Jones, Scotland, @trevorjonesart Canadian expat, Trevor Jones is a painter and the Executive Director of the Scottish charity Art in Healthcare. He graduated with distinction from Edinburgh University’s MA Fine Art degree programme in 2008 and has been exhibiting professionally since. Trevor moves between figurative and abstraction and a recent shift from mixed media work inspired by music and the phenomenon of synaesthesia now finds the artist incorporating new technology and social media with oil paint via QR codes.

www.trevorjonesart.com

Chihiro Kondo, Japan, @chiro_art
Japanese artist Chihiro Kondo graduated from Tama Art University with a major in Japanese painting (Nihon-ga).

Thematically, she focuses on happiness and a peaceful world coexisting with nature.

“I search for a relation between creatures and humans. For that purpose, I collect various “materials”: an old tale, a legend, a local custom, a family tradition (and so on) at the sites where these are rooted. I sketch on location (without the use of a camera), and when I come back to my studio, I reconstruct the original space in my artwork. Nature and these sketches inspire my work. Through the artwork, I hope the world all-over will be brimming with love, happiness and peace.”

Chihiro’s first solo exhibition was in 1998. Every year since then, she has exhibited in solo shows and in group exhibitions in Japan.

Chihiro won First Prize at the International Peace Art Exhibit / Harmony for Peace Foundation (N.Y / USA）(2011)

As part of this exhibition, she participated in a live painting show and painted on the surface of a granite monument in Japan, as well as creating murals in Japan and France.

Chihiro is due to paint another mural in France at the end of September, 2012

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Jeremy Lee, Australia, @spooks_art

I work in the computer industry. It’s known for high stress and art is my release. When creating art, you can lose the pressures of the world and reset the brain.

Drawing is great practice. If you want to learn how to paint strong contemporary abstract art, then an effective pathway is through minuscule observation and realistic reproduction. I’ve been producing artwork since six years old. I formally studied art at school, worked at Winchcombe Pottery in the UK, was offered an apprenticeship, but moved into electronics and computing instead. Since then, I’ve never stopped painting, carpentry, drawing, glass engraving and sculpting. I studied under a lovely man named Miles in Brisbane for a few of years who taught me to mix oil colour by eye and paint portraits.

You can find a print-on-demand portfolio at http://whitechimagine.com/imagine/app.php?project=FA0C00D5-11C5-E5DF-57EF-7243AF0431AC and my website: http://www.spooks-art.com. If you follow my twitter handle @spooks_art, look out for announcement of an ebook on drawing as I’ll give it away free for six months.

Martha Marshall, USA, @colorpoetry

Martha Marshall grew up in north Alabama.  She received an Associate in Arts Degree from Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Florida, and acquired master printmaker skills during her studies there. She has attended numerous national workshops in printmaking, collage, and painting. Her work has been featured in gallery shows from Washington DC to southernmost tip of Florida. 

I am committed to the process of painting without undue emphasis on the outcome. I enjoy the uncertainty of exploring textural materials and spontaneous marks. Painting for me is about being in the present moment. There is no rush. My work is heavily layered and textured and invites the viewer to engage with it for its tactile as well as its visual qualities.

Sales blog: http://paintpapercanvas.blogspot.com
Web site: http://marthamarshall.net
Blog: http://artistsjournal.wordpress.com
FaceBook page: http://facebook.com/MarthaMarshallArtist

Barry McAdam, Ireland, @Mc_AdamI have been working in the creative design field with my own small design company for the past 9 years. I have worked on images, games, animations and creating new user experiences over this time. The most recent creative animation I have done was for the Samuel Beckett Enniskillen International Festival and you can see it here: Video

Recently I have moved into project mentoring and lecturing in user experience and design. When possible I love to take to painting in oils and watercolour. With work and 2 small children the paintings I have got to do over the past few years have been less than I would like but I live in hope :)

www.baboom.ie

Maude McDonald, USA, ‏ @MaudetheArtist International artist, Maude McDonald, picked up her first paint brush at the age of eight, from a wooden painter’s box received as a gift (which she still keeps in her studio).   Self taught until the age of 20, she was accepted into the Museum of Fine Arts Academy in Houston, and then continued her studies in Europe through mentor programs.

Emotion, more than visual stimulation, inspires her work.  She wants the canvas to speak of our awareness; be it pain, elation, humor, serenity or the surreal.  Known primarily for her figurative art, her work is immediately recognized by its strong composition, definition of line, depth and bold color.  Having studied all genres of art, her own unique style is a blend of all her favorite aspects of each.  She paints in the style that will provide the strongest voice to the subject.

