Hayam Elsayed has been passionate about fine art from a young age. She finds great joy in creating her paintings, often drawing inspiration from life and nature. While she appreciates various art styles, realism remains her favorite. As a realism artist, her approach to subject matter is to depict it as it truly appears in life. However, she also admires other styles, such as impressionism and abstract art. For instance, Vincent Van Gogh is among her favorite artists whose work reflects these styles. Hayam also draws inspiration from American artists like Georgia O’Keeffe, known for her iconic flower paintings, and Thomas Kinkade, celebrated for his realism. Additionally, she has developed a fascination with the realism of Renaissance portraits by masters such as Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli. Michelangelo, in particular, inspires her with his skillful use of light to dramatically emphasize specific points in his compositions.

Jeff Mathison has always been an artist. Raised in the Philadelphia suburbs, He graduated from Penn State in 1972 with a BFA degree. He so enjoyed the combination of town culture and woodsy countryside, that he never left Centre County, Pa.

Leigh Brooklyn was born outside of Cleveland, Ohio. Brooklyn enrolled into the Columbus College of Art and Design. Later she transferred to The Cleveland Institute of Art after being inspired by the work of forensic artists who helped in a missing-person’s case. There she earned her degree in Biomedical Illustration. Brooklyn worked with several hospitals, museums, and research facilities including the Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, The Cleveland Botanical Gardens, The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, and Case Western Reserve University.

Angelika Weinekötter’s oil paintings explore the profound relationship between humans and animals. Her series "Dialogue of Species" highlights the emotional connection and mutual perception between these worlds, urging reflection on ethical and emotional ties to the animal kingdom.

Best known for her neo-medieval "magic realist" paintings dealing with courtesans, organ grinder monkeys, Moors and vanished landscapes, Kei J. Constantinov's work may be likened to historical fiction excerpts: gilded vignettes of a European dreamtime featuring Venice.

Graziella Mura is an Italian artist who expresses herself in her works in a surreal figurative context with the oil color technique. An enchanted but far from static atmosphere reigns in her works; the eyes of the subjects in fact seem to be the predominant elements in wanting to communicate the inner sky: the conscience, the soul, the deepest self. In these spaces of colors there is the strength of spirituality welcomed and experienced during meditation exercises, and accentuated in the markedly sensitive character of the artist. He has presented some personal exhibitions, participated in exhibitions in Italy and abroad, some works are part of American collections and recently other paintings are part of the "Lunar Codex" project founded by Dr Samuel Peralta in collaboration with NASA and Space X.

Gayle Madeira is a contemporary NYC-based artist working in realism mainly using oils, gold and silver leaf, charcoal, and pencil, and occasionally incorporating surrealistic elements. Her paintings are in multiple genres - portraits, figurative, landscape (plein air and studio), and still life, and are often combined. Some of her favorite themes are the interaction of figures in environments, the play of light and shadow on objects and landscapes, and the investigation into the 3D qualities of oil being the “world’s thinnest sculpture”.

Aki Kano is a New York-based representational watercolor painter and instructor.  She received her BFA from the University of Michigan's School of Art and later following her passion for fashion design, attended the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC and worked as a fashion and handbag designer for over 15 years.