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Ivan Kramskoy

A legendry Russian artist,Ivan Kramskoi, is the one who drew the classic painting- Christ in the dessert. Ivan Nikolayevich Kramskoy is an outstanding representative of the democratic culture in Russia of the second half of the 19th century. He is known as a wonderful painter and draughtsman, a remarkable art critic and theoretician of art, a talented teacher. Besides, he was an originator and ardent inspirer of the first independent artistic organizations, namely the Itinerants’ Society of Traveling Exhibitions and St. Petersburg Team of Artists, which had played an important part in the development of art in Russia.

Elzbieta Mozyro

Elzbieta Mozyro

This artist's paintings are extraordinary!

Search for secrets, mysteries, sadness, thrill, her paintings take you to the world of fantasy.Few websites have mentioned that her works are focused in the genre of mystery of women, fantasy, emotions and magic realism.

Andrei Belichenko

Today I went through very beautiful paintings of Andrei Belichenko.
His paintings had a bright, beautiful , attractive look. Most of his paintings were based on woman and dreams.
According to a source, Andrei Belichenko was born in 1974 in Karaganda, Kazahstan. He is a graduate of the Republican Art School (1990). Andrei studied in the Graphic Department of the Academy of Arts. Consumed by the importance of detail, realism, and the individual expression of his subjects, Belichenko's exceptional talent and excellence in academic standing earned him a Master of Fine Arts within five years instead of the customary six.

Maryanne Jacobsen

Few paintings look special because of the usage of colors.
Maryanne Jacobsen's paintings have a lot of usage of bright colors which make it look special. Most of her paintings are based on country landscapes. With a classical look, her paintings demonstrate the beauty of the impressionism style.
Over the past few years Maryanne has been juried into many local and national shows including the American Impressionist Society, American Women Artists,Women Painters of the Southeast and the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society. She has won many awards, including First Place and Best of Show and paints en plein air as often as possible.
Let's have a look at her paintings:

Steve Hanks

"It starts with a re-evaluation of your own life, from a search for the source of the impulses and mystery of it all. I think of myself as an emotional realist. Emotion is what I want to portray. Realism is just my way of doing it."

— Steve Hanks

Sketching characters, adding emotions into paintings are the basics of his artwork. Based on feminine emotions, his paintings give a stunning look. He addresses his style of painting as "emotional realism."
The "emotional realism" technique is quite tricky.His main concentration is on the shade of the light on the central figure. No light/sunlight means that the figure is somewhat lonely or sad.  He often leaves the faces of his figures obscured or turned away, not only to leave the face to the imagination of the viewer but also to allow the entire figure to express the emotion.

Vladimir Volegov

When you look at a painting what's the first thing which comes to your mind???

Well I've no idea about you but when I saw this man's paintings the first thing which came to my mind was the word " beautiful!!"

Vladimir Volegov's paintings are so beautiful that they drive you crazy. With brightness, grace and an ocean of emotions his paintings have a grace which is why I find his paintings "beautiful".

Jack Vettirano

Ever heard about this man before???
I'm pretty sure that you must have.
An extremely talented, Scottish painter,  Jack Vettriano, is one of the  finest realistic painters of our time.His 1992 painting, The Singing Butler, became a best selling image in Britain.
Most of his  paintings show an action happening and the emotions present in it. Now you must be thinking that every painting of every painter has that. But I don't agree as some paintings just portray emotions without actions while some portray the beauty rather then actions.
So come on lets have a look at his paintings:

Dance me to the end of love

                                                             Blue bird at Boneville

                                                             The singing butler

Sue Halstenberg

A painter, who started her career as a fashion illustrator and now is a well known painter whose paintings have occupied many  magazines and galleries.
The collection of Sue's paintings is huge. Starting from Ganesha to Victorian ladies ;it's almost endless! 

   

                             To know more about her, visit her website http://suehalstenberg.com/

Charles Allan Gilbert

Dead beautiful!
Heard of this word before???
But have you seen something like this before???
Well let me show you one.

From a distance, it looks like a skull. Doesn't it? But when you look closer you'll find there's a beautiful woman looking herself in a mirror. Well that's what I say. "dead beautiful!"

Now you must be set thinking that who is this person who has made this masterpiece.

It is Charles Allan Gilbert. Charles Allan Gilbert, better known as C. Allan Gilbert, was a prominent American illustrator. He is especially remembered for a widely published drawing titled All Is Vanity.

This man's paintings give you a "wow" moment. Some of his other paintings are;

Oliver Jeffers

Stories. Are they all about writers??
If yes then what about children storybooks?
Can you attract those stories to the childeren with only literature?
I don't think so. Its a lot about illustrators.The better the illustrator the more attractive the story becomes for the reader to read.
Oliver Jeffers is a very creative illustrator, artist and a writer.
Few of his books ( which I've read) such as "the day the crayons quit","Stuck","how to catch a star","up and down" are  really interesting and funny. No matter what's your age you can't prevent yourself from reading his books.
The best of part of his books (including the books he has illustrated) is his commendable sense of humor displayed through his art.