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Sandra Sedmak Engel | Abstract Figurative painter

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A Maryland native, Sandra Sedmak Engel has lived in Baltimore, Md for the last 19 years. She holds a BFA with honors from the University of Maryland, and is very involved in many local arts organizations. Sandra served as the Artist's Representative of the Steering Committee for School 33 Arts Center for several years, and was an intergral part of starting up the Member's Gallery. She is an honorary member of The Creative Alliance in Baltimore, where she also volunteers as a life drawing monitor. She is currently teaching encaustic painting workshops at both art centers, as well as in studio.























Art was a means of communicating without speaking when I was young and painfully shy. Figurative elements have always found their way into my work, regardless of subject matter. I want the viewer to see how the lines and energy I use relate to humanity. How we are all connected through life’s cycle.
I choose to paint with encaustics - painting with layer upon pigmented layer of beeswax. The physicality of the process - carving, scraping, burning into the wax - allows me to release the energy inside of me, incorporating light and depth into my work. Digging deep into the wax mimics my intent to dig deep within a person to show who they really are.
I often paint Rubanesque women. Capturing the twist of a hip, the lovely line of a neck, frees me. My figures are real and truthful. Curves are celebrated. I paint moments, hoping the viewer embraces the beauty we all feel inside.




































André Hambourg | Romantic Seascape painter

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André Hambourg (May 5, 1909 - Dec 4, 1999) was born in Paris in 1909 and received an education at l’École Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs under Paul Nicolausse and at l’École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. Hambourg had his first solo exhibition at the young age of 19 at the Galerie Taureau in Paris, and soon after became a staple in the Paris Salons.
In 1933, Hambourg was awarded the Prix de la Villa Abd-el Tif. As a result of this award, he was able to travel to North Africa, where he spent nearly a decade painting in Algeria and Morocco. Throughout his years in North Africa, Hambourg exhibited his paintings in numerous one-man shows.












In 1939 he served as a military reporter and artist working on the staff of the Journal dul Commissariat a la Guerre, where special missions on combat vessels eventually led to his appointment as a war correspondent in 1944 with the staff of inter-allied SHAEF. In recognition of his wartime contributions Hambourg was awarded the Croix de Guerre and a Chevalier of the Ordre de la Sante Publique.
He then returned to his artistic career and became the official painter of the Navy in 1952. This maritime aspect of his career resulted in several unique honors being bestowed upon him, including being awarded the Laureate of the Salon de la Marine, and becoming the official painter of the Marine Ministry.
His late career also awarded him with the special honor of painting a monumental mural for the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.
Unveiled in 1973, its opening ceremony was attended by the President, Duke, and Duchess of Luxembourg.
Hambourg gained a rare amount of recognition during his lifetime; his paintings hang in more than fifty museums in France and around the world.
His Venetian scenes, calm landscapes, and serene seascapes project a luminosity that brings life to the heart of each of his paintings. In all of his travels, Hambourg carried his own artistic ambience with him. He caught the color of each particular transient moment, held it and magnified it in a dynamic mutability, making him and his paintings synonymous with the highest standards of French Art.

DATES OF SELECTED SIGNIFICANT EXHIBITIONS

  • 1928 - Debut solo exhibition at the age of 19 at the Galerie Taureau in Paris 1928;
  • 1939 - Eighty works shown at a show at the Musée d’Outre-Mer in Paris;
  • 1970 - Five hundred works in a retrospective at the Maison de Culture in Bourges;
  • 1973 - 195 square foot mural for the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg;
  • 1979 - Drawings of Venice at Galerie Varine-Gincourt in Paris;
  • 1985 - Bonjour New York at Wally Findlay Galleries in New York;
  • 1986 - The Presence of Andre Hambourg at the Salon du Dessin;
  • 1987 - Andre Hambourg in the Ivory Coast at Galarie Guigne in Paris;
  • 1989 - Andre Hambourg in Venice at Galerie Apestequyin Deauville.

MUSEUM REPRESENTATION

  • Musée National d’Art Moderne in Paris; Paris, France;
  • Eugène Boudin Museum in  Honfleur; Honfleur, France;
  • Musée national de la Marine in Paris; Paris, France;
  • Musée des Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie; Paris, France.

AWARDS/SALON PARTICIPATION

  • Salon de l’Art Français Indépendant;
  • Salon de l’Oeuvre Unique;
  • Salon d’Automne;
  • 1951 - The Cross of Chevalier of the Legion of Honor;
  • 1986 - Commandeur des Arts et Lettres;
  • 1986 - Commandeur of the Legion of Honor;
  • 1996 - Grand Officier de l’Ordre National du Merite.




























Il pittore Francese André Hambourg (1909-1999) è nato a Parigi il 5 maggio 1909.
Ha studiato scultura all'Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, sotto la guida di Paul Niclausse, e pittura presso lo studio di Lucien Simon all'Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts.
Nel 1928 tenne la sua prima mostra personale alla Galerie du Taureau di Parigi. A causa della precoce riconoscimento del suo talento, nel 1931 è stato nominato membro del Salon de l'Art Français Indépendant e il Salon de l'Oeuvre Unique.
La prima di molte onorificenze di Hambourg fu il premio de la Villa Abd-el-Tif, conferito nel 1933. Di conseguenza, l'artista viaggiò in Algeria. La luce del sole potente, così come la povertà desolante di questa regione, hanno ispirato tele di Hambourg di quel periodo. Fino al 1935 Hambourg espose in numerose mostre personali in Algeria, Oran e Parigi. Nel 1937, eseguì un grande murale per il padiglione algerino all'Esposizione Internazionale di Parigi.
Nel 1939 la chiamata alle armi e nel 1943 la mobilitazione come reporter militare e disegnatore nel Journal de Commissariat à la Guerre, il giornale dell'esercito francese; come corrispondente militare ha preso parte alle campagne in Alsazia e Germania, così come alla liberazione di Francia. Prima della fine della guerra, Hambourg divenne il primo delegato francese alla Four Arts Aid Society. Per il suo aiuto per artisti francesi in questo periodo, è stato fatto Cavaliere dell'Ordre de la santé publique.
Nel 1952 Hambourg divenne il pittore ufficiale della Marina Militare.
Ha intrapreso numerosi viaggi esponendo così in tutto il mondo: Venezia, l'Unione Sovietica, Israele, Gran Bretagna, Senegal, Costa d'Avorio, Marocco, Germania, Belgio, Lussemburgo, Giappone, Cina, Porto Rico, Messico e Stati Uniti.
Il 4 dicembre 1999 André Hambourg si è spento a Parigi. Oggi le sue opere si trovano nelle collezioni di musei come il Musée National d'Art Moderne, il Musée national de la Marine e il Musée des Arts d'Afrique et d'Oceania.










