Reinhard Riedel has been involved with art throughout his life, starting with the advanced course in high school. After studying computer science and mathematics, he was 4 decades in senior positions in the IT sector. After retiring for 2 years, he wants to professionalize his hobby. In painting but especially in sculpture he has perfected his artisan skills. He can now use the different techniques and materials so that they support his ideas in the overall composition of the work of art.
Bob Coonts has been associated with galleries in Colorado, Wyoming, Arizona, Idaho, New Mexico, Washington and Oregon. He enjoys pushing the boundaries in art. Bob is colorist and contemporary artist. He loves experimenting and presenting his work in a different way. He can paint representational and naturalistic but choose a different approach, especially with colour. For example, Bob might do a painting or drawing of a frog or grasshopper and use a lot of colour and put them on wheels. Why, well why not? Just to give it, the subject, a different perspective.
Ramona Russu is a Romanian painter, graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels and settled in Corsica in 2014 to pursue my creative journey. Her artistic work explores the complexity of women's emotions and experiences and highlights the idea of imperfect beauty through monochrome pieces enhanced with 24-carat gold leaf.
Severine Pineaux started painting in her teens. After working as an illustrator for role-playing games and SF, horror and fantasy book covers, she resumed a personal creative adventure in 1996 after the birth of her first child, and published these works in books in which the images precede the text and narrative and are the inspiration behind them. Her work navigates between two worlds, that of painting and that of comics and illustrated books.
Jill Feenstra is a self taught American artist from the Pacific Northwest, who works primarily in acrylic and gold leaf on wood panels. A lifelong artist who completed her Bachelor's degree in archaeology, she spent time working in a local museum, and Art Center. Nestled in the countryside, on a little farm, Jill spends time perfecting her skills and artistic process. Jill recently left her position as a microbiology technician in order to pursue her professional art career full time.
Ana Priscila Rodriguez, born 1974 in Mexico City, resides in The Netherlands since 1998. She graduated Cum Laude from the Academy of Fine Arts in Utrecht, The Netherlands in 2006, specialising in Mixed Media and Photography. She also has background studies in History and Graphic Design.
Artist Emmi Mustonen (born 1987) works mainly with the old masters’ painting technique inspired by the renaissance. The main goal of the artist is to show the diversity in a light where the viewer finds something to which to connect.
Amy Salomone of “Forms Most Beautiful” is a mixed media digital collage artist combining her extensive background in science and art to create works that explore man’s place in the natural world. Her educational and professional background in science is evident in her work which communicates concepts such as evolution and natural selection, animal behavior, the limitations of human perception and our story within a larger cosmological and biological story. Each piece is designed to tell a part of that story and to act as a starting point through which we begin to see ourselves from a different vantage point. Amy largely works with digital collage and ephemera, but also incorporates personal illustrations, photography and at times microscope observations into her work.
Nicolas Bruno studied at Purchase College of New York, where he received his BFA in Photography in 2015. His studio practice is based in Northport, New York, where he photographs and fabricates props for his compositions. Bruno exhibits his artworks internationally and engages in public speaking events to spread awareness of Sleep Paralysis. He also engages with local and international school districts to inspire young students to use art as a therapy. Bruno has been featured in various video documentaries that offer a behind the scenes look at his creative process. Bruno is an advocate for environmental conservation, art education, and mental health awareness.
After working in more conventional art mediums for much of her life, Cyndy Salisbury began making masks in 2008, embracing the traditional materials and techniques of the Italian mask makers while wanting to explore beyond those conventional themes. Each mask starts with a plaster of paris cast, the mold used to shape the body of the mask. Cyndy creates the casts by either covering a terra cotta sculpture or a living face in plaster. The mold is layered with Carta Lana, a wool rag paper used particularly in mask making. Once the layers of paper have dried in the cast, the resulting simple blank is removed, painted, and embellished. All additions to the body of the mask are created in the studio, mostly out of a variety of papers and Paper clay. Cyndy Salisbury finds the human face to be an evocative canvas on which to bring to life the compelling images of myth, fable, fairy tale, and theater. Though she wants her masks to be worn for pleasure, they should also conjure up the transforming energy of the Greek theater, the psychic resonance of the Commedia dell’arte, and the provocative enchantment of the Venetian Carnival.
Through Jasmina Kirsch's meticulous practice, subtle forms undergo transformative journeys, leaving viewers with profound reflections on the limitations of the physical body and the boundless realms of the metaphysical. Jasmina's exploration of femininity in her paintings and drawings is nuanced, often referencing fugaciousness and mortality through symbols like skeletons.
Kate Van Doren explores human resiliency, connection, and the healing power of nature through realism paintings, drawings, and photography. Having worked as an art therapist in the mental health field for more than two decades, Kate offers a unique lens, cultivating connections with her inspirations to foster their stories about the human condition. She is deeply devoted to creating art that raises healing awareness in the lives of others.