Amy Sherald, 1973 | Magic Realism painter

Amy Sherald is an American painter.

She works mostly as a portraitist depicting African Americans in everyday settings.

Her style is simplified realism, involving staged photographs of her subjects.

Since 2012, her work has used grisaille to portray skin tones, a choice she describes as intended to challenge conventions about skin color and race.

Jorge Luis Borges | I giusti / The just

Un uomo che coltiva il suo giardino, come voleva Voltaire.

Chi è contento che sulla terra esista la musica.

Chi scopre con piacere un’etimologia.

Due impiegati che in un caffè del Sud giocano in silenzio agli scacchi.

Vincent van Gogh | Sower at Sunset

Patrick Saunders, 1970 | Plein Air painter

Patrick Saunders is an award-winning artist who travels the globe, creating fine art, teaching painting workshops, and judging painting competitions.

Patrick paints a variety of subjects, including portraits, landscapes, cityscapes, and florals.

He has studied with many renowned painters, including Mark English, Malcolm Liepke, Wilbur Niewald, Richard Schmid, and Burton Silverman.

After graduating from the Kansas City Art Institute, Patrick spent a decade as an artist at Hallmark Cards before returning to KCAI to accept a faculty position teaching illustration, painting, animation, and web design.

Anne-Marie Kornachuk, 1969

Anne-Marie Kornachuk, nata a Pin Court, Quebec, è una pittrice realista, meglio conosciuta per i suoi dipinti di donne circondate da risme di tessuto.

Nei suoi quadri la drammaticità del tessuto è al centro della scena.

Lavorando con l'olio ed utilizzando tecniche pittoriche tradizionali, è influenzata dalla teatralità dell'Arte Barocca.

La natura animata del tessuto parla dei drammi interiori nascosti delle sue figure.

Alex Grey, 1953 | Visionary artist

Alex Grey was born in Columbus, Ohio as Alex Velzy.

He was the middle child of Walt and Jane Velzy.

His father was a graphic designer who encouraged Alex’s art making.

Elementary school teachers recognized and supported his devotion to drawing.

Kathrin Longhurst, 1971 | Pittrice iperrealista

L'artista figurativa contemporanea Kathrin Longhurst è nata nella Germania orientale comunista.

Pittrice figurativa di formazione classica, Kathrin Longhurst ha iniziato a frequentare corsi di disegno dal vero all'età di quattordici anni.

Quando Kathrin aveva solo quindici anni, la sua famiglia fuggì da "dietro la cortina di ferro", trasferendosi in Svezia.

Questa stridente transizione da un regime totalitario a una democrazia ha acceso la passione di Kathrin per l'esplorazione dei concetti di libertà di parola e di espressione, concetti che continuano a permeare il suo lavoro oggi.

Tanaka Hideo, 1959 | Surrealist painter

Born in Fukuoka, Japan, Hideo began painting in 2009.

In 2011 he received the SHUNYOU Society Award at the 99th Shunyo Exhibition.

His first solo exhibition was in 2012 at Gallery So in Japan.

Simultaneously he kept working as creative director of the advertising agency Frontage Co. and created advertisements for some of the biggest international companies, such as Sony Music, BMW, Budweiser, and Sony.

Wisława Szymborska: Falling from the Sky / Cadenti dal cielo

The magic goes, although the great forces

stay in their place. On August nights

you don’t know if the falling thing is a star,

nor if it is precisely that that has to fall.

Vincent van Gogh | The starry night, 1888

Jim Salvati, 1957 | Disney Art

Il pittore Americano Jim Salvati trasforma le scene più belle di alcuni cartoni animati, in opere d'arte.

Lavora nell'industria cinematografica come visual concept designer e artista cinematografico.

Diplomato presso il prestigioso Art Center College of Design di Pasadena nel 1982, ed in seguito diventato lui stesso docente nel medesimo college, Jim Salvati trasmette ai suoi allievi la passione per la pittura edn messaggio importante: "Anche le persone "normali" possono diventare dei grandi artisti".

Legros Guillaume (Saype), 1987 | Land art

"Our lives and our acts are destined to become traces of our passage in this world, it is up to us to know what to do with them" - Legros Guillaume (Saype)".

Legros Guillaume alias Saype (born February 17, 1989, in Belfort, France) is a contemporary artist.

He is known for creating ultra-realistic giant paintings in nature using a biodegradable paint he invented himself.

In 2019, Forbes magazine ranked him among the 30 most influential people under 30 in art and culture.

S. Zavattari: "I forti non sono amati. Sono scomodi.."

I forti non sono amati da tutti.

Sono scomodi.

Sono poco manipolabili.

Alejandro Decinti | Rapto de Europa

I forti sanno sentire se stessi,

conoscono i loro diritti

e non sono disposti a rinunciarci.

Sanno essere felici malgrado tutto.

Leonardo Lucchi, 1952 | Figurative sculptor

Italian sculptor Leonardo Lucchi was born in Cesena.

He lives and works in his hometown.

He accomplished his studies at the Art School of Ceramics in Faenza where he graduated in 1970.

In 1991 he exhibited in London for the first time, at the Accademia Italiana delle Arti e delle Arti Applicate.

Morgan LaPlante, 1996 | Figurative painter

Morgan LaPlante was born in Medfield, MA.

She was brought up by parents passionate about architecture and art, and being homeschooled was given time and encouragement to study painting from a young age.

On trips to museums Morgan often wondered how paintings were made, why the artist chose to paint a subject, and what made them stand out through time.

As she grew her interest in art only deepened.

Louis Carr, 1981 | Portrait painter

Louis Carr (born in Clarksdale, Mississippi) lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Louis's work focuses on classical realism through the delicate rendition of the human figure and landscapes of the natural world.

Since the materialization of his artistic gifts during his childhood, he has embarked on a lifelong journey to establish himself as a master of fine art.

His amiability and innate aptitude for business make him an exceptional, versatile tutor, and his dexterous draftsmanship and perceptive interpretation of value and form instill a visible vitality in his paintings, preserving a high demand for his work.