Gerdine Duijsens’ work is a synthesis between figurative and abstract art. Her internationally collected paintings reflect the modern culture of consumerism, the desire to achieve status, and overindulgence. In their unguarded moments, Duijsens displays her characters as their vulnerable and insecure selves, when in their seemingly unobserved moments they briefly escape from a world in which status, knowledge, protocols and power keep them prisoner. Through lyrical expressionism in its purest form, we see ourselves. The characters are satirical, exaggerated forms and are meant to be lighthearted and fun. The dining and party scenes have a very recognizable style that can be distinguished by four main elements: people, lush layers of color, expressionistic mark making, and portraiture. Her people are “bon-vivants,” somewhat blasé, comical, cheerful, and bored. The partying, dining, happy single, and Botox paintings have become Duijsens’ trademarks and have generated a steadily growing club of collectors internationally.

Sylvia Ditchburn

@sylviaditchburn

Australian fine artist, formally trained in art and curatorship.  Over 50 solo and group shows in Australia, Russia, China, New York, Memphis, and London.

“In my work, I like to reflect my passion for the Australian environment through landscape and floral representation.  I mainly paint en plein air travelling on art safari with other artists in the Australian outback of central and western Australia.  I live in Townsville coastal north Queensland, a dry tropics area south of the wet tropical rainforest and the beautiful Gr Barrier Reef just offshore in the Coral Sea.  I love the beauty, richness, and drama of these magnificent areas and aim to capture their essence in my work through colour and imagery. Water Garden with Pink Lotus symbolizes renewal, Flower Power – Let the sun shine in with Sunflowers.  Sunflowers bring joy with their bright yellow colour and tall dancing Stems.  Tropical Garden with Crab Claw gives a glimpse of the north Queensland plant diversity and rich colour of the tropics in North Queensland.”

Constance Baxendell

@constancebaxendell

Born in 2001, Constance is originally from Manchester but now lives in London, with her studios based in Camden. Her desire to create expressive paintings began from a very early age. As both a creator and lover of art, Connie has just recently graduated from the University College London with a BA in the History of Art.

In her art, Constance explores human anatomy and the elusive energies of human beings. When painting, she will return multiple times to the subject of the canvas with another emotion, another expression, constantly altering their form, reshaping and molding their energy. With each layer, she adds more depth to their persona. Her work is about beauty, chaos, passion. It stirs something inside of us that is unspoken, but ultimately undeniable.

Jakob Juul

@byjakobjuul

Jakob Juul was born in 1995 and grew up in an ordinary Danish family in a small town outside Horsens. Today he works in his studio in Aarhus, where he spends most of his days.

Jakob has always dreamed of being independent, but never thought it would be his art that he would have to make a living from. That dream changed in 2018, when he started painting for personal and therapeutic reasons.

What inspires Jakob the most?

Everything from music, other art, a passer-by, fashion, differences, colors etc., help to form his everyday life, and are the foundation of what you see in his paintings. For Jakob, his walking around in a big computer game where everything has its own life and a story to tell – which fascinates him.

In Jakobs art, he place great emphasis on the fact that what you see the first time is not always what you see the second time – that you get as many impressions as possible. That is why he loves shapes, patterns and colors that challenge, provoke and pushes the brain to think a little extra.

Besjana Kryeziu

@artworkbesjana

Besjana’s dream-like paintings celebrate femininity as part of her “Women’s World” series. With confident brushstrokes and delicate line work, her work colours the very essence of womanhood; an aura that escapes the boundaries of the body to emanate from her subjects.

A word from the artist:

“Women must believe in the potential they possess!”

“Paintings are how I express the world of women, starting from beauty and spanning the soul, fashion, shapes, courage, power, motherhood, overthinking, profession, responsibilities, simplicity, intelligence, confidence in herself.”