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.
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.
Stephanie Rew works in Edinburgh, Scotland and has been based in the same studio for over 20 years. Painting in the figurative realist style Stephanie creates oil paintings with gold leaf, combining traditional Early Renaissance gilding techniques with more contemporary ways of painting.
Miguel Casco, a dynamic and multifaceted visual artist from Puebla, Mexico, skillfully merges his expertise in cultural management, information design, photography, and museography to craft a distinctive artistic voice. A magna cum laude graduate in Fine Arts from the University of the Americas Puebla, and holding a master's degree in Information Design, Casco has honed his artistic prowess through an array of prestigious seminars and workshops.
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.
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.
Anna Wypych is one of those artists whose paintings become more interesting the more you know about her. A painter based in Gdynia, Poland, Anna has always marched to the beat of her own drum and has never liked to blend in with the crowd. She reads copious amounts of poetry and philosophy, and concepts and ideas inspired by those readings or her own ruminations often become the starting point of her mesmerizing paintings. As a full-time artist who is also a mother and wife, Anna typically paints women displaying multifaceted strengths, such as determination, passion, and positivity.
Australian-born artist Anne-Marie Zanetti has a contemporary, expressive style that combines simple, flowing elements with rich colour, tone, and detail. Her highly realistic still life, portrait, and figurative works are inspired by the beauty of the world, saturated in light, and are rendered in layers of fine, smooth brushstrokes and glazes.
An award-winning artist known for her colorful and whimsical portraits of animals, Gina Matarazzo aims to show the viewer a magical way of looking at ordinary things. Through their point of view, she tries to reveal truths on how to be more genuine like animals are and be in tune with the things that matter the most in life. Her work is meant to distract the beholder from the difficulties that the world presents to them, promote peace and joy, and to remind the viewer how there is beauty available to them if only they stop for a moment and take notice.
Courtney Alnutt's work reveals personal insight into her life and reflects self-exploration. Her work also documents her own personal academic journey. The techniques used in her work are those traditionally employed for representational art and produced with oil paints on fine linen panels.
Born in Mexico and now residing in Canada, Tassy creates surreal animal paintings that capture the complexity of human emotions. Their art invites viewers to explore their own emotions and the depths of their imaginations. Tassy's work is a celebration of the fantastical and the imaginary, each piece is a snapshot of a dream with its own set of rules and a unique universe.
Sandra Yagi was raised in suburban Denver Colorado, (USA) and from an early age she loved science (especially biology) and drawing. Her parents instilled in me an ethic of getting a “useful” education because of their concern for monetary and domestic stability—a result of their internment with other Japanese-Americans during WWII and their desire for their children to assimilate. As a result, Sandra’s studies focused on business, she obtained a Masters in Business Administration, and worked in the corporate world for 27 years at major financial institutions. Sandra left corporate life behind in 2008 and became a full-time artist. With a viewpoint rooted in logic and science, and a curiosity for the macabre, Sandra Yagi explores themes such as mortality, human experience and our impact on the natural world.