Leslie Bender explores the complex relationship between memory, emotion, and perception. Through layered imagery, rich color, light, and movement, she creates dynamic compositions in which figures, animals, and familiar settings shift between reality and imagination. Her expressive paintings invite viewers into a vivid inner world, encouraging personal connections and individual interpretations.
Through decades of painting, Ilya’s work has transitioned through conceptual and aesthetic periods. A native of Moscow, trained by leading Russian artists, Ilya uses reality as a starting point of a meditative process to create his work. His extensive experience as an observational painter keeps his work true to life. While incorporating both traditional (strong draftsmanship,…
Susan Copich was born in Youngstown, Ohio and graduated from Ohio State, studying Performance and Choreography. After college, Susan kicked off her career in San Francisco as a modern dancer and owner of a Pilates Studio. Opening up to new forms of art and self- expression, she studied at the New York Center for Photography…
Jack Laroux was born in New York. He Currently works and resides in the New York City area and the Catskill Mountains. Jack Laroux’s vivid cubist interpretation of a psychedelic world is based on stained glass and shattered glass imagery that portray the effects of light illuminating and shining through transparent surfaces. It is enhanced…
Step into a world of color and texture with Judith Dunbar’s dimensional paintings. Judith creates hand-sculpted artwork with thick, expressive layers of paint, with surfaces that feel immersive and alive. Dunbar’s paintings engage the senses through saturated color, sculpted texture, and organic form. Her work draws on themes of growth, ripeness, and the tactile quality…
Kenneth Young was raised in Hudson, New York. He honed his skills as a child by copying pictures from comic books and completing paint-by-numbers kits. Throughout his adolescence he furthered his art education via correspondence courses and with the support of his high school art teacher. During this time, Kenneth also embarked upon a comprehensive…
Born in France in 1969, Isabelle Dupuy spent her childhood the country side of Provence, in Southern France. She developed her artistic skills at Ecole des Beaux Arts in Valence, France. As she continued to study, her relationship with art quickly became a passion. As Isabelle developed her own aesthetic, she took inspiration from her…
Al Gury is an artist, educator, and writer. He currently serves as a Professor of Painting and Drawing at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, America’s oldest art school and museum. As a painter, Al explores the dynamic tension between representation and the formal elements of color, composition, and content. His work…
Philippe Pittoni is an artist based in the Paris region, with over 20 years of experience in painting and sculpture. He is a member of the Vitriosart collective. His work is primarily defined by two major series: “The Metamorphosis of the Bouchons” and “Mental Maps.” Pittoni has a strong passion for oil painting, often blending…
Born in South Africa, Luke Baggott has been painting full time since 2014. In 2017, he travelled to NYC to study Fine Art at the New York Academy of Art. Luke has always had a love for painting the landscape and en plein air work has always played a significant role in his painting repertoire. These…
