Marilyn Allis Artist

Popular TV artist for the painting and drawing chanel, also features in a 'Splash of Paint' Marilyn won the ‘Society for all Artists’ Artist of the year 1999 with the painting ‘Ben at Weymouth’. Winning the Daler Rowney front page competition offered the opportunity to hold a trio exhibition in the Royal Commonwealth Society, London.

In 2000 she took part in The Water Colour Challenge from Bath, also a painting was accepted by the Royal Institute in-Watercolour while 2003 saw a painting reach the final of the International Artists competition.

Marilyn writes regular articles for the SAA’s Paint magazine & She has written 3 teaching books ‘ People aren’t Scary, really’ ‘Animals on the loose’ & ‘Painting Dorset in watercolour.‘plus accompanying teaching DVDs.

As well as running her own workshops in her studio on a working farm in the picturesque Dorset. Marilyn demonstrates & teaches for art groups throughout the UK & Europe.

Michael Gutteridge Arts

Michael Gutteridge is a painter based in Manchester, the North of England, best known for his distorted, sensually vibrant, urban landscapes of that city and its environs. In that respect, he is following in the tradition of Valette, L.S. Lowry and others but still with a unique, easily-recognisable voice of his own. 

His paintings have been used promotionally by the University of Lancaster, the University of Manchester, in pop videos, in magazines, on the covers of books and made into postcards by the Manchester Tourist Office. 

They are exhibited regularly in the Northwest of England, and are in private collections around the world. He will undertake commissions and some of his recent original artworks or occasionally series of limited edition giclee prints are for sale.

Big Art Directory member - Gil Formosa - Comic book artist

Smoothly morphing his skill and experience, artist Gil Formosa shape- shifts from animation to comics, cartoon to realistic, illustration to art direction.

Providers of illustration, design, cartoons for agencies, magazines, book publishers, and all web media, based in France, Gil Formosa produced a lot of painted covers for a variety of science fiction, fantasy, comic book and game American publishers. Gil became one of France's leading commercial illustrators, with credits including film posters (Lady Hawke) and major advertising campaigns. 

Afterwards, he went to work in the advertising and animation field creating the character design of "Totally Spies". Then, Gil returned to comics, illustrating three graphic novels featuring the character of Robur created by Jules Verne published by Heavy Metal magazine. One of Gil's latest comics projects was to create Seargent-major "Bowen" published by the famous French editor Glénat .

Julia Trops Canadian Artist

I live very much in the moment when I am drawing or painting. I don't claim any special powers or thoughts or connections. I do a great deal of thinking outside of the studio and have a severe inner critic who, once I shut that studio door, is not permitted to enter and knows he is not welcome. So, as a result of that, I feel my work is fairly free, and I can tell when when it flows. I enjoy creating work, but I enjoy it more when someone else can see or feel the result. I don't have much of a goal, it's just me and the paper or canvas and the medium. All the rest is just jamming.

Sandrine Pelissier watercolor and mixed media

I grew up in France but have been living in Canada for the last 12 years, I am working from a studio located in North Vancouver.

Watermedia ( Watercolor and acrylic) is my medium of choice because of the unique way it allows me to render light. My technique involves the accumulation of many transparent layers of watercolor. Then I like to incorporate mixed media in the background, work sometimes with some contouring. I also like to have visible drawing mixed with the painting or some graphic elements.

I am inspired by the BC landscape, particularly the rain forest, I am currently working in a series of forest, marshes, trees and mountains.

Gillie and Marc Art

As husband and wife, Gillie and Marc collaborate to create art as one, applying the iconic imagery of the dog/human hybrid to celebrate the powerful spiritual relationship that exists between man and animal.

Gillie and Marc reference their own remarkable love story in their works, perpetuating a pursuit of happiness and encouraging us to challenge the status quo and the perceived safety of societal convention.Gillie and Marc’s unparalleled love is the cornerstone of what they are and of what they create.Meeting in Hong Kong, she was a nurse from England and he, a boy from the ‘burbs’ of Melbourne.
Wanting only to find a soul-mate with which to share their passions for art, travel and adventure, seven days later they were married at the foothills of Mount Everest. They not only share an unsurpassed dedication to their art but also love for their two children, whom Gillie describes as their ‘best friends’ – along with their mutt, Moby, of course.

Initially, Gillie and Marc painted and designed, but have now become very interested in sculpture – creating commissioned works for: Australia Zoo; Sydney Children’s Hospital; Australian Red Cross Blood Service; Hilton Hotel Singapore; and McDonald’s Corporate Headquarters in Singapore; and recently the Ying Ren Four Seasons Hotel in Beijing.

They produce sculptures in a variety of mediums including bronze, brass, steel, wood, fibreglass and polyresin. Awards and accolades are numerous for the Schattner’s. In 2006 they were Archibald Prize finalists.

Zakay Glass Creations

Zakay Glass Creations Gallery in Bangalow, part of the Byron Bay Shire, are the leading artisan providers of strikingcontemporary glass sculptures and inspired lighting solutions thatcapture the interplay of light created by sacred geometric codes. Unique and timeless, these stunning three dimensional art worksare resplendent of sparking gemstones: facets and symmetries shimmer ascolours of the rainbow bounce off their bevelled edges when they aretouched by natural and artificial light. Adding majesty to any space inwhich they are displayed, a Zakay keepsake regularly decorates homes,balconies, corporate foyers and hotels around the world. Founding artistAsaf Zakay's pursuit of creative and aesthetic excellence has resultedin three dimensional glass designs that capture the essence of nature.

Using the stained glass technique (a process Asaf studied whilst in hisnative Israel) each magnificent creation is a sacred symbol, evolvingfrom natural geometric patterns. Asaf's creations continue to inspireand with a new gallery in Bangalow he's aiming to continue his growth inthe comtemporary lighting space. Zakay Glass Creations already boasts aclient list that includes Jamie Durie, Austin Hospital OlivaNewton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre and artist David Bromley.

These glass formations merge the modern with the esoteric, as structuralmodernism gives form to internal reflections on love. Coming intopresence with such work is a reminder of the profound harmony of sacredratios – Zakay creations organically reference the same rules that theMona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci was painted by and the architecturaldesign of the Parthenon was built. The company portfolio now includes 20different shapes using a variety of intricate bevelled methods – andhas now also expanded to incorporate ground-breaking lighting within thesculptures along with a new range of handblown German glass bespokerange. On his new relationship with light the artist only says ‘It islike coming out of the shadows, a light is like a companion, you livewith it, you build a relationship. It's much more than a source of lightto me.’