Arlette le More

« Some artists works take their nourishment from their own personal sufferings. Adversity and tourment are in fact sources of art.   Personally, with a tendency to discard upheavals and a greed to share the pleasures of life I am of a rather joyous disposition. Some would say “positive”. (From “A.LE MORE” published “Le Léopard d'Or”)

Studied at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris and the Académie Julian. Numerous One-man shows, murals and frescos and Prizes. President of the Cent-Neuf Artists Association, President of the Taylor Foundation, Group Supervisor of the Comparaisons Salon.

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Dina Pickard

« From the prehistoric cave paintings at Lascaux until the present day, the artist remains a “witness to his day and age”… When you were at school perhaps you scribbled strange arabesques and abstract doodles in the margins of your maths book. You little thought that in these embryonic compositions was the profile of a creator. Then one day you pushed open the door of an art studio…”     (Extract from the catalogue “Thirty Years at the Académie de Port-Royal”).

British-born, Dina Pickard studied at St-Martin's School of Art (London) and the Académie Julian (Paris). Grand Prix Antral; Prix Monique-Corpet; Prix de la Monnaie de Paris, Grand Prix Gabriel-Zendel. Exhibits in France and abroad.
Major show planned October 2008, Paris.

Jean-Maxime Relange

“Do not destroy your first paintings; later they will become the evidence of the road you have followed…. Remain yourself, listen to your instinct, to your inspiration, to your pleasure!… To paint is a majestic undertaking.   It turns you into a man who has accounts to render to no one, except to yourself.”

Began painting at the Académie Julian and was awarded the Grand Prix Julian. Numerous murals and official acquisitions in France and abroad.   Guest of honour at the Salon Blanc in Tokyo. President of the Salon du Dessin et de la Peinture à l'Eau. Chevalier in the Order of   Arts and Letters.