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Painting has been a spiritual journey for Fari from the past 50 years. Her canvasses are mainly in oils. Her style is a genre of fine arts —Photo Realism and Expressionism. Her intention has always been to integrate art into spirituality and hence express the beauty of the world : Through painting landscapes and monuments unaffected by the impurities of the environment we live in
Gianfranco Merati (b. Asmara, Eritrea, Africa) is an Italian photographer based in London. Gianfranco’s motivation as a photographer is that “beauty is everywhere”. He seeks to reveal it. For the last decade he has been developing his photographic practice, through building skills and reflecting on projects.
Nora is a Hungarian artist-painter with the artist name Mano, born in Hungary, still living in the Hungarian capital, Budapest. She’s been painting in oil on canvas for decades, inspired first by the beautiful landscapes in Hungary and other countries where she has been residing with her family for a few years (Sweden, Israel, and Belgium).
Miranda’s work honours First Nations connections to Country, drawing on her heritage and her background in cultural heritage management. Hampson’s practice is grounded in the shared experiences of kin, Country and place. Her art extends beyond the ecological, suggesting it as a means to heal and strengthen the bonds between people, land and culture.
Carl Jackson has been an Artist, Art Instructor for over 50 years. Along the way He has been an Illustrator, arts administrator, concept artist and gallery director. His work is included in various public collections including the Boston Public Library, The Addison Gallery of American Art, The Brooklyn Museum, and Rutgers University.
Another exciting, unknown world opened up to her when she started to meditate daily in 1996. This realm is what Silke Wolff interprets in her graphics. With 16 aura paintings she took part in the big exhibition at the famous Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen. After this remarkably start Silke Wolff put her resources into fine art.
Every painting tells a story. And that story is always one of Hope; of reaching out to the rainbow that is within us all: the rainbow after the rain. Thank you so much for visiting. I really hope you enjoy the paintings. And if you’d like to see more, visit my website – www.iamthebutterflyman.com – and there’s a book telling of my life and art to be published later this year. Robert Haworth, “The Butterfly Man”
Odilia Iaccarino was born in a small town in Mexico where she enjoyed her childhood in her family's ranch. Odilia is a self-taught artist who holds national and international awards, most recently from the Brownsville Museum of Fine Art and recognition from the CFA Circle Foundation of the Arts, Lyon, France. Her work consists of implementing figures of the menina-meaning “girl”- into the canvas by pinning the menina silhouette as the main character to then narrate anecdotes and memories through the painting.
Katrin Loy, born in 1969 in Germany, studied at the academy of fine arts in Düsseldorf and graduated as a master student of professor Jannis Kounellis in 2001. She lives and works in Munich since 2002. In Munich she absolved a postgraduate study in Visual Arts and Therapy and a continuing education in Psychoanalysis. Both of them had a strong influence on her artwork.
Hannon’s oeuvre examines transformation and reinvention, with each medium providing a distinct perspective on the human experience. His guiding philosophy, “What else could it be?” informs his multidisciplinary approach, continuously challenging boundaries and redefining the possibilities of art.
I am a based Visual artist from Panama. She is infatuated with nature, crystal healing, color psychology, chromotherapy, fashion, magic, women empowerment,nature, cosmos,obe experiences, entomology and human evolution. Which she combines with magnificent things she imagines everyday through her art.
Bobby Mercier is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde in Oregon, where he has lived most of his life. With deep family roots in the community-both his mother and father are members of the tribe-Bobby has dedicated his life to preserving and revitalizing Chinookan culture and traditional art.
A considered and methodical autodidact, he busied himself with the study of anatomy, perspective, effects of light, color theory, art history, and the works of the Old Masters and the Modern Masters. As a faithful and respectful learner, then successor of legendary master’s vision, style and performance, loved very much traditional choice of medium and ground his own colors. And after colossal dedication to art, some times, 72 hours nonstop painting or drawing, unintentionally or maybe subconsciously created unique, unrepeatable style and technique in post divisionism and ink drawings, never observed before.
Sonia Roseval’s evolving journey underscores her commitment to touching lives globally through art, which she regards as a vital element of contemporary life. Her work represents her core values, making a compelling case for the indispensable role of art in society.
Felipe Alarcón Echenique (Havana, 1966) is a Spanish-Cuban artist based in Madrid. His work spans painting, drawing, and installation, exploring themes such as identity, memory, and the cultural history of the Caribbean and Europe. Through a symbolic and expressive language, his creations engage in a dialogue between the ancestral and the contemporary. He has exhibited in Cuba, Spain, the United States, and other countries, building a career marked by introspection and visual strength.
Anne Walbring is a Brazilian visual artist recognized for her emotionally charged and dreamlike paintings. A graduate of the University of Fine Arts in São Paulo, her work explores themes of consciousness, identity, and memory through imagined characters and poetic narratives.
Nancy Staub Laughlin, an accomplished artist based in New Jersey, introduces a groundbreaking concept of the assemblage. She masters the combining of pastel on paper and photographs. In her own words, Nancy immerses the viewer into her radiant and captivating world of color, light, dimension, and beauty, crafting compelling compositions that represent the culmination of a meticulously executed process that defines her unique artistic approach.
After intentionally transitioning from corporate executive to sculptor, I’m filled with joy when my artworks resonate with esteemed jurors, discerning patrons, fellow art lovers, and my peers.
