John Banovich:

John Banovich (b.1964) is an American oil painter known internationally for his large, dramatic

portrayals of iconic wildlife. Today, Banovich’s work can be found in museum, corporate and

private collections.

While Banovich is most closely associated with African species, namely elephants, lions, leo-

pards, cape buffalo and rhinoceros—he’s been to Africa three dozen times on research trips—he

has also won accolades for his realistic interpretations of Siberian tigers, Chinese pandas, and

North American megafauna (such as grizzly and polar bears, bison, and puma).

Adam Adamowicz:

Adam Adamowicz (March 9, 1968 – February 9, 2012) was

an

American of Polish descent. He grew up on Long Island, New

York. Adam was a video game concept artist, best known for

His work on Fallout 3 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim at 

Bethesda Softworks. He worked with Jaleco Entertainment,

Inc. between 2002-2003. Adam started working at Bethesda

Soft works in 2005.

Adam was the only concept artist to work on Fallout 3 and

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim at Bethesda Softworks. Both Fallout 3

and Skyrim have been extremely popular games. As of June

2013, Skyrim has sold more than 20 million copies.[3]

Adam Adamowicz died from complications of lung cancer on

February 9, 2012, aged 43

Ai Wei Wei:

Ai Weiwei born 28 August 1957 in Beijing), is a Chinese contemporary artist, active in sculpture, installation, architecture, curating, photography, film, and social, political and cultural criticism. Ai collaborated with Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron as the artistic consultant on the Beijing National Stadium for the 2008 Olympics. As a political activist, he has been highly and openly critical of the Chinese Government's stance on democracy and human rights.

Jonathan Knight:

Jonathan Knight is an accomplished artist in watercolors, oils, pastels and printmaking. He was featured in and on the magazine covers of Watercolor, an American Artist Pub-lication (Fall, 1999 issue), as well as the cover of the winter, 1995 issue. Other publica-tions include Artist's Magazine, ARTnews, American Visions Magazine, American Art Re-view, Flash Art International n ° 225-Italy, Daytona Beach News Journal, Décor Magazine and IRAAA. Knight is also featured on the website AskArt.com.

Celia Smith:

Celia Smith studied at Wimbledon School of Art where she gained a BA (Hons) in Fine Art Sculp-ture.

Celia draws with wire, as others draw with pencil. For her, creating sculptures out of wire is like drawing in three dimensions. Birds are her main inspiration; capturing their movement and character is her primary concern. She finds that wire has a spontaneity that can give her sculp-tures a feeling of life and energy.

Chris Shields:

Chris Shields, artist and wildlife illustrator, was born in Manchester England and graduated from Northwich College of Art and Design in 1973.   

He has been painting and illustrating animals since he was knee high to a grasshopper and feels himself fortunate indeed, to have combined his two main passions in life - wildlife and painting,  into a lifelong career as a wildlife artist. 

In 1983 after a short career in advertising and commercial art he followed his passion for wild-life and became a self-employed wildlife artist and illustrator, specializing in book illustration.

Sally Mathews

Helaina Sharpley

Ernst Haeckel

Joe Macgown

Geoffry dashwood

Max Ernst