Svetlana Shalygina, 1973 | Abstract Figurative painter

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Svetlana Shalygina was born into a poor, humble working class family in Efremov, Russia. She and an older sister were raised in a small, studio apartment 200 miles south of Moscow by parents who worked in a local factory but were very devoted to their children. Svetlana grew up close to nature in wide-open Russian countryside and picturesque valleys which she sketched and painted throughout her childhood. It was here she developed a strong interest in Russian classical art, poetry, music and literature.












A naturally romantic curiosity about life took Svetlana to Moscow and St. Petersburg at age 18, where she lived and worked on her own. In Moscow, her intuitive art talent was fed by the greatest museums in the world, and nourished by the inspiration of the world’s unsurpassed classical masters. Svetlana also continued her quest for knowledge by travelling to Paris, Milan, Rome, Vienna, and other European cities to better harmonize her developing identity with the original work of modern masters. At 20, her life took a dramatic turn when she seized a remarkable opportunity to come to the United States.
America was to become her second home, but saying goodbye to her supportive family and friends in the former Soviet Union was made especially difficult because complex emigration laws prevented her from returning for at least a decade. Her new life in the Land of Opportunity was difficult at first. She cleaned houses and washed dishes in a New Jersey restaurant. Discouraged and lost, Svetlana came to realize that no matter how hard she worked, an expensive formal art education in New York City would not become a reality.
In 1996, Svetlana Shalygina’s interests took her and her few belongings to Phoenix, Arizona where the desert’s sunny weather, great beauty, and affordable living heartened the young artist. For the next twelve years, she lived and maintained her studio in the American West. Without a formal art education, Svetlana took a different route to success—self-study, experimentation, and the development of a unique creative path.
The foundation of Svetlana’s unique style is the poetry and beauty she treasured as a child, and the love she still feels for her Homeland. The core of her creative expression is both personal and nostalgic—to the point she was originally reluctant to share her vision openly with others. Her maturing style has been strongly influenced by her love of nature and her interest in human behavior and emotion. Several years ago, Svetlana’s intriguing and sophisticated body of work was discovered by an accomplished fellow artist and art collector who encouraged her to expand her palette and unveil her creative vision to the world.
Svetlana Shalygina is now a full-time artist living and painting in Newport Beach, California.




























Francesco Tammaro, 1939 | Belle Époque painter

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Francesco Tammaro was born in Naples in 1939 where he attended the Instituto D'Arte di Napoli, one of the most reputed Fine Art schools in Italy. Shortly after graduation he traveled to France where he lived for a few years.
Tammaro is best know for his characteristic views of Paris, the famous cafes of Paris, interior Bistros as well as his pastoral picnic scenes on the banks of the Seine.
The artist is now also a valued and appreciated teacher of art at the Fine Arts Academy, who has the capacity of awakening in his students the love of a style of art which seems to be disappearing, suffocated by superficiality and abstraction.






















Francesco Tammaro was nominated Academician of Italy in 1978 and awarded a gold medal by the Academy of Italy of Salsomaggiore. 
This academy also dedicated an entire color page to him in The Great Dictionary of Italia.

EXHIBITS:
  • Galleria ARCO, 1981 Personal:
  • Galleria Visconte, 1983:
  • Collecttiva dei Mille, 1986;
  • Art du Cadre, 1988;
  • Galleria Marconi, 1990 Gold Palette;
  • Arnot Gallery, New York Permanent Exhibit.



















Artista di grande rilievo, presente nei maggiori cataloghi d'arte, attualmente viene tattato in esclusiva per l'Inghilterra alla "Gallery Harrods" di Londra.
La solita maestria di Francesco Tammaro nel rappresentare una Città unica al mondo...

Francesco Tammaro é nato a Napoli il 15 Marzo 1939, dove vive e lavora.
Dopo gli anni di formazione all'Istituto d' Arte di Napoli ha intrapreso una carriera artista densa di riconoscimenti e soddisfazioni, senza però dimenticare di divulgare le sue conoscenze attraverso l'insegnamento al Liceo Artistico di Sorrento.
Nel 1978 è nominato "Accademico d'Italia" mentre l'anno successivo viene inserito nel "Grande dizionario degli Artisti italiani Contemporanei".
Ha allestito numerose Mostre personali sia in Italia che all'estero.
Molte le personali anche in America dove riscuote un grande successo.
In una di queste mostre una sua opera "La casa del fattore" viene venduta per 10,000$.
Le sue opere sono spesso battute dalle migliori Case d'Asta del mondo, ottenendo sempre ottime valutazioni. Quotazioni già oggi elevate ed in continua ascesa.
Insomma un grande Artista da inserire senza ombra di dubbio nella propria collezione.



Roberto Fontirossi, 1940 | Surrealist /Visionary painter

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Roberto Fontirossi is an Italian painter, known for working in the surrealist style. Fontirossi was born in Lucca, Italy, where he lives and works.
1961 - First Solo Show at Galleria S. Salvatore in Lauro, Roma.
1964 - IX Quadriennale di Roma, awarded the Premio per il Bianco e Nero.
His work can be found in many private and public collections.























Roberto Fontirossi è nato a Lucca il 26 gennaio 1940.
Avviato agli studi artistici, ha assai precocemente scoperto la sua inclinazione alla pittura a cui, dopo un breve periodo di insegnamento nel Liceo Artistico della sua città, si è dedicato stabilmente dal 1960. Decisivo è nel 1959 l'incontro con l'avvocato Ilo Giacomo Nunes, Sovrintendente ed Ispettore ai Monumenti Culturali della Regione Lazio, che lo porta con sè a Roma e, assieme a Indro Montanelli, Virgilio Guzzi, Renato Guttuso ed Antonio Donghi, gli allestisce nel 1961 la sua prima personale alla galleria S. Salvatore in Lauro.

Nel 1964, invitato da Fortunato Bellonzi, partecipa alla IX Quadriennale di Roma conseguendo in tale occasione il Premio per il Bianco e Nero.

