A.R. {Steven Assael}

{www.stevenassael.com}

Steven was born in New York, NY, in the year 1957. He studied at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn as well as took an independent study in Europe from a scholarship at Pratt. Steven works in mixed media, however he truly enjoys using traditional materials. His work ranges from classical, to modern in variations throughout his work.

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Arts in America
The Washington Post
New Yorker
Art and Auction
New York Times
CBS
Art News
Morning Call
American Arts Quarterly
etc.

I find his work to be very interesting. The details in his figures are absolutely breathtaking. I really love his value range and color scale as well.

A.R. {Montse Bernal}

{www.montsebernal.com}

Montse Bernal is from Barcelona, Spain originally. The artist uses a variety of materials, ranging from dry media to painting, to even digital and some animations. Montse graduated in fine arts by the University of Barcelona. Bernal also is specialized in illustration in ENSAD of Paris.

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Nike
BMW
Beefeater
Camper
Evian
Wella
Revlon
Women's Secret
Mandarina Duck
PASTE Magazine
Nylon Magazine
Marie-Claire
Texas Montly
Traveller
etc.

Montse has some beautiful work. I really enjoy the presentation of the work, very nicely done. I think the conceptual aspect is very well achieved in the pieces. I think the drawing skills by the artist are incredible. WOW!

A.R. {Andrew Hem}

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{www.andrewhem.com}

Andrew Hem attended Art Center College of Design and graduated with A BFA in the year 2006. His style mostly consists of a painterly fashion and hand done material. He likes to paint in several media from Oil to Acrylic. He also creates alot of interesting drawings as well. He has had several exhibitions ranging from Portland, SF, San Jose, Phoneix, Costa Mesa, Italy, and London.

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Adidas
Lucky Brand Jeans
LA Times
Chicago Time Out
St Antony's messenger
Sony Pictures
Heavenspot
Talons
Idn Magazine
Huston Magazine
Boss Lady Designs
Smc Lab
Three Legged Legs

I really must say that Andrew has some interesting work. Not that I am particularly fond of it, but he has some clever conceptual ideas when he is portraying figures. The color palette is a bit washed out for me, but I prefer vibrant colors. Overall, I feel his color choice works well with his compositions.

A.R. {Brian Despain}

{www.despainart.com}

Brian Despain has always enjoyed art. His medium is a pop surrealism that is created through digital painting as well as hand acrylic and other paints. He also does three-dimensional model design and even photo retouching. His interests are in drawing fantasy characters of all kinds such as space ships, demons imps and even dinosaurs.

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Gelaskins
Rog La Rue
Spectrum
Luc Besson
Privateer Press
Despain Interiors
etc.

I really like Brian's paintings. He has some really cool textures that he overlays in some of his illustrations. Not to mention, his robot illustrations are so cleverly depicted that I really feel the depth in the paintings.

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