Mari Arp
Mari Arp is a German artist who uses the montage technique to give cinema idols a new lease of life. She researches billboards and movie magazines for actresses, models and pin up girls . Her over life size montages combine their flawless appearance with graphic backgrounds and over painting . Additional techniques with the application of acrylic, charcoal and oil pastels . Finally, several coats of veneer for protection and to enhance a lustrous finish,
Juan Galán
Juan Galán's uniqueness is characterized by his loose yet determined brush strokes, with no more limits than the interpretation of the element it presents. He carefully places final touches on top, some ensuring with a transparency that challenges the pigment, and other opaque, giving strength to the painting, shaping volumes, and transporting us to a certain place and moment. Painter of moments and daily life, of corners that go unnoticed by any, Juan integrates them with beauty.
Will Swayne
"My paintings are not about looking to recreate reality but to open the doors to my imagination and hopefully those of the viewer. Somewhat like assembling a jigsaw puzzle and always searching for that missing bit, that gem of a touch that makes it special. The use of explosive colour combinations alongside subtle paint mix, expressive brush strokes and impasto contrasts are all part of the puzzle and to me great joy of slotting that final piece in place makes it utterly satisfying when it works."
Jane Skingley
Her huge dramatic canvasses capture many aspects of the Atlantic beaches & the islands’ calmer lagoon shores. Her work has been selected by the Royal Society of Marine Artists to celebrate their 65th anniversary & displayed in London’s Mall Galleries. She has exhibited at Glyndebourne Opera House, the Henley Festival & across three continents.
Bill Bate
Trained at London’s Central School of Art & has subsequently acquired an international following of collectors. In his underwater scenes refracted light illuminates the human form imbuing it with spirituality & expression.
Jean Marie Drouet
Jean Marie Drouet lives and works in Vendee, France, by the Atlantic ocean. Inspired by contemporary photography and film culture. His beach paintings capture those endless, hot summer days.
Fran Mora
From southern Spain, Fran Mora studied at the School of Fine Art in Seville where he specialized in painting achieving a masters degree. His recent work such as a bowl of fruit or a vase of flowers is transformed by using traditional methods using gesso and thick oil paint onto linen. Mora brings these very traditional methods back to the 21st century.
Graham Rider
Graham Rider is a plein air painter who spends time in the Algarve focusing on the hinterland between the land and the sea. His style of painting is more impressionist , conveying the softness of the hot sand and the rustling of the grasses.
David Smith
Fine art artist David Smith paints en plein air in oil on canvas. Spending time in the Algarve capturing the magnificent empty and almost endless beaches on the Algarves west coast. Carrapateira being his favourite location to paint. David says, I like to keep the paint handling free and expressive using both brush and palette knife work. A member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists and the Royal institute of oil Painters.
Roman Markov
Inspired by his immediate surroundings. Originally from Zaporozhye, he trained at the Belas Artes na Ucrânia & now lives in Faro. He travels widely throughout Portugal recording typical scenes in a highly distinctive style.
Richard Suckling
Summer in the Alentejo Artist Richard Suckling captures the heat and dust of the summer in the Alentejo, one of Portugals most beautiful regions. Temperatures can reach up to 90f Richard, a plein air artist works with soft pastels ,luxurious to handle and rich in pigment . Soft pastels give him the ability to work quickly which is necessary on location . Richard trained at the Cambridge School of Art and the Camberwell School of Art in London
Luis Fernández Hebrero
Painting in the hills and valleys of the beautiful Alentejo with the sun bleached villages . With a multitude of wild flowers covering the land into the far distance in great abundance before the scorching sun dries them to a crisp. Hebrero studied art at the prestigious Carcula de Belles Art in Madrid and then studied with the great master painter Juan Valenzuelay Chacun.
Andres Moreno
Andres Moreno lives and works in southern Spain. Studied art in the University of Tenerife. Then completing his studies in Granada where he achieved a bachelor’s degree in art. His art presents us with a style and expressive force in his contemporary paintings, which has a base in abstraction, the horizon line is predominant in all his work.
Carlos Giner
Carlos Giner from Valencia. A member of the Circulo de Belles Arts de Valencia. He belongs to the famous Godella Scool and is currently considered one of the most important members. Exhibiting throughout Spain and now in Paris he works with a refined technique with chromatic light. He evokes the traces of nature, using a fleeting post impressionist palette.
Jeanine Leclaire
Based in Philadelphia & qualified at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. Subsequently her paintings have been exhibited at the State Museum. She observes everyday life, sometimes taking photographs to advise her paintings. From these studies she creates highly realistic, contemporary images.
Domenico Di Genni
A multidisciplinary artist based in Italy whose works have been exhibited both nationally, in the USA and in Kenya. Most recently his research has focused on the beauty of the anthropological face and on the exoticism of our contemporary civilization. Di Genni has always found inspiration through different cultures, the exotic landscapes of faraway places and wild animals.
