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Klara Sedlo

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Klara is a figurative painter living and working in Prague, Czechia. She finished her studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague in 2020 with a Master's degree and has been actively participating in numerous exhibitions in her home country and abroad. She was a Finalist at BBA Artist Prize 2019, Germany and Mostyn Open 21, Great Britain.

Klara focuses on symbolic depictions of situations, persons, feelings, or objects. She paints the world around her using significant contemporary elements and a bit of sad or scary feeling that is common to all of us. She also likes to insert absurd jokes and moments into the paintings as well – so the result is not only scary or weird but also funny in a way.

She likes to work with a subconscious mind, creating her ideas, visions or stories from her own imaginative landscape. She is trying to make the artworks in such a way, that the painting would nudge the viewer's imagination and let the people reveal the stories behind the paintings. Klara works mainly with oil paints on linen canvas.

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Phyllis Shipley

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International Artist Phyllis Shipley has successfully produced room-brightening, expressive, fine art for home and corporate. Artist Shipley has been a successful gallery owner, art show participant, and gallery exhibitor. The Artist began painting professionally following years of playing and teaching music with the organ and piano, raising children, and enjoying a successful career as a purchasing executive with a major chemical corporation.

Phyllis began her art studies in oil at Tennessee State University and has extended her studies in the United States, Europe and Central America. She was also an original member of the Tennessee Ten Art Association.

Artist Shipley, originally from Johnson City, Tennessee, now resides in Rockledge, Florida, applying her “inner vision” to create loose and flowing colors with a music fluidity of expression. Phyllis defines her work as figurative abstractions and quotes the Artist: “Color can express emotions and my goal is to express a sense of joy and excitement for being alive through my paintings.” Look for them and read the story. Phyllis’ story is written in the National Digest Magazine 2021 and she is also listed in The Marquis “Who’s Who in American”, and recently on the cover of their magazine “MILLENNIUM”, 10th edition. Phyllis has also received a” lifetime achievement award” from ROYAL Publications. She is also the subject of the book “On the Road to Inner Vision” by Budd Melanson.

Phyllis has been a judge for the U.S. Congressional Art Competition for the past five years, an art exhibitor in multiple arenas, and is active in multiple galleries in the United States and Europe to include the following:

Art &Cross Culture Society, 5 rue du Morbihan, 35700 Rennes, France

The Studios of Cocoa Beach, 165 Minutemen Causeway, Cocoa Beach, Florida.

Amsterdam Whitney International Art Gallery, 531 W 25th St. New York City, NY.

Liz-Beth Gallery of Knoxville, Tennessee.

Saphira & Ventura International Gallery

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Fran Johnson Fine Art

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Flo Dinis Klopries

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Flo Dinis Klopries was born in Portugal and lives in France.

2006 - 2009 member of abstract painter Michel Duparchy's mordern art group (France)

2009 - 2017 academic fine art studies at Stefan Beiu's art studio - former docent at Moscow Art Academy Wassily Surikov (and Victor Grusevan) art studio: academic drawing and painting with models, old master techniques, collages, mixed media,...

2022 - Member of Mondial Art Academia https://www.mondialartacademia.com

International Art Professionals Awards 2022 - Honorific Mention (Abstract Art)

Exhibiting at "Salon des Artistes Francais" and "Salon d'Automne", Paris, since 2020

Since 2006 regularly taking part in international exhibitions in Luxemburg, France and Germany

April 2023 - Opening an art studio at the french/german border

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Diane Liguori

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American painter, Diane Liguori was born in North Carolina, raised in upstate New York, and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area straight out of college. She is a former advertising executive and a public biotech Chief of Staff who gifted herself with a hard-earned new creative career as both artist and writer. Diane has an MFA from San Francisco-based Academy of Art University and a studio located in the heart of the Alexander Valley in Geyserville, California. Her work has been shown and sold in private galleries as well as juried regional, national and international exhibitions. Diane is a member of American Women Artists, California Art Club, and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.

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Marie Diane Bessette

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From Canada, Marie Diane Bessette is a semi-figurative painter of nature, and above all of trees and birds. She has chosen Laurentians to live at and create. For Bessette it was always easy to express herself through drawing.

She studied arts at CEGEP du Vieux-Montréal where she worked in several media. Subsequently, she continued her artistic training at the Center des arts visuels and at Concordia University, in drawing, in oil painting, then in emotional painting with Madame Rita Brianski. Her evolution towards the semi-figurative was when she joined the Sfumato workshop in 2012. Her work is important and allows the artist to explore other corners of her creativity. She produces, with various media on both small, medium and large format paintings, several of which are also diptychs and triptychs.

Bessette practices and teaches a method of drawing that cultivates creative potential by silencing logic to better see the world to which we are linked. Out of time, the whole being participates in it.