Numerosi sono i premi e i riconoscimenti ottenuti:
  • Premio Visioni di Viareggio;
  • Premio Primavera Tosca Sacenti a Firenze ed a Roma;
  • Premio Suzzara, premio Diomira a Milano etc.

Per un breve periodo, stimolato dall'amico Mino Maccari, collabora, assieme a Tono Zancanaro, alla realizzazione di disegni satirici e grotteschi di chiaro impegno sociale sulle pagine di quotidiani e riviste come il Giornale, Corriere della Sera, La Nazione, Il Mondo etc.
Sue opere si trovano in importanti collezioni pubbliche e private e sempre più frequenti e qualificate sono le sue presenze in rassegne nazionali ed internazionali.
Di lui hanno scritto: Fortunato Bellonzi, Dino Carlesi, Enzo Carli, Giuliano Carli, Antonio Donghi, Lella Durando, Giovanni Faccenda, Virgilio Guzzi, Salvatore Italia, Mino Maccari, Vincenzo Marotta, Silvia Martinotti, Mario Marzocchi, Nicola Micieli, Indro Montanelli, Gigi Montini, Tiberio Prete, Massimiliano Simoni, Giovanni Testori.
Nel 1995 incontra Remo Bianco, il mercante dei fratelli Bueno e di Squillantini, con il quale inizia un rapporto di stretta collaborazione professionale che lo porterà ad ottenere prestigiosi riconoscimenti sia in Italia che all'estero. Vive e lavora a Lucca.







Dino Pelagatti | Post Macchiaioli painter

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Dino Pelagatti (1932-2016) nasce a Livorno il 2 Agosto del 1932.
Inizialmente influenzato dallo stile dei pittori Post Macchiaioli, nel corso degli anni ha rinnovato la tecnica delle sue raffigurazioni creando uno stile personalizzato e contemporaneo.
Gli anni della guerra vengono percepiti dal giovane Pelagatti come una difficile esperienza umana perché con la sua famiglia non abbandonò mai Livorno. Nel dopoguerra risultò difficile per Pelagatti rendere mestiere vero e proprio la pittura a causa del forte orientamento popolare verso pittori Macchiaioli e Post Macchiaioli già affermati. 















Dopo un primo tentativo di diventare pittore, Pelagatatti decise quindi di abbandonare la vocazione, convinto di non riuscire. Con la partecipazione al Premio Rotonda nel 1970 riprese la strada della pittura che divenne sua principale occupazione dal 1971. Intorno al 1973 il pittore, considerandosi sufficientemente maturo, intraprese una fase evolutiva caratterizzata dalla rappresentazione di nuovi soggetti e nuove atmosfere incentrandosi sullo studio della figura umana.
Pelagatti ha una visione del mondo particolare: è una soluzione di continuità tra il reale e l’ideale. Nel suo lavoro egli affronta un ventaglio di soggetti: ampie scene di ambienti esterni affollati, figure in posa, composizioni di oggetti, animali, scene campestri o di lavoro.
Questo repertorio si è rinnovato nel tempo ma l’artista non lo ha mai alterato con evidenza né ha mai modificato completamente il proprio stile. Soggetto principale dei suoi dipinti è la sua città natale, Livorno che ritrae numerose volte; tuttavia nel suo repertorio sono presenti anche opere che ritraggono Veneziae Milano.
Altro soggetto fondamentale per Pelagatti è la natura: dalle marine alle campagne e agli animali, ritratti con svariate gamme di colori. Il pittore utilizza colori accesi passando da sfumature di rosa, a tonalità gialle, blu, verdi e rosse.
Dagli anni ’90 ci sono variazioni tecniche: allargamento delle pennellate per costruire gli elementi strutturali del quadro e utilizzo del pennello a punta fine, necessario per definire il dipinto. La tecnica usata dall’artista è caratterizzata da una pittura agile e corsiva incline a manifestarsi nell’azione resa visibile dal gioco della luce. Inoltre esegue opere con il pastello, esaltandone sempre i colori accesi.






















Aldo Mazzi, 1937 | Plein air painter

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Aldo Mazzi was born in Livorno, Italy where he lives and works without rest in his studio located inside of the historical "Casini di Ardenza".

Mazzi is a self-taught artist who paints since his early youth and who can be appreciated as a part of the "macchiaiola" and "post-macchiaiola" tradition, always strongly related to the live painting, the so-called "En plein air".








His work as an artist evolves in a path of observation and study through the representation of the places around him, bringing life to a way of painting that is at the same time true and lyric, free of intricate technical engagements.
Mazzi's work has achieved a place of great value in the local public reputation as well as an enviable active market among his many collectors.




















Aldo Mazzi nasce a Livorno nel 1937. A Livorno ha vissuto, vive, e lavora attivamente nel suo studio, negli storici "Casini di Ardenza".
Pittore autodidatta ha iniziato, assai giovane, la sua attività ponendose nell'ambito di quella consuetudine che si ricollega alla tradizione Macchiaiola e Post-macchiaiola, la quale fu sempre strettamente legata alle sperienze dal vero, alla cosiddetta pittura "en plein air".
Su tale presupposti la formazione dell'artista si compie autonomamente in un lungo percorso di osservazione (e di studio) attraverso l'armonica configurazione dei luoghi che lo circondano, dando vita ad una pittura vera e lirica, frutto della sua visione poetica della natura, libera ed immune da noiosi impegni tecnici.
Il suo curriculum d'artista racconta un percorso autonomo e personale attraverso il quale si è conquistato sia un ragguardevole spazio nella reputazione pubblica locale e nel giudizio della critica sia, e soprattutto, un invidiabile mercato tenuto attivo da un numero considerevole di collezionisti affezionati.


Giampaolo Talani, 1955 | Abstract Symbolism painter and sculptor

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Giampaolo Talani was born in San Vincenzo (LI). After attending Art School in Lucca and in Florence he went to the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence where he met Goffredo Trovarelli as his teacher. Throughout his studies he experimented with all art classical techniques but finally he chose painting, he also devoted himself to the fresco technique in which he is one of the greatest contemporary experts.
In his youth he painted the great cycle of fresco paintings in the church of San Vincenzo, and that was followed by other works: the "Preaching of San Bernardino" in the Episcopal Palace of Massa Marittima, the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Frassine.