Andrea Giovannini
Magical Mystical dreamscapes . Studying at the art schools of Reggio Emilia and in Urbino, Andrea gained his research positioning himself among the exponents of the last generation of the Italian Neovedutismom. Representing the landscape through careful observation of light space and the dreamlike qualities, intended as a state of mind. Vast horizons, huge distance and space, create illusions that enable the viewer to escape the routines and drudgery of everyday life. In his pictorial research the artists uses mixed media techniques; Egg tempera, oil paints with pastel finishes. Let you mind float.
Ernesto Meis
A German artist living in Seville from where he travels to the Algarve’s Ria Formosa sandbar islands. Often the subjects of his paintings, he produces audacious images of the lagoon with brightly painted fishing shacks & boats made from solid blocks of colour.
Mike Hall
The paintings which emerge from Paul’s time in India amplify that sense of colour leaping from the canvas,the rich textures of verdant foliage, the humid warmth in the air , the dripping fullness of the trees. Just as these images are vibrant with personal narrative, so they are peopled with figures who emerge from the landscape. The memories of India and the art of performance.
Jennifer Irvine
"My paintings tend to fall mainly into the categories of townscape , seascape and still life, although recently the townscapes seem to be dominating. Although they are involved with pattern and shape, I have become increasingly interested in the dramatic use of light and shade and the effects of sunlight on an object, be it on a building or on water, as the Portuguese townscapes. I work from my studio in Glasgow and also spend as much time as possible painting in the Algarve."
Carlos Jimenez
He lives and works in Spain. A professional photographer and fine artist, specialising in those magical beach days.
Paul Wadsworth
The paintings which emerge from Paul’s time in India amplify that sense of colour leaping from the canvas, the rich textures of verdant foliage, the humid warmth in the air, the dripping fullness of the trees. Just as these images are vibrant with personal narrative, so they are peopled with figures who emerge from the landscape. The memories of India and the art of performance.
Francisco Manuel Ibanez Bernabe
Francisco Manuel Ibanez Bernabe studied at Belles Artes Pintura University Seville & Ecole de Beaux Arts Paris. Facinated by portraiture, Bernabe captures the many inner emotions to be found in the human face, A gentle smile from the eyes and the mouth
Kevin Lowery
Kevin Lowery is a seascape devoted painter living and working in the North-West of Ireland. Living by the sea all his life has inspired Kevin to paint the rolling surf, merciless oceanic turmoil, and the ever changing skies found along the coastline. Human beings have always had an intimate relationship with the water, and Kevin has always had a particular interest in the often unpredictable and life-changing nature of the sea, which can be seen in his unique ability to depict changing light on water and rapidly altering climatic conditions. Having studied painting at Dublin’s National College Of Art And Design in the early 2000s, Kevin has exhibited extensively with numerous works in both Irish and international collections.
Phyllis Calvin Thomas
A Northern Californian Oil painter, paints "en plein air". Her favourite tool is the palette knife and is used predominately in her work. Her palette knife frees her from focusing too much upon detail and moves paint rapidly with a lively texture.
Ulpiano Carrasco
In his painting, the chromatic explosion of the expressionism like a Kandinsky, mixing the real and abstract painting, found primarily in his most exciting rural landscapes, where we even find certain expressive examples with Mark Tobey and even with Jackson Pollock.
Aida Mauri
Aida Mauri is an artist who trained as an architect, who can fully appreciate the exceptional quality of the city’s design and construction. Her paintings reflect the beauty of Lisbons architecture earning her an unrivaled reputation. Hers is a distinctive style that relies on the understanding of the inner construction of buildings and the complexity of perspective.
Nathan Markhams
The artistry of Nathan Markhams painting is a dance into a kaleidoscope of chaos. The dance is heightened by his use of signal colours and obscured patterns that disrupt and harmonize simultaneously,creating a visually mesmerizing experience for the viewer. Living and working in the Alentejo. Nathan is originally from the USA
Jeremy Sanders
Jeremy works solely in oils, as they allow him a broad, luxuriant application of paint and satisfies his desire to represent colour and light with accuracy. He uses fragments of credit cards, creating a tool with similar qualities to that of a palette knife. A true. Plein Air painter, Jeremy travels extensively in Europe, being inspired by the light. trongly influenced by American realism, especially Edward Hoppers atmospheric landscapes of the 1949s.
Montse Peleja
"While the natural and colourful florals I paint are anchored in femininity and sensuality, they remind us to contemplate and experience the lingering emotion awoken in them. From floral prints, bouquets or more complex compositions in their organic forms. " Montse plays with chromatic displays and is inspired by classic period wall paintings and exotic embroidery through the ages.
Sergiu Ciochina
Drawing inspiration from the impressionists, Sergiu comments that shadows move us through diversity, enhancing our perception, while light fills us with joy of the discovery. In saturated hues He captures sunlit spots as they filter through trees and the rich tones of the golden hour, casting a deep bluish violet shadow. Oil on canvas.
Lis Petersen
Norwegian artist based in the Algarve & noted for a distinctive style of figure painting. She combines contemporary techniques with traditional methods & materials using pure pigments, egg yolk and linseed oil. Often painting on linen, the surface is then impregnated with handmade beeswax pasta.