Frances Pellegrini had a successful commercial career in New York from the late 1940s through the 1980s. Having worked at Harpers' Bazaar for over 10 years with legendary Art Director Alexei Brodovitch, Frances pioneered her roles as a photographer and an independent business woman.

Before starting her commercial career Frances joined the historic Photo League and worked with photographers Dan Weiner and Sid Grossman. Their use of photography as a tool for social change and personal expression influenced Frances' approach to photography in her early and later works.

Frances' street works are intuitive, loosely handled and depict an intimacy with the city. H...

Violet was born in the cold north, surrounded by a community of outdoorsmen and artists.  She spent her childhood drawing, painting and spending time with her beloved Aunt who was a highly respected artist.  Summer days were spent in the alpine meadows sketching wild flowers.  Violet became a prolific sketcher and by the age of 16 she decided to explore the world of her older sister.  She set off taking the bare necessities: a sketch book, small set of watercolors and a large back pack.  For two years the girls traveled through Western Europe.  It was there that she began collecting vintage postcards and ephemera at old antique stores and flea markets.

Jean is a contemporary Acrylic Painter who has morphed energetic abstracted colors, thick textures and shapes with the natural beauty of trees, leaves, flowers, and animals. Influenced by the vibrant, flashy hues of other cultures, Jean's palettes are a diary of her travels and often feature elements of her experiences, of memorable color combinations or exotic environments. Formally trained in photography, Jean has discovered how to unlock the hidden potential in photographs, bringing the best aspects of them into her paintings. Jean holds dear the belief that her paintings can serve to capture the essence of compelling patterns or color combinations, to recreate and share the bliss ...