Talani has later succeded also in creating works in bronze in which ones he displaces his widely explored three-dimensional figurative icons: the sailor, the departing man, the man who travels the sea, the fish finder.
In his curriculum since the early '80s - '90s some important solo exhibitons have appeared in selected art galleries, both in Italy and abroad and significant exhibitions, often anthological exhibitions, took place in public places.
However, beyond private clients and his personal artistic and poetic research, we want to emphasize the great impetus which Talani has given to the so called "Public Art" through the creation of works of undisputed and shared emotional impact, works placed in direct contact with people in public spaces of large attendance.
He started with the panels, painted for the interior staircase of the Municipality in San Vincenzo, presented in 2002 by Vittorio Sgarbi, and he got to "DEPARTURES", the fresco which in 2006 was located in the railway station "Santa Maria Novella" in Florence, a work that perfectly fits into Michelucci's great rationalist architecture. 
The fresco is being acquired by the city of Florence, which in 2008 hosted his major retrospective in Palazzo Vecchio "Rosa dei Venti". At the same time a 3 mt. high bronze statue, bearing the same name, was placed under the Loggia of the Uffizi.
He was the creator and protagonist for RAI RETE 1 of the television romance broadcast "Rosa dei Venti - The Island that there is", aired in December 2009 and deliberately inserted after the news TG1, so that it could balance a poetic and cultural moment against the often brutal reality of the news.
Taking up the title of the successful RAI transmission, the public exhibition, held in 2010 in the picturesque setting of the square next to the cathedral in Pietrasanta, was named "The island that there is"; it aroused a strong fascination thanks to the exhibition of paintings and sculptures never seen before, recreating the distinctive poetic world of the Tuscan master. Still within in the institutional sphere there's the painting "THE HERO'S SHADOW", dedicated to the figure of Giuseppe Garibaldi.
For this work dedicated to the Hero of Two Worlds, the master Talani was received by the President Giorgio Napolitano, who wanted to place the artist 's work in the Pinacoteca of Quirinale, while the work that recalls the great Italian Risorgimento, entitled "THOUSAND MEN" is exhibited in the Museum of the Risorgimento in the "Victorian" in Rome.
On the occasion of the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy, on commission of the organizing Committee Talani produced GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI's bust in two copies, one of which is placed in the Quirinale and the other in the Senate at Palazzo Madama.
This vocation to the "public" of the artist's works is not limited to Italy. Talani was in fact the only foreign artist to be invited by the Berlin Parliament to open the celebrations of the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Wall with the installation of "DIE MAUER-UMBRELLAS OF FREEDOM".
Among the other "public" works we remember the 7 mt. high bronze sculpture "The Sailor", dated 2010, located at the entrance of the tourist harbor of San Vincenzo.
A 20 meters high replica of the same sailor is being planned for the port in Miami Fla., in order to commemorate the great Florentine navigator Amerigo Vespucci.
The railway station in Venice "Saint Lucia" will welcome on its premises the 3 mt. high bronze statue "Rosa dei Venti" as a symbol of the Venetian port, while another project dedicated to Giglio Island is being studied.
Master Talani 's works can be found in both public and private prestigious collections. For some time now Talani has being collaborated with selected Italian and foreign galleries.
About him it has been written by, among others, Mario Bucci, Tommaso Paloscia, Nicola Micieli, Domenico Guzzi, Giovanni Faccenda, Vittorio Sgarbi, Maurizio Fagiolo dell'Arco, Maurizia Tazartes, Maria Cristina Acidini, Elisa Gradi, Sandra Nava, Umberto Cecchi, Luigi Ravaioli, Maurizio Vanni, Marco Moretti, Pier Francesco Listri, Fabio Canessa, Francesco Festuccia, Riccardo Ferrucci, Laura Farina, Silvano Granchi.
Among its major holdings should be mentioned the one at the 54 th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale.












































































