Alessandra Maria was born in 1989 in Seattle Washington, and resides in the Hudson Valley, New York. She graduated from Pratt Institute in 2012, and is represented by Galerie Fledermaus in Chicago.
Annie Stegg Gerard is an oil painter who lives in Northern Georgia in the United States. Her art career began at 7 years old, when she had first art show at her school. Since then, she has never stopped painting and has worked for clients across the world. She exhibits her work in galleries and has done notable publishing work for clients such as Disney, Hasbro, Wizards of the Coast, Easton Press, Netflix, Harper Collins and more. Her work is found in private collections all over the world.
Barrett Biggers finds therapy in creation. It is the only effective way for him to truly express his desires, dreams and emotions. He have been drawing and painting for fun as a hobby for most of his life but never seriously. Barrett's love of design, art and digital came from his father who worked in graphic design and publishing while his love of wildlife, ecology and plants stem came from his mother who was a Biology teacher. After college he began his career as a Wildlife Biologist but various circumstances led Barrett to really reflect on what he ‘‘loved” to do. That turned out to be a graphic artist.
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.
Bob Doucette’s whimsical and highly saturated paintings come from the world of dreams. Sometimes bordering on surreal, his imagery is a product of a decade of theater work, puppetry and twenty-five years in the world of animation. As an animation director he was responsible for many well known animated children’s programs for PBS including, Chloe’s Closet, Dive Olly Dive and Clifford’s Puppy Days. He started in animation at Warner Bros. and was involved with many classics like Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs. His independently animated films won him many prestigious awards and honors and his MFA thesis film Pink Triangle, the first animated film to depict the persecution of homosexuals by the Nazis, is in the permanent collection at the New York Public Library.
Carmit Haller is a visual communications designer, and the owner of Carmit Design Studio. For the past two decades she has been working as a lead graphic designer in the fields of consumer market, high-tech startups and luxury real estate. Her passion lies in poster design and typography. Carmit Haller is the recipient of worldwide prestigious awards such as Graphis and Rockport Publishing. Originally from Israel, Carmit holds a BA in Social Work from Tel Aviv University, and a BFA in New Media from The Academy of Art University, San Francisco. She currently resides in San Francisco, California.
Crystal James' art delves into the themes of youth and beauty, and food and death. Youth and beauty are often seen as synonymous, but she believes that beauty goes beyond the surface level. As she depicts youthful subjects in my art, crystal aims to capture the essence of their innocence, curiosity, and wonder. She wants to celebrate the beauty that comes from living in the present moment, unencumbered by the weight of past experiences.
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.
Debra Keirce works from the size of your palm to four feet tall. The true miniature pieces are less than 25 in sq and ⅙ life size or smaller. It is a genre that harkens back to the work of the scribes and European miniature portrait artists, and it intrigues me. Miniature work is so small and detailed that it invites the viewer to lean in, get closer, and experience the art with more intimacy.
E. E. Kono is a Los Angeles and Iowa-based artist. In her work, she explores the fluidity of culture and time. She employs a visual language that reflects her investigation into the connections between stories, symbols, and archetypes; across cultures and to the natural world. Her practice favours a slow, meditative process using natural materials chosen for their layered significance.
Farzad Golpayegani is a US based visual art artist and musician. He has produced and released over nine solo music albums, has exhibited his painting and drawings since 1999, and simultaneously has built a career as an art director. The style of Farzad’s drawings and paintings are close to Surrealism and Expressionism. His subjects are dreamlike, whimsical, and psychological. While influenced by historical events, politics, beliefs and religions, and everyday life, his concepts push the logical boundaries.
Farzad Golpayegani is a US based visual art artist and musician. He has produced and released over nine solo music albums, has exhibited his painting and drawings since 1999, and simultaneously has built a career as an art director. The style of Farzad’s drawings and paintings are close to Surrealism and Expressionism. His subjects are dreamlike, whimsical, and psychological. While influenced by historical events, politics, beliefs and religions, and everyday life, his concepts push the logical boundaries.