Peintre semi-figurative de la nature, et avant tout des arbres et des oiseaux, elle a choisi les Laurentides pour y vivre et créer. Elle a toujours eu de la facilité à s’exprimer par le dessin. Elle étudie les arts au CEGEP du Vieux-Montréal où elle touche à plusieurs médias. Par la suite, elle poursuit sa formation artistique au Centre des arts visuels et à l’Université Concordia, en dessin, en peinture à l’huile, puis en peinture émotionnelle avec Madame Rita Brianski.on évolution vers le semi-figuratif, s’effectue lors de son adhésion à l’atelier Sfumato en 2012. Son œuvre est importante et lui permet d’explorer d’autres recoins de sa créativité. Elle produit avec des médiums variés autant des tableaux de petite dimension, que de format moyen et de grand format. Plusieurs de ses tableaux composent des diptyques et des triptyques.

Elle pratique et enseigne une méthode de dessin qui cultive le potentiel créateur en faisant taire la logique pour mieux voir le monde auquel nous sommes liés. Hors du temps, l’être entier y participe.

Au rythme du printemps (The Rhythm of Spring) - Acrylic on wood R. 101,6 cm
J’entends les cris des oiseaux migrateurs qui se dirigent en formation vers le nord. La bernache vit au rythme des saisons : le printemps suit l’hiver, l’été suit le printemps et l’automne suit l’été. Comme l’oiseau, toute chose a ses cycles. Il fait bon de faire partie de tout cela. (1 /4 série Au Rythme des saisons)
I hear the cries of migrating birds flying north in their V formation. The wild goose lives to the rhythm of the seasons: spring follows winter, summer follows spring, and autumn follows summer. Everything has its cycles. It feels good to be part of it all. (1/4 Series The Rhythm of the Seasons)

Au rythme de l'été (The Rhythm of Summer) - Acrylic on wood R. 61 cm
Pendant la saison de nidification, le mâle défend les abords du nid contre les intrusions. La bernache vit au rythme des saisons : le printemps suit l’hiver, l’été suit le printemps et l’automne suit l’été. Comme l’oiseau, toute chose a ses cycles. Il fait bon de faire partie de tout cela. (2/4 série Au Rythme des saisons)
During nesting season, the male defends the perimeter of the nest against intruders. The wild goose lives to the rhythm of the seasons: spring follows winter, summer follows spring, and autumn follows summer. Everything has its cycles. It feels good to be part of it all. (2/4 Series The Rhythm of the Seasons)

Au rythme de l'automne (The Rhythm of Fall) - Acrylic on wood R. 61 cm
Les oies sauvages s’envolent à l’automne pour des contrées plus chaudes. La bernache vit au rythme des saisons : le printemps suit l’hiver, l’été suit le printemps et l’automne suit l’été. Comme l’oiseau, toute chose a ses cycles. Il fait bon de faire partie de tout cela. (3/4 série Au Rythme des saisons)
The wild geese fly away to warmer climes in fall. The wild goose lives to the rhythm of the seasons: spring follows winter, summer follows spring, and autumn follows summer. Everything has its cycles. It feels good to be part of it all. (3 /4 Series The Rhythm of the Seasons)

Au rythme de l'hiver (The Rhythm of Winter) - Acrylic on wood R. 61 cm
Par ce froid glacial, un nuage a épousé la forme d’une oie sauvage. La bernache vit au rythme des saisons : le printemps suit l’hiver, l’été suit le printemps et l’automne suit l’été. Comme l’oiseau, toute chose a ses cycles. Il fait bon de faire partie de tout cela. (4/4 série Au Rythme des saisons)
In the glacial cold, a cloud takes the shape of a wild goose. The wild goose lives to the rhythm of the seasons: spring follows winter, summer follows spring, and autumn follows summer. Everything has its cycles. It feels good to be part of it all. (4/4 Series The Rhythm of the Seasons)

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Julia Hacker

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“Some 30 years ago, I left the former USSR with one suitcase in search of new possibilities and came to Toronto, Canada. I can not even point out the particular reason for this move. It could be as serious as a nuclear disaster in Chornobyl or simply a curiosity and longing for a different life. All is a matter of that decision having been made.

I left a successful fashion designer position at Fashion Centre and got my first job in Toronto at the coat check in the local theatre. Thus my life was changed forever.

Today art and my life are intertwined. My desire to learn how to live in the moment, how to be truly present, and search for awareness is a lifelong quest that I cherish. It is a state of consciousness when I feel appreciation and humbleness, and interconnectedness with the universe that I strive to express in the process of the evolution of my art.”

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Akshita Lad

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Akshita’s art originates either from an emotional, autobiographical point of view or from a point of view based on the reality around her. She is led to intuitively paint with emotional freedom when she is creating her abstract expressionist works. When painting the reality around her, whether inspired by nature or people, she tends to follow more traditional techniques of painting.

Akshita paints with a lot of sensitivity and emotion. She uses colors, symbols and elements to imbue her paintings with a specific energy and meaning. Everything from the colors, textures, and brushwork come together in harmony and invite the viewer to connect with the emotions and story of her paintings. Her aim is to sustain this relationship - the instinctive, deep-rooted gut connection that is created between her works and her audience.

Akshita’s painting style is influenced by her love of the Renaissance and Impressionist Masters like Rembrandt and Monet. Whatever the subject matter, Akshita wants to create works that are timeless, elegant, and beautiful. Akshita Lad’s sense of aesthetics developed during childhood. While on family holidays visiting museums, she fell in love with the works of great masters like Da Vinci, Monet, and Rembrandt.

