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 Anna Conte
Before painting became the main focus of Anna Conte’s life, she pursued a long career as an operatic singer. She studied at the Manhattan School of Music and has performed all over the world. Her still-life paintings of flowers and portraits, with their brilliant hues and heavy brushwork reveal the same intensity the artist has had for performance. Conte studied art at Academia Santa Cecilia, Italy and has exhibited her work in several places in Europe. |
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David Russell Miller
David Russell Miller’s relief prints on Japanese paper are detailed imprints of “old foundry designs and metallic efforts.” The artist takes the every-day images of manhole covers, water meters, wooden trays or decorative details of ceramic plates and converts them into pieces of art. Miller studied at the University of California at Berkeley and has had several solo shows in Northern California. His work belongs to several public collections such as the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, the California State Railroad Museum and the San Francisco Water Department.
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Alain Lumbroso
PaintingsDIRECT’s newest French artist, Alain Lumbroso, blends popular media and fine art. Photographs are collaged onto the surface of his paintings and combined with graphic hand-renderings of female nudes , architecture and media icons. Lumbroso is a self-taught artist who lives and works in Paris.
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Rosita Gottlieb
For the past ten years, Rosita Gottlieb has been painting a series of works on canvas that document the foliage and animals of the rainforest. “In some small way I hope my paintings can contribute to conservation awareness and bring attention to the positive example of Costa Rica.” Gottlieb has had solo exhibitions in Taipei, Mexico, the United States, Costa Rica, England and Israel. Her work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in Jerusalem, the Museum of the Holocaust in Jerusalem and in the private collection of Whoopi Goldberg.
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JoAnn Bishop
JoAnn Bishop’s latest series is inspired by the lighting and overall atmosphere of the nighttime social events at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The dramatically lit scenes offer a theatrical and mystical view of these evening functions. Bishop studied at the Art Student’s League of New York and at Hunter College. She has exhibited her work throughout New York, including at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Diana de Santis
Portraiture is the subject in Diana de Santis’ portfolio of pastel and oil paintings. The facial and bodily expressions of the artist’s subjects reflect each one’s reminiscence of a glorious past or the confidence of a noble future. De Santis studied at the Art Student’s League of New York and at Parson’s School of Design. She has exhibited her work in New York at institutions like the Hecksher Museum and the Nassau County Museum of Art. |
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