Giampaolo Talani è nato a San Vincenzo (LI) nel 1955. Dopo il Liceo Artistico a Lucca e a Firenze, frequenta l'Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, dove ha come maestro Goffredo Trovarelli.
Nel corso dei suoi studi sperimenta tutte le tecniche classiche dell'arte per poi aderire alla pittura, dedicandosi anche alla tecnica dell'affresco di cui è uno dei massimi conoscitori contemporanei.
Negli anni giovanili realizza il grande ciclo di dipinti a fresco nella chiesa di San Vincenzo cui seguono altri lavori: la "Predica di San Bernardino" nel Palazzo Vescovile di Massa Marittima, il Santuario della Madonna del Frassine.
Talani si è successivamente affermato anche come autore di opere in bronzo nelle quali disloca tridimensionalmente le sue icone figurative ampiamente esplorate in pittura: il marinaio, il partente, l'uomo che attraversa il mare, il cercatore di pesci.
Nel suo curriculum compaiono fino dagli anni '80 -'90 importanti personali in selezionate gallerie d'arte, sia in Italia che all'estero e significative esposizioni, spesso antologiche, in sedi pubbliche.
Tuttavia, al di la della committenza privata e della sua personale ricerca artistica e poetica, preme sottolineare il grande slancio che Talani ha ridato alla cosiddetta "Arte di Stato", come la definì Vittorio Sgarbi, tramite la creazione di opere di indiscusso e condiviso impatto emotivo, collocate a diretto contatto con le persone in spazi pubblici di grande frequentazione.
Inizia con le tavole eseguite per lo scalone interno del Municipio di San Vincenzo, presentate da Vittorio Sgarbi nel 2002 per arrivare a "PARTENZE", l'affresco collocato nel 2006 nella stazione ferroviaria di "Santa Maria Novella" a Firenze, opera che si inserisce perfettamente nell'architettura razionalista del grande architetto Michelucci .
L'affresco è in fase di acquisizione dalla città di Firenze che nel 2008 gli ha dedicato la grande antologica in Palazzo Vecchio "Rosa dei Venti". Contemporaneamente una statua in bronzo alta 3 mt., dallo stesso nome, veniva collocata sotto il Loggiato degli Uffizi.
E' stato ideatore e protagonista per RAI RETE1 della trasmissione televisiva "Rosa dei Venti - L'isola che c'è", andata in onda nel dicembre 2009 e volutamente inserita dopo le notizie dei TG1, quasi a bilanciare, con un momento poetico e culturale, la spesso brutale realtà della cronaca.
Dal titolo della fortunata trasmissione RAI ha preso il nome l'esposizione pubblica, svoltasi a Pietrasanta nel 2010, nella suggestiva cornice della piazzetta del duomo. "L'isola che c'è" ha suscitato un forte fascino grazie alla mostra di dipinti e sculture inedite, ricreando il peculiare mondo poetico del maestro toscano. Sempre in ambito istituzionale si colloca il dipinto "L'OMBRA DELL'EROE", dedicato alla figura di Giuseppe Garibaldi.
Per questo lavoro sull'Eroe dei due Mondi, il maestro Talani è stato ricevuto dal Presidente della Repubblica, Giorgio Napolitano, che ha voluto collocare l'opera dell'artista nella Pinacoteca del Quirinale, mentre l'opera che ricorda il grande Risorgimento italiano, dal titolo "MILLE UOMINI" è esposta nel Museo del Risorgimento al "Vittoriano" a Roma.
In occasione delle celebrazioni per i 150 anni dell'Unità d'Italia, Talani ha realizzato dietro commissione del Comitato promotore il busto di GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI in due copie, di cui una collocata al Quirinale e l'altra al Senato della Repubblica a Palazzo Madama.
Questa vocazione "pubblica" delle opere dell'artista non si esaurisce in Italia.
Talani è stato, infatti, l'unico artista straniero invitato dal Parlamento berlinese per aprire le celebrazioni del ventennale della caduta del muro con l'installazione "DIE MAUER-GLI OMBRELLI DELLA LIBERTÁ".
Fra le altre opere pubbliche ricordiamo la scultura in bronzo di 7 mt. di altezza, "Il Marinaio", del 2010, situata all'ingresso del porto turistico di San Vincenzo.
Dello stesso marinaio è in fase progettuale una replica, alta 20 mt., per il porto di Miami in Florida a celebrazione del grande navigatore fiorentino Amerigo Vespucci.
La stazione ferroviaria di Venezia "Santa Lucia" accoglierà nei suoi spazi il bronzo di 3 mt. "Rosa dei Venti" quale simbolo dello scalo veneziano, mentre é in fase di studio un altro progetto artistico dedicato all'Isola del Giglio.
Opere del maestro Talani si trovano in prestigiose collezioni, sia pubbliche che private. Da tempo infatti Talani collabora con selezionate gallerie italiane ed estere. 
Di lui hanno scritto, tra gli altri, Mario Bucci, Tommaso Paloscia, Nicola Micieli, Domenico Guzzi, Giovanni Faccenda, Vittorio Sgarbi, Maurizio Fagiolo dell'Arco, Maurizia Tazartes, Maria Cristina Acidini, Elisa Gradi, Sandra Nava, Umberto Cecchi, Luigi Ravaioli, Maurizio Vanni, Marco Moretti, Pier Francesco Listri, Fabio Canessa, Francesco Festuccia, Riccardo Ferrucci, Laura Farina, Silvano Granchi.
Ha partecipato alla 54° esposizione internazionale d'arte della Biennale di Venezia.




Maria Giulia Alemanno | Magical Realism / Surrealist painter

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And the ORISHAS are like dead thar are not dead. A long chain that rivets the present and the past, linking the souls of today and yesterday, beyond time and space. Africa and America, what it was and it will be, hearth and sky. They are like the ancestors’ spirits, the incarnation of generations, the survival of ties, the alphabet of continuità and memory. Maria Giulia Alemanno, Lellina, like a Malinke griot, lives to tell stories. And she, an Italian, has searched and found them in the deepness of Cuba. Tales of woods and seas, of bushes and trees, but also of men and gods.














Ochun, the Beauty among the beauties, Yemaya, the sweet mother of water and life, Chango, the terribile king of blood and fire, and Eleggua, the little one that can open doors and eyes, “dioses and guerreros”, gods and warriors.
Tales of ancient generations and passed worlds that always return because they have no end. In the Old City of La Havana, in the street of Matanzas, in the houses of Santiago, colours, sounds, faces, songs and dances give them back to us, as if they have emerged both of the running water and the sleeping one. And Lellina, The ballad- singer, pursues them high and low in Cuba, asking them a lot of questions to know the secret of Time and Shade, to discover the hidden courses, the secret rites, the forgotten sounds.
Than with hands and brushes she transforms into wheels of colours the misteries they have whisperes and partlly revealed to her. The Orishas come back, the Ancients come back, Those who have never left come back.
And not everything is said because Africa never shows herself completely naked to anybody. Then they dance on sack cloth, waving like banners on the walls. Shine the yellow of Ochun, the red and white of Chango, the light blue of Yemaya. And every dance step is a picked and revealed secret, every turn a course of the time, every gesture an ancient whiff. | Massimo Olivetti























































Pittrice e giornalista, Maria Giulia Alemanno é stata allieva ed a lungo collaboratrice del maestro Francesco Tabusso. Ha scritto e illustrato per l'Editrice La Stampa, ed é stata responsabile delle pagine d'arte di Torino Magazine.
Vincitrice del Premio Nazionale Smemoranda, del Premio "Roma-artista dell'anno 2000" e del Premio Cesare Pavese a Santo Stefano Belbo, ha al suo attivo mostre collettive e personali in Italia e all'estero.
Ha realizzato nel 2001 e per le successive edizioni di Piazza Profana, la scenografia della Rappresentazione di San Rocco al Forte di Exilles. Le dodici tavole originali per complessivi 22mq, da cui é stato tratto il manifesto, sono ora esposte al Folk Club di Torino.
Vive e lavora a Torino, dov'é nata, e a Crescentino tra le risaie del vercellese, terra di acqua, di fuoco e di grandi orizzonti che invitano all'avventura. Da lì é partita per molti viaggi fino a giungere a Cuba dov'é iniziata la sua ricerca pittorica nel magico mondo della Santería, a cui ha già dedicato cinque mostre e una serie di cartoline.

