From the time she was a child, Italian artist Stefania Ferri knew that what she loved to do most in the world was draw. After finishing her art studies she worked in various areas, from creating decoration on porcelain and designing ceramic tiles to the design of home decor and studying textile graphics.

Today, Stefania works from her studio overlooking a magnificent garden rich in plants and flowers, where she enjoys watching her three dogs playing. She experiments with varied artistic techniques, understanding and using every type of colour, medium and materials available to her. Stefania loves drawing everything and affirms that "art is a great gift that nature has given...

"Painting is my passion and has been ever since I could hold a brush. Through it, I experience unity with a greater creative force, and from that union, I have gained a sense of purpose and meaning to life that now, I cannot imagine being without.

Born and raised in the New England area of the United States, this Fine Arts graduate spent many years in India which she credits today as having a great influence in her artwork and in her life.

"My intention, in creating art, is to reveal the extra ordinariness of the ordinary world. I enjoy looking deeply into nature and the deeper I go, the more wonder I perceive"

Though painting remains the const...

Although she now lives in the United States, Kathryn White's inspiration comes from a former home, the beautiful Cotswold Hills in Cheltenham, England.

Kathryn finds the Old World to be an endless source for themes, concepts, colors, designs and decorative elements, which she celebrates in her art. Her current work fuses contemporary materials and traditional methods, with the use of mixed media and textural finishes.

This versatile artist paints in oils, watercolors, and the centuries-old medium of egg tempera. Her work in oils, in particular, has brought her considerable acclaim, and her award-winning paintings are featured in numerous private collections.