Painting

Born and raised in Cebu City, Philippines, Richie N. Vios hails from an artistic family. Studying architecture, in 1995 he graduated with a Bachelor’s architecture degree and as a faculty member, teaching architectural design and presentation. In 2004, his family decided to leave the Philippines in hopes of a better future in America. For…

Serge is an American artist, Belgian born, who lives and works between New York and Palm Beach, Florida. Serge Strosberg studied Graphic Design and Illustration in Paris at Academie Julian and Morphology at Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts. In 2010, Strosberg was an artist in residence in China and received a…

Patrick Saunders is an artist, painting and creating art while traveling across North America in an Airstream Bambi with his photographer wife, Kimberly. He has studied with many renowned painters, including Mark English, Malcolm Liepke, Wilbur Niewald, Richard Schmid, and Burton Silverman. He paints a variety of subjects including portraits,…

Ralph Papa was born and raised in Manhattan’s East Harlem and studied art and architecture in New York at Queens College and City College and Art Students League. He is a lifelong artist and is President of the Artists’ Guild of the Boca Raton Museum of Art and founder of…

Amalia Fotini Mermingas was raised in Athens, Greece. She earned a BFA and a BA from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton where she studied Art and Art History. In 2009 she traveled around the world on a ship, which radically altered her perception of people and cultures. Since then, she has…

Graduating from Florida State University in 1972 with a BA, Karen was sidetracked from her passion to work as an artist by marriage and raising three sons. In 1995 she began her career as a professional artist. She was accepted into the acclaimed international competition, Birds in Art in both…

Chris Kling graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and has worked as a professional artist since 1978. She has received numerous awards and commissions for her landscapes and portraiture throughout the US and with the Portrait Society of America. Chris has been honored to be juried into several National…

Eli Cedrone is a nationally recognized artist living in the Boston area. She has won numerous awards including Portrait Society of America, Oil Painters of America and International Artists.  A graduate of the School of Art & Design (Suffolk University), Cedrone also studied in Florence, Italy, the School of the Museum…

Carl Bretzke is a representational oil painter who specializes in urban scenes and plein air landscapes. His work has been exhibited extensively in Minnesota and California, including the Minneapolis Institute of Art.  Bretzke holds an MD degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School and has an undergraduate degree from the…