Her works hang in private homes and businesses throughout North and South America, Mexico and Europe.  Although her subjects and genre may change, she remains faithful to the traditional techniques.

http://www.maudesart.com/blog

Melanie McDonald, France, @MelMcDonaldArt
I’ve drawn and painted all my life and I’ve been painting professionally for the past 15 years. I was born in London and moved to Newquay, Cornwall when I was a child. I studied painting at Falmouth College of Art and printing before that, receiving B.A. Honours in both. I recently moved to Brittany, France with my Scottish husband and daughter where we are redeveloping an 18th C. farm. My paintings are influenced by the Atlantic shores of Cornwall, France and Scotland.

www.melaniemcdonald.com

Patricia No, Hungary, @mimuluxart
I am a self-taught artist creating all types of art, i.e. digital, fractal, traditional, photography – abstract, expressionist, surreal, naïve, folklorist, dark, light.. and these styles change rapidly. I used to feel embarrassed about these rapid “moves”, changes, afraid that people would be confused, irritated even… but have come to realize, this seeming “weakness” is actually my strength. It is ME .. it suits me.. it is how I live, it is my life. I have lived in many different countries, on different continents, speak several languages, have enjoyed the influences of various cultures – how could I just stick to ONE ?? Impossible! All this I have integrated, all this has joined and has formed me – all this IS me.

www.mimulux.com

Kat Ostrow, USA, @katost
Kat Ostrow is a self taught figurative artist, who splits her time between Portland Oregon and the coast. You can find her on line talking about creativity and the process of making.

http://katost.wix.com/kat-ostrow

Carolyn A Pappas, USA, @CAPappasArt
Carolyn A Pappas creates artwork inspired by nature, especially the many lakes, hills and mountains of the New England landscape. As a self guided artist, she is constantly experimenting with new techniques to effectively give each image the personality it deserves. She works on paper in colored pencil, watercolor, pen and ink and graphite.

www.capappasart.com 

www.facebook.com/CAPappasArt

Shirley Peters, Australia, @ShirleyPeters
Shirley Peters (nee James) was born the youngest of twin sisters (artist Carmel James) in 1953 and lives in Sydney, Australia.

She studied fine art painting and printmaking at the National Art School at Randwick Technical College and Alexander Mackie Teachers College, with additional training in graphic design and multi-media.

During her younger years, Shirley worked in advertising art studios before starting full-time freelancing at 24 years of age. This work arrangement gave Shirley time to continue her fine art on a part-time basis. She sold to private collectors through art shows and personal contact.

She married photographer Bob Peters and has two children, Natalie and Mitchell Peters.

Shirley Peters’ resigned from commercial work to focus on fine art, and has been painting full time since 2008. Peters has showed her work in group exhibitions and solo shows in both Sydney and Melbourne. She has also developed her skills as photographer since her husband suffered a stroke in 2010, and is unable to work without an assistant.

European architecture has become the main subject for Shirley’s painting. She and Bob have travelled extensively, equipped with ‘en plein air’ oil paints, rolls of canvas and a large Canon camera.

Shirley’s latest series is based on the historic towns of the French countryside, while earlier work is inspired by the basilicas of Rome and the little nippers from Maroubra Beach, in Australia.

http://www.shirleypeters.com

Russ Potak, USA, @russpotak“The thing that motivates me the most with my painting is the use of color and paint. For me its all about those things. The subject can be stimulating, but only to the point that it provides a vehicle for my painting. I paint for the excitement and discovery of bringing to the canvas a visual life in paint, of new and never before seen things. Something that is new to my eyes. The act of manipulating paint upon a canvas in order to reveal something that is not apparent in the already known representation of the subject,… is exhilarating. New things can evolve from the process of painting which produce endless discoveries into the mysteries of art. 

I make my home here in the beautiful Berkshire Hills in western Massachusetts where I can occasionally be found in local coffee shops with pen and sketchpad in hand. I frequent the wooded hills, the nearby lakes, and the small towns and communities, absorbing inspiration from which to paint. Being only a minute down the road from a lake with wonderful mountain vistas and a great walking and biking trail, I never try to miss a summer sunset down by the dock. 

So, from this small New England hamlet, I gather up my sketches and memories, and produce my paintings. 

