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Ann Strassman is an American figurative painter working in Boston. Antiques and the Arts Weekly vividly describes her style as “expressive realism” that “evolves from an unforgiving eye which she has developed through experience. Through the use of exaggerated brushwork and dramatic tones she creates psychological tension. The vocabulary may well be German Expressionism and London school, but the vision is all her own.” 

Such compelling thought exercises led Strassman to the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, where she developed the skills...

Artist and photographer David Gamble was born in East London and grew up primarily in the countryside near Cambridge. After drumming in Cambridge rock bands in the 1970s, he attended the famous Ealing Art College in London. Prior students include musicians Freddie Mercury, Pete Townshend, and Ronnie Wood. Gamble found a passion not only for painting but narrative figurative photography. In 1987, Gamble went on to photograph one of his most notable projects, Andy Warhol House, East 66th St, NYC.

In 1984, he began photographing for national and international publications, including...

Sculptural artist Steve Simmons is dedicated to bringing the human form, animals, and abstract metal work to life. His inspirations came to him when he was a child visiting the Bronx Zoo, where he now brings his five children. He became more interested in wildlife during his trips to African safaris and the coasts of Martha’s Vineyard, California, and Florida, where he observed sea wildlife. Simmons sculpts his work in clay and then takes the pieces to a foundry to be heated into bronze sculptures. Along with his wildlife sculptures, Steve...

Johan Wahlstrom is one of today's most vocal artists, known for his unencumbered critiques of the current social and political landscapes. 

In 1998, Wahlstrom moved to a small village in France where he immersed himself in his painting for seven years, part of the time under the tutelage of the Swedish artist Lennart Nystrom. Wahlstrom's dark narrative centers around the depiction of heads and torsos inspired by handwritten critiques in cryptic prose on scraps of paper that scatter his studio....