Andrea Otte: "I Hope You Still Believe In Magic.."

"I am Andrea Otte a freelance photographer situated in Antwerp, Belgium, a dreamer and the creator of my own little world.

Just a little lady on a tiny planet, a positive thinker, a seeker of beauty and magic in everything.

I believe life is all about passion and finding your own kind of magic.

My eye for all the beauty around me, big and small, has always been active, but only the last four years I have been trying to capture the wonders of the world, accompanied by my Nikon D5300".

Vicky Mount, 1975

Vicky Mount is an established artist, known for Humorous figure, town scenes and animal paintings.

Her oil paintings represent the quirkiness and love of everyday life… mostly through cats’ eyes.

Vicky lives in Edinburgh, Scotland with her husband, daughter, two cats, and a big old dog.

Jacques Prévert | Per te, amore mio / For you, my love

Per te amore mio

Sono andato al mercato degli uccelli

E ho comprato uccelli

Per te

amor mio

Sono andato al mercato dei fiori

E ho comprato fiori

Marc Chagall | Promenade, 1917

Alfred Kowalski | Genre painter

Alfred Jan Maksymilian Kowalski /Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski (1849-1915) was a Polish painter and representative of the Munich School.

He was born on 11 October 1849 in Suwałki to father Teofil Kowalski of the Wieruszowa coat of arms and mother Teofilia (née Siewierska).

Wierusz-Kowalski settled in Munich in 1876 after studies in Warsaw, Prague, and Dresden.

He studied for a year at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts, and worked under Józef Brandt and Alexander von Wagner.

Françoise Pétrovitch, 1964

Born in Chambéry, Françoise Pétrovitch teaches Fine Arts at the École Supérieure Estienne.

In 1996 she was awarded a special mention at the Lacourière Prize.

She lives and works in Cachan.

Françoise Pétrovitch always leads us gently and gravely where we do not expect to go.

Andrey Shishkin, 1960

Andrey Alekseyevich Shishkin / Андрей Алексеевич Шишкин è un pittore Russo.

Le sue opere sono uno degli esempi più importanti della moderna scena russa di "arte pagana" legata alla fede nativa slava in Russia.

È nato e cresciuto a Mosca.

Si occupa di pittura dagli inizi degli anni 2000 ed attualmente lavora in uno studio privato.

Alexander Goryachev, 1973 | Romantic landscape painter

Alexander Goryachev / Александр Рудольфович Горячев was born in Yalta.

Interest in fine arts appeared from childhood.

The first works were copies of classics: I. Aivazovsky, I. Shishkin, Levitan...

He graduated from the F. Vasiliev art school in Yalta.

In 1986 he entered the Ivanovo Art School.

Victor Hugo: L'uomo e la donna / Man and Woman

L'uomo è la più elevata delle creature.

La donna è il più sublime degli ideali.

Dio fece per l'uomo un trono, per la donna un altare.

Il trono esalta, l'altare santifica.

Angeles Anglada | Pretexto

Wang Yiguang, 1962

Wang Yiguang / 王沂光 is a modern Chinese painter, notable for his Tibetan paintings of flying people, yaks and sheep.

Wang Yi Guang was born in Yimeng Mountain area of Shandong, China.

He is a younger brother of another notable painter, Wang Yidong (王沂东).

He graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing in 1990.

Luigi Benedicenti | Hyperrealist painter

Luigi Benedicenti (1948-2015) was an Photorealist painter from Chieri (Torino), Italy, recognized for his seductive representations of sweets, pastries, and other still life compositions.

Benedicenti’s sensual use of light, reflection, and his invisible brush strokes make his gloss-like paintings seem edible enough to eat.

For his work, he chose the theme of food.

Dubi Roman, 1957 | Impressionist photographer

Dubi Roman, born in Haifa, is an Israeli artist whose roots in the holy city of Safed span five generations, influencing his deep connection to spirituality and geographical landscapes.

Despite residing in Tel Aviv, the country's bustling urban center, Roman consistently draws artistic inspiration from the untamed beauty of Israel's trees, fields, and flowers.

In his pursuit of encapsulating the play of light in nature, Roman’s work goes beyond mere visual representation.

Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928)

Charles Rennie Mackintosh was a Scottish architect, designer, water colourist and artist.

His artistic approach had much in common with European Symbolism.

His work, alongside that of his wife Margaret Macdonald, was influential on European design movements such as Art Nouveau and Secessionism and praised by great modernists such as Josef Hoffmann.

Sergej Pisarenko, 1967 | Impressionist painter

Sergei Pisarenko / Сергей Писаренко was born in Molodechno, Minsk region, Belarus.

Professional artist.

Studied at the Academy of Arts in Minsk (Department of Easel Graphics).

Works in watercolor and oil painting techniques.

Member of the Belarusian Union of Artists since 2008.

Susan Entwistle | Pointillist painter

British artist Susan Entwistle is one of the few pointillist painters practising their art.

Her unique style of painting is created with layers of colourful dots.

This technique captures the vibrancy and essence of beautiful gardens, flowers and landscapes.

Susan's work has sprung out of the nostalgia of a childhood that was so often centred on the garden and the natural landscape around her.