Mrs SteamCloudy started drawing from early childhood. From a young age she was first given a pencil, and since then she has never stopped creating. Self-taught, she used observation to picture her world. She was interested in any artistic field, painting on canvas, wood, various supports and sculpture.
Brandy Saturley is an acclaimed Canadian contemporary pop art style painter and visual storyteller known for her striking and colorful palettes, hard edged style and figurative depictions of Canadian landscapes, cultural icons, wildlife and sports figures.
Sally K's signature portraits capture the essence of empowered femininity, celebrating the strength and grace inherent in every woman. Ethereal flower crowns cascade across the canvas,
obscuring her eyes and evoking a sense of mystery and awe–prompting curiosity about this radiant woman.
Internationally renowned as the Queen of Double Eyes, Alex Garant studied visual arts at Notre-Dame–De-Foy College just outside Quebec City. After graduating in 2001, she moved in Toronto, Canada. She decided to truly commit to her passion for Arts after suffering from a heart attack in 2012, changing forever how she would see the world.
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.
Besides having opposable thumbs Richard A Williams have been an illustrator for many years working for many well-known publishers, and companies. After leaving that field he dabbled in portraiture for a while working for major portrait companies in the U.S. Later he developed a desire to teach and with the help of “low friends in high places” was able leapfrog from an associate’s degree in humanities to a master’s degree in Illustration and entered the education arena.
Nika Nyoko hold a Master's degree in Art Pedagogy and have worked as a teacher for one year. However, she realized that teaching was not the right fit for her. For nearly 15 years, she have been working as a freelance illustrator, primarily creating illustrations for children's books. Over time, Nika's interests shifted towards watercolour and then to multi-layered oil painting. Currently, her focus is primarily on oil painting, where she intertwines symbolism and philosophical messages in her artwork, with a strong emphasis on figurative composition.
Kym Lee is a Melbourne-based Visual Artist & Designer with a degree in Bachelor of Art, (Fine Art) & (Digital Design). She has exhibited her work both locally and internationally, gaining international recognition including galleries like Boomer Gallery in London, UK, winning accolades, such as ‘Best in Show’ at Fusion Gallery in 2023, 2nd place in the Commonwealth Artist Prize and honourable mentions at Boomer Gallery in Victoria Australia in 2023. Recently gaining media coverage featuring two of her paintings in Art Edit Magazine, sold extensively across Australia & New Zealand
Karin Hauck is self-taught, her serious involvement in painting only began in 2016 after she completed a painting course in the technique of the old masters. Since then, she has been constantly evolving. This happened mainly through numerous visits to museums where she found inspiration in the old masters of the Italian Renaissance such as Raffael and Leonardo or by Flemish and French painters such as Van Eyck, Vermeer, Ingres, Flandrin and Bouguerau.
Jennifer Allnutt is an artist based in Adelaide, Australia. Art has been a pivotal part of her life since childhood nurtured by her grandfather, but it was in 2007 as a teenager, when she first discovered her love for oil painting and since then she hasn’t been able to put her paintbrush down. She graduated from the University of South Australia with a Bachelor of Visual Arts (First Class Honours) in 2011. Furthermore, she has a Master of Teaching (UniSA 2016). Jennifer has exhibited her work extensively throughout Australia as well as New Zealand and the United States.
Patrizia Vignola is an award-winning fine artist who was born in NY and currently resides in Minnesota. She does not recall a time in her life when she was not desiring to make art.Patrizia earned her MFA from the New York Academy of Art, she uses her academic training and highly developed painting and drawing skills to draw the viewer into her conceptually symbolic and surreal work.
Carolin Leary Prinn (b. Boston, 1984) has been inspired by myth, folklore and history from a very young age, stirring the creation of her mythical world, The Islands of Niljora, a world that frames all of her creations. With a love of symbolism she forms her imagery and stories - evoking a realm of a dreamy, mystical and otherworldly nature. Her work traverses the world of fantastical illustration and realism, inspired by The Golden Age of illustrators, animation, Ancient art, and masters of The Renaissance and 19th century.