Cheryl Santoro - biography - I have been developing my artistic talent since childhood, always discovering a new medium that fascinates me. Aside from various art classes and online instruction, I am a self taught artist developing experience with each project.

Brian Simons - biography - Self-Taught Artist Born: Niagara Falls, Ontario Inspired by Group of Seven and Writings of Baha'u'llah (Baha'i Faith)

Jaff Seijas - biography - Bio: Jaff Seijas: Born in Tampa, Florida. Spent childhood in St. Petersburg. Encouraged by family members to paint. Family all very creative. Studied at Atlanta College of Art. Also private painting instruction with Dutch Artist Nan Hoover, and William Van Hettinga. Many travels abroad to Europe. First exhibition of drawings (1971) at Reese Palley Galleries in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Began traveling to New Mexico in 1978. Became a summer resident of Santa Fe, New Mexico. First major showing in Sant...

Dana Shea - biography - Staten Island advance:1997Sttaten Island Registrar:1997

Sarah Skapin - biography - 2001-present MFA: Media Studies: Art Video, Syracuse University, New York1995-2000BFA: Sculpture, Minor: Art History, Kent State University, Ohio

Sophia Stucki - biography - French born artist Sophia Stucki. Have live in the U.S. for 43 years. Moved here as a baby. Started taking art lessons when I was 12 years old. Took a symabatical from painting to raise 3 children. Have had numeouse shows. I have won first place in several jurried art shows. I take on going art classes when time permitts. I hope one day to just be able to paint and not work full time. Which leaves very little time for painting.

Max R. Scharf - biography - Refer to my website http://www...

Larry Seiler - biography - * 2002- Nominated for Laird Foundation Award for Leadership in  Art * Member of NAPPAP- National Academy of Professional Plein Painters; chosen to participate in group exhibition in New York's National Arts Building, Gregg & Marquis Gallery-  9/19/05 * Contributing Editor and author of numerous virtual online artist how-to instructionals and demos for Wetcanvas.com!  An online community of over 11,000 artists internationally * Lee LeBlanc Fall Wildlife Arts Invitational- 2001 * Winner Wiscons...

Jo Swartz - biography - A former fashion designer in Paris, Montreal and Toronto, jo now devotes much of her time to digital painting. In her paintings she often expresses highly personal experiences and tries to communicate something eternal and triumphant through them.

Mike Sadigh - biography - My biography is fully presented in my web site, or in http://www... or http://www...

Elizabeth Spirig - biography - self-taught quilter who has a background in design and travelled extensively to study design and color.

David Sabiu - biography - The artist did not provide a biography.

Charles Swank - biography - American Painting: Past to Present--Alluring and enigmatic, Charles Swank's paintings appear to capture spiritual entities. Proscribed in bars or grids, Swank wholeheartedly treats surfaces baring vaporous fields and harmonious colors. American abstraction of the 1960s started him off and remains in the sphere of his current canvases. Bleeding pigment into unprimed canvas akin to Morris Louis, coloring lush like Larry Poons, reinforcing his work with hard edges bordering on Al Held, Swank has a clear p...

Nancy Stember - biography - Nancy Malkin Stember paints traditional classic portraits in oil and pastel. She believes that portrait painting is amongst the most satisfying art forms because it involves capturing a likeness as well as the personality and soul of the model while still creating a significant work of art. Nancy paints mostly from photographs but when possible prefers a combination of photographs with some life sittings. She believes that portraiture is a collaboration between the subject and artist, and she encourages ...

Joe Santos - biography - Joe Santos was born in Los Angeles, CA, in 1965. He was exposed to art at a very early age by his father, artist, Phillip Santos. It was his father who bought Joe his first set of watercolors, and he has been obsessed with the medium ever since. Joe lived in Los Angeles until the age of 5 when his family moved to Eastern Washington. After graduating from Pasco High School, Joe, attended Golden West College in Southern California (1984-1986) where he studied art technique and design while also working in ...

