Justin Mortimer

Adrian Ghenie

Daniel Pitin

Zsolt Bodoni

Andrew Salgado

Costa Dvorezky

Through his paintings Costa goes beyond the obvious to uncover the symbolism within the human aspect of daily life. His creativity and style come alive through his works depicting dark and surreal imagery. As a viewer of Costa’s images, one is transported to a world of fictional proportions that exists in the recesses of the artist’s mind.
 Metamorphosed human and animal figures shrouded in darkness, suggest the existence of a distorted world-order. These images evoke one to closely examine and question the reality of what one sees. Through his artwork, Costa challenges the observer to not only understand the scope of the actual image, but to also comprehend the feelings that the image provokes. His paintings are as bold as the statements that they make, and it is up to each individual to decipher what the meaning behind the image really is.

Mark Demsteader

Looking at these paintings is like staring through a foggy window on a rainy day. Soft emotion in blurry form pours out of these feminine portraits by artist Mark Demsteader. The Manchester-based contemporary figurative artist is a self-taught master of the human form. His oil on canvas pieces feature pale figures set against a dark background. The dramatic contrast produces an elegant beauty that has captivated his audience in recent years. According to his bio, "His powerful depictions of the female form in clean assured lines of charcoal and gouache have sparked a renaissance of interest in traditional life drawing."
For her 21st birthday, Emma Watson contacted Demsteader to purchase some of his work. To continue developing his extensive collection, the artist took advantage of the opportunity and asked Watson to pose for him. He created 34 portraits, a series simply titled Emma. When speaking about the collaboration, Demsteader said, "In some way I hope these works celebrate Emma in what she has achieved already, and in all the many possibilities to come.”