Nicole Alger’s figurative work is influenced by animism and human ritual as set in imaginary natural environments. Through her content and obvious brushwork, the paintings suggest movement and connection with an imagined environment.

Art is the water that has sustained me in my life. Just as a tree may grow brittle without water, humans cannot stand without nourishment, and we are easily broken. Many of us do not feel secure and safe. Art, like a guiding star, helps me cope with all my bad experiences.

Matthew Alfonso Durante (b. 1975) is a figurative artist based in Los Angeles.  Depicting the nude in simple achromatic compositions, he treats skin as a diaphanous form through which is felt the the inner vitality of the human being.  Beneath careful gradations of naturally-transparent mediums, such as graphite in drawing, zinc white in acrylic painting and lead white in oil, his red and pink accents become a sign of the life within the figure.

Anja Black South African, b. 1987, The works of Anja Black offer a personal glimpse into an ethereal mind that perceives more than the obvious. Appreciation of the nascent beauty of the macabre is committed to canvas through the medium of charcoal, while the fragile splendor of flora is converted to realistic imagery highlighting latent wonder through oil on fine linen.

Daniel Maidman American (born 1975) is one of the foremost masters of figure drawing in America. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Maidman has spent several decades grappling with the challenges and opportunities of life drawing. The resulting body of work – deft, ripe depictions of the human body in all its shapes and actions – has developed an avid following amongst artists and admirers alike.

Roger Derrick (b. 1981) is a fine artist operating out of Monmouth County, New Jersey. While his illustrative aesthetic was honed during attendance at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, Roger has concentrated much of his works around representational fine art and contemporary portraiture.

Anastasiya Chy-Fender was born in Ukraine and immigrated with her parents to US when she was 14.

Ellen Maidman-Tanner began drawing as a child, leading to a lifelong passion for the arts. She attended the Philadelphia College of Art and completed her BFA at York University, Toronto, in 1974. Her sculptures and installations were shown at the Center for Experimental Art and Communication and at A Space Gallery, as well as appearing in several juried exhibits.