My art, I hope,… speaks of my life.”

http://russpotak.blogspot.com

Ken Powers, USA, @powers_fine_art
Primarily a self-taught watercolor artist, Ken Powers’ work can be found in many public and private collections throughout the world as well as on the set of ABC Studio’s hit television series, “Desperate Housewives.”  Named one of the “21 Artists to Watch in 2012” by SkinnyArtist.com, Ken’s artwork is continually evolving and is often noted for its use of bold color, strong shadows, and exaggerated depictions of light. Many of the artist’s watercolor techniques have evolved through experimentation with the media since 2004 and it is watercolor paint’s unpredictable nature that continues to drive and challenge him. He currently resides in the Tacoma, Washington area with his wife and two children and is often found advocating the teaching of the arts in the public school system and promoting the artwork of others through the use of social media.

http://powersfineart.com/

Amasilys Ruiz, Venezuela, @AmaSilyS
Amasilys Ruiz was born in Maracay (Aragua, Venezuela) in 1972. She is an irremediable optimist, and curious about ”how to make…” 

She is a mixture of visual artist, designer and writer.

Although her early works (Prima inspiraCtion Collection) were created when she was about 19 years old, Amasilys still considers herself an emerging visual artist, having turned her back on a 16-year track record in advertising, marketing, graphic design and radio production. In the last 4 years, she has 100% dedicated herself to what she is absolutely passionate about: being a visual artist, writer and designer.

Self-taught in art, she recently completed a small collection of works in the style of Toy-Art called Strong InspiraCtion (Fuerte InspiraCciÛn) that, mostly, are wood sculptures, with pyrography, painted with acrylic. Currently (2012) she is dedicated to developing a new collection called muackS!!!  inspiraCtion, which includes paintings in different formats and what she calls lightweight sculptures, created with cedar wood sheets and assembled.

Amasilys works with acrylic on canvas and wood. She uses wood as a support for her paintings and to create her sculptures. Her painting technique is based on touches with brush and sponge to create unique textures, giving attention to each detail. Her works are meant to be seen and enjoyed as much up-close as from a distance.

Since 2009 Amasilys has participated in several group exhibitions in Colombia, Spain (Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga), Mexico, Norway, Australia and Korea.

www.amasilys.com

Shell Rummel, USA, @shellartistree
My inspiration is the fluid grace of nature. I am drawn to organic lines, authentic materials, layers that reveal and patterns that make the eye dance. My artistic creation involves engaging all the senses, capturing the soul and heartbeat of emotions and bringing them to life. I enjoy storytelling with watercolors, photographs, music and poetry. I love what I do and am thrilled to be able to share my passion and vision.

My company, Shell Artistree, has been a successful and established presence in the wedding, stationery and gift markets for many years.  My award winning watercolor artwork has been represented in over 100 retail stores and fine art galleries nationwide, and has been featured in juried art shows, fine art exhibition and national publications. I am honored that my artwork has been collected by thousands of private and corporate art patrons both within the US and abroad. 

My art licensing brand, Shell Rummel licensing, offers my original hand painted watercolor designs for fine art licensing. I enjoy the challenge of collaborating closely with manufacturers and retailers to design beautiful products that will be successful in the marketplace.  The Shell Rummel brand is synonymous with exceptional quality artwork, professional integrity, and meticulous innovative design.

www.shellartistree.com

Rex Winkel, Netherlands, @RexwinkelJurriaan (Rex) Winkel was born in 1970 in The Netherlands. He is an independent Arts and Crafts Professional, an illustrator, printmaker, graphic artist and painter. Winkel’s work consists mainly of graphics and illustration, specializing in woodcut. He is influenced by various subcultures, art, and social movements. He has been professionally active as an artist since leaving the Academy in Arnhem in 1997.

www.atelierrexwinkel.com (under construction)
www.facebook.com/rexwinkel

Sarah Wiske, USA, @sarahwiskeart
“I am a visual artist and painter based out of Nashville, TN, USA; focusing mainly on oil, acrylics, and inks. My work ranges from abstract nature, flowers, birds, and people. I try to create unique pieces, exposing the wonders of nature and people in a joyous light. My creations are a story of God’s visual blessings here on Earth combined with my idea of heaven’s endless wonders.”

http://www.sarahwiskeart.com/

www.facebook.com/sarahwiske

Elly Wright, United Kingdom & France, @ellywrightartElly was born and grew up in the Netherlands, but has lived in Great Britain for many years. Her grandfather, an avid art lover, introduced her at an early age to Amsterdam’s art galleries and museums, where they were frequent visitors. Her formal art education and own practice began at a later stage in life, when painting soon became a passion. Since 1993 it has occupied all her time. She studied drawing and painting at the City Literature Institute in London and obtained a BA Hon in the Practice and Theory of Visual Arts at Chelsea College of Art and Design. 

Elly’s paintings are a response to her surroundings. The locations where she works in beautiful Oaks Park on the outskirts of London and an isolated work space in rural South-West France, offer ample opportunity to observe and translate onto the canvas flowers, seed heads, weeds and leaves, but also to evoke the atmosphere of being immersed in the wider landscapes of her beloved France.

www.ellywrightart.com