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henrietta milan

American Impressionist, Henrietta Milan, was born in Chicago, Illinois to parents of Czechoslovakian and Polish decent. Growing up in Chicago, Milan studied at Gage Park High School and Depaul University. Later after moving to Texas, she attended the University of Texas at Austin. Henrietta currently resides in Texas with Jerry, her husband of 60 years. Henrietta is greatly influenced by her extensive travels throughout Europe observing French Impressionism at the Louvre, the Musee D'Orsay and e [...]

Gabe Leonard spent his early years in rural Wyoming, sketching wildlife and selling his drawings for one dollar. After earning his BFA from Columbus College in Ohio, Leonard honed his talents on the ultra-competitive Venice Beach boardwalk. Described as "Johnny Cash meets Quentin Tarantino," Leonard's work possesses an intense cinematic quality combining the gestural brushwork of expressionism with the expert lighting and framing of a Hollywood cinematographer. His oils are cinematic, atmospheri [...]

rome-milan

Rome Milan, born in Fort Worth, Texas has drawn inspiration from his international travels to the Adriatic coasts of Italy and Croatia, the Aegean Islands of Greece and the Rivieras of France and Spain. The viewer is drawn into Milan’s colorful canvases through richly-textured palette knife application of paint and dramatic perspective which lend immediacy to scenes of gardens, villages and seasoned fishing vessels. Rome has over 25 years of art experience working in several mediums. Rome is rep [...]

Thomas Stotts

I've been painting since childhood. Growing up in Oklahoma, I always admired the beauty and mystery of the thunder clouds that would move in across the plains and the awesome sunsets I beheld. It is natural that I became a landscape painter. In 2010 I decided to "go all in" and tour full time for 18 months as a traveling festival artist. Starting in California in January and being accepted in shows across the country we started a great experiment. In June we found ourselves walking the sands of [...]

Milan Med

Born August 21, 1930 in Humpolec, Czechoslovakia. Milan Med graduated at a lyceum in 1949 and continued studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague for six years. He finished a special school for portrait and figural painting led by the outstanding painter Prof. Vratislav Nechleba. Milan Med had been involved in figural creation since his student age. This deep interest in figures brought him to study anatomy and to the medical faculty of Charles University in Prague. In recent years, he has [...]

Thomas Arvid

Thomas Arvid possesses an unerring ability to refine a moment. In doing so he captures our wonder and has become an art world phenomenon. Art Business News (May 2003) credits him with "launching a major art trend . . ." with his oversized still life compositions of wine and the rituals surrounding it. Arvid astounds viewers with the intricate details of his images and with his mastery of light, depth, and reflection. The magic of his painting is in Arvid's ability to visualize and chronicle an e [...]

george-jones-cow

George H. Jones began his career as an artist at a very early age, creating graphite renderings and painting in watercolors but soon progressed to oils, a medium he has adopted for the last 25 years. A native of Texas and longtime Dallas resident, George is one of a limited number of established artists whose body of work captivates the attention of private and public collectors across the country. Working in large format, Jones’ paintings invoke eccentricity through the use of impressionist sha [...]