"Tutto è cominciato quasi per gioco, come spesso capita ai progetti destinati a dilatarsi. Mi trovavo in una casa del Quebec– racconta - bloccata da una bufera di neve. Sentivo il bisogno di spazi aperti, di muovermi almeno col pensiero. Trovai in uno scaffale un carnet di cartoline di Tim Fitzharris, grande fotografo della wilderness americana. Erano luoghi che conoscevo bene, come la roccia di Percè in Gaspesie o le rive del lago Superiore in Ontario. D’istinto presi alcuni foglietti nei toni della terra, ed iniziai a percorrerli con i tratti veloci imposti dai pastelli ad olio. Non stavo copiando, non avrebbe avuto senso e non ne sarei stata neppure capace. recuperavo emozioni dimenticate che sentivo via via rinascere ed intensificarsi. Un’esperienza irrinunciabile: la possibilità di compiere in pittura viaggi mentali per meglio capire me stessa".
Da quel giorno l’avventura nel ricordo ha portato Maria Giulia Alemanno a muoversi liberamente, come in sogno, da un capo all’altro del mondo, sempre e rigorosamente su fogli di piccole dimensioni, con la volontà di racchiudere, quasi per sfida, in spazi minimali l’immensamente grande.
"Col pensiero posso spostarmi in un attimo, senza estenuanti attese in areoporto e problemi di jet lag, dal fiume San Lorenzo alle coste di Francia, passare da tramonti messicani ad albe liguri, persino far scendere la neve sulle mie risaie in piena estate, se fa troppo caldo. Su un foglio percorro la mitica highway che porta alla Monument Valley e poco dopo, senza logica di tempo e di spazio, seguo le curve di una strada che si snoda tra le colline del Monferrato, ritrovandomi sempre nei paesaggi incantevoli che mi hanno emozionata. E posso concedermi anche soste e riposo in angoli che ho amato, come il rifugio saraceno di Francesco Tabusso a Kien, davanti al mare di Varigotti, o in una baita diroccata nelle valli valdesi".




Sally Swatland, 1946 | Plein air Figurative painter

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Sally Swatland was born in Washington, DC and moved to Greenwich, Connecticut when she was seven. Her father was a successful attorney, which allowed her family to spend long periods in the countryside with many vacations at various seaside locations throughout the United States. She shared a passion with her family for beaches, sunshine, and fresh air. Most summer days were spent at the beach playing in tidal pools, chasing minnows, collecting shells and exploring.











Sally has two sisters who were also encouraged to study drawing, painting, and anything that developed creative expression. Throughout her childhood and teens she painted and drew constantly, developing skill at observing and recording the world around her. She started painting when she was five. Throughout grammar school, high school and college she was always enrolled in art classes. She has always had a passion for art and loves experimenting with color and light.

After graduating with a degree in Fine Art from Mount Saint Vincent College, she went on to study formal figure drawing for six years (1969-1974) at the Art Students League of New York. There she studied under Robert Shultz -the illustrator who continued Norman Rockwell's tradition and became famous for his illustrations that graced the covers of many Zane Gray books.

During the summer months Schultz held numerous plein-air classes on landscape painting in the New Jersey countryside where Sally would religiously drive long distances to attend.

Sally married in her mid-twenties and painted her first 'beach scene' while she was pregnant with her first child.

Sally remembers the time quite well: 'It was somewhat of an accident that I thought about painting children at the beach. I had studied figure and landscape painting at the Art Students League and I was somewhat searching for a subject that interested me. While I was pregnant with my first child, one day I went to the beach with my mother and took some photos of children playing in puddles. I went home and painted a small painting and showed it to some people. The response was very encouraging. They liked the feeling of the painting. I painted a few more that summer'.

After the birth of her first daughter, Noelle in 1975, she spent many summer days at the beaches around Greenwich, Connecticut. She would take Noelle and her friends to the beach during the summer months. There she would capture children on film in all types of beach activities. Her favorite images are of children playing in tidal pools, yielding light filled and colorful reflections. 
When her second daughter, Katie, was born in 1981 she continued the daily summer visits to the beach - adding a new model for her work. The groups of children who gathered to go to the beach grew in numbers and as Noelle and Katie got older, the family would travel to beaches in the Hamptons, and to various beaches in Northern and Southern California. Sally would carry a variety of colorful clothing and an assortment of hats to the beach and she spent a considerable amount of time searching for the right beach apparel.
There was a significant amount of bribery that went on between Sally and her children so that they would co-operate in what she now calls her 'beach dress up photo archives'. The children knew it was a way to acquire further summer treats and gain extra benefits; the children knew how to gain favors - it was all quite amusing to Sally. Her beach photo sessions would always draw a crowd, especially the young children, which allowed her access to even more models.
During the winter months Sally would spend her time painting portraits with most of her commissions coming from referrals, however her love was the summer images on the beach. Today, while she still receives many commissions for portrait work, she has turned her attention to her carefree images of children playing on the beach. Sally uses her extensive 'beach dress up photo archives' as inspiration for her warm and colorful images of childhood.
Sally has exhibited in the Hudson Valley Juried Show; was selected to paint the Governor of Connecticut's Christmas card two years in a row; has had a number of one-women shows in Connecticut and is involved in numerous charities. Each year Sally donates works to: Brunswick Academy, Greenwich Academy, Lime Association of Fairfield County, Putnam Indian Field School and Sloan Kettering Hospital (American Cancer Society) so they may be auctioned off to raise funds.

Currently Sally is a member of the following Societies: 

  • American Impressionist Society; 
  • American Society of Marine Artists; 
  • American Society of Portrait Artists; 
  • Cape Cod Art Association. | © Rehs Galleries, Inc.












































































Sally Swatland è nata nel 1946 a Washington, DC e si trasferì a Greenwich, nel Connecticut, quando aveva sette anni. Ha condiviso una passione con la sua famiglia per le spiagge, sole e aria fresca. Ha iniziato a dipingere quando aveva cinque anni.
Ha sempre avuto una passione per l'arte ed amato sperimentare con il colore e la luce.
Dopo la laurea in Belle Arti dal Monte Saint Vincent College, ha continuato a studiare disegno di figura per sei anni (1969-1974) presso la Art Students League di New York. Ha studiato sotto la guida di Robert Shultz (l'illustratore).
Durante i mesi estivi Schultz ha tenuto numerosi corsi plein-air sulla pittura di paesaggio nelle campagne del New Jersey, dove di Sally percorreva lunghe distanze per parteciparvi. Sally ha dipinto la sua prima 'scena della spiaggia' mentre era incinta del suo primo figlio.
Sally ricorda il momento abbastanza bene: "Mentre ero incinta del mio primo figlio, un giorno sono andato al mare con mia madre e ha preso alcune foto di bambini che giocavano nelle pozzanghere. Tornai a casa ed ho dipinto un piccolo quadro e lo mostrai ad alcune persone.
La risposta è stata molto incoraggiante. Hanno apprezzato il sentimento della pittura".
Dopo la nascita della sua prima figlia, ha trascorso molte giornate estive sulle spiagge vicino a Greenwich, nel Connecticut. Qui catturava i bambini sulla pellicola in tutti i tipi di attività in spiaggia. Le sue immagini preferite sono dei bambini che giocano in pozze di marea, ottenendo pieni di luce e colorata riflessioni.
Quando la sua seconda figlia, Katie, è nato nel 1981, ha proseguito le visite estive giornaliere al mare assumendo come modelli i suoi figli.
Durante i mesi invernali dipingeva i ritratti commissionati e tralasciati durante l'estate, ma il suo amore erano le immagini estive sulla spiaggia.
Sally ha esposto nella Hudson Valley Juried Mostra, è stato scelta per dipingere cartoline di Natale del Connecticut per due anni di fila ed è coinvolta in numerose attività benefiche.
Ogni anno di Sally dona sue opere per essere vendute all'asta per raccogliere fondi.






