Claudio Cionini was born in Grosseto, Tuscany, in 1978. After studying painting at the Florence Academy of Fine Arts, his attention turned to the industrial landscapes surrounding the town of Piombino, where he now lives. A visit to Paris in 2007 provided further inspiration. Fascinated by the city’s boulevards and their seemingly endless vistas, the…

“It’s great if my art helps some people enjoy a wonderful laugh about something dark, which will possibly make it all a bit more bearable.” – Andreas Claussen Andreas Claussen (b. 1988) is a multidisciplinary artist who combines traditional drawing and painting skills with modern technologies like 3D rendering. Apart from his graphic designer mother,…

“Raised where the east coast suburbs filtered into the woods and farms, I create oil paintings of everyday objects and places with which we have complicated and often ambiguous relationships. Pulled from their context, they have something to say about how we interact with the world and each other. These are stories of the arbitrary nature of beauty, of melancholy,…

Born in Danvers, Massachusetts in 1966, Trish Coonrod grew up with her 9 siblings, she has always loved to paint and draw, knowing from a young age that she would be an artist. Trish majored in painting at Washington University in St. Louis and later at The New York Academy of Art, where she graduated with honors in…

Bethanne Kinsella Cople received a classical Fine Art Education at George Washington University (GWU) in Washington, DC. Her plein air landscape paintings are known for their lush painterly quality. Loosely painted yet realistic, they invite the viewer to experience each painting anew with every observation. This quality gives her paintings a timeless appeal. Using expressive…

Gene Costanza is a contemporary realist oil painter who prefers the “painterly” application of oils. “At our point in history, there have been so many schools and movements in the visual arts, one can pick and choose techniques etc, and eclectically build a painting that borrows from that rich and varied history. He focuses his…

Mark Demsteader was born in 1963 in Manchester, England. He attended Rochdale College in Toronto, Oldham Art College in Oldhalm, England, and Slade School of Fine Art in London, England. His work has developed from his fascination with the human form and classical themes. These interests can be perceived in his recent paintings, Demsteader’s close…

Painter Carmen Drake (1964) was born in Lincoln, Maine and grew up in Meriden, Connecticut. Since childhood, she has had a passion for drawing and painting, winning numerous awards as a young artist. In 1984 she attended the Paire College of Arts until she moved to North Carolina in 1986. With a child on the…

Jeff Erickson is a contemporary abstract painter living in Alexandria, Virginia. At a young age, Jeff knew he wanted art to play a major role in his life. His grandmother who was an American Impressionist painter inspired him. Erickson would watch her create colorful brush strokes across the canvas. Jeff grew up traveling the world…

Elizabeth Floyd began her career as an architect. Her true passion was always to be an artist, but her first foray into painting with oils, her current medium, wasn’t until 2006. In 2009, Elizabeth was successful in achieving her goal of transitioning to art full time. Following this transition, she pursued further artistic learning and…