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Roman Kriheli’s paintings draw on the rich heritage of the Renaissance and the Old Masters. He reinterprets the artistic traditions of the West to create unique imagery that merges the old with the new. Drawing inspiration from the world around him and finding the hidden significance imbued in everyday objects, humanity, and its creations, Kriheli explores themes of beauty, mysticism, and spirituality. He confronts head-on the most difficult questions about life, death, and what lies outside human knowledge. Ever elusive and much sought after by collectors around the world, Kriheli has remained true to his singular yet eclectic vision of...

Kristin Jai Klosterman is best known for her large-scale mobile sculptures and mixed media paintings. Klosterman focuses on the exchange between contrasting mediums as a means to examine the balance of power between the masculine and feminine. While radically different in terms of presentation, both Klosterman's sculptural and painterly works draw their inspiration from an identical source—the Fibonacci sequence, which occurs spontaneously in nature. 

Klosterman's sculptures are exhibited in numerous public forums in California, Texas, and Tennessee and in private collections domestically as well as...

Hisako Kobayashi grew up in Tokyo before moving to New York City in 1981 to earn a Master of Fine Arts at Pratt Institute. An abstract painter, she has since exhibited her work on five continents over a span of three decades. Upon observation, her works clearly and openly illustrate a maternal devotion to her native Japan while at once embracing the essence of her newfound Western sensibilities. 

Art critic Donald Kuspit has authored this on her work, "Kobayashi's paintings exemplify the romantic idea that 'it...

David Mellen (b. 1970, Chicago, IL, USA) attended the American Academy of Art and exhibited his work in his hometown of Chicago until 1994, when he moved to Europe. Over the next five years, he exhibited work in Paris, Brussels and London while working at studios in Germany and Brussels.

After returning to the States and living for a time on the West Coast, he moved across the country and now lives with his family in Connecticut. He works in Connecticut and Paris.

“When I start a new painting, it’s...