Maria Sochaniewicz - biography - MARIA SOCHANIEWICZ 152 Frost Street Brooklyn, NY 11211 Illustrations Portfolio: http://www... - search - Maria Sochaniewicz. Art Portfolio: http://www... /s/ Sochaniewicz Biography Maria Sochaniewicz was born in Gdansk, Poland. Her parents are Anna Szamowska and Leslaw Sochaniewicz. Began painting and drawing as a child. She spent her childhood in Gdansk, beautiful city, port on the Baltic Sea. That's why her work concerned the sailor...

Virgil C. Stephens - biography - Virgil C. Stephens was born in Globe, AZ in 1952. He now resides in Nogal, New Mexico makes his living as a full-time artist.

Alexander Sadoyan - biography - I was born in 1954 Yerevan, Armenia.In 1975 I graduated College of Fine Arts.In 1995 I was accepted as a member of the International Association of Arts(UNESCO)

John Saikaly - biography - My father imagrated to this country from Lebanon, and I was born and live in Iowa. I went to college at the University of Dubuque in Iowa. And I also teach art in Cedar Rapids.

Elizabeth Sides - biography - For Details, see my website: http://www... work has been exhibited nationally and internationally,most recentlly in the Artist's Juried Show, Pasadena, Ca.

Shanon Sterrett - biography - I have been creating artwork for as long as I can remember. It was certainly always a passion for me. After high school, and into college, the demands of everyt day life seem to outweight the benefits of art. I had to take a lengthy sabatical from his passion, and have since revised my interest in the last 18 months. It has been immensely therapuetic and whether I am painting a "masterpeice" or scribbling funny cartoon characters, I will always consider myself an artist.

Philip Sybal - biography - Philip Sybal has been painting professionally for more than 30 years. His oil paintings are in over 50 major Corporate Collections worldwide.

Pamela Shoemaker - biography - Born: Oct. 13, 1944 at Reading, Pennsylvania. Raised outside Philadelphia in Haddonfield, New Jersey. Education: A.B. in History of Art, Vassar College, 1966; Diploma in Painting & Drawing, Cooper Union, 1973 (studies with Nicholas Marsicano & Paul Resika); M.A. in Medieval Studies, Fordham University.

Alexander Sadoyan - biography - I was born in 1954 Yerevan,Armenia.In 1975 I graduated from Art College of Fine Arts.In 1995 I was accepted as a member of the International Association of Arts at UNESCO.

Ethan Shoshan - biography - B.S. in Physics and Visual Arts, Rutgers University, NJ, January 2003.

Eric Shenker - biography - Born January 7,1948 in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,Eric Shenker is recognized for his scratchboard drawings and dry-point etchings,emerging in 2002 under the influence of photographer,Robert Altman.Shenker's work is a transition from Surrealism.He apprenticed during high school and college with his father,commercial artist Lee Shenker,who owned a sign and banner company.Formally educated at the Hussian School of Art in Philadelphia and taking night courses in print making at the Philadelphia College of Art...

Lisa Sanders - biography - Lisa received formal training early on while attending a private high school that offered a Fine Arts major. She studied for three years and in college took a business route. Today she uses both her business knowledge and her artistic background to manage her FLOWER BRANCH STUDIO. While her early training provided a strong foundation, she considers herself a self-taught painter. She has in just two years sold over three hundred paintings, been accepted into juried shows,gained gallery representation, and...

Nathalie Storey - biography - I took to art as soon as I was able to hold a crayon. Throughout my childhood, I developed an appreciation for all forms and styles. Years of artistic expression made it clear that my life would be centered upon my passion for art. Most of my works are extremely colorful and fun to view. My use of vibrant colors and brushstrokes make the work seem full of movement.

Christian Bernard Singer - biography - Born in 1962, he began as company dancer with Laura Foreman's Composers and Choreographers Theater in New York, and has worked as costume designer, decorator, arts administrator, and teacher. He holds an associates degree from the Ontario College of Art and Design and an MFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. Incorporating living plants, bronze, clay, new media, and other elements, his eco-installations turn on notions of the body politic, the environment, and consciousness...

JEQUELINE SALINAS - biography - The artist did not provide a biography.