Takanori Oguiss 荻須高徳 | Paris painting

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Takanori Oguiss (1901-1986), a Japanese Expressionist painter known as "the Parisien born in Japan", was active in the Parisian art world in the early 20th century. He is noted for capturing the alcoves and street corners of the French capital with his characteristic lack of showiness and aesthetic balance, often choosing to forgo the inclusion of human figures.







Born in Inazawa, Takanori Oguiss, son of a landowner in the Nagoya area.
After attending the academy of arts of Tokyo, Takanori Oguiss moved to Paris in 1927 where he became a student of Foujita. he rapidly became a part of the Parisian artistic circle and in 1933 began working in one of the ateliers of the "Montmartre aux artistes".
He painted primarily the old picturesque districts and suburbs of Paris, but also still lifes and landscapes.
During his eight-year stay in Japan, he attained recognition in his native country, taking part in exhibitions, as he had done in France. Takanori Oguiss was also a writer.
He wrote and illustrated the "Nouvelles de Paris". His dedication to the art of lithography began only in 1971. Retrospectives on Oguiss were held as early as 1955, and a museum in his hometown of Inazawa opened three years before his death.

































Nato a Inazawa, Takanori Oguiss, figlio di un proprietario terriero nella zona di Nagoya, dopo aver studiato al Beaux-Arts a Tokyo, nel 1927 si trasferisce a Parigi, dove diventa allievo di Foujita. Presto diventa parte del circolo artistico di Parigi a nel 1933 inizia a lavorare presso l'atelier "Montmartre aux artistes".
Dipinse soprattutto i vecchi quartieri pittoreschi e sobborghi di Parigi, ma anche nature morte e paesaggi.
Durante il suo soggiorno di otto anni in Giappone, ha raggiunto il riconoscimento nel suo paese natale, prendendo parte a mostre, come aveva fatto in Francia. Takanori Oguiss era anche uno scrittore. Ha scritto ed illustrato la "Nouvelles de Paris".



Tong Chin Sye 童振狮, 1939 | Watercolor painter

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Singaporean Artist Tong Chin Sye is an avid traveller who sketches and paints on location. He is inspired by architectural and cultural subject matters. Tong’s painting technique is distinctive as his oils and watercolours naturally blend in the beauty of Chinese Calligraphy. Painting the rapidly changing cityscapes and street scenes of Singapore continues to be his passion.
Born in 1939, Tong Chin Sye is a renowned Singaporean multimedia artist and part-time lecturer in Western Art at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore.
In 1987, Tong won first prize in the PSA Art Competition held in Singapore.










In 1992 he also won the Tan Tsze Chor Art Award.
He was invited in 1998 to represent Singapore at the Flemish Watercolour Days in Zaventum, Europe. He has held solo and group exhibitions both locally and abroad.

A frequent traveler, Tong, with an open mind, continues to be inspired by architectural and cultural subject matters. Each new subject matter, be it a figures or an architectural structure, is well translated into his new spectrum of colors.
All images captured by him never fail to present new excitement to viewers and art lovers.
His watercolors and oil paintings naturally blend in the beauty of Chinese calligraphy. Viewers are easily moved by the flow of lines and the dynamics of mark making.
His strength in sketching and drawing allows him to compose and work directly through sketch reference made during his trips. This truly expands his scopes in composing and designing picture surface, differentiating him from many painters who work directly from photographic references. His choice of colors is a balanced mixture of personality and visual memory.
Tong works on all media including chinese painting, calligraphy, watercolor, oil and acrylic. With his variety of styles, Tong is the most sought after art instructor in Singapore. His students range from beginner painters to artists. He has conducted numerous talks and workshops including a watercolor appreciation lecture and demonstration at the Singapore Art Museum.





















































Piet van de Hoef, 1949 | Plein air painter

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Born in the Netherlands, Piet van de Hoef has been painting for almost all his life. In 2003 he has decided tot quit his job as doctor and to devote his time to painting art.
Painting is an instrument to observe for him. Perception is always the starting point. The image is formed by experience and history. Therefore it is always a personal view.
The perception and its translation to an image is a journey, whether it is a landscape, model, still life or a portrait. He graduated in 2010 from the Classical Academy for Art Painting in Groningen.















































































Pedro Fausto, 1955 | Abstract Figurative painter

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Pedro Fausto Rodriguez Pérez was born in Tijarafe, La Palma.
From 1974-78 studied at the School of Arts and Crafts of S / C de la Palma and the College of Fine Arts S / C de Tenerife.






























