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Tanja Doronina painting

Fabo painting (República de Honduras), pencil drawing

Greg Olsen painting

Greg Olsen (born 1958 in Idaho) is a prolific Latter-day Saint artist of the late 20th and early 21st century, famous for his paintings, "Kings of Kings" and "O Jerusalem". Olsen's paintings are in at least 20 temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Many major corporations have his work, as well as The Pentagon. Dozens of his paintings have been used in church periodicals.[original research?] Most of his pictures are of Jesus Christ or depict Mormon art based on the Book of Mormon or Latter-day Saint history.

"From an early age I have always been fascinated by paintings that create mood, emotion and atmosphere; especially those paintings that lift me and transport me to some far off place. These are the elements I strive to create in my paintings. My paintings in many ways record what is most important to me: my feelings and experiences with family and friends along with the spiritual aspects of my life. My hope is that in these images you will find something familiar, something which will resonate and remind you of what is important in your own life." - Greg Olsen

Benjamin Wu

(Chinese b.1961)

Benjamin Wu was born in a small village outside of Guangzhou, China in 1961 to a hard working family of very modest means. His father envisioned for his children something beyond the every day life in rural China. He wanted his son to go to the university and study science. Benjamin had different thoughts, however, knowing at a young age that he wanted to be an artist.

At age 16, he passed a tough exam that gained him admission to the Guangzhou Fine Art Institute. He was 1 among 13 people selected for the oil painting class. He spent seven years at the institute from 1978 to 1985, with his final year as a teacher. He accredits a strict regimen at the beginning, forming the basis for his success in painting. Composition was strongly stressed, with elements such as color and light coming later.

In 1986, Benjamin managed to make the cut into another prestigious art school, which brought him to America. Settling in San Francisco, he tackled English classes on the side in addition to the curriculum at the Academy of Art College, earning a Masters of Fine Art degree in 1991. Since then he has been working in commercial art, illustration and fine art.

The figure and still life are strong themes in his painting. Traveling back to China often, his paintings often depict rural villages and a life that is slowly disappearing. He has been captivated with the western history of America, painting the cowboys on a cattle ranch that a friend owns in central California. Benjamin is after the dramatic – the poetic- and he attempts to bring it to life at his easel, whether he is painting figures, landscapes or still life arrangements. He reaches into his past formal training, and then reaches into himself to find the emotion, the details and the elements of storytelling before the art expression truly becomes his own.

Benjamin Wu’s exquisite paintings have won awards in exhibitions and competitions. In 2006, he received the Merit Award for portrait and Figurative at the Asian Art Exhibition in Tokyo. In 2007, he received another Merit Award for still life at the Salon International 2007 San Antonio, Texas. Benjamin Wu also has three paintings selected as finalists in the International ARC Salon. He is a member of Oil Painters of America

Rob Hefferan painting

Rob Hefferan was born in Manchester in 1968, the artist belongs to figurative realism that characterizes the art of many contemporary artists.

Antoine Blanchard painting

Antoine Blanchard is the pseudonym under which French painter, Marcel Masson (1910–1988) painted his immensely popular Parisian street scenes. He was born in a small village near the banks of the Loire on 15 November 1910.

Christian von Schneidau painting

Christian von Schneidau (1893–1976) was a well known California portrait painter who was recognized for his paintings of Hollywood stars and the Los Angeles elite. During the Roaring Twenties he painted Mary Pickford and other figures from the film industry as well as a number of outdoor figures done in the classic American Impressionist manner. Von Schneideau was born in Ljungby, Kalmar County, Sweden 1893, with the name Bror Christian Valdemar Von Schneidau, but went by the shortened Christian von Schneidau. In addition to his portraiture, von Schneidau was also a landscape painter and a private teacher who passed on the French principles of instruction, which he learned at the Art Institute of Chicago to his students. Von Schneidau was also the founder of the Scandinavian-American Art Society in 1938 and served as its president for many years. He was also an active member of the California Art Club.

Sabir and Svetlana Gadzhiev painting

Sabir and Svetlana are married. Sabir was born in 1967 in the Ukraine, and Svetlana was born in 1963 in Russia. They were students together at the Repin Fine Art Academy in St Petersburg from which they graduated in 1993.

Sabir & Svetlana are unusual artists since they both work together on every painting. They share a common artistic vision so it is not possible to identify who has done which part of any painting, or who has been the primary inspiration. They are totally integrated and seamless in their approach, submerging their individual identities in a unique creative fusion.

In their work they explore unexpected combinations of oil and watercolour as they build up complex layers of paint and other materials to create vivid, highly structured paintings.

Their work has been exhibited in galleries in Russia, Latvia, Poland, the USA and the UK.

Denis Nolet painting

Denis Nolet (1964-) Born in Lauzon, Quebec, Canada, Nolet became interested in art at a young age. After attempting various artistic techniques, he developed his own style that combines urban scenes with imaginative romance. His paintings have a romantic flair, tremendous visual appeal, and are appreciated by a wide audience. Nolet's paintings can be found in a variety of corporate and private collections in Canada and other countries.

Henry Bacon painting


Henry Bacon (1839 in Haverhill, Massachusetts – 13 March 1912 in Cairo) was an American painter and author.

Henry A. Bacon was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1839. During the American Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Army on 16 July 1861 and acted as a field artist for Frank Leslie's Weekly while he served as a soldier within the 13th Massachusetts Infantry. Badly wounded at Bull Run, he was discharged on 19 December 1862.

In 1864, he went to Paris, with his first wife Elizabeth Lord, to study figure painting. He was admitted to the National School of Fine Arts and was one of Alexandre Cabanel's scholars.

Bacon died in Cairo, Egypt in 1912.