Akshita’s vast range of works includes portraits, landscapes and abstract expressionist paintings. Akshita is a believer that every thought and every creation has an energy and frequency. She uses this awareness to consciously creates art that amplifies messages of inclusion, positivity, joy and happiness. Whatever the subject, Akshita’s works display depth, elegance and beauty.

Akshita has shown at prestigious shows and galleries like Saatchi Art Gallery and the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris. Her works have been selected for publication as well as in numerous online /open-call selections.

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Gorica Jeremic

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Gorica Jeremic’s life runs dynamically and contains cracks – just like her artwork. She was born in Vienna in 1976 and worked as a manager in various companies until 2015. When she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, she was forced to follow a different path. After a process of self-discovery, Gorica started painting in 2018. Artistry makes her outright herself.

Already in her early life, Gorica was a freedom-loving, independent person. In her search for self-determination, she developed an idiosyncratic style of painting. Her works have their own will, taking the artist on a journey every time.

Gorica works with marble powder and lime putty on canvas, wooden plates or paper. She prepares her colors herself with pigments, oil, egg tempera and chestnuts. Her artworks are a composition of intuition, feelings and observation.

The quality of her artwork is a symbol of success for her. From Europe to the USA to India, art collectors admire and respect her work. Despite her hitherto short creative period, she has already won several awards. (Young Artist Winner 2019, 6th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conferences on Social Sciences and Arts SGEM 2019, Organization: SGEM Conferences Gugliemeo II, Art Now Italy 2020). Gorica Jeremic hosted multiple successful exhibitions in Austria and was part of an Italian group-exhibition.

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Klara Sedlo

"I work with the viewer's subconsciousness; my paintings want to nudge your imagination, they are based on visions and dreams. Short sneak peeks into stories and characters allow viewers to run their own continuation of what is depicted on the painting."

Phyllis Shipley

"I define my work as figurative abstractions. Color can express emotions and my goal is to express a sense of joy and excitement for being alive through my paintings."

Fran Johnson Fine Art

"I take what I've learned from working in the design world and apply those qualities to the way I paint. Bold and bright with a cleverly concealed pattern hidden within splashes of multi-media."

Flo Dinis Klopries

Diane Liguori

Marie Diane Bessette

“Painting the dance of the birds; mainly the crow, the falcon, the goose, the eagle —these subtle beings with their broad wings and feathers that spread like fingers in the great circle of the living kingdom.”

“Peindre la danse des oiseaux, principalement le corbeau, le faucon, l’oie, l’aigle, ces êtres subtils avec leurs larges ailes et leurs plumes qui s’écartent comme des doigts dans le grand cercle du règne vivant.”

Zu Sheng Yu

Yu constantly challenges himself in an artistic sense. His versatility and creative passion lead him through life to create a diverse array of innovative work that includes architecture, painting and sculpture, not limited by the skills and techniques acquired throughout his life.

Julia Hacker

“Beauty will save the world.” - F. Dostoyevsky
"I am a mid-career artist, painting full-time. I can not imagine my existence without constantly creating and sharing beauty and hope through art."

Akshita Lad

Gorica Jeremic

"I dream of a balanced togetherness, which results from fair interaction and not on the basis of prescribed rules. The positive and brave look ahead stands above everything else. My abstract art represents a fearless journey, telling the most beautiful stories."

"I work with the viewer's subconsciousness; my paintings want to nudge your imagination, they are based on visions and dreams. Short sneak peeks into stories and characters allow viewers to run their own continuation of what is depicted on the painting."

"I define my work as figurative abstractions. Color can express emotions and my goal is to express a sense of joy and excitement for being alive through my paintings."

"I take what I've learned from working in the design world and apply those qualities to the way I paint. Bold and bright with a cleverly concealed pattern hidden within splashes of multi-media."

“Painting the dance of the birds; mainly the crow, the falcon, the goose, the eagle —these subtle beings with their broad wings and feathers that spread like fingers in the great circle of the living kingdom.”

“Peindre la danse des oiseaux, principalement le corbeau, le faucon, l’oie, l’aigle, ces êtres subtils avec leurs larges ailes et leurs plumes qui s’écartent comme des doigts dans le grand cercle du règne vivant.”

Yu constantly challenges himself in an artistic sense. His versatility and creative passion lead him through life to create a diverse array of innovative work that includes architecture, painting and sculpture, not limited by the skills and techniques acquired throughout his life.

“Beauty will save the world.” - F. Dostoyevsky "I am a mid-career artist, painting full-time. I can not imagine my existence without constantly creating and sharing beauty and hope through art."

"I dream of a balanced togetherness, which results from fair interaction and not on the basis of prescribed rules. The positive and brave look ahead stands above everything else. My abstract art represents a fearless journey, telling the most beautiful stories."

“Beauty will save the world.” - F. Dostoyevsky
"I am a mid-career artist, painting full-time. I can not imagine my existence without constantly creating and sharing beauty and hope through art."