All in Interview

Interview with Elena Dobrovolskaya

Elena Dobrovolskaya is a New York-based Russian-trained artist working in Contemporary Realism style primarily in oil and pastel. She exhibited broadly in the US and Europe, including New York, London, Paris, Lisbon, Venice, Rome, and Milan. Elena was awarded International Prize “Artist of the Year 2019” during Mantova ArtExpo in Italy, Velasquez Prize in Barcelona, and Leonardo da Vinci Prize in Florence in 2020.
Her art was published in French, Italian and British magazines (House&Garden, GQ, Aesthetica) as well as in “We Contemporary 2019” art volume in Italy, “50 artists to invest in” art catalog in 2020 and “Trends in Art: Insights for Collectors” in Great Britain in 2021.

Interview with Paul Veron / Amazilia Photography

Amazilia’s art focuses on the beauty, grace, and intrigue of the female nude; a subject which has fascinated and drawn artists like moths to the flame in every discipline for centuries.
Paul’s work embraces three core areas of people photography – fine art nudes, sensual nudes and nudes in nature. He is an internationally published photographer with several print publications, who has recently won the Runner- Up Photographer of the Year position with an international magazine, as well as achieving success in several global fine art photographic competitions.

Interview with Buyong Hwang

South Korea-based Buyong Hwang is a painter with a background in graphic design. His works delve into the subconsciousness through abstract stimuli. Each silhouette features recognisable forms - such as birds and leaves - but does so subtly, asking the viewer to look deeper and see something new. A happy man is not without wounds, but a man can heal himself through many wounds.

Interview with Alfaro Carozzi

I am an admirer of Fauvism which lasted 1904 to 1908. The leaders of the movement were Matisse and Andre Derain. The paintings are characterized by flat shapes and controlled lines. The paintings express emotion with dissonant colors without regard for the subject’s natural colors. The subjects painted are women and still life placing the figures in fully realized interiors. I work with a brilliant Fauvist palette and add muted tones. I use color as the foundation of expressive, decorative paintings. I want my art to be like Matisse “of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter. Art that will be a soothing calming influence on the mind.”

Interview with Jackie Cress

I grew up in a beautiful beach town in central California where creativity was all around. I can't recall a specific time when I became interested in art because as far back as I could remember it has been ingrained in me and has been trying to kick it's way out ever since. Learning about Walt disney at a young age had to be my first "eye opening" moment of knowing what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. Later on I decided to enroll in the Art Institute of Orange County and finished with my bachelors of science degree in Industrial Design.

Interview with Harry T. Burleigh

Harry T. Burleigh was initially inspired to sketch as a youngster when he saw the uniqueness in the designs on record album covers. Several years later, he attended his first art class as a junior in high school, where his teacher saw that he had a developing talent and encouraged him keep sharpening his skills. Many of these skills he sharpened in the margins of his notebooks during chemistry class.

Interview with Onno Dröge

I'm the 3r I d child out of five. Our parents have been emotionally challenged as we almost all brought along a period of worries. I myself for example got seriously stuck at birth and had an accident at the age of 9 through which I got into a coma. I came out of it three weeks later and had to learn how to speak and walk again. I don't know which of the two situations made that I could not be a great student such as my brothers and sisters. I was smart, but to slow to keep up with the standards of others.

Interview with Pedro Ramos

Pedro was born in 1988 in Porto, Portugal. He obtained the degree of Biochemistry at the University of Glasgow (2006-2011). Work: Academia RTP, Reação Espontânea science television series, producer/author 2012; BBC Horizon television series, London, junior scientific researcher (internship), 2012; Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian - Angola Health Project: CISA, 2013.

Interview with Misa Aihara

I was born in 1942 in Ibaraki prefecture, Japan and graduated from Joshibi Univ. of Art & Design, Tokyo. I have exhibited my works in numerous solo or group exhibitions since the early 1970's in Japan, all over Europe and in USA. I also participated in Art Biennial exhibitions in Florence, and London. I received Art awards from Chianciano Art Museum in Italy, The Global Art Awards and so on.

Interview with Elsa Akesson

As an emerging artist from Sweden and Madagascar, Elsa ÅKESSON finds herself painting works inspired by both cultures. Recognized for her realistic figurative art works and her splash of vivid colors, she uses her photography as one of her main creative sources and evokes distinct emotions experienced in daily life, through the expression of color and the incorporation of human movement through her art.