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Anthony Granato has been active in the art industry for over 15 years. After a career in illustration and freelance design working for Lucas Films and major publications, he has settled into the fine art profession. With over 24 art shows under his belt, he's shown in Salt Lake City, Portland, Park City, Tennessee and Indiana. His work will also be featured in New York in March.

What's unique about Anthony's work is that he makes paintings to fit antique and vintage frames. His mixed media style incorporates drawing, painting, and photography into each finished piece of artwork.

You can currently find his paintings at Turning Art.com, Silver Queen Fine Art in Park City, Redline Gallery in Knoxville, Tennessee and at AnthonyGranato.com

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Anthony Granato – Paintings (19 images)»View The Gallery

Marie Larkin has a Bachelor of Art Education and has been a visual artist and art teacher since 1980. She gained national recognition and success in the 1990’s as an embroiderer with a number of group and solo shows and two touring exhibitions through regional galleries in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales. Her work was featured in Textile Fibre Forum, The Land newspaper and Masters of their Craft, a coffee table book by art historian, Norris Iannou. She has won The Dame Nancy Buttfield Embroidery Prize and The Namoi Valley Cotton Fibre Acquisitive Award. Through the exhibition tour of Revealing Threads she was the recipient of a $10,000 Australia Council Grant that allowed her to travel to various towns and cities to give workshops. Marie now works in painting, drawing, mixed media and sculpture and produces her artwork from a loft studio in her home near Tamworth, NSW.
‘I think the narrative is an important quality in art. I like to create an alternate world to escape to and I love nothing better than painting my female characters set in their little worlds. I have a naturally illustrative style and a great love of detail and embellishment coupled with a great desire to render convincingly. ‘

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Marie Larkin – Irezumi Angels (11 images)»View The Gallery

Joseph Loughborough spent his formative years playing in the derelict boatyards and creeks of Portsmouth.

These vivid early memories are clearly evident in his figurative work, where the sensual curve of human ribs might be mistaken for the carcass of an old boat sinking into the mud, its skeletal hull protruding thorough the weeds.

Honesty, expressionism and possibly exorcism can be read from his impulsive and intuitive rapid-fire mark making, which strive to grasp a comprehension of our human condition. Questions are frequently asked of the viewer about how we interpret our oft-untold fears and desires.

A profound interest in the life and works of Egon Schiele, Frank Auerbach, Käthe Kollwitz and Alberto Giacometti gives a further insight into his aesthetic.

Alongside his involvement as artistic director of a theatre production company in London, Joseph works from his studio in Paris where he is currently preparing for his first solo show in early 2012.

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Joseph Loughborough – Recent Work (13 images)»View The Gallery