Solo Exhibitions

  • 1980. Casino de Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
  • 1981. Exhibition Hall of the Island Council. S / C de la Palma;
  • 1982. Casa de Venezuela (La Laguna). Art Gallery of Banco de Bilbao. La Orotava;
  • 1983. Galera Canaria Art. Santa Cruz de Tenerife;
  • 1984. Art Gallery and Antiques, Los Llanos;
  • 1985. Exhibition Hall of the Island Council. Santa Cruz de La Palma;
  • 1986. Sala Caja Canarias. Los Llanos;
  • 1987. Circle XII. Santa Cruz de Tenerife;
  • 1988. Casa de la Cultura. Los Llanos;
  • 1989. Sala de Arte Caja Canarias. Los Sauces;
  • 1990. Casa de Salazar. Santa Cruz de La Palma;
  • 1991. Galera I-Art. Santa Cruz de Tenerife;
  • 1992. Casa de la Cultura. Tijarafe;
  • 1993. Galera Magda Lazaro. S / C de Tenerife;
  • 1994. Mapfre Foundation Guanarteme. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria;
  • 1995. Sala Caja Canarias. .. La Laguna Tenerife;
  • 1996. ICCAT. La Caja de Canarias. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria;
  • 1997. Casa de Salazar. Santa Cruz de La Palma;
  • 1998. Sala de Arte Caja Canarias. .. La Laguna Tenerife;
  • 1999. Sala Cultural Caja Madrid. Barcelona;
  • 2000. Island Council Chamber. Lustrales parties in S / Cde la Palma;
  • 2002. Art Gallery O `Daly, 2. S / C de la Palma;
  • 2003. "Trnsitos" Galerie Berlin. Exhibition Hall Germany Najera. Madrid;
  • 2004. Toledo Gate Cultural Center. Madrid;
  • 2005. Art Center Santo Domingo. Teguise. Lanzarote;
  • 2006. Art Gallery O `Daly, 2. S / C de la Palma;
  • 2007. CajaCanarias Art Gallery. Los Llanos Exhibitions;
  • 1975. "Fiestas Lustrales Santa Cruz de La Palma". Art Gallery of Club Deportivo Tenisca;
  • 1979. Tijarafe Exhibition Hall, and Los Llanos de Tazacorte Aridane.;
  • 1986. Convento de San Francisco. Santa Cruz de La Palma.;
  • 1988. The role of the Canaries. Artist& and Book Exhibition at the Ateneo de Madrid.;
  • 1989. Inauguration of I-Art Galley, Santa Cruz de Tenerife. "Still Life", Exhibition Hall Crculo XII. Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Inauguration of the Art Gallery "The Chatita" Brea Baja;
  • 1991. 91 Crculo Carnival XII, S / C de Tenerife.;
  • 1992. Galera Flix Rodrguez, Santa Cruz de Tenerife. "The Book", Art Hall Inauguration Library Guajara, Universidad de la Laguna.;
  • 1993. "Days of its comprehensiveness Human" Casa de Salazar, Santa Cruz de La Palma. 
  • 1996. "Stilleben" Galerie Berlin. Berlin. International Art Fair in Cologne. Germany (Galerie Berlin);
  • 2004. Colors and Shapes. Home Massieu. Exhibition of paintings and audiovisual projection by Peter Faust and published formats DVD "Where Silence is blue" about the singer Ima Galgun. Tazacorte.




















































Dariusz Żejmo, 1966 | Fantasy /Figurative painter


Alan Giana | Nature's Fantasy painter | VideoArt

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Alan Giana is an American award winning painter, known for working in the Fantasy style.
His work has won many awards, including the Pro-Comm Award of Excellence by the Business Marketing Association, the Premier Print Award by the Printing Industries of America, and the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Best Toy Award.

For biographical notes -in english and italian- and works by Alan Giana see Alan Giana | Nature's Fantasy painter.













Solmaz Tohidlou, 1975 | Abstract portrait painter

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Solmaz Tohidloo is an Iranian artist who was born and working in Iran.
Solmaz Tohidloo has had several gallery and museum exhibitions, including at the Seyhoun Art Gallery.









Meredith Marsone, 1977 | Abstracted Love

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Meredith Marsone's (formerly Collins) paintings and drawings explore questions of heritage and identity. At times there is a tension in her works that reference her Pakeha and Māori heritage, ta moko or floral designs delicately adorn faces of her subjects. Heritage as well as the continuity of one's lineage are depicted in Meredith's works which often feature her with her daughters.
Crystal Ardern, curator Waikato Museum, describes Meredith's work as "Striking, captivating, and beautiful paintings - yet hinting at something more, something uneasy even. She has explored intimate, sometimes painful issues through paint and canvas, but she has been able to veil her work enough so that she is not completely exposed".

















Meredith has exhibited extensively throughout New Zealand and has work exhibited in Australia and New York.
Her work is included in the Wallace Collection and Trust Waikato Collection and she has been a finalist in the National Contemporary Art Award, Wallace Art Awards, Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award, The Adam Portraiture Award, and Australia's Agendo Art Award and she was a winner of a Merit Award in the National Painting and Printmaking Award in 2008.

Meredith won first place in the Lysaght Watt Art Award 2015, was the winner of a Merit Award in the National Painting and Printmaking Award in 2008 and has been a finalist in the National Contemporary Art Award, Wallace Art Awards, Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award, The Adam Portraiture Award, and Australia's Agendo Art Award.









































Remembering Arquer Buigas (1932-2012) | Master of impressionist figures

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Cayetano de Arquer Buigas (January 11th, 1932-September 13, 2012) was and stands as perhaps one of the most emblematic inheritors of 19th-century Catalan and French Impressionist style (seen in artists such as Ramón Casas and Eduard Degás). With his elegant, restrained color palette and compelling balance between composition and subject choices, Buigas’s output has afforded him the status of a beloved, enduring master.

For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Buigas see Cayetano De Arquer Buigas, 1932 | Impressionist Figurative painter.


























































Kelly Denato | Pop Surrealism painter

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Brooklyn-based artist Kelly Denato works in a variety of industries and mediums. She works professionally in animation, illustration, and design with clients such as Nickelodeon, American Eagle Outfitters, Clinique, InStyle Magazine, and Timex. Denato also regularly exhibits her paintings, drawings, sculptures, and soft sculptures in galleries across the US.

What inspires Denato is the beauty of optimism, and its inherent tragedy, just before disappointment. Her paintings, which are marked by darkness as well as gleeful exuberance, are emotional expressions of this elusive pursuit for meaning and the simultaneity of ill-fated happiness.









Denato’s painting technique is characterized by meticulous and tiny strokes layered on a textured background. Her colors are glistening and candy-like, often lifting her characters out of darkness as if they have been carved by lacerating colors.
Her genius is her ability richly layer paint while still employing economy in the use of her line, maintaining an empathetic sense of gesture. Her characters are often floating and tangled, drawn with a masterfully delicate illustrator’s hand and an eye for the whimsically sardonic.
Denato’s process speaks to the surreal and fluctuating world that her subjects inhabit. In the Artist’s words “Everything starts with drawing. I will draw as often as possible in a kind of “stream of consciousness”. As patterns, imagery, and symbols begin to emerge, a theme presents itself. Like a Rorschach test of my own doodles, I interpret meaning from those symbols. Then I develop from there, symbols feeding into meaning and meaning into symbols in an infinite a loop”. | Liz Artinian, Bunnycutlet Gallery, NY





























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