Carel Willink (1900-1983) Imaginary Realism painter

Albert Carel Willink was a Dutch painter🎨 who called his style of Magic realism "imaginary realism".

He was born in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

He was the eldest son of the mechanic Jan Willink and Wilhelmina Altes. His father was an amateur artist who encouraged his son to paint.

After briefly studying medicine, in 1918-19 Willink studied architecture at the Technische Hogeschool in Delft.

John Singer Sargent: "The thicker you paint, the more it flows"

• "Impressionism was the name given to a certain form of observation when Monet, not content with using his eyes to see what things were or what they looked like as everybody had done before him, turned his attention to noting what took place on his own retina".

• "Impressionismo" è il nome che è stato dato ad una certa forma di osservazione quando Monet, non contento di usare gli occhi per vedere le cose o il loro aspetto come tutti gli altri avevano fatto prima di lui, ha posto la sua attenzione su ciò che accadeva nella sua retina, così come un oculista avrebbe esaminato la propria vista".

Ginette Beaulieu, 1954 | Magical realism painter

Ginette Beaulieu was always passionate about drawing and in particular, was drawn to the techniques of the Renaissance masters, of which she completed formal training from 1979-1980.

Beaulieu is educated in art restoration and in ancient painting techniques. She defines herself as a hyperrealist painter and uses oil, pastel and pencil in her work.

Her work is distinguished by the use of mediums that she develops from decanted oils and natural pigments.

Romel de la Torre, 1963

Romel de la Torre attended the American Academy of Art in Chicago, where he was awarded the President's Foundation Award and the Union League Scholarship Award🎨.

After graduating with a fine arts concentration, Romel continued to paint in the Chicago area and joined The Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Arts, where he began studying with nationally renowned artist Richard Schmid and painting with other painters. It was a turning point of his creative and artistic career.

Dan Beck, 1955

Dan Beck is an American🎨 Impressionist painter, Oil Painters of America (OPA) signature member - American Impressionist Society (AIS) signature member - Plein-Air Painters of the SouthEast (PAPSE) member .

Wanderlust was Dan's primary motivation in the decade following his graduation from high school.

Dan took to the road, working jobs that included ranch hand in Arizona, construction on the beach of Florida, refinishing furniture in Louisiana and four years in the infantry, including a two year tour in Germany.

Bryce Cameron Liston, 1965

Born in a small town in Utah, Bryce Cameron Liston believes his first desire to be an artist was formed at a very young age when he would go out with his mother while she painted the Utah landscape.

Later in school, drawing was a comfort zone for Liston.

"It was a subject that excited me - I always had energy and interest for it".

It was here that Liston found his love of the human form.

Viktor Sheleg, 1962

Victor Sheleg is an Russian self-taught artist, known for working in Abstract style. His creativity is based on his personal worldview, which earned him a solid reputation of an independent artist.

Sheleg developed his style and aesthetic preference in a country isolated from the rest of the world and known for its climate of conformity.