I was born in Madrid -Spain in 1963. I am a self taught painter, and started my artistic career in Valencia (Spain) 1990, using in depth the pastel technique. I concentrated on diferent themes such as indoor motifs, city views and bullfighting scenes. At this time and since 1998 I have given my paintings a new turn, centered on the human body. I am in a constant search for new ways of artistic expresions, both in style and means.
Annick Bouvattier is born in the mid-sixties in Nevers, France. His father, a pediatrician and art collector, gave her his love of fine arts. In 1982, bachelor of science degree in hand, she abandons the family tradition of medical studies to enroll in fashion school "Berçot-Marie Rucki" where for two years, she trained as a stylist. Presented in Paris and the Villa Medici (Rome), her creations earning the esteem of professionals and are the subject of numerous publications in the press. However, more attracted by shows than by fashion boutiques, Annick Bouvattier begin her working life in cinema and commercials. Costume designer, she often works in the studios of Cinecitta in Rome. From her stays to Italy, she retains the taste of warm colors, sensual, profound: sunny ochres, reds deaf, the intense blues, deep greens. In early 1990, she decided to devote himself exclusively to painting. After two years of research in self-taught, she became a pupil of Pierre Ramel 1992-1996, a disciple of Mac'Avoy, who teach him the technique of oil on the knife, that she works gently, without thickness, with lot of transparency. Women are the main subject of Annick Bouvattier. Alone or together, they live in city apartments almost empty, furnished with shadows and light. Beautiful, young, they live their femininity without false modesty, indifferent to outside views. Big size canvases, compositions in close up, the works of Annick Bouvattier are spaces of escape where the pictorial opens dialogue with the emotional.
Brutsky was born in 1963 in Kiev, Ukraine. Since childhood he was engaged in different aspects of art: painting, sculpture and art-design. From the age of 10, he dedicates to art at least several hours daily. Nathan graduated Art School and Kiev College of Industrial design. Since his college years he was characterized by a deep understanding of art styles and uniqueness. After moving with his family in 1991, he had the opportunity for the wider and deeper studying of the West-European art and using this knowledge in his works. He created his own unique style which successfully combines the achievements of the great European artists of the first quarter of the 20th century, contemporary art viewing and contemporary art techniques. Delicate combination of energetic lines and colorful stains in Nathan's works creates feeling of happiness, calmness and bright living enerty.
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"...I live life
in the margins of society,
and the rules of normal society
don't apply to those
who live on the fringe."
- Tamara De Lempicka, 1898 - 1980, born Maria Górska in Warsaw, in partitioned Poland, was a Polish Art Deco painter and "the first woman artist to be a glamour star".
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Roberto Ferri born in Taranto, Italy, in 1978. Inspired deeply by Baroque painters, especially Caravaggio and other Old Masters of Romanticism, Academism, and Symbolism (David, Ingres, Girodet, Gericault, Gleyre, Bouguereau, Moreau, Redon, Rops, etc.) Graduated - with Honors - Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. In 2003 - first one-man show "Roberto Ferri e il sogno del Parnaso” in the Center of Contemporary Art in Rome. His works are already present in many important private collections in London, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Miami, New York, San Antonio, Rome, Milan, Malta, Dublin, Boston, and the Castle of Menerbes, Provence.
Aung Kyaw Htet was born in 1965 in Myaungmya and studied at the State School of Fine Arts in Rangoon. He is a devout Buddhist and grew up in a small village, two factors which have a strong influence on his art. Information about Buddhism in Burma can be found at dhammaweb.net. His paintings of religious life in Burma show monks and nuns in a realistic manner, though non-essential objects are omitted from the paintings in order to draw attention to the individuals.
Aung Kyaw Htet paints the faces of monks and nuns in great detail to show their humanity. This is in contradiction to most Burmese artists who usually omit facial details to focus on monks as symbols of religion rather than as human individuals. Aung Kyaw Htet's use of bright colours is attractive and draws the viewer's attention to the serenity in the paintings. He has participated in several exhibitions in Burma, Thailand - 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, Singapore -2003, 2008, Hong Kong -2003, 2004, Taiwan 2006, and his works are in the permanent collections of the National Art Gallery of Malaysia and the National Museum of Myanmar, Burma.
Petra is a historical and archaeological city in the Jordanian governorate of Ma'an that is known for its rock cut architecture and water conduits system. Established sometime around the 6th century BC as the capital city of the Nabataeans, it is a symbol of Jordan as well as its most visited tourism attraction. It lies on the slope of Mount Hor in a basin among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah (Wadi Araba), the large valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba.
Petra has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985. The site remained unknown to the Western world until 1812, when it was introduced by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. It was described as "a rose-red city half as old as time" in a Newdigate Prize-winning sonnet by John William Burgon. UNESCO has described it as "one of the most precious cultural properties of man's cultural heritage. "Petra was chosen by the BBC as one of "the 40 places you have to see before you die".
